David Gowdey
Managing Partner @ Jungle Ventures
David Gowdey is a Series A investor at Jungle Ventures focused on B2B and Legal. David is currently a Managing Partner at Jungle Ventures, a Singapore based venture capital firm focused on internet and technology investments in South Asia. Prior to Jungle, David spent 3.5 years at TPG Capital where he led internet investments outside of the US within the TPG Growth fund. Prior to TPG, David spent 12 years at Yahoo! Inc where hewas the Head of International M&A on the Corporate Development team. In this role, he was responsible for driving all transaction activity and the investment strategy for Yahoo! outside of North America, including their expansion in to new markets, such as Russia, Turkey, Middle East, Africa and SE Asia. In 2011, David was also the Managing Partner at Xplorer Capital, a growth equity venture capital firm which spun out from Yahoo! to focus on internet and digital media opportunities in the emerging markets. David continues to be an Advisor to TPG Capital and represents them as a non-executive director on the board of Propertyguru, the largest online real estate platform in SE Asia. He has been working and investing in the Asia tech sector for over 20 years and living in Singapore for the last 10 years.
- Total investments:
- 13
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 31%
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Industries David Gowdey invests in
Stages David Gowdey invests in
Countries David Gowdey invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- B2B 2 (15%)
- Legal 1 (8%)
- Retail 1 (8%)
- Bitcoin 1 (8%)
- Internet 1 (8%)
Stage
- Series A 6 (46%)
- Series B 3 (23%)
- Secondary Market 2 (15%)
- Series C 1 (8%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (8%)
Country
- India 3 (23%)
- Singapore 2 (15%)
- Vietnam 1 (8%)
- Malaysia 1 (8%)
- United States 1 (8%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| We Build And Buy The World’s Best E-Commerce Solutions | $18.3M / Series A / Sep 11, 2023 | ||
| Sleek makes the lives of entrepreneurs and investors easier.They incorporate companies in Singapore & Hong Kong, and help them manage their governance, accounting and tax matters using technology. They launched their services in Singapore in May 2017 because they were frustrated at how slow and paper-based the incorporation and companyregistration process was.Since their launch, they have incorporated hundreds of happy companies, offering 100% digital incorporation, company secretary, and accounting services in Singapore and Hong Kong. | $14M / Series A / Nov 15, 2021 | ||
| KiotViet is a cloud-based POS system which is developed by Citigo Software.KiotViet is currently Vietnam's leading cloud-based POS/Store Management Software, with more than 150,000 stores that have chosen KiotViet. KiotViet's mission is to continue to be the most popular and trusted name of POS/Store Management Softwaresolution in Vietnam. | $45M / Series B / Sep 01, 2021 | ||
| KiotViet is a cloud-based POS system which is developed by Citigo Software.KiotViet is currently Vietnam's leading cloud-based POS/Store Management Software, with more than 150,000 stores that have chosen KiotViet. KiotViet's mission is to continue to be the most popular and trusted name of POS/Store Management Softwaresolution in Vietnam. | $6M / Series A / Aug 15, 2019 | ||
| Abra is the digital cash, peer-to-peer money transfer network. Buy, sell, and hold bitcoin or send bitcoin or fiat to any bitcoin wallet or any other Abra user instantly and securely. Abra uses bitcoin and blockchain technology to enable users to transact in over 50 currencies, including bitcoin.Founded in 2014 by Bill Barhydt, serialentrepreneur and global mobile-banking veteran, their team is based in Silicon Valley and committed to forever changing how the world moves money. | $16M / Series B / Oct 23, 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. | $133M / Series C / Aug 07, 2017 | ||
| SnapBizz CloudTech focuses on the development of cloud-based solutions for the FMCG ecosystem.SnapBizz CloudTech offers retailers and brands with a cloud solution that enables their customers to find and order products and services online. The solution also provides billing, and customer relationship and stock management solutions. | $7.2M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 21, 2016 | ||
| Abra is the digital cash, peer-to-peer money transfer network. Buy, sell, and hold bitcoin or send bitcoin or fiat to any bitcoin wallet or any other Abra user instantly and securely. Abra uses bitcoin and blockchain technology to enable users to transact in over 50 currencies, including bitcoin.Founded in 2014 by Bill Barhydt, serialentrepreneur and global mobile-banking veteran, their team is based in Silicon Valley and committed to forever changing how the world moves money. | $12.6M / Series A / Sep 10, 2015 | ||
| 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. | $30M / Series A / Apr 23, 2015 | ||
| Matrimony.com Pvt. Ltd is a signature internet conglomerate, managing Marquee brands such as BharatMatrimony.com and CommunityMatrimony.com. It is today, one of the fastest growing and profitable organisations in both the digital and offline space, with a reputation for innovation, technical excellence and entrepreneurship. From reaching out toSouth Asians across the map, in countries such as the UK, US, Dubai, Sri Lanka & Malaysia, to establishing a considerable retail presence with over 150 self-owned outlets across India, Matrimony.com spells customer satisfaction & delight.The company has pioneered several new business models (many of them global firsts) such as AssistedMatrimony.com, EliteMatrimony.com, CommunityMatrimony.com, MatrimonyGifts.com and Tambulya.com. CommunityMatrimony.com is the world's single largest conglomerate of over 350+ community oriented portals. This track record for constant innovation and cutting edge products has won it primarily millions of customers, several prestigious global awards, and cream of investors such as Bessemer, Canaan and Mayfield.What fuels Matrimony.com is the culture of intrapreneurship, passion and ethics that permeates across 3500+ strong team and top notch professionals at the helm of affairs.Matrimony.com is also a conscientious corporate citizen with a span of CSR activities that include BharatBloodBank.com, BharatEyeBank.com, BharatGreenHands.com and AbilityMatrimony.com. | $20M / Secondary Market / Sep 01, 2011 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Jungle Ventures
Jungle Ventures is a Singapore-based venture capital firm focused on early to growth-stage companies in Southeast Asia and India, with a focus on building long lasting businesses. With the most recent close of its $600M fourth fund in 2022, Jungle has $1B of Assets Under Management. Jungle partners with the region's most exciting founders tobuild high growth, capital-efficient technology businesses, and supports their growth from seed to unicorn, and IPO stage. Its portfolio includes regional and global category leaders like Kredivo Group, Moglix, Livspace, Builder.ai, LEAP Atomberg, and more.
Jungle Ventures Contacts
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David Gowdey
Managing Partner
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My Tran
Vice President, Vietnam & rest of Southeast Asia investments
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Yash Sankrityayan
Managing Partner, SE Asia investments
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Amit Anand
Founding Partner & Managing Director
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Anurag Srivastava
Co-Founder, Managing Partner
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What does David Gowdey invest in?
David Gowdey invests primarily in B2B, Legal and Retail startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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