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Rushed for time? Here is the top 5 Early Stage Venture investors for Financial Services startups. Scroll down for more information on these investors or to view the rest of the investors.
Name | Website | Stages | Location | Socials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Vertex Ventures | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed | Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia | ||
Antler | Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture | Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia | ||
BEENEXT | Early Stage Venture, Seed | Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia | ||
GIC | Early Stage Venture, Private Equity, Venture | Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia | ||
LetsVenture | Early Stage Venture, Seed | Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia |
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We’ve ranked the top Financial Services Early Stage Venture investors in Singapore. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Financial Services Investors & Funds (Singapore)
Vertex Ventures
Vertex Ventures is a global network of operator-investors who manage portfolios in the U.S., China, Israel, India and Southeast Asia. The firm is a trusted partner to some of the world’s most innovative entrepreneurs, supporting them with unmatched operating experience and deep access to the capital, talent, partners and customers they need to build truly global businesses.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Antler
Antler is a global early-stage venture capital firm that invests in the defining technology companies of tomorrow. The firm has offices across five continents and most major entrepreneurial hubs, including cities such as London, New York, Singapore, and Sydney Founded in Singapore in 2017, Antler is on a mission to fundamentally improve the world by enabling and investing in the world’s most exceptional people building the defining companies of tomorrow. Antler has already invested in over 300 companies since its launch. Of these companies, 40% have at least one female co-founder, and the founders represent 70 nationalities. Antler enables exceptional people to build impactful technology startups by building complementary co-founder teams, supporting the teams with deep business model validation, and providing a global platform for scaling their startups.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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BEENEXT
BEENEXT is a Venture Capital fund managed by serial entrepreneurs that focuses on assisting founders with its operational experience, network, trust, unique perspectives, and the capital. The team invests in early-stage tech start-ups that are focused on building the new digital platforms driven by the data network. BEENEXT aims to establish a platform of founders, by the founders and for the founders across the globe, primarily in South East Asia, India and Japan. Since its establishment in 2015, the team has invested in over 180 companies globally.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Financial Services, Internet, Venture Capital
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GIC
GIC is a global investment firm established in 1981 to manage Singapore’s foreign reserves. A disciplined long-term value investor, GIC is uniquely positioned for investments across a wide range of asset classes, including equities, fixed income, private equity, real estate, and infrastructure. GIC invests through funds and directly in companies, partnering with its fund managers and management teams to help world-class businesses achieve their objectives. In tech investing, GIC seeks to be a lifetime partner to the companies it invests in. GIC has investments in over 40 countries around the world. Headquartered in Singapore, GIC employs over 1,700 people across 10 offices in key financial cities worldwide.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Private Equity, Venture
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Financial Services, FinTech, Impact Investing, Real Estate Investment, Social Impact, Venture Capital
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LetsVenture
LetsVenture is an online funding platform that enables startups looking to raise seed capital to create investment ready profiles online, and connect to accredited investors. The platform also allows startups to get their business plans reviewed by its team as well as connect to mentors. It supports startups in the funding closure process through its commitment-to-closure package. Founded in 2013, LetsVenture uses its funding received from angel investors to expand and rope in more global investors.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
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JAFCO Asia
Since its establishment in 1990, JAFCO Asia has grown to become a leading brand in the venture capital industry in the Asia Pacific region. Currently, JAFCO Asia has offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei, Seoul and Beijing. With more than US$1.2 billion funds under management in aggregate, JAFCO Asia’s experienced investment team has invested in over 368 companies in 13 countries (Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Australia, India, Israel and Vietnam) and divested more than 260 companies of which at least 86 have been publicly listed. Since the new millennium, JAFCO Asia has shifted its focus entirely to technology related investments and is now one of the pre-eminent venture capital technology investors in the region. They believe that their existing portfolio in the Asia Pacific region and the worldwide business network offer their portfolio companies significant potential for synergistic partnerships.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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EDBI
Investing since 1991, EDBI is a Singapore-based global investor in select high growth technology sectors ranging from Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Emerging Technology (ET), Healthcare (HC), and other strategic industries. As a value creating investor, EDBI assists companies achieve their ambitious goals by leveraging their broad network, resources and expertise. With their patient capital, EDBI supports companies seeking to grow in Asia and globally through Singapore.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Financial Services, FinTech, Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Venture Capital
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Golden Gate
Golden Gate seeks to invest in sectors of processes and services of businesses, mobile solutions, Software-as-a-Service, e-commerce, financial technology, Internet of things, technology, telecommunications, and media in Southeast Asia. Jeffrey Paine, Paul Bragiel, and Vinnie Lauria founded it on November 1, 2011, with its headquarters in Singapore.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Angel Investment, Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Impact Investing, Venture Capital
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DSG Consumer Partners
DSG Consumer Partners (“DSGCP”) is a an investment company focusing on identifying, investing in, and growing consumer businesses in India & SE Asia. DSGCP will primarily take minority equity positions in unlisted companies but will consider control deals with the right management team. DSGCP has the flexibility to provide capital for growth and to provide liquidity to founders and shareholders via secondary transaction. The founders have built a track record of investing for the long term with an investment horizon of 6 to 10 years and have backed leading brands since 2004 including Sula Wines, Saffronart, Cleartrip, Bakers Circle, Mocha, Salt Water Café, Redmart (Singapore), Mswipe Technologies, Exito Gourmet, Tierra Food, Saraf Foods and Veeba Food Services.
