# New Economy Ventures

> New Economy Ventures is a VC fund backing FinTech, Financial Services and Bitcoin. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Feb 2025
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.neventures.io/

New Economy Ventures is a VC fund focused on FinTech and Financial Services. NEV invests in Next Generation B2B companies in the fields of AI, Big Data, and Blockchain. Our value-add lies in our experience, deep networks, industry insights, and superior track record.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3M–$17M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $1.8M–$13M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 3 | 50% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 50% |
| Bitcoin | 2 | 33% |
| Software | 2 | 33% |
| Blockchain | 2 | 33% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 50% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 33% |
| Series C | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Taiwan | 2 | 33% |
| Japan | 1 | 17% |
| Germany | 1 | 17% |
| Singapore | 1 | 17% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Phase | Phase is a visual and intuitive digital design tool, reworked for the new age. | $13M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 13, 2025 |  |
| TakeMe | TakeMe is a Restaurant tech/Payment tech/Fintech startup based in Tokyo. Our mission:TakeMe connects merchants to a digital world without barriers to language, currencies, payment methods, and knowledge. TakeMe enables merchants to understand and retain customers.Our products: TakeMe inbound reserve: TakeMe creates content andpromotes merchants to global tourists. TakeMe generates revenue for merchants by selling pre-paid reservations for restaurants and protecting restaurants from no-shows. TakeMe Pay: TakeMe Pay is a multi-channel cross-border payment gateway that aggregates 120+ digital payment methods around the world into one QR code. It's like Stripe and Square combined for eWallets, such as WeChat Pay, Alipay, Paypay, LINE Pay, Merpay and Grab Pay. There are about 13,000 merchants in Japan joined our platform. Our main industry focus is the restaurant industry.TakeMe Order: TakeMe Order is the “Shopify” for restaurants. Not only TakeMe Order creates the restaurant’s own online sales channel for takeout dine-in, but also TakeMe Order is an order management system that aggregates and manages 3rd party delivery platforms such as Uber Eats. Since 2016, 13,000 stores in Japan have been using our services. Now we are taking our technology to the global market. | $1.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 22, 2022 |  |
| KryptoGO | KryptoGO uses blockchain technology, artificial intelligence (AI), and regulatory technology (RegTech) to build a safe, reliable, transparent, and decentralized virtual asset management platform that functions as a bridge between on-chain assets and offline applications for both personal and entrepreneurial use in Web 3.0. | $3M | Seed | Jul 25, 2022 |  |
| NEXTDRIVE | integrated electricity data and energy equipment into a Cube Energy Gateway which visualizes electricity and analyzes it in cloud | $31M | Series C | Dec 01, 2021 |  |
| Cybavo | Cybavo provides secure and usable cryptocurrency custody and digital asset management solutions for enterprises and financial institutions. CYBAVO's portfolio offers solutions for cryptocurrency exchanges, digital asset managers, or custodians.The company was founded in 2018 by experts from cybersecurity, blockchain and digital currencyindustries. The company has developers and researchers with solid experience in the security and cryptocurrency fields. | $4M | Seed | Aug 09, 2021 |  |
| XREX | XREX is a neo-fintech leveling the playing field by partnering with banks, regulators, and verified individuals to redefine banking together. Our blockchain-driven solutions create a collective financial system that empowers all to participate and contribute to the global economy. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Taipei, XREX comprises a teamof world-leading experts in cybersecurity, fintech, compliance, and cryptocurrency to offer a full suite of innovative products such as BitCheck, XREX Circles, Risk Level Detector to solve the dollar-liquidity shortage issues faced by cross-border merchants in emerging economies. | $17M | Seed | Apr 20, 2021 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hive Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hive-ventures-0ae4) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [WI Harper Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wi-harper-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [42CAP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/42cap) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alibaba-entrepreneurs-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AppWorks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/appworks-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does New Economy Ventures invest in?

New Economy Ventures invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Bitcoin startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Taiwan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is New Economy Ventures's check size?

New Economy Ventures typically joins rounds of $3M–$17M at Seed and $1.8M–$13M 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 New Economy Ventures participates in.

### When did New Economy Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for New Economy Ventures closed in Feb 2025. Shizune tracks 6 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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