Top 50 Retail Startup Investors in Asia in May 2025

Investor	Retail Asia investments
East Ventures	12
IDG Capital	11
Vision Plus Capital	9
Wavemaker Partners	9
Capital Today	7
HSG	7
SOSV	7
ZhenFund	6
GGV Capital	6
Golden Gate Ventures	6
AC Ventures	6
Plum Ventures	6
Ventech China	5
Meridian Capital Asia	5
GSR Ventures	5
Vertex Ventures	5
Insignia Ventures Partners	5
Frees Fund	5
Hillhouse Investment	4
Antler	4
Green Pine Capital Partners	4
Hejun Capital	4
Indus Valley Capital	4
Lightspeed China Partners	4
K2VC	4
Mekong Capital	4
Kickstart Ventures	4
Mizuho Capital	4
Alpha JWC Ventures	4
Alibaba Group	4
SIG China (SIG Asia Investments)	4
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital	4
Gentree Fund	4
01vc	4
Share Capital	4
Global Founders Capital	4
SMDV	4
Source Code Capital	3
Sinovation Ventures	3
Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India	3
Chuxin Capital	3
Next Billion Ventures	3
Century Oak Capital	3
Venturra	3
BA Capital	3
Baidu Ventures	3
OTB Ventures	3
K3 Ventures	3
Everbright	3
Orbit Startups	3

East Ventures is an early stage venture capital (VC) focused on Southeast Asia, Indonesia & Japan. Success cases include Tokopedia, Traveloka, and Mercari.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Japan, Indonesia, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

SoLeLands — SoLeLands provides children with future-ready skills, virtues, and applied competences and inspires children to love learning.
Maka Motors — MAKA is dedicated to building the best electric motorcycles for Indonesian riders.
Zenith Learning Group — Zenith Learning Group's mission is to deliver a holistic, world-class education to learners across South East Asia through technology.

IDG Capital is an investment firm that funds early- to growth-stage companies in the technology sector. Today they work with private equity and venture capital fund managers, investment advisors, and business entities from around the world. Their limited partners include many internationally reputable investors, including sovereign wealth funds,pension funds, institutional investors, major charities, university endowments, family offices, and business luminaries.IDG Capital brings a powerful combination of global perspective and local experience to investment management. As long-term value investors, they are highly skilled at mobilizing global resources to address local needs, especially for Inbound and outbound opportunities in China and the rest of Asia. Their highly skilled team has an in-depth understanding of the Chinese market and enjoys close relationships with many influential business leaders.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, E-Commerce
Series A, Series B, Series C
China, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Sand AI — Sand AI is an AI company that focuses on producing videos.
Kaia — Kaia is a public blockchain that utilizes Byzantine Fault Tolerance (BFT) for enhanced reliability and performance.
Wanhai Medical — Wanhai Medical is a prominent manufacturer specializing in the development and production of self-medication injection systems.

Vision Plus Capital (also known as Yuan Jing Capital) focuses on the Internet innovation, consumer upgrades, digital medical, intelligent technology four areas, the RMB and the dollar double currency investment. Yuan Jing Capital for the start-up enterprises to provide multi-faceted help, including the introduction of talent, strategy carding,operational upgrading, financing strategies.Founded in 2015, it was composed of team members for first-line Internet company's core positions of experts and domestic first-tier VC senior investors, for the start-up companies to provide practical experience and team support.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series B, Series C
China, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Weimai — Weimai is a developer of a health application platform intended to provide medical and health services. The company's health application platform offers an Internet-based appointment, distribution, maternal and child disease management, grading diagnosis and treatment as well as remote diagnosis, and medical records management, providing userswith a family doctor application in every home.
Empower — Empower is an enterprise platform focused on intelligent laser manufacturing that makes lasers smart.
Vita Dynamics — Vita Dynamics involves learning through real-world interactions by developing robots that can physically engage with their environment, they can adapt more naturally and efficiently.

Wavemaker Group is a cross-border venture capital firm founded in 2003 and one of the most active early-stage investors across multiple funds.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Singapore, Philippines

Portfolio highlights

Pi-xcels — Eco-friendly NFC digital receipts solution for actionable shopper data and enhanced customer journeys. No App, Just Tap. With one-tap convenience, Pi-xcels unlocks omni-channel marketing opportunities and boosts performance for retailers with our customer intelligence platform.
Oneteam — We acquire small to medium businesses and help next-gen hardworking employees grow into capable owners of these businesses. Using digital-first solutions to drive growth, synergies and innovation, we collaborate with your employees to transform your business into global enterprises.
Soul Parking — Soul Parking is a parking management service company, which has successfully developed motorcycle storage equipment as a solution for traffic and parking problems that are cluttered using 100% designs and raw materials. Soul Parking provides solutions by developing a modern, safe and comfortable vehicle parking system that takes into accountlimited land area.

Capital Today manages dedicated China country funds of USD2.5 billion. It is one of the first independent private equity firms in China. Founded by Kathy Xu in 2005, Capital Today is committed to provide growth capital to small and medium-sized Chinese companies and helps them build sustainable businesses and No.1 brands in China. CapitalToday's investment theme is to capture opportunities with the booming Chinese middle class and their changing life styles. Capital Today has a focused and disciplined strategy and hands-on approach. It is dedicated to help the Chinese entrepreneurs build KPI, Culture and No.1 brands (Capital Today's "3 Weapons"). Capital Today is a strong believer of long term investment and tends to hold the investment for many years. Capital Today has been focused on Consumer. Retail & Internet Sector. Their Portfolios IncludeJD.com, Youku Tudou.com, Ganji.com, Dianping.com, Three Squirrels online snack food brand, Yifeng Pharmacy Chain, Cosrno Lady Underwear Chain, Nuts Snack Food Chain, BiFengTang Quick Service Restaurant, Tsui Wah Restaurant Chain, etc.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Internet
Series A, Series B, Series C
China, United States

Portfolio highlights

Sand AI — Sand AI is an AI company that focuses on producing videos.
Vita Dynamics — Vita Dynamics involves learning through real-world interactions by developing robots that can physically engage with their environment, they can adapt more naturally and efficiently.
Moonshot AI — Dark Side of the Moon is an AI large-scale model company.

