Founded in 1986, Morningside Group is a venture capital firm based in the greater Boston area. It invests in companies with innovative science and technology across life sciences, digital health, AI, materials, and technology sectors.
Founded in 2002, Gobi Partners is a Pan-Asian venture capital firm with over $1.5 billion in assets under management. Headquartered in Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong, the firm supports entrepreneurs from early to growth stages, focusing on emerging markets. With 15 locations across Asia, Gobi has invested in over 350 startups and nurtured 10 unicorns.
Sequoia Capital Israel is a venture capital firm that backs startups and growth companies across seed to late-stage rounds, with a focus on Israel. It invests across sectors including fintech, financial services, internet, mobile, technology, and healthcare, spanning banking, payments, advertising, ecommerce, data, security, software, and related enabling tech. Typical commitments range from 100,000 to 1 million in seed, 1 to 10 million in early venture, and 10 to 100 million in growth rounds. The firm is based in Tel Aviv and operates as part of Sequoia Capital's global network.
Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund is a not-for-profit initiative established by Alibaba Group in 2015, aimed at supporting entrepreneurs and young graduates in realizing their business aspirations. The Fund operates in Hong Kong and Taiwan, where it has set up separate funds to cater to the unique needs of each region. Through its various programs, the Fund provides financial support, mentorship, and resources to help foster entrepreneurial talent and drive innovation within the local communities.
Founded in Shanghai, China in 2002, Pre-IPO Capital Partners is a direct investment firm focused on funding startups and small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) within the information technology, biomedical, and new energy sectors.
WI Harper Group is a venture capital firm with cross-border operations in the United States and Greater China. Founded in 1993 and based in San Francisco, the firm maintains a presence in Beijing and Taipei and invests in early and early-expansion stages across the United States, Mainland China, Taiwan and the Asia Pacific. It focuses on technology, healthcare, biotech, artificial intelligence, robotics, fintech, sustainability and new media, supporting portfolio companies from seed through growth rounds and working to help them scale globally through international collaboration.
GE Equity invests globally across various sectors, focusing on established companies with high growth potential. It takes minority ownership positions and offers growth capital, buy-out co-investments, secondary direct purchases, recapitalizations, and LP investments.
Founded in 1995, SOSV is a global venture capital firm headquartered in New Jersey. It focuses on seed-to-growth stage investments in deep tech innovations, primarily in bio-tech/life sciences and hardware/robotics sectors, with a commitment to human and planetary health.
Founded in Singapore in 1968, DBS Bank offers a comprehensive range of banking services for individuals and businesses. It provides personal banking services including credit cards, digital banking, and wealth management, along with business banking solutions such as corporate lending, trade finance, cash management, and advisory services. With operations across Asia, the bank serves customers in various sectors.
Brinc is a global venture acceleration firm headquartered in Hong Kong. It operates multidisciplinary accelerator programs across seven countries, focusing on startups in blockchain technology, AI, connected hardware, robotics, climate tech, food technology, and IoT. Brinc also supports corporations with innovation strategies and Web3-enabled businesses.
Cyberport Hong Kong, established in 1999 and managed by the Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited, is a creative digital community dedicated to fostering the information and communications technology (ICT) sector in the Asia-Pacific region. Wholly owned by the Hong Kong SAR Government, Cyberport aims to stimulate the local economy by nurturing start-ups and entrepreneurs within the ICT industry. The facility boasts state-of-the-art infrastructures, including four grade-A intelligent office buildings, a five-star design hotel, and a retail entertainment complex. Cyberport offers various support programs, such as the Cyberport Incubation Programme, which provides financial assistance and resources to help incubated companies grow over a 24-month period, and the Cyberport Creative Micro Fund, which grants funding to innovative ICT-related projects. Through these initiatives, Cyberport seeks to drive collaboration, accelerate technology adoption, and create business opportunities within the digital landscape.
Founded in 2003, Wavemaker Partners is a venture capital firm headquartered in Singapore with dual offices in Los Angeles. It specializes in early-stage technology investments across Asia-Pacific and the United States, focusing on enterprise, digital media, deep technology, and consumer sectors.
