Gavin Lee
General Partner @ Wavemaker Ventures
Singapore, Singapore
Gavin Lee is a seed investor at Wavemaker Ventures in Singapore focused on Information Technology and AgTech. Gavin leads the investment team at Wavemaker Partners. He manages all investment-related engagements and provides support to Wavemaker Partners’ portfolio companies. Gavin started his career in venture capital with stints at Matrix Partners China and Infocomm Investments, a Singapore government venture firm. He has led and participated in more than100 investments around Southeast Asia, including the VC firm’s investments in Wavecell, eFishery, Zilingo, Cashshield, and ZUZU Hospitality. Gavin graduated with a BA in Financial Economics from Columbia University in the City of New York and is currently undertaking an Executive MBA in Finance at Tsinghua University.
- Total investments:
- 18
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 61%
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Industries Gavin Lee invests in
Stages Gavin Lee invests in
Countries Gavin Lee invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Information Technology 4 (22%)
- AgTech 3 (17%)
- Drones 2 (11%)
- Banking 2 (11%)
- FinTech 2 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 8 (44%)
- Series A 4 (22%)
- Funding Round 2 (11%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (6%)
- Series B 1 (6%)
Country
- Singapore 5 (28%)
- Malaysia 3 (17%)
- India 1 (6%)
- Vietnam 1 (6%)
- Pakistan 1 (6%)
Investments
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Fasal, an agri-tech platform, developed by Wolkus Technology Solutions, is an AI-powered platform for the Agriculture ecosystem that records a variety of growing conditions on the farm. It then uses artificial intelligence and data science to make on-farm predictions, before delivering the insights anywhere on any device including (iOS, Android,Tablet, and web).Its data-driven precision agriculture solution recommends real-time agronomic solutions to growers using on-farm and micro-climate data collected through agnostic sensors that helps farmers with cost savings in terms of water, energy, fertilizers, and pesticides. | $12M / Series A / Dec 22, 2023 | |
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MindX launched in 2014 as a home for young techies. Some came to learn to code, some came to pick up another language or skill or English. Tech companies started to approach MindX for recruitment. In mid-2017, the company decided to form its own team, picking the best from its classes. | $15M / Series B / Apr 12, 2023 | |
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Mental health conversations that change lives.Mission - At heyy, we are on a mission to make mental health truly accessible and personal.The Why? India has more than 200 million citizens suffering from some form of mental illness. The impact of this on the economy of India is expected to be around $ 1 Trillion by 2030. The mental health topicremains tabooed and stigmatized. Or are largely unaware that they need help. Coupled with the barriers of having the least number of psychologists / therapists in India, mental health issues need an innovative solution to be tackled.The How? Despite 20,000+ apps on mental health, the issues and impact largely remains unaddressed. From habit forming products, to motivational quotes, to short content on everything from depression to anxiety, the net impact is still single digits. Then how do we tackle this problem at scale with all its complexities?The What? Let's agree - the best solution is for everyone to speak to a therapist. Period. Conversations, on this deeply human and complex challenges, with individuals who are trained. The answer lies in keeping the space personal while creating ways in which users start taking their first steps towards wellbeing. heyy, stands out in this by not removing the human intervention for the purpose of scaling. In fact, we are deeply personal in approach, enabling conversations in an anonymous and confidential setting with our Helpers and creating a suite of products around it, to nudge, help, plan and get our users better.On our app, users get access to - 1. Self Assessments - Tangible measures to assess mental health and wellbeing 2. Lifebuoys - Bite-sized and research backed resources, to inform and nudge 3. Helpers - 24x7 mental health first-aid, by trained psychologists 4. Experts - For intensive therapy needsIt just takes a heyy, ! Get started today. | $555K / Pre-Seed / Feb 22, 2022 | |
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Fasal, an agri-tech platform, developed by Wolkus Technology Solutions, is an AI-powered platform for the Agriculture ecosystem that records a variety of growing conditions on the farm. It then uses artificial intelligence and data science to make on-farm predictions, before delivering the insights anywhere on any device including (iOS, Android,Tablet, and web).Its data-driven precision agriculture solution recommends real-time agronomic solutions to growers using on-farm and micro-climate data collected through agnostic sensors that helps farmers with cost savings in terms of water, energy, fertilizers, and pesticides. | $48K / Seed / Nov 22, 2021 | |
