Top 10 Social Media Startup Investors in Thailand in November 2024

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

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 — Trade Lenda: Access to Loans, Investments, Utility Payments, Credit Access, Insurance, and More! Unlock Opportunities to Earn, Invest, and Grow. Secure Personal or Business Loans Toda
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.

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

FinTech, Software, Information Technology
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.

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.

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

Portfolio highlights

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.
The Ayurveda Experience — The Most Trusted and Recognized Ayurveda Platform in North America and Australia, Your One-Stop Shop for All Things Ayurveda! Customized to your Dosha or Body Type, enabling the most personalized Ayurveda Experience. Free Shipping to most parts in the world for orders over 30 USD!

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.

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, FinTech, Food and Beverage
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.
Persona Studios — Easily create, deploy and manage AI assistants across your business.
Tiger New Energy — Tiger New Energy is a clean energy firm that provides cutting-edge battery switching technology to encourage environmentally friendly mobility options.

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 — Meticuly is a global leader in 3D printed patient specific implant. We use cutting-edge technology to create precise, customized implants for improved patient care. Visit to learn more!
Hungry Hub — Hungry Hub is Thailand #1 dining app for special occasions with deals from over 1,400 leading restaurants and hotels.

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.

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.