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Consumer, Consumer Goods, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Insignia Ventures Partners
Insignia Ventures Partners is a venture capital firm that specializes in startup investment. Insignia Ventures Partners is an investment firm managed by a former Sequoia Asia partner, Yinglan Tan.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Financial Services, Impact Investing, Venture Capital
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Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India
Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India invests in high-growth start-ups seeking their first round of institutional venture capital funding across Asia (excluding China), with a focus on Singapore, India, Indonesia, Thailand, and other emerging hubs of innovation in this region. Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India collaborates with a network of venture funds across US, China and Israel, under the auspices of Vertex Holdings, providing local knowledge with global perspective.
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, FinTech
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Seeds Capital
Seeds Capital is an investment arm of Enterprise Singapore that co-invests with independent investors in innovative startups. The firm was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Central Region, Singapore.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Financial Services, Information Technology, Venture Capital
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LongHash Ventures
LongHash Ventures is a global blockchain accelerator and venture capital fund. We seek financial returns through venture building and investing in early stage blockchain start ups, with a mission to enable the Web 3.0 blockchain native economy. We source projects globally, leveraging especially on our strong Asia network across key hubs like Singapore, China, Hong Kong, and Japan. In addition to providing capital, we support portfolio companies with a rigorous hands-on venture building platform with strategy formulation, go-to market execution, and our comprehensive investor network.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Financial Services, Information Technology, Internet
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Blockchain Founders Fund
Blockchain Founders Fund (BFF) is a Singapore based early-stage Venture Capital Fund which invests in top-tier Blockchain startups globally. Their industry leading go-to-market focused Venture Program aids seasoned and first-time entrepreneurs across key business functions to fast-track growth. BFF has scaled many of the leading Blockchain startups and is always looking to connect with exceptional founders across the industry including Web3, metaverse, gamefi, DeFi, and NFT.
Stages: Convertible Note, Early Stage Venture, Initial Coin Offering, Seed, Venture
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services, FinTech, Venture Capital
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K3 Ventures
K3 Ventures is a Singapore-based venture capital firm that invests in technology start-ups with talented founders and a vision to develop and transform Southeast Asia. In partnering with K3 Ventures, companies leverage from their exclusive bamboo network that enables strategic opportunities to scale Southeast Asia with pilot projects and by championing adoption that establishes as part of their use case portfolio. The wave of digital disruption on traditional businesses is inevitable and a necessary evil for progress. Yet technology startups often face obstacles from incumbent businesses and other stakeholders that can halt their growth. K3 Ventures bridges technology startups and incumbent businesses to create an ecosystem of collaboration and foundation for the creation of new market leaders.
Stages: Convertible Note, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Information Technology, Venture Capital
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Monk’s Hill Ventures
Founded in 2014 by entrepreneurs Peng T. Ong and Kuo-Yi Lim, Monk’s Hill Ventures (‘MHV’) is a venture capital firm investing in early-stage technology startups in Southeast Asia.
Backed by institutional investors and family offices worldwide, MHV works with great entrepreneurs to use technology to improve the lives of millions of people in the region.
We take a first-principles approach in how we operate and make decisions at MHV. We break down ideas and business models to understand the fundamentals.
Since our founding in 2014, Monk’s Hill Ventures has invested in more than 40 fast-growing startups spanning multiple business models and industry verticals.
We look to work with founders in the early stages of the development of their businesses, and typically invest at the pre-Series A and Series A stages. We are entrepreneurs backing entrepreneurs. This runs in our DNA.
With the utmost respect for the founder, the firm is led by entrepreneurs and operators, CEOs, and CTOs of successful tech companies both in Asia and in Silicon Valley.
Our footprint spans across Southeast Asia with on-the-ground teams in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand.
Our network comprises entrepreneurs, investors, former CEOs, engineers, academics, media and a team of operating advisors with strong domain expertise from cybersecurity, data science, financial services, to healthcare, to provide our founders with the right access and advice as they scale and build.
