Investors in Sri Lanka

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BOV Capital

Founded in 2010, BOV Capital is a venture capital firm headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka with an additional office in Singapore. The firm specializes in early-stage investments across Sri Lanka, focusing on technology startups.
Made 12 investments in Sri Lanka

Lankan Angel Network

Founded in 2012, Lankan Angel Network is an angel investment group based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It targets seed and early-stage opportunities across technology, healthcare, education, agriculture, tourism, engineering, retail, energy, and fintech, driven by a community of individual investors, venture capitalists, and angel investors. The network aims to promote entrepreneurship by connecting Sri Lankan investors and mentors to help scale the local startup ecosystem.
Made 11 investments in Sri Lanka

The Osiris Group

The Osiris Group is a private equity and venture capital firm based in Hong Kong, focusing on growth equity and infrastructure investments in frontier markets across Emerging Asia. The firm engages in seed and incubation investments, primarily targeting sectors such as climate security, food and agriculture security, data security, healthcare, and financial inclusion. Its investment activities are concentrated in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka, with the goal of fostering transformative impact in these regions.

NBD Ventures

NBD Ventures is a private investment and advisory firm established in 2013 and operates as the corporate venture capital arm of the National Development Bank of Sri Lanka, located in Hong Kong. The firm focuses on investing in and advising high growth, cash positive companies, particularly within the technology, payments, telecommunications, media, and entertainment sectors. NBD Ventures emphasizes a flexible investment strategy that seeks out talented and ethical founders, aiming to drive scalability in their business models. By leveraging extensive business experience and a strong network, NBD Ventures strives to enhance shareholder value through strategic growth initiatives.

IFU

IFU is a venture capital and private equity firm based in Copenhagen, Denmark, that specializes in providing equity, mezzanine financing, loans, and guarantees to projects in developing countries. Established in 1967, IFU focuses on creating and financing new businesses, joint ventures between Danish companies and local partners, and acquiring existing ventures. The firm primarily invests in sectors such as commercial services, biofuels, renewable energy, and irrigation systems, with a particular emphasis on climate and agribusiness. Investments are targeted at countries with a low gross national income per capita, as defined by specific criteria, and include regions across Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. IFU typically invests between DKK 0.5 million and DKK 100 million and often seeks co-investment opportunities with Danish firms. The firm also supports small and medium-sized enterprises and provides advisory services for business investments in developing markets. With a preference for board membership, IFU aims to exit investments within five to seven years, ensuring a positive return for its stakeholders.

Symphony International Holdings

Symphony International Holdings is a private equity and venture capital firm focused on the Asia-Pacific region, investing in consumer-facing businesses across healthcare, healthcare-related services, luxury branded real estate, hospitality and lifestyle sectors. The firm pursues long-term, direct investments and often seeks lead or sole positions in collaboration with management, aiming for control where appropriate. Its activities emphasize innovative, high-growth companies in markets such as Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam and Sri Lanka, with a history dating to 2004, and it is based in the British Virgin Islands. The company seeks to deploy growth capital and participate across stages to support expansion, restructurings and special situations, including opportunities in real estate development.

IDI Group

IDI Group is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1970 and based in Paris, France. It specializes in direct investments and fund of funds strategies, backing small and mid-sized companies through growth capital, leveraged buyouts, expansion funding, and related equity investments. The firm pursues both majority and significant minority stakes and offers co-investment opportunities, aiming to partner with management teams to enable growth and strategic transformation. As an early player in France's private equity landscape, IDI Group emphasizes flexible investment structures and long-term partnerships to support entrepreneurs' bold plans across stages and sectors. It engages in fund investments alongside external managers, reinforcing value creation through active oversight and strategic financing.
Made 1 investment in Sri Lanka

Vertex Ventures

Vertex Ventures is a global network of operator-investors and venture capital firms that supports technology and healthcare startups across the United States, China, Israel, India and Southeast Asia. It partners with entrepreneurs by offering hands-on operating experience and broad access to capital, talent, partners and customers to help build global businesses. The firm focuses on early to growth-stage investments in software infrastructure, developer tools, data, security, vertical SaaS, enterprise software and healthcare technologies, drawing on a wide international footprint that includes the US, Israel, Singapore and China. Vertex Ventures emphasizes active portfolio involvement and leverages the broader Vertex network to create value for portfolio companies through strategic guidance and partnerships.

