This article showcases our top picks for the best Southeast Asia based Venture Capital companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Venture Capital industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top Southeast Asia Venture Capital Startups
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MDI Ventures
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MDI Ventures is a global multi-stage venture fund with 3 unicorns in its portfolio.
Temasek Holdings
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Temasek is an investment company with a focus on delivering sustainable returns over the long term.
Monk’s Hill Ventures
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Venture capital firm investing in early-stage technology startups in Southeast Asia
BEENEXT
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BEENEXT is a venture capital firm investing in startups from India, Southeast Asia, Japan, and USA.
Blockchain Founders Fund
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Blockchain Founders Fund (BFF) is a Singapore based early-stage Venture Capital Fund which invests in top-tier Blockchain startups globally.
1982 Ventures
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Early-stage VC firm focused on fintech in Southeast Asia.
Signum Capital
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Signum Capital is a Singapore-based firm that exclusively consults in Blockchain-enabled companies.
K3 Ventures
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K3 Ventures is a Singapore-based venture capital firm that seeks to invest in technology start-ups.
HATCHER+
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Hatcher+ offers a data-driven venture firm that uses AI/ML-based technologies to identify early-stage opportunities.
GIC
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GIC is a global long-term investor that manages Singapore’s foreign reserves.
Xen Capital
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Xen Capital is an alternative investment platform enabling accredited investors access and liquidity in top tier investment opportunities.
Golden Equator Ventures
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Golden Equator Ventures is a Singapore-based venture capital firm that invests in high-growth technology companies in Southeast Asia.
Frontier Digital Ventures
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Frontier Digital Ventures is focused on becoming the world leader in online classifieds businesses in frontier and emerging markets
Insignia Ventures Partners
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Insignia Ventures Partners is a venture capital firm that specializes in startup investment.
EDBI
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EDBI is a global fund with investments in the knowledge and innovation-intensive sectors.
Jungle Ventures
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Jungle Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in and helps build tech category leaders from Asia.
Gobi Partners
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Gobi Partners is the most interconnected Pan-Asian venture capital firm across North Asia, South Asia, and ASEAN.
Alpha JWC Ventures
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Alpha JWC Ventures is a value-adding venture capital firm with expertise in FinTech and Consumer tech sector.
Quest Ventures
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Quest Ventures is a top venture capital firm in Asia.
True Global Ventures (TGV)
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True Global Ventures invests in early-stage companies involved in internet, software and mobile technologies.
Arbor Ventures
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Arbor Ventures is a FinTech-focused VC shaping the way the world transacts with extraordinary founders.
GTA Ventures
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GTA Ventures will provide marketing solutions helping projects to expand their reach Viet Nam market
Seeds Capital
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Seeds Capital is an investment arm of Enterprise Singapore that co-invests with independent investors in innovative startups.
DSG Consumer Partners
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DSG Consumer Partners is an investment company focusing on identifying, investing in, and growing consumer businesses in India & SE Asia.
Ardent Capital
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Ardent Capital invests in early-stage technology companies across Southeast Asia with a focus on eCommerce (B2B, B2C, Logistics) and more
JAFCO Asia
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Since its establishment in 1990, JAFCO Asia has grown to become a leading brand in the venture capital industry in the Asia Pacific region.
UOB Venture
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UOB Venture is an investment firm that finances privately-held companies through direct equity investment.
SeedPlus
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SeedPlus is an early stage Singaporean fund with a hands on approach to working with its portfolio companies.
Kommunitas
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A decentralized and tier-less Launchpad. Kommunitas is the solution for Multi Chain oriented projects.
Openspace
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Openspace is a venture capital firm using active intelligence to find and back transformative companies in Southeast Asia.
Frontera
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Emerging Markets Investment Research and Analytics
QCP Capital
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QCP Capital is a digital asset trading firm that provides digital payment token (DPT) services.
Pentaip
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Pentaip is a FinTech startup from Malaysia that focuses on leveraging big data and latest technology to build robo-advisors.
MRI VC Berhad
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MRI VC Berhad is an Investment Holding Company focused on healthcare, tech startups, halal food for startups, pre-IPO and listed company
BRI Ventures
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BRI Ventures is a corporate venture capital firm that invests and scales in high-potential startups.
SMDV
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SMDV is a venture capital firm based in Jakarta that finances and mentors tech companies.
Iron Capital
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Iron Capital Plc is a holding company incorporated in Cambodia with business interests in Automotive, Tech, Supply Chain, Education.
Red Dot Ventures
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Red Dot Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in Singapore-based, seed stage high-tech startups.
SGInnovate
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SGInnovate helps entrepreneurial scientists build Deep Tech startups.
OCBC NISP Ventura
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Venture Capital arm of Bank OCBC NISP focusing on early stage investment in Indonesia
iRewards Berhad
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Technology & Innovation Incubator, Venture Capital, Private Equity and Big Data
Golden Gate
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Golden Gate seeks to invest in business processes and services, mobile, and Software-as-a-Service.
Kejora Capital
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Kejora Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs and helps them establish high-growth digital firms.
Intudo Ventures
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Intudo Ventures is a venture capital firm with an involved and concentrated portfolio approach.
Myanmar Investments International (MIL)
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A Myanmar-focused AIM-listed holding company.
Anthill Ventures
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Anthill Ventures is a Speed Scaling Ecosystem which helps early growth startups in Pre-Series ‘A’. We source, invest, scale and syndicate.
Beacon Venture Capital
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Corporate venture capital fund of KASIKORNBANK focusing on early and growth-stage technology companies
iGlobe Partners
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iGlobe Partners is a leading Asia-Pacific cross-border Venture Capital firm with deep expertise in tech and bio.