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Fasal, an agri-tech platform, developed by Wolkus Technology Solutions, is an AI-powered platform for the Agriculture ecosystem that records a variety of growing conditions on the farm. It then uses artificial intelligence and data science to make on-farm predictions, before delivering the insights anywhere on any device including (iOS, Android,Tablet, and web).Its data-driven precision agriculture solution recommends real-time agronomic solutions to growers using on-farm and micro-climate data collected through agnostic sensors that helps farmers with cost savings in terms of water, energy, fertilizers, and pesticides. | $4M / Seed / Nov 22, 2021 | |
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MindX launched in 2014 as a home for young techies. Some came to learn to code, some came to pick up another language or skill or English. Tech companies started to approach MindX for recruitment. In mid-2017, the company decided to form its own team, picking the best from its classes. | $3M / Series A / Nov 15, 2021 | |
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Founded in 2016, Poladrone is a drone technology company that focuses on putting forward drones as an industrial solution. We use autonomous drones and customised algorithms to collect and analyse data efficiently. Through integrating drones into existing commercial workflow, we aim to solve operational problems and increase revenues.Poladronehas two proprietary products, Airamap – a closed based platform providing aerial insights through simplified mapping process; and Oryctes – a customised agriculture spraying drone deigned for local crops such as oil palm. We are also official distributors of a number of world class brands namely DJI Enterprise, Sentera, FLIR and others to provide a complete solution to our customers.We are here to help you improve your business. Contact us today to discuss how we can work together. | $4.3M / Seed / Oct 25, 2021 | |
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Founded by a team of engineers, Aonic (Formerly Poladrone) is an all-in-one drone solutions provider for enterprises that are looking to modernise and streamline their operations workflow. A staple in the commercial drone industry, Poladrone is rapidly expanding beyond the skies and later rebranded into what we are today – Aonic, demonstrating ourcommitment to our clients to provide them with a holistic ecosystem beyond our core drone capabilities. | $4.3M / Seed / Oct 25, 2021 | |
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Oraan is a banking company that specializes in providing online and mobile banking, especially for women. Its members get access to build their financial identify as they participate in Oraan core product. | $3M / Seed / Sep 24, 2021 | |
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OY! is a fintech application that simplifies the management of finances.It is providing a free and easy way of transferring money directly from debit cards, viewing of bank account balances and bank statements as well as providing various financial products.The Jakarta, Jakarta Raya-based fintech company was co-founded in 2017 by Hilfi Alkaff,Jan Kristanto, and Jesayas Ferdinandus. | $45M / Series A / Jul 16, 2021 | |
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Co-Investors
About Wavemaker Ventures
Wavemaker Group is a multi-faceted cross border venture capital firm founded in 2003. The firm is dual headquartered in Los Angeles and Singapore and has raised over $580M across multiple funds. We currently have a team of 70 people across both sides of our practice. Wavemaker is one of the most active early-stage investors in Southern Californiaand Southeast Asia and has invested in over 360 companies in the last 17 years.
Wavemaker Ventures Contacts
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B. Paul Santos
Founding Partner
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Colin Tang
Investor Relations
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Eric Manlunas
Founder and Managing Partner
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Gavin Lee
General Partner
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Harold Au
Investment Manager
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What does Gavin Lee invest in?
Gavin Lee invests primarily in Information Technology, AgTech and Drones startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Gavin Lee last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Gavin Lee closed in Dec 2023. Shizune tracks 18 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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