# Ernest Cu

> Ernest Cu is a pre-seed investor in Manila backing Retail and Collectibles. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Manila, Philippines
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/ernest-cu/6/3a/975
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ernest.cu

Ernest Cu is a pre-seed investor in Manila focused on Retail and Collectibles. Ernest Cu is based out of Metro Manila, National Capital Region, and is the Chairman of the Board of GCash. Ernest previously worked at Globe Telecom as a CEO. Ernest Cu attended Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Retail | 1 | 100% |
| Collectibles | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Toki | Toki is a social commerce platform is made to facilitate the safe, profitable, and pleasurable purchase and sale of collectibles. It allows collectors to easily handle transactions The company's platform allows vendors to post their products for categories like footwear, Lego, NBA Cards, and Funko Pops, and customers may buy the products justlike they would on other online marketplaces. | $1.8M | Pre-Seed | Jan 15, 2024 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Foxmont Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foxmont-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kaya Founders](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kaya-founders-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Ernest Cu invest in?

Ernest Cu invests primarily in Retail and Collectibles startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Philippines. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ernest Cu last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ernest Cu closed in Jan 2024. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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