Frontier Digital Ventures
VC Fund
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Frontier Digital Ventures is a VC fund in Kuala Lumpur focused on Real Estate and E-Commerce. Frontier Digital Ventures is focused on becoming the world leader in online classifieds businesses in frontier and emerging markets. We are experts in the online classifieds space with a particular focus on automotive and property verticals and general classifieds websites, and we are proud of our amazing track record in building and supporting great companies. We love frontier markets and thrive on the excitement and challenge they present and the opportunity they offer to self-starting entrepreneurs to become effective game changers. We seek out entrepreneurs with integrity, unwavering self-belief in their online classifieds business and extraordinary passion to make it succeed. With the extensive support we offer to them coupled with their own energy and work ethic, Frontier Digital Ventures is bringing outstanding online classifieds companies of global significance to their full potential and setting a new global standard of excellence in the field.
- Total investments:
- 14
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 43%
- Fund size:
- $8.5M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Frontier Digital Ventures invests in
Stages Frontier Digital Ventures invests in
Countries Frontier Digital Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Round size
- Seed
- $500k–$5.1M
- Series A
- $1.2M–$30M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $2M–$2.3M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Real Estate 7 (50%)
- E-Commerce 6 (43%)
- Internet 4 (29%)
- Automotive 3 (21%)
- Marketplace 3 (21%)
Stage
- Seed 4 (29%)
- Series A 4 (29%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 4 (29%)
- Convertible Note 1 (7%)
Country
- Pakistan 2 (14%)
- Ghana 1 (7%)
- Myanmar 1 (7%)
- Nigeria 1 (7%)
- Vietnam 1 (7%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Shaun Di Gregorio
CEO & Founder
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CEO & Founder | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
David Baxby
Chairman
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Chairman | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Jason Thoe
Chief Operating Officer
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Chief Operating Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Luke Elliott
Co-Founder & Investor
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Co-Founder & Investor | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Patrick Grove
Co-Founder & Investor
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Co-Founder & Investor | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
| See all 6 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aptuno provides a seamless search and application experience for LatAm's residential renters and maximizes liquidity for landords. | $5.1M / Seed / Nov 30, 2021 | ||
| Propzy is a full-stack real estate platform that originates and facilitates property sale and leasing transactions in Vietnam. By combining a real estate marketplace on the front end with logistics, documentation, and transaction services on the backend, Propzy has created a strong value proposition for consumers and has established a clearcompetitive advantage in Vietnam.Vietnam has a total population of 92m with a very high mobile penetration rate of 147%. By 2017 all 4 major mobile operators had been issued 4G licenses, providing the platform for strong increases in Internet and smartphone penetration. Strong listing growth in 2017 is expected to significantly drive revenue growth due to the transaction focused business model. In Q1 2017, Propzy facilitated a total of $190mm in property transactions with an average share of the total commission of 0.40% and is currently on track for $300mm for Q2 (150% QoQ growth). In 2015 there were a total of 357k property sale transactions in Vietnam, with potential agency commissions for the whole Vietnamese market as high as US$1bn.The CEO and founder of Propzy, John Le, is a highly successful entrepreneur having founded and sold several technology businesses in North America. In 1999, he founded one of the Internet’s first mortgage trading platforms (LoanTrader) and attracted top tier investors including Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Koch Industries. John Le has been awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Orange County) and Deloitte’s Fast50 winner. In 2009 John Le returned to Vietnam to found Vietnam’s first international credit bureau along with operating and financial partner TransUnion. | $6M / Convertible Note / Jan 12, 2019 | ||
| AutoDeal is a digital marketing platform for car brands, dealers and consumers. The platform assists automotive buyers in comparing vehicles, finding promotions and effectively communicating with dealerships and sales agents. It further offers analytical tools that provide unique insights into buyer behaviour for brands and dealerships. ThePhilippines currently has 45 brands and with a 30% annual sales increase reported in 2014, it is now the second fastest growing automotive market in the world. Propelling this growth is an increase in per capita earnings and aggressive car financing strategies being deployed by the finance institutions and automotive brands.The AutoDeal platform will support this growth assisting consumers in the buying process through fast-paced and efficient communication with dealerships, delivering on the promise of ‘Car Buying, Simplified.’ | $2.3M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 07, 2017 | ||
