Meng Xiong Kuok
Founder & Managing Partner @ K3 Ventures
Meng Xiong Kuok is a Series A investor at K3 Ventures focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Meng Xiong Kuok - Founder & Managing Partner @ K3 Ventures
- Total investments:
- 50
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 12%
Last updated:
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Industries Meng Xiong Kuok invests in
Stages Meng Xiong Kuok invests in
Countries Meng Xiong Kuok invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $1.2M–$8M
- Series A
- $1.8M–$19M
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 8 (16%)
- Financial Services 8 (16%)
- Marketplace 5 (10%)
- Transportation 5 (10%)
- Internet 4 (8%)
Stage
- Series A 10 (20%)
- Funding Round 9 (18%)
- Seed 4 (8%)
- Series D 3 (6%)
- Secondary Market 3 (6%)
Country
- Singapore 12 (24%)
- United States 8 (16%)
- China 5 (10%)
- Hong Kong 4 (8%)
- Indonesia 3 (6%)
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 | |
Abound
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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 | |
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Abound
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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 | |
Fable Food
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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
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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 | |
SimplyGood
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SimplyGood supplies environmentally friendly cleaning and personal care products. | $365K / Pre-Seed / Aug 11, 2022 | |
Merkle Science
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Merkle Science is a software company that offers predictive crypto risk and intelligence platforms for businesses and government agencies. It helps crypto companies, financial institutions, and government entities detect, investigate, and prevent illegal activities involving cryptocurrencies. The company's proprietary Behavioral Rule Engineenables their tools to go beyond blacklists so that compliance teams may fulfill their local KYC/AML obligations and industry players may stay keep pace with the industry’s increasingly complex illicit activities. Merkle Science was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Singapore. | $19M / Series A / Aug 09, 2022 | |
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Merkle Science
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Merkle Science is a software company that offers predictive crypto risk and intelligence platforms for businesses and government agencies. It helps crypto companies, financial institutions, and government entities detect, investigate, and prevent illegal activities involving cryptocurrencies. The company's proprietary Behavioral Rule Engineenables their tools to go beyond blacklists so that compliance teams may fulfill their local KYC/AML obligations and industry players may stay keep pace with the industry’s increasingly complex illicit activities. Merkle Science was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Singapore. | $19M / Series A / Aug 05, 2022 | |
Digital Harvest
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Digital Harvest is a global data science company that provides predictive, field-level sugarcane analytics to mills and food groups seeking to improve operational efficiency, lower costs, increase yields, and produce more sugar tonnage. The company's goal is to help food growers make proactive data-driven decisions with agronomic and economicprecision.It was founded in 2014 and is based in Camas, Washington, United States. | $1M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 20, 2022 | |
Taranis
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Taranis is a leading precision agriculture intelligence platform that uses sophisticated computer vision, data science, and deep learning algorithms to effectively monitor fields. The system enables farmers to make informed decisions by detecting early symptoms of weeds, uneven emergence, nutrient deficiencies, disease or insect infestations, waterdamage, and machinery problems. Overseeing millions of acres of farmland in Argentina, Brazil, Russia, Ukraine, and the United States, Taranis gives farmers the tools to address issues in real-time, increasing yields and cutting costs. Taranis employs over 100 people worldwide and is headquartered in San Francisco with subsidiaries in Israel, Argentina, and Brazil. | $30M / Series C / May 14, 2020 | |
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Co-Investors
About K3 Ventures
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.
K3 Ventures Contacts
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Meng Xiong Kuok
Founder & Managing Partner
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FAQ
What does Meng Xiong Kuok invest in?
Meng Xiong Kuok invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Marketplace startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 50 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Meng Xiong Kuok's check size?
Meng Xiong Kuok typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$8M at Seed and $1.8M–$19M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Meng Xiong Kuok participates in.
When did Meng Xiong Kuok last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Meng Xiong Kuok closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 50 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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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