# Nichapat Ark

> Nichapat Ark is a Series B investor at Openspace Capital (Bangkok) backing Finance and Lending. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Openspace Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/openspace-ventures)
- Location: Bangkok, Thailand
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jul 2022
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nichapat-ark-694157137/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/NichaArk
- Website: https://openspace.vc/team/nichapat-ark/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nichapat.ark

Nichapat Ark (Nicha) is an angel investor, startup mentor and Seedstars World Bangkok Ambassador. She has more than 20 years of experience in financial markets in Thailand. Her most recent post before she left her banking career was Executive Committee and Managing Director, Financial Markets for Standard Chartered Bank Thailand where she took partin driving the bank’s strategic planning and execution functions. Additionally, she was responsible for financial markets sales & trading, capital markets as well as asset & liability management for the bank. During her 10 years with Standard Chartered Bank, she spent 2 years in China as Managing Director of Financial Markets Sales based in Shanghai. Nichapat obtained her Master of Business Administration degree, majoring in Finance from Sasin Graduate School of Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, and spent a term on exchange at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. She received a Bachelor of Business Administration at Assumption University, Thailand.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finance | 1 | 20% |
| Lending | 1 | 20% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 20% |
| Agriculture | 1 | 20% |
| Restaurants | 1 | 20% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 3 | 60% |
| Series A | 2 | 40% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SCB Abacus | SCB Abacus expertise in IT solutions that offers automated digital platform development services to financial service provider companies. | $20M | Series B | Jul 22, 2022 |  |
| ABACUS digital | The goal of ABACUS digital is to develop cutting-edge financial solutions using fully digitalized decision engines and machine learning methods to make transactions quick, easy, and secure. | $20M | Series B | Jul 22, 2022 |  |
| FreshKet | FreshKet is a integrated workflow marketplace for fresh food suppliers and restaurants. | $23.2M | Series B | May 20, 2022 |  |
| SCB Abacus | SCB Abacus expertise in IT solutions that offers automated digital platform development services to financial service provider companies. | $11.9M | Series A | Sep 16, 2021 |  |
| ABACUS digital | The goal of ABACUS digital is to develop cutting-edge financial solutions using fully digitalized decision engines and machine learning methods to make transactions quick, easy, and secure. | $12.1M | Series A | Sep 16, 2021 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CAI Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cai-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Openspace Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/openspace-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Southeast Asian fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/southeast-asian-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Vertex Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vertex-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vertex-ventures-southeast-asia-india) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Betagro](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/betagro) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Openspace Capital

VC Fund · Singapore, Singapore

Openspace is a multi-stage investor with deep roots in Southeast Asia, backing and building transformative companies at the intersection of tech and everyday life.The firm was established in 2014, and now has 6 funds, including four funds focused on Series A/B, a mid-stage growth fund (OSV+) and a crypto-focused fund (Ocular), with $800Mtotal committed capital from a range of global and regional institutional investors. It has 6 offices and over 40 portfolio companies. Total follow-on capital raised by our portfolio exceeds $7B. Notable companies in the portfolio include Gojek/GoTo (led Series A), Kredivo, Halodoc, Love, Bonito, Igloo, Pickup Coffee, Finnomena, Pluang, Finhay and Jiwa Group.

5 contacts available at Openspace Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nichapat Ark | Director - Thailand Coverage | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nichapat-ark |
| Amy Zhao | Director, Ocular | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amy-zhao |
| Ayu Tanoesoedibjo | Executive Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ayu-tanoesoedibjo |
| Dennis Le | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dennis-le |
| Hian Goh | Partner - Openspace Ventures | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hian-goh |

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## FAQ

### What does Nichapat Ark invest in?

Nichapat Ark invests primarily in Finance, Lending and E-Commerce startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Thailand. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Nichapat Ark last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nichapat Ark closed in Jul 2022. Shizune tracks 5 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?

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