Brain-Too-Free Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Singapore, founded in 2017, that invests in consumer-focused businesses across South and Southeast Asia. It provides growth capital and strategic support to rapidly growing privately held companies, including efforts to scale Gen Z consumer brands and to facilitate APAC expansion of Western innovations. The firm targets sectors such as fintech, artificial intelligence, electric mobility, logistics, healthcare, and social commerce, with an emphasis on sustainability and climate responsibility. Its team draws on experience from global corporations, family firms, and financial institutions to evaluate opportunities and assist portfolio companies across regions including Singapore, Europe, ASEAN, China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Hong Kong, and Japan.

Rebright Partners is a venture capital firm focused on backing early-stage technology companies across Asia, with offices in Tokyo, Singapore, and India. The firm targets seed to early-stage investments in Internet and mobile software and broader technology-enabled sectors, including healthcare, B2B, advanced manufacturing, construction tech, micro-mobility, agriculture, and logistics. Its portfolio concentrates on Japan, ASEAN, and India, supporting teams that use technology to transform industries such as online healthcare services, AI for agriculture, education and vocational training, supply chain optimization, and digital platforms for electric vehicle charging and battery swapping. Rebright Partners maintains a regional footprint and activity across Asia, reflecting a commitment to fostering innovation in Japanese, Southeast Asian, and Indian markets.

Frontline Strategy Funds is a Mauritius-based private equity advisory firm established in 2000 that provides growth capital and strategic support to businesses, primarily in India, with expanding investments in the United States, Singapore, and ASEAN. The firm operates through its Frontline Strategy Funds Group and seeks long-term value creation by leveraging a leadership-driven, sales- and process-oriented approach to add value to portfolio companies. It offers platforms and affiliated ventures, including a SaaS outbound sales tool and a machine-learning diligence platform, and pursues investments across sectors such as defense, edtech, and technology. The company focuses on early- and growth-stage opportunities within its target regions.

Prestellar Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Singapore that partners with entrepreneurs across South Asia and ASEAN to fund and accelerate technology-enabled startups. The firm provides capital as well as infrastructure and hands-on guidance, including operational, strategic, and financial support, to help portfolio companies scale. Its team emphasizes active company building and collaborates with partner organizations to deliver business development value and strategic resources, with a focus on technology-driven ventures in hospitality, consumer, financial services, rural products, service, and education sectors.

RHL Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that funds and supports small and medium-sized businesses across ASEAN. Founded in 2016, the firm pursues long-term growth and takes a sector-agnostic approach, providing capital and strategic guidance to startups and growing companies in the region.

SeaX Ventures is a Millbrae, California-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology companies developing exponential technologies. The firm backs startups across sectors including artificial intelligence, healthcare tech, biotech, web technologies, cryptocurrency, hardware, robotics, material science, nanotechnology, food tech, and other deep-tech areas. SeaX emphasizes global reach with investments in the United States, Europe, and Asia, and maintains strategic partnerships with large corporations, particularly in Southeast Asia, to provide deal flow, platforms, and corporate networks that help portfolio companies scale. The firm operates a 3A approach—Access, Accelerate, and Advantage—aimed at connecting LPs and portfolio companies to global opportunities through partnerships and ecosystems such as Rise. SeaX seeks to catalyze global businesses by leveraging a network of entrepreneurs and partners to accelerate growth, with a focus on ASEAN and wider Asia-Pacific markets.

ASEAN Fintech Group is a Southeast Asia-focused fintech company offering an integrated value chain across payments, lending/BNPL, insurtech, and digital wealth management. It operates to accelerate growth through efficient capital deployment, embedded finance capabilities, and interoperability across a network of industry leaders. The company emphasizes rapid execution and prudent risk management in lending and supports businesses with capital provision, technology, and infrastructure to scale. Its platform combines next-generation payments, lending, insurance, and digital wealth services to enable businesses to advance with capital and technology-enabled solutions.

