# Top 50 Travel Startup Investors in Asia in October 2023

## Jungle Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services

Jungle Ventures is one of Southeast Asia's largest independent venture capital firms based in Singapore. We invest in early and growth-stage startups in Southeast Asia and India, focused on building category-defining businesses that stand the test of time.

## East Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce

East Ventures is an early stage venture capital (VC) focused on Southeast Asia, Indonesia & Japan. Success cases include Tokopedia, Traveloka, and Mercari.

## Eagles Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Angel, Series A, Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Media and Entertainment, Internet

Eagles Fund is a diversified angel fund and family fund.

## Lakson Venture Capital (LVC)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Grocery, Travel, E-Commerce

Lakson Investments Venture Capital (LIVC) invests in Pakistan based opportunities. The firm concentrates on investments where technology can be leveraged to enable, enhance and disrupt existing business models or create new ones.LIVC's investment focus is at the stage in the start-up lifecycle where the company is less than 36-48 months awayfrom a successful Series A round or potential exit. The firm also invests in select Seed rounds through its Incubation and Accelerator ecosystem relationships as well as overseas partners in Silicon Valley and Europe where it seeks to bring proven foreign technology to Pakistan.The firm's team comprises of a diverse set of investors, domain experts, operators, and entrepreneurs with a successful track record of bringing big ideas to fruition.LIVC invests alongside entrepreneurs and local businesses to build new enterprises and through investing seed capital, take ideas to the next stage. It works with Lakson Investments’ (“LI”) team of over 50 experienced professionals while at the same time, leverage the operational experience of the Lakson Group. Over 14,000 people are employed by Lakson in Pakistan in businesses across sectors such as: Technology (CyberNet & Sybrid), Broadcast and Print Media (Express Media Group), FMCG (Colgate-Palmolive Pakistan), Insurance, and QSR (McDonald’s Pakistan).LI is one of the largest private sector asset managers in Pakistan with over US$300mn under management with a rating of AM2+.

## Gobi Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Relevant deals: 5
- 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.

## Monex Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Minato, Chiba, Japan
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology

Monex Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Japan that finances seed and early stage investments in startup companies.

## 500 TukTuks
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mountain View, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Food and Beverage

500 TukTuks is a $15M USD micro-fund focused on promising Thai startups.
Key to the fund’s operations and with a particular focus on fashion, beauty and ecommerce opportunities in Thailand and South East Asia, Sapprasert has been pivotal in investing in some 48 startups in her two years there. 

## Radiant Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet of Things, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Radiant Tech Ventures Ltd., based in Hong Kong and licensed with the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong to carry on Type 9 (asset management) regulated activities.  Radiant manages the Radiant Tech Ventures Fund LP which is a co-investment fund of HK Government's ITVF Corporation.

## Yusuke Sato
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Internet, Content, Food and Beverage

Yusuke Sato is the Co-Representative and Co-Founder at Pulit.

## Innoangel Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Angel, Series A, Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Electronics

Innoangel Fund is an investment firm that invests in early stage companies.

## Kotaro Chiba
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Content, Software

Kotaro Chiba is the founder of ChibaDojo Fund. Kotaro Chiba attended Keio University.

## Venture United
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Software, Information Technology

Venture United is a provider of venture capital for entrepreneurs, especially for internet-related businesses.

## Recruit Strategic Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services

Recruit Strategic Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in innovative startups from all around the world. It is a corporate venture capital arm of Recruit Holdings that seeks to invest in education and financial technology, digital healthcare, and infrastructure sectors.
It was established in 2008 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

## N5Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Gaming

N5Capital is a Beijing-based leading venture capital firm focusing on early stage investment in mobile internet. N5Capital is the only early stage USD venture fund in China specializing in mobile internet, big data and cloud’s disruptive convergence with consumer sectors. N5 believes these technologies are emerging to be the infrastructure ofproductivity growth and consumer behavior transformation. Founded in 2013 by Mr. Will Jiang and Mr. Weiguo Zhao, N5Capital is currently managing two RMB funds and one USD fund, with the total capital managed at $350 million USD. In 2016, N5Captial was awarded the Top 20 Early Stage Venture Capital Firm in China. The power of mobile disruption in the internet savvy Chinese population guarantees a strong investment potential. With more than 60 companies in its portfolio, N5Capital has represented some of the most leading-edge tech companies, including Talking Data, 360 Finance, Car 300, Hot & Hot, Viva Video, LGD, Ofashion and inMotion/SoloWheel. N5Capital has a unique GP team combination with a collective successful track record spanning from angel, early stage, and growth stage to corporate M&A with approximately 30 years combined investment experience. N5Capital analyzes in consumer sectors such as finance, retail, housing, automobile, travel among others and invests in start-ups that thrives on either build or leverage the underlying technology to disrupt or recreate the industry value chain . Through an expansive network, in-depth industry analysis and rigorous user behavior research, N5Capital is shifting the investment landscape for both start-ups and investors. For more information, visit www.n5capital.com.

