January Capital

January Capital is a venture capital investment firm established in 2012 and based in Singapore. The firm focuses on providing flexible and bespoke capital to exceptional founders in the Asia Pacific region, which includes high-potential markets such as Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, India, Australia, and New Zealand. January Capital aims to support companies operating in software, e-commerce, digitization, internet, and technology sectors, recognizing the unique demands and opportunities within these markets.

Benjamin Dunphy

Co-Founder, Investor and Founding Partner

Jason Edwards

Investor

Simran Hathiramani

Investor

Jonathan Hodson

Investor

Joshua Lim

Investor

Roy Ong

Investor

Past deals in ASEAN

Kargo Technologies

Series A in 2024
Kargo Technologies is an online logistics platform based in Jakarta, Indonesia, founded in 2018. The company operates a freight logistics marketplace that connects shippers in the retail, e-commerce, and commercial sectors with truck fleets across the Indonesian archipelago. Kargo Technologies enables users to digitize freight matching, facilitating real-time transactions and shipment tracking through its website and mobile app. By eliminating intermediaries, the platform empowers shippers, transporters, and truckers to enhance their business networks and increase revenue, thereby improving overall supply chain efficiency.

Cyble

Series B in 2023
Cyble is a cybersecurity firm specializing in cyber intelligence software focused on monitoring dark web activities and cybercrime. Headquartered in Cupertino, California, with additional offices in Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, and India, Cyble offers extensive coverage of adversaries, infrastructure, and vulnerabilities. Its platform automates risk assessment processes and integrates deep web intelligence to enhance visibility into cyber threats and risks. This enables governments and enterprises to receive tailored notifications and alerts regarding potential threats, vulnerabilities, and risks, allowing for timely detection, prioritization, and remediation of security issues. Through its advanced data analysis capabilities and expert insights, Cyble empowers organizations to protect their citizens and infrastructure effectively.

Eezee

Series A in 2022
Eezee Pte Ltd is a Singapore-based company that operates an online business-to-business (B2B) marketplace specializing in industrial hardware and supplies. Founded in 2016, the platform offers a wide range of products, including drills, electrical power testing tools, ladders, office stationery, and workplace safety equipment such as personal protective gear. By connecting accredited suppliers with corporate clients, Eezee streamlines the procurement process, enabling businesses to efficiently find and purchase necessary items with just a few clicks. The marketplace emphasizes a customer-centric approach, allowing for secure transactions that help buyers save time and costs while providing sellers with effective access to their target audience.

ShopBack

Series F in 2022
ShopBack is a leading online shopping platform in Southeast Asia that focuses on enhancing consumer purchasing decisions through cashback and rewards. Operating in several countries including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Taiwan, the company facilitates over 1,000 orders per hour by offering up to 30% cashback on purchases made through its platform. With a portfolio of over 1,300 merchant partners such as Uber, Expedia, and Lazada, ShopBack provides consumers with curated deals while simultaneously delivering effective marketing solutions for its business partners. The company is recognized for its impact in the industry, having received multiple awards, including accolades for Best Start-up and Best Innovative Infocomm Products at the Singapore Infocomm Technology Federation Awards, as well as the Emerging Enterprise Award, highlighting its role in enriching the shopping experience for consumers.

Atato

Series A in 2022
Atato is a digital assets technology company based in Bangkok, Thailand, founded in 2017. The company specializes in developing customized blockchain platforms that enable businesses to connect with blockchain networks and harness the advantages of blockchain technology. Atato focuses on creating next-generation infrastructure for the issuance and management of digital assets. It offers software solutions that facilitate the transfer of value over the Internet and provide advanced data analysis, visualization, and actionable intelligence. These tools help financial institutions interact with blockchain-based businesses while ensuring compliance and safeguarding the integrity of cryptocurrency transactions.

Cyble

Series A in 2022
Cyble is a cybersecurity firm specializing in cyber intelligence software focused on monitoring dark web activities and cybercrime. Headquartered in Cupertino, California, with additional offices in Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, and India, Cyble offers extensive coverage of adversaries, infrastructure, and vulnerabilities. Its platform automates risk assessment processes and integrates deep web intelligence to enhance visibility into cyber threats and risks. This enables governments and enterprises to receive tailored notifications and alerts regarding potential threats, vulnerabilities, and risks, allowing for timely detection, prioritization, and remediation of security issues. Through its advanced data analysis capabilities and expert insights, Cyble empowers organizations to protect their citizens and infrastructure effectively.

