500 Labs

500 Global, formerly known as 500 Startups, is a venture capital firm and incubator based in Mountain View, California, founded in 2010. The firm specializes in seed investments, primarily focusing on early-stage technology and financial services startups across various sectors, including biotech, e-commerce, fintech, and digital healthcare. 500 Global operates a four-month accelerator program, where it typically invests between $0.05 million and $1 million for a 5 to 10 percent equity stake in companies with at least $100,000 in monthly revenue. The firm targets a global market, with particular emphasis on regions such as the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Since its inception, it has invested in over 2,200 startups and supports the growth of innovation ecosystems through educational programs and partnerships. 500 Global also prioritizes investments in companies led by minority founders, reflecting its commitment to diverse entrepreneurial leadership.

Amjad Ahmad

General Partner

Chandini Ammineni

Partner

André Marcel Bally

Investor Relations Associate

Timothy Chae

Managing Partner

Amal Enan

Partner

Max Fram-Schwartz

Venture Partner

Christine Herron

Advisor

Twwo Pun Jaruthassanakul

Investment Associate

Yolanda Kim

Principal

Matt Lerner

Partner

Jon Li

Director, Investor Relations

Jasmine Liew

Investment Manager

Robert Neivert

Venture Partner

Khailee Ng

Managing Partner

Krating Poonpol Ph.D

Partner

Ruangroj Poonpol

Venture Partner

Natavudh Pungcharoenpong

Partner

Mameaw Sapprasert

Partner

Reena Sharma

Investor Relations Associate

Mike Sigal

Partner, FinTech

Sanjay Singhal

Partner, Canada

Tanya Soman

Venture Partner

Paulina Szyrmer

Head of Global Education

Pat Naranpat Thitipattakul

Investor

Christine Tsai

Co-Founder, Partner & Chief Executive Officer

Tony Wang

Managing Partner

Bedy Yang

Managing Partner

Paul Yoo

Chief Financial Officer

Past deals in Malaysia

Virtualtech Frontier

Seed Round in 2022
Virtualtech Frontier develops business processes through virtual reality technology. It operates virtual event platforms, metaverse services, and virtual reality solutions. Virtualtech Frontier was founded in 2021 and is based in Selangor, Malaysia.

LottieFiles

Series B in 2022
LottieFiles is a micro animation design company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It offers a mobile-based platform that allows designers to share, test, and iterate micro animations, focusing on digital art, motion graphics, web design, and app design. The company's software platform promotes an open-source animation file format that is small, interactive, and adaptable at runtime. This enables the creation of engaging motion graphics that enhance product visibility and user engagement, allowing clients to effectively capture and maintain their audience's attention.

StoreHub

Venture Round in 2021
StoreHub Sdn Bhd develops cloud based point of sale (POS) platform for retailers. The company’s POS systems provide real-time reports, offline protection, and inventory management. The company’s POS systems also handle goods and services tax (GST)/VAT, track buyer activity, customize receipts, and apply discounts and promotions for orders and items. It offers its product to boutiques, food trucks, service, retail, cafe, franchises, and quick service providers. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.

FoodMarketHub

Series A in 2021
We use Big Data and AI to improve restaurant procurement and food cost then we consolidate restaurants required ingredients through supply chain service to lower food cost. Our solution cover restaurant outlet, central kitchen, warehouse until supplier. Food cost, recipe, barcode, procurement, sales, wastage, inventory, variance, tracking, sourcing, supply chain, every aspect you need for restaurant chain backend control, we have it. Service currently available for Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand and Singapore.

Funding Societies

Venture Round in 2021
Funding Societies Pte. Ltd. is a peer-to-peer financing platform based in Singapore, founded in 2015. It connects investors with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) seeking funding, thereby addressing financial inclusion challenges and making credit-worthy SMEs more bankable. The platform offers a range of flexible financing options, including micro and term loans, as well as invoice financing, supported by advanced credit scoring and risk assessment models. Since its inception, Funding Societies has facilitated over 3.3 million business loans, amounting to more than S$1.8 billion in funding. The company has received multiple accolades, including the Global Excellence Award from ITU Telecom, and holds operating licenses from regulators in Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia, making it a pioneer in the region's peer-to-peer lending landscape.

