Top 25 Retail Startup Investors in Hong Kong (June 2026)
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MindWorks Capital
VC Fund
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3 | China, Hong Kong, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology | $850k–$41M |
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Golden Gate Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Singapore, Indonesia, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services | $400k–$60M |
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Bluebell Group
VC Fund
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2 | Hong Kong | Seed | Retail, Fashion, E-Commerce | $1.5M–$3.5M |
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Andreessen Horowitz
VC Fund
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, Brazil | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $1.5M–$105M |
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IDG Capital
VC Fund
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2 | China, United States, India | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, Internet, E-Commerce | $3M–$190M |
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Decent Capital
VC Fund
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2 | China, United States, Singapore | Seed, Angel, Series A | Internet, Information Technology, Software | $425k–$26M |
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John Wood
Angel
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1 | Hong Kong | Seed, Series A | Retail, Fashion, Children | |
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MSA Capital
VC Fund
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1 | China, United States, Egypt | Series A, Seed, Series B | E-Commerce, Biotechnology, Financial Services | $1.4M–$130M |
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Betatron Venture Group
VC Fund
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1 | Hong Kong, Singapore, India | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce | $30k–$11M |
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Lightspeed Venture Partners
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, Israel | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $2M–$120M |
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New Heritage Investment Limited
VC Fund
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1 | Hong Kong | Angel | Retail, Software, Marketing | |
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DST Global
VC Fund
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1 | United States, China, India | Series B, Series C, Series A | FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services | $10M–$385M |
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Gaorong Capital
VC Fund
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1 | China, United States, Hong Kong | Series A, Series B, Seed | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $2.8M–$110M |
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Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Hong Kong, Taiwan, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence | $510k–$150M |
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Era
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Hong Kong | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Software, Financial Services | $500k–$75M |
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Haitao Capital
VC Fund
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1 | China, United States, Canada | Seed, Series A | Software, Apps, Education | $120k–$4.7M |
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Viraj Bahl
Angel
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1 | India, Hong Kong | Angel, Series A | Retail, Fashion, Internet | |
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George Godula
Angel
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1 | United States, China, Algeria | Seed, Series A, Series B | Health Care, Information Technology, Mobile | $970k–$150M |
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Big Bloom Investment
VC Fund
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1 | Hong Kong, United States | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Apps, Music | $500k–$3.5M |
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Chuxin Capital
VC Fund
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1 | China, Hong Kong | Angel, Series A, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce | $425k–$40M |
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Battery Road Digital Holdings
VC Fund
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1 | Egypt, Singapore, India | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Transportation, Payments | $200k–$10M |
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Varun Alagh
Angel
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1 | India, United States, Hong Kong | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Retail, Internet | $155k–$10M |
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Kunal Bahl
Angel
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1 | India, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Internet, E-Commerce | $249k–$17M |
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Namita Thapar
Angel
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1 | India, Hong Kong | Seed, Angel | Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Retail | $1k–$1.2M |
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Frees Fund
VC Fund
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1 | China, United States, Singapore | Series A, Seed, Angel | Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Biotechnology | $425k–$35M |
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MindWorks Capital invests in and empowers Asia's most promising entrepreneurs to establish transformative businesses. MindWorks manages capital for university endowments, global asset managers, fund of funds, family offices, and Asia's top new economy innovators.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: China, Hong Kong, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 71
- Round size: Seed $850k–$13M; Series A $1.4M–$14M; Series B $9.3M–$41M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $250M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Collov Labs — Collov is a virtual interior design & shopping platform that offers interior design services stocked with shoppable goods from many brands.
- Gongbilin — Gongbilin is the operator of the travel agency, responsible for managing day-to-day operations, coordinating travel packages, and ensuring clients receive exceptional service throughout their journeys.