| Propzy is a full-stack real estate platform that originates and facilitates property sale and leasing transactions in Vietnam. By combining a real estate marketplace on the front end with logistics, documentation, and transaction services on the backend, Propzy has created a strong value proposition for consumers and has established a clearcompetitive advantage in Vietnam.Vietnam has a total population of 92m with a very high mobile penetration rate of 147%. By 2017 all 4 major mobile operators had been issued 4G licenses, providing the platform for strong increases in Internet and smartphone penetration. Strong listing growth in 2017 is expected to significantly drive revenue growth due to the transaction focused business model. In Q1 2017, Propzy facilitated a total of $190mm in property transactions with an average share of the total commission of 0.40% and is currently on track for $300mm for Q2 (150% QoQ growth). In 2015 there were a total of 357k property sale transactions in Vietnam, with potential agency commissions for the whole Vietnamese market as high as US$1bn.The CEO and founder of Propzy, John Le, is a highly successful entrepreneur having founded and sold several technology businesses in North America. In 1999, he founded one of the Internet’s first mortgage trading platforms (LoanTrader) and attracted top tier investors including Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Koch Industries. John Le has been awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Orange County) and Deloitte’s Fast50 winner. In 2009 John Le returned to Vietnam to found Vietnam’s first international credit bureau along with operating and financial partner TransUnion. | $2M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 07, 2017 | ||
| Zameen.com has single-handedly revolutionized real estate buying and selling in Pakistan. Zameen.com was the First Pakistan Property Portal that presented state of the art services and features for Pakistan real estate agents, buyers and sellers alike. Since 2006, Zameen has been the primary choice for people looking to invest, buy, sell, or rentproperties in all major cities of Pakistan. | $2.1M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 24, 2016 | ||
| PropertyPro.ng is the central platform of real estate property in Nigeria. With a web-based platform for property rentals and sales, they provide users with property search experience both online and offline by connecting them with legitimate and verified real estate agents. In the Nigerian property market, with over 60,000 property listings whichinclude properties like homes, houses, lands, shops, office spaces and other commercial properties, small, medium and large-scale real estate companies in Nigeria who desire to scale up the sales and rentals of their properties can partner with PropertyPro.ng | $1.2M / Series A / Sep 20, 2016 | ||
| MeQasa offers an online platform that enables its users to rent, buy, and sell properties.With comprehensive listings of houses, apartments, condos, office spaces, and short stays, the company offers efficient and user friendly way to get its users through a stress less property search through online and offline media. Featured agents of thecompany are Signature Properties, Layoco Limited, EASTMIDAS PROPERTIES, Tierra Consult, Loveridge Properties and Consult, and Ando Properties Limited. The company collaborates with brokers, owners, and tenants to create complete and dynamic property profiles and they advertise online all adequately profiled properties that are vacant.MeQasa is headquartered in Ghana and the company was founded in 2013. | $500K / Seed / Oct 29, 2015 | ||
| AH is an ongoing success story and it aims to become the leading local classifieds ads internet business in Africa.We are planning to operate in 4 African countries in the next few weeks and probably in most African countries in the next fews months,” said Jacques Temgo Guiffo, founder and CEO Afribaba Holdings. “In Cameroon, AH is launching withhttp://www.afribaba.cm, in Senegal - See more at: http://techmoran.com/afribaba-raises-undisclosed-funding-from-frontier-digital-ventures-to-expand-in-francophone-africa/#sthash.fodsC1pr.dpuf | Seed / Sep 03, 2015 | ||
| CarWangu is an online classifieds website for automobiles.The website enables its users to search and view vehicles based on mark, model, price, city, and state. IT sells cars, motorbikes, and utility vehicles to its users. Users are able to buy and sell automobiles on the website.CarWangu was launched in 2014 by Axel Peyriere and is based inKinshasa. | Seed / Sep 01, 2015 | ||
| Propertymaputo.com is Mozambique’s number one online real estate portal that showcases all available residential and commercial property in Maputo City and surroundings.We integrate value added and relevant services provider products associated within the real estate sector such as hotel accommodation , insurance companies, security companies,transportation services, financial institutions, and the latest developments in order to provide a complete holistic view of the property market within Mozambique. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 07, 2015 | ||
| See all 14 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Frontier Digital Ventures invest in?
Frontier Digital Ventures invests primarily in Real Estate, E-Commerce and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Pakistan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Frontier Digital Ventures invest in?
Frontier Digital Ventures typically joins rounds of $500k–$5.1M at Seed, $1.2M–$30M at Series A and $2M–$2.3M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Frontier Digital Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Frontier Digital Ventures took part in.
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Who are the partners at Frontier Digital Ventures?
The team at Frontier Digital Ventures includes Shaun Di Gregorio (CEO & Founder), David Baxby (Chairman) and Jason Thoe (Chief Operating Officer), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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