Gobi Partners

Gobi Fund II, established in 2008 and managed by Gobi Partners, is a venture capital fund based in Beijing, China, focused on early-stage investments in the software and technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) sectors across Asia. Gobi Partners, founded in 2002, has become one of the leading early-stage investors in IT within China and Southeast Asia, managing a total of 11 funds and operating nine offices in various countries including Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. The firm emphasizes investment in tech-related companies that demonstrate strong core competencies, thereby aiming to remain at the forefront of innovation in the rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Paul Ark

Partner and Head of ESG

Dan Chong

Managing Partner

Filippo Huang

CFO

Naiel Ikram

Partner

Don Jiang

Partner

Kay-Mok Ku

Managing Partner

Jong Lee

Partner

Jonathan Li

Principal

Leo Liu

Venture Partner

Vincent Low

Managing Director

Arya Masagung

Venture Partner

Renee Pan

Managing Director

Chibo Tang

Managing Partner

Lawrence Tse

General Partner

Soo Wei

Partner and Chairman of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)

Charlie Xu

Venture Executive

Cindy Zhang

Investor

Wei Zhang

Managing Director

Michael Zhu

Partner

Arya Putra Ketut Masagung

Venture Partner

Past deals in Singapore

Ora

Series A in 2023
ORA specializes in direct-to-patient healthcare transformation. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Singapore.

Crowdo

Series B in 2022
Crowdo is a regional fintech startup that specializes in providing a comprehensive range of crowdfunding solutions, including equity crowdfunding and peer-to-peer lending. Recognized as one of the largest and fastest-growing platforms in the region, Crowdo operates in Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia. As an industry pioneer, it was among the first to receive regulatory approval and offers a full portfolio of debt and equity options for its clients. The company aims to facilitate capital raising for startups and small to medium-sized businesses, enabling them to secure funds tailored to their specific needs through its innovative online marketplace.

Carsome

Series D in 2021
Carsome Sdn Bhd is an online platform that facilitates the sale of used cars by connecting customers with dealers across Malaysia and beyond. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Petaling Jaya, the company offers a comprehensive suite of services that streamline the car-selling process, including vehicle inspection, valuation, bidding, payment, and logistics. Customers can sell their vehicles quickly and efficiently, often within a day, without incurring any fees. In addition to its core selling platform, Carsome also provides curated options for buyers seeking pre-owned vehicles. The company has expanded its operations to include markets in Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore, enhancing its regional presence and accessibility.

Wapi Pay

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Wapi Pay is a financial technology company that provides a payments gateway facilitating digital transactions between Africa and Asia through mobile money and bank accounts. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, with additional offices in Africa, Singapore, and Beijing, Wapi Pay offers platform-to-platform integrations, global accounts, and virtual wallets. The company enables organizations to process bulk payments across multiple mobile platforms, catering to needs such as salary disbursement and business purchases. Wapi Pay's services are designed to be faster and more cost-effective than traditional telegraphic transfers, allowing customers to choose various payment methods, including bank-to-bank and wallet-to-wallet transfers. Its proprietary infrastructure ensures instant liquidity and compliance, with transaction completion guaranteed within 24 hours. The platform supports mass payments for corporate clients, merchant transactions for small and medium-sized enterprises, and peer-to-peer payments, positioning itself as a leading financial solution for cross-border payments.

Dash Living

Series A in 2021
Dash Living is the new generation of rental solutions in Asia for urban professionals. Through our coliving, serviced apartment, hotel & home-sharing products, our mission is to create a global accommodation community through sharing economies and tech, empowering today's hyper-mobile, tech-savvy millennials to live in the most expensive cities in the world. Dash offers panoramic, all-inclusive rental options across over 1,000 units that we manage. Our products enable you to thrive in busy cities like Hong Kong & Singapore - from daily stays with Dash Hotels, local experiences in shared homes with Dashare, or short to long term stays in serviced apartments with Dash Suites or the community living with Dash Coliving.

Carsome

Series C in 2019
Carsome Sdn Bhd is an online platform that facilitates the sale of used cars by connecting customers with dealers across Malaysia and beyond. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Petaling Jaya, the company offers a comprehensive suite of services that streamline the car-selling process, including vehicle inspection, valuation, bidding, payment, and logistics. Customers can sell their vehicles quickly and efficiently, often within a day, without incurring any fees. In addition to its core selling platform, Carsome also provides curated options for buyers seeking pre-owned vehicles. The company has expanded its operations to include markets in Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore, enhancing its regional presence and accessibility.