SIP Global Partners is a venture capital firm headquartered in Tokyo with a cross-border approach to backing early and growth stage technology companies. The firm focuses on sectors including artificial intelligence, AI infrastructure, robotics, automation and mobility, immersive technologies, digital media, virtual, augmented and mixed reality, data and edge computing, internet of things, cybersecurity, smart cities, electrification and energy resilience, and related digital and hardware applications. It leverages a global network with offices in Tokyo and New York, and partners with operators, technologists and investors to connect portfolio companies with Asian and international markets. The team emphasizes identifying companies with large-scale potential across Japan, ASEAN and MENA regions and supports them through international expansion, strategic partnerships and early scale. The firm has a long history in tech investing and focuses on multi-trillion dollar markets, building cross-border, globally capable companies.

SEEDS Capital is a Singapore-based corporate venture arm that co-invests with independent investors to back innovative startups. It focuses on sectors including advanced manufacturing, agritech, health and biomedical sciences, maritime technology, and urban solutions and sustainability, providing access to a network of partners and resources to support growth. The firm operates to strengthen the Singapore tech ecosystem by coordinating investment opportunities and facilitating collaboration among portfolio companies and co-investors.

Entrepreneur First is a London-based accelerator and early-stage venture capital firm that identifies and supports individuals with technical startup ideas, helping them form founding teams and develop concepts into fundable ventures. Through structured programs and cohorts, it provides idea validation, mentorship, access to potential cofounders, workspace, and guidance on fundraising, connecting participants with investors. It operates globally with offices in multiple cities and runs seed funding programs, taking an equity stake in participating startups. The organization focuses on technology-centric founders across Europe, Asia, and North America, aiming to accelerate the transition from initial idea to a funded venture.

Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India is the corporate venture capital arm of Vertex Holdings, based in Singapore. It invests in high-growth technology startups across Southeast Asia and India, with a focus on Singapore, India, Indonesia, Thailand, and other emerging innovation hubs. The firm targets early-stage and growth opportunities in sectors including mobile internet, enterprise technology, fintech, consumer internet, consumer mobile, and healthcare, and collaborates with a global network of partners in the United States, China, and Israel to access international knowledge and co-investment opportunities. It operates offices in Singapore, Bengaluru, Jakarta, and Taiwan as part of Vertex Ventures.

East Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 that focuses on technology startups across Southeast Asia. It is based in Singapore and backs companies from seed to growth stages, with a broad regional footprint spanning Singapore and Indonesia and broader SEA. The firm has a track record of investing in more than 300 startups and supporting hundreds of founders, often serving as an early backer for notable regional tech companies. East Ventures emphasizes sustainable development and social impact through ESG initiatives and engages in research and thought leadership to inform the regional digital ecosystem.

BEENEXT is a Singapore-based global venture capital firm, founded in 2015, that backs early-stage startups (seed to Series A) across information technology, fintech, healthtech, e-commerce, AI, and related sectors. The firm manages multiple funds, including BEENEXT 1, BEENEXT 2, and BEENEXT Opportunity Fund, investing in the United States, Southeast Asia, Japan, and India. It emphasizes a community-driven approach, providing founders access to a global network, mentorship, knowledge exchange, and collaboration to help scale operations.

EDBI is the venture capital arm of Singapore's Economic Development Board, established in 1991. It is a government-backed global investor that concentrates on high-growth technology sectors such as information and communication technology, emerging technologies, healthcare, financial services, advanced manufacturing, and related strategic industries. EDBI provides patient capital and leverages Singapore's network, resources, and expertise to help portfolio companies grow in Asia and beyond, supporting their scale and international expansion.

SOSV is a global venture capital firm that provides early-stage and seed investments alongside structured accelerator programs and deeply resourced facilities to accelerate product development. Focused on deep tech, human and planetary health, and cross-border software, SOSV backs startups from pre-seed onward and runs programs that accelerate technical development, regulatory strategy, and fundraising. The firm maintains labs and engineering spaces with specialist staff in multiple regions, including the United States and Asia, to support portfolio companies in biosafety, chemistry, mechatronics, analytics, and electrical engineering. Programs such as HAX and other live events offer founders access to prototyping, testing, and investor networks. Annually, SOSV makes around sixty pre-seed investments (up to roughly $550k each) and participates in numerous follow-on rounds, leveraging a global portfolio and extensive co-investor network to help deeply technical startups scale and reach markets.

