Catcha Group
VC Fund
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Catcha Group is a VC fund in Kuala Lumpur focused on Internet and Real Estate. The Catcha Group has a proven track record of investing in small- to medium-sized businesses to achieve rapid growth, profitability, IPO, and beyond. We do this by taking sizable stakes in companies with the ability to alter or define markets and mentoring them to unlock their true potential. We love talking about ideas, finding ways to createvalue, and developing businesses to realize tremendous growth. We are always ready to work with our portfolio companies through challenges, celebrate their successes, and do whatever it takes to make them number one in their fields.
- Total investments:
- 16
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 38%
Last updated:
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Industries Catcha Group invests in
Stages Catcha Group invests in
Countries Catcha Group invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series A
- $30M–$30M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Internet 4 (25%)
- Real Estate 3 (19%)
- Automotive 2 (13%)
- E-Commerce 2 (13%)
- Online Portals 2 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 7 (44%)
- Series A 2 (13%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (13%)
- Series B 1 (6%)
- Series C 1 (6%)
Country
- Malaysia 8 (50%)
- Pakistan 1 (6%)
- Australia 1 (6%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Dato Larry Gan
Chairman
|
Chairman | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
Ken Tsurumaru
Former Director
|
Former Director | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Lucas Elliott
Co-Founder
|
Co-Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Luke Elliott
Executive Director
|
Executive Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Patrick Grove
Co-Founder & Group CEO
|
Co-Founder & Group CEO | Total investments: 2 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Common Ground is Malaysia’s largest leading coworking space that prides itself on not just being a communal workspace but building a sustainable and integrated coworking community. Common Ground is redefining workspaces by creating a lifestyle that resonates with today’s workforce and creating a vibrant ecosystem of like-minded people. With thetagline “Ambition Lives Here”, Common Ground attracts today’s go-getters. | $51.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 03, 2022 | ||
| Carsome is an online used car platform that provides efficient car selling services to individuals and entities. Through its online bidding portal, customers are able to sell their vehicles directly to dealers. Carsome facilitates the entire car selling process from inspection to valuation, bidding, and payment as well as logistics needs, allowingthe customers to sell their cars.It was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Malaysia, the company has expanded to Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore. | $170M / Series D / Sep 01, 2021 | ||
| Carsome is an online used car platform that provides efficient car selling services to individuals and entities. Through its online bidding portal, customers are able to sell their vehicles directly to dealers. Carsome facilitates the entire car selling process from inspection to valuation, bidding, and payment as well as logistics needs, allowingthe customers to sell their cars.It was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Malaysia, the company has expanded to Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore. | Corporate Round / Jul 12, 2021 | ||
| BoozeBud is an alcohol marketplace and delivery platform. It was founded in 2012. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 18, 2021 | ||
| Instahome leverages new-age design and technology to help renters improve the home rental experience for tenants, agents, and landlords. | Seed / Oct 27, 2020 | ||
| iMedia is a digital media firm providing media advertising solutions for language websites, social influencer platforms, and mobile apps. iMedia injects a layer of technology across its platforms to effectively use data in helping advertisers make decisions and analyze results in order to drive innovation in digital advertising. | Seed / Jul 07, 2020 | ||
| Hitchbird is a tourism company that offers an online portal for couples to plan their dream wedding anywhere in Asia. The website connects couples to wedding vendors across 43 cities in Asia. Couples can book wedding venues and find all the information they need. The company was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. | Seed / Apr 03, 2018 | ||
| iflix is the world’s leading entertainment service for emerging markets, offering users unlimited access to thousands of TV shows, movies and more. With a vast selection everyone’s favourite comedies, drama, K-drama, Turkish drama, Bollywood, Nollywood, cartoons, movies and more from Hollywood, The UK, Asia, The Middle East and Africa, iflix placesthe entertainment people want at their fingertips to either stream or download.For one low monthly fee, iflix subscribers can watch on their mobile phone, laptop, tablet, TV… wherever, whenever. | $133M / Series C / Aug 07, 2017 | ||
| iflix is the world’s leading entertainment service for emerging markets, offering users unlimited access to thousands of TV shows, movies and more. With a vast selection everyone’s favourite comedies, drama, K-drama, Turkish drama, Bollywood, Nollywood, cartoons, movies and more from Hollywood, The UK, Asia, The Middle East and Africa, iflix placesthe entertainment people want at their fingertips to either stream or download.For one low monthly fee, iflix subscribers can watch on their mobile phone, laptop, tablet, TV… wherever, whenever. | $90M / Series B / Mar 07, 2017 | ||
| Common Ground is Malaysia’s largest leading coworking space that prides itself on not just being a communal workspace but building a sustainable and integrated coworking community. Common Ground is redefining workspaces by creating a lifestyle that resonates with today’s workforce and creating a vibrant ecosystem of like-minded people. With thetagline “Ambition Lives Here”, Common Ground attracts today’s go-getters. | Seed / Dec 13, 2016 | ||
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FAQ
What does Catcha Group invest in?
Catcha Group invests primarily in Internet, Real Estate and Automotive startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Malaysia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Catcha Group invest in?
Catcha Group typically joins rounds of $30M–$30M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Catcha Group's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Catcha Group took part in.
How do I contact Catcha Group?
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Who are the partners at Catcha Group?
The team at Catcha Group includes Dato Larry Gan (Chairman), Ken Tsurumaru (Former Director) and Lucas Elliott (Co-Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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