# Top 50 Publishing Startup Investors in Asia in June 2026 ## Trustbridge Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Education, Health Care, Medical Trustbridge Partners is a mission-driven growth equity firm founded in 2006 with approximately $8 billion under management. ## Ceyuan Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Angel - Focus: Software, Internet, Mobile Ceyuan Ventures is a Beijing-based early stage venture capital firm focused on IT and emerging growth companies. They emphasize backing great teams, technology and business innovation. Their mission is to assist entrepreneurs in creating and building world-class businesses. ## East Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet East Ventures is an early stage venture capital (VC) focused on Southeast Asia, Indonesia & Japan. Success cases include Tokopedia, Traveloka, and Mercari. ## North Base Media - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Digital Media, Publishing, Advertising NBM is a specialized firm that successfully pioneered global digital-media investing over the last decade, backing successes like IDN Media in Indonesia, Pocket Aces in India, TheNewsLens in Taiwan and Capital Digital in Mexico. Its first venture fund, launched in 2015, consistently ranks in the top quartile of media and global venture funds. TheFund, which has been backed by several of the world’s leading media brands, is now open to other investors as its investment team moves to take advantage of the sudden rise of opportunities and new valuations in the global media landscape. NBM’s co-founders are Marcus Brauchli, the former top editor at The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal; Sasa Vucinic, the longtime CEO of the Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF). The firm’s general counsel is Stuart Karle, former COO of Reuters and General Counsel of the Journal. ## Geekhouse Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Publishing, Gaming, Sports Geekhouse Capital is an investment firm. ## IVC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Taipei, T'ai-pei, Taiwan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency Who we are We are investors and entrepreneurs helping define the next generation of Blockchain startups. Our Focus Passionate founders. Disruptive models. Borderless markets. Exponential effects. Our Geography Starting from... ## Drone Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Drones, Robotics, Aerospace Drone Fund is a venture capital firm that provides supports in IP strategy, innovative planning, and drone policy. It offers capital investment and financing and aims to create a Drone Ecosystem where LPs and startups can benefit from membership within the Drone Fund. ## Julian Farrior - Type: Angel - Location: Boulder, Colorado, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Mobile, Film, Comics Julian Farrior ## ZSVC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Manufacturing, Medical, Health Care ZSVC is a Chinese venture capital firm specialized in seed and early stage investments. ## Genesia Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Health Care Genesia Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on seed/early stage startups in Japan and Southeast Asia. Since it's inception in Dec 2016, Genesia Ventures has invested in over 90 companies in Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore and the US. Genesia Ventures invests in various sectors: SaaS, marketplace, Media, Finance, Insurance,RealEstate, Healthcare, Medical, Travel, Education, Manufacturing, Construction, HR, Agriculture, Sports, Retail, Entertainment, etc. ## Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech MEVP is a Middle East-focused venture capital firm that invests in the early and growth stages of innovative tech companies run by talented entrepreneurs in the Middle East with a focus on the GCC and Levant countries. With a team of 20 VC professionals across offices in Dubai, Beirut, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, and Riyadh, MEVP manages 5 regional funds with more than USD 260 million in Assets Under Management. MEVP is the largest and most established VC firm in the region, with clear cross border investment appetite. ## IT-Farm - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, Medical IT-Farm is a venture capital firm which specializes in seed, start-up, and early stage companies. It primarily invests in mobile, big-data, connected car, IoT, OTT service, Helth care, Bio Tech and other IT industries. The firm actively invests in SF bay area and Japan, as well as other geometries including Asia and Europe. We support portfoliocompanies, especially on the partnership with Japanese enterprises. ## Guojin Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Series A, Series B - Focus: Media and Entertainment, Gaming, Education Guojin Capital Group is a venture capital firm specializing in early to middle stage investments. The firm also makes late stage investments minorly. It seeks to invest mainly in the internet, pan-entertainment and education sectors. The firm also prefers to invest minorly in consumer upgrade and industry upgrade. It also invests in interneteducation, industry services, artificial intelligence and health care sectors. ## Miraidoa - Type: VC Fund - Location: Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Manufacturing, Information Technology Future Venture Capital Co., Ltd. is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage investment. The firm invests in diversified investment in a broad range of industrial sectors. It seeks to invest in Japan. The firm prefers to be the lead investor in its portfolio companies. Future Venture Capital Co., Ltd. was founded in 1998 and is based inKyoto, Japan with offices in Tokyo, Aomori, Iwate, Yamagata, Kanazawa, Mie, Sakai, Kobe, and Ehime. ## Frees Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Biotechnology By adopting revolutionary mechanisms, FREES FUND is devoted to change the long-established rules in the venture capital. By leveraging the cutting-edge technologies and resources, FREES FUND aims at investing in great startups and helping them grow into great enterprises that are valuable to our society. We mainly invest in early-stagestartups, and hope to become their first-round institutional investor. Our primary interested areas are broad-sense TMT (Technology, Media, Telecom), B2B and deep technology. ## ChineseAll Digital Publishing - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Angel - Focus: Education, E-Learning, Mobile Chinese Online (中文在线) is a company focused on digital publishing. It provides digital reading products to mobile phones, hand-held terminals, and the internet as well as other media. Chinese Online takes copyright