Subhkam Ventures

Subhkam Ventures is a Mumbai-based investment firm operating as a family office and principal investment vehicle, engaging in private equity, venture capital, and public market investments. It seeks to invest in start-ups and midsized companies, providing initial-stage funding and growth capital across industries including infrastructure, biotechnology, financial services, aerospace, telecom, real estate, tourism, waste management, and healthcare.

Grange Partners

Grange Partners is a venture capital firm based in Singapore. Founded in 2012, it focuses on investments across technology, B2C and B2B sectors, health and wellness, education, food, financial services, gaming and telecom.

Hiway Capital

Hiway Capital is a venture capital firm based in Guangzhou, China. Established in 2007, it focuses on investments across manufacturing, healthcare, new materials and energy, agriculture, and enterprise services.

Insight Partners

Insight Partners is a global software investor that partners with growth-stage technology and software companies. Headquartered in New York City with offices in London, Tel Aviv, and Palo Alto, it concentrates on growth-stage software, internet, and data services, with notable focus areas including fintech, cybersecurity, AI/ML, DevOps, and healthcare. Founded in 1995, Insight Partners manages over $75 billion in regulatory assets under management and has invested in more than 750 companies worldwide, with over 55 portfolio companies achieving an IPO. The firm combines capital with hands-on, right-sized software expertise to support portfolio companies on their growth journey from first investment to IPO.
Made 3 investments in Sri Lanka

Red Cedar Ventures

Red Cedar Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 and headquartered in East Lansing, Michigan. It makes early‑stage investments in high‑tech startups commercializing intellectual property created at Michigan State University, supporting the commercialization of MSU research through its connection to the MSU Research Foundation as a wholly‑owned subsidiary. The firm focuses on Michigan-based technology ventures, helping entrepreneurs bring university-origin innovations to market.
Made 4 investments in Sri Lanka

Aavishkaar

Aavishkaar is a Mumbai-based venture capital firm, founded in 2001, specializing in early-stage investments across Asia Pacific and Africa. It focuses on sectors such as finance, sustainable agriculture, and essential services, and emphasizes environmental, social, and governance considerations. The firm has been noted for pioneering the early-growth stage VC approach and for targeting underserved geographies and sectors, often overlooked by traditional funding.
Made 2 investments in Sri Lanka

DSG Consumer Partners

DSG Consumer Partners is a Singapore-based venture capital firm that focuses on identifying and investing in consumer brands in India and Southeast Asia. It typically takes minority equity stakes but will pursue control transactions with the right management team, and provides capital for growth with liquidity options via secondary exits. Since 2004 it has backed leading consumer brands, including Sula Wines, Saffronart, Cleartrip, Bakers Circle, Mocha, Salt Water Café, Redmart, Mswipe Technologies, Exito Gourmet, Tierra Food, Saraf Foods and Veeba Food Services, aiming for long-term value creation in the consumer sector.
Made 2 investments in Sri Lanka

Jenson Funding Partners

Jenson Funding Partners is a United Kingdom-based venture capital firm established in 2012 that provides early-stage and growth capital to technology startups. The firm concentrates on digital businesses, including B2B software, e-commerce and marketplaces, with activity across Fintech, EdTech, climate, Web3 and AI sectors and a preference for founders with strong domain expertise. It focuses on opportunities in the United Kingdom and seeks to support portfolio companies through multiple growth phases.
Made 1 investment in Sri Lanka

We Founder Circle

We Founder Circle is a Mumbai-based global community of successful founders and strategic angels that collaborates with early-stage startups to support growth through seed funding, business development, and global networking. Founded in 2020, it operates as an angel network investment firm connecting entrepreneurs with mentorship, capital, and international opportunities.
Made 1 investment in Sri Lanka