Carsome

Venture Round in 2021
Carsome Sdn Bhd operates an online platform that connects customers with used car dealers across Malaysia and has expanded its services to Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Petaling Jaya, the company streamlines the car-selling process by offering services that encompass inspection, valuation, bidding, payment, and logistics. This comprehensive approach allows individuals and entities to efficiently sell their vehicles directly to dealers through an online bidding portal. By facilitating each step of the transaction, Carsome aims to enhance the overall experience for customers looking to sell their cars.

MyCash Online

Venture Round in 2021
MyCash Online is an e-Marketplace specially designed for massive pools of Migrants in Malaysia & Singapore. MyCash Online is offering easy, secure and convenient online services to the foreign workers, who do not have access to online banking or credit cards. With years of experience of working for migrants, we take pride in providing quality & convenient online services 24X7. They are working for making more possible. To provide services to the specific segment of the people, who do not have access to bank or any other financial services. As this is their first such experience, we want to make it memorable. With their years of experience and knowledge on the segment, we have designed wide variety of services, and customized them according to their needs.

LottieFiles

Series A in 2021
LottieFiles is a micro animation design company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It offers a mobile-based platform that allows designers to share, test, and iterate micro animations, focusing on digital art, motion graphics, web design, and app design. The company's software platform promotes an open-source animation file format that is small, interactive, and adaptable at runtime. This enables the creation of engaging motion graphics that enhance product visibility and user engagement, allowing clients to effectively capture and maintain their audience's attention.

MHub

Seed Round in 2020
MHub is a developer of a real estate fintech platform that facilitates collaboration among property developers, real estate agents, bankers, and buyers. The platform aims to streamline the property purchasing process, allowing these stakeholders to work together more efficiently. By creating a community focused on simplifying interactions within the real estate market, MHub helps deserving buyers navigate the complexities of acquiring homes. The company's goal is to establish a systematic and synergistic environment that enhances communication and collaboration among all parties involved in real estate transactions.

Carsome

Series D in 2020
Carsome Sdn Bhd operates an online platform that connects customers with used car dealers across Malaysia and has expanded its services to Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Petaling Jaya, the company streamlines the car-selling process by offering services that encompass inspection, valuation, bidding, payment, and logistics. This comprehensive approach allows individuals and entities to efficiently sell their vehicles directly to dealers through an online bidding portal. By facilitating each step of the transaction, Carsome aims to enhance the overall experience for customers looking to sell their cars.

Ejen2u

Seed Round in 2020
Ejen2u is a cloud-based agent management platform with a team of 20 years in the agentship industry, helping product owners digitally manage their stockists/agents, thus increasing sales and enriching the lives of both owner and agent. Top 30 startup in Global Accelerator Programme (GAP), MaGIC Cohort 3. Top 6 Startup Watchtower & Friends (WTF) Accelerator Batch #8.

MyCash Online

Venture Round in 2020
MyCash Online is an e-Marketplace specially designed for massive pools of Migrants in Malaysia & Singapore. MyCash Online is offering easy, secure and convenient online services to the foreign workers, who do not have access to online banking or credit cards. With years of experience of working for migrants, we take pride in providing quality & convenient online services 24X7. They are working for making more possible. To provide services to the specific segment of the people, who do not have access to bank or any other financial services. As this is their first such experience, we want to make it memorable. With their years of experience and knowledge on the segment, we have designed wide variety of services, and customized them according to their needs.

AliveWedding

Seed Round in 2020
AliveWedding helps wedding planners to save and shop wisely for the occasion. It offers software where users can create a digital invite before the wedding. The company is a cardmaker and custom gifts and stationery maker and also offers wedding invitations, birthday invitations, special event invitations, and customized printed products. It was founded in 2009 in Pahang, Pahang.

Braintree Technologies

Seed Round in 2020
Braintree provides drone services and AI-powered computer vision algorithm that brings precision and automation to agriculture. The company also specializes in offering technologies in plantation mapping, plantation evaluation, plantation design and planning, plantation database development, and analysis. It was formed in Seri Kembangan, Negeri Sembilan.