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Venture Capital
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Arbor Ventures
Arbor Ventures invests in companies that leverage advanced technologies to facilitate, broaden or fundamentally change the way financial services are served, consumed, and managed. The firm’s partners bring extensive sector and market knowledge, together with vast strategic networks, creating a unique platform to recruit world-class board members, investors, and strategic partners from across the globe. Arbor’s global perspective allows it to accelerate impact and reach globally.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Big Data, Financial Services, FinTech, Venture Capital
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UOB Venture
UOB Venture, an investment firm, finances privately-held companies through direct equity investment, mainly in Southeast Asia and China.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Banking, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Signum Capital
They are a Singapore-based firm that exclusively consults in Blockchain-enabled companies. Their mission is to realize the future of Blockchain economy by consulting in game changing projects and companies. They participate in Pre-sale stages of Token Generation Events and Equity investments.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Blockchain, Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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RB Investments Pte. Ltd.
RB Investments is a Singapore Based Family Office , that invests in people with visionary ideas. We assist portfolio companies in developing and executing strategic growth, building the board and executive management team, exploring capitalization structures, pursuing growth mergers and acquisitions, and enhancing market presence.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Secondary Market
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Financial Services, Information Technology, Venture Capital
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Accelerating Asia
Accelerating Asia is an early-stage venture capital fund that runs programs for startups and investors. Licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Accelerating Asia’s early-stage VC fund focuses on pre-Series A startups with untapped potential that are 6-18 months away from institutional funding. Accelerating Asia invests up to US$250,000 in pre-Series A startups and our current portfolio covers over 10 countries in Southeast and South Asia including Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Bangaldesh and Malaysia. With most angels and startup programs in the region focussed on ideation-MVP stage startups, and venture funds focused on solid product-market fit, startups with a robust product at early stages of customer traction are often overlooked. That’s where Accelerating Asia comes in. Our accelerator and venture capital model is designed to support pre-Series A startups to fast track growth and drive success. At the core of the work we do is the guiding belief that entrepreneurs are one of humanity’s greatest catalysts for positive change.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Financial Services
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Qualgro VC
Qualgro is a Venture Capital firm based in Singapore, investing in tech companies in Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Software to support talented entrepreneurs with regional or global growth ambition. Qualgro invests across Southeast Asia, primarily at Series A & B.
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Big Data, Financial Services, Information Technology, Software, Venture Capital
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SBI Ven Capital
SBI Ven Capital, founded in 2007 and based in Singapore, is a private equity firm that invests in financial services and technology sectors across Asia.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Private Equity
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Financial Services
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Saison Capital
They invest in Seed to Series A companies across South East Asia and India. Although they have a sector agnostic fund mandate, they particularly like to work with founders that are building ecosystems with the potential to distribute financial services to the unbanked.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Financial Services, FinTech
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DTRIBE Capital
At DTRIBE Capital, our mission is to empower founders seeking to enhance people’s lives and create positive economic impact through technology. DTRIBE Capital’s unique model sees it invest from a balance sheet of permanent capital to help empower founders across Asia and work closely to help them scale efficiently and achieve long-term success. To date, we have made over 50 investments in early-stage technology companies. We’re a tribe. At the heart of our strategy lies the coming together of like-minded founders to drive synergies through teamwork to deliver optimal outcomes for all parties. The word ‘tribe’ in our name highlights our collective agenda, driven by a common set of values, with an unrelenting focus on the mission ahead of us. We roll up our sleeves. At DTRIBE Capital, we know it takes much more than just capital to help founders rapidly scale and reach profitability. That is where we come in. In addition to investing, we provide valuable mentoring, insights, and connection to a strong network. We’ve been there. DTRIBE Capital was started by an experienced founder with a mission to nurture the next generation of bold entrepreneurs – having built and exited several large ventures himself. Simply put, we know what it’s like to be in the founder’s shoes, and respect our founders who live and breathe their company every day. We’re with you all the way. We engage early and strive to be with you throughout your journey holding a long-term perspective and actively participating in helping you to build the future. We’d love to get to know you and your team as early as we can.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Financial Services
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PetRock Capital
Petrock Capital is a venture firm that invests in breakthrough blockchain technologies, ranging from ground-breaking Web 3.0 infrastructure to degenerately unorthodox concepts.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Financial Services
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1982 Ventures
Early stage venture capital investor focused on fintech in Southeast Asia
Stages: Convertible Note, Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology, Venture Capital
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Anthill Ventures
Anthill Ventures is a Speed Scaling Ecosystem that helps early growth global startups in Urbantech & Lifestyle, Healthtech & Mediatech from Pre-Series A stage to go to Series ‘A’ & ‘B’ in 1-2 years through India & SEA Market Access by providing Scale up Capital Funding, Market Access Platform & Venture Returns Maximization Technology
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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FEBE Ventures
FEBE Ventures (“For Entrepreneurs, By Entrepreneurs”) is an early stage Venture Capital fund supporting outstanding entrepreneurs in Vietnam & Southeast Asia. The fund is managed by 4 entrepreneurs with +28 years of experience building and scaling companies in Vietnam & Southeast Asia, and investing in tech startups in Asia, Europe and South America. We apply a value-added approach, backing the best founders and offering our local business expertise, operational know-how, and global network.