- Kitar — Kitar is a professional platform for mobile phone recycling and resale, focused on making technology more sustainable and affordable by extending the lifecycle of devices through responsible collection, refurbishment, and redistribution, while also reducing electronic waste and providing consumers with access to high-quality, cost-effectivesmartphones.
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.
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- Industry: FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Singapore, Indonesia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 130
- Round size: Seed $400k–$6M; Series A $1.5M–$15M; Series B $10M–$60M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $100M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Arkadiah — Secure high quality carbon credits & support biodiversity. Arkadiah fuses AI with satellite data and ground truth, transforming degraded lands to be nature-positive.
- Sampingan — Sampingan is an Indonesian company that connects businesses through their platform with selected and trained freelancers for easily doable task-based jobs that provides agents with temporary work. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Jakarta, Indonesia.
- NextPay — Receive, manage, and spend your company's finances on a single platform. Save time and costs with a digital financial suite built to empower growing businesses.
Bluebell Group is a distributor of luxury, premium, and lifestyle brands throughout Asia since 1954.
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- Industry: Retail, Fashion, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$3.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Grana — GRANA is a direct-to-consumer online fashion brand designing wardrobe essentials in-house, using the finest fabrics from around the world, available at honest prices.Strategically headquartered in Hong Kong, GRANA was founded by Luke Grana and Pieter Paul Wittgen in October 2014. GRANA ships globally to over 65 countries within 1-2 days.Countries include Australia, United States, Singapore, Hong Kong, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain and United Kingdom.
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, California, investing in bold founders, innovators, and entrepreneurs building the future through technology.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1577
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$15M; Series A $8.8M–$52M; Series B $16M–$105M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- OpenGov — OpenGov provides software and professional services purpose-built for local government to move communities forward.
- Shapeways — Shapeways is the #1 online 3D printing service company. Working with over a million customers since 2007 - Get 3D products and parts delivered to over 100 countries.
- Udio — Discover, create, and share music with the world. Use the latest technology to create AI music in seconds.
IDG Capital is a global investment firm partnering with founders to build enduring businesses through capital, expertise, and long-term support.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: China, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 705
- Round size: Series A $3M–$112M; Series B $7.4M–$142M; Series C $14M–$190M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Polymaker — Polymaker is a high quality 3D printing filament manufacturers. PLA, PETG, ABS, ASA, TPU, Nylon, PC, Carbon Fiber and more. Find the best filament for your application.
- Ripple — Discover why hundreds of financial institutions choose Ripple to provide a better international payments experience for their customers in real-time.
- Singularity Energy Technology — Singularity Energy is committed to core technology research and product development in advanced energy storage systems, and contributes industry-leading solutions to promote large-scale clean energy integration and achieve global carbon neutrality goals.
Decent Capital is a venture capital firm with a cross-border presence. It was founded in 2007 by Jason Zeng, co-founder of Tencent Holdings Limited. Decent Capital has two teams, venture investment and asset management, with offices in Hong Kong, mainland China, Singapore and the United States. Decent’s investment team invests from Seed to SeriesA, primarily focusing on SaaS, Consumer Internet, and Frontier Tech. Decent has invested in over 200 companies globally, spanning across the United States, China, Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, Hong Kong and Singapore. Decent upholds strong dedication to post-investment management, they continue to heavily support their portfolio companies’ business operations, supply chain and logistics, and future fundraising efforts. While Decent’s emphasis is on early-stage investments, they prioritize continuing to support portfolio companies throughout growth, for example, Decent invested in Lime from Seed to Series D.
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- Industry: Internet, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: China, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 125
- Round size: Seed $425k–$14M; Angel $425k–$2.3M; Series A $1.4M–$26M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Hongde New Materials — Hongde New Materials produces thermoplastic composite materials with fiber reinforcement. It offers energy storage and auxiliary components for solar and automobile power and steering systems.