Baring Private Equity Asia is a private equity firm specializing in growth capital, middle market, mergers, buyouts, buyback, restructuring, and recapitalization investments. It seeks to invest in mining, environmental protection, automotive, education, industrial sector, in consumer-related businesses, consumer goods, oil and gas, healthcare, IT services, food, alternative energy, telecommunication, media, financial services, and real estate. The firm primarily invests in companies based in Asia Pacific with a focus on China, India, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Australia, and Taiwan. It typically invests around 30 to 40 percent of its capital in China-based businesses. For real estate investment, it seeks to invest in emerging Asia, including China, India and Southeast Asia and mature markets like Japan and Australia. The firm invests in companies with equity investment between $100 million and $1000 million. It typically seek to invest in companies with enterprise values in the range of $300 million to $1.5 billion. The firm seeks to invest in Asian companies through either a controlling or significant minority stake. Baring Private Equity Asia was founded in 1997 and is based in Central, Hong Kong with additional offices around Asia, Australia, and the United States.
BlackRock is a global investment management company based in New York City. It serves institutions, intermediaries, foundations, and individual investors, operating as a leading global asset manager that oversees and advises on a wide range of investment portfolios across multiple asset classes, strategies, sectors, and regions. The firm is noted for its emphasis on technology and financial solutions that support the broader financial industry, including risk management, advisory services, and integrated investment platforms. Through its diversified offerings, BlackRock aims to help clients pursue long-term goals across equities, fixed income, alternatives, and multi-asset strategies, while leveraging data and analytics to inform investment decisions and risk controls.
Established in 2006, CDIB Capital is a Hong Kong-based investment arm of China Development Financial. It specializes in direct investments across Asian private equity, private debt, and special situations opportunities, aiming to deliver superior risk-adjusted returns.
Gaw Capital Partners is a real estate investment firm specializing in making investments in real estates sector including offices, commercial properties, commercial offices, retail malls, serviced apartments, logistic warehouse, IDC projects, and residential and retail properties as well as hotels that need repositioning or redevelopment. It typically invests in companies based in Asia and Asia Pacific with a focus on Greater China and China’s Tier II and Tier III cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei, Chengdu, Guangzhou region and Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan and Asia Pacific region such as Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia. It seeks to investment 20 percent in Asian markets outside of China. Gaw Capital Partners was founded in 2005 and is based in Central, Hong Kong with additional offices in Europe, and Asia.
Qiming Venture Partners is a China-based venture capital firm founded in 2006, with offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Suzhou, Hong Kong and Singapore, and a global arm through Qiming Venture Partners USA. It manages multiple funds and invests in early and growth-stage companies across technology, information technology, healthcare, new consumer sectors, AI, robotics, semiconductors, software and digital health. The firm emphasizes a hands-on approach, often taking board seats and providing operational guidance to help CEOs scale and reach exits. Through its investments, it has backed hundreds of companies and supported numerous IPOs and M&A outcomes, with unicorns among its portfolio, illustrating breadth and depth across China and international markets.
Hillhouse Investment Group, established in 2005 and headquartered in Hong Kong, is a prominent global investment management firm that focuses on private equity. The firm engages in long-term investments across various sectors, including healthcare, business services, consumer goods, industrials, and energy transition. Hillhouse partners with exceptional entrepreneurs to foster sustainable value creation within quality companies. In addition to private equity, the firm also participates in public equity, real estate, and private credit, managing capital on behalf of global institutions such as non-profit foundations, endowments, and pension funds.
Founded in 2001, Fiera Capital Asia offers investors access to diverse credit investment opportunities across Asia. With over USD8.1 billion invested in more than 350 deals, the firm specializes in performing high yield credit, direct lending, and special situations. It maintains local offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Chongqing.
Jebsen Capital is the corporate venture capital arm of Jebsen and Company, located in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. The firm focuses on growth-stage investments across various sectors, including automotive, consumer products, beverages, logistics, manufacturing, distribution, and healthcare, with a particular emphasis on opportunities within Greater China. Jebsen Capital aims to capture investment prospects in emerging industries while bolstering the Jebsen Group's existing core businesses. By leveraging the Group's operational expertise and long-term investment strategy, Jebsen Capital also engages in real estate-related projects and enhances internal processes to promote sustainable development within the organization.
Horizons Ventures, established in 2002, is a Hong Kong-based venture capital firm specializing in seed, early-stage, and late-stage investments. It focuses on disruptive and technology-driven startups, particularly in the areas of artificial intelligence and machine learning, fintech, healthcare technology, and SaaS. The firm has a track record of successful exits, including notable companies like Skype, Siri, Facebook, Summly, and Waze.
