# Catcha Group

> Catcha Group is a VC fund in Kuala Lumpur backing Internet and Real Estate. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Aug 2022
- Lead investor: 38%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/catcha-group
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/CatchaGroup
- Website: http://www.catchagroup.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CatchaGroup

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.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 4 | 25% |
| Real Estate | 3 | 19% |
| Automotive | 2 | 13% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 13% |
| Online Portals | 2 | 13% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 44% |
| Series A | 2 | 13% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 13% |
| Series B | 1 | 6% |
| Series C | 1 | 6% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Malaysia | 8 | 50% |
| Pakistan | 1 | 6% |
| Australia | 1 | 6% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dato Larry Gan | Chairman | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dato-larry-gan |
| Ken Tsurumaru | Former Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ken-tsurumaru |
| Lucas Elliott | Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lucas-elliott |
| Luke Elliott | Executive Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luke-elliott |
| Patrick Grove | Co-Founder & Group CEO | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/patrick-grove |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Common Ground | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | BoozeBud is an alcohol marketplace and delivery platform. It was founded in 2012. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 18, 2021 |  |
| Instahome | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Emissary Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emissary-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [500 Southeast Asia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-durians-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Asia Partners Fund Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asia-partners-6ea8) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Daiwa PI Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daiwa-pi-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Evolution Media](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evolution-media-6b5f) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Gobi Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gobi-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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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.

### 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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