## ZhenFund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce

ZhenFund is a seed fund founded by former entrepreneurs to invest in the most promising innovators. New Oriental co-founders Bob Xiaoping Xu and Victor Qiang Wang established ZhenFund in 2011 in collaboration with Sequoia Capital China. ZhenFund now has a network of over 800 portfolio companies, including over 30 unicorns based in China. Webelieve that great businesses start with exceptional founding teams. We are dedicated to helping our entrepreneurs build successful companies by providing them with mentorship and the best resources available. Some of our services include biannual demo days to top Chinese VCs, ZhenHR services, marketing and PR consulting, as well as fundraising. Our strong and large CEO network also facilitates entrepreneurs helping each other, especially via our WeChat platform. ZhenFund has been ranked as the “#1 Early-Stage Investment Firm” for six years. Bob Xiaoping Xu, Founder of ZhenFund, has been named on the Midas List since 2016 and ranked #11 in 2019. Anna Fang, Founding Partner and CEO of ZhenFund, has been named on the Midas List since 2019 and made her 4th appearance as #12, and #1 on Midas Seed List in 2022.

## Ricebank
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Angel, Series A
- Focus: Electric Vehicle, Travel, Hardware

Ricebank is a comprehensive investment management company.

## ZJU Joint Innovation Investment
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series B
- Focus: Aerospace, Solar, Energy

ZJU Joint Innovation Investment is an innovative industrial investment institution.

## Japan Finance
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Debt Financing
- Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology

Japan Finance provides a diversified portfolio of financial services to the small and medium enterprise sector.

## JTB Corp.
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Travel, Leisure, Tourism

One the most biggest company in Japan dealing with tourism.

## Ferry Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Angel, Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Manufacturing, Internet

Ferry Venture Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on building companies in the new technology industry. The firm invests in early-stage companies in three broad areas, mainly in Information Technology & Artificial Intelligence (IT & AI), Enterprise Services & Technology, and Consumer & Entertainment.FerryVenture Capital was founded in 2010 and is based in Shanghai, China.

## Shunwei Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Software

Shunwei Capital is a venture capital fund that focuses on early to mid-stage investments in local internet industry. It specializes in incubation, startups, early to mid-stage, and growth capital investments. It seeks to invest in the technology, media, telecommunications, high technology, new media, games, internet finance, and rural area internetsectors. Their investors include sovereign wealth funds, fund of funds, university endowment funds, and family offices.Shunwei Capital is a China-based company that was founded in 2011 by Tuck Lye Koh and Lei Jun.

## Linear Venture
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Internet

Linear Capital (Linear Venture) was founded by Jingdong, Lynx former executives and early Facebook employees Chuan Wang Huai, attention Pan smart, technology-driven big data early in the project area. Has invested horizon robot, Rokid, with shield, melting point, etc. more than 30 start-up team, and is trying to become China's best intelligentapplication data Fund (Applied-Data-Intelligence). Our existing limited partners from Asia's top hedge funds, but also from Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, the public comment, go, people network, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and other well-known Internet company founders or executives and Xue Manzi, Mr Leung and other aspect of capital investment sector for decades veterans. We strive to use industry expertise and resources to help the investment company move fast and break fewer things, and ultimately the linear path and nonlinear growth.

## Boon Hwee Koh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech

Boon Hwee is the founding partner of Credence and Chairman of the investment committee. Concurrently, Boon Hwee is a member of Agilent Technologies Inc, Chairman of AAC Technologies, Yeo Hiap Seng Limited, and Sunningdale Tech Limited.Boon Hwee began his career in 1977 at Hewlett Packard ("HP") and rose to become its Managing Directorin Singapore, a position he held from 1985 to 1990. Boon Hwee's other previous positions include:Chairman of Singapore Telecom Group ("SingTel") and its predecessor organisations for 17 yearsChairman of Singapore Airlines Limited ("SIA") for 4 yearsChairman of Development Bank of Singapore ("DBS") for 4 yearsDirector on the Board of Temasek Holdings Private Limited for 15 years (Boon Hwee also served as a member of the Executive Committee from January 1997 to September 2010)Chairman of the Wuthelam Group for 10 yearsBoon Hwee was named the Outstanding Manager of the Year in 1991 by Business Times and DHL Worldwide. He was conferred The International Herald Tribune Visionary and Leader Honour in January 2003.Boon Hwee contributes actively to non-profit organisations, and is the current Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Nanyang Technological University and a Director of the Hewlett Foundation in the United States.Boon Hwee obtained his Bachelor's Degree (First Class Honours) in Mechanical Engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London in 1972 and his MBA (Distinction) from the Harvard Business School in 1976.