We help founders build enduring companies.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Software
Series A, Series B, Series C
China, United States, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Manus AI — Manus is a general AI agent that turns your thoughts into actions. It excels at various tasks in work and life, getting everything done while you rest.
Noematrix — Noematrix is an embodied intelligence company that specializes in innovative general robotic intelligence solutions and services.
Xingkeyuan — Star Science is a high-performance lithium battery silicon-carbon negative electrode material research and development company. It has achieved small-scale mass manufacture of nano-silicon as well as the experimental development of high-efficiency silicon-carbon composite materials.

SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates. HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.

ZhenFund is a seed fund founded by former entrepreneurs to invest in the most promising innovators. New Oriental co-founders Bob Xiaoping Xu and Victor Qiang Wang established ZhenFund in 2011 in collaboration with Sequoia Capital China. ZhenFund now has a network of over 800 portfolio companies, including over 30 unicorns based in China. Webelieve that great businesses start with exceptional founding teams. We are dedicated to helping our entrepreneurs build successful companies by providing them with mentorship and the best resources available. Some of our services include biannual demo days to top Chinese VCs, ZhenHR services, marketing and PR consulting, as well as fundraising. Our strong and large CEO network also facilitates entrepreneurs helping each other, especially via our WeChat platform. ZhenFund has been ranked as the “#1 Early-Stage Investment Firm” for six years. Bob Xiaoping Xu, Founder of ZhenFund, has been named on the Midas List since 2016 and ranked #11 in 2019. Anna Fang, Founding Partner and CEO of ZhenFund, has been named on the Midas List since 2019 and made her 4th appearance as #12, and #1 on Midas Seed List in 2022.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce
Series A, Seed, Series B
China, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Manus AI — Manus is a general AI agent that turns your thoughts into actions. It excels at various tasks in work and life, getting everything done while you rest.
Dyna Robotics — We're making Al-powered robotic automation accessible for businesses of all sizes by building affordable, easy-to-deploy Autonomous Al Robots.
Nailo Technology — Nailuo Technology is a company which focuses on technical services, technology development and software development.

We believe the talent to build great companies comes from anywhere. A global venture capital firm that invests in local founders. As a multi-stage, sector-focused firm, GGV focuses on seed- to growth-stage investments across Social/Internet, Enterprise Tech, and Smart Tech sectors.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Series B, Series A, Series C
United States, China, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Mind Network — The 1st Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) Restaking Layer for AI and POS Networks. Mind Network is backed by Binance Labs, Hashkey, Big Brain, Chainlink, etc.
Supermom — Supermom helps parents make the right decisions on what to buy and where to buy at the lowest prices. Best prices guaranteed for millions of mom, baby & kids products.
Botai Automation — Botai Automation is specialized in CNC system research and development. Its CNC system can be used in machine tools, including drilling and tapping machines, turning and milling compound machining centers and their control accuracy, stability, and performance outperform earlier products of the same type.

Golden Gate Ventures is a venture capital firm investing across Southeast Asia. Since 2011, the firm has launched four funds, managed US$250M AUM, and invested in 60+ companies in over 7 countries in Asia. The firm focuses on investing in technology companies driven by the rising consumer class in Southeast Asia.

Investment focus

FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
Singapore, Indonesia, United States

Portfolio highlights

FDcare — FDcare provides comprehensive health care services to customers.
Nurture — Learn Foundational Life Skills Through Immersive Play
BioSapien — BioSapien is a pre-clinical biotech company developing novel biodegradable implantable products that deliver active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for oncology indications with reduced systemic side effects. The applications for this technology are currently under investigation for pancreatic cancer and lung cancer. The intended pipeline ofindications is expected to expand into other cancers such as colorectal, breast, and stomach cancers. BioSapien's 3D-printed MediChip delivers FDA-approved toxic high-dose systemic therapies in a localized slow-release biodegradable mesh which is able to target tissues while improving patients' quality of care and life.

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.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Financial Services, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
Indonesia, Singapore, India

Portfolio highlights

Broom — Broom ID memberikan pelayanan terbaik untuk pengalaman Jual Beli Mobil Bekas Anda, banyak pilihan Variasi merek dan tipe Mobil Bekas yang berlimpah
Soul Parking — Soul Parking is a parking management service company, which has successfully developed motorcycle storage equipment as a solution for traffic and parking problems that are cluttered using 100% designs and raw materials. Soul Parking provides solutions by developing a modern, safe and comfortable vehicle parking system that takes into accountlimited land area.
Supermom — Supermom helps parents make the right decisions on what to buy and where to buy at the lowest prices. Best prices guaranteed for millions of mom, baby & kids products.

Plum Ventures is a venture capital company that aims to encourage young people to become entrepreneurs. It specializes ins providing seed and early-stage investments in the technology, new media, and telecommunications industry. The firm was founded in May 2014 and is based in Changzhou, China.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Manufacturing
Series A, Angel, Seed
China, United States, Japan

Portfolio highlights

Ubinexus — Ubinexus focuses on the overall design capabilities of satellite communication payloads and satellite-based comprehensive digital processing technology to meet the multi-dimensional needs of low-orbit mega-constellation construction and provide users with the world's leading communication payload system.
ViTai Robotics — ViTai develops hand-eye coordination algorithms and general-purpose tactile sensing modules for robotic end-effectors.
Multiway Robotics — Multiway Robotics is an advanced intelligent on-site logistics solutions provider.