Cialfo

Series B in 2022
Cialfo is an AI-driven platform designed to streamline the college and career counseling process for students, counselors, parents, and college representatives. The platform assists independent college counselors, private organizations, and high schools in managing applications to boarding schools and undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Cialfo aims to enhance the overseas college application experience by automating workflows, improving engagement among students and parents, and facilitating collaboration among teams. With a mission to make higher education accessible to 100 million students by 2025, Cialfo operates offices in Washington D.C., Singapore, Shanghai, and New Delhi.

GajiGesa

Seed Round in 2021
GajiGesa, founded in 2020 and headquartered in Jakarta, is a fintech company focused on enhancing financial wellness for employees in Indonesia. The company offers a robust financial wellness platform that provides earned wage access, financial education, and management tools designed to improve the financial health of users. By partnering with over 60 employers and serving tens of thousands of employees, GajiGesa aims to alleviate financial stress and reduce reliance on informal lenders. Its innovative app promotes financial independence among workers, particularly those with micro-businesses, and addresses common financial challenges such as health-related expenses. In addition, GajiGesa introduced GajiTim, an employee management application for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) that streamlines income tracking and salary calculation, attracting over 50,000 active users since its launch. The company has experienced significant growth and continues to establish itself as a leading financial partner for employers, enhancing employee productivity, engagement, and retention.

Desty

Seed Round in 2021
Desty is a digital platform founded in 2020 and based in Jakarta, Indonesia, that facilitates e-commerce for creators, influencers, and merchants. It provides a comprehensive solution that allows users to build a personalized online destination where they can promote and sell their products. The platform enables individuals and brands to create unique landing pages featuring links, videos, and photos, thereby simplifying the process of establishing an online store. With a focus on enhancing the online commerce experience, Desty supports both independent sellers and larger brands in optimizing their sales performance within the social commerce landscape.

ShopBack

Series E in 2021
ShopBack is a leading online shopping platform in Southeast Asia that focuses on enhancing consumer purchasing decisions through cashback and rewards. Operating in several countries including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Taiwan, the company facilitates over 1,000 orders per hour by offering up to 30% cashback on purchases made through its platform. With a portfolio of over 1,300 merchant partners such as Uber, Expedia, and Lazada, ShopBack provides consumers with curated deals while simultaneously delivering effective marketing solutions for its business partners. The company is recognized for its impact in the industry, having received multiple awards, including accolades for Best Start-up and Best Innovative Infocomm Products at the Singapore Infocomm Technology Federation Awards, as well as the Emerging Enterprise Award, highlighting its role in enriching the shopping experience for consumers.

Desty

Seed Round in 2021
Desty is a digital platform founded in 2020 and based in Jakarta, Indonesia, that facilitates e-commerce for creators, influencers, and merchants. It provides a comprehensive solution that allows users to build a personalized online destination where they can promote and sell their products. The platform enables individuals and brands to create unique landing pages featuring links, videos, and photos, thereby simplifying the process of establishing an online store. With a focus on enhancing the online commerce experience, Desty supports both independent sellers and larger brands in optimizing their sales performance within the social commerce landscape.

Eezee

Seed Round in 2021
Eezee Pte Ltd is a Singapore-based company that operates an online business-to-business (B2B) marketplace specializing in industrial hardware and supplies. Founded in 2016, the platform offers a wide range of products, including drills, electrical power testing tools, ladders, office stationery, and workplace safety equipment such as personal protective gear. By connecting accredited suppliers with corporate clients, Eezee streamlines the procurement process, enabling businesses to efficiently find and purchase necessary items with just a few clicks. The marketplace emphasizes a customer-centric approach, allowing for secure transactions that help buyers save time and costs while providing sellers with effective access to their target audience.

Lummo

Series B in 2021
Lummo empower entrepreneurs and brands in SEA to accelerate their growth and to serve their customers by giving them the best technology.

