Investor Matching Program & VCs – What is it about?

Moving forward and navigating through the post pandemic world, getting through these uncertain times is a major worry for startups and access to investor is the biggest challenge that they will have to contend with. In response to this, MDEC is launching the Investor Matching program to provide a platform for investors to seek potential investment and assist startups to fundraise during this tough times. 

This initiative will provide a much-needed avenue of funding for many Malaysian-based startups and it has already onboarded more than 50 investors and VCs to participate and support the Malaysian startup ecosystem.

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2021 PROGRAM KEY STATISTIC

Investors Participated

56 VCs/investors

Total Applicants

108 companies

Total Funding Request

USD 94.8 mil

No of Companies Matched

66 companies
(61% successfully matched)

Participating Investors

Ficus Group Capital

Seed to Series A - Technology Based Startup

Draper Startup House

Pre-Seed to Seed - Sector agnostic, keen to look at Web3 companies in Malaysia

Novum Equity Partners

Seed to pre-IPO - Tech or tech-enabled companies

Vynn Capital

Seed to Series A - Supply Chain, Mobility

Kuber Ventures

Pre-Seed to Series A - Marketing-Tech, Ad-Tech, Sales-Tech, Digital Content & Media, Creator Economy Talent & Work Tech, HR-Tech, Future of Work Fin-Tech, NFT, Web3.0 Clean Energy, Environment, Sustainability eSports & Gaming AgriTech Social Enterprise & Impact Investing

DX Ventures

Seed to Series D - Consumer, Internet, SaaS, Foodtech

Whitestar Capital

Seed to Series B - Sector Agnostic

Openspace Ventures

Series A onwards - Sector agnostic

Cocoon Capital

Pre-Seed, Seed - Any vertical under enterprise tech and Deep tech 

Artem Ventures

Seed , Series A , Series B - Fintech and Insurtech , AI , Consumer related data , Lifestyle with embedded fintech, Direct-to-consumer startups (food or non-food) , Agritech , Other products produced with natural materials or using sustainable inputs, Distribution solutions or retail with sustainable development objectives.

Wavemaker Partners

Seed to Pre-series A - Vertical agnostic, more focussed on B2B, enterprise and deep tech

Sumitomo Corporation

Series A onwards - Healthcare, Clean Energy, Smart City, Fintech

Plug and Play

Seed up to pre Series A - Sector agnostic

PETRONAS Ventures

Post revenue / Series A, B, C onwards - Future of Energy & Mobility e.g. Hydrogen, Renewables, Energy Storage, EV . Future of Facilities / Industrial Automation i.e. deeptech, AI, Machine Learning, Smart Sensors, Drones . Future of Materials / Specialty Chemicals e.g. 3D printing, sustainable materials, alternative protein/food, bio-fertiliser, agritech

OSK-SBI Venture Partners Ltd

Series B onwards - IT, Biotech, Education, Logistics, Health

Bintang Capital

Series B / Growth Capital - Digital , Healthcare , Retail, New Energy

AC Ventures

Series A and B - Mobility and adjacent sectors (ie Fintech, Insurtech)

SBI Group

Sector agnostic with focus in FinTech, ICT, MedTech, InsurTech, and GreenTech

Kuber Ventures

Pre-Seed to Series A - Marketing-Tech, Digital Content & Media, Creator Economy, Talent & Work Tech, HR-Tech, Future of Work, Fin-Tech, Clean Energy, Environment, Sustainability

Translink Capital

Series A to B - Mobility and adjacent sectors (ie Fintech, Insurtech)

1982 VENTURES

Pre-seed, Seed, Pre-A Fintech and Insurtech

SeaX Ventures

Seed to Series B - DeepTech

OSK Ventures International Bhd

Series A & B - Sector Agnostic

Hustle Fund

Pre-Seed - Internet and software focused

Xpdite Capital Partners

Seed, Pre-Series A - Travel & Hospitality, Health & Wellness, Food & Agriculture

White Star Capital

Series A to Series B - Sector agnostic (except hardware/ biotech)

Vynn Capital

Seed to Series A - Travel/Mobility, Proptech, Food/FMCG tech, Female tech

Vertex Ventures

Pre-A, Series A - Agnostic, Focusing in Southeast Asia and India region 

Velocity Ventures

Seed to Series A - Hospitality & Travel , F&B , Retail and experience , accomodation , travel service , transportation

