SourceSage
Seed Round in 2016
SourceSage is a B2B marketplace aggregator founded by Sim Jian Min, who recognized significant inefficiencies in the outsourcing industry while observing his father's business. Established in Singapore in 2015, the company aims to streamline long-tail spending, an area often overlooked in procurement. By leveraging Big Data analytics, SourceSage offers a proprietary platform that allows companies to access millions of e-commerce products and services from various global and local marketplaces, making the purchasing process more efficient and hassle-free for employees. With a presence in ten countries across the Asia-Pacific region, including Malaysia, Vietnam, India, Thailand, Indonesia, China, Australia, and Japan, SourceSage serves clients such as DHL, Certis, and Mitsui, positioning itself as a leader in managed marketplace solutions for businesses seeking to optimize their procurement processes.
Triplynr
Seed Round in 2015
Founded by travel enthusiasts, Triplynr seeks to transform the travel industry by providing a revolutionary platform that enables travellers to explore, plan and share the perfect trip. Triplynr also encompasses a social aspect where travellers are able to share their travel experiences and itineraries, which is in line with the company's mission of connecting travellers around the world. With cross platform support, travellers are empowered with the ability to access and plan itineraries anywhere and everywhere. At Triplynr, we are in constant pursuit to provide travellers with a one stop solution to make trip planning easy.
ProperHands
Seed Round in 2015
ProperHands is a Singapore-based company that specializes in home and office cleaning services. It operates an online platform that intelligently matches customers with freelance cleaners based on various criteria, including location, availability, skills, and specific customer preferences, such as language proficiency and the ability to manage pets. This automated matching process enhances the quality of service for customers while ensuring that freelance cleaners are well-suited for the jobs they undertake. By leveraging advanced technology and data insights, ProperHands facilitates a convenient and reliable cleaning service experience for both customers and freelancers.
Capital Match
Series A in 2015
Capital Match is an online peer-to-peer lending marketplace located in Singapore, focused on providing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Southeast Asia access to affordable working capital. Founded in 2014, the company connects SMEs seeking financing with accredited investors, facilitating direct lending through its automated platform. This platform simplifies the borrowing process by allowing businesses to obtain funds directly from investors while offering the latter the opportunity to earn returns of up to 1% to 2% per month. Capital Match strives to enhance access to debt financing for SMEs, while simultaneously enabling investors to achieve fixed-income returns. It operates as a subsidiary of Capital Match Holdings.
Scrollback
Seed Round in 2014
Scrollback is a Bangalore-based company founded in 2013 that specializes in providing a chat-based community platform designed to foster meaningful conversations within various communities. The platform allows users to create and participate in chat rooms centered around their specific interests, facilitating real-time discussions and offering access to content-rich archives. By integrating Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channels, Scrollback aims to broaden its audience reach, enabling a more accessible and engaging online community experience. The company's focus is on enhancing communication and collaboration among users, thereby redefining how communities connect and share ideas in the digital space.
Lensza
Angel Round in 2014
Lensza is an online retailer based in Southeast Asia, specializing in eyewear accessories and products. Founded in February 2014 in Jakarta, the company has expanded its operations to Singapore and Malaysia. Lensza offers a diverse selection of 350 types of contact lenses and related products from over 25 international brands. By focusing on quality control, Lensza ensures that customers receive reliable eyecare products at affordable prices, catering to a wide range of consumer needs.
Kluje is an online marketplace that connects homeowners with a variety of building contractors, including carpenters, electricians, plumbers, and landscapers. The platform allows contractors to bid on residential and commercial construction jobs, simplifying the process for users seeking reliable professionals for home improvement projects, routine maintenance, and occasional repairs. By facilitating these connections, Kluje aims to save time and money for homeowners while providing contractors with access to a wider range of job opportunities.
Tableapp
Seed Round in 2014
Tableapp is Malaysia's first and leading online restaurant booking platform, offering a user-friendly application that simplifies the process of making restaurant reservations. The service allows diners to secure table bookings with instant confirmation at no cost, enhancing the overall dining experience. By empowering restaurants to grow and manage their operations effectively, Tableapp creates a mutually beneficial environment for both diners and establishments. The platform has garnered recognition in various media outlets, showcasing its impact on the dining landscape in Malaysia.