Vectr Ventures is a Hong Kong-based early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2014. It offers capital and strategic support to startups seeking to transform industries and tackle global issues, with a focus on helping teams scale and expand into Asia.
Beyond I Capital Ltd. is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in start-ups. It primarily invests in the fields of artificial intelligence, consumer electronics, platform services, biotechnology, gene sequencing, and micro chips. It prefers to invest in companies based in Hong Kong and in companies looking to enter mainland China. The firm typically invests between HKD 2 million and HKD 50 million. It seeks to exit its investment in 5 to 8 years. Beyond I Capital Ltd. was founded on September 2017 and is based in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong with an additional office in China.
MindWorks Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2013, based in Hong Kong, with additional offices in Beijing and Jakarta. The firm focuses on early-stage and expansion-stage investments, primarily in the technology sector across Greater China and Southeast Asia. MindWorks Capital typically invests between $1 million and $2 million initially, with total funding anticipated to reach between $5 million and $10 million over the life of its portfolio companies. The firm targets innovative and disruptive companies in Greater China, often at the Series A stage, while in Southeast Asia, it prefers proven business models at the Series B stage. Key sectors of interest include logistics, fintech, and enterprise technology. MindWorks Capital emphasizes a theme-based investment approach, regularly updating its strategy. The team of 12 investment professionals is dedicated to adding value to portfolio companies by assisting with scaling, forming partnerships, and securing follow-on funding from strategic investors.
Standard Chartered is a multinational bank headquartered in London, founded in 1853. It serves individuals, small and mid-sized businesses, corporations, financial institutions, governments, and investors across Asia, Africa, Europe, the Americas, and the Middle East. The bank operates through Corporate & Institutional Banking, Retail Banking, Commercial Banking, and Private Banking, offering deposits, loans, mortgages, cards, wealth management, and advisory services. It provides corporate finance and investment services, including structured and project financing, mergers and acquisitions advisory, debt capital markets, risk management, and trading in financial markets. Transaction banking covers cash management, payments, securities services, and trade finance, alongside digital and online banking platforms. The firm supports cross-border finance and international trade, with Islamic banking solutions through the Saadiq brand. As a global lender and adviser, Standard Chartered focuses on facilitating client financing and cross-border commerce through its international network.
Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Hong Kong, Radiant Tech Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in innovation and technology sectors. The firm focuses on managing investments for professional clients, with team members bringing diverse investment and management experiences from Hong Kong, mainland China, Israel, North America, and Southeast Asia.
Wings Capital Ventures, established in 2022, is a Hong Kong-based venture capital firm focusing on early-stage investments from seed to Series A. The company concentrates its investments in the FinTech, AI, and SaaS sectors within the Asia region.
Founded in 2010, AppWorks is a Taipei-based venture capital firm that invests in seed and early-stage startups across Southeast Asia. The firm focuses on sectors such as artificial intelligence, internet of things, web3, and blockchain. Additionally, it offers acceleration services to support its portfolio companies.
AllianceBernstein is a global asset management firm that provides investment management services and independent research to a broad range of clients, including institutions, financial professionals, and individual investors. The firm manages client portfolios across public equity, fixed income, and balanced strategies and pursues related investment opportunities in real estate securities and private markets through in-house analysis. It offers mutual funds, separately managed accounts, and other investment vehicles to support diverse investment goals. With a history dating to 1971, AllianceBernstein operates from New York City and maintains a global footprint with offices in major financial centers to serve clients worldwide. The firm emphasizes fundamental and quantitative research to inform its portfolio construction and risk management, and it serves clients such as pension plans, banks and trusts, government entities, and charitable organizations across global markets.
Beyond Ventures is a Hong Kong-based venture capital firm focused on revitalizing Hong Kong's innovation ecosystem by connecting local venture capitalists and entrepreneurs to invest in new ideas and startups. It fosters collaboration between early-stage investors and founders and supports promising ventures with capital and guidance. The firm was co-founded by Hony Capital, eGarden Ventures and several Hong Kong entrepreneurs.
Boyu Capital is a private equity firm founded in 2010, headquartered in Hong Kong with an office in Beijing. It targets investments in China across consumer and retail, financial services, healthcare, media, and technology sectors.