GoGet

Seed Round in 2020
GoGet is an on-demand job platform for businesses and freelancers. The company's mission is to transform the traditional labor market and connect the city to create work. It empowers businesses to grow their operations while saving money, as wells as enabling users to find job opportunities near them, at good rates that match their preferences. .Francesca Chia, Muaz Jema Khan, and Tai Fung Wei Tan headquartered the company in Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur in 2014.

Curlec

Series B in 2020
Curlec is introducing a new bank to bank payment system that brings Direct Debit into the digital age, making it accessible to companies of all sizes. they enable businesses to easily collect payments from their customers, automate processes and ensure that they maintain a long term and cost effective relationship with them.

LottieFiles

Seed Round in 2020
LottieFiles is a micro animation design company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It offers a mobile-based platform that allows designers to share, test, and iterate micro animations, focusing on digital art, motion graphics, web design, and app design. The company's software platform promotes an open-source animation file format that is small, interactive, and adaptable at runtime. This enables the creation of engaging motion graphics that enhance product visibility and user engagement, allowing clients to effectively capture and maintain their audience's attention.

Nawah Scientific

Grant in 2019
Cutting edge research is available exclusively to those with high tech equipment in their labs. Nawah is a core hub of advanced equipment specialized in natural and medical sciences. Nawah's online platform receives experiments requests, Nawah's scientists carry them out and return results online. Thus, researchers can do much advanced research regardless of their location and available facilities in their labs. In 3 years, we analyzed 10K+ samples for 25 universities and companies in the MENA, Malaysia, UK and Switzerland.

LottieFiles

Seed Round in 2019
LottieFiles is a micro animation design company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It offers a mobile-based platform that allows designers to share, test, and iterate micro animations, focusing on digital art, motion graphics, web design, and app design. The company's software platform promotes an open-source animation file format that is small, interactive, and adaptable at runtime. This enables the creation of engaging motion graphics that enhance product visibility and user engagement, allowing clients to effectively capture and maintain their audience's attention.

Curlec

Seed Round in 2019
Curlec is introducing a new bank to bank payment system that brings Direct Debit into the digital age, making it accessible to companies of all sizes. they enable businesses to easily collect payments from their customers, automate processes and ensure that they maintain a long term and cost effective relationship with them.

G-MEDS

Seed Round in 2019
G-MEDS helps doctors care for their traveling patients worldwide. Their e-pharmacy platform ensures effective, accurate, and on-time fulfillment of medical prescriptions delivered right to patients’ doorstep. Saves time saves money. In today’s highly globalized and digitally connected world, doctors and patients want convenience without compromising on the quality of care and service. It works closely with a well-established Malaysia pharmacy chain and a reputable Singapore pharmacy, to source and deliver a wide range of branded and branded generics worldwide. With their in-house specialized logistics expertise and partners, they have the proven experience to deliver prescriptions to international patients daily, including those in North America, Europe, Japan, and the rest of Asia. It is headquartered in Singapore, Singapore.

Aerodyne

Series B in 2019
Aerodyne Systems Sdn. Bhd. specializes in AI-driven drone data capture and analytics services, providing drone-based inspection and software solutions. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Cyberjaya, Malaysia, the company has expanded its presence internationally with offices in Australia, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Chile, Indonesia, Japan, India, and the United States. Aerodyne develops DT3 (drone technology, data technology, and digital transformation) solutions that address the complex challenges faced by various industries, offering services such as transmission tower inspection, wind turbine assessments, and solar farm evaluations. These capabilities enable organizations to enhance operational efficiency, drive digital transformation, and improve productivity across critical infrastructures.

MyCash Online

Venture Round in 2019
MyCash Online is an e-Marketplace specially designed for massive pools of Migrants in Malaysia & Singapore. MyCash Online is offering easy, secure and convenient online services to the foreign workers, who do not have access to online banking or credit cards. With years of experience of working for migrants, we take pride in providing quality & convenient online services 24X7. They are working for making more possible. To provide services to the specific segment of the people, who do not have access to bank or any other financial services. As this is their first such experience, we want to make it memorable. With their years of experience and knowledge on the segment, we have designed wide variety of services, and customized them according to their needs.