Stages: Convertible Note, Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Education, Financial Services, Logistics, Real Estate
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Atlas Ventures
Atlas Ventures is an early-stage venture fund based in Singapore. Atlas Ventures is affiliated to Atlas Asset Management Pte. Ltd., a diversified asset manager regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore as a holder of a Capital Markets Services licence.
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Financial Services
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Cocoon Capital
Cocoon Capital is a Singapore-based venture capital firm focusing on early-stage, enterprise tech companies across Southeast Asia. We invest at a stage where fine-tuning of the product and business model remains but where some initial traction has taken place. Cocoon Capital’s experienced partners work closely with portfolio companies to accelerate them to the Series A stage.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Software, Financial Services, FinTech, InsurTech
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Startupbootcamp FinTech Singapore
Startupbootcamp FinTech is the leading accelerator focused on financial innovation, providing funding, mentorship, office space in the heart of Singapore and access to a global network of investors and VCs, for up to 10 selected FinTech startups. Over 3 months, the selected startups collaborate with 200+ mentors, partners, and investors to build world class FinTech products, with the ultimate goal of becoming industry leading companies. Startupbootcamp FinTech Singapore is offering – Extensive mentorship from 200+ entrepreneurs, investors, and partners – Access to top markets in Europe, US and APAC – 3+1 months free office space – SGD24,500 in cash per team – SGD800,000+ in partner services – Exposure to 200+ Angels & VCs – Invitation to Startupbootcamp global alumni network and growth program In return they ask for 8% equity. All contracts are simple, transparent, and available for all to see.
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Banking, Financial Services, FinTech, Social Entrepreneurship
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Integra Partners
Integra Partners caters to the financial services industry with capital, advisory service, and opportunities to connect with investors. Integra Partners was founded by Christiaan Kaptein and Jinesh Patel in July 2015. It is based in Singapore.
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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TNF Ventures
TNF Ventures (TNFV) is founded by a few of us who started this as a passion project to help local startups succeed. They feel that there are many talents locally but few had succeeded because they did not have the right connections to help them to go-to-market, they did not have people whom they can discuss their business challenges with and they did not have guidance in business model development.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Impact Investing
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Tembusu Partners
Established in 2006, Tembusu Partners is a boutique private equity firm in Singapore dedicated to supporting high growth ventures across Emerging Asia. Leveraging our strategic location at the heart of Asia, we specialise in venture and growth-stage investments in fast-growing markets of Greater China, India, and Southeast Asia. Our deep understanding of markets, investment cycles and complex cultural nuances grants us clarity and insight in making our investments. We manage capital from our investors and partners across Asia, Europe, and America. To date, we have completed more than S$300 million worth of private equity transactions. Tembusu invests in disruptive technology that we believe have strong potential to drive innovation in key focus sectors such as financial and business services, consumer services, education and healthcare. With an advisory board and investment committee comprising well-connected corporate leaders and industry veterans ranging from technology to business services, we are committed to supporting founders and companies in their global growth.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Blockchain, eSports, Finance, Financial Services, Impact Investing, Information Technology
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Life.SREDA
Life.SREDA VC is an international venture capital firm, established in 2012 and headquartered in Singapore. Being one of the first FinTech-only non-corporate VC fund in the world, Life.SREDA has already invested in more than 20 FinTech companies around the world through its 2 funds: Life.SREDA I ($40M) and Life.SREDA II Asia ($100M). Life.SREDA VC is headed by Slava Solodkiy, listed as one of TOP35 most influencial fintech-persons in the world (according Institutional Investor magazine) and one of TOP100 innovative bankers in Asia (NextMoney), and Igor Pesin, who serves as CFO and Investment Director of the fund. Being a fintech ecosystem builder in Asia, Life.SREDA is driving the creation of the first pan-Asian Pan-Asian bank-as-a-service-platform BaaS.is, which will provide a core banking infrastructure for fintech startups and other non-banks in Asia and act as a middleware between traditional banks and fintech ecosystem. BAASIS will strengthen a strategic role of Life.SREDA in boosting Fintech development in Asia and Singapore and taking it to the new level.
Stages: Debt, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Banking, Enterprise Software, Financial Services, FinTech, Venture Capital
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500 Southeast Asia
500 Southeast Asia is a 500 Startups’ family of funds dedicated to the region. The 500 Southeast Asia funds have backed more than 250 companies across multiple sectors from consumer internet to deep technology, including Grab, Bukalapak, Carsome, and Carousell. It connects founders with capital, expertise, and powerful regional and global networks to help them succeed.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Das Capital
Das Capital is an investment fund operated by Japanese serial entrepreneur/investor Shinji Kimura. Das Capital invests broadly from seed stage to later-stage startups, based in Japan, India, the US, and all around the globe.
