# TRIVE VC

> TRIVE VC is a VC fund in Singapore backing FinTech and Education. See 22 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Total investments: 22
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 36%
- Last fund: Aug 2016
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/trivevc/
- Website: https://www.trive.vc/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TRIVE.VC/

TRIVE VC is a VC fund in Singapore focused on FinTech and Education. TRIVE is a Southeast Asia-focused early-stage venture capital and advisory platform, headquartered in Singapore. We partner with high-growth startups and visionary business families to commercialize innovation across the region’s most promising sectors.Our fund and advisory model supports founders from the ground up — combining capital, deepcommercialization expertise, and proprietary networks within Southeast Asia’s family business ecosystems.What sets us apart:Dual-role as fund manager + advisory partnerClose relationships with HNWIs and business families across SEADeep experience in company-building, capital structuring, and market entryFocus on infrastructure, clean energy, digital economy, and overlooked growth marketsTo date, TRIVE has grown its assets under management from USD 2M to USD 50M, with a pipeline and strategy that continues to unlock access to SEA’s underserved tech opportunity.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for TRIVE VC. Shizune tracks 2 team members at TRIVE VC. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/trivevc?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $77k–$2.2M |
| Pre-Seed | $2M–$3M |
| Series A | $2.7M–$11M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 3 | 14% |
| Education | 3 | 14% |
| Blockchain | 3 | 14% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 14% |
| Apps | 2 | 9% |

48 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 11 | 50% |
| Series A | 3 | 14% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 9% |
| Series B | 2 | 9% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Singapore | 13 | 59% |
| United States | 2 | 9% |
| Spain | 1 | 5% |
| Vietnam | 1 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Christopher Quek | Managing Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-quek |
| Ting Yan Leck | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ting-yan-leck |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sphinx | Sphinx operates as a financial services platform specializing in the exchange of real world assets through perpetual swaps. It aims to unlock the power of perpetuals for real world assets, providing a unique approach to trading and investment. Sphinx's platform is designed to cater to the needs of traders looking for exposure to real worldassets in a financial exchange setting. With a focus on innovation and accessibility, Sphinx offers a solution for trading perpetual swaps tied to real world assets, facilitating a new way for assets to be traded on the financial market. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Jun 24, 2025 |  |
| MANSA | MANSA builds the infrastructure that powers the next evolution of global payments. | $3M | Pre-Seed | Feb 20, 2025 |  |
| ForU AI | ForU AI operates as a real-world AI agent. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 17, 2025 |  |
| Klink Labs | Klink Labs is a global rewarded performance marketing network. We help advertisers acquire high-intent users and publishers monetize through integrated reward-driven campaigns across 140+ countries. | $1.8M | Seed | Feb 04, 2025 |  |
| Tokenize Xchange | Tokenize Xchange is a licence digital assets exchange (DAX) in Malaysia and leading DAX in SEA in providing liquidity to digital assets investors. A fully integrated cryptocurrency exchange that offers both individuals and institutional investors a frictionless and un-sophisticated user experience. Users can easily navigate the portal. WithTokenize Xchange's easy-to-use platform, With this platform, users can access both established and developing cryptocurrencies. Tokenize Xchange accepts fiat-crypto, crypto-crypto, and ICO pairings. | $11.5M | Series A | Mar 19, 2024 |  |
| Charge+ | Charge+ is an integrated EV charging solution provider that implements charging points for electrical vehicles. |  | Series A | Oct 23, 2023 |  |
| Sesto Robotics | The SESTO ecosystem is mature and sophisticated, providing a stable platform for global companies seeking an intelligent, flexible and safe solution to improve productivity with automated guided vehicles. Learn how SESTO Robotics’ autonomous material movement technology works in the video. | $5.7M | Series B | Jan 14, 2022 |  |
| Hoow Foods | Hoow Foods was born from a vision to provide people with foods that tasted just as what they were used to, yet not adversely affecting their health. Food is emotional. We would rather take chances with our health than to truly abstain from all those unhealthy but oh-so-delicious foods out there. After all, health is “invisible” but good food isright there in front of you. | $2.2M | Seed | Jul 26, 2021 |  |
| MVL Chain | MVL is a new incentive-based blockchain mobility ecosystem.MVL records key data such as transactions, movements, accidents, and maintenance of people and vehicles in many fields, connecting them together in a single. | $15M | Series B | Apr 09, 2021 |  |
| Hoow Foods | Hoow Foods was born from a vision to provide people with foods that tasted just as what they were used to, yet not adversely affecting their health. Food is emotional. We would rather take chances with our health than to truly abstain from all those unhealthy but oh-so-delicious foods out there. After all, health is “invisible” but good food isright there in front of you. |  | Seed | Sep 10, 2019 |  |

10 of 22 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [1982 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1982-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Arbitrum](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arbitrum-e0c8) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Big Brain Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/big-brain-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Black Alpha Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/black-alpha-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blizzard Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blizzard-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does TRIVE VC invest in?

TRIVE VC invests primarily in FinTech, Education and Blockchain startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 22 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is TRIVE VC's check size?

TRIVE VC typically joins rounds of $77k–$2.2M at Seed, $2M–$3M at Pre-Seed and $2.7M–$11M 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 TRIVE VC participates in.

### How do I contact TRIVE VC?

Public channels for TRIVE VC include LinkedIn, the website linked on this profile and Facebook. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at TRIVE VC?

The team at TRIVE VC includes Christopher Quek (Managing Partner) and Ting Yan Leck (Partner). 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 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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