organizations and authors as the genuine digital content source, and collaborates with them to manage the content.It also offersvalue-added services of digital content such as copyright derivatives and more.As a leading enterprise of digital publishing domestically, Chinese Online has established a complete media publishing model of unique content, variety in media and synchronized publishing. ## NOW Japan - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Content, Marketing, Software Next One for the World. ## Singapore Angel Network - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Software SGAN is an early stage VC anchored by the multi billion dollar Thakral Group of Companies and has investments across India, Singapore and the USA. ## GDP Venture - Type: VC Fund - Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software GDP Venture is a venture builder focusing on commerce, consumer product, media & entertainment and solution companies ## Vector - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Corporate Round - Focus: Software, Internet, Marketing Vector is a Japan-based PR agency that provides PR planning and implementation services for its clients. The agency also offers other services covering areas such as management, finance, accounting, human resources, administration, internal controls, and audits. Vector was founded in 1993. ## MNM Creative - Type: VC Fund - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Digital Media, Media and Entertainment, Film Building Belonging through Creative Expression ## SkyChee Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology SkyChee Ventures focuses on Hardware as a Service investments that combine highly competitive Asian manufacturing capabilities with global software and talent to enable new business models and revenue opportunities. They create value by combining global markets with technology innovation and value-add services. They focus on early stage technologyenabled investment opportunities. ## Start Media - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Film, Comics, Mobile Start Media, LLC is a privately held media company with interests in exhibition, feature film production and financing, content discovery technology and publishing. The company is acquiring and building content-driven companies designed to capitalize on dislocations created by an evolving media ecosystem. ## MBC Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Series A - Focus: Gaming, Computer, Publishing MBC Ventures is a Venture Capital Firm that focuses on supporting media related statups. ## Neeraj Bhargava - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel - Focus: Mobile, Artificial Intelligence, CRM Neeraj Bhargava is the Founder, Chairman, and Group CEO of Rainshine Global Inc. He previously worked at Allygrow as a Director. Neeraj Bhargava attended NYU Stern School of Business. ## Fundinno - Type: VC Fund - Location: Higashi-shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Equity Crowdfunding, Product Crowdfunding - Focus: Information Technology, Content, Health Care Fundinno is an equity investment crowdfunding platform. ## Magic Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel - Focus: Education, Internet, Artificial Intelligence Magic Capital is an investment firm focused on supporting Chinese Internet companies. The company's founders are working cross a broad range of sectors, from education to media to healthcare to SaaS to AI to e-commerce to game to social networking service. ## Longtu Game - Type: VC Fund - Location: Haidian, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Mobile, Computer, Publishing Longtu Game is a mobile game development company. ## ZONGHENG - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Gaming, Publishing, Console Games ZONGHENG is a company engaged in film & television, star, sports copyright operation, game development and distribution services. ## Animoca Brands - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cyberport, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency Animoca Brands is a metaverse and gaming venture capital firm that focuses on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through NFTs. It utilizes gamification and blockchain to develop and market a portfolio of mobile applications, games, and additional products oriented to educational learning to ensure transparency, security,and new business models. ## Eduardo Saverin - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: Internet, Financial Services, Mobile Eduardo Saverin is a Co-founder at Meta. Eduardo attended Harvard University. ## Circle Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Blockchain, Financial Services, Information Technology Circle Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York, New York. The company prefers to invest in the field of technology. ## Gansu Guotou - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Series A, Post-IPO Equity - Focus: News, Fruit, Sales Gansu Guotou engaged in investment management and investment consulting. ## Mizuho Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Internet Mizuho is the venture capital firm affiliated to Mizuho Bank, the second-largest Japanese bank in terms of assets. The firm has headquarters in Tokyo.The firm has ¥49.6 billion JPY under management, focusing on information technology and biotechnology investments. Over 600 Mizuho companies have gone public. According to Nikkei, Mizuho is thefifth-largest venture capital firm in Japan.Mizuho Capital was formed in 2002 by the merger of Fujigin Capital, Tokyo Venture Capital and IBJ Investment. Three firms were subsidiaries of Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan respectively. ## Vickers Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Mobile Funding a Better World: We invest in deep tech sectors globally to help solve real world problems. ## Nextblue - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Apps Nextblue is a Tokyo and Berlin based early-stage Venture Capital investing in disruptive and impact-driven startups in Japan and EU ## Alan Rutledge - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology Alan Rutledge ## Creation Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Chaoyang, Liaoning, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Series A - Focus: Manufacturing, Hardware, Artificial Intelligence Creation Venture Partners is a venture capital firm. ## 8 Decimal Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services 8 Decimal Capital is a multi-strategy investment firm focused on both token and equity investment. We currently have more than 30 portfolio companies, and an AUM of 60M USD. Our investment team consists of more than 10 venture capital veterans, researchers, and trading professionals. We