Top 15 Theatre VC Funds & Investors in Asia (November 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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East Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Indonesia, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | $165k–$27M |
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Beijing Shengtong Zhixing Education Technology
VC Fund
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1 | China | Series A | Theatre, Children, Performing Arts | |
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ANRI
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $253k–$34M |
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Startup Factory
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Sustainability, Apps | $325k–$2.7M |
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Lingfu Investment
VC Fund
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1 | China | Series A | Art, Music, Theatre | |
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Z Venture Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, South Korea, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $613k–$52M |
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Cradle Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Malaysia, Sweden, Singapore | Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $22k–$787k |
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Chongqing Wenhua Chuangtou
VC Fund
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1 | China | Angel, Post-IPO Equity | Retail, Fashion, Theatre | $464k–$15M |
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Hazel Investment
VC Fund
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1 | China | Angel | Theatre, Children, Performing Arts | |
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Baofeng Xinying
VC Fund
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1 | China | Angel, Series B | Video, Theatre, Consumer | |
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Xinmin Weekly
VC Fund
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1 | China | Angel | Events, Theatre, Communities | |
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IDG Capital
VC Fund
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1 | China, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B, Seed | Internet, Software, E-Commerce | $600k–$110M |
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FIREBUG
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Music, B2C, Apps | $829k–$1.5M |
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Kaixing Capital
VC Fund
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1 | China | Series A, Series B, Series C | Education, Advertising, Art | $1.5M–$3M |
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Xingfu Jijin
VC Fund
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1 | China | Seed, Angel | Theatre, Software, Smart Home | |
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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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, Indonesia, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 722
- Round size: Seed $173k–$5M; Series A $1.9M–$26M; Venture - Series Unknown $165k–$27M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $150M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Sisuta — Sisuta is a purpose-driven organization committed to addressing fundamental social issues by seamlessly integrating human insight with advanced technology, creating innovative solutions that empower individuals, strengthen communities, and unlock the full potential of both people and digital tools to drive sustainable social impact.
- Tokoshie — Building infrastructure that inspires everyone to create.
- EveryWill — Every WiLL will hasten the creation of a new logistical infrastructure that addresses social problems, beginning with the "way we receive" our products.
Beijing Shengtong Zhixing Education Technology is a manufacturer of artificial intelligence educational equipment.
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- Industry: Theatre, Children, Performing Arts
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Little Orange Castle — Little Orange Castle is a producer and operator of parent-child dramas. They cover performances, stage training, lecture halls, drama workshops, parent-child activities, and various art competitions. They also provide family entertainment venues. They serve people.
ANRI is a Japanese venture capital firm that mainly invests in seed and early-stage startups.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 324
- Round size: Seed $253k–$9.4M; Series A $967k–$34M; Venture - Series Unknown $619k–$9.1M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $102M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Any Style — Any Style develops a messaging app from voice actors that regularly sends messages via subscription. It also engages in the planning and production of audio content and the VTuber production business.
- Green Growth Co. — Green Growth Co. is a startup company engaged in next-generation infrastructure projects centered on renewable energy. The company develops grid-scale battery storage facilities and solar power plants, as well as revitalizes and trades secondary solar assets, thereby creating power sources for both local communities and corporations. It also supports the enhancement of power source value through initiatives such as the digitalization of existing generation facilities, repowering, conversion to the Feed-in Premium scheme, and the co-location of battery storage systems. Furthermore, by aggregating distributed renewable energy resources—via services such as aggregation, Power Purchase Agreements and retail supply—the company implements mechanisms to optimize supply and demand while fostering a circular flow of electricity within local regions. Green Growth also provides hands-on support to companies, assisting them with their Green Transformation initiatives as well as the formulation of power business strategies and the design of operational schemes.
