Southeast Asia’s top 36 startup investment firms

At some point, people in the tech game realize that secrets sell. We at Tech in Asia know this better than most. Folks always ask us to meet up over rounds of coffee in hopes of discovering something they didn’t already know about Southeast Asia’s startup scene.

So we thought we might spare you the trip and save you the latte money by opening our secrets vault for you.

Let’s start with an up-to-date list of active investors in Southeast Asia over the past 12 months, organized by the number of reported deals (note that not all VCs report their investments).

The list was derived from Tech in Asia’s database. All the data – the top funding stages, typical investment range, startups they’ve recently backed, and the countries they’re active in – pertain to Southeast Asia only.

Please take a look, and see if you need to connect with one of these players in your market of interest.

500 Startups

Their intro: 500 Startups is a global venture capital seed fund and startup accelerator based in Silicon Valley with over US$250 million in assets under management. We have invested in a wide variety of technology startups all over the world, currently over 1,500 companies since our inception in 2010 including: Credit Karma, Grab, Twilio, Udemy, Ipsy, TalkDesk, Intercom, MakerBot (acquired by SSYS), Wildfire (acquired by GOOG), and Viki (acquired by Rakuten). Our team of 100-plus people manage seed investments in 20 countries and speak over 25 languages. We run accelerator programs emphasizing internet marketing and customer acquisition, design and user experience, and lean startup practices and metrics. Our Distro team and programs deliver growth marketing and investment for seed-stage companies. Our investment team and mentor network have operational experience at companies such as PayPal, Google, Facebook, YouTube, Yahoo, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Apple.

Top funding stages:

• Seed
• Series A
• Bridge/Loan

Investment round range:

US$100,000 to US$12,000,000

Recent investees:

East Ventures

Golden Gate Ventures

Wavemaker Partners

CyberAgent Ventures

Gobi Partners

Convergence Ventures

KK Fund

Venturra Capital

Fenox Venture Capital

IMJ Investment Partners

Ardent Capital

Axiata Digital Innovation Fund

Ideosource

Jungle Ventures

Kickstart Ventures

Emtek Group

GREE Ventures

NSI Ventures

Sinar Mas Digital Ventures

Invent

Life.SREDA

Monk’s Hill Ventures

OPT SEA

Sequoia Capital

SPH Media Fund

Vertex Ventures

Asia Venture Group

Crystal Horse Investments

GMO Venture Partners

Incubate Fund

Kejora Ventures

TNF Ventures

Rebright Partners

SB ISAT

SoftBank Capital