Top 15 Social Media Startup Investors in Malaysia in April 2025

Investor	Social Media Malaysia investments
Skywater Capital	2
Momentum 6	2
Waterdrip Capital	2
N7 Labs	2
Oasis Capital	2
Redline Blockchain Capital	2
Angel One Network	2
Lotus Capital	2
IDC Ventures	2
Worshipper Capital	2
Hotbit	1
Benjamin Ball	1
Quest Ventures	1
Nova Founders Capital	1
The Hive Southeast Asia	1

Skywater Capital is a cryptocurrency digital asset index fund.

Investment focus

Social, Mobile Apps, Social Media
Seed, Funding Round
Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Torum — Torum is the SocialFi ecosystem (Social + NFT + DeFi + Metaverse) that is specially designed to connect cryptocurrency users. The Web3.0 ecosystem is built on a social media platform, coupled with a yield farming platform for DeFi players, an NFT marketplace for crypto artists and Avatar NFT for Metaverse enthusiasts.

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Investment focus

Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

NodeOps — NodeOps Network is the leading chain-agnostic, AI-powered DePIN Orchestration layer for general-purpose compute, economically secured by Autonomous Verifiable Services (AVS)
RiskLayer — RiskLayer is an economic security middleware for DeFi and providing services and validating Creating positive feedback loops.
E Money Network — E Money Network is a modular Real-World Asset (RWA) blockchain technology designed with compliance at its core.

Waterdrip capital invests in blockchain industries.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Singapore, Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

TonUP — TonUP offers cryptocurrencies as well as IDO services.
4Everland — 4EVERLAND is a Web 3.0 cloud computing platform that integrates storage, computing, and network core capabilities.
Ordz Games — Ordz Games is a gaming provider for the Bitcoin eco-chain.

N7 Labs is a San Diego-based consulting and retail organization.

Investment focus

Cryptocurrency, Social, Internet
Seed, Funding Round
Nigeria, Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Torum — Torum is the SocialFi ecosystem (Social + NFT + DeFi + Metaverse) that is specially designed to connect cryptocurrency users. The Web3.0 ecosystem is built on a social media platform, coupled with a yield farming platform for DeFi players, an NFT marketplace for crypto artists and Avatar NFT for Metaverse enthusiasts.
Wicrypt — Wicrypt is a dynamic organization that consistently allows its users to get paid by sharing their Wi-Fi.
Bella Protocol — Bella Defi suite allows users to simply deposit and enjoy high yield from sophisticated arbitrage strategies, either on-chain or via custodian service.

Oasis Capital Ghana Limited was established in February 2009 under the laws of the Republic of Ghana as a growth and venture capital fund manager. We seek to provide risk capital in the form of equity, quasi-equity and profit-sharing facilities to entrepreneurial businesses in Africa. We also offer a business development service to investeecompanies as part of our value proposition. By combining finance and BDS, Oasis is able to leverage its analytical approach to better mitigate risk, improve the business models of our clients and realize sustainable returns for our stakeholders.

Investment focus

Property Development, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Ghana, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

FanAnywhere — Your one-stop blockchain solution for a celebrity to engage the fan base, exclusive Fan Tokens, exchange in FAW pairs & own exclusive celebrity artworks
Polly Polymer — Polly Polymer is a manufacturer of 3D printing terminals. They are engaged in the research and development of dental and medical polymer materials and 3D printing for sports equipment, medical devices, consumer electronics, automobiles, and other industries, enabling clients to shorten the research and development cycle and reduce costs. PollyPolymer, with its superior materials and large-scale 3D printing production, has become a catalyst for corporate digital intelligent manufacturing transformation, upgrading, and innovation.
Tangia — Tangia is an all in one platform that allows content creators to supercharge their viewer engagement, boost income, and unleash viewer creativity

Redline Blockchain Capital is an investment firm.

Investment focus

Social, Mobile Apps, Social Media
Seed, Funding Round
Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Torum — Torum is the SocialFi ecosystem (Social + NFT + DeFi + Metaverse) that is specially designed to connect cryptocurrency users. The Web3.0 ecosystem is built on a social media platform, coupled with a yield farming platform for DeFi players, an NFT marketplace for crypto artists and Avatar NFT for Metaverse enthusiasts.

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Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Health Care
Angel, Seed, Series A
Canada, United States, Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Torum — Torum is the SocialFi ecosystem (Social + NFT + DeFi + Metaverse) that is specially designed to connect cryptocurrency users. The Web3.0 ecosystem is built on a social media platform, coupled with a yield farming platform for DeFi players, an NFT marketplace for crypto artists and Avatar NFT for Metaverse enthusiasts.
Coldblock — Coldblock Technologies Inc delivers short wave infrared sample digestion technology to prepare samples for analysis, accuracy and safety.
fraction/al — Fan Ownership Platform that empower fans to own a piece of their favorite sports team.

