Top 5 Theatre Startup Investors in Asia in January 2026
A list of 5 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Theatre startups based in Asia. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Theatre companies from Asia. We update this investor list every month.Top 5 Theatre Startup Investors in Asia in January 2026
| Investor | Theatre Asia investments |
|---|---|
| Z Venture Capital | 1 |
| Cradle Fund | 1 |
| ANRI | 1 |
| East Ventures | 1 |
| FIREBUG | 1 |
Z Venture Capital is the venture capital arm of Z Holdings that invests in companies that focuses on the insurance and finance industry.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Software, Content
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Japan, South Korea, United States
Portfolio highlights
- mahocast — Mahocast operates a comprehensive business platform that supports every stage of an artist’s journey—from initial planning and content production to ongoing management and promotion.
- Cinch Tech — Cinch Tech is a subscription service that offers technology products like computers, phones, tablets, and gaming equipment. Users can choose from different payment plans. The service includes damage cover for the devices. It is intended to help users access and maintain technology without paying full price upfront. The service provides analternative way to obtain and use tech devices.
- Commune — Commune is a developer of a platform that supports connections, community building, and customers between organizations and people.
WHO IS CRADLE?Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd (Cradle) is Malaysia's early stage start-up influencer, incorporated under the Ministry of Finance Malaysia (MOF) in 2003 with a mandate to fund potential and high-calibre tech start-ups through its Cradle Investment Programme (CIP).Throughout its 13-year history, Cradle has helped fund over 700Malaysian tech start-ups and holds the highest commercialisation rate amongst government grants in the country. Having more than a decade of experience in the nation's grant funding scene, Cradle further expanded its role from grant provider to investor through the establishment of its venture arm, Cradle Seed Ventures in 2015 and following its portfolio expansion to equity investment in early 2017, Cradle now offers both funding and investment assistance. Cradle's product offerings are not only restricted to monetary aid, but also include commercialisation support, coaching and various other value-added services to cater today's entrepreneurs' diversified needs.OUR MISSIONTo be the leading pre-seed, seed and start-up stage funding agency in Malaysia, that provides effective grant and equity funding, commercialisation support, coaching, and industry value-add to accelerate the growth of start-up companies.Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Malaysia, Singapore, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Lokein — Lokein is a Malaysia secure marketplace - Buy and sell preloved, vintage, second hand and bundle items.
- Ulalive — No-code video call-to-actions for higher conversion marketing. Acquire leads, build pipelines easily with Ulalive
- Shoppegram — Shoppegram is a SaaS platform designed for ease of use with a high conversion rate for small businesses.With Shoppegram focusing on core essentials feature only, it helps our users to build their online store fast and with ease. Focusing on business validation and conversion rate without the technical hassles.Shoppegram also does regulartraining and workshops to help small business owners kick starts their own online business using e-commerce. We provide e-learning content from core fundamentals to advance analysis to helps our merchants learn and grow easily.Shoppegram currently have over 21,000 users in Malaysia. Shoppegram was founded in 2013 and launched to the public on 30 August 2019.
ANRI is a Japanese venture capital firm that mainly invests in seed and early-stage startups.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Japan, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
- Chorakuchoju — Chorakuchoju is a healthcare organization that tries to avoid isolation by implementing AI technologies and medical services.
- Linea Innovations — Linea Innovations is an energy production company that develops commercial fusion reactors with advanced fuel technology.
- Strand Therapeutics — Strand Therapeutics is developing the first platform for creating programmable mRNA drugs to deliver precise, multi-functional, potentially curative treatments.
East Ventures is an early stage venture capital (VC) focused on Southeast Asia, Indonesia & Japan. Success cases include Tokopedia, Traveloka, and Mercari.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Japan, Indonesia, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Bababos — Bababos is a platform that allows SME manufacturers to quickly access a variety of high-quality raw materials, from polymers and chemicals to steel and other metal products. This eliminates the need to handle numerous suppliers. The company's platform streamlines the buying process by digitizing administrative duties. Additionally, Bababosprovides manufacturers with flexible payment options that lessen their financial burden and enable them to concentrate on what they do best—producing high-quality products. Bababos enhances the SME producers' supply chains.
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- Prefab — Prefab offers cutting-edge AI SaaS solutions tailored for the construction industry, enhancing efficiency, safety, and decision-making through data-driven insights.
FIREBUG enables comedians, actresses, models, artists, managers, and creators to develop their skills. They arrange production plans for numerous talents and create IP and advertising items based on the social networking sites of the talents. Additionally, they offer marketing solutions built around a range of talent-focused content. They offerbasic marketing assistance and advertising for businesses.
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Investment focus
- Music, B2C, Apps
- Seed, Series A
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Baby Jam — Baby Jam is a music app that offers music promotion, video editing, videography, and transaction services.
- Pick You — Pick You offers a marketplace that facilitates seamless purchase of items directly from popular Instagram users.
- TicketMe — TicketMe is Japan's largest NFT, allows to freely purchase and sell tickets for live music, theater, sports, and other events. Its purpose is to ''find the hidden value in the world and deliver the appropriate value to the right location.
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