Ventech Capital was founded in 1998 in France. Ventech is one of the most famous VC funds in Europe and manages four funds. In China, Ventech China manages three funds. Globally, this represents more than USD 1B total asset under management. Ventech China is based in Shanghai. Ventech China 3 is a USD 220 million venture capital fund focused oncommunities, M-commerce, Big Data and Fintech. Its current portfolio companies include Keep, the No.1 fitness training and community app in China, WonderFull, the emerging Japanese product M-commerce platform, Juzi, the leading entertainment news platform, Datawin, the leading big data company in sales leads generation, and Blued, the No.1 gay community app in China. Ventech China is dedicated to growing together with innovative startups and help them to become global leaders in their fields.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Retail, Big Data
Series A, Series B, Seed
China, Japan, Austria

Portfolio highlights

ACGBOX — ACGBOX is an anime snack food supplier, specialized in producing anime snack foods.
Huafa Geometry — Huafa Geometry is a pet smart ecosystem brand that specializes in providing fish tanks and aquarium with smart technology. It is a brand of Beijing Yuanyibai Technology Co., Ltd.
Huamei Haolian — Huamei Haolian specializes in providing telemedicine and medical tourism services.

Meridian Capital is the leading TMT field of venture capital institution in China. They have a wide range of investment layout in the mobile Internet and media entertainment field and they have a vibrant and experienced investment team.Meridian Capital’s investment area is relatively concentrated, and its investment can be regarded as investmentwithin the industry. They have a wide range of layout-oriented investments in the core areas of industry such as culture and entertainment, consumption upgrades, Internet finance, and enterprise services, with the flow of inputs and realization methods. It has a clear view of development in the industry and sub-industries. Social, online-business, education, health care, real-estate, car business, digital reading, digital marketing, music, film and television, games, entertainment community and etc, industrial cluster effect is obvious.Since its inception in 2008, Meridian Capital is committed to focusing on investment in culture new media fields, currently it is mainly concerned with culture entertainment, consumption upgrading, Internet finance, and corporate service fields, it has issued 5 RMB funds, and 2 Singapore currency funds, whose total management size topped RMB 5 billion yuan, more than 100 Internet startup enterprises are its beneficiaries. Meridian Capital’s concern for culture new media field is consistently prominent.

Investment focus

Internet, Software, Information Technology
Series A, Angel, Series B
China, Latvia, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Kuafu — Kuafu operates in the food industry and offers various fried skewers and beverages.
Hanhai Energy — Hanhai Energy is dedicated to explore the science and technology to accelerate the commercialization of fusion energy.
Bibost Automotive Electronics — Bibst Automotive Electronics is a provider of automotive electronic products. Bibst provides intelligent chassis core components, chassis domain controllers, and autonomous driving-related technical services.

GSR Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on technology companies developing AI-enabled enterprise software, consumer platforms, and healthcare technology.The firm backs entrepreneurs building disruptive businesses that have the potential to dominate multi-billion dollar markets. GSR Ventures currently manages about $3.7 billion across itsfunds.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series B, Seed
China, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Dinari — Discover Equity Boundless - Simplify everything from equity management and options grant to payroll so that you no longer have to worry about compliance, taxes, or vesting schedules no matter where your employees are.
Sonar — Sonar is a scalable mental health platform for schools. We use a combination of AI and human connection to ensure every student is seen and supported. For educators, Sonar offers actionable insights to improve mental wellbeing, empower your staff, and boost student outcomes.
Infinite Uptime — Infinite Uptime provides predictive maintenance services and plant-reliability solutions to global manufacturing and asset-intensive industries. Book a demo NOW.

Vertex Ventures US is an early stage VC that backs fearless founders building a smarter digital economy through B2B software.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, China, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Evinced — Evinced is a Digital Accessibility Platform built for modern software development teams. Leading enterprises use Evinced to weave accessibility into their software development process including design, development, CI/automated testing, QA, and production/compliance monitoring.Built with advanced rule-sets, computer vision, and AIalgorithms, Evinced automatically detects and pinpoints accessibility problems and suggests fixes. Leading enterprises use Evinced to weave accessibility into their software development process - including design, development, automated testing, and production/compliance monitoring.The company was founded in 2018 and based in Los Altos, California.
Metafin — Metafin Cleantech Finance - Solar & Clean Technology Financing and Loans
Savant Labs — The all-in-one low-code, no-code automation platform for data access, data prep, data blending, analytics and automated delivery of insights to 100's of destination apps.

Insignia Ventures Partners is a venture capital firm that specializes in startup investment. Insignia Ventures Partners is an investment firm managed by a former Sequoia Asia partner, Yinglan Tan.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

fileAI — Automate and analyze any file with AI. fileAI builds proprietary AI components for complex agentic workflow automation.
Elevarm — Elevarm provides comprehensive solutions and services that elevate farmers. We are building an ecosystem powered by data and AI-enabled technologies to revolutionize production efficiency in the agriculture industry , ensuring quality, quantity, and consistent supply for business customers.
SeIndonesia — Se’Indonesia is a fastest growing Indonesian Quick Service Restaurant chain. providing high-quality protein that is flavorful, nutritious, accessible, and affordable. The company specializes in smoked beef bowls, leveraging a proprietary smoking process that delivers distinct taste and aroma rooted in Indonesian culinary tradition.Founded with avision to revolutionize the food industry, Se’Indonesia emphasizes product integrity, operational scalability, and efficient delivery formats. Through its commitment to honest cooking and accessible nutrition, the company is positioned to lead the next generation of quick-service food solutions across Indonesia and beyond.

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.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Medical, Health Care
Series A, Seed, Angel
China, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Enron — Enron focusing on the research and development of innovative drugs that regulate the secretion of neurotransmitters.
PowerEasy Technology — Dynamic Technology is a software developer specializing in artificial intelligence, focusing on the research and development of intelligent robots and the sales of industrial robots.
Interstellar Lightyear — Interstellar Lightyear Technology is a developer specializing in dexterous robotic hands, focusing on creating intelligent dexterous hands with advanced capabilities for precise manipulation.

