K3 Ventures

K3 Ventures is a Singapore-based venture capital firm that invests in technology start-ups with talented founders and vision to develop and transform Southeast Asia. In partnering with K3 Ventures, companies leverage from their exclusive bamboo network that enables strategic opportunities to scale Southeast Asia with pilot projects and by championing adoption that establishes as part of their use case portfolio. The wave of digital disruption on traditional businesses is inevitable and a necessary evil for progress. Yet technology startups often face obstacles from incumbent businesses and other stakeholders that can halt their growth. K3 Ventures bridge technology startups and incumbent businesses to create an ecosystem of collaboration and foundation for creation of new market leaders.

Zheng Xiang Chan

Investment Associate

Meng Xiong Kuok

Founder and Managing Partner

Past deals in ASEAN

Gokomodo

Series A in 2022
Gokomodo is a supply Chain Platform and Services for Agribusiness and Commodities.

SolanaFM

Seed Round in 2022
SolanaFM is a blockchain indexing and analytical services provider that focuses on efficiently gathering and processing data. Its platform offers tools designed to explore various aspects of blockchain transactions, blocks, accounts, and token data. By facilitating quick access to and analysis of blockchain information, SolanaFM enables clients to better understand and engage with the blockchain ecosystem.

Merkle Science

Series A in 2022
They are a group of passionate individuals from Paypal, Luno, Bank of America, Instamojo who believe in the promise of decentralized and trustless commerce.

Intellect

Series A in 2022
Intellect Company Pte. Ltd., established in 2019 and headquartered in Singapore, offers digital therapy programs designed to help users improve their traits, habits, and behaviors. The platform features psychological training initiatives developed by a team of leading psychologists and behavioral experts, aiming to provide accessible mental health support through technology.

AgriAku

Series A in 2022
AgriAku is a technology-based local agribusiness company that enables traders & farm shop owners to get saprotan(agriculture production facilities) at affordable prices through it's apps - Agroaku Mitra app, and Agroaku Hub app. AgriAku offers full-stack agriculture services for small and medium-sized businesses and farmers. AgriAku offers complete agricultural equipment such as seeds, fertilizers, agrochemicals to agro equipment.

BandLab

Series B in 2022
BandLab is a free, all-in-one (iOS, Android and web), cloud-based social platform that simplifies the process of making music. Its global community of musicians and fans work to create and collaborate on music, which can be shared across the global community. BandLab is part of BandLab Technologies, a connected ecosystem of brands covering musical instruments and accessories, web/mobile/social applications and commerce. The company's collective expertise in software and hardware development—combined with an ability to connect directly with consumers through both digital and physical touchpoints—puts it in a unique position to shape the future of music.

Novelship

Series A in 2022
Novelship Pte Ltd is an online marketplace based in Singapore that specializes in the buying and selling of authentic, limited-edition sneakers, streetwear, and collectibles. Founded in 2016, the platform caters primarily to users in the Asia-Pacific region, offering a wide selection from exclusive brands such as Air Jordan, Yeezy, Supreme, and others. Novelship guarantees that every item sold on its platform is 100% authentic, ensuring a trustworthy shopping experience for both buyers and sellers. In addition to sneakers, the platform also features t-shirts and various accessories, making it a comprehensive destination for street fashion enthusiasts.

Modalku

Series C in 2022
Modalku is an online marketplace based in Jakarta, Indonesia for small businesses to acquire loans and for lenders to fund small business loans to earn compelling returns. Its technology-based approach enables borrowers to receive loans for the first time or at lower than market rates, while lenders will earn returns well above that of bank deposits, traditional fixed income products, and life insurance investment-linked products. This marketplace lending model is proven in countries such as USA, UK, China & Singapore.

Next Gen Foods

Series A in 2022
Next Gen Foods is a food-tech startup that offers plant-based meats products. We use plants to create a delicious and satisfying meat experience that will make you forget animal meat even exists.

Funding Societies

Series C in 2022
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.

Moladin

Series A in 2022
PT Moladin Digital Indonesia is an online retailer based in Jakarta, Indonesia, specializing in automobiles and automotive parts. Established in 2017, the company offers a platform for consumers to access information about motorcycles and bikes, facilitating online purchases. Moladin collaborates with more than 40 dealers and several major financing companies, allowing customers to explore various options and discounts on their purchases. In addition to vehicles, the company retails spare parts, apparel, wheels, batteries, and spark plugs, aiming to enhance the overall shopping experience for automotive enthusiasts.

