Best VCs for Asia

29 venture capitalists actively investing in Asia.

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CEO

UzCard Digital Ventures

Investing in digital finance and blockchain innovation in Uzbekistan through UzCard Digital Ventures, focused on modernizing Central Asian financial infrastructure.

Pre-seedSeed

#2Sharif Hossain

Founder

Kryptos (Bangladesh)

Building blockchain education and investment infrastructure in Bangladesh, focused on developing the local crypto ecosystem and developer community.

Pre-seedSeed

#3Dhammika Seneviratne

Co-founder

Lanka Blockchain Fund

Investing in blockchain and digital finance in Sri Lanka, focused on leveraging blockchain for economic development and financial infrastructure modernization.

Pre-seedSeed

#4Shailesh Shakya

President

Nepal Blockchain Association

Developing blockchain infrastructure and community in Nepal, focused on education and awareness as foundations for future blockchain adoption.

Pre-seedSeed

#5Joshua Foo

CEO MX Global

MX Global (Malaysia)

Building crypto exchange and investment infrastructure in Malaysia through MX Global, focused on regulated digital asset trading and investment in Southeast Asia.

SeedSeries A

#6Alyssa Chen

Accelerator Director

AppWorks

Alyssa's operating thesis is that an accelerator should be a practical lab where founders repeatedly test, learn and build with peers, mentors and corporate partners. She leads AppWorks Accelerator pl

No personal check size or investment allocation authority is published for Alyssa. Her route for founders is AppWorks' accelerator and its corporate accelerator programs; applicants should verify each current program's funding, equity and eligibility terms rather than assuming the firm's fund parameters apply.

Pre-accelerator and acceleratorFounder developmentAlumni and mentor community

#7Jun Wakabayashi

Venture Principal

AppWorks

Jun uses fund investments as ecosystem infrastructure: back locally connected or specialist managers, exchange market intelligence and diligence, create co-investment and follow-on capital paths, and

Not publicly disclosed for Beacon Funds commitments. AppWorks' direct-company strategy publishes US$200K to US$15M per deal from Seed through Series C; that range should not be applied to Jun's venture-fund investments.

Emerging ManagersVenture FundsSeed

#8Sophie Chiu

Investment Director

AppWorks

Sophie backs Asian founders applying AI to transformative products and organizational models. Her current work spans personalized AI, gaming, agentic systems, and AI-enabled work; her broader investme

Firm-level: AppWorks publishes a US$200K to US$15M per-deal range across Seed through Series C, with capacity to lead or follow and reserve capital for follow-ons. This is not Sophie's personal allocation range.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

#9Michelle Lin

Investment VP

AppWorks

Michelle backs technology that modernizes large, operationally fragmented Southeast Asian industries. Her investment cases combine a clear structural tailwind with deep founder-market fit, resilience

Firm-level: AppWorks publishes a US$200K to US$15M per-deal range across Seed through Series C, with capacity to lead or follow and reserve capital for follow-ons. This is not Michelle's personal allocation range.

SeedSeries ASeries B

#10Nathan Alexander

Investment VP

AppWorks

Nathan favors AI and software that hide technical complexity and remove customer friction. His product lens treats simplicity as a defensible outcome of customer obsession, opinionated design, discipl

Firm-level: AppWorks publishes a US$200K to US$15M per-deal range across Seed through Series C, with capacity to lead or follow and reserve capital for follow-ons. This is not Nathan's personal allocation range.

SeedSeries ASeries B

#11Yuan Han Li

Partner

Blockchain Capital

Yuan backs crypto-native founders with earned insight, behavioral resilience, learning velocity, and the ability to translate non-consensus ideas into enduring systems. His technical work spans modula

No verified personal check-size range is published. Blockchain Capital describes itself as a multi-stage crypto investor; Yuan's public work spans seed-stage selection through later protocol and company support, but no individual allocation authority should be inferred.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

#12Terry Tse

Venture Partner

Alpha JWC

Terry Tse contributes to Alpha JWC's published strategy to invest from early through growth stage in ambitious Southeast Asian technology companies, with Indonesia as a core market. The firm does not

Alpha JWC does not publish a person-specific check size for Terry Tse. Any check-size guidance should be treated as firm-level only.

SeedSeries AGrowth Stage

#13Rui Zhang

Managing Partner

gumi Cryptos Capital

Rui leads an early-stage, crypto-native firm with a builder-centric, long-time-preference and high-conviction approach. gCC invests across the blockchain stack, with particular application interest in

A December 2019 gCC FAQ said the firm typically wrote $250K–$1M checks. Treat this only as a dated historical range, not a current promise: gCC subsequently raised a $110M Fund II and has not published an updated range on its current site. Confirm stage, instrument, ownership and reserves directly.

Friends and familyPre-SeedSeed

#14Wayne Zhu

General Partner

NGC Ventures

Wayne's record points to foundational network investing informed by public-market research: he supported Solana and Algorand early, before their ecosystems became established, and NGC's current portfo

No first-party personal or firm check range is published. Third-party directories repeat a $100K–$5M estimate, but it is excluded here because NGC's own site does not substantiate it; founders should confirm stage and ticket directly.

