# Top 50 SaaS Startup Investors in Philippines in May 2026 ## Kickstart Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Makati, Manila, Philippines - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services We invest in early- to growth-stage start-ups who offer solutions to existing pain points and provide forward-looking innovations that will help shape the future we believe in. ## Foxmont Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Makati, Manila, Philippines - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services Foxmont Capital Partners invest in Filipino-focused or Filipino-founded early stage technology startups that have proven that they can scale effectively and lead the Philippine digital evolution. Foxmont Capital Partners believe that if a Filipino startup can succeed in the Philippines, it can succeed anywhere. ## Wavemaker Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology Wavemaker Group is a cross-border venture capital firm founded in 2003 and one of the most active early-stage investors across multiple funds. ## Gobi Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Internet Gobi Partners is the most interconnected Pan-Asian venture capital firm with US$1.5 billion in assets under management (AUM). Headquartered in Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong, the firm supports entrepreneurs from the early to growth stages and focuses on emerging and underserved markets.Founded in 2002, Gobi has raised 15 funds to date, invested inover 350 startups and nurtured 10 unicorns. Gobi has grown to 15 locations across key markets in Bangkok, Beijing, Cairo, Guangzhou, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Karachi, Kuala Lumpur, Lahore, Manila, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Singapore and Surabaya.As a Participant of the United Nations Global Compact, Gobi Partners is committed to aligning strategies and operations with universal principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption to ensure long-term value creation and sustainability across our portfolio. ## French Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Payments French Partners is the first co-investment club dedicated to qualified investors wishing to accompany and finance companies led locally by French entrepreneurs. French Partners targets start-ups and growing SMEs with revenues of up to several tens of millions of euros, who already have or wish to accelerate their international presence, as well asinnovative investment funds. French Partners invests from €1 million to €5 million, often on a minority basis, alone or in co-investment, in the capital of companies founded and managed by french entrepreneurs internationally. ## Buko Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Health Care, Gaming Value-add angel funding for Philippines startup founders. ## KSR Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A - Focus: EdTech, Training, Education An Investment Firm. ## Lorinet Foundation - Type: VC Fund - Location: Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A - Focus: EdTech, Training, Education Lorinet Foundation is to support pioneering, impactful, and sustainable initiatives to promote education, employment, and access to clean water and energy for vulnerable communities in Mongolia, South East Asia, and France. ## Volt Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Cryptocurrency, Information Technology, Blockchain Volt Capital is a digital financial platform. They provide services for market cycles, ecosystems, and networks. Their customers' inquiries are addressed through phone, email, and online applications. ## KK Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Internet KK Fund is a venture capital fund to invest in seed stage internet and mobile startups across South East Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan. ## BEENEXT - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, FinTech BEENEXT is a Venture Capital fund managed by serial entrepreneurs that focuses on assisting founders with its operational experience, network, trust, unique perspectives, and the capital. The team invests in early-stage tech start-ups that are focused on building the new digital platforms driven by the data network. BEENEXT aims to establish aplatform of founders, by the founders and for the founders across the globe, primarily in South East Asia, India and Japan. Since its establishment in 2015, the team has invested in over 180 companies globally. ## First Asia Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, EdTech, Software First Asia Venture Capital Inc. (First Asia) is a venture capital company involved in a number of Philippine-based businesses. ## Two Culture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology The art and science of entrepreneurship ## Luis Sia - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, SaaS, Beauty Luis Sia - Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer @ PayMongo ## Multicoin Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Austin, Texas, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software Multicoin Capital is a thesis-driven investment firm that invests in cryptocurrencies, tokens, and blockchain companies reshaping trillion-dollar markets. ## Openspace - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Information Technology Openspace Ventures is a leading venture capital firm finding and backing Southeast Asian companies creating a transformative impact where tech meets life. ## Rebel Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Health Care Rebel Fund is powered by an elite team of top Y Combinator alumni partners to support the world's most promising technology startup founders ## Investible - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology Investible is an early-stage venture capital firm backing the visionaries advancing humanity through technology in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and globally. ## Saison Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology They invest in Seed to Series A companies across South East Asia and India. Although they have a sector agnostic fund mandate, they particularly like to work with founders that