Top 10 Social Media Startup Investors in Thailand

Investor	Social Media Thailand investments
InVent	3
Khailee Ng	2
Ardent Capital	2
Adrian Vanzyl	1
Singapore Angel Network	1
Expara IDM Ventures	1
Moo Natavudh	1
500 TukTuks	1
Expara Thailand	1
VietNam Holding	1

InVent is a corporate venture capital project of the Intouch Group which invests in high-growth companies with emphasis on potential value creation to the group business. A pioneer investor since the starting days of the tech startup ecosystem in Thailand, InVent has an annual fund size of approximately $7 million.Invent invests in products andservices that are related to the group’s business such as mobile phone related businesses, telecommunications and infrastructure, IT related businesses, cloud computing, internet applications, and digital media and contents. InVent will also focus its investments in products and services that can support the group’s business competitiveness and enhance customer experience.

Investment focus

Software, Apps, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Series B
Thailand, Singapore, Japan

Portfolio highlights

Conicle — Hello, They're Conicle! ... Their mission is to improve human's learning and education with technology, creativity and inspiration.Theybelieve the right innovation can enrich people's learning, make their life more flourish, and move the society forward.Their purpose is to empower people to share and spread their goodlessons and courses to other people so that everyone can learn from each other positively ... and also a bit change the world.
PARONYM — PARONYM is a startup developer of TIG, a next-generation interactive video technology.
Choco CRM — Thailand’s leading professional CRM & POS solutions for business.

Khailee Ng is Managing Partner at 500 Startups. Prior to that, he was the Co-founder and CEO of SAYS. He graduated from the University of Technology Sydney, the University of California, Berkeley, and San Francisco State University.

Investment focus

Software, Social Media, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

Talkpush — Talkpush is the leading conversational CRM for recruitment. Automate the repetitive stuff and focus on the right talent.
YogaTrail — YogaTrail connects yoga providers with their yogis. Get everyone's classes in one simple place and always know what's up in your yoga world.
Call Levels — Don't let the markets drive you crazy - we watch the markets so you don't have to.

Leading Venture Capital & Builder in Southeast Asia | Experts in E-Commerce, B2B, B2C, Fulfilment Startups | Seed, Series A Funding

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Nigeria, Indonesia, Thailand

Portfolio highlights

Laborhack — LaborHack offers a select network of tested and certified carpenters, plumbers, electricians, masons, welders, and other tradespeople. It provides cleaning, plumbing, electrical, and HVAC services.
Trade Lenda — With Trade Lenda, get quick finance in Nigeria without collateral.
Feather Africa — Feather Africa provides money transaction services, such as enabling users to send and receive money from anyone using the application. It offers withdrawals of cash without ATM cards by sending money to the nearest cash vendors.

Adrian is a director at Blumberg Capital. Based in San Francisco, he focuses on supporting the growth of our portfolio companies through business development, partnerships, board membership, strategic guidance and mentorship.Adrian previously worked with Blumberg Capital as the CTO. Before returning to Blumberg, he held positions at Google inThailand, Singapore and the United States. His roles at Google included Country Head for GCS Thailand, the Payments team inside Google’s Next Billion Users initiative, and most recently with the VCs and Startups Partnerships team. Prior to Google, he was based in Bangkok as CEO and cofounder of Ardent Capital, a venture capital firm which built or invested in 24 companies across seven countries. In his earlier career he was an executive, cofounder or board member of several companies that have listed on international exchanges, including Nasdaq (USA), ASX (Australia) and NZX (New Zealand).Adrian earned his MD with honors from Monash University Australia, and focused on medical informatics at the start of his career.

Investment focus

CRM, Big Data, Software
Seed
Thailand

Portfolio highlights

Playbasis — Playbasis provides a cloud-based technology platform which makes it easy for businesses to launch modern applications that are fun, engaging, and rewarding for millennial audiences. Playbasis generates revenue through a B2B, software-as-a-service subscription business model where customers only pay for the services that they use.