## Incubate Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce

Incubate Fund is an independent early-stage venture capital that specializes in providing capital to technology startups at the seed stage. The firm built a portfolio of over 300 companies in Asia, taking 12 companies to public and 20 companies to M&A exit since 2010.

## Hideto Fujino
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Reservations, Travel, Real Estate

Hideto Fujino - President, Cheif Investment Officer @ Rheos

## SZHTI Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Angel
- Focus: Manufacturing, Electronics, Health Care

SZHTI Group is a company that provides asset management and financing services.

## Legend Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical

Legend Capital, a subsidiary of Legend Holdings Ltd., started its vintage year in April, 2001 with a mission to become a top-notch and the most respected venture capital investment manager in China.Managing up to US$700 million across four funds, Legend Capital focuses on driving high-growth ventures with operations substantially based in Chinaor on markets related to China.Legend Capital mainly invests in early stage IT companies, specifically, in sectors of network applications and services, outsourcing and professional services, Infrastructure (IC design/key components), and mid-market growth stage companies in the fields of consumer goods, clean technology, health care, equipment manufacturing and modern services.Among over 60 portfolio companies are Joyo.com (acquired by Amazon.com), SinoCom (0299.HK), Solarfun Power (Nasdaq: SOLF), Spreadtrum Communications (Nasdaq: SPRD), China Sunshine Paper (2002.HK), and VanceInfo (NYSE:VIT), Eyang (0117.HK), etc.As an active investor, Legend Capital provides its portfolio companies extensive business resources and tailored services to assist with business development, company image building, and other critical company building activities on Chinese market so as to add value and maximize returns. Legend Capital is proud and thankful that it has the opportunity to blaze a trail with its innovative practice for China's venture capital industry.

## Yinxinggu Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Angel, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Enterprise

Yinxinggu Capital is an investment platform that focuses on early investment opportunities in emerging industries, such as in retail and manufacturing, promoting the digital upgrade of the industry. The firm was jointly initiated by Slan Holdings, Huali Group, Huari Industrial, Jinggong Group, and Wanfeng Auto.The company was founded in 1997 andis based in Hangzhou, China.

## Prasetia Dwidharma
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Jakarta Pusat, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce

PT Prasetia Dwidharma was founded in 2008 as a telecommunication infrastructure contractor. The company has started to invest in technology startups since 2013.

## Mizuho Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Internet

Mizuho is the venture capital firm affiliated to Mizuho Bank, the second-largest Japanese bank in terms of assets. The firm has headquarters in Tokyo.The firm has ¥49.6 billion JPY under management, focusing on information technology and biotechnology investments. Over 600 Mizuho companies have gone public. According to Nikkei, Mizuho is thefifth-largest venture capital firm in Japan.Mizuho Capital was formed in 2002 by the merger of Fujigin Capital, Tokyo Venture Capital and IBJ Investment. Three firms were subsidiaries of Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan respectively.

## Globis Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Internet, Information Technology, Software

Globis Capital Partners (GCP) is one of Japan's leading venture capital firms. With its unique combination of local business presence through Globis Group and the experience of Western VC experience, GCP has set new VC standards in Japan, with hands-on, and in-depth industry expertise.

## 500 Startups Japan
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Software, Internet of Things

500 Startups is the most active seed VC in the world. 500 Startups Japan is a $35M regional fund focusing on Japan.

## Haier Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Qingdao, Fujian, China
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Automotive

Haier Capital makes investments in the consumer smart home sector. The company's current business mainly involves venture capital, private equity investment, industrial mergers and acquisitions, government guidance funds, and other fields. It is a platform for co-creation of the industry's entire ecological investment. It invests aroundthe Haier Group's Internet of Things ecological layout. Through the Internet of Things industry investment and empowerment, it links multiple resources and creates a multi-win industry investment ecology.

