K3 Ventures
VC Fund
Singapore, Singapore
K3 Ventures is a Singapore-based venture capital firm that invests in technology start-ups with talented founders and a vision to develop and transform Southeast Asia. In partnering with K3 Ventures, companies leverage from their exclusive bamboo network that enables strategic opportunities to scale Southeast Asia with pilot projects and bychampioning adoption that establishes as part of their use case portfolio. The wave of digital disruption on traditional businesses is inevitable and a necessary evil for progress. Yet technology startups often face obstacles from incumbent businesses and other stakeholders that can halt their growth. K3 Ventures bridges technology startups and incumbent businesses to create an ecosystem of collaboration and foundation for the creation of new market leaders.
- Total investments:
- 108
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 9%
- Fund size:
- $147M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries K3 Ventures invests in
Stages K3 Ventures invests in
Countries K3 Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1.2M–$20M
- Series A
- $2M–$100M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $1M–$2.5B
Investment Focus
Industry
- Financial Services 15 (14%)
- FinTech 14 (13%)
- Software 12 (11%)
- Food and Beverage 12 (11%)
- Marketplace 9 (8%)
Stage
- Series A 28 (26%)
- Seed 20 (19%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 10 (9%)
- Series C 8 (7%)
- Funding Round 8 (7%)
Country
- Singapore 33 (31%)
- United States 15 (14%)
- Indonesia 7 (6%)
- Hong Kong 6 (6%)
- China 5 (5%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Meng Xiong Kuok
Founder & Managing Partner
|
Founder & Managing Partner | Total investments: 56 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
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Octopus Power
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Octopus Power develops physics-based artificial intelligence systems focused on physical AGI, enabling machines to perceive, reason, and act within real-world environments. The company builds models that integrate physical laws with data-driven learning to support embodied intelligence, allowing systems to interact with and adapt to dynamicphysical conditions. Its technology is designed to move beyond purely digital AI by incorporating simulation, control systems, and real-world feedback loops into intelligent decision-making.The platform supports applications in robotics, industrial automation, and complex physical systems where understanding motion, force, and environmental constraints is essential. It leverages continuous learning mechanisms that allow systems to evolve over time, improving performance through interaction and data accumulation. Octopus Power also develops infrastructure for training and deploying these models, including simulation environments and tools for integrating AI with physical hardware. | Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 09, 2026 | |
|
iEduGPT
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iEduGPT is an AI-powered learning platform based in Singapore that offers personalized, adaptive learning solutions for professional and academic exam preparation. It leverages artificial intelligence to analyze individual learners' strengths and knowledge gaps and create optimized study paths. The platform aims to transform exam preparationby making learning smarter, more efficient, and tailored to each user’s unique needs, covering certifications in finance, academics, and languages. | $10M / Seed / Sep 03, 2025 | |
| Rekosistem is a climate-tech startup that provides waste management and recycling services to optimise the waste value chain. | $7M / Series A / May 06, 2025 | ||
| WIZ is a fast growing startup deploying cutting edge conversational voice AI technology into large corporations throughout Southeast Asia. Backed by globally leading venture capital funds, we are rapidly expanding our humanistic AI conversational solutions across industries. With offices in Singapore, Nanjing and Jakarta, our diverse team ofscientists, researchers, linguists, dialogue designers have cross-functional expertise, and are constantly pushing the boundaries of humanistic AI conversation for ASEAN languages. | $30M / Series A / Oct 25, 2023 | ||
| Fintern is a lending startup looking to offer an AI-driven alternative to costly payday loans. It aims to expand access to low-cost personal credit by using the UK’s new Open Banking standard to analyze consumers’ historical bank statement data. Open Banking data allows us to build a granular view of customers’ financial circumstances, properlyunderstand their affordability, and place less reliance on credit reference agency scores.The company was founded in 2020 and is based in London, United Kingdom. | $654.7M / Debt Financing / Mar 06, 2023 | ||
| Fintern is a lending startup looking to offer an AI-driven alternative to costly payday loans. It aims to expand access to low-cost personal credit by using the UK’s new Open Banking standard to analyze consumers’ historical bank statement data. Open Banking data allows us to build a granular view of customers’ financial circumstances, properlyunderstand their affordability, and place less reliance on credit reference agency scores.The company was founded in 2020 and is based in London, United Kingdom. | Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 06, 2023 | ||
| In SendingNetwork, there're numerous nodes spread across different locations. So it becomes nearly impossible for any one to shut down the entire network, censor specific messages, ban user accounts or exclude entire communities. In essence, each user contributes to a robust, unbreakable communication network. | $12.5M / Seed / Feb 16, 2023 | ||
| Fable Food Co is a meat alternative company known for its meaty food made from mushrooms, which are clean label, minimally processed and made with all natural plant-based ingredients. The products are available in Harris Farm Markets, Coles and Woolworths, as well as Marley Spoon and Dinnerly meal delivery kits, and in various restaurant menusaround Australia, Singapore, and the UK. | $8.6M / Series A / Feb 08, 2023 | ||
| Wristcheck is based on openness and confidence. The platform buys and sells expensive watches. For the authentication, it works directly with brands. | $8M / Seed / Jan 16, 2023 | ||
| KYAN Therapeutics is a clinical-stage artificial intelligence company leveraging its proprietary technology platforms to transform the way patients are treated and therapies are developed. KYAN is able to revolutionize the drug development and dosage optimization processes and has multiple pipeline combination therapies in development for oncologyand infectious diseases. KYAN de-risks and dramatically accelerates the drug development process, identifying novel combination therapies with unprecedented efficacy and safety. KYAN's clinically-validated platforms are uniquely disease-mechanism and indication agnostic. | $5M / Seed / Oct 26, 2022 | ||
| See all 108 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does K3 Ventures invest in?
K3 Ventures invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Software startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 108 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is K3 Ventures's check size?
K3 Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$20M at Seed, $2M–$100M at Series A and $1M–$2.5B at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds K3 Ventures participates in.
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Who are the partners at K3 Ventures?
The team at K3 Ventures includes Meng Xiong Kuok (Founder & Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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