Insignia Ventures Partners is a Singapore-based venture capital firm founded in 2017 that backs early-stage technology companies across Southeast Asia. It targets a broad range of sectors, including software, fintech, e-commerce, enterprise, healthcare, logistics, and consumer technology, and has funded startups such as Konvy and Tonik. Led by Yinglan Tan, a former Sequoia Asia partner, the firm provides capital plus founder-focused support, offering resources like playbooks, frameworks, and practical tools such as cap table calculators and term sheet generators. Insignia aims to help founders navigate the Southeast Asian startup landscape by sharing insights, facilitating meetings with investors, and promoting AI-driven ROI. The firm engages with the broader ecosystem through content, newsletters, and ongoing collaboration with portfolio companies.

Golden Gate Ventures is a Singapore-based venture capital firm founded in 2011 that backs seed through growth-stage investments in Southeast Asia and beyond. It focuses on internet and mobile startups across sectors including e-commerce, marketplaces, payments, fintech, healthcare, education, and B2B SaaS, with a preference for companies that have a launched product or established distribution partnerships. The firm invests across Southeast Asia, with a regional footprint that includes offices in Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the United States, and a presence in Qatar. It commonly targets early to growth opportunities in software, machine learning, and consumer internet, and seeks minority equity stakes in portfolio companies.

i-GLOCAL is a Japan-based advisory and business support firm that helps Japanese companies establish and grow in Vietnam by providing practical on-ground expertise and comprehensive local support. The firm offers services across accounting, tax and transfer pricing, human resources and labor, anti-fraud measures, and legal, governance and corporate governance advisory, delivering end-to-end assistance from market entry to ongoing management, expansion, and related activities including Vietnam M&A support. It also supplies monthly Vietnam legal and business information, reports, and seminars to keep clients informed. The team comprises certified professionals including CPAs from the United States, Japan and the ASEAN region and certified fraud examiners, enabling integrated solutions for entry, compliance, and growth in Vietnam.

Ixora Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New Delhi, India, founded in 2011. The firm focuses on early-stage investments, primarily in seed and pre-Series A rounds, targeting a diverse array of sectors including healthcare, mobile, education, aerospace, and technology. Ixora Ventures aims to support businesses in India and the ASEAN region, typically investing amounts ranging from $0.05 million to $0.5 million. The firm does not adhere to a strict timeline for exits, which are often influenced by milestones such as institutional stage financing, acquisition opportunities, or promoter buy-back agreements.

Grange Partners is a Singapore-based family office established in 2012 that provides growth capital and strategic guidance to founders and owners of early-stage to medium-sized high-growth businesses across Asia. The firm pursues impact-oriented investments across industries such as technology, health and wellness, education, food, financial services, gaming, and telecom, and offers capital-raising support and strategic management consulting. Directors with extensive private equity and management consulting experience lead the firm, and Grange Partners typically invests directly through proprietary funds, often seeking board representation and alignment of ethical practices with profitability. It does not manage third-party funds, emphasizing a direct investment approach.

Monk's Hill Ventures, founded in 2014 by Peng T. Ong and Kuo-Yi Lim, is a Singapore-based venture capital firm that specializes in early-stage technology investments across Southeast Asia. The firm targets promising startups at the pre-Series A and Series A stages, focusing on sectors such as health tech, edtech, software, media, insurtech, e-commerce, fintech, and big data. Backed by global institutional investors and family offices, Monk's Hill Ventures emphasizes a first-principles approach to investment, breaking down ideas and business models to understand their fundamentals. The firm is characterized by its network of experienced entrepreneurs, operators, and advisors who provide valuable insights and guidance to founders. With a presence in key Southeast Asian markets including Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Thailand, Monk's Hill Ventures aims to support startups that leverage technology to improve lives across the region.