- Esperanto Technologies — Esperanto delivers high-performance, energy-efficient computing solutions, the compelling choice for the most demanding AI / ML / DL applications. Their founding team, with many decades of processor design and architecture experience, is dedicated to delivering solutions to help drive future computing innovation. The changing,computationally intensive, workloads of the machine learning era mandate a new clean-sheet solution, without the baggage of existing legacy architectures. Esperanto leverages the simple, elegant, open standard RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA) to deliver flexibility, scalability, performance and energy-efficiency advantages.
- Qingyu Technology — Qingyu Technology is a software development service company specializing in the research, development, and sales of intelligent robots.
John Wood is the founder of Room to Read. He started Room to Read after a fast-paced and distinguished career with Microsoft from 1991 to 1999. He was in charge of marketing and business development teams throughout Asia, including serving as director of business development for the Greater China region and as director of marketing for theAsia-Pacific region. John continues to bring Room to Read a vision for a scalable solution to developing global educational problems with an intense focus on results and an ability to attract a world-class group of employees, volunteers, and funders.Today, John focuses full-time on long-term strategy, capital acquisition, public speaking, and media opportunities for the organization. John also teaches at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and New York University’s Stern School of Business and serves on the Advisory Board of the Clinton Global Initiative.John holds a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Colorado and a master’s degree from the Kellogg School of Northwestern University. Follow John on Twitter @JohnWoodRtR.
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- Industry: Retail, Fashion, Children
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Retykle — Buy & sell new and second hand designer children's clothing at up to 90% off. Shop today for great discounts on clothes, shoes and accessories from over 2000+ of the best baby and kids brands
- Green Monday — Green Monday Holdings is a manufacturer of plant-based pork substitute products and frozen meals and an operator of a chain of vegetarian-focused retail outlets and cafes.
MSA Capital is a global venture capital and private equity firm that invests in technology-enabled companies from seed to growth stage. The firm manages capital from the world's top sovereign wealth funds, international asset managers, pension funds, university endowments, fund of funds, and family offices, as well as China's leading neweconomy entrepreneurs.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Biotechnology, Financial Services
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: China, United States, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 135
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$9M; Series A $3.5M–$33M; Series B $10M–$130M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- XProtocol — XProtocol is a modular entertainment chain that uses base's superchain technology to help developers create games with player-driven economies.
- MindOn — MindOn is a robotics company that develops artificial intelligence software and algorithms to create humanoid robots.
- Amador Bioscience — At Amador we provide global-standard translational sciences and clinical pharmacology services to leading biopharmaceutical companies.
Betatron Venture Group is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Hong Kong, Singapore, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 49
- Round size: Seed $30k–$1.8M; Pre-Seed $30k–$150k; Series A $2.1M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $15M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Toku — Toku is a software provider that creates bespoke cloud communications and customer engagement solutions to reimagine customer experiences for enterprises. We offer an end-to-end approach to help businesses overcome the complexity of digital transformation in APAC markets. Enhance your customer experience with our unique blend of local strategic consulting expertise, bespoke technology, regional in-country infrastructure, connectivity, and global reach.
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- Bookairfreight — Save more than 20% on international door-to-door shipping. We're a one-stop freight solution for SMEs, ecommerce, and Amazon Merchants. Get a quote now!
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and trends.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, India, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1346
- Round size: Seed $2M–$25M; Series A $6M–$80M; Series B $12M–$120M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $2.4B in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Wiz — Organizations of all sizes and industries use Wiz to rapidly identify and remove the most critical risks in AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes so they can build faster and more securely.
- Seel — Peace of mind for shoppers and increased conversion rate for merchants. Available on Shopify App Store.
- Landed — LANDED makes hiring top-notch candidates onto your team effortless.