Creation Investments Capital Management

Creation Investments Capital Management is a private equity and impact investment firm focused on financial services in emerging markets. Founded in 2007 and based in Chicago, it has offices in Dallas, Mexico City, and Bangalore. The firm makes growth equity, private equity, and private credit investments in microfinance institutions, SME lenders, emerging-market banks, and BOP financial service providers, as well as related areas such as leasing, factoring, insurance, payments, and mobile money. Its investment approach seeks to build diversified portfolios that deliver financial returns while expanding access to finance for the unbanked and underbanked in the developing world. The firm pursues opportunities across venture to mature stage companies, often taking majority stakes, and targets a broad set of financial services and social ventures, including fintech, housing, healthcare, agriculture, renewable energy, and technology-enabled services, across regions including North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific, and Central and Eastern Europe.
Made 3 investments in Sri Lanka

nVentures

nVentures is a Singapore-based venture capital firm established in 2019 that concentrates on seed and early-stage investments in B2B fintech startups. The firm targets companies operating in South and Southeast Asia, supporting early-stage fintech ventures with financial backing and additional resources to foster growth within the regional fintech ecosystem.
Made 1 investment in Sri Lanka

Amadeus Capital Partners

Amadeus Capital Partners is a London-based global technology investor and venture capital firm founded in 1997. It backs technology companies across stages, from seed to growth, across sectors including software, cybersecurity, healthcare IT, fintech, hardware and semiconductors, communications and networking, and clean energy. The firm also participates in secondary investments to provide founders with additional runway and partners with entrepreneurs to scale. To date it has backed over 130 companies and raised more than a billion dollars for investment, with a focus on Europe and selective opportunities in Israel.
Made 4 investments in Sri Lanka

Tano Capital

Tano Capital is an alternative asset management firm focused on global hard assets and innovative investment opportunities in companies based in India and China. It concentrates on rapidly growing businesses that benefit from domestic consumption growth and seeks to deploy capital across markets where growth is driven by rising consumer demand. Established in 2004 and headquartered in San Mateo, California.
Made 3 investments in Sri Lanka

OIF Ventures

OIF Ventures is an Australian venture capital firm founded in 2016 and based in Double Bay, Sydney. It backs early-stage companies developing innovative, high-growth technologies across sectors such as B2B SaaS, fintech, marketplaces, software and hardware, cybersecurity, construction tech, and Web3, including D2C digital-first cremation business sectors. The firm emphasizes supporting technology founders with purpose-driven missions to create value for customers, markets, and communities, and it seeks to help portfolio companies scale through strategic guidance and disciplined execution. OIF Ventures positions itself as a partner to founders, aiming to accelerate growth and generate meaningful impact in Australia and beyond.
Made 1 investment in Sri Lanka

Chiratae Ventures

Chiratae Ventures is a Bengaluru-based venture capital firm operating as a global network of funds with about 3.6 billion under management and a portfolio exceeding 220 companies. The network comprises multiple independent partnerships serving North America and Asia, leveraging the IDG platform and its resources to support early-stage companies. Chiratae backs Indian startups across sectors including mobility, software as a service, education technology, consumer technology, health technology, climate technology, financial technology, agricultural technology, B2B, and deep technology. The firm has established international partnerships across the United States, Korea, China, India, and Vietnam to help portfolio companies scale and access global markets.
Made 3 investments in Sri Lanka

Hustle Fund

Hustle Fund is a venture capital firm that makes seed and early-stage investments in technology-focused startups, including software, B2B, fintech and digital health. Based in San Carlos, California, the firm targets early-stage opportunities and has activity across the United States, Canada and Southeast Asia.
Made 1 investment in Sri Lanka

LoftyInc Capital

LoftyInc Capital is a venture capital firm based in Victoria Island, Lagos, focused on Africa's growth enterprises. Over the past decade it has invested over $25 million in more than 150 companies, including several unicorns, and attracted over $1.5 billion in follow-on funding to its portfolio. It has built an ecosystem of tech hubs, angel networks, and talent platforms to support portfolio companies. The firm has achieved multiple exits and delivered strong returns across its Afropreneurs funds.
Made 1 investment in Sri Lanka

