# Golden Gate Ventures

> Golden Gate Ventures is a VC fund in Singapore backing FinTech and Software. See 143 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Total investments: 143
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 36%
- Fund size: $100M
- Last fund: May 2024
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/golden-gate-ventures/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/GoldenGateVC
- Website: http://goldengate.vc/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/goldengatevc/

Golden Gate Ventures is a SouthEast Asian venture capital firm founded in 2011 that brings together knowledge and experience from Silicon Valley with passion and ambition for Southeast Asia. For over a decade we've proudly backed some of the region's most audacious founders and had the privilege of being part of Southeast Asia’sincredible growth story. Headquartered in Singapore with offices in Indonesia and Vietnam We’ve launched 4 funds, have US$250M AUM, and invested in 70+ companies with 9 unicorns across our portfolio.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $473k–$6.4M |
| Series A | $1.5M–$17M |
| Series B | $10M–$60M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 18 | 13% |
| Software | 17 | 12% |
| Financial Services | 17 | 12% |
| E-Commerce | 16 | 11% |
| Apps | 11 | 8% |

158 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 52 | 36% |
| Series A | 39 | 27% |
| Series B | 12 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 7 | 5% |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 4% |

12 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Singapore | 27 | 19% |
| Indonesia | 22 | 15% |
| United States | 13 | 9% |
| Vietnam | 6 | 4% |
| Thailand | 5 | 3% |

18 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kenrick Drijkoningen | Head of Growth | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kenrick-drijkoningen |
| Vinnie Lauria | Managing Partner | 29 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vinnie-lauria |
| Dea Surjadi | Head of Indonesia | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dea-surjadi |
| Jeffrey Chua | Senior Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeffrey-chua |
| Jeffrey Paine | Founding Partner | 26 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeffrey-paine |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Triangle | Triangle is a live entertainment platform that enables global artists to manage tour financing, promotion, and operations. | $10M | Seed | Aug 05, 2026 |  |
| IWG | IWG is a medical start-up that provides cloud-based solutions for medical resource shortages and work support tools. | $1.8M | Seed | Jun 02, 2026 |  |
| OrtCloud | OrtCloud provides specialized cloud infrastructure optimized for AI agents and workloads requiring deterministic, predictable performance. | $1.7M | Pre-Seed | Apr 14, 2026 |  |
| Invisible Technologies | Invisible Technologies provides a system of platforms and human services for AI development. The company offers tools for data processing, process building, and AI agent execution. It also connects businesses with experts for model training, data annotation, and evaluation. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 13, 2026 |  |
| Acceler8 | Acceler8 is a business intelligence platform that aims to replace traditional, calendar-driven workforce decisions with continuous, data-driven insights. |  | Seed | Mar 03, 2026 |  |
| Cortex AI | Cortex AI is engaged in robotics engineering, which develops models that power general-purpose robots. | $6M | Seed | Dec 03, 2025 |  |
| TheLibrarian.io |  | $2M | Seed | Nov 13, 2025 |  |
| CLIKA | CLIKA is a software company that develops optimization tools to streamline the execution of artificial intelligence projects. The company provides an AI compression platform that enables compact, accelerated, and hardware-ready deployment—across cloud, on-prem, and edge environments. |  | Seed | Aug 21, 2025 |  |
| Tarjama | Tarjama, a certified translation agency in Dubai and across the region, understands that in order to compete in today’s global market, businesses must be able to connect with their customers and stakeholders and communicate about their products and services in a way that fits into the regional and cultural context. What works in Europe or the USmay simply not work in the Middle East. As cultural and linguistic experts, we help you transcend geographic borders and communicate globally! | $15M | Series A | May 20, 2025 |  |
| BYANAT | Byanat provides a SaaS analytics platform that combines connectivity management, device management, and analytics to grow and sustain connected infrastructure. Byanat platform combines connectivity management, device management, and analytics specifically built for connected infrastructure. |  | Seed | May 14, 2025 |  |

10 of 143 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 13 deals together
- [East Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/east-ventures) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [AC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Alpha JWC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpha-jwc-ventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Convergence Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/convergence-ventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Openspace Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/openspace-ventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Golden Gate Ventures invest in?

Golden Gate Ventures invests primarily in FinTech, Software and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 143 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 Gate Ventures's check size?

Golden Gate Ventures typically joins rounds of $473k–$6.4M at Seed, $1.5M–$17M at Series A and $10M–$60M 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 Gate Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Golden Gate Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Golden Gate Ventures?

The team at Golden Gate Ventures includes Kenrick Drijkoningen (Head of Growth), Vinnie Lauria (Managing Partner) and Dea Surjadi (Head of Indonesia), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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