Founded in 2005, Hillhouse is a leading global investment management firm, active across public equity, private equity, real estate and private credit. The firm invests over a long-term horizon and partners with exceptional entrepreneurs to deliver sustainable value creation for quality companies.Hillhouse is a full life-cycle private equityfirm, investing for the long term across opportunities in the healthcare, business services, consumer, and industrials sectors. The firm manages capital on behalf of global institutions such as non-profit foundations, endowments, and pensions.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Series B, Series A, Series C
China, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

dinii — Dinii is a mobile order platform for take-out shops.
Ascentium — At Ascentium, we believe in the power of partnership to realise unlimited growth potential.
Xingmai Innovation — Xingmai Innovation creates, develops, and sells intelligent swimming pool cleaning robots.

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Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, Singapore, Australia

Portfolio highlights

GenPage — GenPage is a SaaS platform that supercharges outreach & account-based marketing (ABM) campaigns with personalized landing pages that captivate, engage, and close. We help our users create unique experiences at scale for every prospect with AI - and win more deals.
Lodgicl — Lodgicl streamlines the insurance supply chain to enhance the claims experience for policyholders, insurers, and partners.
FoodHealth — Your home for healthy eating made simple. Powered by a team of food lovers & Dietitians, we help you find the right food for your body. And then we deliver that food directly to your doorstep!

Shenzhen Green Pine Capital Partners Co. Ltd. (“GPCP”) was established in 2007, with the investment team assembled in 2000. GPCP is one of the most time-honored Chinese VC companies that boast experience in areas such as biotech, new materials, new resources and AI, etc. Currently, GPCP manages assets over 15 billion RMB through 21 special fundsand have invested 7 billion RMB into 388 enterprises among which 14 are listed on NEEQ and 48 of them are either listed or acquired by listed companies, including BGI(300676.SZ), Aurora(600666.SH), Nationz Tech(300077.SZ), Foresee(002530.SZ), Qudian(NASDAQ:QD), etc. GPCP invested in the angel round of BGI (Beijing Genomics Institute), Royole, Kuang-Chi, Appotronics, BMF, C-one, Arrayed Materials and other star enterprises.GPCP is based in Shenzhen, with branches in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. GPCP also runs two GPI incubators and an incubator for overseas Chinese scientists who start businesses in China.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing
Series A, Series B, Angel
China, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Neurogin — Neurogin is a bioelectronics company that provides reliable monitoring and auxiliary diagnostic tools for clinical and health institutions and focuses on advanced engineering methods for brain science research and clinical diagnosis.
Taifang Technology — ## Build Setup
NAEN Auto Technology — Shanghai NAEN Auto Technology co.Ltd provides automotive electronics products for automobile manufacturers.

Hejun Capital is a private equity and venture capital firm.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Angel, Series A, Series B
China

Portfolio highlights

Kitchen core — Chu Xin was founded in 2016 to focus on the intelligence of the kitchen, and is dedicated to building a clean and hygienic kitchen brand for the restaurant chain.The intelligent dishwasher can complete the cleaning, disinfection and drying process in one minute.The core of the kitchen core smart dishwasher is "technology-driven + machinenetworking", by introducing artificial intelligence and data monitoring into the tableware cleaning scene Distinguish a single inefficient dishwashing process for manual dishwashing, and integrate "high-pressure stain removal, three-dimensional washing, intelligent temperature sterilization, and full-dimensional drying" into one linkComplete the cleaning, sterilization and drying process in one minute, and the tableware is washed and used immediately, which greatly improves efficiency and ensures cleanliness and hygiene. At the same time, distinguishing traditional dishwashers, the kitchen core applies cutting-edge Internet of Things and big data technologies to continuously improve the standard and experience of smart cleaning services.
Yunwujie — Yunwujie is a provider of trading platform and SaaS management. It focuses on cross-border e-commerce logistics industry, provide trading platform + SaaS management.
Shishilian — Shishilian provides agricultural products such as mushrooms, vegetables, meat, fish, flowers, fruit, grains, tea, coffee, seafood, and alcoholic beverages.

Indus Valley Capital is an early stage venture capital fund investing in Pakistani startups. We help founders build Pakistan's future.

Investment focus

Marketplace, Retail, Fitness
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Pakistan, United States

Portfolio highlights

Kollegio — Kollegio is an AI-driven platform for college applications.
Qist Bazaar — QistBazaar is an e-commerce platform dedicated to improving the standard of living for the average Pakistani by making things easily available at affordable monthly installments.Qist Bazaar caters to everyone, from individuals with little to no formal financial background to those who bank at major institutions. Products available on Qist Bazaarinclude Bikes, Mobile Phones, LED TVs, Laptops, Washing Machines, Air Conditioners, Refrigerators, and other Kitchen Appliances, with new categories being added on a daily basis.
Zyp Technologies — Discover Pakistan's revolutionary electric bikes with battery swapping for quick, easy rides. Experience unlimited range with ZUM 2000.

Lightspeed China Partners is a leading Chinese venture capital firm focusing on early-stage investments. We are the Chinese partners to Lightspeed Venture Partners. Our expertise is in mobile, Internet, technology-enabled services, and enterprise solution companies. We currently manage three USD funds and one RMB fund.Lightspeed China Partners isalso a young team. We value equality, respect and fairness. Our culture reflects our focus, drive for excellence, and our win-win approach to business.We are dedicated to identifying the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders. To accomplish this , we analyze trends, work with creative teams, and undertake joint efforts to pursue early-stage investments. We are honored to help entrepreneurs because your dream is the greatest thing in the world.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Internet, Software
Series A, Series B, Series C
China, United States, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

X Square — X Square is a company focused on developing universal embodied large models for robots, aiming to create a universal brain-cerebellum system that offers comprehensive capabilities from perception to action.
Zhefei Aviation — Zhefei Aviation specializes in providing airworthy avionics, including the IVOS flight control software system and the EPS energy system.
Differential Robotics — Differential Robotics is a robotics company providing research, design, and development of aerial robots and intelligent autonomous drones.