Unpopular Ventures

Unpopular Ventures is a San Francisco, California-based venture capital firm founded in 2019 that focuses on technology companies. It makes active investments across a broad range of startups, supporting companies through various growth stages. Since inception it has deployed approximately 75 million dollars across roughly 500 startups, including Zepto, Jeeves, and Yassir, reflecting a high level of ongoing deal activity.
Made 1 investment in Sri Lanka

Polaris Partners

Polaris Partners is a Boston-based venture capital firm with offices in Boston and San Francisco that backs technology and life sciences companies across the United States and Europe. Founded in 1996, the firm partners with repeat entrepreneurs to support companies through multiple stages, from inception to growth, with a focus on software, healthcare information technology, digital health, life sciences, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, genomics, and related sectors. Its investments span the business-to-business and business-to-consumer markets, software as a service, and other technology-enabled solutions, aiming to build durable platform companies and address significant needs in healthcare and technology.
Made 3 investments in Sri Lanka

Swedfund

Swedfund is a government development finance institution based in Stockholm, with an office in Nairobi, established in 1979. It mobilizes capital and expertise for investments in private markets across Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe, including direct investments and fund of funds activities. It finances a range of instruments, from equity to loans and other debt-like structures, and supports knowledge transfer and equipment upgrades, including depreciation loans to Swedish small and medium-sized enterprises. It pursues minority investments, typically in the range of 5 to 100 million SEK, with board seats and participation in investment committees, and aims for exits in five to ten years. It operates as a bilateral development financier within the European Development Finance Institutions network.
Made 1 investment in Sri Lanka

Vision Plus Capital

Vision Plus Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 and based in Hangzhou, China, with additional offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. The firm concentrates on early-stage investments in information technology, internet services, healthcare, digital health, AI, fintech, enterprise software, industrial internet, SaaS, e-commerce and consumer services, aiming to back startups with scalable digital and technology-driven business models. It supports portfolio companies with practical guidance, talent introduction, strategic planning, operational improvements and financing strategy. The firm targets opportunities across China and seeks to combine domestic expertise with cross-border insights to accelerate growth in technology and healthcare sectors.

IDG Capital

IDG Capital is a global investment firm that backs technology-focused companies across stages, from early to growth. With a blend of international reach and local market insight, the firm mobilizes resources to help portfolio companies scale in China, Asia, and beyond. It partners with private equity and venture capital fund managers and other investment entities, drawing on a broad base of limited partners including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, institutions, and family offices. The team combines deep local knowledge with global perspectives to identify opportunities and provide strategic support, governance, and access to networks that accelerate growth. IDG Capital targets software, information technology, consumer and healthcare sectors, among others, and pursues a long-term value strategy through active collaboration with management teams and ecosystem players rather than short-term financing alone.

Catcha Group

Catcha Group is a venture capital firm based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, focused on backing disruptive technology companies. It has a track record of investing in small- to medium-sized businesses to achieve rapid growth, profitability, and potentially an IPO, by taking sizeable stakes and mentoring portfolio companies to unlock their potential. The firm emphasizes supporting its portfolio teams through challenges and helping them become leaders in their fields, with a hands-on approach to value creation.

Trinity Ventures

Trinity Ventures is an early-stage technology investment firm based in Menlo Park, California, founded in 1986. It partners with entrepreneurs to turn innovative ideas into viable businesses, focusing on seed and early-stage investments in software, information technology and TMT, with emphasis on social commerce, digital media, SaaS and cloud infrastructure. The firm targets U.S.-based startups and has over $1 billion under management, prioritizing personal engagement, mutual respect and goal alignment with entrepreneurs.
Made 3 investments in Sri Lanka

Kalaari Capital

Kalaari Capital is a Bengaluru-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology-driven companies in India. Founded in 2006, it invests across sectors including information technology, mobile, software, healthcare, e-commerce, media, climate technology, consumer and clean tech. The firm is known for its active advisory support, helping Indian entrepreneurs navigate growth and governance as they scale toward global leadership.
Made 2 investments in Sri Lanka

