# Forge Ventures

> Forge Ventures is a VC fund backing Artificial Intelligence and SaaS. See 23 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Total investments: 23
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 70%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/forgevc/
- Website: https://www.forge.vc

Forge Ventures is an institutional seed VC firm looking to partner with ambitious founders to build the future of Southeast Asia.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Forge Ventures. Shizune tracks 2 team members at Forge Ventures. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/forge-ventures?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$5.1M |
| Pre-Seed | $500k–$5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 17% |
| SaaS | 3 | 13% |
| EdTech | 2 | 9% |
| Software | 2 | 9% |
| Education | 2 | 9% |

49 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 11 | 48% |
| Pre-Seed | 8 | 35% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 4% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Singapore | 8 | 35% |
| Indonesia | 3 | 13% |
| Philippines | 2 | 9% |
| Vietnam | 1 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kaspar Hidayat | Partner and Co-founder | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kaspar-hidayat |
| Tiang Lim Foo | Partner & Cofounder | 26 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tiang-lim-foo |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hati Health | Hati Health is a digital platform that helps Filipino families access trusted clinics, doctors, and wellness services with ease. From booking medical consultations to transparent pricing for diagnostics and mental health support, Hati Health bridges the gap between patients and quality care, now with the added convenience of Insurance integration.Beyond individual care, Hati Health also partners with employers to deliver workplace health and wellness programs that support employees’ needs beyond traditional HMO coverage, helping organizations care for their teams more holistically. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Nov 26, 2025 |  |
| Blue Whale Energy | Blue Whale Energy empowers businesses to maximize energy storage, driving a smarter, cleaner, and more reliable energy. | $2M | Seed | Oct 30, 2025 |  |
| Prefer | Prefer is a coffee manufacturing company that is bean-free. The company uses fermentation to create coffee from waste. The fermentation process converts upcycled food by-products, from beer, bread, and tofu manufacturing, into these same aroma molecules. | $4.2M | Seed | Aug 12, 2025 |  |
| Mito Health | Mito Health is an AI-powered medical healthtech that provides technological advances to revolutionize the future of personalized preventative care. | $2.2M | Seed | Mar 17, 2025 |  |
| Nexmedis | The GPT of Healthcare |  | Seed | Feb 17, 2025 |  |
| NoneAway | NoneAway makes property searches safe, smart, and simple by matching property owners and seekers with trusted listings and verified brokers. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Nov 14, 2024 |  |
| Vouch | Vouch builds easy-to-use digital concierges for hospitality and travel, empowering them with the freedom to do the things that matter. Their app-less, chat-based digital concierge uses artificial intelligence (AI) to handle guest and customer queries 24/7 and facilitates purchases and in-house requests. We have been able to enhance guest andcustomer experiences, improve productivity, and capture opportunities for revenue generation. | $2.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 11, 2024 |  |
| Yolk.fm | Yolk.fm is a social platform that allows users to chat rather than send text messages. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Feb 29, 2024 |  |
| Prefer | Prefer is a coffee manufacturing company that is bean-free. The company uses fermentation to create coffee from waste. The fermentation process converts upcycled food by-products, from beer, bread, and tofu manufacturing, into these same aroma molecules. | $2M | Seed | Feb 22, 2024 |  |
| Kinetic | Kinetic is a dveloper of a fintech platform intended to offer merchant credit risk management for digital commerce. | $7.7M | Seed | Nov 20, 2023 |  |

10 of 23 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alto Partners Multi-Family Office](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alto-partners-multi-family-office) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DS/X Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ds-x-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DWF Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dwf-labs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Entrepreneurs First](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/entrepreneur-first) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Entrepreneurs First](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/entrepreneurs-first) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Forge Ventures invest in?

Forge Ventures invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, SaaS and EdTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 23 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Forge Ventures's check size?

Forge Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$5.1M at Seed and $500k–$5M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Forge Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Forge Ventures?

Public channels for Forge Ventures include LinkedIn 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 Forge Ventures?

The team at Forge Ventures includes Kaspar Hidayat (Partner and Co-founder) and Tiang Lim Foo (Partner & Cofounder). 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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