MyCash Online

Seed Round in 2019
MyCash Online is an e-Marketplace specially designed for massive pools of Migrants in Malaysia & Singapore. MyCash Online is offering easy, secure and convenient online services to the foreign workers, who do not have access to online banking or credit cards. With years of experience of working for migrants, we take pride in providing quality & convenient online services 24X7. They are working for making more possible. To provide services to the specific segment of the people, who do not have access to bank or any other financial services. As this is their first such experience, we want to make it memorable. With their years of experience and knowledge on the segment, we have designed wide variety of services, and customized them according to their needs.

FoodMarketHub

Seed Round in 2019
We use Big Data and AI to improve restaurant procurement and food cost then we consolidate restaurants required ingredients through supply chain service to lower food cost. Our solution cover restaurant outlet, central kitchen, warehouse until supplier. Food cost, recipe, barcode, procurement, sales, wastage, inventory, variance, tracking, sourcing, supply chain, every aspect you need for restaurant chain backend control, we have it. Service currently available for Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand and Singapore.

AvantCom International

Seed Round in 2019
AvantCom International provides consultancy, training, social media management, marketing, public relations and events services.

Nawah Scientific

Seed Round in 2018
Cutting edge research is available exclusively to those with high tech equipment in their labs. Nawah is a core hub of advanced equipment specialized in natural and medical sciences. Nawah's online platform receives experiments requests, Nawah's scientists carry them out and return results online. Thus, researchers can do much advanced research regardless of their location and available facilities in their labs. In 3 years, we analyzed 10K+ samples for 25 universities and companies in the MENA, Malaysia, UK and Switzerland.

iPrice Group

Corporate Round in 2018
iPrice Group Sdn Bhd operates an e-commerce platform. The company offers electronics, clothing, shoes, bags, watches, jeweler, kids and toys, sports and outdoors, and home and living products. The company also provides products in various categories, such as kitchen and dining, cooling, women’s ethnic wear, skin care, men’s sneakers, strollers and carriers, makeup, backpacks, women’s dresses, accessories, food supplements, hair care, smartphones, LED, cases and covers, men’s shoes, gadgets, women’s heels, sport, fashion watches, travel, headphones, bedroom, casual, beauty and health, medical equipment, and cycling products. It serves clients in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Vietnam. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

HelloGold

Series A in 2018
HelloGold Sdn. Bhd. developer of HelloGold, an application that lets the user to buy and sell gold. It its users to buy very small weightage per purchase at international spot prices. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. HelloGold Sdn. Bhd. operates as a subsidiary of Fair Haven Financial Technologies Pte Ltd.

Naluri Life

Seed Round in 2018
Naluri Life, established in 2017 and based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, provides professional coaching, guidance, and therapy aimed at enhancing mental resilience and helping individuals achieve their life goals. The company offers in-person counseling and therapy sessions conducted by qualified psychologists, alongside a digital program that integrates behavioral science, data science, and digital design. This innovative approach is designed to support clients in attaining a healthier lifestyle in a convenient and affordable manner.

Enlinea

Seed Round in 2018
Enlinea (en línea) literally means online in Spanish language. As the name suggest, Enlinea Sdn Bhd envisions to be Southeast Asia leading online media company. The company positions itself as a young and dynamic team with core business spanning operation ownership of online portals, selling of online framework for very large e-commerce environment; and services on optimizing your digital and social experience.

Nawah Scientific

Convertible Note in 2018
Cutting edge research is available exclusively to those with high tech equipment in their labs. Nawah is a core hub of advanced equipment specialized in natural and medical sciences. Nawah's online platform receives experiments requests, Nawah's scientists carry them out and return results online. Thus, researchers can do much advanced research regardless of their location and available facilities in their labs. In 3 years, we analyzed 10K+ samples for 25 universities and companies in the MENA, Malaysia, UK and Switzerland.