## Yu Akasaka
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Content, Internet

During Hosei University student, and intern at Hakuhodo C & D. After joining the Image-net, I do media monetization of EC site as a media planner. Then, new business, engaged in Alliance. Launched a crowdsourcing site "MILLION DESIGNS" of design in the individual, sold to Ransazu Corporation. Established the Eureka Co., Ltd., wasappointed Representative Director CEO.

## Artesian VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

Artesian Capital Management is an alternative investments management company, which was spun out of ANZ Banking Group's capital markets business in 2004, with backing from ANZ Private Equity. Artesian's founding partners, purchased ANZ's stake in 2005. The company has subsequently been fully owned by partners and staff. Since 2004,Artesian has managed specialised funds focused on credit arbitrage and relative-value strategies across global financial markets. In 2008, while continuing to manage credit relative value investment strategies from its New York, London and Singapore offices, Artesian began to make principal investments in seed/early-stage ventures from its offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Shanghai. In 2011, Artesian launched the first of its early stage venture capital funds and now manages AUD +255m. Artesian's VC strategy is to partner with best of breed accelerators, incubators, angel groups and university programs. In 2017, Artesian launched its China VC Fund with a USD 50m cornerstone investment industry super fund Hostplus. Artesian will soon launch a Southeast Asia VC Fund.

## Kinzon Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics

Kinzon Capital is a Chinese venture capital firm specialized in early- and expansion-stage, and growth capital investments. It is also demonstrated business model or technological innovation and focused on innovation in the post-mobile internet, innovative business models targeting consumers and enterprise / B2B services.Kunzhong Capital wasnamed TOP 20 Best New Generation VC Firms & Best Chinese Artificial Intelligence VC Firms and Newly Developing VC Investment Firm of the year 2018. It is based in Beijing, China.

## Daiwa Corporate Investment
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Task Management, Software, Internet

Daiwa Corporate Investment is a private investment firm of Daiwa Securities Group that has been engaged in overseas VC investments by taking advantage of an extensive business network in Japan and foreign countries, long experience and professional knowledge, and by supporting the growth of a number of overseas portfolio companies and their stockexchange listings.

## SkyChee Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology

SkyChee Ventures focuses on Hardware as a Service investments that combine highly competitive Asian manufacturing capabilities with global software and talent to enable new business models and revenue opportunities. They create value by combining global markets with technology innovation and value-add services. They focus on early stage technologyenabled investment opportunities.

## VOYAGE VENTURES
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, Content

Voyage Ventures is the venture capital arm of Voyage Group specializing in seed and early-stage investments. The firm seeks to make investments in the internet and mobile internet industry. It invests from JPY1 million ($.01million) to JPY to 10 million ($.12 million) in its portfolio companies. The firm typically invests in Japan, China, and othergrowing Asian markets. Voyage Ventures, Inc., formerly known as EC Navi Ventures Company, was founded on March 25, 2011, and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

## Magic Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Angel, Seed
- Focus: Apps, Education, Internet

Magic Capital is an investment firm focused on supporting Chinese Internet companies.
The company's founders are working cross a broad range of sectors, from education to media to healthcare to SaaS to AI to e-commerce to game to social networking service.

## 36Kr
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Manufacturing, Sports, Enterprise

36Kr was founded in July 2011 as a company dedicated to serve entrepreneurs. Over six years, it has grown into a comprehensive service provider aimed at serving innovative tech companies while being the largest and strongest ecosystem-based platform that boasts comprehensive coverage over a myriad of sectors with a game-changing vision. So far,36Kr consists of three major business segments: 36Kr media, Venture Capital and Kr Space, through which they strive to offer Chinese entrepreneurs and SMEs with one-stop service encompassing providing of information, matchmaking of financing and direct access to funding, not to mention office solutions and relevant incubating services. They aspire to become the platform that provides entrepreneurs and SMEs with ambient services that can help them grow, nothing short of utilities. 36Kr has served over 20,000 startups and helped to secure next round financing for 4,000 firms with free-of-charge services throughout the entire process, supporting startups to embark on their very first steps. Currently, over 90,000 startup projects are being proceeded on the 36Kr on-line platform where 80% of premium projects are hosted. Meanwhile, they have established an investment alliance of top 15 Chinese institutional investors with the mission of offering the best financing support to the most promising bunch of entrepreneurs.Out of recognition of their vision, China’s fintech giant Ant Financial has made a strategic investment in 36Kr so as to better SMEs’ financing needs. In addition, 36Kr is also favored by globally-renowned Matrix Partners China and traditional securities giant China Securities, with both as its shareholders. Another strategic investor – China Merchants Group’s VC was introduced in 2016.

