pitchIN
VC Fund
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
pitchIN is a VC fund in Kuala Lumpur focused on Mobile Apps and Software. pitchIN could be described as Malaysia's national crowdfunding platform. Since inception in 2012, the pitchIN rewards venture has become the most successful rewards crowdfunding platform in South East Asia. It holds records for projects that raised the most funds and for the most number of backers for a single project. It has also successfullyexecuted a slew of groundbreaking crowdfunding projects such as the first ever Indie festival in Penang, TAPAUfest, on-demand movies Movie GoGo project, the pitchIN-MaGIC Challenge, MDeC’s social project to assist the flood victims in East Malaysia, TeeSomethingNice, the tee-shirt project in celebration of Hari Malaysia and Merdeka 2014 and helped to secure a permanent place for Wok It, a Malaysian mobile kitchen that serves quick and customised meals to raise finances to build their kitchen and to set up a permanent home.
- Total investments:
- 9
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 22%
Last updated:
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Industries pitchIN invests in
Stages pitchIN invests in
Countries pitchIN invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $306k–$1.8M
- Pre-Seed
- $50k–$350k
Investment Focus
Industry
- Mobile Apps 4 (44%)
- Software 3 (33%)
- E-Commerce 3 (33%)
- Information Technology 3 (33%)
- SaaS 2 (22%)
Stage
- Seed 7 (78%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (22%)
Country
- Malaysia 7 (78%)
- Singapore 1 (11%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cynthia Chiam
Manager of pitchIN Academy
|
Manager of pitchIN Academy | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Kashminder Singh
CSO; CIO and Co-Founder
|
CSO; CIO and Co-Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Sam Shafie
CEO; CEO and Co-Founder
|
CEO; CEO and Co-Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Xelia Tong
COO
|
COO | Total investments: 15 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disruptive SAAS platform in automotive retail | $1.1M / Seed / Jun 30, 2022 | ||
| Lokein is a Malaysia secure marketplace - Buy and sell preloved, vintage, second hand and bundle items. | $400K / Seed / Jan 01, 2022 | ||
| Igotopia is the holding company with wholly owned subsidiaries Gecko Digital Global Limited and Igotrip Sdn Bhd (operating as Igoroom)Gecko Digital is Asia’s leading virtual reality agency and in only 6 years has grown to be the leading player in the world of VR marketing for luxury tourismGecko Digital has 500 + clients using their softwareand services over 6 regions and 4 officesIgoroom uses that library of VR content created by Gecko Digital and empowers end-users with a revolutionary UI and UX platform that seeks to disrupt the booking process in the hospitality industryIgoroom’s model focuses on offering customized luxury travel experiences across the world, at distinguished venues by leveraging Augmented Realities and Artificial IntelligenceIgoroom is a next-generation Discovery + Booking engine for Millennial Travellers – disrupting a market that is ‘ripe for this kind of innovation’ | $1.7M / Seed / Jun 08, 2021 | ||
| Lapasar.com is a B2B marketplace, giving corporate buyers access to suppliers across Malaysia - via the marketplace & via RFQ tools. To adhere to and strengthen corporate governance, the marketplace comes with integrated procurement tools in the backend. | $1.8M / Seed / May 07, 2021 | ||
| Kravve.co is an e-commerce platform dedicated to providing healthy and natural groceries, including snacks, spreads, coffee beans, and meat products. We aim to make wholesome, quality food easily accessible, helping customers maintain a nutritious lifestyle with every purchase. | $306K / Seed / May 03, 2021 | ||
| SERV is an innovation driven group of companies that exist to serve humankind by making digital technology accessible and inclusive. SERV, through its companies, ventures into 3 main areas; namely commerce, lifestyle and deep tech. | $350K / Pre-Seed / Mar 24, 2021 | ||
| SERV is an innovation driven group of companies that exist to serve humankind by making digital technology accessible and inclusive. SERV, through its companies, ventures into 3 main areas; namely commerce, lifestyle and deep tech. | $364.5K / Seed / Mar 24, 2021 | ||
| Whizzl is a Malaysia Startup Company, just pivoted from social feedback platform into blue collar human capital management platform focus on industries like construction, private security force and manufacturing companies which use our solution to improve the efficiency to manage their on site migrant workforces with mobile & AI technology. Weare also a startup company just graduated from Microsoft for Startup program. We have more than 80++ business clients from the industries that use our solutions to manage their workforces that involve in multi-billion dollars construction projects. By Q4 of 2022, we will expand our business to Indonesia market. | $444.4K / Seed / Jan 01, 2021 | ||
| IIMMPACT is a fintech company that provides aggregation services for information and payment covering mobile recharge, bill payments, government services, insurance, transportation, and many more. The company was founded back in December 2017, and since then, it has changed how people access to top-up their mobile phones, paying bills, purchase airtickets, bus tickets, and many more services in one single e-wallet app. The company has successfully created a unified app that aggregates all the service providers. | $50K / Pre-Seed / Jun 01, 2019 |
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FAQ
What does pitchIN invest in?
pitchIN invests primarily in Mobile Apps, Software and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Malaysia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does pitchIN invest in?
pitchIN typically joins rounds of $306k–$1.8M at Seed and $50k–$350k at Pre-Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not pitchIN's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds pitchIN took part in.
How do I contact pitchIN?
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Who are the partners at pitchIN?
The team at pitchIN includes Cynthia Chiam (Manager of pitchIN Academy), Kashminder Singh (CSO; CIO and Co-Founder) and Sam Shafie (CEO; CEO and Co-Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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