Cyble

Seed Round in 2021
Cyble is a cybersecurity firm specializing in cyber intelligence software focused on monitoring dark web activities and cybercrime. Headquartered in Cupertino, California, with additional offices in Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, and India, Cyble offers extensive coverage of adversaries, infrastructure, and vulnerabilities. Its platform automates risk assessment processes and integrates deep web intelligence to enhance visibility into cyber threats and risks. This enables governments and enterprises to receive tailored notifications and alerts regarding potential threats, vulnerabilities, and risks, allowing for timely detection, prioritization, and remediation of security issues. Through its advanced data analysis capabilities and expert insights, Cyble empowers organizations to protect their citizens and infrastructure effectively.

Cialfo

Series A in 2021
Cialfo is an AI-driven platform designed to streamline the college and career counseling process for students, counselors, parents, and college representatives. The platform assists independent college counselors, private organizations, and high schools in managing applications to boarding schools and undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Cialfo aims to enhance the overseas college application experience by automating workflows, improving engagement among students and parents, and facilitating collaboration among teams. With a mission to make higher education accessible to 100 million students by 2025, Cialfo operates offices in Washington D.C., Singapore, Shanghai, and New Delhi.

Bukukas

Series A in 2021
BukuKas is a neo-banking venture focused on integrating unbanked individuals in Southeast Asia into the financial ecosystem. Initially launched in Indonesia, the BukuKas app aims to support micro and small enterprises by digitizing traditional bookkeeping methods. The application allows business owners to easily record sales, expenses, and cash transactions using their smartphones. By simplifying cash management, BukuKas helps these enterprises enhance their profitability. Additionally, the app offers features such as transaction management, money transfer without bank fees, performance monitoring, automatic financial report generation, and stock management. Through these services, BukuKas seeks to improve cash flow management for small businesses in the region.

Bukukas

Series A in 2021
BukuKas is a neo-banking venture focused on integrating unbanked individuals in Southeast Asia into the financial ecosystem. Initially launched in Indonesia, the BukuKas app aims to support micro and small enterprises by digitizing traditional bookkeeping methods. The application allows business owners to easily record sales, expenses, and cash transactions using their smartphones. By simplifying cash management, BukuKas helps these enterprises enhance their profitability. Additionally, the app offers features such as transaction management, money transfer without bank fees, performance monitoring, automatic financial report generation, and stock management. Through these services, BukuKas seeks to improve cash flow management for small businesses in the region.

Bukukas

Seed Round in 2020
BukuKas is a neo-banking venture focused on integrating unbanked individuals in Southeast Asia into the financial ecosystem. Initially launched in Indonesia, the BukuKas app aims to support micro and small enterprises by digitizing traditional bookkeeping methods. The application allows business owners to easily record sales, expenses, and cash transactions using their smartphones. By simplifying cash management, BukuKas helps these enterprises enhance their profitability. Additionally, the app offers features such as transaction management, money transfer without bank fees, performance monitoring, automatic financial report generation, and stock management. Through these services, BukuKas seeks to improve cash flow management for small businesses in the region.

EMQ

Series B in 2020
EMQ Limited is a financial technology company founded in 2014 and headquartered in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, with additional offices in Taiwan and China. The company focuses on developing a comprehensive financial network across Asia, primarily targeting remittance services. EMQ partners with financial institutions and strategic partners in various countries, including Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines, to facilitate and settle cross-border remittances. The company operates a settlement network designed to offer affordable, efficient, and transparent financial services, ensuring that users can conduct cross-border transactions in a streamlined and secure manner. EMQ holds licenses from relevant authorities in Hong Kong and Indonesia, which allows it to operate as a Money Service Operator and Fund Transfer Operator, respectively.

Kargo Technologies

Series A in 2020
Kargo Technologies is an online logistics platform based in Jakarta, Indonesia, founded in 2018. The company operates a freight logistics marketplace that connects shippers in the retail, e-commerce, and commercial sectors with truck fleets across the Indonesian archipelago. Kargo Technologies enables users to digitize freight matching, facilitating real-time transactions and shipment tracking through its website and mobile app. By eliminating intermediaries, the platform empowers shippers, transporters, and truckers to enhance their business networks and increase revenue, thereby improving overall supply chain efficiency.

aCommerce

Series C in 2019
aCommerce Co., Ltd., established in 2013, is a Bangkok-based company that specializes in providing comprehensive e-commerce solutions for brands and retailers across Southeast Asia, including Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Singapore. The company offers a wide range of services, from performance marketing and channel management to platform design, payment gateways, order fulfillment, delivery, and customer service. aCommerce caters to various sectors such as health and beauty, fashion, electronics, and technology, and has a strategic partnership with DKSH Group.

