# Zipmex

> Zipmex is a VC fund in Singapore backing Cryptocurrency and Financial Services. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 43%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zipmex/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/zipmex
- Website: https://www.zipmex.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zipmexasia/

Zipmex is a developer of a platform for exchanging digital assets that enables institutional and ordinary investors to participate in cryptocurrencies.The company's vision to achieve this is by curating investment opportunities including asset and security-backed digital assets such as gold and real estate, and “blue-chip” crypto-currenciesthat have the highest wealth generation potential.Zipmex not only adheres to the highest security standards, but also employs institutional custody of digital assets for its customers, insured up to US$100M. Zipmex is currently licensed in Thailand and Australia, and is in the process of applying to licenses in Indonesia and Singapore.Zipmex was established in August 2018 by Akalarp Yimwilai and Marcus Lim in Singapore, Central Region.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Zipmex. Shizune tracks 6 team members at Zipmex. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/zipmex?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cryptocurrency | 4 | 57% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 43% |
| FinTech | 2 | 29% |
| Blockchain | 2 | 29% |
| Web3 | 1 | 14% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Thailand | 2 | 29% |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 14% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Akalarp Yimwilai | Chief Executive Officer (Thailand) and Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akalarp-yimwilai |
| James Tippett | Chief Technology Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-tippett |
| Ken Tabuki | Head of Product and Operations | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ken-tabuki |
| Marcus Lim | CEO & Founder | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marcus-lim |
| Nat Nunthapiwat | Chief Financial Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nat-nunthapiwat |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FWX | FWX is a decentralized derivatives platform where users trade against the protocol, while the protocol fully hedges the risk of all positions using liquidity in its pools. FWX has two primary services: lending and borrowing pools and derivatives trading. Unlike the traditional order-book-based double auction matching mechanism, FWX acts as acounterparty to all futures traders and applies a unique hedging algorithm to eliminate the risk using the liquidity in its single-token lending pools. Every futures trade submitted to the platform creates organic borrowing demand in the pools. This solves the problem currently faced by lending platforms in which there are many lenders but significantly fewer borrowers. The higher the trading volume, the higher the yield. With the daily trading volume of 500kUSD, FWX can generate organic yield of at least 20% for a 5mUSD pool. | $5M | Seed | Sep 12, 2022 |  |
| FWX | FWX is a decentralized derivatives platform where users trade against the protocol, while the protocol fully hedges the risk of all positions using liquidity in its pools. FWX has two primary services: lending and borrowing pools and derivatives trading. Unlike the traditional order-book-based double auction matching mechanism, FWX acts as acounterparty to all futures traders and applies a unique hedging algorithm to eliminate the risk using the liquidity in its single-token lending pools. Every futures trade submitted to the platform creates organic borrowing demand in the pools. This solves the problem currently faced by lending platforms in which there are many lenders but significantly fewer borrowers. The higher the trading volume, the higher the yield. With the daily trading volume of 500kUSD, FWX can generate organic yield of at least 20% for a 5mUSD pool. | $5M | Seed | Sep 12, 2022 |  |
| FWX | FWX is a decentralized derivatives platform where users trade against the protocol, while the protocol fully hedges the risk of all positions using liquidity in its pools. FWX has two primary services: lending and borrowing pools and derivatives trading. Unlike the traditional order-book-based double auction matching mechanism, FWX acts as acounterparty to all futures traders and applies a unique hedging algorithm to eliminate the risk using the liquidity in its single-token lending pools. Every futures trade submitted to the platform creates organic borrowing demand in the pools. This solves the problem currently faced by lending platforms in which there are many lenders but significantly fewer borrowers. The higher the trading volume, the higher the yield. With the daily trading volume of 500kUSD, FWX can generate organic yield of at least 20% for a 5mUSD pool. |  | Seed | May 17, 2022 |  |
| Powerbomb | Powerbomb allows the users to deposit into their crypto wallet, choose which crypto they want to earn yields from, and stack which crypto they choose to earn yields from. | $1M | Seed | Mar 10, 2022 |  |
| Ex Populus | Ex Populus was founded by some of the most notable executives in desktop gaming, mobile gaming, VR, blockchain, and esports to create a launchpad for ambitious studios to launch besto-of-class content in web3 and the Metaverse. Ex Populus is powered by people. “Ex Populus” is Latin and means “from people” to contrast the famous phrase “Ex Machina”which means “from the machine”. | $3M | Seed | Oct 28, 2021 |  |
| Ex Populus | Ex Populus was founded by some of the most notable executives in desktop gaming, mobile gaming, VR, blockchain, and esports to create a launchpad for ambitious studios to launch besto-of-class content in web3 and the Metaverse. Ex Populus is powered by people. “Ex Populus” is Latin and means “from people” to contrast the famous phrase “Ex Machina”which means “from the machine”. | $3M | Seed | Oct 28, 2021 |  |
| Atato | Atato is a digital assets technology company that enables them to connect their business with blockchain networks. It develops tailor-made blockchain platforms and helps to leverage blockchain benefits. The company's mission is to build the next-generation infrastructure for issuing and managing digital assets.Atato was founded in 2017 andis headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand. | $1M | Seed | Mar 09, 2021 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [GBV Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/genesis-block-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Primestreet Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/primestreet-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Ratanakorn Asset](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ratanakorn-asset) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Varys Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/varys-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Animoca Brands](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animoca-brands-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Beacon Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beacon-venture-capital-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Zipmex invest in?

Zipmex invests primarily in Cryptocurrency, Financial Services and FinTech startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Thailand. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Zipmex's check size?

Zipmex typically joins rounds of $1M–$5M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Zipmex participates in.

### How do I contact Zipmex?

Public channels for Zipmex include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. 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 Zipmex?

The team at Zipmex includes Akalarp Yimwilai (Chief Executive Officer (Thailand) and Co-Founder), James Tippett (Chief Technology Officer) and Ken Tabuki (Head of Product and Operations), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. 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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