Trive Ventures

Seed - AgriFood, Education, Future of Work, Manufacturing, Supply Chain (or anything that creates positive social impact)

ThinkZone

Pre-seed to Seed - Sector agnostic

The Hive SEA

Early-stage (Pre-seed, Seed, Pre-SeriesA) -  Industry-agnostic

Tenggara Capital Partners

Seed/Co-creation - Sector agnostic (tech focus)

SunSEA Capital

Pre-Series A to Series A - Edtech, Healthtech, AgriTech, FoodTech, Fintech, e-commerce

Spiral Ventures

Series A /Seed/Pre-A with more than 50K monthly revenue and at least 1 year of customer traction - E-commerce , Fintech , Logistics , Insurtech , DX solution / SaaS

SOSV

Seed - B2B / B2C / SEA / software

SIG Southeast Asia

Series A to Pre IPO - TMT

Sequoia

Seed to Series C - Industry agnostic. (focus on ecommerce, consumer internet, logistics, fintech, SaaS, crypto/blockchain, consumer brands etc.)

RHL Ventures

Seed/Series A/B - Sector agnostic

Quest Ventures

Series Seed to Series A - Digital Economy

Qiming Venture Partners

Series A to Series C - TMT

Monk

Series A - Sector agnostic

KK Fund

Pre-seed to Series A - Mobile and Internet-based tech startups

Kejora Ventures

Pre-Series A to Series A - Edtech, healthtech, agritech and food tech, Fintech, ecommerce

Kairous Capital

Series A, B - Sector agnostic

Investible

Seed to Series A - Agnostic

InterVest Co., Ltd.

Series A onwards - Logistics, e-Commerce, Edutech, Foodtech, Fintech

Hana Ventures (Private)

Series A to Series C - IoT, Mobility, FinTech, Contents, Consumer, e-commerce

Golden Gate Ventures

Seed to Series A - Consumer tech B2C & B2B

Gobi Partners

Seed to growth - Agnostic

GGV Capital

Early/Growth - Internet-related, devices, B2B SaaS

Genting Ventures

Pre-A, Series A, Series B - Consumer tech, F&B, Agri-foodtech, Gaming & Esports, Hospitality, Energy

Eurazeo - Idinvest

Series A, B - Mobility, Mobility, Property, Logistics, Energy, Indsutry, Insuretech

Citrine Capital

Pre-Seed, Seed, Pre-A - Education, Healthcare, Financial Inclusion, Agriculture

Cento Ventures

Series A-B - Financial Services, Embedded Financial Services

Captii Ventures

Seed , Series A , Series B - Enterprise software / B2B / business-enablers / Fintech

Burda Principal Investments

Series B / C, prefer to lead - Consumer, marketplaces, platforms, fintech, cybersecurity

Amasia

Seed to Series B - Sector agnostic

Altara Ventures

Series Pre A, A, B - Consumer, Enterprise, Fintech, Logistics, Healthcare, Education

500 Startups

Pre-seed to Series A Agnostic

How it Works


Step 1

Submissions by companies via MDEC’s GAIN platform by 16 April 2022

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Step 2

MDEC to conduct basic screening, and match companies with investors based on funding stage and verticals/industry

Step 3

Investors to shortlist companies that they are keen to connect for further discussion

Step 4

MDEC to facilitate the introduction to VCs

To register for the above program, kindly create an account on our GAIN platform,
then select the program that you are interested to participate (Register -> Login -> Start Application -> Investor Matching)

Terms & Conditions


1. Application is only for:

  • Tech startups based in Malaysia or
  • Tech startups having operations in Malaysia and at least one of the founders is based in Malaysia

    • 2. Logistics

  • Upon successful matching, MDEC will facilitate the introduction between the investors and the companies for follow up discussion
  • Investors and startup are encouraged to keep to the meeting to 30 mins (20 mins for presentation and 10 mins for Q&A)

    • 3. Sharing the contents

  • Please do not share the video contents of the meeting on social media channels but you are allow to share the picture of the meeting scene with the interested investors (upon confirmation).

    • 4. Disclaimer

    We make no representation or warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, regarding the accuracy, adequacy, reliability, availability or completeness of any information in this initiative and under no circumstances shall we have any liability to you for any loss or damages of any kind incurred as a result of the participation in this initiative or reliance on any information provided herein.