Golden Equator Ventures
VC Fund
Singapore, Singapore
Golden Equator Ventures (GEV) is a venture capital firm that invests in high-growth technology companies in Southeast Asia. As the partner of visionaries, we believe in empowering the leaders and businesses of tomorrow to grow their businesses, create value for consumers and investors, while unleashing the potential to transform future realities.GEV is a subsidiary of Golden Equator Group. Through its ecosystem of businesses and networks, Golden Equator invests in the future generation through its key pillars of Capital, Technology, and Community to build financially rewarding businesses while driving positive social impact.For more information, please visit: https://www.goldenequatorventures.com
- Total investments:
- 16
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 31%
Last updated:
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Industries Golden Equator Ventures invests in
Stages Golden Equator Ventures invests in
Countries Golden Equator Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $800k–$4.1M
- Series A
- $2M–$6.3M
- Series B
- $4.6M–$27M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 4 (25%)
- FinTech 3 (19%)
- Information Technology 3 (19%)
- Apps 2 (13%)
- Internet 2 (13%)
Stage
- Series B 6 (38%)
- Series A 5 (31%)
- Seed 3 (19%)
- Funding Round 2 (13%)
Country
- Singapore 8 (50%)
- Indonesia 2 (13%)
- Taiwan 1 (6%)
- Myanmar 1 (6%)
- Vietnam 1 (6%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Daren Tan
Managing Partner
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Managing Partner | Total investments: 10 | Find email | |
Cindy Teoh
Associate Director, Investments
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Associate Director, Investments | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Grace Chiong
COO
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COO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Phuong Nguyen
Associate, Operations
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Associate, Operations | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Shane Ang
Analyst
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Analyst | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
| See all 7 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Baskit
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baskit (baskit.app) was founded by a team of FMCG and distribution tech veterans obsessed with solving the world's most pervasive supply chain puzzles. We provide emerging market distributors and wholesalers with digital tools to streamline their operations and accelerate their cash conversion cycle. | $4.1M / Seed / Jun 27, 2023 | |
Jenfi
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Founded by Jeffrey Liu and Justin Louie, Jenfi is an alternative revenue-based financing company for digital-native businesses and startups for Southeast Asia. Branded as Growth Capital as a Service (GCaaS), the asset class offers non-dilutive capital of up to US$500,000 for businesses to scale through marketing, inventory, and growth campaigns.Jenfi’s proprietary risk assessment engine is able to determine the creditworthiness of a business and also how efficient they are with their growth spending. Based on the assessment, Jenfi provides a more flexible and non-dilutive financing option for businesses. To date, Jenfi has backed over 100 businesses including B2B and SaaS businesses such as Tier One Entertainment, Pay With Split, and Homebase. Jenfi expects to deploy US$15 million in non- dilutive capital by July 2022. Prior to Jenfi, Jeffrey and Justin successfully built and exited fitness subscription company GuavaPass. Find out more at www.jenfi.com | $6.6M / Series B / May 15, 2023 | |
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Jenfi
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Founded by Jeffrey Liu and Justin Louie, Jenfi is an alternative revenue-based financing company for digital-native businesses and startups for Southeast Asia. Branded as Growth Capital as a Service (GCaaS), the asset class offers non-dilutive capital of up to US$500,000 for businesses to scale through marketing, inventory, and growth campaigns.Jenfi’s proprietary risk assessment engine is able to determine the creditworthiness of a business and also how efficient they are with their growth spending. Based on the assessment, Jenfi provides a more flexible and non-dilutive financing option for businesses. To date, Jenfi has backed over 100 businesses including B2B and SaaS businesses such as Tier One Entertainment, Pay With Split, and Homebase. Jenfi expects to deploy US$15 million in non- dilutive capital by July 2022. Prior to Jenfi, Jeffrey and Justin successfully built and exited fitness subscription company GuavaPass. Find out more at www.jenfi.com | $6.3M / Series A / Aug 17, 2021 | |
Pop Meals
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Pop Meals is a food delivery service that utilizes artificial intelligence in logistics and cooking automation.The company combines centralized, large-scale production with customer data, machine learning and the chefs in the industry to offer food delivery experience. It applies artificial intelligence to last-mile delivery offering the lowestdelivery costs in the industry.Dahmakan was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. | $18M / Series B / Feb 27, 2020 | |
Gushcloud International