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- Industry: Retail, Software, Marketing
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- slowe — slowe is co-creating a sustainable future economy with our community of 10,000 impact businesses & 10 million conscious consumers by transformation. slowe is following the UNSDG Goal #12 - Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns. For consumers, we are part of the goal (Target #12.8) of "By 2030, ensure that people everywherehave the relevant information and awareness for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature". For the business side, slowe "Encourage companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle (Target #12.6).Our community app is the gateway to change by making a transformation to a sustainable life easy. In our community, you will discover slowe business in your neighbourhood, creative inspiration for sustainable living, passionate advocates and muses on the journey of transformation with you. With everyday small changes, like buying coffee from a shop sourcing Fair Trade coffee or shopping at "one-for-one" shoe retailers, it could result in great impact in future. With slowe index, you could easily sort out which business fit your values before making consumption. Add stamp after purchase to create your own conscious spending passport. Each step you take move the wheel of our virtuous cycle.Our community app is also a theatre for impact business to shine. By joining our community to embrace slowe value, we provide super easy-to-use yet powerful, affordable yet effective tools for targeted marketing and consumer relationship management. United, we are stronger. slowe encourage businesses to exchange resources and collaborate on our platform to better serve consumers.slowe is playing the infinite game because we should preserve our planet for generations to come. We hope to change the world bit by bit, person after person, community after community, and unite everyone to blossom and thrive in our far future.Support us by downloading our Community App today to join the consumer revolution.
DST Global is an investment firm that focuses on late-stage ventures in the Internet sector. The firm has invested in several rapidly growing companies. Its offices are in Menlo Park, New York, London, Beijing, and Hong Kong. The firm was founded in 2009 by Yuri Milner, Saurabh Gupta, John Lindfors, Rahul Mehta, and Tom Stafford.
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- Industry: FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services
- Stage:Series B, Series C, Series A
- Geography: United States, China, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 267
- Round size: Series A $10M–$80M; Series B $20M–$170M; Series C $44M–$385M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Flexport — Cut costs, automate workflows, reliably move goods, go carbon-neutral, and improve your supply chain from end to end. It all starts here.
- Wayflyer — Wayflyer offers growth financing to eCommerce companies like yours. Sign up, connect your store and analytics, and receive funding offer today.
- Pennylane — Pennylane is a developer of a full-stack financial management platform used to deal with financial data. Centralizing all the data that was fragmented in the past, this platform enables business managers to get a real-time view of their financial data and make the right decisions. The company enables business leaders to access their complete, andup-to-date financial data at any time.
Gaorong Capital is a venture capital firm that focuses on early and growth stage investments in TMT, including AI and frontier technologies.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: China, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 257
- Round size: Seed $2.8M–$57M; Series A $2.8M–$73M; Series B $14M–$110M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.2B in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- PDD Holdings — Pinduoduo is an e-commerce platform allowing users to participate in group buying deals, mostly through Tencent’s Wechat app. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Shanghai, China.
- Linton Automobile — Linton Automobile is a manufacturer of automotive accessories and parts.c
- Cornerstone Robotics — Cornerstone Robotics operates to improve the accessibility of high-end medical services in China.
The Entrepreneurs Fund is a not-for-profit initiative launched by Alibaba Group in 2015 to help entrepreneurs and young graduates realize their dreams and vision. Two separate funds have been set up in Hong Kong and Taiwan respectively to support specific programs in each place.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Hong Kong, Taiwan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 68
- Round size: Seed $510k–$7M; Series A $2M–$68M; Series B $7M–$150M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $130M in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- PanopticAI — PanopticAI is a health system that uses artificial intelligence and signal processing to comprehend the human body and improve health.
- Vpon Holdings — Vpon Holdings is an AI big data analysis and advertising company.
- Ziwu Technology — Ziwu Technology offers the conversion of bio-based waste into sustainable new materials and provides environmentally friendly solutions.
Founded by Jasper Lau, Era is a global investment firm backed by leading closely-held family enterprises across 19 countries and 25 industries. Era brings together the collective expertise, industry intel, and strategic capital of the firm’s families to invest in category-defining technology companies solving civilization’s biggest industrialchallenges.