Stages: Debt, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Post Ipo, Seed, Venture
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Business Development, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Crystal Horse Investments
CHI is engaged in investment activities and financial services; a place providing ideas on how to manage and maximise your money and assets.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Consulting, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Northstar Group
The Northstar Group is a Singapore headquartered private equity firm managing more than US$2.5 billion in committed equity capital dedicated to investing in growth companies in Indonesia and to a lesser extent, other countries in Southeast Asia. The Northstar Group has a solid track record of actively growing the businesses of its investee companies over its investment horizon. Since its founding in 2003, the Northstar Group has raised five private equity funds and invested in more than 40 companies across the banking, insurance, retail, technology, telecom, and agribusiness sectors. The Northstar Group has invested over US$3.0 billion with its co-investors in the Southeast Asian region.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Impact Investing, Venture Capital
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August One
August One is a private investment firm and a Monetary Authority of Singapore registered Venture Capital firm. Through its family office platform and investment funds, August One focuses on enabling exceptional people to make a significant impact on the way they live and work. The company is committed to preserving the legacies, serve the aspirations and out-serve the ambitions of families, investors, founders, and partners. Through its Investment Funds and Venture Building program, August One helps its portfolio companies grow their core businesses, launch new initiatives, enter new markets and build and use technologies to drive long term growth and impact. August One was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Singapore.
Stages: Debt, Early Stage Venture, Non Equity Assistance, Private Equity, Seed
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: CRM, Family, Finance, Financial Services, Information Technology, Venture Capital
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Golden Equator Ventures
Golden Equator Ventures (GEV) is a venture capital firm that invests in high-growth technology companies in Southeast Asia. As the partner of visionaries, we believe in empowering the leaders and businesses of tomorrow to grow their businesses, create value for consumers and investors, while unleashing the potential to transform future realities. GEV is a subsidiary of Golden Equator Group. Through its ecosystem of businesses and networks, Golden Equator invests in the future generation through its key pillars of Capital, Technology, and Community to build financially rewarding businesses while driving positive social impact. For more information, please visit: https://www.goldenequatorventures.com
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Innosight Ventures
Innosight Ventures leverages more than 20 years of applied research by innovation thought leaders like Clayton Christensen and field work by the Innosight Consulting Team. We have distilled that work into a set of proprietary tools and work practices that allow us to quickly screen opportunities and work side-by-side with entrepreneurs to help them build great companies. We invest only in Singapore-based early-stage startup companies that have high potential for disrupting existing markets and creating new ones. Generally speaking, we ask 5 questions about any potential investment: Is there an important problem that customers can’t address because existing solutions are expensive or inconvenient? . Is there a disruptive way to solve the problem by being simpler, more convenient, or more affordable? . Is there a plausible hypothesis about an economically attractive, scalable business model? .. Does the team have the ‘right stuff’ to manage the process of emergent learning? . Can early profitability be a choice? . Our usual investment quantum is up to half a million Singapore dollars in each company. However, if the answer to all the above questions is positive and the team is going to need more that , we are open to co-investing with other venture capital firms and/or angels. In the past, we have lead investment rounds where some of the companies have raised in the range of SGD 1 – 2 million.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Get2Volume
Get2Volume invests in, mentors and helps grow innovative enterprise technology companies that address Midwest US and Southeast Asia’s major industries. We see an untapped market in B2B technology businesses, where with the right operational contribution beyond funding, we see a much higher probability of good outcomes, thereby giving the fund venture style returns without venture style risks. And we are where enterprise/B2B innovation is happening. With focus in Columbus and Singapore, Get2Volume offers global capabilities, capital and connections to enable success. We bring investment, industry connections and deep knowledge to complement a startup’s entrepreneurial team to address focused growth needs. Our experience in successfully growing and exiting enterprise (B2B) companies allows us to help the companies we work with to grow faster.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Financial Services, FinTech, Venture Capital
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IncuVest
IncuVest started as an angel investment platform in 2011. We made about 15 investments, and had 3 exits, with others on the way. Notable companies include Chope, Cinarra Systems, Lingo Kids, Cloudaron, Fundnel, HomeGP, CLOP Technologies, etc. IncuVest has recently launched its Tech Fund II (2018), with LPs from the Singapore Government, corporates, family offices and high-net worth individuals. We focus on deep tech startups in IOT, advanced manufacturing, materials, AR/VR, blockchain, AI, and med tech. We partner with corporates, consulting firms, accelerators, R&D entities, and investment firms, globally. We position Singapore as a hub and testbed for funding, pilot, and help our startups scale throughout Asia and beyond.
Stages: Convertible Note, Early Stage Venture, Venture
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Advanced Materials, Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, Financial Services, Internet of Things, Medical Device, Semiconductor, Venture Capital
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Expara Thailand
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 innovative high-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.
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Financial Services, FinTech, Government, Venture Capital
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Coent Venture Partners
Coent Venture Partners provides seed and venture-stage funding to brilliant entrepreneurs and companies across all sectors in Asia. The company backed these entrepreneurs and companies with unparalleled support in funding, management, overseas business development, and exposure to their network.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Financial Services, FinTech, Venture Capital
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CrossFund
CrossFund is an invitation-only, professional venture collective that empowers founders to raise early-stage capital and connect with accredited investors & mentors experienced in building cross-border, early-stage tech companies in emerging markets.