Kaodim Group

Series B in 2017
Kaodim Group is a leading service marketplace in Southeast Asia, headquartered in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. Established in 2014, the company operates platforms in Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, and Indonesia, connecting users with verified service professionals for a variety of tasks. The services offered include plumbing, electrical work, photography, personal training, and more, catering to needs in homes, events, health and fitness, automotive, and office settings. Through its mobile and web applications, Kaodim facilitates the hiring process by providing customized quotations, detailed service provider profiles, and user reviews, ensuring that customers can make informed decisions when selecting a service provider. By linking local communities with trustworthy professionals, Kaodim aims to enhance the overall service experience in the region.

Havson

Seed Round in 2017
Havson is a Cross Reality (XR) technology company specializing in developing new attractions for location-base entertainment (LBE) and vertical market including enforcement training, driver training simulator, education etc. Our mission is to provide turn-key solution, safety and breathtaking experience with fun factors, which allowed Multiplayer Free-roam and interact in between the Real & Virtual World. Enabling the clients to spend less budget on non-recycled physical building structures and more budget on continuously updated digital contents for their repeating users. Havson's VR product EXA Series is available in 7 countries across Asia & Europe. Including HTC Viveland, Capcom Japan, Vader Korea, The Rift Malaysia. Work closely with Nvidia, Unity, HTC Vive, MSI and other technology companies. It's award-winning VR division Dutajaya Media is the winner of Alibaba's CACSC 2016 as Champion in Southeast Asia, Global stage Merit winner. Also won The Best Showcase of Unity's Unite 2017 in Singapore and Siggraph Asia 2017 in Thailand.

Carsome

Series B in 2017
Carsome Sdn Bhd operates an online platform that connects customers with used car dealers across Malaysia and has expanded its services to Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Petaling Jaya, the company streamlines the car-selling process by offering services that encompass inspection, valuation, bidding, payment, and logistics. This comprehensive approach allows individuals and entities to efficiently sell their vehicles directly to dealers through an online bidding portal. By facilitating each step of the transaction, Carsome aims to enhance the overall experience for customers looking to sell their cars.

SwipeRx

Series A in 2017
mClinica develops mobile platforms that strengthen the pharmaceutical supply chain, generate data, improve patient adherence to medication, and build the capacity of the pharmacy workforce. Since 2017, mClinica has connected 150,000 pharmacy professionals and 40,000 pharmacies through a single digital channel. Their users reach approximately 150 million patients each month. mClinica currently operates across Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore with capacity for expansion. Their team is composed of over 120 team members including experts in public health, data science, and pharmacy. mClinica is supported by impact investors like the Global Innovation Fund (backed by USAID, UKAID, DFAT, Swedish Government, and the Omidyar Network) and Patamar Capital (formerly Unitus Impact) as well as other investors from the US, Europe, and Asia. mClinica implements projects both digitally and on the ground to connect the world’s pharmacies and transform global health. mClinica follows a social enterprise business model in which they seek double-bottom line returns – maximizing both financial returns and social impact. mClinica’s rapid growth and success is increasingly recognized. mClinica was the recipient of the Data Driven Apps Award of the World Government Summit in 2019, USAID-FHI360 Data for Resilience Award, Pierre Fabre Foundation Prize for eHealth Innovation, and Hack Osaka. The company has consistently been recognized as one of the most innovative startups in healthcare in Asia Pacific.

WORQ

Seed Round in 2017
WORQ operates and rents a community driven coworking space that involves working collaboratively in a shared working environment in Malaysia. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Bfab

Seed Round in 2016
Bfab, which stands for "Be fabulous," is an online marketplace based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, specializing in beauty and wellness services. The platform allows users to log in for free and easily book appointments for a variety of services, including hair, massage, spa, nail, waxing, and makeup. Bfab features an extensive list of beauty salons, enabling users to discover options in different areas while providing tools for price comparison, as well as the ability to review and rate services. The primary focus of Bfab is to offer ultimate convenience through real-time booking capabilities, making it simpler for users to access the beauty services they desire.

StoreHub

Seed Round in 2016
StoreHub Sdn Bhd develops cloud based point of sale (POS) platform for retailers. The company’s POS systems provide real-time reports, offline protection, and inventory management. The company’s POS systems also handle goods and services tax (GST)/VAT, track buyer activity, customize receipts, and apply discounts and promotions for orders and items. It offers its product to boutiques, food trucks, service, retail, cafe, franchises, and quick service providers. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.