## SAIF Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Software

SAIF Partners is a leading private equity firm that provides growth capital to companies in Asia.Our primary areas of focus include Information Technology, Internet, Mobile, Consumer Products and Services, Healthcare, Cleantech, Education, Modern Agriculture, Financial Services & Manufacturing.SAIF Partners was founded in 2001 andcurrently manages over $4 billion in capital. With over 100 investments since its inception, SAIF has become one of the largest and most active funds in the region. SAIF is a long-term investor with local teams in Hong Kong, China, and India.

## Captii Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Selangor, Selangor, Malaysia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Grant
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Apps

Captii Ventures is a multi-stage investor in Southeast Asian start-ups. It invests in marketplace that facilitates better matching of supply and demand, new media publishers that disrupt traditional channels of communications, and start-ups that use technology to solve age-old enterprise problems.

## Jiuyou Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Angel
- Focus: Biotechnology, Medical, Pharmaceutical

Jiuyou Capital has strong background resources in the fields of private equity investment institutions, public funds, wealth companies, banks, trusts, investment banks and brokerages. Relying on the shared economy model of “Internet + Social + Finance”, Jiuyou Capital is committed to building a more optimized and efficient investment industryecosystem, and thus becomes China's most influential financial resource integration and service platform.

## Kensuke Furukawa
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Content, Media and Entertainment, Software

Kensuke Furukawa was born in June 2, 1981. He graduated Waseda University majoring Political Science and Economics, and in 2000, he launched "Milkcafe", a student community, which has grown to a site with 10 million PV per month. In 2004, he became the CEO of Media Clip, which operates a rental bulletin board service "ShitarabaBBS". After that year, he had transfer "Shitaraba BBS" to Livedoor, and took charge of starting up the Consumer Generated Media sector. In 2006, he joined Recruit, and took charge of starting up a new business at Business development sector. In June of 2009, he left Recruit, and became the CEO of nanapi （formerly Rocket Start), which operates the How-to Site "nanapi".

## Qingsong Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Angel, Series B
- Focus: Internet, Education, Health Care

Founded in June 2012 by Liu Xiaosong, Dong Zhanbin, and Su Wei, three Internet and investment circle veterans, Qingsong Fund is an early venture capital firm specializing in investment in education, social networking, consumerism, innovation, technology and applications. It manages four RMB funds with a total value of about RMB 2 billion. So far,it has invested in more than 140 companies, including 1 to 1 head, 1 DaDa English, squirrel AI, onion mathematics, wedding calendar, werewolf killing, flystep technology, HomeFacial. Pro and other star projects - 50% exit project returns more than 60 times, multiple project valuation multiples increased nearly 200 times, and educational projects have an average annual value increase of 500%. Among them, the Qingsong Smart Fund, which was newly established in 2018, focuses on the underlying technologies of the underlying AI and Smart Connect, as well as investment in such areas as smart healthcare, enterprise services and intelligent transportation applications. Liu Xiaosong, founding partner of Qingsong Fund, is a Ph.D. student at Tsinghua University. He invested in Tencent in 1999 and has a return on investment of tens of thousands of times. In 2000, he founded A8 New Media Group, which was successfully listed on the main board in Hong Kong in 2008. In 2015, he hatched in November 2018. Listed in Hong Kong stocks in the year. As a leading early investment institution in China, Qingsong Fund and its founding partners have repeatedly won Top 10 of Zero2IPO China's early investment institutions/investors, Top10 of China's education sector, Top100 of Chinese investors, and China's best early venture capital investment. Institution/Investor Top10; 36氪 China's new entertainment sector investment institutions Top10, online education sector investment institutions/investors Top10 and other mainstream awards.

## Ken Takayama
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Reservations, Travel, Apps

Ken Takayama - External Audit & Supervisory @ Media Do

## B Dash Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Information Technology, E-Commerce

B Dash Ventures does seed to late stage tech investments in Japan, Asia Pacific, and the U.S. LPs include Japan's largest technology companies and financial institutions including NTT Docomo, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, GREE, NEC BIGLOBE, Fuji Television, and the Japanese government. B Dash Ventures also operates an incubation space inpartnership with Mori Building Co. and holds the invitation-based B Dash Camp conference.

## Gaotong Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chongqing, Heilongjiang, China
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Travel, Children, Training

Gaotong Capital is engaged in industrial investment covering capital investment, wealth management and investment banking services.

## Tongcheng Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Consumer, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage

Tongcheng Capital is an investment firm.

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