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Angel Investment, Financial Services, FinTech, Funding Platform
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GTR Ventures
GTR Ventures is the world’s first investment platform dedicated to trade and supply chain. In exclusive partnership with Global Trade Review (GTR), the world’s leader in global trade and trade finance intelligence, publishing, news and events, GTR Ventures enjoys a presence in London, Singapore, and Hong Kong. GTR has a proprietary network of over 25,000 decision makers in trade finance, treasury and insurance. Our vision: to pioneer investments in fintechs for trade and champion trade finance as an alternative asset class that has been shown to be low risk, stable, and liquid. Leveraging our trusted brand, influence and global platform of over 20 events across 6 continents, innovative companies in trade finance (or #tradetechs) who join GTR Ventures as our partners and portfolio are able to engage the world’s most powerful trade finance community, as well as investors who appreciate trade finance as an asset class. With this vision in mind, we have defined four promising areas investors can consider looking into, namely: Trade Finance, Trade Insurance, SME Finance and Supply Chain Finance, and Physical Trade. GTR Ventures engages key public and private sector stakeholders in the trade universe. Together we champion trade and trade finance as an asset class and mobilise private capital into trade. Trade just got smarter.
Stages: Debt, Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Angel Investment, Financial Services, Social Media, Venture Capital
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Asia Partners Fund Management
Asia Partners is a growth equity firm focusing on investments in technology and technology-enabled companies that are transforming Southeast Asia’s economy.
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Funding Platform
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Far East Ventures
Far East Ventures is the venture capital arm of Far East Organization that invests in visionary entrepreneurs that build disruptive technologies and companies at all stages in all sectors. It invests at every stage from seed to growth in all sectors that include technology and healthcare. Investments need not have a strategic value for Far East Organization. It has its headquarters in Singapore. It focuses mainly on companies in the United States and Southeast Asia. Clients may gain access to its networks forged from more than half a century of doing business in Singapore.
Stages: Convertible Note, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Angel Investment, Financial Services, Impact Investing, Mobile, Venture Capital
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PhillipCapital
Since 1975, PhillipCapital has grown as an integrated Asian financial house with a global presence that offers a full range of quality and innovative services to retail, corporate and institutional customers. Our comprehensive suite of financial products and services includes fund management, managed accounts, unit trusts, insurance planning, regular savings, contracts for difference, exchange traded funds, investment research, equity financing, property; and broking in bonds, securities, futures, foreign exchange, precious metals and commodities. Institutions can also benefit from our corporate finance and advisory services as well as information technology solutions. With more than 3,500 employees and over 800,000 clients worldwide, our assets under management totals to more than USD 22 Billion with shareholders’ funds in excess of USD 1 Billion. PhillipCapital (with headquarters in Singapore) operates in the financial hubs of 16 countries, with offices in Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand, Hong Kong, China, Japan, India, Sri Lanka, UAE, UK, France, Turkey, Australia and USA.
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Financial Services
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Serendipity Capital
We invest in Financial Services companies that are either focused on disruption or are significantly undervalued due to macroeconomic or company-specific factors. In FinTech our investments will be from seed through to growth stages.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed, Venture
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Financial Services, FinTech, Sustainability, Venture Capital
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Cardinal Capital
With the mission of becoming the vanguard of the emerging realm of digital asset & distributed ledger technologies. Cardinal Capital focuses on investing and nurturing embryonic blockchain technologies that dwell in MIDDLEWARE, PROTOCOL & SERVICE SPECIFIC DAPPS. We believe that at this point in the evolution of the asset class, a portfolio of emerging crypto asset benefits tremendously from highly informed active management, constant adjustment, continuous market analysis, and a general CARDINAL approach.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Initial Coin Offering, Seed
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Finance, Financial Services, Information Technology
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Origin Capital
Headquartered in Singapore, Origin Capital Management Pte Ltd (“Origin Capital”) is the holder of a Capital Markets Service (“CMS”) license, regulated under Singapore’s Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”) to conduct the regulated activity of fund management. We are amongst Asia’s first few specialist VC fund managers focused on niche VC strategies and sectors. With the current VC investment landscape, we identified these areas of specialisation: – Trade, Logistics and B2B Fintech – Asia Sustainability and Impact – F&B, Nutrition and Foodtech By adopting a rigorous approach to industry specialisation, we cater to the growing needs of startups who are seeking not just capital, but smart capital. Our capital comes with deep sectoral expertise and the ability to fast-track a firm’s minimum viable product (MVP) to commercialisation. It is our firm belief that a specialised investment fund sharpens an investee firm’s potential for an exit via an M&A or trade sale. This approach also addresses the increasingly sophisticated needs of LPs, family offices, and VC investors. As VC investing becomes more mainstream, the profile of VC investors has evolved. They comprise former successful founders/entrepreneurs, prominent corporate professionals, or family offices led by 2nd/3rd generation wealth. This category of investors are dynamic, enjoy venture building, and are hands-on. They often expect to play an activist role in the VC fund as an investment committee member, or on the boards of the VC-backed firm.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Financial Services, FinTech, Venture Capital
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Yincubator
Yincubator is a boutique independent investment firm serving the global investment needs of China’s most visionary ventures, those investing in innovative technologies and prestige brands rooted in US, Europe and ASEAN . The firm’s services include, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, global market entry , and early stage investments, across a broad range of asset sectors, with a particular focus on advanced manufacturing, cleantech, consumer products, agriculture, fintech and biotech.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Finance, Financial Services
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Arcane Group
Arcane invests in innovative crypto projects, including GameFi, DeFi, and Metaverse projects. The team has a wide range of experience ranging from professional esports, traditional finance, crypto trading, and more. We’ve invested in companies including Discord, Animoca Brands and many crypto protocols not on Crunchbase. We would love to help our portfolio companies and advisees with help on tokenomics, networking, and more.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Secondary Market, Seed, Venture
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services, Online Games, Software, Video Games
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ID Capital
ID Capital is a sector-focused investment and advisory company committed to investing and nurturing entrepreneurs from the Asia Pacific. It is dedicated to building innovative and sustainable solutions to address one of the generation’s most pressing challenges the future of food.