Square Peg Capital is a Sydney-based venture capital firm, founded in 2012, with additional offices in Melbourne, Singapore and Tel Aviv. It focuses on early to growth-stage technology companies, particularly in artificial intelligence, fintech and software-as-a-service, targeting opportunities in Australia, Southeast Asia and Israel. The firm partners with founders through a founder-centric approach, offering strategic guidance and hands-on support to help portfolio companies scale globally. It backs online and technology businesses across the startup lifecycle and leverages its experience as former founders and operators to provide practical mentorship and operational insights.

Ruvento Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on funding technology startups in Southeast Asia. Guided by a founder-first approach, its team comprises serial entrepreneurs who understand the challenges founders face and offer hands-on support across research and development, product development, management and go-to-market activities. The firm targets early-stage and incubation investments in technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, Internet of Things, bioengineering, hardware and cleantech, as well as enabling technologies for web and mobile, data analytics and interactive digital media. It seeks globally diversified opportunities with a regional emphasis on Southeast Asia, and engages in select syndication to reach larger rounds. Based in Singapore, Ruvento Ventures maintains additional presence in San Francisco, Shanghai and other major markets, and operates an incubation program in Singapore providing staged funding: up to 0.04 million for proof of concept and up to 0.16 million for commercial stage, with overall direct investments typically up to 0.5 million, and up to 3 million when syndicating. The firm emphasizes values-driven technology and aims to connect founders with networks to scale their products regionally and globally.

Openspace Ventures is a Singapore-based venture capital firm founded in 2014 that backs technology companies across Southeast Asia. It targets early- and growth-stage opportunities, including Series A and B investments, and focuses on consumer internet and applications, fintech, SaaS, cloud software, and integrated hardware, with additional emphasis on logistics, edtech, healthtech, agtech, and cleantech. The firm maintains a regional presence with offices in Singapore and other Southeast Asian markets, leveraging local networks to help portfolio companies scale in the region. Through its multi fund structure and active collaboration with founders, Openspace Ventures supports startups from early traction to growth across Southeast Asia.

Grab is a Southeast Asian technology platform and superapp that combines ridesharing, food and grocery delivery, and financial services for consumers, drivers, merchants, and businesses across Southeast Asia. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Singapore, it connects riders with drivers and merchants through a mobile platform and offers transportation, delivery, and enterprise solutions with a focus on economic empowerment, financial inclusion, safety, and sustainable livelihoods. The company operates in Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar and derives the majority of its revenue from ride-hailing and food delivery while expanding payments and lending services to support everyday transactions and business needs.

GGV Capital is a global venture capital firm that restructured in 2024 into two brands: Granite Asia and Notable Capital. Granite Asia, headquartered in Singapore, concentrates on investments across the Asia-Pacific region, including Southeast Asia, Japan, China, India, and Australia. Notable Capital, based in Silicon Valley with offices in San Francisco and New York, concentrates on investments in the United States, Israel, Europe, and Latin America. The organization backs technology companies across early to growth stages and maintains an active portfolio strategy across regions. Notable investments include Streamlit, HashiCorp, Grab, Affirm, Poshmark, Wish, and Airbnb. The firm provides resources for founders through its platform and founder portal.

Cento Ventures is a Singapore-based venture capital firm established in 2011 that concentrates on Series A technology investments across Southeast Asia and Korea. The firm targets startups driving digital transformation, including fintech, e-commerce, and embedded financial services, and emphasizes a hands-on approach to help founders scale regionally. It supports regional growth with initial checks around US$1 million and potential up to US$4 million over the life of an investment, backing companies in growth markets such as Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Singapore, and Korea.

Alpha JWC Ventures is a Jakarta-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 that backs seed to Series B startups across Southeast Asia, with a focus on technology, financial technology, and consumer-oriented companies. The firm pursues a value-adding, long-term approach and employs active portfolio management to support founders as they scale, partnering with institutional investors, strategic partners, and family offices. Its investments span Indonesia and nearby markets such as Vietnam, and it operates across sectors including B2B, B2C, fintech, healthcare, media, and other technology-enabled businesses, aiming to foster disruptive growth in the region.

