Top 10 Recruiting Startup Investors in Malaysia (September 2026)
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AngelCentral
VC Fund
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2 | Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Real Estate | $220k–$5M |
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Cradle Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Malaysia, Singapore, United States | Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $22k–$787k |
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Antler
VC Fund
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1 | Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $100k–$29M |
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Ignite Asia
VC Fund
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1 | Indonesia | Seed | EdTech, E-Learning | |
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Shopper360 Sdn Bhd
VC Fund
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1 | Malaysia | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Apps, Grocery | $781k–$1.8M |
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Alphacap Berhad
VC Fund
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1 | Malaysia, Singapore | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Travel, Internet, Logistics | $45k–$3.5M |
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Benjamin Ball
Angel
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1 | United States, Singapore, Malaysia | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Events | $560k–$600k |
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Actcelerate International Group
VC Fund
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1 | Malaysia | Seed | Recruiting, Human Resources, Staffing Agency | |
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Accord Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Malaysia, United States | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Internet, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $518k–$21M |
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CAC CAPITAL
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Malaysia, India | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed | Internet, Recruiting, Logistics | $275k–$9M |
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Real Estate
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Seed $520k–$3.3M; Pre-Seed $220k–$600k; Series A $1.5M–$5M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Rybodyn — Rybo Dynamics is in the relentless pursuit of front-running scientific breakthroughs that give labs all over the world the ability to develop revolutionary medicines that will create a healthier world for all and healthy life for you.
- PharmInt — A fully integrated B2B Pharmaceutical Products MarketplaceAt Pharmint, we bring together everything that’s required to procure pharma products globally under one roof. We help suppliers get discovered, negotiate prices, and seal the trade terms whereas we help our buyers by vetting all documentation and holding their payments in escrow till theirshipments are delivered and verified.A technology first approach to solving counter-party risk Experience true peace of mind as a buyer as we do the heavy lifting for you. Get access to thousands of verified sellers from across the world while our trade and escrow services ensure that your purchases are protected.Get the best prices & selection of products Our vast network of over 500 verified and onboarded suppliers with a catalogue of over 10,000 products ensures we serve all buyer needs across various MOQ and pricing banHow it works:From product discovery to product deliveryWe assist you in discovering new products, matching with potential qualified manufacturers, and making the deals happen.1. Discover new productsSearch for the high-potential products in the largest human-curated CTD database. Narrow your search applying the industry-specific filter that helps sort products by GMP approvals, country of origin, dossier type, dossier status, stability, and other valuable features.2. Get offers from manufacturers3. Connect with qualified manufacturers directlyThe largest database Simplify product discovery, reduce business development effort and costs with access to an expert curated up-to-date CTD dossier database.Direct supplier relations We enjoy direct working relations with platform manufacturers. We’ll provide the best conditions to negotiate your deal details and use our authority to make the deal happen.Vetted products We match customers only with qualified manufacturers. Our marketplace features only vetted products with up-to-date regulatory data.Industry expertise Pharmint is backed by in-depth understanding of the pharmaceutical market by its founders and associates and a strong track-record in the pharmaceutical industry.Commercial guidance We assist our customers in preparing the deal structure, evaluate annual forecasts and pricing, regulatory requirements and cover other aspects in bringing new products to market.Self-service 24/7 Buyers can search for products, make multiple RFQs, receive commercial offers, negotiate deals and build their pipeline. Sellers can manage an unlimited number of products and indicate market availability at any time.
- H3 Zoom.AI — H3 Zoom is an AI-powered inspection intelligence platform focused on the built environment, helping organizations assess and manage buildings and critical infrastructure. It processes visual and sensor data from drones, 360° cameras, robotics, and other capture tools to generate structured inspection insights. The platform uses AI to detect,classify, and localize defects while assigning severity levels based on engineering and regulatory standards. It produces audit-ready reports and remediation recommendations designed to support maintenance planning and compliance workflows.
WHO IS CRADLE?Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd (Cradle) is Malaysia's early stage start-up influencer, incorporated under the Ministry of Finance Malaysia (MOF) in 2003 with a mandate to fund potential and high-calibre tech start-ups through its Cradle Investment Programme (CIP).Throughout its 13-year history, Cradle has helped fund over 700Malaysian tech start-ups and holds the highest commercialisation rate amongst government grants in the country. Having more than a decade of experience in the nation's grant funding scene, Cradle further expanded its role from grant provider to investor through the establishment of its venture arm, Cradle Seed Ventures in 2015 and following its portfolio expansion to equity investment in early 2017, Cradle now offers both funding and investment assistance. Cradle's product offerings are not only restricted to monetary aid, but also include commercialisation support, coaching and various other value-added services to cater today's entrepreneurs' diversified needs.OUR MISSIONTo be the leading pre-seed, seed and start-up stage funding agency in Malaysia, that provides effective grant and equity funding, commercialisation support, coaching, and industry value-add to accelerate the growth of start-up companies.Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Malaysia, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 52
- Round size: Seed $185k–$787k; Grant $22k–$117k; Pre-Seed $62k–$75k
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
Portfolio highlights
- DasAR — DasAR provides a hassle-free and cost-efficient, no-code web-based AR solution. In less than an hour, businesses can subscribe, upload 3D models, link a custom domain, and launch their own mobile responsive AR website, enabling customers to visualise products in real-life settings. Our placement formula showcases objects in their accurate sizingbased on real-world distances, particularly useful for heavy, bulky, and high-value items. With our value of accessibility, practicality, and community, DasAR democratises AR technology. Accessibility is ensured through our self-serve web platform, eliminating customised App development. Practicality extends beyond just visualisation, as our 3D models dynamically react to real-world distances, illustrating precise space usage at home or at work. As our platform evolves, it will foster collaboration among businesses, 3D modellers, and consumers, creating a community for support.