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- Industry: FinTech, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $3.2M–$16M; Pre-Seed $500k–$3M; Series A $7.7M–$75M
- Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Adro — Designed to work when you arrive Spend and save like a local. Easy to use. No unfair fees.
- Jericho Security — Train your team to defend against the latest cyber attacks with our complete cybersecurity platform.
- Exponent Financial — Exponent Financial is a financial platform designed for franchise owners and multi-location enterprises.
Haitao Capital is the first China-macro driven early stage venture fund. China's story is no longer just a Chinese story.
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- Industry: Software, Apps, Education
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: China, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $120k–$4.7M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Aggregion — Any scenarios for data collaboration in a secure and trusted environment: Building and running ML models, Customer data management and communications, Business partnerships and ecosystems
- 247tickets — 247tickets is a one-stop-shop for tickets to the best events, movies, experiences and trips in China and around SE Asia.With offices in Shanghai, Shenzhen & Beijing, 247tickets aims to present customers with endless options of events, experiences, trips, tours and movies, with personalised recommendations, all the best deals and the bestcustomer service and concierge agents in the business. Tickets can be booked on their easy to use mobile/desktop website, via a WeChat concierge service or via distribution partners, including websites such as TimeOut China and City Weekend Shanghai.With an emphasis on the best in entertainment and experiences, 247tickets have sold tickets to tens of thousands of plays, sports events, musicals, tours, movies, trips and more. In 2017 they acquired the trip and experience provider Travelers Society, stating their intent to join the high growth markets of inbound and outbound tourism in China.
- Hippo & Crate Ltd — Hippo&Crate is a subscription-based D2C oral care brand fast becoming a world-class lifestyle brand for personal care CPGs. Think of us as the DollarShaveClub of the U.S. whom got acquired by Unilever for a cool US$1B with MUJI aesthetics.We are in the early innings of a generational oral care upgrade in China and riding on the megaconsumption upgrade trend that is taking the entire continent by storm. Our purpose is to allow our customers to look and feel good, and that's why we went to great length to make really high quality, beautiful oral care products with better ingredients for them.Our model is relatively simple, vertically integrated, digital native disrupting the major players like P&G, Unilever by cutting off the retailers and selling to the consumers direct. We do this by building up a fanatical fan base with word of mouth tactics. These behemoths do not have relationship with their customers and overly depend on broadcast advertising, this is where we come in.Brushing is the new Sexy!
Viraj Bahl is the Founder and Managing Director at Veeba Foods.
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- Industry: Retail, Fashion, Internet
- Stage:Angel, Series A
- Geography: India, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FitFeast — FitFeast makes tasty protein-rich snacks like Peanut Butters, Protein Chips, Protein Bars, and Protein Shakes. Lab-Tested and Trusted by FDA.
- MeMeraki — MeMeraki is India first culture-tech platform using technology to empower the artisan creator economy and shopping and retail and fashion.