Workmate

Series A in 2019
Helpster PTE Limited owns and operates an on-demand staffing platform for workers and businesses. The company’s platform workmate helps employers to find temporary and permanent staff, including long and short term hires, and part time and full time positions; and connects people with businesses. It assists companies to find staff in the areas of food and beverage, warehouse and logistics, hospitality, customer services, cleaning, retail, data entry, and events. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Bangkok, Thailand with additional offices in Indonesia and Singapore.

ViSenze

Series C in 2019
ViSenze Pte. Ltd. is an artificial intelligence company specializing in visual technology software tailored for e-commerce and digital businesses. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Singapore, with additional offices in San Francisco, London, New Delhi, and Beijing, the company offers ViSearch, a cloud-based tool that enables users to identify and search for images and products. Leveraging advancements in machine learning and computer vision, ViSenze provides solutions that allow online shoppers to find visually similar items through user-uploaded images or during their browsing experience on e-commerce platforms. The company's offerings extend to software development kits (SDKs) and a dashboard user interface for organizing search results, making their technology adaptable for web, mobile, and social media environments. ViSenze originated as a spin-off from NExT, a prominent research center established by the National University of Singapore and Tsinghua University. It has received investments from notable firms such as Rakuten Ventures, Walden International, and UOB Venture Management.

DeepBrain Chain

Corporate Round in 2018
The DeepBrain Chain is also a secure data trading platform that allows both parties to not worry about data leakage or reselling. Blockchain technology is used to realize the explicit separation of data ownership and data usage rights. Thus, the value of data will be promoted greatly.

Beam

Seed Round in 2018
Beam Mobility Holdings Pte. Ltd. is a micro-mobility company that offers electric scooters for rent through a user-friendly mobile application. Established in 2018 and based in Singapore, Beam aims to enhance urban mobility by providing a network of shared e-scooters that can be easily accessed on a pay-per-use basis. The company promotes responsible parking by incentivizing users to return scooters to designated parking spots, thereby minimizing clutter on city streets. By leveraging Internet of Things technology, Beam contributes to improved last-mile connectivity, helps alleviate traffic congestion, and supports environmental sustainability efforts.

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.

Carsome

Series B in 2018
Carsome Sdn Bhd is an online platform that facilitates the sale of used cars by connecting customers with dealers across Malaysia and beyond. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Petaling Jaya, the company offers a comprehensive suite of services that streamline the car-selling process, including vehicle inspection, valuation, bidding, payment, and logistics. Customers can sell their vehicles quickly and efficiently, often within a day, without incurring any fees. In addition to its core selling platform, Carsome also provides curated options for buyers seeking pre-owned vehicles. The company has expanded its operations to include markets in Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore, enhancing its regional presence and accessibility.

Sorabel

Series B in 2017
Sorabel is a rapid-growing startup who breathes data and technology in its core business. Sorabel gives access to affordable, high-quality clothes to everyone who needs it. You can't live without clothing and the fashion industry is crooked and elitist. They sell clothes for 5-10 times of its manufacturing price and offer bogus discounts at their whim. They cater only to the fortunately privileged and abandon the working class and the underprivileged. Sale Stock's team members hail from Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, Duke, Purdue, UCLA, NTU, NUS, Imperial College London and ANU Graduates with top company background such as NASA, Google, Palantir, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Yahoo!, Sony, IBM, Microsoft, Citibank, McKinsey & Company and Accenture. Our offices are located in several different cities in Jakarta, Tangerang, Yogyakarta, Bandung, Bali, and Singapore.

Carsome

Series B in 2017
Carsome Sdn Bhd is an online platform that facilitates the sale of used cars by connecting customers with dealers across Malaysia and beyond. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Petaling Jaya, the company offers a comprehensive suite of services that streamline the car-selling process, including vehicle inspection, valuation, bidding, payment, and logistics. Customers can sell their vehicles quickly and efficiently, often within a day, without incurring any fees. In addition to its core selling platform, Carsome also provides curated options for buyers seeking pre-owned vehicles. The company has expanded its operations to include markets in Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore, enhancing its regional presence and accessibility.

iPrice Group

Series A in 2016
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.