SGAN is an early stage VC anchored by the multi billion dollar Thakral Group of Companies and has investments across India, Singapore and the USA.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Health Care
Seed, Angel, Series A
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Qyuki — Qyuki is the next big thing that's going to hit new media very soon. If you've got latent creative talent that's waiting for the right opportunity to come along, then this is your time. Wait no more, prepare to give your best to the company that is founded by some of the biggest names in the entertainment business the world over;Shekhar Kapur and A. R. Rahman.
MyCaptain — MyCaptain is an online learning and teaching platform offering online courses with placements and certification programs. Upskill industry knowledge in the fields of business, marketing, design, content, and more.
Dawaa Dost — Dawaa Dost specializes in the pharmacy retail chain of generic medicines in India. The company focuses on the availability of affordable generic medicines. Dawaa Dost was founded by Amit Choudhary and Yash Harlalka and is based in India.

Expara IDM Ventures (EIDMV) is a leading provider of incubation and mentorship to early-stage interactive and digital media (IDM) companies in Singapore. EIDMV was one of the first private companies to be appointed as an incubator in the Interactive Digital Media Office (IDMPO)’s iJAM Microfunding Scheme supported by the National ResearchFoundation (NRF) in October 2007. Since then, we’ve invested S$5,000 on top of the S$50,000 disbursement from IDMPO into 16 start-ups. EIDMV’s iJAM I program has been highly successful, exceeding each of its KPIs and generating several of Singapore’s most exciting early-stage IDM companies. The team has a proven track record of successful follow-on fundraising for our incubatees; three companies have raised more than S$1MM in follow-on funding. EIDMV was again reappointed as an incubator in IDMPO’s new iJAM Mircofunding Scheme in April 2012, also known as iJAM Reload. EIDMV II was established late 2012 for the purpose of investment and incubation of future portfolio start-ups. The new scheme allows EIDMV II to match IDMPO’s funding of S$50,000 with an additional S$5,000 in Tier 1(similar to the initial program), followed by S$100,000 to S$100,000 match of IDMPO’s funding in Tier 2. The new management team which includes Douglas Abrams adds to the incubation experience and network which will strongly benefit these portfolio companies. EIDMV has close ties with two entities: Expara Pte Ltd, a venture creation company that develops and teaches entrepreneurship and innovation experiential-exercise-based learning programs for entrepreneurs, start-ups, companies and public institutions in Asia; and Extream Ventures Pte Ltd, an early-stage venture fund supported by NRF under the Early Stage Venture Funding Scheme. Douglas has helped raise S$20 million for Extream Ventures, in which he is one of four GPs.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Information Technology, Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Singapore, United States, Taiwan

Portfolio highlights

salutat — intelligent communications for financial institutions
Novocall — Novocall is THE business phone system for SMBs. Capture website leads, automate cold call campaigns & track inbound calls to their marketing source.
Advantir Innovations — Serve more than 100 flavours of Swirls with just 1 machine, without the need to clean the machine. The Swirl.GO soft serve ice cream machine is scalable, compact, and does not require water points, hence suitable for usage in F&Bs, lounges, offices and events.

Moo is the founder and CEO of Ookbee, one of the leading ebook publishing platforms in Southeast Asia. He has led Ookbee to successfully securing strategic partnerships with SCOOP and Singapore Press Holdings, the leading trade publication in Southeast Asia with over 50 magazine titles and 5 newspapers under its publication. Ookbee has grown toinclude physical presence in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam. The company raised a US$2 million round from September 2012 from INTOUCH.

Investment focus

Employment, Recruiting, Real Estate
Angel, Series B
Myanmar, Thailand

Portfolio highlights

JobTalents — JobTalents is an online job platform with: 1) Free-to-post / Pay-per-hire model 2) Online screening testing feature 3) Social recommendation between job-seekers
Shwe Property — Shweproperty.com is the myanmar property web portal - the best place to start your real estate search whether you are an investor, buying for own use, or looking for a place to rent. In Shweproperty, you can find thousands of properties for sale and rent with detailed information about each property, and photos. It's an all-in-one real estatesite with the most useful and timely information on real estate markets and trends to help you figure out exactly what, where and when to buy.Shwe Property is Myanmar's Leading property and real estate website, with over 1,000,000 page views and 35000-90000 unique visitors every month. Working with more than 100 real estate agents, they host the largest and most comprehensive online database of more than11000 properties for sale and rent in myanmar. They have a system used by agents for over 3 years.