- Gully Labs — Gully Labs is a homegrown sneaker design house, specializing in hand-lasted sneakers that blend Indian cultural motifs with contemporary design. The brand releases new collections every 60 days, often drawing inspiration from Indian traditions, festivals, and regional art forms. Gully Labs positions itself as a response to both the lack ofauthentic Indian representation in mainstream sneaker culture and the prevalence of imitation products in the market, aiming to celebrate original Indian stories and craftsmanship
Cross-border angel / early stage investor with portfolio of 40+ startup companies and as of currently 4 exits, 4 unicorns & counting.George invests in companies helping people lead a longer, healthier and happier life - keywords sustainability, ESG, impact investing. In addition to investing he likes to be hands-on in hisportfoliocompanies, either helping China / SEA based teams to internationalize or global teams to break into China / SEA or support them in outsourcing, sourcing and manufacturing. Typically angel, seed and occasional Series A stage investments. Industry focus and selected startups in his portfolio: - E-Commerce e.g. Web2Asia, Grana, Mercato - SaaS e.g. Jimdo, Blush, Anduin Transactions - Marketplaces / crowdfunding Republic.co - Education / Training e.g. Vantage Point, Dexter, - IoT e.g. Mila, Cafe-X, Lyte charging, The Light Phone, Density.io - Fitness e.g. FitXR, Trainersvault, Overhand Fitness, Salut, Guavapass (exit via sale to ClassPass) - Health / Nutrition e.g. NutriSense, Blue Mesa Health (exit via sale to Virgin), Compass Therapeutics (exit via IPO) - Insurtech e.g. The Care Voice - Medtech / Biotech e.g. Life Biosciences, Sequencing.com, MycoWorks - Sustainability / Infrastructure e.g. Blokable, U.S. Bitcoin Corp, Hardt Hyperloop - Deep tech / frontier tech e.g. Rain Neuromorphics, ZaiNar, Massive, Protocol Labs (Filecoin) - On-demand / sharing economy e.g. Yassir, Truck it in, misterbnb, Delivery Hero Austria & China (exit via sale / IPO)
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- Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, China, Algeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $970k–$13M; Series A $6.3M–$49M; Series B $12M–$150M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mila Cares — Mila is the best smart air purifier for home use. Award-winning design, quieter performance, and powerful clean air for every room.
- Yassir — Access on-demand daily services like ride-hailing, food and grocery delivery, and payments with Yassir, your super app.
- Truck It In — is a platform tech company focused on simplifying road freight for 3.3M+ businesses in Pakistan to unlock 1 Billion dollars in resource potential
Big Bloom is an Angel Investor based in Hong Kong. We are always looking for people and businesses with a passion for what they do.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Apps, Music
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Hong Kong, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $500k–$2M; Series A $2.2M–$3.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Oddup — Trade on real-world outcomes with our unique Yes/No/Maybe model. Crypto, FX, indices, commodities, and more.
- Wingz — Book a driver for a ride. Drivers are background checked. Wingz, the smarter & safer transportation service
- Floship — Streamline your eCommerce logistics with Floship. Fast shipping, global network, and advanced fulfillment tech.
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.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
- Stage:Angel, Series A, Seed
- Geography: China, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 55
- Round size: Seed $1M–$14M; Angel $425k–$10M; Series A $425k–$40M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $50M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Goodeep — Goodeep is a autonomous intelligent technology company that develops enterprise-level intelligent agents.
- Hangzhou Qihe Technology — Hangzhou Qihe Technology is a company primarily engaged in the software and information technology services industry, focusing on the development of innovative digital solutions, system integration, cloud computing, and data-driven services, while providing reliable technical support and customized platforms to help businesses improve efficiency,enhance digital transformation, and stay competitive in a rapidly evolving technological landscape.
- Shenzhen Entropy Technology — Shenzhen Entropy Technology is a robotics company that offers flying robotic butlers for home spaces.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Transportation, Payments
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Egypt, Singapore, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $200k–$3M; Series A $4.4M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- zypl.ai — We help financial institutions, government entities make more accurate decisions
- AwanTunai — AwanTunai seek to reinforce Indonesian needs and productivity by providing digital loan for a better financial freedom and capability to micro-entrepreneurs
- IMAN — One-stop shop for Halal investing
Varun Alagh is based out of Gurgaon, Haryana, and is the Co-Founder, Chief Dad, and CEO of Honasa Consumer. Varun previously worked at The Coca-Cola Company as a Senior Brand Manager. Varun Alagh attended XLRI Jamshedpur.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: India, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 63
- Round size: Seed $155k–$4M; Series A $1.5M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Heizen — Heizen is an AI-driven platform that automates software development tasks to speed up product creation and launch.
- MeMeraki — MeMeraki is India first culture-tech platform using technology to empower the artisan creator economy and shopping and retail and fashion.