are building ecosystems with the potential to distribute financial services to the unbanked. ## 1982 Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Early stage venture capital investor focused on fintech in Southeast Asia ## Paco Sandejas - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series B, Pre-Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Training, Semiconductor Paco Sandejas currently works as the Founder, Chairman, and CEO at Xepto Education, Stratpoint Technologies, and Narra Ventures. He is Chairman of the Philippine S&T Development Foundation and an Independent Director serving on the boards of Sunlife of Canada (Philippines), Sunlife Asset Management, Maya Bank, and Medical Doctors Inc (MakatiMed). He sits on the board also of Ostrea Mineral Laboratories, Diversified Holdings. He assisted UnionBank of the Philippines in its digital transformation as Independent Board Member until 2021. Paco completed his Ph.D. and MS In Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1995 and was the first summa cum ladue graduate in Applied Physics from the University of the Philippines. Paco loves to compete in tennis, football (soccer), and recently golf…ideally as teammate of his children and wife. ## Mustard Seed - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Food and Beverage, Software, Medical Mustard Seed enables the creation and evolution of world-class businesses that generate positive and sustainable outcomes. They believe that solving big social and environmental problems drives commercial success in the long run. They seek scalable solutions to gaps currently left unfilled by government and industry in the areas of economicinclusion, education, environmental sustainability, health, and family and community.Mustard Seed invests in and incubates socially and environmentally impactful start-ups. They connect a dynamic and influential network of global members with exceptional entrepreneurial talent across the world. They also develop bespoke impact measurement frameworks and support established companies to align profit and impact through tailored strategies and effective deployment of their resources.Mustard Seed was co-founded by Alex Pitt and Henry Wigan, first classmates at the London School of Economics and later colleagues at Goldman Sachs. In 2013 Henry and Alex observed a rising appetite for socially-minded entrepreneurship among the world’s most talented graduates. They also observed a critical lack of capital to adequately meet this need. They started Mustard Seed to bridge the gap. ## Collab+Currency - Type: VC Fund - Location: Eugene, Oregon, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software Collab+Currency is a crypto-focused venture fund that backs early-stage projects developing the next generation of financial infrastructure, culture, and human organization. ## Jump Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Blockchain, Software, Financial Services Jump Capital is a thesis-led venture investor specializing in scalable software opportunities in fintech, crypto, IT and data infrastructure, the future of commerce, digital media, and vertical SaaS solutions. In addition to capital, Jump provides advocacy and support for entrepreneurs, complemented with institutional-level resources. ## Aaron Kemmer - Type: Angel - Location: Clearwater, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, Gaming, FinTech A serial entrepreneur and advisor, Mr. Kemmer co-founded Made In Space when Singularity University offered the challenge of creating a project that would affect 1 billion people. Aaron’s belief is that off-world manufacturing will dramatically change the way we look at space exploration, commercialization and mission design today. He has workedwith several startup companies, including Heritage Cross, SUpost, Movis and YouTip. Aaron is an alumnus from the University of Florida and Singularity University and served as the Team Project Advisor for Singularity University and the Business Plan Advisor for New Space in 2012.Aaron’s publications include “3D Printing in Space: Enabling New Markets and Accelerating the Growth of Orbital Infrastructure,” which was featured at NASA’s Space Studies Institute 14th Space Manufacturing Conference in October 2010. ## Endeavor Catalyst - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology Endeavor Catalyst is the rules-based, co-investment fund of Endeavor, set up to invest exclusively in Endeavor Entrepreneur-led companies and to sustain Endeavor’s long-term operations in a mission-aligned way. Launched in 2012, Endeavor Catalyst has ~$500M+ AUM across four funds and has made 260+ investments to date in 35+ different markets. TodayThe Endeavor Catalyst portfolio has 53 companies valued at $1B+. Investments include Globant (NYSE:GLOB), Rappi, and Creditas in Latin America; Yemeksepeti.com and Careem in MENA; and Bukalapak and Carro in Indonesia. ## Alternate Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: New Castle, Delaware, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: EdTech, Fitness, Training Alternate Ventures is an investment firm ## Future Now Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Mobile, Retail, Travel Creating tomorrow's value in today's growth ventures and early stage startups. ## Narra Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Manila, Manila, Philippines - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series B, Seed, Series A - Focus: Enterprise Software, Information Technology, Apps Everything You Need to Succeed on Mobile ## Y Investments Philippines - Type: VC Fund - Location: Makati, Manila, Philippines - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Mobile, Big Data, Loyalty Programs Y Investments Philippines provide meaningful practical assistance to their portfolio companies. This includes services, training, and assistance in a variety of important fields that are regularly neglected by businesses without the resources they provide. Their support of their partners is a lot more than just simple encouragement. Y InvestmentsPhilippines was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Manila, Philippines. ## Yaw Yeo - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Gaming, Software, Cryptocurrency