500 TukTuks is a $15M USD micro-fund focused on promising Thai startups. Key to the fund’s operations and with a particular focus on fashion, beauty and ecommerce opportunities in Thailand and South East Asia, Sapprasert has been pivotal in investing in some 48 startups in her two years there.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Food and Beverage, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Thailand, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

Sleek EV — A 5G-IOT enabled Electric Scooter manufacturer designed for urban riding. Sleek's mission is to build innovative and benchmark-setting vehicles designed around urban lifestyles, practicality and performance for a greener future. Sleek’s users enjoy a seamless customer experience through its IOT-enabled vehicles and mobile application.
Lemonaide —
Persona Studios — Create a unique avenue for fan engagement and monetization.

Expara Thailand is a venture capital providing both investment and services to the enterprise ecosystem. The firm seeks to incubate, mentor, and invest in early-stage companies operating in Southeast Asia. The company works alongside entrepreneurs and leaders in public and private organizations to create entrepreneurial successes through innovativehigh-tech high-growth ventures. It is also dedicated in delivering web tools, business strategy and technology innovation advisory, experiential training, deep industry expertise, and networks in supporting the growth of the next Silicon Valley in Southeast Asia.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Internet
Seed, Series A
Thailand, Singapore, India

Portfolio highlights

Bellugg — Guarantee to be No.1 Luggage Delivery in Thailand, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Singapore with real-time tracking system. We deliver...
Meticuly — "Personalised medical implant solution for better lives", We aim to deliver solutions that improve lives. Our implants are individually crafted to fit each unique patient. Founded in February 2017, Meticuly is a 3D printing medical technology company focusing on personalised implant solutions for bone-related surgeryapplications. Instead of off-the-shelf standard-sized implants to treat patients with bone deformity, Meticuly provides state-of-the-art pre-operative planning, surgical guides, and implants that are tailored to fit individual patients. The implant solution is built on two proprietary technology platforms: AI-assisted design using a cloud-based platform for patient-specific biomechanic, and the manufacturing of surgical guides and implants are based on 3D printing technology in GMP certified cleanroom. After uploading a CT Scan of a patient to our AI cloud server, medical professionals are then provided with surgical assistance through collaborative software to preview the design. Information such as 3D planning, surgical approach, and implant design customization is provided and adjusted in real-time. 3D-printed implant and surgical guides are then manufactured and delivered to the hospital. Information and post-op results are compared with pre-op planning to constantly improve predictive design algorithms. With growing clinical information and cadaveric big data, the post-op clinical outcome of each patient has achieved both functionality and aesthetics. Patients also benefit from less blood loss, less chance of infection, and reduced surgical theater time.
Hungry Hub — Hungry Hub is Thailand’s unique dining offer web/app. We offer an exclusive fixed-price concept at normal À la carte restaurants!There’s no need to worry about how much you are going to pay at the end of your meal anymore. With Hungry Hub, you just have to book a table and enjoy a fixed price meal at top restaurants around Thailand. Plus,the offers on Hungry Hub are exclusive and not available for walk-in or customers who call to reserve.

VietNam Holding Limited is a closed-end investment holding company. The Company's investment objective is to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing in a diversified portfolio of companies that have growth potential at an attractive valuation. The Company may also invest in the securities of private companies in Vietnam, whetherVietnamese or foreign owned, and the securities of foreign companies if a portion of their assets are held or operations are in Vietnam.

Investment focus

Video, Gaming, Social Media
Seed
Thailand

Portfolio highlights

Panya Studios — Panya Studios is a mixed interactive media platform that changes how the world interacts with live videos. They provide white-label and SDK solutions for the future of interactive shows and experience.