Qualcomm

Qualcomm is a U.S.-based fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops, and markets wireless technologies, processors, connectivity solutions, software, and charging products. Its Snapdragon processors and related platforms serve mobile devices, automotive, and Internet of Things applications, while its technologies span 3G, 4G, and 5G wireless networks, networking, and multimedia. Qualcomm operates through three main activities: chip business providing integrated circuits and system software; licensing of intellectual property for wireless standards; and strategic initiatives investing in early-stage technologies. The company serves industries including automotive, healthcare, smart cities, wearables, and smart homes, and maintains a broad ecosystem that supports developers and partners worldwide.
Made 2 investments in Sri Lanka

Cisco Systems

Cisco Systems is a global technology company that designs, manufactures and sells networking hardware, software and related services. It offers routers, switches, network security products, wireless and mobility solutions, collaboration tools, data center technologies and observability software. Cisco serves businesses, organizations, service providers and individuals to build and manage networks, enable communications and enhance connectivity across industries. The company provides services in addition to its products, including technical assistance and advanced services, and manufacturing is largely outsourced with a large worldwide sales and marketing presence. With about 80,000 employees, Cisco is a leading provider of networking equipment and software, with a broad portfolio that includes security, collaboration (Webex) and enterprise networking solutions.
Made 2 investments in Sri Lanka

Hyperion Ventures

Hyperion Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 and based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It makes investments across seed to late-stage rounds and across all sectors, operating on a founder-centric, stage-agnostic basis. The firm partners with ambitious founders who are passionate, creative, and committed to executing their vision, providing responsive and committed support when and where needed.
Made 1 investment in Sri Lanka

GTR Ventures

GTR Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of GTR Global Trade Review, established in 2017 and based in Singapore. It invests in transaction banking, trade insurance, risk management, SME finance, supply chain finance, and physical trade, aiming to support fintechs that serve trade and supply chain finance. Through its parent brand, it engages the global trade community and connects portfolio companies with partners across the trade finance ecosystem, seeking to mobilize private capital into trade and position trade finance as a viable asset class.

SBK

Founded in Singapore in 2019, SBK is a venture capital firm focusing on early-stage investments. It primarily invests in tech-centric platforms that address global challenges and create transformative impacts.
Made 1 investment in Sri Lanka

August Capital

August Capital is a San Francisco-based early-stage venture capital firm founded in 1995 that invests in information technology companies across the United States, with a focus on software, technology, media and telecom sectors. The partnership combines extensive venture and operational experience, led by a team of seasoned professionals overseeing investments and billions in capital. The firm has supported entrepreneurs whose companies have achieved substantial market value, revenue and employment, reflecting a commitment to technical innovation and entrepreneurial excellence. August Capital provides strategic guidance and industry connections to help startups grow.
Made 1 investment in Sri Lanka

Innovacom

Innovacom is a Paris-based venture capital firm founded in 1988 that concentrates on early-stage technology and digital sector investments. It backs startups across Europe, with some funds extending into North America, targeting software, hardware, telecom, networking, components, and related services and content. Beyond funding, Innovacom provides support and networking to help portfolio companies access strategic industrial partnerships and open-innovation opportunities, aiming to create financial and strategic value for its investments.
Made 2 investments in Sri Lanka

Sutter Hill Ventures

Founded in 1962 and based in Palo Alto, California, Sutter Hill Ventures is a venture capital firm that concentrates on early stage technology and life sciences companies across the United States. It seeks investments in computer technology, software, internet services, telecommunications, healthcare, consumer sectors, and related fields, and provides hands on support through experienced operating executives, a broad industry network, and strategic guidance on business planning, partnerships, and building management teams. The firm pursues a long term, value driven approach, often investing its own capital alongside limited partners in an evergreen structure to support portfolio companies over time. It emphasizes direct involvement with portfolio companies, serving as advisors and mentors to help teams execute and scale, leveraging a network of executives and resources to accelerate growth.
Made 2 investments in Sri Lanka