Travelog
Convertible Note in 2014
Travelog is a media platform dedicated to curating trendy travel destinations across Asia by collaborating with local experts, publications, and brands. The platform features a diverse array of travel articles, interviews, photos, and videos, providing travelers with personalized and relevant content powered by a recommendation engine. Aimed at becoming the leading source for travelers seeking up-to-date information on Asian travel trends, Travelog also offers content marketing services to travel brands, creating customized city guides and recommendations accessible on both mobile and web platforms. The company has garnered recognition from prominent media outlets, reinforcing its commitment to delivering valuable insights into the travel landscape in Asia.
HipFlat
Seed Round in 2013
HipFlat is a real estate search platform designed to simplify the process of buying and selling homes. The company focuses on the Southeast Asian market, which has significant growth potential due to its large population of 600 million people. HipFlat utilizes an automated system to collect and process real estate pricing data from various unstructured sources. This includes information on asking prices, achievable rental yields, and pricing trends. By providing comprehensive data and insights, HipFlat empowers property buyers and renters to conduct thorough research and make informed decisions regarding their real estate transactions.
GoQuo Pte. Ltd. is a company that specializes in providing a comprehensive e-commerce platform tailored for airlines and online travel agencies (OTAs). Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with additional offices in Coimbatore, India, Hanoi, Vietnam, Jakarta, Indonesia, and Istanbul, Turkey, GoQuo offers a solution that allows customers to easily book flights, hotels, car rentals, and travel packages. The platform is designed to enhance the digital shopping experience by aggregating diverse holiday inventory and supporting a range of ancillary travel products, including insurance. GoQuo's cloud-based architecture enables swift adaptation to changing market demands, significantly reducing the time to market for new features compared to traditional systems. The company aims to empower its clients to become successful e-retailers, thereby increasing their ancillary revenue from non-air products.
Nexx Studio
Seed Round in 2013
Nexx Studio is an independent game development and publishing company located in Subang Jaya, Malaysia. Specializing in mobile gaming, Nexx Studio focuses on creating and publishing games for iOS and Android platforms. The company aims to develop engaging gaming experiences that allow users to connect and enjoy gameplay with friends. Through its innovative approach, Nexx Studio contributes to the growing mobile gaming industry by delivering entertaining and interactive content.
Hermo is a cosmetics e-commerce platform based in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, dedicated to providing a wide selection of beauty and skincare products. The platform allows customers to conveniently discover and purchase a variety of personal care items at competitive prices. Hermo aims to enhance users' beauty experiences by offering access to trendy products and facilitating the sharing of beauty tips within its community. Thousands of individuals in Malaysia rely on Hermo for their beauty needs, making it a popular destination for those seeking to improve their appearance through a diverse range of offerings.
EatAds.com
Seed Round in 2012
EatAds.com, operated by EatAds PTE LTD, is an online marketplace that facilitates the buying and selling of outdoor and out-of-home advertising space across Europe and Asia. Founded in 2011 and based in Singapore, the platform serves media owners in numerous countries, including Canada, Greece, India, and the United Kingdom. It streamlines the process of discovering, planning, and purchasing various forms of advertising by providing detailed listings that include pricing, images, location, and audience information. This allows buyers and planners to make offers or counter-offers for the advertising spaces listed by media owners, enhancing the efficiency of outdoor media transactions.
Investopresto
Angel Round in 2012
Investopresto is a next generation investment portal for Indian investors, that makes investing fun, easy and social. It is especially meant for young, tech savvy people and delivers a social experience for users while gamifying several aspects of investing and personalizing a user's experience based on his financial information such as income, constraints and financial goals. Investopresto covers most of the popular asset classes including stocks, fixed deposits, mutual funds and insurance products.