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: AgTech, Financial Services, Food and Beverage
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TWIN CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT
We are stage agnostic: We invest in seed to late-stage real estate and technology companies, across the consumer, enterprise, bio/healthcare, crypto, and fintech spaces. TWIN CAPITAL defined by respect for the entrepreneur and the entrepreneurial company building process; we know what it’s like to be in the founder’s shoes.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Initial Coin Offering, Post Ipo, Secondary Market, Seed
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Banking, Biotechnology, Blockchain, E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech, Health Care, Information Technology, Real Estate, Real Estate Investment
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Makara Capital
Makara Capital is a global financial services company that specializes in fund management as well as structuring and financing, with a core focus on innovation, infrastructure and energy.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Financial Services, FinTech, Venture Capital
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Coffee Ventures
Coffee Ventures invests in early stage technological startups in Southeast Asia. We partner up with founders by fostering discipline in product management and culture of entrepreneurship. At the same time, we seek entrepreneurs who demonstrate discipline in developing hypothesis to a problem, depth of understanding through meaningful experimentation, and resourcefulness in taking products to market. Current focus is on startups that address Southeast Asia markets, and can achieve breakout growth through our network and support. Investment areas include health & wellness, education, finance, enterprise, artificial intelligence and marketplace.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Financial Services, Venture Capital
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RF International Holdings
RF International Holdings (瑞丰国际控股), an international financial group focusing in the Digital Economy that includes (i.) RF Fund Management (瑞丰基金管理), a Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) (新加坡金融管理局) Registered Fund Management Company permitted to manage assets of not more than S$250 million where he is a Director & (ii.) a US$3 million private equity investment as a critical shareholder after SGX & Heliconia Capital Management (wholly owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings) in the world first MAS regulated platform for issuance, custody & trading of digitised securities using blockchain & smart contract; iSTOX.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Consulting, Finance, Financial Services, Information Technology
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The Origin Capital
Origin Capital is an investment entity focused on blockchain enabled technologies. Based in Singapore and Silicon Valley, the firm has invested in blockchain companies since late 2016, and participates in both equity and tokensale events. Having built strong relationships with entrepreneurs, top investors, and ecosystem leaders, Origin Capital helps startups forge strategic partnerships and brings industry-specific resources to it’s portfolio companies.
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Negocia Capital
Negocia Capital is an Investments Holding established in Singapore since 2017. Negocia focuses on Early Stage Seed/Pre-Seed Ventures primarily in Asia and Europe. Its portfolio focuses on Tech, Real Estate, Aviation and Impact Investments. Negocia has developed a strong footprint in emerging markets such as the Philippines, Cambodia, Malaysia, Vietnam or Indonesia. Current portfolio includes PhilJets Aero Services, PhilJets Aero Charter, Starline Aero, Sphere Aero, ShopRunBack, Dara Ventures. It has acquired as Agama Investments Co Ltd in Cambodia with the objective to structure private equity for impact development projects in emerging markets. Renamed Negocia Ventures the Cambodia subsidiary holds participations in Agriculture (Vanilla plantation, Mango plantation, Cashew Nuts processing factory), Tech Startups (Real Estate Digital Portal focused on properties rental), Real Estate (Property Management), Retail (Jewelry), HR services, Media (Business Magazines, Lifestyle Magazine), Aviation (Advisory Services and Trading). Negocia Capital is focusing its direction to develop a portfolio specialized in the following sectors: Aviation, Real Estate, Technology (e-commerce, fintech, mobility) and Education. Negocia Capital is investing in a competitive group of companies that gears for today’s landscape in order to be sustainable and adaptable for tomorrow’s ever changing environment.