Applecrumby & Fish

Seed Round in 2016
Applecrumby & Fish is an online and offline baby store that offers various brands of baby products available both locally and internationally. The baby products are classified under the categories: bath and skincare, food and health, feeding, baby gear, diapers and potty, playroom, maternity, and school. Putto, Brush Baby, Tommee Tippee, Hot-Kid, Nordic Naturals, Annie’s Organic, Zoli, Munchkin, Avent, Clevamama, Attitude, Potette Plus, The First Years, Renova, Peaceable Kingdom, Mega Bloks, Emma-Jane, MooGoo, Stephen Joseph, and Thinkbaby are some of the brands available in Applecrumby & Fish’s stores. Applecrumby & Fish was founded in 2011 and is based in Selangor, Malaysia.

Carsome

Series A in 2016
Carsome Sdn Bhd operates an online platform that connects customers with used car dealers across Malaysia and has expanded its services to Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Petaling Jaya, the company streamlines the car-selling process by offering services that encompass inspection, valuation, bidding, payment, and logistics. This comprehensive approach allows individuals and entities to efficiently sell their vehicles directly to dealers through an online bidding portal. By facilitating each step of the transaction, Carsome aims to enhance the overall experience for customers looking to sell their cars.

KFit

Series A in 2016
KFit gets you into the best fitness studios, classes and gyms in your city. Get access to unlimited group fitness classes and activities with just one monthly membership. Transform your workouts.Never get bored. Discover new ways to move. Take as many classes per month as you’d like. Try a different studio everyday. It’s time to work out the way you want to.

FoodAdvisor

Seed Round in 2016
FoodAdvisor provides a location-based food recommendation platform. Its area-based food recommendation and discovery platform guides users to restaurants or cafes in their preferred area. Also, its listings are curated via a rating system by local food lovers who visit the domain. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Malaysia.

Bfab

Seed Round in 2016
Bfab, which stands for "Be fabulous," is an online marketplace based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, specializing in beauty and wellness services. The platform allows users to log in for free and easily book appointments for a variety of services, including hair, massage, spa, nail, waxing, and makeup. Bfab features an extensive list of beauty salons, enabling users to discover options in different areas while providing tools for price comparison, as well as the ability to review and rate services. The primary focus of Bfab is to offer ultimate convenience through real-time booking capabilities, making it simpler for users to access the beauty services they desire.

iPrice Group

Seed Round in 2015
iPrice Group Sdn Bhd operates an e-commerce platform. The company offers electronics, clothing, shoes, bags, watches, jeweler, kids and toys, sports and outdoors, and home and living products. The company also provides products in various categories, such as kitchen and dining, cooling, women’s ethnic wear, skin care, men’s sneakers, strollers and carriers, makeup, backpacks, women’s dresses, accessories, food supplements, hair care, smartphones, LED, cases and covers, men’s shoes, gadgets, women’s heels, sport, fashion watches, travel, headphones, bedroom, casual, beauty and health, medical equipment, and cycling products. It serves clients in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Vietnam. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

SUPA

Seed Round in 2015
SUPA's mission is to solve data labeling’s last mile problem - Trust. SUPA helps its users turn unlabeled data to trusted data with a single, easy-to-use data labeling platform for quality insights. SUPA's goal is to continually simplify the data labeling experience and give anyone the opportunity to get their image data labeled and understood – no code required. Through a collaborative feedback loop with SUPA's trained annotators, SUPA helps its users surface label noise and edge cases to make informed iterations.

SUPA

Seed Round in 2015
Supahands Dotcom Sdn Bhd focuses on preparing datasets to train machine learning or AI algorithms for businesses around the world. The company provides image annotation, data transcription, and tagging and categorization solutions. Its solutions are used in social networks, autonomous vehicles, retail and e-commerce, computer vision, geospatial imaging, and optical character recognition industries. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Tableapp

Series A in 2015
TABLEAPP Sdn Bhd is a leading online restaurant reservation platform in Malaysia, founded in 2013 and based in Kuala Lumpur. The company operates a website and mobile application for iOS and Android that allows users to make real-time restaurant reservations with instant confirmation at no cost. TABLEAPP aims to enhance the dining experience by providing features such as a personal assistant, restaurant reviews, and location options to help diners find and reserve tables effortlessly. The platform has gained recognition in various media outlets and is dedicated to supporting restaurants in managing their bookings while enabling diners to discover and secure quality dining experiences. As of October 2020, TABLEAPP functions as a subsidiary of Zoek Inc.

