# DBS Bank

> DBS Bank is a VC fund in Singapore backing Energy and Renewable Energy. See 98 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Total investments: 98
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 32%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dbs-bank
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/dbsbank?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
- Website: https://www.dbs.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dbs/

DBS Bank is a Singapore-based bank, providing full range of services in consumer, SME, and corporate banking activities across Asia and the Middle East. It is committed to expanding its pan-Asia franchise by leveraging its growing presence in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan to intermediate the increasing trade and investment flows betweenthese markets. Likewise, DBS Bank is focused on extending its end-to-end services to facilitate capital within fast-growing countries in Indonesia and India.As a bank that specializes in Asia, DBS Bank leverages its understanding of the region, local culture, and insights to serve and build lasting relationships with its clients. It has over 17,000 staff, representing over 30 nationalities. The bank was founded in 1968 and is based in Singapore.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $1.3M–$31M |
| Post-IPO Debt | $35M–$1.3B |
| Debt Financing | $64M–$1.2B |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 14 | 14% |
| Renewable Energy | 10 | 10% |
| Financial Services | 9 | 9% |
| Manufacturing | 7 | 7% |
| Solar | 6 | 6% |

88 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | 17 | 17% |
| Post-IPO Debt | 16 | 16% |
| Series A | 4 | 4% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 4% |
| Grant | 2 | 2% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Singapore | 16 | 16% |
| India | 12 | 12% |
| Australia | 5 | 5% |
| United States | 4 | 4% |
| Indonesia | 3 | 3% |

10 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Amit Agarwal | SVP | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amit-agarwal-dbd9 |
| Chong Chew | Managing Director | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chong-lim-chew |
| Dominic Ho | Chairman of the Board of Directors | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dominic-ho |
| Ka-Kit Man | SVP, Trade Asset Management | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ka-kit-man |
| Kwee Juan Han | Managing Director - Group Head, Strategy & Planning | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kwee-juan-han |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Phoenix Kallang | Phoenix Kallang is the joint venture between Frasers Property Ltd and Mitsubishi Estate Asia Pte. Ltd. | $454.3M | Debt Financing | Jul 13, 2026 |  |
| Vena Energy | Vena Energy is a leading Independent Power Producer (IPP) and an integrated pure-renewable energy company in the Asia-Pacific region. | $963.5M | Debt Financing | Jun 30, 2026 |  |
| ETAFCo | ETAFCo is a specialized green finance fund established to accelerate the retirement and displacement of coal-fired power plants across Asia. Managed by Singapore’s Clifford Capital, the platform operates as a core pillar under the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s FAST-P initiative. It structures bankable clean energy projects by blending publicconcessional capital with private commercial loans to de-risk investments. | $210M | Debt Financing | Jun 24, 2026 |  |
| Frasers Property | Frasers Property is a company that owns, develops and manages a diverse portfolio of properties across the globe. | $841.8M | Post-IPO Debt | Jun 04, 2026 |  |
| Frasers Tower | Frasers Tower is a investment holding entity that develops, owns, and manages a global real estate portfolio.The firm's business spans the commercial, residential, hospitality, retail, industrial, and logistics sectors. | $843.5M | Post-IPO Debt | Jun 02, 2026 |  |
| Avaada | Business and sustainability can go hand-in-hand. Their unique strategy interweaves business goals with environmental sustainability and social responsibility, producing mutually beneficial results. By contributing to community’s socio-economic development in the short-term, they foresee delivery of continual value to their shareholders. Throughtheir community engagement initiatives, they are contributing to uplift the lifestyle of communities they work with. | $950M | Debt Financing | Jun 01, 2026 |  |
| Singtel | SingTel is a telecommunications company that provides ISP, IPTV, mobile phone, and fixed line telephony services. It operates in several segments: mobile, apps and services, and wireless networks.Its mobile segment provides mobile devices, plans and add-ons, and IDD services. Its apps and services segment provides apps for mobile devices,e-commerce, and more.It also provides broadband services, wireless networks, telephone services, and TV channel packs. It serves both the corporate and consumer markets. SingTel's highly developed international network provides direct connections from Singapore to more than 100 countries. It is a major investor in many of the world's most sophisticated submarine cable and satellite systems. The Group is the second largest satellite operator in the Asia Pacific.SingTel was founded in 1879 and is based in Singapore. SingTel currently has stakes in 8 Telecom Operators in the Asia Pac Region. | $1.2B | Post-IPO Debt | May 29, 2026 |  |
| CleanMax | CleanMax is now the largest developer of onsite and off-site solar solutions for corporate customers in India, on a build-own-operate basis. We develop solar projects on a turnkey basis, covering includes construction, financing and O&M in our scope, and providing power on a per-kWh basis under long-term Power Purchase Agreements, at ratescheaper than grid tariffs. | $575M | Post-IPO Debt | May 26, 2026 |  |
| Credit Saison India | Credit Saison India is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Saison Co. Ltd, a Japanese credit card/prepaid card issuer. Credit Saison India has offices in Bangalore and Mumbai. | $500M | Debt Financing | May 21, 2026 |  |
| Vale | Vale is in the mining sector. Headquartered in Brazil, they operate in over 30 countries and employ over 195,000 people (including employees and long-term contractors). They are the global leader in iron ore and the second biggest nickel producer. They also produce copper, coal, manganese, ferroalloys, fertilizers, cobalt and platinum group metals.In addition, they operate in the logistics, steel, energy and fertilizers sectors. | $750M | Post-IPO Debt | Apr 23, 2026 |  |

10 of 98 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does DBS Bank invest in?

DBS Bank invests primarily in Energy, Renewable Energy and Financial Services startups, most often at Debt Financing and Post-IPO Debt stage. Most of the 98 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is DBS Bank's check size?

DBS Bank typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$31M at Series A, $35M–$1.3B at Post-IPO Debt and $64M–$1.2B at Debt Financing. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds DBS Bank participates in.

### How do I contact DBS Bank?

Public channels for DBS Bank include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at DBS Bank?

The team at DBS Bank includes Amit Agarwal (SVP), Chong Chew (Managing Director) and Dominic Ho (Chairman of the Board of Directors), among 10 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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