IsItUp

Seed Round in 2016
IsItUp DotCom Pte Ltd. specializes in developing cloud-based asset management solutions that assist businesses in tracking and managing fixed assets such as computers, furniture, and software. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Singapore with an additional office in Kuala Lumpur, the company provides a user-friendly platform that allows enterprises to monitor their assets through a web interface and mobile applications for iOS and Android. The platform supports organized digital audit trails and offers features for data entry and user access control. IsItUp also provides onsite onboarding services to facilitate the transition to its system, including tagging, sorting licenses, and uploading asset information. This comprehensive approach simplifies Fixed Asset Management, making it more efficient for organizations by alleviating administrative burdens.

Glints

Series A in 2016
Glints Intern Pte Ltd is a Singapore-based online platform that facilitates internship and graduate job opportunities. Established in 2013, Glints connects young professionals with potential employers by enabling companies to post job listings, review applications, and schedule interviews. The platform covers a wide range of sectors, including administrative, consulting, finance, engineering, and design. Glints aims to bridge the gap between education and employment by helping youth identify the skills needed for various careers. It matches them with suitable jobs, internships, and courses, thereby allowing young individuals to discover their interests and develop relevant skills. This approach not only assists job seekers in finding opportunities but also helps employers attract the right talent more effectively.

Nuren Group

Series A in 2016
Nuren Group is South East Asia leading female platform, focusing on motherhood. Our community consist of 2,000 baby brands and 2.5 million active moms across 3 countries. Founded in September 2013, we currently have 70+ employees in Malaysia. Singapore & Thailand. More about us: https://www.nurengroup.com. REGIONAL PLATFORM [Malaysia Site] --> https://www.motherhood.com.my [Thailand Site] --> https://www.motherhood.co.th [Singapore Site] --> https://www.mamahood.com.sg

Nuren Malaysia (Enlinea Sdn Bhd)

Funding Round in 2016
Wedding.com.my aggregates wedding related contents and bridge between wedding service providers and to-be-wed couples. Their visual search engine allows female audiences to search ideas, discover inspirations & convert into actual purchasing via social commerce. They target female audiences who are internet savvy and spend online. 80% of their member base are Malaysian female age 18-40. They capture them as early as their dating & wedding stage, then retain / guide them through their important life stages of motherhood, family & lifestyle. Since launch in Sep-2013, they have achieved good traction. As of Jan-2016, they have acquired 1500 vendors, 300K couples getting married and ranked category leader in Malaysia & Singapore.

Triip

Seed Round in 2016
Triip Pte. Ltd., founded in 2013 and based in Hanoi, Vietnam, operates an online platform that connects travelers with local experience creators. The platform allows users to search for and book unique trips and tours in 227 countries, featuring over one million hotel rooms and 6,000 local tours. TriipMiles, the company's travel token, facilitates the booking process by leveraging blockchain technology, specifically through smart contracts on the Ethereum network. This decentralized approach simplifies transactions for travelers, enabling them to book accommodations and receive rebates directly. Triip aims to enhance travel experiences by providing easy access to local activities and insights, while also addressing the challenges of traditional banking and currency exchange.

Aptoide

Series A in 2016
Aptoide S.A. is a marketplace for Android applications that enables users to browse and install software from multiple stores. Founded in 2011 and based in Lisbon, Portugal, with additional offices in Shenzhen and Singapore, Aptoide provides various tools including the Aptoide client for managing downloads and updates, the Aptoide uploader for developers to upload their applications, and the Aptoide backup application for safeguarding app data. The company also offers a web server to host Aptoide repositories. Aptoide partners with developers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), telecommunications companies, and enterprises, allowing them to create and manage their own Android stores and distribute their applications. While an open-source version of the client is available, Aptoide enhances its services with customization and branding options. The platform boasts over 1.5 million daily active users, reflecting its strong growth and user engagement in the Android ecosystem.

Orange Interaction

Seed Round in 2015
Beijing Orange Interaction Network Technology Co., Ltd. develops software for restaurant, fast food stores, and food courts. The company offers inventory management with sales and inventory forecasts, data analysis, CRM system, kitchen management, store front management, and sales and marketing system. It also offers trend analysis, historical comparison, sales ranking, and classification. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Beijing, China with additional offices in Singapore and Hong Kong.

Corous360

Venture Round in 2012
Corous360 is the leading independent games cloud service provider in Southeast Asia and offers an integrated suite of end-to-end services to enable game developers, publishers and gamers to converge on a common platform and interact in a single community.

Cloudpic Global

Venture Round in 2011
Cloudpic Global, Inc. provides Droplet software that produces digital content with artists. Its software allows non-technical artists to start projects and collaborate with friends, as well as enables digital artists and producers to create borderless studios. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Cupertino, California.
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