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Aerospace, Air Transportation, Angel Investment, Financial Services, Information Technology, Real Estate, Real Estate Investment, Venture Capital
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GBCI Ventures
GBCI is the leading smart city solutions provider that applies the root of trust to all industries, from information and communications, transport, real estate and property management, financial services and payment, healthcare to public goods management – endless possibilities to build smart cities.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Financial Services, Venture Capital
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X Capital Ventures
X Capital Ventures is an investment group that invests opportunistically in Seed to Series B ventures. They like new frontier industries, such as blockchain, AI, clean energy, e-commerce & tech, and invest in companies grounded in deep IP or that solve pressing consumer needs. They partner with their portfolio companies to launch and expand their footprint in Southeast Asia through diverse industry and family office networks.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Financial Services
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skywalker
At Skywalker, we believe that the application and development of the blockchain technology stack can be the basis for changing the economic form, cultural transmission and value standard in the next stage of human civilization. Moreover, with the iterative development of the distributed technology and cryptography in the next decade, we also firmly believe that the blockchain world is at the key turning point of transition to specific social production activities, so that we can embrace a smarter,safer and more independent future. We provide financing channels for promising start-ups, and provide empowering value-added resources, such as the in-depth value popularization of the projects we participate in both inside and outside the industry. In this way, we will allow the teams of these companies and their innovations to push the field forward in a positive and meaningful way.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Consulting, Financial Services, Information Technology, Professional Services
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Lighthouse Canton
Lighthouse Canton is a global investment institution offering wealth and asset management services. Led by an experienced senior management team, we work with clients across geographies from our Singapore, Dubai, and India offices. We provide our clients and investors with data-backed, well-researched investment guidance, aided by our robust institutional framework. No matter what a client’s specific need, we bring the same diligence and care, working together to achieve sustainable goals. Our strengths lie in both raising capital and managing it. As a founder-led company, we understand the journey an entrepreneur takes. Startups need the right skills, guidance, management discipline, and structure to sail smoothly amid growth opportunities and unpredictable challenges. We work with founders with capital across their business lifecycle, from early years to scale until post divestment. We bundle together all the elements of startup development and bridge the gap from ideas to outcomes, to walk with you through the complete journey from venture to wealth management.
Stages: Debt, Early Stage Venture, Private Equity, Venture
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Asset Management, Financial Services, Venture Capital, Wealth Management
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Stack Funds
Stack is a Monetary Authority of Singapore-regulated platform bridging the old world economy with the emerging digital assets space. Partnering with best-in-class financial service providers, Stack provides accredited investors and traditional financiers with streamlined, secure, and simple ways to capture the opportunities presented by digital assets. As the first to launch an institutional-grade digital asset index fund in Asia, Stack structures the delivery of its products to the highest degree of security, flexibility and compliance. Its services bring investors ease of mind with fully-insured custody and the familiarity of a traditional investment vehicle. Stack represents the coming of age for investments in digital assets and the evolution of traditional wealth management services. The company is headquartered in Singapore.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Initial Coin Offering, Secondary Market
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Asset Management, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Finance, Financial Services, Information Technology, Venture Capital
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RF Fund Management
RF Fund Management (瑞丰基金管理), a subsidiary of RF International Holdings, is a Monetary Authority of Singapore Registered Fund Management Company permitted to manage assets of not more than S$250 million under paragraph 5(1)(i) of the Second Schedule to the Securities & Futures (Licensing and Conduct of Business) Regulations with an institutional conscience, and a duty towards present and future generations. Our ownership ethos puts the institution above the individual, emphasises sustainability, and aligns employee and investors difference to the financial world or the community interests over economic cycles. With an investment leadership team with over 60 years of combined industry experience, we hope to ‘Redefine the Future’ of the Digital Economy in the Asset Management industry.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Asset Management, Finance, Financial Services, Hedge Funds, Venture Capital, Wealth Management
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Centicorn Ventures
Centicorn Ventures is a venture investment fund that invests in series A and seed-stage investments. It is a sector-agnostic venture capital firm set up by entrepreneurs and executives to help entrepreneurs achieve their greatest potential. The firm invests in information technology, manufacturing, healthcare, consumer products, and services sectors.
Stages: Debt, Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Financial Services, Impact Investing, Venture Capital
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MegaOne Ventures
MegaOne Ventures is an Asia-focused strategy advisory firm that aspires to facilitate investments and businesses in Southeast Asia and provide startups with unmatched financing opportunities from China.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Non Equity Assistance, Seed
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Consulting, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Open Banking Working Group – SE Asia
Southeast Asia’s unified platform for the FIRtech community. Delivered by a regional network of innovation hubs.
Stages: Crowdfunding, Early Stage Venture, Grant, Private Equity, Seed
Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, Asia
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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