# JG Digital Equity Ventures

> JG Digital Equity Ventures is a VC fund backing E-Commerce and FinTech. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Pasig, Philippines
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 18%
- Fund size: $50M
- Last fund: May 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/jgdev/
- Website: http://www.jgdev.ph/

JG Digital Equity Ventures is a VC fund in Pasig focused on E-Commerce and FinTech. JG Digital Equity Ventures is the digital ventures arm of JG Summit, a leading diversified conglomerate in the Philippines. JG Digital Equity Ventures invests in early-to-mid stage startups in Southeast Asia.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.2M–$4.3M |
| Series B | $8.9M–$100M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 7 | 41% |
| FinTech | 3 | 18% |
| Internet | 3 | 18% |
| Logistics | 3 | 18% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 18% |

36 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 5 | 29% |
| Seed | 3 | 18% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 18% |
| Series A | 2 | 12% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 12% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Philippines | 4 | 24% |
| Indonesia | 3 | 18% |
| Singapore | 3 | 18% |
| India | 1 | 6% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 6% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bach Johann Sebastian | CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bach-johann-sebastian |
| Caesar Morata | CTO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caesar-morata |
| Mara Utzurrum | CFO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mara-utzurrum |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GoTyme Bank | GoTyme Bank is a fintech firm that provides money transfers, investment options, and digital banking services. | $10.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 30, 2025 |  |
| Etaily | Etaily provides brands with a complete solution to digital transformation through to a simple e-commerce platform, utilizing the products and services housed within its four pillars.The four pillars make up our completely end-to-end e-commerce solution with products and services across: technology, operations, digital brand services and data allunder one roof. Brands also have an opportunity to choose modular elements of our end-to-end offering to resolve specific skill gaps within their e-commerce infrastructure. | $17.8M | Series A | Nov 13, 2023 |  |
| ZUZU Hospitality | ZUZU Hospitality is chain for independent hotels, delivering revenue growth through distribution and revenue management.As such, we are the indisputable primary partner to hoteliers in driving revenue. Acting as their hotel operating system, we power their back office revenue generation business operations, allowing them to focus on being greathoteliers. | $8.9M | Series B | May 25, 2023 |  |
| Locad | Locad is a cloud-based solution for global e-commerce fulfillment. Access to an international warehousing network. Distributed fulfillment keeps products close to customers, reducing shipping time and cost. | $11M | Series A | Jan 15, 2023 |  |
| SariSuki | SariSuki is a community selling platform that helps its clients to become online neighborhood grocery stores. | $7.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 02, 2022 |  |
| Etaily | Etaily provides brands with a complete solution to digital transformation through to a simple e-commerce platform, utilizing the products and services housed within its four pillars.The four pillars make up our completely end-to-end e-commerce solution with products and services across: technology, operations, digital brand services and data allunder one roof. Brands also have an opportunity to choose modular elements of our end-to-end offering to resolve specific skill gaps within their e-commerce infrastructure. | $4.3M | Seed | Jan 26, 2022 |  |
| Darwinbox | Darwinbox is a leading provider of cloud-based Human Resources Management Software (HRMS). With a new-age enterprise-focused HR Technology suite, Darwinbox engages and empowers employees across the entire lifecycle (hire-to-retire) with a smarter, simpler & mobile-first HR Tech experience powered by AI and Machine LearningRecognized as one ofthe most preferred HCM platforms in APAC by Gartner, more than 350+ global enterprises and unicorns such as Arvind, Dr. Reddys, Kotak, Mahindra, Paytm, Swiggy, and Myntra have digitized their HR with Darwinbox. Powered by AI and ML features such as an HR Voicebot, Advanced Talent Analytics, Candidate Shortlisting, OCR-based expense scans, etc., Darwinbox is used and loved by 850,000+ employees!Founded in 2015 with a vision to transform the interaction between workforce and technology, Darwinbox has been backed by the likes of Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed, and Endiya Partners. | $81.6M | Series D | Jan 24, 2022 |  |
| Grosiraja | Grosiraja is a B2B e-commerce and cross-border sourcing platform serving Indonesian retailers, resellers, and drop-shippers. It connects buyers to factories in China and Japan, offering product sourcing, logistics, quality control, and supply chain solutions. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| Etaily | Etaily provides brands with a complete solution to digital transformation through to a simple e-commerce platform, utilizing the products and services housed within its four pillars.The four pillars make up our completely end-to-end e-commerce solution with products and services across: technology, operations, digital brand services and data allunder one roof. Brands also have an opportunity to choose modular elements of our end-to-end offering to resolve specific skill gaps within their e-commerce infrastructure. | $4.3M | Seed | Dec 31, 2021 |  |
| GudangAda | GudangAda connects small mom-and-pop retailers with wholesalers. The platform empowers the FMCG supply chain by bridging a technology gap, enabling traders to become both a seller and buyer in conducting multiple transactions concurrently. This way, business are able to sell products at cheaper rates and expand their reach. | $100M | Series B | Jul 21, 2021 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Foxmont Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foxmont-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
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- [JG Summit Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jg-summit-holdings) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does JG Digital Equity Ventures invest in?

JG Digital Equity Ventures invests primarily in E-Commerce, FinTech and Internet startups, most often at Series B and Seed stage. Most of the 17 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Philippines. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is JG Digital Equity Ventures's check size?

JG Digital Equity Ventures typically joins rounds of $2.2M–$4.3M at Seed and $8.9M–$100M 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 JG Digital Equity Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact JG Digital Equity Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at JG Digital Equity Ventures?

The team at JG Digital Equity Ventures includes Bach Johann Sebastian (CEO), Caesar Morata (CTO) and Mara Utzurrum (CFO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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