- Typewriter Therapeutics — Typewriter Therapeutics, Inc. develops mRNA-based gene therapies using a gene writing, or gene writing, platform for precise insertion of therapeutic genes into the genome. The company builds on transposon-based technologies originating from research by Professor Emeritus Haruhiko Fujiwara at the University of Tokyo. Its programs focus on all‑RNA,nonviral gene writing systems that repurpose natural genetic elements to address severe genetic disorders with limited treatment options. Typewriter Therapeutics conducts research and development across its U.S. and Japan operations and collaborates with investors and partners to advance genetic medicine candidates toward the clinic.
Startup Factory is a startup fund that provides one-stop support to startups.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Sustainability, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $325k–$2.7M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BEFFY — Babiew is Japan's first ranking and review site focused in baby products.
- Ecmile — Ecmile is a women's garment business that provides things with a focus on sophisticated design and production tales, under the premise of "a favorite piece you want to wear every year, even as an adult."
- Kanji Ice — Kanji Japan Co., Ltd. is an entertainment company that develops, produces, and sells "Kanji Ice Cream" (ice cream shaped like characters) using its own patent-pending technology. Starting with kanji characters, they create ice cream in various forms of characters and promote its appeal both in Japan and internationally. In addition totheir specialty store "KANJI ICE Kamakura," they sell Kanji Ice Cream products throughout Japan. They are committed to providing a unique ice cream experience with carefully selected flavors and textures. Wholesale and business inquiries are also welcome.
Lingfu Investment is an investment firm.
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- Industry: Art, Music, Theatre
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- DunShan Culture — DunShan Culture organizes symphony concerts and provides musical instrument sales and training. DunShan provides instrument training and services, diversified and systematic products and services, and forms a comprehensive solution for music education from podium to dance, and create the original "Dunshan model".
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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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 112
- Round size: Seed $613k–$16M; Series A $2M–$45M; Series B $3.2M–$52M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $190M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- OQT — OQT is focusing on developing QPUs utilizing neutral atoms.
- QueryLift — QueryLift develops software for analyzing how generative AI systems represent brands and products. Its marketing intelligence service provides prompt analysis, competitor comparison, brand visibility monitoring, and source tracking. Its security service monitors misinformation, brand damage, data leakage, and other reputation risks associated with generative AI. The company provides these capabilities through SaaS products and positions them within generative engine optimization and AI security.
- Ocean — Ocean is a technology-driven company dedicated to promoting digital transformation in the tax-free and retail shopping sectors. By developing innovative digital platforms and integrated solutions, the company streamlines tax refund processes and enhances the overall shopping experience for international travelers and retailers alike.
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 700 Malaysian 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 MISSION To 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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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Malaysia, Sweden, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 53
- Round size: Seed $185k–$787k; Grant $22k–$124k; Pre-Seed $62k–$75k
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Suturion — Suturion offers a surgical sewing machine that provides a unique technical solution in surgical suturing.
- Axtraction AI — Axtraction AI provides innovative document AI solutions for precise and efficient regulatory compliance in banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI).
- EasyM Mechandiser Sdn Bhd — Tired of manual reporting? Our Best Merchandising App in Malaysia provides FMCG Sales Force Automation to simplify outlet audits, orders and sales visibility.
Chongqing Wenhua Chuangtou engaged in investment management.
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- Industry: Retail, Fashion, Theatre
- Stage:Angel, Post-IPO Equity
- Geography: China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Angel $464k–$1.5M; Post-IPO Equity $8.8M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- EFUBAO — EFUBAO is an online customization platform for corporate professional and group clothing brans.
- COMMCHINA — COMMCHINA provides intelligent cloud communication services.
- Zongheng Liuhe — Zongheng Liuhe provides products and solutions to build a smart education information platform.
Hazel Investment engaged in asset management and investment consulting.
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- Industry: Theatre, Children, Performing Arts
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Little Orange Castle — Little Orange Castle is a producer and operator of parent-child dramas. They cover performances, stage training, lecture halls, drama workshops, parent-child activities, and various art competitions. They also provide family entertainment venues. They serve people.
Baofeng Xinying is a internet video playing platform in China.