WIZ.AI

Series A in 2022
WIZ is a fast growing startup deploying cutting edge conversational voice AI technology into large corporations throughout Southeast Asia. Backed by globally leading venture capital funds, we are rapidly expanding our humanistic AI conversational solutions across industries. With offices in Singapore, Nanjing and Jakarta, our diverse team of scientists, researchers, linguists, dialogue designers have cross-functional expertise, and are constantly pushing the boundaries of humanistic AI conversation for ASEAN languages.

BandLab

Series B in 2021
BandLab is a free, all-in-one (iOS, Android and web), cloud-based social platform that simplifies the process of making music. Its global community of musicians and fans work to create and collaborate on music, which can be shared across the global community. BandLab is part of BandLab Technologies, a connected ecosystem of brands covering musical instruments and accessories, web/mobile/social applications and commerce. The company's collective expertise in software and hardware development—combined with an ability to connect directly with consumers through both digital and physical touchpoints—puts it in a unique position to shape the future of music.

SaladStop!

Series B in 2021
SaladStop! is a pioneer in the healthy food movement in Singapore and aims to serve the best tasting and most nutritious salads, wraps and grain bowls. SaladStop! currently operates 23 outlets in Singapore and Manila and quickly approaching their vision of becoming the world’s leading nutrition, health and wellness company, expanding to Indonesia and Japan later this year.

Qapita

Series A in 2021
Qapita Fintech Pte. Ltd. is a Singapore-based company that specializes in equity and transaction management for private companies and startups. Its primary offering is QapMap, a platform designed to facilitate the management of capitalization tables, equity ownership, and employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs). Additionally, Qapita provides QapMatch Solutions, which aid in networking and structuring deals. The company caters to a diverse clientele, including private enterprises, legal counsels, employees, financial advisors, chartered accountants, and investors. Founded in 2019, Qapita also maintains an office in Hyderabad, India.

T-Lab

Seed Round in 2021
T-Lab is an AI-driven international Chinese language learning platform. It offers a live course is a comprehensive study program that covers the four key teaching areas of Phonetics, Word Recognition, Contextual Understanding, and Humanities.

Dagangan

Series A in 2021
Dagangan is an online demand aggregation platform that focuses on connecting rural entrepreneurs with consumers. By providing an ordering system and delivery service, it aims to digitize businesses in rural areas, offering access to essential products and services. The platform utilizes a hub-and-spoke distribution model, allowing rural consumers to purchase daily necessities at affordable prices from a network of local producers. This approach not only facilitates the sale of local products but also addresses production and accessibility challenges, ensuring households can receive their needs with greater ease and reduced costs. Established in Singapore, Dagangan emphasizes the importance of community and leverages social networks to enhance the reach and efficiency of local businesses.

Momos

Seed Round in 2021
Momos is a company focused on enhancing the operational capabilities of restaurants through a comprehensive engagement platform. It provides cloud-based marketing and analytics tools that empower restaurants to manage their digital presence effectively. By utilizing AI-powered automation, Momos addresses key challenges faced by modern eateries, such as digital marketing management, reputation management, content management, and data analytics. This enables restaurants to analyze their performance across various online channels, ultimately helping them maximize revenue and foster growth. By modernizing the food and beverage industry, Momos supports restaurants in adapting to the digital landscape and improving their overall business strategies.

Next Gen Foods

Seed Round in 2021
Next Gen Foods is a food-tech startup that offers plant-based meats products. We use plants to create a delicious and satisfying meat experience that will make you forget animal meat even exists.

Esco Lifesciences

Series A in 2021
Esco Lifesciences Group provides enabling technologies, products, and services for the life sciences and healthcare industries, supporting academic research and scientific discoveries, clinical practice, as well as biopharmaceutical R&D and manufacturing.

Next Gen Foods

Seed Round in 2021
Next Gen Foods is a food-tech startup that offers plant-based meats products. We use plants to create a delicious and satisfying meat experience that will make you forget animal meat even exists.

Grab

Series A in 2021
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.