- The Binge Town — The Binge Town is an entertainment venue company that offers theater bookings, event hosting, and customized celebration services.
Kunal Bahl is based out of Delhi and is the Co-Founder of AceVector. Kunal Bahl attended the University of Pennsylvania.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: India, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 209
- Round size: Seed $400k–$5.3M; Pre-Seed $249k–$5M; Series A $3M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
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- Laani — Laani is a personal care brand.
- Legistify — Legistify offers AI-powered legal operations software to streamline workflows, manage contracts, track legal cases and improve productivity for enterprise legal teams
- Equal Identity — Equal Identity operates as an ID-sharing platform.
Namita Thapar is an Executive Director at Emcure Pharmaceuticals. She previously worked as a senior manager at Abbott. She attended Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: India, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 71
- Round size: Seed $57k–$1.2M; Angel $1k–$277k
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Artociti — Artociti is an Indian e-commerce company specializing in premium handmade wall art, sculptures, and home decor.
- MeMeraki — MeMeraki is India first culture-tech platform using technology to empower the artisan creator economy and shopping and retail and fashion.
- Bonkers Corner — It’s right there, in the name. It’s the kinda crazy that makes you feel comfortable. Based in Mumbai, Bonkers Corner is a home-grown online brand that serves as your exclusive source of streetwear fashion solely made in India. Our signature aesthetic stems from the dire need to stand out from the rest. Crazy balanced by comfort & chic. Ourbrand ultimately forces you to be your best-dressed version while being able to do so at the most affordable prices. Staying offbeat, reinventing your style as your heart’s desire is now right at your fingertips.Deriving inspiration from varied genres of art, music, movies, gaming, pop culture, and more, Bonkers Corner now serves as the epitome of fashion, culture, and lifestyle, by playing host to the widest array of merchandise, of various interpretations. Commenced with a vision of manufacturing streetwear worth every penny, the brand offers an extensive assortment of oversized tees, joggers, sweatshirts & hoodies, Co-Ord Sets and so much more to both men and women, often coming out with unisex collections as well. We also have our latest Pop Culture Collection from Disney™ and Marvel™. Launching a new collection every other month is our way of keeping our customers entertained, excited, and on their feet. The anticipation of new prints, and new styles keeps the monotony at bay.Starting in 2020, the brand benefited greatly, when e-commerce businesses were skyrocketing. Having an online store was therefore not only necessary but also inevitable. Straight after its onset, the brand initiated a crowd favorite trend- The Oversized Tee, making it mainstream, creating popular demand, and as a result, it was adopted by various other brands in recent times.Known for its complete convenience under one roof, the brand’s online portal is an experience in itself. Consumers can view their favorite collections, search for a specific piece, at great convenience using the user-friendly interface. Comprehensive size charts, detailed product information, and high-resolution images add value to our consumers’ buying decisions.Bonkers Corner makes you believe that ordinary was never a choice. Eccentricity at its core, everything our brand offers is unique, and never done before. The world is your ramp, and every day can be different. Be true to your style & look effortless while doing so. Crazy never knew no limits.
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.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Angel
- Geography: China, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 194
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$14M; Angel $425k–$17M; Series A $1.4M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $130M in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- SoundAI — Sound Technology is a science and technology innovation company that specializes in acoustics frontier technology and artificial intelligence interaction. It is committed to lead the more interactive experience of artificial intelligence in the real environment and realize the human-computer interaction vision that "listen to you and know whatyou think".
- Jiajin Biotech — Jiajin Biotech is a pharmaceutical R&D service provider. It specializes in the development of antibody-small nucleic acid conjugates.
- Optical Standard Technology — Optical Standard Technology focuses on the design and manufacture of optical computing chips and optical computing boards for use in scenarios requiring large amounts of AI computing power, such as large model reasoning and training, autonomous driving, smart cities, quantitative finance, AI security.
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