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- Industry: Video, Theatre, Consumer
- Stage:Angel, Series B
- Geography: China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Baofeng Mojing — Baofeng Mojing Chinese video streaming company. Baofeng Mojing appears to be a few steps ahead of the market in that its product is already available to consumers. It’s also one of the cheapest VR experiences on the market,
- Lemon M Coffee — Lemon M Coffee provides terminals, hardware equipment, software systems, and technology research and development solutions. They offer the integration of cinema-style and audio-visual entertainment systems to hotels, foot bath companies, and conventional stores. The company's contact modes are phone and physical address.
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- Industry: Events, Theatre, Communities
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Shanghai Oriental Art Center — Shanghai Oriental Art Center is an indoor exhibition and performance hall that is used for events such as orchestras, choirs, and a range of solo concerts. It is also suitable for events such as musicals, operas, ballets, dramas, and different theatrical performances.
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: Internet, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: China, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1340
- Round size: Seed $600k–$50M; Series A $1.6M–$100M; Series B $6.2M–$110M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- DeepSeek — DeepSeek is an artificial intelligence company that develops language models, AI-powered applications, and developer tools for information processing, problem-solving, and software development. Its product portfolio includes a conversational assistant for answering questions, generating text, explaining concepts, writing code, and supporting analytical tasks. The company provides models such as DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and DeepSeek V4, which support reasoning, programming, and other general-purpose AI applications. Through its API platform, DeepSeek enables developers and businesses to integrate its models into software, automated workflows, and AI-powered services. It also publishes technical research, model documentation, and open-weight model releases that allow developers to explore and deploy supported models in their own environments. DeepSeek's services serve individual users, programmers, researchers, and organizations seeking AI tools for everyday tasks, technical development, and application building.
- NeuroXess — NeuroXess is an invasive brain-computer interface with high-density flexible brain electrodes aimed at brain research and disease diagnosis.
- PhotonPay — Founded in 2015, PhotonPay is a digital financial infrastructure provider offering global payment solutions to businesses. Our innovative core products include Global Accounts, Card Issuing, Online Payments, Payouts, FX Management and Embedded Finance. PhotonPay has become a Mastercard issuer in Hong Kong and the fintech card issuer in the GreaterChina region of Discover® Network. With a strong compliance culture and technological innovation capabilities, PhotonPay is building a digital payment network to take the friction out of global payments and enhance operational efficiency for businesses operating on a global scale. Headquartered in Hong Kong and providing localized services through nine international offices, PhotonPay partners with a network of top-tier banks and global financial institutions and serves more than 200,000 customers globally.
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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- Industry: Music, B2C, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $829k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
Kaixing Capital is an equity investment management company.
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- Industry: Education, Advertising, Art
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Series A $1.5M–$3M
- Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CBD Education — CBD Education focuses on the research and practice of the integration of production and education in colleges and universities, providing comprehensive services for the construction and development of the professional system of colleges and universities.
- MAILMAN GROUP — Mailman / Seven League is a global sports digital consultancy and agency. With offices in Shanghai, London, Singapore and the U.S., we deliver digital strategy, marketing and audience building for sports orgnanizations, athletes and teams.
- DunShan Culture — DunShan Culture organizes symphony concerts and provides musical instrument sales and training. DunShan provides instrument training and services, diversified and systematic products and services, and forms a comprehensive solution for music education from podium to dance, and create the original "Dunshan model".
Xingfu Jijin provides services such as equity investment, mergers and acquisitions, asset restructuring, and fund issuance and management.
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- Industry: Theatre, Software, Smart Home
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Voxeldance — VoxelDance is a additive manufacturing software solution provider. They prepare software for mainstream 3D printing applications such as prototype, shoe molds, resin/metal dentistry, jewelry, healthcare, education, industrial molds, and consumer products.
- HOPE Xiangwang — HOPE Xiangwang is an enterprise for applying AI technology to smart homes and other industries.
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