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 Malaysia

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.

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.

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.

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.