Cassia Investments Ltd is a private equity firm based in Hong Kong, specializing in investing in lower middle market companies in various industries such as food and beverage, apparel, home lifestyle, retail, personal care, education, and e-commerce across Greater China and Southeast Asia. They focus on companies in Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, and Indonesia.
Undivided Ventures is an impact investment firm based in Hong Kong, founded in 2021. The firm invests globally in early-stage companies that address critical sustainability challenges within the built environment. Its investment focus includes sectors such as decarbonization, climate adaptation, circularity, nature-positive initiatives, and social value. By supporting innovative businesses in these areas, Undivided Ventures aims to promote sustainable development and contribute to a more resilient and environmentally responsible future.
Sumitomo Corporation Equity Asia, established in Hong Kong in 2002, operates as the corporate venture arm of Sumitomo Corporation, a major multinational conglomerate in Japan. The firm focuses on investing in various sectors, including enterprise information technology, big data, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, digital marketing, fintech, and digital healthcare. As part of the larger Sumitomo Corporation Group, which comprises over 800 subsidiaries and associated companies worldwide, SCEA leverages its extensive resources and expertise to identify and support innovative ventures in these dynamic fields.
UBS Asset Management is a global investment manager offering alternative and quantitative investments, global real estate, infrastructure & private equity, and fund services. It manages separate client-focused equity, fixed income, and balanced portfolios, investing in public markets worldwide using fundamental and quantitative analysis.
Lombard Investments is a prominent international private equity investment manager established in 1985, with offices located in Bangkok, Hong Kong, and San Francisco. The firm specializes in both minority growth and control investments across Asia and North America, having completed over 90 such investments throughout its history. Lombard's clientele comprises some of the world's largest financial institutions, major pension funds, corporations, and family offices from regions including Asia, Europe, and North America. With extensive working relationships in key cities such as Ho Chi Minh City, Manila, Shanghai, and Taipei, Lombard is well-positioned within the private equity landscape.
DST Global is a venture capital firm established in 2009 that focuses on late-stage investments in internet and technology sectors. It backs rapidly growing companies in areas such as information technology, mobile, software, e-commerce, IoT, and other TMT-enabled businesses, often in late-stage rounds. The firm maintains a global footprint with offices in Menlo Park, New York, London, Beijing, and Hong Kong, enabling it to source opportunities and support portfolio companies internationally. Founded by Yuri Milner and partners Saurabh Gupta, John Lindfors, Rahul Mehta, and Tom Stafford, DST Global seeks to partner with ambitious internet and tech-enabled firms as they scale, including fintech and other software-enabled industries.
IMM Investment Corp. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in mezzanine investments. It focuses on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital investing, corporate restructuring, private equity investing, industry consolidation, management buyouts, spin-offs, recapitalizations, and cross-border investments. Within mergers and acquisitions, the firm invests in strategic mergers, growth through acquisitions, going public via a reverse merger, and strategic divestures. For recapitalizations, it targets family owned enterprise considering whole or partial exit and balance sheet restructuring. The firm also co-invests in buyout transactions. For its growth stage investments, it allocates 20 percent to startups, 40 percent to expansion, and 40 percent to mezzanine. The firm targets companies operating in information technology infrastructure, wireless communications entertainment and contents, franchising, cement, software, electricity, food and beverage, machinery, game software, chemical, paper manufacture, and automobile parts industries. For industries concentration, it sets 40 percent to information technology infrastructure focusing on security, application service provider, and e-commerce solutions; 30 percent to contents, focusing on education, game, and animation; and 30 percent to digital hardware focusing on network and communications equipment, semiconductor, parts and others. The firm also invests in infrastructure, high-technology, 5G, Internet of things, mobile, commerce service, environment, manufacturing, enzyme, biotechnology, and healthcare sectors. The firm also makes secondary investments. It considers investments in companies with T5 or higher ratings by Tech Credit Bureau. The firm primarily invests in medium-sized companies located in South Korea, including Seoul, Gyeonggi, Daegu, Gyeongsangbuk-do, and Chungcheongbuk-do. It prefers to take an active role in management. IMM Investment Corp. was founded in July 1999 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.
Founded in Singapore in 2011, Golden Gate Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage internet and mobile startups across Southeast Asia. It focuses on companies with launched products or established distribution partnerships, preferring to take minority equity stakes. The firm has invested in over 70 companies, including nine unicorns.