Qapita

Seed Round in 2020
Qapita Fintech Pte. Ltd. is a Singapore-based company that specializes in equity and transaction management for private companies and startups. Its primary offering is QapMap, a platform designed to facilitate the management of capitalization tables, equity ownership, and employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs). Additionally, Qapita provides QapMatch Solutions, which aid in networking and structuring deals. The company caters to a diverse clientele, including private enterprises, legal counsels, employees, financial advisors, chartered accountants, and investors. Founded in 2019, Qapita also maintains an office in Hyderabad, India.

Intelllex

Venture Round in 2020
Intelllex is the knowledge bank for law firms. INTELLLEX helps law firms unlock insights from their dormant data and discover what they really know. To do so, INTELLLEX has built an online workspace which combines an intelligent search engine (SOURCE) with a knowledge management system (STACKS). Their enterprise version, INTLX Enterprise, helps unlock the latent knowledge in documents to allow lawyers to tap on their team-mates’ expertise in an easy manner. This allows law firms to empirically take stock of the work its lawyers have done and have a better understanding of the kind of expertise it has. Take comfort in knowing your institutional knowledge is accounted for and securely stored.

Validus

Series B in 2020
Validus Capital Pte. Ltd. operates an online lending marketplace that connects small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with accredited and institutional investors. Founded in 2015 and based in Singapore, Validus is the largest SME financing platform in the country, focusing on providing short-term and medium-term financing to underserved SMEs. The platform facilitates early approval for loans, offers competitive interest rates, and allows for revenue growth. Investors benefit from a range of options without onboarding fees and can minimize risk through fractionalization and portfolio management. Validus employs data analytics and artificial intelligence to enhance its services and aims to promote inclusive growth for SMEs across the ASEAN region, with operations also in Indonesia, Vietnam, and Thailand. The company is regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and has received necessary registrations in its regional markets.

Horangi

Series B in 2020
Horangi Pte Ltd. is a cybersecurity company based in Singapore, founded in 2016. The firm develops a range of security software and services designed to protect organizations of all sizes with enterprise-grade technology in the cloud. Its integrated cybersecurity platform includes products such as Horangi Scanner, Hunter, and Storyfier, which facilitate rapid incident response and threat detection. Supported by a team of CREST-certified global cybersecurity experts, Horangi aims to enhance clients' cybersecurity by automatically detecting, investigating, and responding to security threats while providing clear reporting to mitigate data security risks. The company serves a diverse clientele across various industries from multiple offices worldwide.

Ethos Partners

Acquisition in 2019
Ethos Partners is an early-stage venture investment firm.

SOCASH

Series A in 2018
SoCash is a digital platform that sits at the intersection of cash and digital payments. Its platform enables cash circulation without the need for ATMs, Cash logistics and branches. SoCash product roadmap covers the spectrum of cash - Withdrawal, Deposits, and conversion. The company was founded in 2016 and is operational in Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia.

LOGIVAN

Series A in 2018
LOGIVAN Technologies JSC is a Vietnamese technology company that provides cargo transportation services across the Northern and Southern provinces of Vietnam. Established in 2017 and headquartered in Hanoi, LOGIVAN connects small and medium-sized shippers with a network of truck owners to streamline logistics. Its primary offerings include the LOGIVAN Truck Owner solution, which facilitates direct connections between truck owners and shipments, and the LOGIVAN Shipper solution, enabling businesses to locate and engage with transport partners efficiently. By digitizing the trucking industry, LOGIVAN aims to reduce logistics costs, enhance supply chain efficiency, and address the issue of empty returned trucks. The company seeks to improve the overall logistics landscape in Vietnam, where transportation costs are significantly higher compared to neighboring countries. Through its technology-driven approach, LOGIVAN aspires to optimize the capacity of logistics service providers and create a more effective transport environment.

Moladin

Seed Round in 2018
PT Moladin Digital Indonesia is an online retailer based in Jakarta, Indonesia, specializing in automobiles and automotive parts. Established in 2017, the company offers a platform for consumers to access information about motorcycles and bikes, facilitating online purchases. Moladin collaborates with more than 40 dealers and several major financing companies, allowing customers to explore various options and discounts on their purchases. In addition to vehicles, the company retails spare parts, apparel, wheels, batteries, and spark plugs, aiming to enhance the overall shopping experience for automotive enthusiasts.