Xora Innovation
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Xora Innovation is an investment platform that specializes in early-stage deep tech venture investments to accelerate the path to market.
500 Southeast Asia
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500 Southeast Asia is a 500 Startups’ family of funds dedicated to the region.
roiquant
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roiquant is an affordable startup intelligence empowering founders to analyse, validate, and innovate.
Venturra Capital
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Venturra is an Southeast asian focused venture capital firm investing in early stage consumer technology-enabled internet businesses.
Galen Growth
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The Next Generation HealthTech Innovation Partner
ABA Bank
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ABA Bank is now a multi-branch network universal commercial bank offering a full range of products and services to all Cambodians.
Patamar Capital
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Patamar Capital is a venture capital firm investing in early stage businesses serving the “mass market” in South and Southeast Asia.
KERN Ventures
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KERN Ventures is an investment firm focusing on providing funding, consultancy and strategy advice to start-up companies.
RB Investments Pte. Ltd.
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RB Investments is a Singapore Bases Venture Capital firm, that invests in people with visionary ideas.
JG Digital Equity Ventures
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JG Digital Equity Ventures is JG Summit’s digital ventures arm that invests in startups.
Asia Deal Group
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Asia Deal Group develops digital ventures in South East Asia
RAPZO CAPITAL
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Rapzo Capital was founded in 2018 and has grown into a very successful Family Office and Incubator based in Singapore.
Everstone
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Everstone Capital is an India and South East Asia focused investor with dedicated private equity and real estate funds.
KK Fund
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KK Fund is a venture capital fund investing in seed stage internet and mobile startups across South East Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
TRIVE
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TRIVE is a venture capital firm that invest in technology startups.
Serendipity Capital
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Serendipity Capital is a financial services principal investing firm.
Vickers Venture Partners
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Vickers Venture Partners is a venture capital firm focused on angel investments in Asia and beyond.
Krungsri Finnovate
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Krungsri Finnovate is a venture capital firm aiming to be a strategic investor supporting startups to grow toward their set goals.
Central Capital Ventura
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Central Capital Ventura is an early stage corporate venture capital of Bank Central Asia.
Frappio
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Website, Application, Software, Information Technology
Qualgro VC
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Qualgro Venture Capital invests in technology startups across Southeast Asia in areas like data, software, and AI, at Series A and Series B.
NEXEA Venture Capital & Angel Investors
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NEXEA is a venture capital VC and accelerator that invests in early stage companies.
ThinkZone Ventures
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A Vietnam-based VC focusing on tech startups from Seed to Pre-Series A with great local resources.
Far East Ventures
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Far East Ventures invests in visionary entrepreneurs that build disruptive technologies and companies at all stages in all sectors.
Startup-O
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Global Venture Platform – Assessments, Investments & Cross Border Scaling
Hafta
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Hafta is creating the world’s largest repository of psychometric data.
Prasetia Dwidharma
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Prasetia Dwidharma is an investment company that invests in early stage technology startups, mostly in Southeast Asia.
Antalpha
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Antalpha supports bold founders building early-stage, blockchain-enabled, web 3.0 companies.
GDP Venture
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GDP Venture is a venture builder for digital communities, media, commerce, and solution companies in the consumer internet industry.
ASEAN Fintech Group Ltd
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Venture Corporation driving adoption and acquisition to scale fintech startups in ASEAN.
Kickstart Ventures
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Kickstart Ventures provides funding, facilities, expertise and business connections for start-ups based in the Philippines.
BEAMSTART
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BEAMSTART is a Seed Accelerator and Digital Hub for Startup News, Business Networking, and Learning Resources.
Bank Rakyat Indonesia
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Bank Rakyat Indonesia specialises in small scale and microfinance.
Ruvento
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Ruvento Ventures is a seed capital firm that funds the best teams in IoT, robotics, and emerging technologies across USA and Asia
Cento Ventures
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Helping digital entrepreneurs achieve their regional ambitions in Southeast Asia and other growth markets.
IncuVest
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IncuVest is a Singapore-based early and growth-stage tech investment platform
Great Ocean Guoxin (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
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Fashion Retail, Blockchain development, Artificial Intelligent Server Management, Investment Holding
EverHaüs
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Early stage, data-driven venture capital fund focused on technology companies in Indonesia
Asia Venture Group
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Asia Venture Group starts and invests in digitally scalable business models in South East Asia.
Earth Venture Capital
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Earth Venture Capital is a investment management company.
Convergence Ventures
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Early stage venture capital fund focused on technology companies in Indonesia.
OSK Ventures International
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OSK Ventures International invests in established companies with regional presence and companies that are in their mid-late stage.
Fundwave
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Software for private equity and venture capital funds
1337 Ventures
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1337 is a technology accelerator and early stage venture capital focused on doing pre-seed and seed stage investments in Malaysia.
August One
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August One is a private investment firm and a MAS regulated Venture Capital
Skavengr
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Skavengr is an early-stage pre-seed venture capital firm investing in startups in Southeast Asia.
VSV Capital – Vietnam Silicon Valley
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The first Vietnam’s Accelerator and Early-stage VC firm founded in 2014 to invest in early-stage technology startups.
Catcha Group
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Catcha Group is an internet group focused on new media, online classifieds, & OTT businesses.
Axiata Digital Innovation Fund
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Axiata Digital Innovation Fund is a technology venture fund formed by Axiata Berhad.
Tael Partners
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Tael Partners Ltd is a principal investment firm specializing in growth oriented investments.