Kaodim Group

Series A in 2015
Kaodim Group is a leading service marketplace in Southeast Asia, headquartered in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. Established in 2014, the company operates platforms in Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, and Indonesia, connecting users with verified service professionals for a variety of tasks. The services offered include plumbing, electrical work, photography, personal training, and more, catering to needs in homes, events, health and fitness, automotive, and office settings. Through its mobile and web applications, Kaodim facilitates the hiring process by providing customized quotations, detailed service provider profiles, and user reviews, ensuring that customers can make informed decisions when selecting a service provider. By linking local communities with trustworthy professionals, Kaodim aims to enhance the overall service experience in the region.

GoGet

Seed Round in 2015
GoGet is an on-demand job platform for businesses and freelancers. The company's mission is to transform the traditional labor market and connect the city to create work. It empowers businesses to grow their operations while saving money, as wells as enabling users to find job opportunities near them, at good rates that match their preferences. .Francesca Chia, Muaz Jema Khan, and Tai Fung Wei Tan headquartered the company in Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur in 2014.

Helpr

Seed Round in 2015
Helpr is a chat-based service that acts as your personal shopper. We help you to get anything you want from your favourite retailers, as long as it's legal. :) Started as SMS personal assistant in 2015, we've made thousands of lives easier by getting whatever our users wanted on demand with no hassle! Think of us like an extra pair of virtual hands that are able to get what you need magically. Real humans deal with your request with present realistic solutions. We google for our users, make phone calls, compare the best rates, digest the reviews and provide you the appropriate recommendations. We saved their valuable time by going through the time-consuming ordering process and offer the best possible solutions. We believed that such service should be easily accessed by everyone, thus we make them available through simple text messages - to get anything you need, anywhere and anytime. Since then, we've decided to focus on personal shopping category to serve our users better at variety of delivery options available. We've launched a new platform called Giftr (giftr.my) in early 2017 which serves as a gifting marketplace connecting gift sellers and gift seekers. Users can chat with our Giftr concierge team to get recommendations for gift as well.

HappyFresh

Series A in 2015
HappyFresh is an online grocery platform operating in Southeast Asia, specifically in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Founded in 2014, it enables customers to shop for a variety of grocery products from local supermarkets with ease. The company employs its own delivery fleet and staff, who are responsible for selecting and delivering fresh groceries directly to consumers' doorsteps. By partnering with established grocery stores, HappyFresh provides a convenient service that allows users to order their essential items efficiently.

CatchThatBus

Seed Round in 2015
Catch That Bus is an online travel agent (OTA) that specialises in bus-related travel in SE Asia. CatchThatBus provides consumers with the ability to browse options and to purchase tickets from a range of trusted operators to over 500 destinations in Malaysia and Singapore.

Carsome

Seed Round in 2015
Carsome Sdn Bhd operates an online platform that connects customers with used car dealers across Malaysia and has expanded its services to Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Petaling Jaya, the company streamlines the car-selling process by offering services that encompass inspection, valuation, bidding, payment, and logistics. This comprehensive approach allows individuals and entities to efficiently sell their vehicles directly to dealers through an online bidding portal. By facilitating each step of the transaction, Carsome aims to enhance the overall experience for customers looking to sell their cars.

KFit

Seed Round in 2015
KFit gets you into the best fitness studios, classes and gyms in your city. Get access to unlimited group fitness classes and activities with just one monthly membership. Transform your workouts.Never get bored. Discover new ways to move. Take as many classes per month as you’d like. Try a different studio everyday. It’s time to work out the way you want to.

