Discover the vibrant landscape of Southeast Asian venture capital with a glimpse into the investment strategies of leading VC firms. From Earth VC’s focus on climate-tech solutions to Foxmont Capital Partners’ support for Filipino entrepreneurs, explore how these firms are shaping the region’s startup ecosystem.
Earth Venture Capital
Earth VC is a global VC firm investing in climate-tech solutions, with a focus on the Southeast Asia region. The firm invests in seed to Series A startups in AI, Machine Learning, robotics, new materials, new energy, and the IoT that serve the goals of switching to renewable energy, abandoning fossil fuel, and increasing the level of carbon storage.
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It writes a cheque size of US$500,000 to US$1 million in pre-seed, seed, pre-Series A, and Series A startups.
This week, Earth VC invested in Blykalla, a Swedish company specialising in the production of advanced small modular reactors.
Intudo Ventures
Intudo is an Indonesia-focused independent VC firm that co-founds and invests in early-stage companies led by best-in-class “S.E.A. Turtle” returnees and local founders in the consumer, finance, healthcare, education and media sectors.
It co-founds and invests in joint-venture structured early-stage companies focused on the Indonesian market.
The average cheque size is US$1M to US$10M
BEENEXT Accelerate
BEENEXT is a venture capital firm investing in startups from India, Southeast Asia, Japan, and the US. The Singapore-headquartered investor invests in angel, seed, and Series A stages.
This week, it invested in Jago, an Indonesia-based mobile cafe startup,
Rebright Partners
Rebright Partners is a Japanese early-stage VC firm investing in India and the ASEAN region. It acts as a gateway between Japan, ASEAN, and India. The investment locations are India, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines.
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This week, it invested in ClickPost, an Indian logistics intelligence platform
Wavemaker Partners
Wavemaker Partners invests in a broad range of technology-driven companies in the US and Southeast Asia. The Singapore-based VC firm invests in angel, seed, pre-Series A, and Series A-stage startups across Hong Kong, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, the US, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos. The average investment size is US$250K to US$5M.
This week, it invested in Staple, a Singapore-based AI-driven document processing company.
Foxmont Capital Partners
Foxmont is a multi-focus VC fund dedicated to Filipino entrepreneurs to support them with capital, network and through the different stages of development. The VC firm invests in startups across seed and pre-Series A/bridge stages. The investment range is US$100K to US$500K.
This week, it invested in Nibertex, a material science venture based in Singapore and the Philippines.
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