LoveByte
Seed Round in 2012
LoveByte is a mobile application designed specifically for couples, offering a private space for communication and the sharing of meaningful moments. The app enables partners to connect more deeply by allowing them to exchange messages, share photos, and commemorate special occasions in a secure environment. By focusing on enhancing relationships, LoveByte provides users with tools to strengthen their bond and create lasting memories together.
Travelogy
Seed Round in 2012
Travelogy.com is a travel digital media company that operates several online platforms, including TripZilla.com, which focuses on outbound travel, ComeSingapore.com, an inbound travel portal for Singapore, and Nearby.sg, a digital map that provides information about nearby locations in Singapore. The company aims to facilitate travel planning by aggregating essential information for tourists, enabling businesses to connect effectively with inbound visitors. Through its various platforms, Travelogy.com seeks to enhance the travel experience by providing comprehensive resources and destination marketing solutions.
Fashionspace
Series B in 2012
[Fashionspace](http://www.fashionspace.com) is a place to buy, sell and swap independently designed, vintage and 2nd hand fashion. Additionally users can network with other designers, creatives and fashion-lovers. Fashionspace.com is no longer active. The website reads "This site no longer exists"
GameMaki
Seed Round in 2012
GameMaki aims to solve the problem of engagement, which has always been a pertinent issue for companies and brands. A total of $3 billion is spent yearly on social media marketing and yet many do not engage effectively, while 50% of employees feel disengaged at work. GameMaki is a simple gamification platform that allows businesses, marketers and individuals to create challenge-based games to engage their audience with no technical knowledge. Behavior-promoting challenges such as "share creative ideas on how to improve our product offerings" or "take a photo of with our sushi chef to receive a mystery surprise" encourage close engagement and build relationships. Coupled with game-like elements such as recognition, competition, rewards and fun, brands and businesses create meaningful experiences for their audiences that lead to long term benefits. Games may be published across a variety of platforms - web, Facebook widgets as well as iOS and Android devices.
Gametize
Seed Round in 2012
Gametize is a leading enterprise-grade gamification platform designed to enhance community engagement and advocacy through game mechanics. Its versatile and highly customizable solution allows clients to motivate target behaviors for various applications, including employee training, performance management, and consumer marketing. The platform enables users to create white-label web or mobile campaigns in just five minutes, utilizing features such as interactive challenges, automated feedback, competition, and rewards redemption. Users engage in social challenges like trivia or photo submissions, receiving points and badges as feedback, which can be exchanged for various prizes. Recently, Gametize introduced a community-focused Discussions suite and a Digital Credential Management solution. With a proven track record, the platform has served over a million users who have completed more than 20 million challenges, consistently earning high ratings from independent reviewers and peers in the industry.
Save22 is a leading provider of digital marketing and retail advertising services in South East Asia, specializing in omni-channel media marketing. Based in Singapore with an office in the Philippines and a presence in Malaysia, the company focuses on enhancing customer engagement and brand promotion by digitizing in-store promotions. Save22's innovative approach allows retailers to communicate in-store activities across multiple channels consistently, thereby creating a seamless shopping experience for consumers. As a pioneer in the region, Save22 is poised to capitalize on the growing demand for integrated marketing solutions in the retail sector.
Ocision
Angel Round in 2011
Ocision is a holding company based in Selangor, Malaysia, that operates several leading online platforms in the property and automotive sectors. It manages Malaysia's largest room database, ibilik.com, which facilitates listings of room rentals and short-term accommodations. Additionally, Ocision oversees Propwall.com, the country's largest property resources website, providing comprehensive information on real estate options. The company also runs Carsifu.com, a platform dedicated to used car classifieds, connecting buyers and sellers in the automotive market. Through these services, Ocision plays a significant role in enhancing access to rental and property information in Malaysia.
Investopresto
Seed Round in 2011
Investopresto is a next generation investment portal for Indian investors, that makes investing fun, easy and social. It is especially meant for young, tech savvy people and delivers a social experience for users while gamifying several aspects of investing and personalizing a user's experience based on his financial information such as income, constraints and financial goals. Investopresto covers most of the popular asset classes including stocks, fixed deposits, mutual funds and insurance products.