Kaodim Group

Seed Round in 2015
Kaodim Group is a leading service marketplace in Southeast Asia, headquartered in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. Established in 2014, the company operates platforms in Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, and Indonesia, connecting users with verified service professionals for a variety of tasks. The services offered include plumbing, electrical work, photography, personal training, and more, catering to needs in homes, events, health and fitness, automotive, and office settings. Through its mobile and web applications, Kaodim facilitates the hiring process by providing customized quotations, detailed service provider profiles, and user reviews, ensuring that customers can make informed decisions when selecting a service provider. By linking local communities with trustworthy professionals, Kaodim aims to enhance the overall service experience in the region.

Shoppr

Seed Round in 2015
Shoppr is a fashion app that finds you items of any style inspired by the outfits of famous trendsetters to the fashionable everyday girl. Shoppr is the easiest way for you to learn how to style and search for the clothes you want to buy all in one place.

IsItUp Dotcom

Seed Round in 2014
IsItUp DotCom was founded in 2014 to address a problem the founders had come across several times in their previous careers. They understood that customers’ time was valuable, so IsItUp developed its flagship solution to make Fixed Asset Management simpler than ever before with a cost-effective and easy-to-use SaaS platform. Fixed Asset Management is now painless. Because IsItUp does all the work for you. After all, technology is supposed to be a help, not a headache. And we’re happy to say that our offices in Malaysia and Singapore are hard at work. So that you don’t have to.

SwipeRx

Seed Round in 2014
mClinica develops mobile platforms that strengthen the pharmaceutical supply chain, generate data, improve patient adherence to medication, and build the capacity of the pharmacy workforce. Since 2017, mClinica has connected 150,000 pharmacy professionals and 40,000 pharmacies through a single digital channel. Their users reach approximately 150 million patients each month. mClinica currently operates across Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore with capacity for expansion. Their team is composed of over 120 team members including experts in public health, data science, and pharmacy. mClinica is supported by impact investors like the Global Innovation Fund (backed by USAID, UKAID, DFAT, Swedish Government, and the Omidyar Network) and Patamar Capital (formerly Unitus Impact) as well as other investors from the US, Europe, and Asia. mClinica implements projects both digitally and on the ground to connect the world’s pharmacies and transform global health. mClinica follows a social enterprise business model in which they seek double-bottom line returns – maximizing both financial returns and social impact. mClinica’s rapid growth and success is increasingly recognized. mClinica was the recipient of the Data Driven Apps Award of the World Government Summit in 2019, USAID-FHI360 Data for Resilience Award, Pierre Fabre Foundation Prize for eHealth Innovation, and Hack Osaka. The company has consistently been recognized as one of the most innovative startups in healthcare in Asia Pacific.

TrustedCompany

Series A in 2014
TrustedCompany.com is an open review community that helps consumers identify trustworthy and reliable online merchants. Our vision is to fix the e-commerce markets in SEA, creating a value adding service for all participants, merchants and users. The unfortunate trust issue between consumers and companies offering online services is what we focus on.

Neuroware.io

Seed Round in 2014
Neuroware.io is a technology company based in Malaysia that specializes in open source software for blockchain applications. Founded in 2014, the company supports organizations and individuals in exploring and implementing distributed ledger technologies. Neuroware.io develops an open source wallet equipped with customizable themes and plugins, providing a framework for blockchain-based applications. Additionally, it offers BrainControl, a wallet compatible with iPhone, Android, and FirefoxOS, available as a WordPress theme and desktop application for Windows and MacOSX. The company also focuses on education and training, raising awareness of blockchain technology through community events across Southeast Asia. Its services encompass projects related to on-chain data storage, decentralized identity and authentication, and public key logistics.

Grab

Series A in 2013
Grab Holdings Inc. is a Singapore-based company that offers a comprehensive mobile technology platform providing various online-to-offline services in Southeast Asia. Founded in 2012 by Anthony Tan and Tan Hooi Lng, Grab operates in several countries, including Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar. The platform includes a wide range of services such as transportation options like GrabTaxi and GrabCar, and delivery services, alongside solutions for financial transactions through Grab Financial Group. This group provides services in payments, rewards, lending, and insurance, and features a user-friendly point-of-sale system for merchants, as well as a mobile wallet for convenient transactions. Grab aims to enhance the quality of life for its users by integrating essential services into a single app.