Nordic Venture Partners (Sweden)

Nordic Venture Partners (Sweden) is a venture capital firm specializing in the Information and Communications Technology sector. Its core objective is to identify and nurture promising young companies, particularly in enterprise software and hardware, communications software and hardware, and internet applications and infrastructure. The firm enhances the value of its portfolio companies by providing essential support and resources in key management areas, including strategic planning, financing, and executive recruitment. With a global perspective, Nordic Venture Partners is committed to achieving high performance through active involvement and international networking, focusing on select ventures that exhibit unique potential for growth.
Made 2 investments in Sri Lanka

SBI Ven Capital

SBI Ven Capital is the venture capital arm of SBI Holdings, based in Singapore. Founded in 2007, it targets investments in financial services and technology sectors across Asia.
Made 1 investment in Sri Lanka

Singapore Angel Network

Established in 2012, Singapore Angel Network is a venture capital firm headquartered in Singapore. It focuses on early-stage investments across various sectors such as analytics, cleantech, e-commerce, healthcare, and fintech, primarily in the United States, India, and Singapore.
Made 1 investment in Sri Lanka

Acrobator Ventures

Acrobator Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Amsterdam, with activity in Kyiv and Tbilisi, that backs early-stage to growth-stage technology companies. The firm focuses on B2B and B2C software, artificial intelligence and machine learning, fintech, infrastructure, data, cybersecurity, and related sectors, often seeking to connect Eastern founders with Western markets such as the United States. It emphasizes support through founders networks, data access, and market reach, and pursues opportunities across Western and Eastern Europe, the United States, and CIS regions.
Made 1 investment in Sri Lanka

Good & Well

Good & Well is a Toronto-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in social purpose businesses in Canada. It provides equity investments, strategic guidance, operational support, and access to a network of like-minded entrepreneurs. Established in 2014, the firm partners with social impact ventures to help them grow and scale.
Made 1 investment in Sri Lanka

SFC Capital

SFC Capital is a United Kingdom-based venture capital firm founded in 2012 that makes early-stage investments in UK startups, including pre-seed and seed rounds. It backs companies across sectors such as software, technology, e-commerce, consumer, enterprise, green tech, medical technology, and hospitality, providing capital plus strategic guidance to support growth and product development. The firm operates a model that combines an angel network with seed funds to back SEIS- and EIS-qualifying businesses, aiming to offer exposure to a diversified portfolio while delivering hands-on support to portfolio companies.
Made 1 investment in Sri Lanka

Trimble

Trimble is a technology solutions company that connects office and field workflows and manages asset lifecycles across construction, geospatial, and transportation industries. Its solutions integrate positioning technologies such as GPS, lasers, and optics with software tailored to user needs, and are delivered via hardware, software, and wireless connectivity to link field operations with back-office processes. The company operates through three segments: AECO (Architects, Engineers, Construction and Owners) providing software solutions for the construction community; Field Systems delivering hardware and software for field operations; and Transportation and Logistics serving trucking and freight markets. Trimble serves customers in surveying, construction, agriculture, fleet and asset management, public safety, and mapping. Founded in 1978 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

Malpani Ventures

Malpani Ventures is an angel investment group and family office based in Mumbai, India. It serves as the investing arm of Dr Aniruddha Malpani and provides early-stage funding to startups. The firm focuses on software, platforms, edtech, and health tech sectors.
Made 1 investment in Sri Lanka

August One

August One is a private investment firm based in Singapore, registered as a venture capital firm with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Established in 2015, August One focuses on empowering exceptional individuals to make a meaningful impact in their professional and personal lives. The firm operates through a family office platform and investment funds, aiming to preserve legacies and fulfill the aspirations of families, investors, founders, and partners. August One supports its portfolio companies by facilitating growth in core businesses, launching new initiatives, entering new markets, and leveraging technology for long-term development. The firm primarily invests in early growth stages, often engaging with companies before their A round of funding and providing assistance through subsequent financing rounds.
Made 1 investment in Sri Lanka