# Gobi Partners

> Gobi Partners is a VC fund backing E-Commerce and Financial Services. See 383 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Total investments: 383
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 27%
- Fund size: $1.3B
- Last fund: Mar 2023
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gobi-partners-inc-/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/GobiPartners
- Website: https://www.gobi.vc/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GobiPartners/

Gobi Partners is a VC fund in Kuala Lumpur focused on E-Commerce and Financial Services. Gobi Partners is the most interconnected Pan-Asian venture capital firm with US$1.5 billion in assets under management (AUM). Headquartered in Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong, the firm supports entrepreneurs from the early to growth stages and focuses on emerging and underserved markets.Founded in 2002, Gobi has raised 15 funds to date, invested inover 350 startups and nurtured 10 unicorns. Gobi has grown to 15 locations across key markets in Bangkok, Beijing, Cairo, Guangzhou, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Karachi, Kuala Lumpur, Lahore, Manila, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Singapore and Surabaya.As a Participant of the United Nations Global Compact, Gobi Partners is committed to aligning strategies and operations with universal principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption to ensure long-term value creation and sustainability across our portfolio.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $709k–$8M |
| Series A | $1.7M–$20M |
| Series B | $5M–$43M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 29 | 8% |
| Financial Services | 27 | 7% |
| Internet | 21 | 5% |
| Software | 18 | 5% |
| FinTech | 16 | 4% |

236 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 63 | 16% |
| Seed | 49 | 13% |
| Series B | 33 | 9% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 33 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 14 | 4% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| China | 51 | 13% |
| Malaysia | 35 | 9% |
| Hong Kong | 26 | 7% |
| Singapore | 18 | 5% |
| Indonesia | 16 | 4% |

18 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jamaludin Bujang | Managing Director | 17 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jamaludin-bujang |
| Kay-Mok Ku | Managing Partner | 9 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kay-mok-ku |
| Thomas Tsao | Co-Founder | 32 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thomas-tsao |
| Arya Putra Ketut Masagung | Venture Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arya-putra-ketut-masagung |
| Avery Li | Vice President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avery-li |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tiiny AI | Tiiny AI offers a ready-to-use open-source ecosystem with one-click installation for models. |  | Angel | Jul 30, 2026 |  |
| Nika Optics | Nika Optics specializes in AR volume holographic waveguide display optics. It primarily addresses the issues with optical display for consumer AR optical goods. | $14.8M | Series A | Jul 20, 2026 |  |
| GreatAsic | GreatAsic specializes in delivering next-generation System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions that empower innovation and performance across industries. | $6.9M | Pre-Seed | Jun 09, 2026 |  |
| GreatAsic | GreatAsic specializes in delivering next-generation System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions that empower innovation and performance across industries. | $6.9M | Seed | Jun 09, 2026 |  |
| Transak | Transak is a global web3 payment and onboarding infrastructure provider, facilitating seamless transitions between traditional finance and crypto assets. Its product suite includes robust fiat-to-crypto services (On/Off-Ramps), a fiat-to-smart-contract solution (Transak One), and a fiat-to-NFT checkout solution. As a regulated, non-custodialpayments layer, Transak supports onboarding to 160+ crypto assets across 75+ blockchains. Trusted by over 350+ applications, including MetaMask and Coinbase Wallet, Transak is making web3 applications more accessible. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 08, 2026 |  |
| Transak | Transak is a global web3 payment and onboarding infrastructure provider, facilitating seamless transitions between traditional finance and crypto assets. Its product suite includes robust fiat-to-crypto services (On/Off-Ramps), a fiat-to-smart-contract solution (Transak One), and a fiat-to-NFT checkout solution. As a regulated, non-custodialpayments layer, Transak supports onboarding to 160+ crypto assets across 75+ blockchains. Trusted by over 350+ applications, including MetaMask and Coinbase Wallet, Transak is making web3 applications more accessible. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 08, 2026 |  |
| PolicyStreet | PolicyStreet is an insurance technology (insurtech) group of companies providing digital insurance solutions to businesses and consumers in Southeast Asia and Australia. They offer insurance, bespoke employee benefits, financial advice, insurance aggregation, and the development of digital technologies to make insurance meaningful and simple forbusinesses and people. | $21M | Series C | Apr 01, 2026 |  |
| Carsome | Carsome is an online used car platform that provides efficient car selling services to individuals and entities. Through its online bidding portal, customers are able to sell their vehicles directly to dealers. Carsome facilitates the entire car selling process from inspection to valuation, bidding, and payment as well as logistics needs, allowingthe customers to sell their cars.It was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Malaysia, the company has expanded to Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore. | $30M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 17, 2026 |  |
| Cortical Labs | Cortical Labs is a biological computing startup that is revolutionizing computing by integrating living neurons into chips. The biOS from Cortical Labs creates their reality and transmits data about it via electrical signals. The activity of the neuron is then translated into actions within that reality. The mind perceives these actions as having apositive or negative impact on biOS, which it then adapts to in order to enhance that feedback. The self-programming, infinitely flexible human neuron is the product of four billion years of evolution. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 04, 2026 |  |
| ServAuto | ServAuto is an automotive aftercare marketplace that offers maintenance, solar film, dashcam, footpad, wiper, and tire services. |  | Seed | Feb 10, 2026 |  |

10 of 383 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Gobi Partners invest in?

Gobi Partners invests primarily in E-Commerce, Financial Services and Internet startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 383 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Gobi Partners's check size?

Gobi Partners typically joins rounds of $709k–$8M at Seed, $1.7M–$20M at Series A and $5M–$43M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Gobi Partners participates in.

### How do I contact Gobi Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Gobi Partners?

The team at Gobi Partners includes Jamaludin Bujang (Managing Director), Kay-Mok Ku (Managing Partner) and Thomas Tsao (Co-Founder), among 13 team members tracked by Shizune. 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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