- Axtraction AI — Axtraction AI provides innovative document AI solutions for precise and efficient regulatory compliance in banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI).
- EasyM Mechandiser Sdn Bhd — Tired of manual reporting? Our Best Merchandising App in Malaysia provides FMCG Sales Force Automation to simplify outlet audits, orders and sales visibility.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2375
- Round size: Seed $158k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$588k; Series A $4.1M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $7.5M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- ReportsAI — ReportsAI is an impact operating system that automates data collection and reporting for NGOs and industry to ensure audit-ready compliance.
- RubiLabs — RubiLabs Inc provides a platform for unifying, monitoring, and analyzing organizational data. RubiLabs software enables analysts and operators across risk, compliance, and security teams to collaborate and interpret large volumes of information in real time. The company’s platform is designed to help institutions make sense of complex, fragmenteddata by transforming it into a coherent operational picture for risk detection, continuous monitoring, and investigative workflows.
- Occam Industries — Modernising automation for modern conflict environments. Sole European supplier to the Ukrainian front line.
Bridging startups with funding and mentorships, and nurture and support entrepreneurship through education.
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- Industry: EdTech, E-Learning
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vibefam — Vibefam is the AI-powered fitness studio and gym management platform for classes, memberships, packages, appointments, events, and marketing, all in one place. Trusted by 700+ boutique studios across North America and Asia-Pacific.
- Krenovator — Hire verified remote developers from South East Asia
Shopper360 is a shopper marketing expert group that provides integrated digital and offline shopper solutions such as creative specialists, retail consultancy, data analytics, in-store advertising, retail marketing, field force management, promoter activation, on-ground activation, and retail technology products and services.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Apps, Grocery
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Malaysia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $781k–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Lapasar.com — Wholesale pricing, credit terms & Peninsular Malaysia delivery for businesses.
- Potboy Groceries — Potboy Groceries is an online groceries platform. Their product categories such as food cupboards, beverages, personal care, cleaning, pet, home appliances, and baby products. With carefully chosen good finds, helpful hints and tools, and daily inspirations for everyday living, the company streamlines the shopping experience. By offering groceriesand other household necessities, Potboy Groceries aims to meet the needs of its clients.
- TROOPERS — Troopers: Your trusted platform for part-time staffing in Malaysia, connecting businesses with talent and freelancers with verified jobs
Alphacap is a Malaysia-based tech startup incubator and early-stage investor and — an ecosystem builder. Alpha Capital democratizes seed capital to support Responsible Entrepreneurship. We believe building great companies consist of 3 fundamental pillars: 1. Entrepreneurial 2. Leadership 3. Expertise
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- Industry: Travel, Internet, Logistics
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Malaysia, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $45k–$3.5M
- Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fidu Technologies Bhd — Malaysia's 1st B2B system that is aimed at the HoReCa Industry to help HoReCa players to automate and digitize their operations.
- RP Systems Berhad — We are Malaysia’s first women only transportation platform. Focusing on prebooks & customised rides, we aim to provide women in Malaysia a safe, affordable and comfortable alternative mode of transport and to empower women drivers with an alternative source of income.
- PRECESSION CAPITAL BERHAD — WHO ARE WE AND WHO WE PARTNER WITHThe Fighters. The Believers. The Holders of the Truth. The Persistent. The Creative Minds. The Steadfast. The Calm in the Eye of the Storm. The Abundant. We look for these kinds of founders. They are not easily found. We get extremely joyful when we find them. We push boundaries. We are not the norm. Weare direct. We may not be liked by all. Our style is not for everyone. To us, what matters most is, you win, we win, the world wins. The founders that we partner are just like us. Hungry overachieving wolf with deep desires to win. Many of us come from humble backgrounds. We’ve built businesses before joining this tribe. We have the entrepreneur mindset. We’ve walked the entrepreneur path. We don’t care much about the limelight. We neither yearn for titles nor prestige. We just want to contribute. We value teamwork, not individualism. We condemn those who dis others with “I’m Right, You’re Wrong” attitude.We have a small team. Our people have diverse strengths. We continue to make “corrections” from our mistakes. We always are mindful of our “learning experiences”, for we are humans who will continue to move forward, first with the right foot, and then the left foot, not the wrong foot, until we get to the direction of our goals. (Bucky Fuller Mistake Mystique) Our network is strong. We work with Entrepreneurs all over South East AsiaWe are serious about our work. We have real meaning to what we do. It matters that our partners have the same. It gives us a real sense of responsibility.We partner early, as early as just an idea or a little seed. When we sense a winner, we want to be part of history and support the crucial first decisions that may have a massive exponential impact on the path of success.We are known as "educators", "incubators" and “investors”, though we think differently. We are really Partners for the Long Term. We love to Support the "Courageous Build Amazing Companies, from seed or idea to expansion or growth, to IPO and beyond."We are Courageous. We are Audaciously Bold. We Play a Bigger Game. We Create Precession.