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Gushcloud International is a global technology-driven digital talent and media company, focused on Influencer Marketing, Entertainment, Commerce. We connect audiences and brands to influencers and content creators through representation and management, brand strategy, marketing and activation services, media production, sales and distribution,licensing and co-creating significant IP in the content, media and event spaces.The company has four units: Gushcloud Agency, Gushcloud Entertainment, Gushcloud Studios and GC Live. With close to 300 employees, Gushcloud International operates in 11 offices globally including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Greater China, Australia and the United States of America. Gushcloud Agency is the marketing and advertising unit of Gushcloud International and is a leader in influencer marketing and delivering value from brands to consumers. We are also a licensed Agency in the US, and are committed to building long-term and sustainable career opportunities for digital stars.Gushcloud Entertainment is the brand builder unit of Gushcloud International that is a leader in co-building talent-led global consumer businesses that are positive, innovative and profitable.Gushcloud Studios is a digital media unit under Gushcloud International that manages a diverse array of talents and creates mobile-first content for YouTube, Instagram, Spotify, Facebook, TikTok, BiliBili and other streaming platforms.GC Live is the live commerce unit of Gushcloud International which operates premium live commerce shows selling global brands into Southeast Asia. | $11M / Sep 18, 2019 | |
Rever.vn
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Rever is a technology company operating in the field of Real Estate, officially launched in early 2016. With a team of senior personnel in many fields, Rever develops online real estate distribution system based on the map, providing the perfect brokerage service, creates a smart and high-performance process of buying, selling, renting real estate,based on a combination of modern technology and commodity consultants. head. | $2.3M / Series A / Sep 05, 2019 | |
Sorabel
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Sorabel is a rapid-growing startup who breathes data and technology in its core business.Sorabel gives access to affordable, high-quality clothes to everyone who needs it. You can't live without clothing and the fashion industry is crooked and elitist. They sell clothes for 5-10 times of its manufacturing price and offer bogus discounts attheir whim. They cater only to the fortunately privileged and abandon the working class and the underprivileged.Sale Stock's team members hail from Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, Duke, Purdue, UCLA, NTU, NUS, Imperial College London and ANU Graduates with top company background such as NASA, Google, Palantir, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Yahoo!, Sony, IBM, Microsoft, Citibank, McKinsey & Company and Accenture. Our offices are located in several different cities in Jakarta, Tangerang, Yogyakarta, Bandung, Bali, and Singapore. | $27M / Series B / Aug 16, 2017 | |
17 Media
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17Media was established in 2015 in Taiwan. Having raised $10m during Series A, 17Media is considered as one of the fastest growing startups in Asia.17app is a social media app that enables you to livestream, share photos, upload videos and interact with streamers. Celebrities, actors and singers are all live on the app, join us and interactwith them. Who knows, you might be the next internet celebrity! | $40M / Aug 02, 2017 | |
Vault Dragon
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VaultDragon is an integrated urban storage company that provides affordable, secure and on-demand storage solutions with flexible terms. They aim to become the "Dropbox" of physical storage, simplifying the storage process while allowing users to deposit, manage and retrieve their belongings on the go with their web and mobileapplications. | $1.2M / Seed / Feb 20, 2017 | |
Glints
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Glints is Southeast Asia’s largest talent platform for career development and recruitment. Founded in 2013 in Singapore, Glints has empowered more than 1.5 million professionals and 30,000 organizations to realize their human potential. Every day, we are helping organizations build great teams and pairing talent up with great opportunities, onematch at a time. | $2M / Series A / Sep 05, 2016 | |
| See all 16 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Golden Equator Ventures invest in?
Golden Equator Ventures invests primarily in Software, FinTech and Information Technology startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Golden Equator Ventures's check size?
Golden Equator Ventures typically joins rounds of $800k–$4.1M at Seed, $2M–$6.3M at Series A and $4.6M–$27M 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 Golden Equator Ventures participates in.
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Who are the partners at Golden Equator Ventures?
The team at Golden Equator Ventures includes Daren Tan (Managing Partner), Cindy Teoh (Associate Director, Investments) and Grace Chiong (COO), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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