SeedEarly StageNetwork Formation

#15Chandra Tjan

Co-Founder & General Partner

Alpha JWC

Chandra Tjan contributes to Alpha JWC's published strategy to invest from early through growth stage in ambitious Southeast Asian technology companies, with Indonesia as a core market. The firm does n

Alpha JWC does not publish a person-specific check size for Chandra Tjan. Any check-size guidance should be treated as firm-level only.

SeedSeries AGrowth Stage

#16Jefrey Joe

Co-Founder & General Partner

Alpha JWC

Jefrey Joe contributes to Alpha JWC's published strategy to invest from early through growth stage in ambitious Southeast Asian technology companies, with Indonesia as a core market. The firm does not

Alpha JWC does not publish a person-specific check size for Jefrey Joe. Any check-size guidance should be treated as firm-level only.

SeedSeries AGrowth Stage

#17Erika Dianasari Go

Partner, Alpha-X

Alpha JWC

Erika Dianasari Go contributes to Alpha JWC's published strategy to invest from early through growth stage in ambitious Southeast Asian technology companies, with Indonesia as a core market. The firm

Alpha JWC does not publish a person-specific check size for Erika Dianasari Go. Any check-size guidance should be treated as firm-level only.

SeedSeries AGrowth Stage

#18Will Ongkowidjaja

Founding Partner

Alpha JWC

Will Ongkowidjaja contributes to Alpha JWC's published strategy to invest from early through growth stage in ambitious Southeast Asian technology companies, with Indonesia as a core market. The firm d

Alpha JWC does not publish a person-specific check size for Will Ongkowidjaja. Any check-size guidance should be treated as firm-level only.

SeedSeries AGrowth Stage

#19Eko Kurniadi

Venture Partner

Alpha JWC

Eko Kurniadi contributes to Alpha JWC's published strategy to invest from early through growth stage in ambitious Southeast Asian technology companies, with Indonesia as a core market. The firm does n

Alpha JWC does not publish a person-specific check size for Eko Kurniadi. Any check-size guidance should be treated as firm-level only.

SeedSeries AGrowth Stage

#20Augustus (Augie) Ilag

Investment Partner, Head of Asia

CMT Digital

Ilag is CMT Digital's Investment Partner and Head of Asia, investing through the firm's early-stage blockchain strategy. His published Tazapay thesis favors full-stack cross-border payment infrastruct

Firm-level public estimate: $100K-$5M; typical check around $1.5M

SeedSeries A

#21Amit Chu

Co-Founder and Partner

Verda Ventures

Amit backs fintech companies using stablecoin rails to deliver useful financial products in emerging markets. Verda's MiniPay strategy combines capital with Opera distribution and Celo infrastructure,

Verda's live FAQ says the MiniPay Fund typically invests $100K–$250K initially at earlier stages and $500K–$2M later, seeks roughly 5–10% early ownership and 2–6% later, and can be first check or co-invest. These are current vehicle ranges, not Amit's personal angel checks.

Idea and IncubationPre-SeedSeed

#22Baek Kim

Partner

Hashed

Baek invests in infrastructure and applications that make decentralized systems useful to ordinary users. His writing connects mass adoption to better user experience, privacy-preserving computation,

No personal check range is publicly disclosed. A 2022 Notifi investment note identifies a $2.5M pre-seed round led by Hashed, while the firm's 2021 Venture Fund II was $200M; neither figure should be treated as Baek's standard or current personal ticket.

Pre-SeedSeedEarly Stage

#23Herbie Fu

Partner

Hack VC

Herbie invests at the intersection of crypto, AI and productive infrastructure. His GAIB thesis treats compute as a scarce commodity that can become an investable, yield-producing on-chain asset, fina

No personal check range is publicly disclosed. Hack VC says it partners at the earliest stages across crypto, AI and frontier technology, and the firm led GAIB's seed round; neither the round nor third-party ticket estimates establish Herbie's standard or unilateral check authority.

Pre-SeedSeedEarliest Stage

#24Andy Tsai

Partner

AppWorks

Andy focuses on growth-stage technology companies and evaluates them through business-model clarity, competitive strategy, product-market fit, and long-term value creation. His published perspective t

$200K-$15M at the firm level, from Seed through Series C; AppWorks can lead or follow and reserves capital for follow-ons.

SeedSeries ASeries B

#25Vishal Kankani

Partner

Multicoin Capital

Infrastructure, bridges, interoperability. Cross-chain communication and multi-chain future.

#26Nice Cheng

Partner

AppWorks

Nice focuses on growth-stage startups and seasoned founders, bringing a founder-operator lens shaped by building an internet company to profitability and later running strategy and operations after it

$200K-$15M at the firm level, from Seed through Series C; AppWorks can lead or follow and reserves capital for follow-ons.

SeedSeries ASeries B

#27Arnav Pagidyala

Investment Manager

HashKey Capital

Investing in Web3 infrastructure and digital assets across Asia-Pacific at HashKey Capital. Focus on emerging blockchain ecosystems and cross-chain solutions.

SeedSeries A

#28Harper Li

Director of Investment

HashKey Capital

Investing in blockchain and digital asset projects at HashKey Capital with a focus on the Greater China and Southeast Asian crypto ecosystem.

SeedSeries A

#29Deng Chao

CEO, HashKey Capital

HashKey Capital

Investing in digital asset infrastructure and Web3 projects at HashKey Capital. Focuses on Asia-Pacific crypto ecosystem development.

SeedSeries ASeries B

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