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that backs startups across enterprise software, consumer technologies, fintech, healthtech, and cleantech from seed through growth stages. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, it maintains offices in Beijing, Shanghai, New Delhi, and Herzliya to engage markets in the United States, Asia, and Israel. The firm focuses on technology-enabled businesses and has supported companies across software, mobile, data, e-commerce, and services, spanning early-stage to expansion rounds. It offers strategic guidance, network access, and capital, and has historically included debt financing as part of its investment approach. With a multi-region footprint and a broad multi-stage mandate, Lightspeed seeks to partner with entrepreneurs to scale innovative companies globally.
Founded in 2017, ParticleX is a Hong Kong-based accelerator firm focused on investing in early-stage startups operating in disruptive technologies such as big data, artificial intelligence, IoT, blockchain, and robotics. The company aims to accelerate innovation by providing network, capital, and research resources.
DL Securities is a boutique investment bank established in 2011 and headquartered in Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong. The firm specializes in providing a range of services, including securities trading, financial advisory, investment research, and investment advisory services. DL Securities primarily caters to high-net-worth individuals and corporate clients, focusing on the Greater China region and broader Asian markets. The company is dedicated to delivering tailored financial solutions to meet the unique needs of its clientele.
Founded in 1985, Blackstone is a global investment firm that manages capital on behalf of pension funds and large institutions across alternative asset classes. It offers services to institutional investors, including pension plans and pooled investment vehicles, through its various subsidiaries such as Blackstone Alternative Asset Management.
Guotai Junan International, headquartered in Hong Kong, is a leading provider of integrated financial services. It specializes in wealth management, brokerage, corporate finance, loans and financing, asset management, and financial products.
Primavera Capital Group is a global investment firm based in China, with offices in Beijing, Hong Kong, and Silicon Valley. Founded in 2010 by Dr. Fred Hu, a prominent economist and former Goldman Sachs executive, the firm focuses on a broad range of investment strategies, including growth equity, private credit, restructuring financing, and full buyouts. Primavera manages funds in both RMB and USD for a diverse array of clients, including leading institutions, corporations, and families. The firm employs over 30 investment professionals who leverage their extensive experience in global capital markets and deep industry knowledge. They emphasize rigorous fundamental research and sophisticated analysis of economies, industries, and companies to identify attractive investment opportunities and guide their decisions.
Saltagen Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 2017 and located in Central, Hong Kong. The firm specializes in early-stage investments, primarily targeting seed and series A funding for startups in the science and technology sectors. Its investment focus is on edtech, biomedical technology, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and media technology. Saltagen Ventures seeks to identify startups with strong defensibility and patentable technology, aiming to empower these companies to enhance their business operations and achieve growth. The firm operates in the North American and Asian markets, particularly in Canada and Hong Kong.
Established in 2018, Choco Up is a global technology platform offering revenue-based financing and business growth solutions for digital merchants and startups worldwide. Leveraging data analytics and machine learning, it automates fund deployment, providing fast-growing companies with zero-equity funding swiftly.
PAG is an independent, Asia-focused alternative investment management firm founded in 2002 and based in Hong Kong, with offices across Asia, Australia, the United Kingdom and Switzerland. It manages capital across three core strategies: private equity, real estate and absolute return investments. In private equity, PAG pursues large-scale buyouts, control transactions and structured minority investments, with a preference for opportunities in financial services, healthcare, information technology, media, telecommunications, education and consumer sectors, often targeting investments in China. In real estate, it runs funds that pursue opportunity and core-plus properties across Japan, China and the broader Asia-Pacific region. The absolute return franchise provides flexible financing solutions to meet short- and long-term needs and aims to build stable partnerships over time. Originating as the Pacific Alliance Group, PAG positioned itself as one of the region's leading Asia-focused investment managers, combining independent management with a broad geographic reach.
SoftBank Robotics Europe, formerly Aldebaran Robotics, designs and manufactures humanoid robots for education, research, health, distribution, tourism, business applications, and home use. The company serves customers worldwide and focuses on interactive robotics that assist professionals and individuals. Founded in 2005, it is based in Paris, France, with additional offices in France, Japan, the United States, and China, and operates as a subsidiary of SoftBank Group.