Yaw Yeo is the Extended Leadership Team at XA Network. Yaw Yeo attended Stanford University. ## Ray Alimurung - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Gaming, Software, Cryptocurrency Ray Alimurung is a CEO (Philippines) at Lazada Group. ## PDAX | Philippine Digital Asset Exchange - Type: VC Fund - Location: Manila, Manila, Philippines - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Gaming, Software, Cryptocurrency PDAX is the Philippines' leading homegrown cryptocurrency exchange, supervised by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. ## Ocean Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Warwick, Rhode Island, United States - Relevant deals: 1 Ocean Capital offers loans and financing to the small business community in the United States. ## Point72 Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech Backed by Steven A. Cohen, our venture capital investing firm backs fintech, artificial intelligence and enterprise startups from seed stage to IPO. ## Giulio Xiloyannis - Type: Angel - Location: Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, FinTech Giulio Xiloyannis is the Chief Commercial Officer of ZALORA, the largest online fashion retailer in SEA. Prior to ZALORA, he worked across a number of Rocket Internet Founded Venture in Italy, J.P Morgan and Rabobank. Giulio is an investor and Founding Investor for Omnilytics and an adviser for Musa, Taskomat and Edgar (Italy based ventures).Giulio as a pro-bono advisor for Florence based incubator Nana Bianca and Singapore based Antler as well as having collaborated with the Malaysian state sponsored incubator Magic. ## Ryan Selkis - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services Ryan Selkis is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Messari. He was the Managing Director CoinDesk before that. After discovering bitcoin, Ryan became obsessed with the technology’s social and economic potential. That obsession, along with finance and startup experience, helps him lead DCG's investing efforts. ## Sinowisdom - Type: VC Fund - Location: Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Angel - Focus: Manufacturing, Health Care, Software Zhe Jiang Huarui Investment Management Limited, founded in 2002, is a Chinese domestic private investment venture capital management agency. ## Starling Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Apps, Internet Starling Ventures is a COA contract operator and ship broking company that provides chartering, operations, consulting, and SNP services. ## 8186 Capital - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Apps, Gaming 81/86 Capital is a token firm based out of Shanghai investing in early stage Blockchain projects. ## Jussi Salovaara - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Apps, Retail, FinTech Jussi Salovaara - Co-founder and Managing Partner Asia @ Antler ## Mamoru Taniya - Type: Angel - Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Apps, Content, FinTech After graduating from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo, he joined Solomon Brothers, where he became the youngest managing director in Asia, where he was in charge of Asian investment. After that, he created one of the largest independent Asuka assets. He also launched Japan's first independent online life insurance company,LifeNet Life Insurance, and inspired Japan's first International. ## GMO VenturePartners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance An investment that restructures the value and quality.Supplying big capital is not an essential value of our firm.We have a strong attitude to input and drive critical thinking behind a new startup.After the problem is clarified and solution become established in the world,people could not imagine the society without that solution.An investment that innovates this world.We will become a real partner to execute the strategy together.INVENTION OF THE ESSENCE ----we will keep on doing it. ## Crystal Towers - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, Machine Learning, Commercial Real Estate Crystal Towers is a VC fund backed by several Y Combinator founders. It will start out with between $90 million and $100 million to invest in the most promising YC companies out of every batch. The name Crystal Towers comes from an apartment complex in San Francisco where Y Combinator founders have lived. Crystal Tower has also been referred toas “Y Scraper,” another name that was weighed up for this fund. ## Crestone Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, FinTech, Financial Services Crestone is a $200m growth fund focused on FinTech companies that target 1 billion new middle class people and 100 million new formal businesses in high growth Emerging Markets. ## Air Liquide - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Renewable Energy, Energy, Manufacturing A world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health ## tryb Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Internet tryb Group invests in ASEAN fintech ## Core Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Mobile, E-Commerce, Network Security Core Capital is a boutique private equity business catering to early-stage enterprise software companies in Switzerland. ## Dymon Asia Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Computer, Software Dymon Asia Capital is an Asia-focused alternative investment management firm. The firm manages strategies across public and private markets in Asia and globally. ## Justin Mateen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services Justin Mateen is the Founder of Tinder, the world's largest dating platform. Founded in 2012, Tinder is the highest grossing app on Apple's app store since 2017 and was valued at over $40 Billion dollars in 2021. In 2021, Business Insider ranked Mateen as the best early stage investor in the US, placing him at the number 1 spot on thetop 100 list of US Seed Investors. In 2020, Forbes included Mateen on their list of the decade's top 10 tech entrepreneurs. Fast Company has listed him as one of the most creative people in business. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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