Cicil

Series A in 2018
PT CICIL SOLUSI MITRA TEKNOLOGI develops a financing platform which enables students to purchase products to support their study. The company is based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Carro

Series B in 2018
Carro is an automotive marketplace that offers a full-stack service for all aspects of car ownership. It challenges the traditional way of buying and selling of cars through a proprietary pricing algorithm. Carro also provides a range of services that offer everything a car owner needs throughout their car ownership journeys such as an in-house financing solution warranty options and Singapore’s first on-demand roadside recovery platform. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Carousell

Funding Round in 2018
Carousell is a classifieds marketplace that allows people to buy and sell preloved items. It is a Singapore-based consumer-to-consumer marketplace app for iOS and Android. The Carousell marketplace has a diverse range of products across a variety of categories, including cars, lifestyle, gadgets, and fashion accessories. It has been ranked as the top Shopping app in Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Australia, and is backed by leading international Venture Capitalists Sequoia Capital, Rakuten Ventures, 500 Startups, Golden Gate Ventures, and QuestVC. Launched in Aug 2012, Carousell began in Singapore and has expanded to 19 cities around the world, spanning 7 countries.

Ohmyhome

Secondary Market in 2018
Ohmyhome Pte. Ltd. is a Singapore-based proptech marketplace that facilitates the buying, selling, and renting of properties through its online portal. Established in 2016, the company connects homeowners directly with home seekers, offering services such as HDB and condo agent representation, as well as mortgage advisory. Ohmyhome emphasizes customer service by addressing inquiries through various channels, including phone, mail, and online applications. The company aims to create a user-friendly ecosystem for property transactions, prioritizing the needs and interests of families in the housing market.

Igloohome

Series A in 2018
Igloohome Pte Ltd designs and manufactures its smart security locks based on algoPIN technology. Its products include Deadbolt 2S, Mortise, Keybox 2 and Padlock. The company also offers a smart application and Access Management Platform to control door locks and access monitoring solutions. the company via its partners distributes and integrates its products. Igloohome Pte Ltd was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Singapore, Singapore.

hiLife Interactive Pte Ltd

Funding Round in 2018
hiLife is condominium lifestyle platform that seamlessly integrates smart condominium management and lifestyle offerings. HiLife is committed to journeying with homeowners, by providing them with curated services, content, and focuses on delivering the best to homeowners even after the collection of their keys, transforming the relationship of homeowners beyond that of a transaction. The HiLife mobile app provides homeowners convenience and information to suit their lifestyle; e.g. enable homeowners to book workout classes for themselves, tuition classes for their children, find essential services for the home and discover the latest life hacks.

BeMyGuest

Funding Round in 2017
BeMyGuest is a Singapore-based startup that organizes local tours and activities. Its website features a comparison tool for the tours and activities that are listed on the site.The company was founded by Clement Wong in March 2012.

Barghest Building Performance

Funding Round in 2017
Barghest Building Performance Pte Ltd. provides energy optimization solutions to companies in the hospitality, industrial, office, and retail sectors in Singapore. The company focuses on HVAC systems. Its solution helps buildings operate their existing equipment better and thereby achieve long term measureable and sustainable energy savings. The company also offers cloud based remote monitoring and data analytics modules to improve facilities management operations at portfolio and asset level. In addition, it offers value added maintenance services, which include FCU and AHU regular servicing, pumps regular servicing, cooling tower regular servicing, and BAS monitoring; and green mark services. Barghest Building Performance Pte Ltd. was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Singapore with additional offices in Petaling Jaya and Penang, Malaysia; and Shanghai, China.

iflix

Secondary Market in 2017
iflix is the world’s leading entertainment service for emerging markets, offering users unlimited access to thousands of TV shows, movies and more. With a vast selection everyone’s favourite comedies, drama, K-drama, Turkish drama, Bollywood, Nollywood, cartoons, movies and more from Hollywood, The UK, Asia, The Middle East and Africa, iflix places the entertainment people want at their fingertips to either stream or download. For one low monthly fee, iflix subscribers can watch on their mobile phone, laptop, tablet, TV… wherever, whenever.

Gojek

Series E in 2017
Gojek, founded in 2010 and headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia, operates as a Super App that offers a wide range of services, including food delivery, transportation, digital payments, shopping, and various on-demand services. Launched in 2015, the Gojek app has rapidly become the largest consumer transactional technology platform in Southeast Asia, driven by its focus on speed, innovation, and social impact. The company aims to empower the informal sector in the region while serving diverse markets such as transport, logistics, food, and entertainment. Gojek has established itself as a leading player in the on-demand economy, contributing significantly to the growth of digital services in Southeast Asia.