ShopBack

Series B in 2019
ShopBack is a leading online shopping platform in Southeast Asia that focuses on enhancing consumer purchasing decisions through cashback and rewards. Operating in several countries including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Taiwan, the company facilitates over 1,000 orders per hour by offering up to 30% cashback on purchases made through its platform. With a portfolio of over 1,300 merchant partners such as Uber, Expedia, and Lazada, ShopBack provides consumers with curated deals while simultaneously delivering effective marketing solutions for its business partners. The company is recognized for its impact in the industry, having received multiple awards, including accolades for Best Start-up and Best Innovative Infocomm Products at the Singapore Infocomm Technology Federation Awards, as well as the Emerging Enterprise Award, highlighting its role in enriching the shopping experience for consumers.

Akulaku

Series C in 2018
Akulaku Inc. is a prominent banking and digital finance platform headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia, founded in 2016. It operates across Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia, focusing on meeting the financial needs of underserved customers in emerging markets. The company provides a variety of services, including digital banking, financing, investment, and insurance brokerage. Its offerings feature a virtual credit card, an e-commerce platform, and Asetku, an online wealth management service. Additionally, Akulaku has launched Neobank, a mobile digital bank supported by Bank Neo Commerce. The company aims to serve 50 million users in Southeast Asia by 2025, facilitating a range of financial transactions, from mobile top-ups to installment shopping, thereby enhancing the shopping experience for its users.

aCommerce

Series B in 2017
aCommerce Co., Ltd., established in 2013, is a Bangkok-based company that specializes in providing comprehensive e-commerce solutions for brands and retailers across Southeast Asia, including Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Singapore. The company offers a wide range of services, from performance marketing and channel management to platform design, payment gateways, order fulfillment, delivery, and customer service. aCommerce caters to various sectors such as health and beauty, fashion, electronics, and technology, and has a strategic partnership with DKSH Group.

ShopBack

Series A in 2017
ShopBack is a leading online shopping platform in Southeast Asia that focuses on enhancing consumer purchasing decisions through cashback and rewards. Operating in several countries including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Taiwan, the company facilitates over 1,000 orders per hour by offering up to 30% cashback on purchases made through its platform. With a portfolio of over 1,300 merchant partners such as Uber, Expedia, and Lazada, ShopBack provides consumers with curated deals while simultaneously delivering effective marketing solutions for its business partners. The company is recognized for its impact in the industry, having received multiple awards, including accolades for Best Start-up and Best Innovative Infocomm Products at the Singapore Infocomm Technology Federation Awards, as well as the Emerging Enterprise Award, highlighting its role in enriching the shopping experience for consumers.

aCommerce

Venture Round in 2016
aCommerce Co., Ltd., established in 2013, is a Bangkok-based company that specializes in providing comprehensive e-commerce solutions for brands and retailers across Southeast Asia, including Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Singapore. The company offers a wide range of services, from performance marketing and channel management to platform design, payment gateways, order fulfillment, delivery, and customer service. aCommerce caters to various sectors such as health and beauty, fashion, electronics, and technology, and has a strategic partnership with DKSH Group.

Vinomofo

Series A in 2016
Vinomofo is an innovative online wine store that aims to transform the wine purchasing experience. Founded in 2011 by André Eikmeier and Justin Dry in Adelaide, the company has grown significantly, boasting a community of over 400,000 wine enthusiasts and employing more than 100 staff members. Vinomofo provides a platform that allows users to purchase and recommend boutique wines, making it convenient for wine lovers to buy online without the need to visit a physical store. Recognized as one of Australia’s fastest-growing companies, Vinomofo has received numerous accolades, including the Online Retailer of the Year award in 2015. In 2016, the company expanded its reach by entering six new international markets, including New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, the United States, and China.

aCommerce

Venture Round in 2015
aCommerce Co., Ltd., established in 2013, is a Bangkok-based company that specializes in providing comprehensive e-commerce solutions for brands and retailers across Southeast Asia, including Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Singapore. The company offers a wide range of services, from performance marketing and channel management to platform design, payment gateways, order fulfillment, delivery, and customer service. aCommerce caters to various sectors such as health and beauty, fashion, electronics, and technology, and has a strategic partnership with DKSH Group.
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