MDI Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Telkom Indonesia, based in Jakarta. It operates as an independent entity with its own funding processes and provides portfolio companies with post-investment operational support. It partners with global accelerators and venture firms to introduce proprietary technology from mature markets into Telkom Indonesia’s businesses. As a global, multi-stage venture capital firm, it manages multiple funds and aims to bridge TelkomGroup, state-owned enterprises and startups to unlock regional portfolio value. The firm has built a portfolio of more than 80 companies and reports significant ecosystem impact, with US$830 million in total committed assets under management and more than US$708 million in cumulative synergy value generated through 2023. It focuses investments across fintech, healthcare, deep tech, food tech, consumer, enterprise and edtech sectors.

Jungle Ventures is a Singapore-based venture capital firm that backs technology-enabled companies in Southeast Asia and India. The firm focuses on building long-term, capital-efficient businesses across sectors including business-to-business and business-to-consumer software, financial technology, information technology, big data, SaaS, clean technology, blockchain, supply chain tech, and virtual reality. It partners with founders to scale from early stages to growth, spanning seed to IPO, and typically supports companies through multiple rounds as they expand regionally and globally. With more than USD 1 billion in assets under management, Jungle Ventures emphasizes sustainable growth and collaborative partnerships, drawing on a global network of operators and advisors. Notable investments have included Kredivo, Livspace, Moglix, and Builder.ai, reflecting a focus on consumer, B2B, and software-enabled platforms in its target markets.

Quest Ventures is a Singapore-based venture capital firm established in 2011, focused on the digital economy across Asia. It invests in sectors including artificial intelligence, e-commerce and marketplaces, entertainment, finance, food, insurance, logistics, media, property, sports, and the Islamic digital economy. The firm supports startups and enterprise transformation through partnerships, notably with the Applied Innovation Institute, to drive innovation in sectors such as banking, logistics, aviation, insurance, and smart cities. It emphasizes environmental, social, and governance considerations and social impact initiatives, including financial inclusion, gender equality, healthcare, and education. By the end of 2024, the portfolio exceeded 150 venture-backed companies operating in more than 150 cities across Asia, creating employment for over 11,000 individuals, with additional impact from its ESG and enterprise activities. Anchored by Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, Quest Ventures attracts a diverse base of investors and collaborates with regional entrepreneurs to foster innovation and growth across the Asian digital economy.

Mars Growth Capital is a Singapore-based venture capital firm formed as a joint venture between MUFG Bank and Liquidity Capital. It provides non-dilutive, affordable, and liability-free growth capital to fast-growing technology startups, with a focus on the Asia-Pacific region. The firm aims to help technology companies overcome financial challenges and accelerate growth without equity dilution, supporting scale through specialized funding solutions.

Cocoon Capital is a Singapore-based early-stage venture capital firm focused on deep tech and enterprise technology across Southeast Asia, India, Australia, and Bangladesh. It backs pre-seed and seed-stage startups, often as lead investor, with initial checks around 0.5 to 1.5 million USD. The firm emphasizes practical guidance and hands-on support, leveraging its global network and Cocoon Academy to assist founders. Founded in 2016, it has an active portfolio of 31 companies, has created 1,048 jobs, and facilitated over 166 million USD in follow-on capital; the firm manages assets exceeding 80 million USD across multiple funds and targets sectors including fintech, health tech, and biomaterials.

K3 Ventures is a Singapore-based venture capital firm that invests in technology startups across AI, software, hardware, consumer and enterprise sectors, with a focus on the Southeast Asian market. The firm supports portfolio companies with capital, technical and strategic resources, and a broad network to navigate growth and capital formation. It emphasizes a values-driven partnership approach, including humility, respect and integrity, and views empathy as critical for technology adoption. K3 Ventures seeks to bridge startups and incumbent businesses to create opportunities for collaboration and scale, leveraging strategic partnerships and pilot programs to accelerate adoption and build market leaders in Southeast Asia. Founded in 2015 and led by Kuok Meng Xiong.

