# Top 10 Restaurants Startup Investors in Malaysia in June 2026

## Gobi Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Internet

Gobi Partners is an Asia-focused VC backing early to growth stage startups. US$1.6B AUM, 400+ companies, 75 exits. Strategic guidance, founder network available.

## Argor Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Mobile Apps

Argor Capital is an early stage venture fund focused on the fast growing markets of Southeast Asia.

## Susquehanna International Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency

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## SIG
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ichigaya, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Education, E-Commerce, Software

SIG specializes in system integration and IT infrastructure solutions. The company aims to be an IT innovator and responds to the needs of society through self-innovation and study.
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## YJ Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet

YJ Capital is a Corporate Venture Capital of Yahoo Japan. Our value is to help global minded entrepreneurs build successful and lasting internet companies. We invest in all stages, all sectors in Asia, US and Israel.YJ Capital has a unique access to Yahoo Japan's operational experience and unparalleled Japan market entry support. Oursole LP allows us to focus only on our portfolio companies and make fast decision making.

## Velocity Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Software, Hospitality

At Velocity Ventures, we invest in visionary entrepreneurs who are reshaping the Travel & Hospitality sector in Southeast Asia. We focus on Seed to Series A stage growth companies across the Transportation, Travel Services, Accommodation, Food & Beverage and Retail & Experiences sub-sectors. Our team consists of a unique mix of Travel& Hospitality sector specialists & successful entrepreneurs with 13 decades of combined operating and investing experience, coupled with a deep, value-added network in Asia.If you are the founder of a growing start-up with great potential in the Travel & Hospitality sector in SE Asia, please get in touch at reachus@velocityventures.vc.

## AC Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Information Technology

Founded in 2014, AC Ventures is a Southeast Asian venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups focused on Indonesia and ASEAN, with over US$500 million in assets under management across five funds. The firm’s areas of investment focus on a variety of industries, including digital enablement, financial technologies, agriculturetechnologies, logistics, e-commerce, consumer technology, MSME solutions, waste management, renewable energy, and sustainability solutions.

## Ganesh Kumar Bangah
- Type: Angel
- Location: Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Corporate Round, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, Internet

Ganesh Kumar Bangah is an award winning Technology Entrepreneur and Startup iInvestor. Ganesh was the .Ernst & Young Technology Entrepreneur of the Year Malaysia 2012 and one of Asia’s most influential people according to Society Magazine 2015. He was also recognised as one of South East Asia’s Top 30 Tech Founders by Tech In Asia in 2016 andwas recognized as one of the the most inspiring Malaysian technology entrepreneurs by Top 10 of Malaysia. He has received many accolades including being recognised by Top 10 of Malaysia as among the 10 most inspiring Malaysian technology entrepreneurs and by Society Magazine as one of the 100 people you must know in Asia. Ganesh founded his first internet business, MOL Global Inc. (“MOL”) in the year 2000 at the tender age of 20. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of MOL for 15 years since its inception. Ganesh was certified by the Malaysia Book of Records as the youngest Chief Executive Officer of a Malaysian public listed company when MOL was originally listed on the Malaysian Stock Exchange in 2003. Through a series of acquisitions all over the world, he built MOL to become South East Asia’s leading online payment gateway and South East Asia’s first internet company to be listed on the NASDAQ in 2014. He was also the Founder and Director of MOL Ventures, an investment holding company which made successful private investments in global social media and mobile internet companies such as Facebook, Friendster and Kakao. Ganesh founded Commerce.Asia, and All In One eCommerce Ecosystem in 2017 anfwithin 3 years to have a database of over 8,000,000 SME's across 7 countries with over 61,000 sellers that sell RM1.5 billion (USD375m) worth of products.Commerce.asia's ecosystem includes Commerce.Asia Data, the largest SME database in South East Asia; Leading e-commerce platform, Sitegiant; Malaysia’s largest dropshipping platform, Kumoten; Malaysia’s largest direct-to-garment merchandise creation platform, Famsy and Malaysia's leading rural social commerce platform, Bizapp.Ganesh is a well respected industry leader and is currently the Immediate Past Chairman of the National ICT Association of Malaysia (“PIKOM”) and Chair of E-Commerce Malaysia, a Chapter of PIKOM. Ganesh is currently also on the Board of MaGIC, the Malaysian Global Innovation & Creative Centre.Ganesh has received many awards including as Overall Top Award Winner for the Prestige Top 40 Under 40 2012 Awards, Winner of the JCI Creative Young Entrepreneur Award 2009, Winner of the Technopreneur Excellence Award at the PIKOM ICT Leadership Awards in 2009 and Winner of the Young Indian Entrepreneur Award in 2009.

## Sea Unicorn
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Restaurants

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## East Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.