K2VC (Xianfeng Evergreen) was founded in 2010, focused on early stage investment in technology start-ups in China, focus on promoting change and technological progress, innovative business models and lifestyles.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Manufacturing, Biotechnology
Series A, Seed, Angel
China, United States, Japan

Portfolio highlights

Xingkeyuan — Star Science is a high-performance lithium battery silicon-carbon negative electrode material research and development company. It has achieved small-scale mass manufacture of nano-silicon as well as the experimental development of high-efficiency silicon-carbon composite materials.
Amio Robotics — Amio Robotics focus on developing robot applications in commercial scenarios.
FuChe Biotech — FuChe Biotech is a biotechnology startup which Empower a clear future and innovative technology.

Mekong Capital is a Vietnam-focused Private Equity firm, specializing in consumer driven businesses. Mekong Capital’s investee companies are typically among the fastest growing and market leading companies in Vietnam’s consumer-driven sectors such as retail, restaurants, consumer products and distribution.Established in 2001, Mekong Capitalhas the most extensive private equity track record in Vietnam. Our funds have completed 30 private equity investments, of which 22 have been fully exited and 1 has been partially exited. Mekong Capital has managed 5 funds, one of which is currently making new investments. Mekong Capital has a team of 50+ full-time people in our offices in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, who have an average tenure at Mekong Capital of around 6 years. Three Partners with combined 31 years at Mekong Capital.Mekong Capital invests in fast-growing companies, with ambitious expansion plans, and a strong commitment to building management teams that will apply best practices and successfully execute on those expansion plans. These companies are typically well-established companies in their sectors, but which typically operate in fragmented and fast growing markets which present attractive growth opportunities.Mekong Capital is strongly committed to adding significant value at each of its investee companies – through operational improvements, building management teams, introduction of best practices and outside experts, and applying other elements of our Vision Driven Investing framework.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Retail, Information Technology
Funding Round, Private Equity, Series C
Vietnam, Spain, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

F88 — F88 brand name was established in 2013. pioneered in professionalizing of pawn services in Vietnam, bringing fast, reliable and professional financial solution to consumers, blowing fresh winds to the traditional pawn market. With the model of nationwide pawn system, F88 currently provides loans with diversified mortgage assets such as cars,motorcycles, mobile phones, laptops, etc. F88’s competitive advantage lies at the professional management team with a strong commitment toward bringing customers reliable, professional, friendly and fast financial services, from which, to change social perceptions about traditional pawn market. With a wide network of stores, modern technology system, well-trained staffs and high quality services, F88 has been honored Gold Cup for reliable products, perfect service, preferred brands in 2016 granted by Intellectual Property and Creativity magazine – Intellectual Property Association of Viet Nam and Intellectual Property International Academy.
Husk Ventures — Generate new revenue streams for rural communities by upcycling rice husk to create sustainable products that contribute to a circular economy.Husk Ventures aims to increase the incomes of rice farmers’ and rural communities with access to innovative technologies and capacity building to convert rice husk into valuable products for local andinternational markets.The unique characteristics of rice husk (high lignin and silica content) make it an ideal material that benefit from being strong, fireproof, mould, and insect resistant.Some innovations exist in the market to create alternatives to wood by mixing rice husk with plastic or natural resins to create furniture or construction materials using similar technologies to wood plastic composites (WPC).Creating products using Rice Husk Composites is an opportunity to reduce deforestation and plastic consumption.
Gene Solutions — Gene Solutions is a genetic testing company in Vietnam and the market leader for reproductive health tests, which respond to critical healthcare needs, such as helping parents detect chromosomal disorders during pregnancy, or preventing genetic problems, and helping to conceive a child (in-vitro fertilization – IVF).

We invest in early- to growth-stage start-ups who offer solutions to existing pain points and provide forward-looking innovations that will help shape the future we believe in.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Philippines, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

Lydia.ai — Lydia AI uses alternative data to make life and health insurance personalized, easier to buy and more inclusive
Featherless.ai — Featherless.ai is a serverless AI hosting provider with GPU orchestration system.
SRTX — Discover Sheertex tights and stockings made with one of the strongest materials in the world. Sheers manufactured sustainably in Canada. No rips, runs or snags - Guaranteed.

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.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Internet
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Japan, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

Quemix — Quemix is an IT company specialized in providing quantum computing solutions.
Plainer — Plainer is an IT company that provides software development, data management, and SaaS solutions.
Unito — Unito offers people a friction-free lifestyle by pursuing optimization of living.

Alpha JWC Ventures is an Indonesia-focused value-adding venture capital firm with expertise in FinTech and the Consumer tech sector. Alpha JWC Ventures is an independent and institutional firm that believes in investing in a disciplined manner combined with an active portfolio management approach. The firm was founded in 2015 and is based inJakarta Pusat, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia.

Investment focus

Information Technology, E-Commerce, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

Bumame — Dapatkan layanan medical check up, vitamin booster, vaksinasi & home care di Bumame. Solusi kesehatan terpercaya dengan tim profesional Indonesia.
Harrison.ai — Harrison.ai is a clinician-led healthcare AI company using deep learning to improve the odds of IVF success for thousands of patients. The company leverages deep learning to solve the biggest challenges in healthcare and seeks to improve patient outcomes. It empowers physicians and healthcare providers with customized AI-enabled tools thatintegrate into existing clinical workflows which ultimately lead to improved patient outcomes.Harrison.ai uses the deskside DGX Station for experimentation, research, and development. The company uniquely combines exceptional deep learning expertise with clinical experience to develop and deploy healthcare AI solutions. Harrison.ai’s IVY deep learning model analyzes the full five-day video feed from an embryo scope, helping it surpass the performance of AI tools that provide insights based on still images.Harrison.ai's mission is to continuously innovate and commercialize more efficient and more affordable healthcare products and services to healthcare providers and patients.Harrison.ai was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Barongarook, Victoria, Australia.
Cornerstone Robotics — Cornerstone Robotics operates to improve the accessibility of high-end medical services in China.

