# Encik Bangah

> Encik Bangah is a corporate round investor at Commerce.Asia backing E-Commerce and Retail. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Commerce.Asia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/commerce-asia)
- Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jun 2021
- Lead investor: 71%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ganeshkb79
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gbangah

Encik Bangah is a corporate round investor at Commerce.Asia in Kuala Lumpur focused on E-Commerce and Retail. Encik Ganesh Kumar Bangah is based out of Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, and is the Non-Executive Chairman of Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation. Ganesh previously worked at PIKOM as a Advisor.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 43% |
| Retail | 2 | 29% |
| Internet | 2 | 29% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 29% |
| Apps | 1 | 14% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Corporate Round | 2 | 29% |
| Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 1 | 14% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Malaysia | 6 | 86% |
| Singapore | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| pitchIN | pitchIN could be described as Malaysia's national crowdfunding platform. Since inception in 2012, the pitchIN rewards venture has become the most successful rewards crowdfunding platform in South East Asia. It holds records for projects that raised the most funds and for the most number of backers for a single project. It has also successfullyexecuted a slew of groundbreaking crowdfunding projects such as the first ever Indie festival in Penang, TAPAUfest, on-demand movies Movie GoGo project, the pitchIN-MaGIC Challenge, MDeC’s social project to assist the flood victims in East Malaysia, TeeSomethingNice, the tee-shirt project in celebration of Hari Malaysia and Merdeka 2014 and helped to secure a permanent place for Wok It, a Malaysian mobile kitchen that serves quick and customised meals to raise finances to build their kitchen and to set up a permanent home. | $1.3M | Equity Crowdfunding | Jun 16, 2021 |  |
| BizApp | BIZAPP is specifically designed for Android, iOS and Web users for all entrepreneurs, regular agents, dropship agents, stockists and HQs to manage booking data. |  | Corporate Round | Feb 18, 2020 |  |
| Y Ventures Group | Based in Singapore, Y Ventures Group is a data-driven e-commerce company. Capitalizing on our data analytics capabilities, we partner with the world’s leading brands to sell their products in multiple countries across various online marketplaces. Y Ventures make sense of loose data with a customized data analytics dashboard. Visualize sales trendsin a glance and translate them into actionable that adds to the bottom line. Empower your supply chain management with more accurate sale forecasts. | $1.5M | Post-IPO Equity | Sep 22, 2019 |  |
| Kumoten | Kumoten is a Malaysia's largest dropship service provider. they help online retailers start and grow their business by taking away the risk of buying stocks. |  | Seed | Oct 31, 2018 |  |
| Sprintla | Mobile Print-On-Demand Application |  | Pre-Seed | Aug 14, 2018 |  |
| Sitegiant | Omnichannel Commerce Platform |  | Corporate Round | Mar 21, 2018 |  |
| TableApp | TABLEAPP provides Malaysia's 1st and leading online restaurant booking site. TABLEAPP provides online restaurant reservation with instant confirmation. And it's totally FREE.They have been featured in The Star, BFM, The Edge, Tech in Asia, Astro Awani, Bernama FM and many more. They are committed to empower dining experience byhelping restaurants grow and run their businesses, to enabling diners to discover superior dining experience and book the perfect table. |  | Series A | Nov 27, 2015 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cradle Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cradle-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kathrein Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kathrein-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sea Unicorn](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sea-unicorn) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Commerce.Asia

VC Fund · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Commerce.Asia is focused on building omni-channel solutions, which enable businesses to sell online on various platforms from a single point, by integrating a variety of physical and digital channels while integrating customer experience, loyalty, payment and fulfilment.

1 contacts available at Commerce.Asia.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Encik Bangah | Founder & Executive Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ganesh-kumar-bangah |

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## FAQ

### What does Encik Bangah invest in?

Encik Bangah invests primarily in E-Commerce, Retail and Internet startups, most often at Corporate Round and Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Malaysia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Encik Bangah last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Encik Bangah closed in Jun 2021. Shizune tracks 7 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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