Clime Capital Management is a Singapore-based venture capital firm and fund manager focused on accelerating the transition to clean energy in Southeast Asia. It identifies, incubates, and scales innovative clean-energy investment platforms and provides market insights, structured asset management, and technical expertise to support sustainable investor returns. The firm targets early-stage opportunities across high-growth Southeast Asian markets and invests in sectors such as solar energy, smart energy management, and electric vehicle fleet financing in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam. By catalyzing infrastructure development and climate solutions, Clime Capital Management aims to help unlock the region’s clean-energy potential and deliver measurable environmental and financial impact.

TRIREC is a Singapore-headquartered venture capital firm focused on decarbonization and climate innovation. It supports innovative companies across stages and geographies to accelerate climate impact and business growth, employing a long-term, future-focused approach and leveraging proprietary networks. The firm operates across multiple pools of capital and backs a growing portfolio across energy, mobility, buildings, industries, food and agriculture, and other climate-related sectors, with unicorns among its portfolio. TRIREC positions itself as a bridge between East and West from its Singapore base, pursuing opportunities in the evolving low-carbon economy to advance planetary health through entrepreneurship and responsible governance.

Singapore-based venture capital and growth financing firm focusing on technology companies in the Asia-Pacific region. It provides early-stage venture capital, thematic early-stage investments, and growth credit financing to accelerate growth. The firm targets software, e-commerce, digitization, internet and other tech sectors. It emphasizes data-driven investment decisions, publishes market insights in collaboration with Alternatives.pe, and operates programs to empower founders, including The First. It maintains a portfolio across stages and follows ESG principles to catalyze regional potential.

Vynn Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that backs technology startups across Southeast Asia. It invests in sectors including AI and analytics, embedded fintech, marketplace platforms, proptech, supply chain and logistics, travel, FMCG, and related industries, with an emphasis on operational involvement and building strong, well-cultured teams. The firm pursues partnerships with industry players to expand value, and it actively engages as a partner to help entrepreneurs scale. Its regional focus includes Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, and it has supported SMEs through collaborations with logistics and delivery providers. The portfolio spans areas such as automotive, fintech, healthcare, and other tech-enabled businesses, reflecting a commitment to growth and innovation across the region.

Saison Capital is the corporate venture capital arm of Credit Saison, headquartered in Singapore, that backs early-stage startups across emerging markets with a focus on fintech, e-commerce, and web3. The firm invests from seed to Series A and operates globally, leveraging Credit Saison’s resources to support founders building ecosystems that expand financial services, including efforts in Southeast Asia and India. While sector-agnostic in mandate, it prioritizes companies with potential to reach the unbanked, emphasizes long-term, patient equity, and has launched initiatives such as Tokenize Indonesia to accelerate regional fintech innovation. Its portfolio spans Asia Pacific, Latin America and beyond, reflecting a broad, operator-driven approach to supporting ambitious founders.

The Radical Fund is an early-stage climate-focused venture capital firm based in Bangkok, Thailand. It backs founders building radical ventures that may not resemble traditional climate companies, with an emphasis on climate resilience solutions for Southeast Asia as well as broader Asia Pacific markets. The firm targets consumer goods and technology sectors, aiming to combine financial returns with positive environmental impact. It prioritizes local needs and adaptation alongside mitigation, supporting products and services that scale in markets such as Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia, and seeking partnerships with startups and talented individuals to join its network. By positioning climate tech as a commercially viable investment, it aims to foster an inclusive climate transition and develop Southeast Asia into a leading climate venture economy.

Genesia Ventures is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm that backs seed and early-stage startups in Japan and Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, and surrounding markets. The firm invests across a broad range of sectors, such as software, artificial intelligence and machine learning, robotics and drone technology, digital media, fintech, real estate technology, healthcare, education, manufacturing, and other digital and frontier technologies. Genesia emphasizes hands-on support through a co-creation platform that connects founders with talent, information, and technology to accelerate growth and foster innovation.

A2D Ventures is a Southeast Asia–focused angel investing platform and venture investment firm based in Bangkok. It connects global investors with vetted early-stage startups across Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia and Vietnam, and supports co-investments through regulated SPV structures in Singapore. The platform emphasizes democratizing access to venture opportunities and delivers a streamlined, fully digital experience with a low minimum investment starting around USD 3,000. The team blends operators, angel investors, investment managers and corporate leaders, offering not only capital but strategic guidance and access to a hyper-local network to help portfolio companies scale in the region. A2D Ventures pursues growth by accelerating promising startups, fostering innovation, and building an inclusive ecosystem where founders and investors can collaborate effectively.