Alibaba Group operates as an online marketplace connecting buyers and sellers. It provides various e-commerce activities, including retail and wholesale transactions. It also offers cloud computing and digital media services. Alibaba Group serves industries such as retail, logistics, and technology.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Internet
Series B, Series A, Funding Round
China, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

RushOwl — RushOwl is a dynamic ride-sharing company that offers timely and affordable shuttle rides.
Zhuji Dynamics — Zhuji Dynamics is a general-purpose footed robot company that focuses on the R&D and manufacturing of sports intelligence and footed robots
Yuanluo Technology — Yuanluo Technology is committed to providing innovative robotic solutions across multiple industries, including health, logistics, and service sectors.

SIG's China venture capital and private equity activities are operated through SIG Asia Investments, LLLP (SAI) and its wholly foreign owned enterprise (WFOE) based in Shanghai with a branch office in Beijing. The SIG China team seeks to commit the firm’s capital to venture capital and private equity investments in China.SAI is a member ofthe Susquehanna International Group of companies (SIG), which has evolved over the past 20+years into a leading financial institution focusing on trading and market making, institutional sales and research, private equity, and venture capital. With more than 1,400 employees across offices worldwide, SIG’s professionals develop ideas in an entrepreneurial environment, taking full advantage of SIG’s cutting edge technology and quantitative research.SIG is committed to expanding its global businesses in China. As part of that effort SAI has been mandated to commit SIG's proprietary capital in VC and PE investments in companies operating in the PRC.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Artificial Intelligence
Series B, Series A, Series C
China, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Insgeek — Insgeek is a one-stop service platform for corporate employee welfare insurance and health management. It is committed to providing intelligent employee benefits insurance and health management solutions through technological innovation. It integrates the products of various insurance companies, covering accidents, female births, and criticalillnesses, and provide a variety of cost-effective protection combinations.Founded in 2014, the company is headquartered in Beijing, China and currently has branches in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Xi'an, and other places, covering the whole country.
RapidBox — Rapidbox is ecommerce website for footwear and fashion accessories
Enjoy Shop — Enjoy Shop is a franchise chain one-stop collaboration empowerment platform to help brands improve the efficiency of franchise management.

Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on life science, ICT, and high technology investments.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Health Care
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Japan, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Manabie — Manabie is an Education Technology start-up company on a mission to provide a new style of online & offline merged learning around the world. We provide students with everything they need for efficient learning; high-quality learning materials, great learning environments, personal coaches and more! We believe that our new method of learning,integrating online and offline will dramatically innovate the way students learn.
M&A Cloud — M & A is a Match Platform for Small & Medium Venture Companies
NABLA Mobility — Solving the complexities involved in the "Operation of Fleets" of Mobility and support its evolution and decarbonization

Gentree Fund is a VC Fund for Philippine startups that invests in early and growth stage, providing startup funding and key connections of Sy family principals.

Investment focus

B2B, Food and Beverage, Retail
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Edamama — Discover your ultimate baby products haven! Discover everything from cozy cribs, diapers to playful toys. Shop now and start creating beautiful memories today!
DayaTani — DayaTani supplies farmers with comprehensive services to increase their productivity.
Hive Health — Hive Health is a digital platform that provides access to easy-to-use, affordable, and quality HMO plans for SMEs in the Philippines.

01vc is a venture capital firm focused on making early-stage investments in mobile internet and marketplace startups such as trading platforms, enterprise service, SaaS, logistics, mobile internet-related finance, e-commerce, and B2B. The firm also invests in the Southeast Asia market. 01vc was established in 2014 and is based in Shanghai, China.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Information Technology, Logistics
Series A, Seed, Angel
China, Hong Kong, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

MORROR ART — MORROR ART combines aural and visual art, incorporates display technology into speaker devices, and designs lyrical speakers that are compatible with home decor.
RoboScience — RoboScience is a developer of embodied intelligence technology, focusing on the research and development of Cross Embodiment AI.
Lingdong Jiaxin Technology — Lingdong Jiaxin Technology focuses on creating materials for piezoelectric sensors, complemented by chip design and algorithm development, which allows companies to improve their sensor capabilities and performance.

Share Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, start-up, early, middle, growth capital, and Pre-IPO investments. it primarily invests in big living, medical healthcare, and internet innovation. In medical healthcare, it seeks to invests in pharmaceuticals, innovative equipment, biotechnology, diagnostic testing equipment andreagents, anti-infectives, drug discovery, medical health service, mobile medical services, and informatization.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology
Series A, Series B, Seed
China, United States, Colombia

Portfolio highlights

Depp CNC — Depp CNC is a research and development manufacturer of CNC machine tools and core accessories.
Microview — Microview is a high-tech enterprise specializing in the research and development of high-precision complex process chip packaging equipment.
Jodell Robotics — Jodell develops intelligent robotic equipment designed to serve in automotive and logistics industries.

Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Software, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Maki — Maki is your one-stop-shop to help you assess candidates skills, for any position, in any industry, anywhere in the world.
Rabbit — At Rabbit, we plan to change how the world shops.Retail has witnessed one revolution before with the introduction of E-Commerce that changed how customers order stuff and the second revolution is here! We are proud to be among the pioneers, a handful of global entrepreneurs that are leading and shaping the retail's second revolutionWe arefunded by amazing VCs that are helping us build the next big thingYou feel it is vague? that's intended as we are still building in stealth. but trust us, it is COOL!
Scribe Health AI — The #1 Free AI Medical Scribe & Progress Note Taker. Integrated to your EMR. HIPAA Compliant AI Scribe. Save 2 hours everyday. Reduce Burnout by 80%. No credit card signup.