Benjamin Ball is a Founding Partner of Francisco Partners Management, LLC, which is a leading private equity firm focused exclusively on investing in the information technology market. Benjamin focuses primarily on investments in the communications and hardware systems sectors. Benjamin was appointed to our board of directors on October 23,2007. He also serves on the board of directors of Data Connection, Electrical Components International, WatchGuard and WebTrends.Prior to founding Francisco Partners, Benjamin was a Vice President with TA Associates where he led private equity investments in the software, semiconductor and communications segments. Earlier in his career, Benjamin worked for AEA Investors, a New York-based private equity firm, and also for the consulting firm of Bain & Company.Benjamin holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Events
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Singapore, Malaysia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $560k–$600k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bevy — Bevy is a community event engine fueling virtual, hybrid, and in-person events. Our platform powers your events, allowing you to focus on converting your audience into a community. Bevy is the only platform that can scale your events through enterprise integrations and insightful analytics.
- TribeHired — TribeHired is an online social recruitment platform that connects job seekers and employers. Hiring managers use its system to schedule interviews and make offers to shortlisted candidates, with interviews and offers being made within 2 weeks of talent getting featured. The future versions of TribeHired will allow talent to select engagements thattake up to 3 hours, 3 months or 3 years tenure, with the ability to prioritize work for a higher salary, social impact or up-skilling opportunities.The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur.
- OurHealthMate — Enterprise Healthcare Management platform which focuses on increasing engagement and providing ease in healthcare reimbursements and benefits to the corporates in India. The company was founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. It has offices in Singapore and Bangalore (India)
Actcelerate International Group is a diversified investment company. We invest in companies and businesses which meet the above-mentioned criteria. We then provide these companies with the opportunity to expand their market coverage. We focus on SMEs and start-up companies in the Asia Pacific that have the potential for continuous growth.
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- Industry: Recruiting, Human Resources, Staffing Agency
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Malaysia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- WOBB — Find full-time, remote, work-from-home, and internship career opportunities in Malaysia. Experience easy and fast job search on one of Malaysia's leading job vacancy portals.
Accord Ventures is a venture capital firm that believes in and supports the potential of Asian entrepreneurs. It has invested in more than 50 startups in Japan, the United States, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia, and new technologies that bring new value to society, such as IoT, AI, and fintech, with a focus on platform businesses that utilize ITtechnology. And new services are supported.
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- Industry: Internet, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, Malaysia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 45
- Round size: Seed $612k–$21M; Series A $921k–$8.9M; Venture - Series Unknown $518k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Opt Fit — Opt Fit is a fitness industry that provides fitness, wellness and health-care services.
- Yondemy — Yondemy is an online platform for children reading books.
- Thinkfree — Deploy a self-hosted productivity suite inside your own infrastructure. Thinkfree offers on-premise online office, private cloud storage, and LLM-integrated document workflows for enterprise and SaaS platforms.
CAC Capital is a multi-strategy corporate venture capital. It pursues absolute fund returns through diversified investments and flexible allocations to venture companies with high growth potential.Supporting the Group's open innovation through means such as support for growth and collaboration of investee venture companies through hands-onin management, marketing, finance, and operations.In addition, aiming to realize high performance as a fund, we will operate a “multi-strategy” type fund that aims to achieve absolute profits by utilizing advanced management strategies and managing and managing portfolios.
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- Industry: Internet, Recruiting, Logistics
- Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
- Geography: Japan, Malaysia, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $275k–$1.3M; Series A $1.5M–$9M; Venture - Series Unknown $882k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $27M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- ClaimBuddy — ClaimBuddy acts as one-stop solutions for Health Insurance Claim assistance for Patients and Hospitals. ClaimBuddy are building an ecosystem to ensure Hassle-free insurance claims by leveraging technology, and a set of simple yet powerful processes and operations.
- LiveIn — LiveIn is a hospitality company that offers long term room rental. Enjoy quality assured room, cleaning services, maintenance and community activities. Find out more!
- LetsTransport — Lets transport is a “Last mile” logistics solution provider. Their solutions are reliable, professional, economical and structured to serve businesses as well as consumers. They currently provide Tata Ace on demand as well as on attachment basis.
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