Lotus Capital Investments

Investment focus

Gaming, Blockchain, Mobile Apps
Funding Round, Seed
Egypt, Norway, Estonia

Portfolio highlights

Joystream — JoyStream is a blockchain powered decentralized media distribution, curation, discovery, and monetization platform.
Forward Protocol — Create Blockchains, Subnets, and dApps with A No-Code Interface Wordpress for Web 3.0 Cross-Chain Compatible Industry Agnostic Adoption-Focused Deploy Your dApp Now Join the Community Featured In Deploy and go live in a few minutes. No programming skills required. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K07z8cQPQGI&ab_channel=ForwardProtocol Lowest Barrier to Entry Easy to use Open Source Drag and drop Complete control Set
The Fashion Kingdom — Fashion, Sneakers for men, women, and kids

IDC Ventures is the venture capital arm of Grupo IDC, a Latin American investment bank founded in 1995. Grupo IDC’s activities cover Private Equity, Venture Capital, Real Estate, Infrastructure, Corporate Finance, and a Guatemalan Broker-Dealer. For the past decade, IDC has been involved in technology start-ups through co-managed funds, directinvestments, and joint ventures, working with tech companies to accelerate their penetration and expansion across LATAM. The latest fund is created by a select group of corporate leaders, successful entrepreneurs. and venture capitalists from Latin America.This fund will invest in tech start-ups from Series A to growth stages across Europe, the US, and Latin America.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Curve — Curve is a banking platform that consolidates cards and accounts into one smart card and app.It allows customers to supercharge their legacy banks to the 21st century without leaving their bank or topping-up. Curve offers a host of benefits to its customers; it makes cards fee-free when spending abroad, get instant notifications andcategorization of spend, earn an instant 1% cashback at the likes of Amazon, Uber, Netflix and Sainsbury’s and Time Travel enables customers to swap spend to a different card in the app for up to two weeks after the purchase was made. Curve also offers Curve Customer Protection, a policy that covers all credit and debit card payments made via the Curve card up to £100,000, giving cardholders an extra layer of protection for disputes with merchants and any unauthorised use of their Curve card. IDC Ventures backs Curve with Fuel Venture Capital, Vulcan Capital, OneMain Financial, and Novum Capital backs Curve.Shachar Bialick, Anna Mostyn Williams, and Tom Foster-Carter established the company in London, England in 2015.
Osigu — Osigu provides an insurance management platform intended to be used for data processes and data transfers. The company's insurance management platform helps in all the transactions and data transfers that happen between insurance providers, insurance partners, and the customers eliminating all the over processed and haphazard paperwork foundin the back end systems, enabling clients with a reliable and efficient technology that helps them to serve their millions of customers easily without any hassle.The company was established in 2015 and is headquartered in Guatemala.
Marco — Marco provides access to fast, flexible financing so you can manage cash flows and invest in growth. Factoring made easy.

Worshipper Capital is an investment firm.

Investment focus

Social, Mobile Apps, Social Media
Seed, Funding Round
Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Torum — Torum is the SocialFi ecosystem (Social + NFT + DeFi + Metaverse) that is specially designed to connect cryptocurrency users. The Web3.0 ecosystem is built on a social media platform, coupled with a yield farming platform for DeFi players, an NFT marketplace for crypto artists and Avatar NFT for Metaverse enthusiasts.

Hotbit the cryptocurrency trading platform that lists the world's greatest number of cryptocurrency projects.

Investment focus

Cryptocurrency, Social, Mobile Apps
Seed, Funding Round
Estonia, Malaysia, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

Torum — Torum is the SocialFi ecosystem (Social + NFT + DeFi + Metaverse) that is specially designed to connect cryptocurrency users. The Web3.0 ecosystem is built on a social media platform, coupled with a yield farming platform for DeFi players, an NFT marketplace for crypto artists and Avatar NFT for Metaverse enthusiasts.
FanAnywhere — Your one-stop blockchain solution for a celebrity to engage the fan base, exclusive Fan Tokens, exchange in FAW pairs & own exclusive celebrity artworks
D/Bond — Decentralized derivatives