SMDV sinar mas digital ventures

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Information Technology, Software
Series A, Seed, Series B
Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Jejakin — Kick off your sustainable journey with us
Amity Corporation — Discover Amity, where we create digital solutions that help organizations, teams and individuals achieve more through technology and social innovation.
Social+ — Add pre-built social features to your app, analyze first-party data, and boost engagement with AI insights and monetization capabilities.

Founded in 2014, Source Code Capital is a leading China VC focused on the broad TMT sectors and investing in both early stage start-ups and growth stage companies. With $1.5 billion and RMB 3.5 billion under management, Source Code Capital has been successfully partnering with close to 150 leading Chinese technology founders since inceptionincluding Bytedance, Meituan, Homelink, among many others. Source Code is focused on the “Big 3” fundamental drivers, which are Internet+, AI+, and Global+ , and invests along sectors such as media and entertainment, consumer services, enterprise, finance, retail, transportation, housing, education, and healthcare.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
Series A, Series B, Series C
China, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Weimai — Weimai is a developer of a health application platform intended to provide medical and health services. The company's health application platform offers an Internet-based appointment, distribution, maternal and child disease management, grading diagnosis and treatment as well as remote diagnosis, and medical records management, providing userswith a family doctor application in every home.
Zhihe Computing — Zhihe Computing is an AI intelligent computing company that develops high-performance, scalable AI intelligent computing CPUs and RISC-V processors.
Xingmai Innovation — Xingmai Innovation creates, develops, and sells intelligent swimming pool cleaning robots.

Sinovation Ventures is a full-service venture capital firm that actively invests in the Chinese technology market.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
Series A, Seed, Series B
China, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Noematrix — Noematrix is an embodied intelligence company that specializes in innovative general robotic intelligence solutions and services.
Anage Technology — Anage Technology is a software company focused on providing artificial intelligence-driven charging solutions for electric vehicles.
HPC-AI Technology — HPC-AI Technology provides a cloud-based platform to enhance AI computations by increasing CPU and GPU processing speeds.

Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India invests in high-growth start-ups seeking their first round of institutional venture capital funding in Southeast Asia and India, with a primary focus on Singapore, India, Indonesia, Thailand and other emerging hubs of innovation across the region. It has a long and strong track record of investing in early-stage startups and building champions like Grab, Patsnap, 17Live, Nium, FirstCry, Licious, AsianParent, Validus, Warung Pintar, and others.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, FinTech, Software
Series A, Series B, Seed
India, Singapore, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

Spyne — Remove background from any product image in seconds 100% automatically. No editing skills required! Single-click to change the image background.
Nuuk — Out with the old, in with the NUUK! Welcome to Nuuk, where the cool vibes of Greenland's capital inspire our line of home and kitchen appliances.
Pilgrim — Pilgrim - Premium International Brand | No Animal Testing, No Harmful Chemicals, Natural, Vegan Friendly, FDA Approved.

Chuxin Capital is an early-stage fund that actively deploys emerging formats centered on technology and consumption upgrades. It specializes in early-stage investments into companies within the enterprise services, technology, entertainment, and consumer products and services industries.Chuxin Capital was established in 2015 and is headquarteredin Beijing, China.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Information Technology, Software
Angel, Series A, Seed
China, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

AutoMQ — AutoMQ is a S3 based serverless reinvented Kafka that is easily scalable,cost-effective: shared storage,100% compatible with Kafka,no partition data copy, 10x cheaper than Kafka.
ILLUSION Tech — ILLUSION is a developer of apple vision pro content applications. ILLUSION has capitalized on the growth of spatial computing applications. The company previously created a weather application called "Seasons" based on AVP to provide consumers a more immersive weather experience.
DreamTech — DreamTech is an AI startup company focusing on native 3D generation.

A venture capital partnership for emerging markets.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Brazil, Mexico, Philippines

Portfolio highlights

minu — In minu, we are revolutionizing the financial health of Mexican employees, offering them access to their already worked salary when they need it, instead of having to wait for payroll. We work with HR areas of companies that offer the provision of minu to improve satisfaction, retention, and attraction of talent. minu is supported by FinTech'sleading institutional investors globally, including QED.
CLIVI — Clivi is a specialized digital clinic that provides comprehensive treatment to patients with type 2 diabetes.
Advance Tech Lending — Overcome cashflow disruptions with our credit solutions so you can focus on what matters: building your business.

Century Oak Capital GmbH is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments in Europe and Emerging Markets.

Investment focus

FinTech, Retail, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Nigeria, United States, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Luna POS — Luna POS provides cloud-based cashier, inventory management, and accounting solutions for SMEs in Indonesia. The company offers a seamless mobile cloud-based Point of Sale (POS) and accounting system, helping the retail industry with managing business activities such as checking the stock of goods, making a bundle menu, calculating sales, and tosee financial statements of the business.
Unbox — Unbox is the branded commerce operating system for SMEs helping them to sell online and increase their sales. We provide a ready to sell platform that allows entrepreneurs to digitize their business in less than 5 minutes - fully integrated with social commerce channels and our payment and shipping solutions, helping SMEs to save costs andcentralizing sales into a single platform.
SnappRetail — SnappRetail aims to create the largest virtual retail franchise across Pakistan, through deployment of its POS hardware/software, focusing on:1. Traditional trade Analytics for brands and retailers 2. Order Aggregation for manufacturers and distributors 3. Payment Solution for customers 4. Fintech enablement for small merchantsTheSnappRetail POS application has been carefully curated keeping the retailer in mind, the application focuses on digitizing his shop operations and cash flow and creating a real-time tertiary sales data lake.