UntroD is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm and impact platform that funds and supports research- and development-driven technologies aimed at social advancement. Operating from Tokyo with additional offices in Singapore and Malaysia, UntroD seeks opportunities at the intersection of science, technology and society, prioritizing long-term social value over immediate returns. The firm's approach blends advanced fields such as AI, synthetic biology and quantum computing with humanities insights to address root causes and foster new technologies, industrial creation, policy design and organizational change. By combining capital with strategic guidance, UntroD aims to catalyze social impact and broaden access to investment in underfinanced but strategically important domains.

Vulpes Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Vulpes Investment Management, a Singapore-based alternative investment manager. Established to support exceptional founders and scalable businesses across Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand, it engages in early-stage and growth investments from seed to Series B. The firm manages multiple funds, including dedicated opportunities and growth vehicles, and has a track record of backing unicorns and achieving exits, reflecting its focus on innovation within the regional startup ecosystem.

Anthill Ventures is a Hyderabad- and Singapore-based venture capital firm that operates as a speed scaling ecosystem for early-growth startups. Founded in 2015, the firm supports companies in Urbantech, Lifestyle, Healthtech and Mediatech from Pre-Series A to Series A/B within 1–2 years by providing scale-up capital, a market access platform, and venture returns optimization technology, leveraging India and Southeast Asia market access. Its portfolio spans media, wellness, life sciences, lifestyle, automotive, aerospace, semiconductors, agriculture technology, cybersecurity, and water technology.

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 and based in Menlo Park, California. It provides capital and strategic guidance to seed, early, and growth-stage technology companies, focusing on software, information technology, internet, and related sectors. The firm operates globally, with investments and activity across the United States, China, India, Israel, and other markets through a network of regional partners. Sequoia Capital emphasizes selective, long-term partnerships, working closely with portfolio companies to assist with product development, business building, and market expansion to support durable growth.

AgFunder is a venture capital firm focused on agriculture technology and food technology, investing in deeptech and foundational technologies that address limiting factors in food, agriculture, human health and planetary health. The firm pursues an expansive investment approach across sectors such as artificial intelligence, agrifood, biotech and climate, backing companies that solve problems in the global food system. It emphasizes environmental and social impact, evaluates portfolio performance against sustainable development goals, and pursues global opportunities. Its portfolio spans automation, supply chain digitization and other innovations aimed at improving sustainability and resilience in food systems, and the firm maintains offices in San Francisco and Singapore.

Vickers Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm focused on deep-tech investments worldwide. Founded in 2005 by Dr Finian Tan and co-founders, it is headquartered in Singapore with offices in Shanghai, Hong Kong, New York, Miami, Silicon Valley and London. The firm backs innovative companies across sectors such as healthcare, clean energy, enterprise software and other technology fields, leveraging long-term partnerships, industry networks and strategic guidance to foster growth and exits. Its portfolio includes notable companies such as Baidu, Focus Media, Kongzhong and TWG Tea.

Betatron Venture Group is a Hong Kong-based venture capital firm (also described as an accelerator) that invests in early-stage technology companies, primarily in Asia with a focus on Hong Kong and Singapore. It targets seed to Series A rounds in B2B, financial services, IT, SaaS, big data, e-commerce, manufacturing, logistics, and related sectors, and supports cross-border scaling and enterprise-sales development to help portfolio companies reach exits such as acquisitions or IPOs. The firm typically commits up to about $0.5 million upfront and pursues follow-on funding for selected startups, aiming to back a limited number of companies annually.

Paspalis Corporation is a diversified Australian company focused on venture capital, property development, and community engagement. It operates across Darwin, Singapore, and Sydney, emphasizing innovation through the Darwin Innovation Hub located in Darwin's city centre. The firm pursues long-term growth and societal contribution through investment and development activities, supported by a strong team and a goal to foster regional and global business connections.