Benjamin Ball is a Founding Partner of Francisco Partners Management, LLC, which is a leading private equity firm focused exclusively on investing in the information technology market. Benjamin focuses primarily on investments in the communications and hardware systems sectors. Benjamin was appointed to our board of directors on October 23,2007. He also serves on the board of directors of Data Connection, Electrical Components International, WatchGuard and WebTrends.Prior to founding Francisco Partners, Benjamin was a Vice President with TA Associates where he led private equity investments in the software, semiconductor and communications segments. Earlier in his career, Benjamin worked for AEA Investors, a New York-based private equity firm, and also for the consulting firm of Bain & Company.Benjamin holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Health Care
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
United States, Singapore, Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Bevy — Bevy is a community event engine fueling virtual, hybrid, and in-person events. Our platform powers your events, allowing you to focus on converting your audience into a community. Bevy is the only platform that can scale your events through enterprise integrations and insightful analytics.
TribeHired — TribeHired is an online social recruitment platform that connects job seekers and employers. Hiring managers use its system to schedule interviews and make offers to shortlisted candidates, with interviews and offers being made within 2 weeks of talent getting featured. The future versions of TribeHired will allow talent to select engagements thattake up to 3 hours, 3 months or 3 years tenure, with the ability to prioritize work for a higher salary, social impact or up-skilling opportunities.The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur.
OurHealthMate — Enterprise Healthcare Management platform which focuses on increasing engagement and providing ease in healthcare reimbursements and benefits to the corporates in India. The company was founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. It has offices in Singapore and Bangalore (India)

Quest Ventures is a top venture capital firm in Asia. For entrepreneurs: venture capital. For enterprises: applied innovation. For ecosystems: accelerate.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Singapore, Malaysia, Kazakhstan

Portfolio highlights

ZumVet — ZumVet provides access to affordable and convenient veterinary care through video calls and medication delivery. They are passionate about animals and want them to get the best possible care by offering video consults, referrals, home visits, and emergency services. It was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Singapore.
Ion Mobility — Ion Mobility is a tech-driven all-electric mobility company tackling a challenging and complex space.
Smoothly — Mobile app helping working millennials sleep better, wake up refreshed and increase energy with science-backed breathing exercises

Nova Founders Capital is a global investment company that identifies opportunities for creating or investing in innovative internet businesses. They've launched multiple successful businesses in Asia-Pacific, LatAm and Europe, while following their goal of creating the next billion dollar financial tech giants.Nova Founders Capital can anddo engage in all internet models, but place a strong emphasis on the financial services industry.

Investment focus

FinTech, InsurTech, Auto Insurance
Series A, Seed, Series B
Mexico, Malaysia, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

ComparaGuru — Coru is a financial gym platform enabling financial wellness, starting in Mexico. By employing the power of machine learning and artificial intelligence, Coru enables a financial coach for everyone.
Hyphen Group — MoneyHero Group is a portfolio of digital finance companies that exists to bridge the gap between people and finance. We accelerate the digitisation and growth of the financial industry, and empower consumers to build healthier financial lives.
CompareEuropeGroup — CompareEuropeGroup is a financial comparison platform for insurance, banking, and telco products, such as car insurance, personal loans, credit cards, and broadband subsriptions.The company operates the leading online comparison platforms for financial, TELCO and utility products across Europe. Created with the purpose of helping consumers tosave time and money, the platform offers a free and easy market comparison across 600 products, along with a simple application process. CompareEuropeGroup’s core values including complete transparency, independence and trust, along with a commitment to building the most convenient, comprehensive and educational platforms available.

The Hive Southeast Asia is a VC fund backed by Palo Alto-based venture capital firm The Hive, Tuas Capital Partners, and Sunway. The Hive applies its entrepreneurial and operational experience to accelerate company building.

Investment focus

FinTech, Human Resources, SaaS
Seed, Series A
Malaysia, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

iMotorbike — iMotorbike is the #1 motorbike online E-commerce website in South East Asia, providing a fast, secure, simple and trouble free online experience with a wide variety of product range, setting itself apart from what exists in the market. iMotorbike offers three main categories: motorbikes, parts and accessories. For a complete 360° experience,iMotorbike also enables users the access to services such as insurance and financing. At iMotorbike we always strive to offer our customers the best experience through a complete and efficient online ecosystem for motorbike users, lovers and professionals.
Cult Creative — Cult Creative is rocket fuel to a creative's career. Find creative jobs, designer jobs, social media marketing jobs, all in Malaysia and beyond. Download the Cult Creative app and you'll be apply to apply to over 80 creative jobs in Malaysia.
Finology — An Asia-Pacific fintech company that specialises in enabling embedded and seamless end-to-end access to financial products.