Investors in Malaysia

Cento Ventures is a venture capital firm specialised in under-invested emerging digital markets, primarily Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. Since 2011, we have been backing digital companies that blend local insights with proven digital business models. We support entrepreneurs in their ambition to build companies that are regional leaders in Southeast Asia. Cento is a Series A investor, committing on average US$1M initially, and up to US$4M over the lifetime of each investment.

Founded in 2009, East Ventures is a Tokyo-headquartered investment firm with an office in Singapore and Indonesia, targeting early-stage technology companies. EV Growth is a joint venture between East Ventures, SMDV and YJ Capital that focuses on providing growth capital to startups in Indonesia and the rest of Southeast Asia with an industry agnostic focus. The joint venture was started in March 2018.

Gobi Partners was first established over 15 years ago to focus on home-grown innovation that was emerging from the IT, TMT convergence, and digital media revolution in China. In these 15 years, not only has the entire VC ecosystem made great strides forward; we have also grown to be one of the leading early stage investors in IT in China and ASEAN. Today, Gobi manages 11 funds and has grown to nine offices across China, Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. We maintain our investment focus on tech-related companies in China and Southeast Asia. As a pioneer in this field, we believe that the key to success is a consistent investment philosophy: focusing on core competencies and staying ahead of the curve.

Khazanah is the strategic investment fund of the Government of Malaysia, with 200+ investment professionals across 6 offices across Asia, North America, and Europe. Khazanah has investments in various sectors such as innovation & technology, power, telecommunications, financial institutions, healthcare, aviation, infrastructure, leisure & tourism, property, creative & media, and education. Some of Khazanah’s strategic investments include the world’s 2nd largest hospital chain, Southeast Asia’s 5th largest bank, two of Asia’s largest telecommunications groups, and one of Asia’s top 25 airlines. Khazanah’s venture investments include Palantir, Alibaba, SkyScanner, Garena, Blippar, and 500 Startups. Khazanah applies a disciplined investment approach and aims to provide strategic value for all of its investments.

Vertex Ventures is a global network of operator-investors who manage portfolios in the U.S., China, Israel, India and Southeast Asia. The firm is a trusted partner to some of the world’s most innovative entrepreneurs, supporting them with unmatched operating experience and deep access to the capital, talent, partners and customers they need to build truly global businesses.

Fidelity is a privately owned investment manager. It also provides IRAs, 401(k) rollovers, annuities, discount brokerage services, retirement services, estate planning, wealth management, securities execution and clearance, and life insurance services to its clients. Fidelity provides its services to individual investors, businesses, financial advisors, and institutions. It manages equity, fixed income, and balanced mutual funds. Fidelity invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. It conducts in-house research to make its investments. Fidelity operates as a subsidiary of FMR LLC. It began operation in 1946, with its headquarters in Boston in Massachusetts.

DFJ began in 1985 with a focus on early-stage companies. Tim Draper, a third-generation VC with a passion for technology and unconventional thinking, teamed with John Fisher, a former colleague of Draper's, known for his deep enterprise and tech finance experience. Together they shaped the firm's foundational philosophy of investing in people first. One of their first recruits was co-founder Steve Jurvetson. Together they went on to invest in break out companies like Baidu, Hotmail, and Skype. A decade ago, they added their Growth team dedicated to late-stage investing. Today, they have two teams investing two funds. Their Venture team works with founders in the early phases of company building. Their Growth team partners with companies entering hyper-growth mode. DFJ has backed 27 companies that have each achieved more than $1 billion in realized value through an initial public offering or acquisition.

Since its establishment in 1990, JAFCO Asia has grown to become a leading brand in the venture capital industry in the Asia Pacific region. Currently, JAFCO Asia has offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei, Seoul and Beijing. With more than US$1.2 billion funds under management in aggregate, JAFCO Asia's experienced investment team has invested in over 368 companies in 13 countries (Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Australia, India, Israel and Vietnam) and divested more than 260 companies of which at least 86 have been publicly listed. Since the new millennium, JAFCO Asia has shifted its focus entirely to technology related investments and is now one of the pre-eminent venture capital technology investors in the region. They believe that their existing portfolio in the Asia Pacific region and the worldwide business network offer their portfolio companies significant potential for synergistic partnerships.

Baring Private Equity Asia is one of the largest and most established private alternative investment firms in Asia, with total committed capital of over USD16 billion. The firm runs a pan-Asian investment program, sponsoring buyouts and providing growth capital to companies for expansion or acquisitions, as well as a private credit and a pan-Asian real estate private equity investment program. The firm has been investing in Asia since its formation in 1997 and has over 160 employees located across offices in Hong Kong, China, India, Indonesia, Japan and Singapore. BPEA currently has over 30 portfolio companies active across Asia with a total of 158,000 employees and sales of approximately USD30 billion.

Founded in 1993, WI Harper Group is an investment firm based in Beijing. The firm invests in start-up companies.