thematically invest in core infrastructure layer projects thataddress security, scalability, and privacy, provide a full suite of post-investment value-add to our portfolio companies. ## Wuhan Optics Valley Elite Investment Management - Type: VC Fund - Location: Wuhan, Hubei, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Angel, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Wuhan Optics Valley Elite Investment Management is a specialized fund management company that supports talent entrepreneurship innovation and start-up enterprises based on the “3551 Optical Valley Talent Program” of Donghu Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone. Established in August 2015, Hubei Science and Technology Investment Group Co., Ltd.,an investment and financing platform affiliated to Wuhan East Lake New Technology Development Zone, is jointly invested by Hubei Taizhen Investment Management Co., Ltd. under the Pacific Securities and Hubei Hanjiang Investment Management Co., Ltd. under Camel Group Co., Ltd. Companies and other social capital funds were established. At present, the company manages two funds with a total scale of 1.1 billion yuan. ## Chain Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Initial Coin Offering - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology Chain Capital was established in April 2015. The teams covered in Silicon Valley, Toronto, Singapore, Tokyo, Seoul, Moscow, London and Shanghai. The core members are the industry experts from Franklin Templeton Sealand Fund Mangament, Facebook, Qudian, Ogilvy, ShopEx and others. Chain Capital specializes in investing blockchain projects, discoverand help the outstanding teams to better use blockchain technology in order to make the world better. ## Ourpalm - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Post-IPO Equity, Angel - Focus: Gaming, Information Technology, Digital Entertainment Beijing Zhangqu Technology Company of Limited Liability is engaged in the development, issue, and operation of moving target games.Founded in August 2004, the company is national high-tech and double soft certified company, with a registered capital of 164 million Yuan. Zhangqu Technology has its own game platform with self developedtechnologies for mobile game distribution channels. It partners with over 900 game promotion channels and over 100 local and international game developers, whose products have entered the Southeast Asian, American, and European markets. After several years of business development as a merger and restructurer, the company has developed into a domestic mobile game developer, publisher, and operator, which ranks third in the evaluation of Chinese mobile game businesses. ## SDIC Fund Management - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Health Care SDIC Fund Management is a private equity that manages funds and raises nearly 60 billion yuan at present. The management funds cover financial institutions, social security funds, state-owned and private capital, and it is one of the largest professional private equity management institutions in China. ## Walden International - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Manufacturing, Software, Semiconductor Walden International is unique among US venture firms through its focus on cross-border investments that leverage global markets and talent to grow industry-leading companies. For more than 30 years, their integrated team has brought extensive added value to help companies through capital, relationships and expertise.They look to partner with thebest of the best – entrepreneurs with a strong appreciation for the benefits of leveraging talent and markets independent of geography to gain unfair advantage.Their team brings both extensive venture expertise together with in-depth operating experience to help you grow your company.They invest in early and expansion stage companies across sectors such as Semiconductors, Clean Tech, Internet & Digital Media and Software. ## iDreamsky Technology - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Angel, Series C - Focus: Gaming, Software, Mobile iDreamsky is a Shenzhen, China based company founded in 2009. Even since it has established to be one of the leading smartphone application developers in China. With major clients such as Lenovo, China Telecom, Chung Hwa Telecom, HTC and many more. At 2011, iDreamsky have successfully secure a 2 million USD seed investment from Hwa XiuInvestment Group to create a new business operation: Skynet a one stop solution for game developer to expand and establish their business in China. ## Shinsei Bank - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series C - Focus: Finance, Internet, Task Management We provide online services and English-speaking support, allowing you to make transactions anytime, anywhere. ## CBC Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology CBC, founded by Dr. Edward Suning Tian in 2006, is a China-based private equity firm focusing on TMT investments. With its extensive industry expertise , CBC has been regarded as one of the most influential investors in the Internet and technology space in China, leading many exceptional investments in both the Enterprise and the Consumer Internetsectors. CBC leverages its operational background to create significant value for its portfolio companies. CBC currently manages multiple USD and RMB funds with a total AUM of over USD 2 billion and has built a strong portfolio consisting of leading industry companies such as 21Vianet, AsiaInfo, Longshine, Qiniu, Fraudmetrix, Dianping, Focus Media, Oriental Pearl, Babytree, Ximalaya, and Wacai. ## AltoPartners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cornelia, Georgia, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Insurance, Publishing, Management Consulting AltoPartners is an international alliance of independent executive search firms. ## Funcity Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Angel, Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Internet, Bitcoin Funcity Capital is an asset management company specializing in Internet finance, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and smart travel. ## Arthur Hayes - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Information Technology After graduating with a degree in economics from the Wharton School of Business, Arthur lived in Hong Kong as an equity derivatives trader. He was the market-maker for Deutsche Bank and Citibank’s Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) businesses. He also has extensive experience trading equity index futures, forwards, and swaps as well as non-deliverable FXforwards. Arthur brings a deep understanding of how to structure and trade financial derivatives. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co