Empowering outstanding entrepreneurs across Southeast Asia in creating the next defining technology companies.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Financial Services, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Series B
Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

FR8Labs — Optimize your freight business with our AI Freight Forwarding Software. Boost efficiency and stay ahead in logistics.
Saladin — Saladin is an online platform that provides life, health, automotive, and travel insurance services.
Klinik Pintar — Klinik Pintar membantu pasien mendapatkan layanan kesehatan primer terbaik di klinik, rumah, dan kantor.

BA Capital is a venture capital firm focused on the consumer sector.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Retail, E-Commerce
Series B, Series A, Seed
China, Spain

Portfolio highlights

KDHY Foods — KDHY Foods is a company that specializes in manufacturing processed fruit and potato products. KDHY Foods involves producing canned, frozen, or dried fruits, as well as processed potato goods such as frozen fries, chips, and mashed potato products.
Laopu Gold — Laopu Gold is an ancient handmade goldware brand that produces jewelry using ancient handmade gold.
Snack Is Busy — Snack Is Busy is a snack food chain industry. They mainly open stores in the community to create a chain brand of snacks at the doorstep of ordinary people, which is even closer to their lives.

"BV is an independent venture fund established by Baidu in 2017. BV's investors include Baidu as well as other leading financial institutions and businesses. BV currently manages roughly $500M USD across 3 funds and has offices in Beijing and San Francisco. Its mission is to support entrepreneurs and companies who are spearheading the newage of artificial intelligence. These companies are changing the way we work and live—and ultimately how we interact."

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Biotechnology
Series A, Seed, Series B
China, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Seele — Seele is developing an advanced 3D AI platform that utilizes AI technology to aid 3D creators in generating alternative 3D animations, models, color settings, animations, and scenery animations.
Vita Dynamics — Vita Dynamics involves learning through real-world interactions by developing robots that can physically engage with their environment, they can adapt more naturally and efficiently.
Jiangxing Intelligence — Jiangxing Intelligence was founded in 2018 by internationally renowned scientists, academician of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, and IEEE Fellow Professor Liu Jiangchuan. The company is committed to the development of advanced edge computing technology and its application in the fields of energy Internet, industrial security, and intelligentwarehousing. At the beginning of the company's establishment, it has obtained tens of millions of venture capital from Sequoia Capital China Seed Fund.

OTB Ventures is a leading European VC focused on DeepTech with an unfair advantage in accessing Central and Eastern European (CEE) deal flow, investing in early growth, real tech startups (late Seed, Series A and B) that develop unique technologies in 4 verticals: SpaceTech, AI & Automation, FinTech and CybersecurityOTB Ventures wasestablished in 2017 and is currently the largest VC originating from the CEE, managing over $300M. OTB Ventures has two offices: Amsterdam (Netherlands) and Warsaw (Poland).

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Synthara — Synthara is a Swiss semiconductor startup revolutionizing the compute performance of embedded chips by orders of magnitude. We are working on a new breed of energy-efficient computational AI chips that are hand-crafted for smart sensor applications such as hearing aids, wearables, biomedical monitoring, and AR/VR. Our flagship product,ComputeRAM, is a drop-in replacement for conventional SRAM that performs complex calculations directly in memory. This drastically reduces CPU workload, boosting system performance and delivering exceptional efficiency, especially for AI workloads. With ComputeRAM, we help chipmakers and device manufacturers lower costs, shorten time to market, and unlock new opportunities for innovation.
Apheris — Build ML-powered products using data that spans organizational or geographical boundaries, while ensuring compliance with regulation.
Safe Intelligence — Safe Intelligence specializes in deep validation AI systems, focusing on enhancing the reliability of artificial intelligence models.

K3 Ventures provides venture capital for technology startups in various sectors such as finance, education, healthcare, food and agriculture and others. The firm is headed by Kuok Meng Xiong.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
Singapore, United States, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

WIZ.AI — WIZ.AI Talkbot is a leading Generative AI-powered omnichannel customer engagement solution for enterprises to propel business growth.
Abound — Fintern is a lending startup looking to offer an AI-driven alternative to costly payday loans. It aims to expand access to low-cost personal credit by using the UK’s new Open Banking standard to analyze consumers’ historical bank statement data. Open Banking data allows us to build a granular view of customers’ financial circumstances, properlyunderstand their affordability, and place less reliance on credit reference agency scores.The company was founded in 2020 and is based in London, United Kingdom.
Rekosistem — Rekosistem is a climate-tech startup that provides waste management and recycling services to optimise the waste value chain.

Everbright is China’s cross-border investment and asset management company.

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, Biotechnology
Series A, Series C, Funding Round
China, United States, Iceland

Portfolio highlights

Grit Science — Grit Science is a gene therapeutics firm, that engages in the R&D of liver genes.
Yinuo Pharmaceutical — Yinuo Pharmaceuticals is a small molecule inhibitor drug developer.
Terminus Technologies — EXPO 2020 OFFICIAL PREMIER PARTNER

Orbit Startups helps companies scaling breakthrough technologies across emerging and frontier markets to the regions with the most aggressive growth.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Information Technology, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
India, Singapore, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

TAPPI — TAPPI is the leading association for the worldwide pulp, paper, packaging, and converting industries and publisher of Paper360º.
Braingaze — Braingaze solves major challenges around cognitive disorders of the brain. We use a patented neuro-biomarker based on small involuntary eye movements. These are triggered by functional games, the resulting signal is analysed using algorithms trained by Deep Learning based on actual real patient / control cases. We adress pre-symptomatic stagesof Alzheimer's disease and the most common child cognitive disorder ADHD. Our tools are on the market and covered by a CE Mark as a medical device. Our pipeline includes detection / diagnostic tools as well as digital therapy solutions that have shown to reduce symtoms by over 50%.
Tappi — Convert one-time customers into loyal ones by getting discovered, growing leads and building your business reputation.