Emerging Markets

Hashed Emergent

Investing in blockchain projects across South and Southeast Asia at Hashed Emergent. Focused on crypto adoption in emerging markets.

Free2ex

Building crypto exchange and investment infrastructure in the Caucasus and CIS region through Free2ex, focused on regional blockchain adoption.

Union Square Ventures (USV)

Check: USV's published firm range is $1 million to $30 million from earliest stage through follow-ons. No personal range is attributed to John, and the firm's investment decision is a collective discussion rather than an individual vote.

John's published investments apply a lawyer-investor lens to regulated markets where analog, repetitive infrastructure blocks access. His work favors portable financial identity, user-controlled credentials, digital-first insurance and legal workflows, and trusted financial brands that broaden affordable access to capital—particularly for underbanked consumers and long-tail merchants in Latin America.

Shorooq Partners

Check: No personal check range is disclosed. Shorooq's equity platform covers the full journey from pre-seed to late-stage growth; Tina's current Venture Partner/adviser listing does not establish independent check authority, so founders should confirm the relevant vehicle and decision process.

Tina looks for high-caliber founders applying differentiated technology to consequential emerging-market problems. Her attributable investment material emphasizes technically credible climate and industrial solutions, strong founder quality, proprietary assets, blue-chip customer validation, and the ability to turn a regional advantage into a scalable category. Her background across banking, private equity, law and insurtech adds a cross-disciplinary diligence lens.

Inception Capital

Check: Inception does not publish a David-specific check range on its live site. A 2026 interview described an $80M platform split between a $50M venture fund and $30M fund-of-funds, but vehicle size is not personal check size. Founders should ask directly about current round, ownership and reserve fit.

David runs a dual strategy: direct early-stage venture investments and backing emerging fund managers, sometimes through management-company or GP stakes. His edge is an East-West network connecting U.S. innovation and institutional capital with Asian adoption, builders and liquidity. He favors globally trained founders, emerging-market financial infrastructure and long-duration themes such as stablecoins, tokenization, automated finance and the intersection of AI and Web3.

Cento Ventures

Check: Cento Ventures does not publish a person-specific check size for Rene Menezes. Any check-size guidance should be treated as firm-level only.

Rene Menezes contributes to Cento Ventures's published strategy to back Southeast Asian startups after initial product-market fit, especially digital businesses that can scale regionally or embed financial services. The firm does not publish a narrower personal mandate on the current roster page.

Verda Ventures

Check: 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.

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, targeting payments, remittances, identity, banking and consumer applications that can serve underbanked users. The broader thesis is that stablecoins become valuable when embedded invisibly in faster, cheaper and more accessible financial services, not when sold as speculation.

Greenfield Capital

Check: No Anies-specific check size is public. Greenfield has led or co-led seed rounds in companies covered by his publications, but announced round size is not the firm's check and cannot establish his personal allocation. Founders should confirm current vehicle, stage, ownership and reserves directly.

Anies looks for crypto infrastructure that coordinates real economic activity: public blockchains modernizing capital markets, privacy-preserving compliance for institutional DeFi, security systems that respond to onchain threats, purpose-built networks for machines and stablecoin settlement that improves fragmented internet infrastructure. The recurring standard is that crypto must solve coordination, access, security or capital formation better than a conventional database or payment rail.

Shorooq Partners

Check: No Joseph-specific debt ticket is public. Shorooq's credit fund announcements and borrower financing totals are strategy or transaction figures, not his personal range. Borrowers should confirm current fund, minimum EBITDA or revenue, instrument, tenor, pricing, security and geography directly.

Joseph evaluates non-dilutive and structured capital for technology and growth companies in the GCC and wider region. His SHUAA private-credit experience and earlier BII fund and co-investment work across infrastructure and climate point to a lender's lens: recurring cash generation, downside protection, a defined use of proceeds, repayment visibility, covenant capacity and alignment with equity sponsors and management.

Fluent Ventures

Check: $250K-$2M typical firm investment, as published by Fluent Ventures; no person-specific range is disclosed.

Alex founded Fluent around geographic alpha: finding proven business models and backing founders who adapt them with strong local execution in new geographies or industries. He favors global pattern recognition, systematic research, customer-valued products and capital-efficient growth.

Cento Ventures

Check: Cento Ventures does not publish a person-specific check size for Melody Madhavan. Any check-size guidance should be treated as firm-level only.

Melody Madhavan contributes to Cento Ventures's published strategy to back Southeast Asian startups after initial product-market fit, especially digital businesses that can scale regionally or embed financial services. The firm does not publish a narrower personal mandate on the current roster page.

Cento Ventures

Check: Cento Ventures does not publish a person-specific check size for Fanny Yap. Any check-size guidance should be treated as firm-level only.

Fanny Yap serves Cento Ventures as Head of Operations. The official source does not publish a separate personal investment thesis, so this profile preserves the distinction between firm support and direct deal responsibility.

Cento Ventures

Check: Cento Ventures does not publish a person-specific check size for Jolene Lum. Any check-size guidance should be treated as firm-level only.

Jolene Lum serves Cento Ventures as Head of Investor Relations. The official source does not publish a separate personal investment thesis, so this profile preserves the distinction between firm support and direct deal responsibility.

Cento Ventures

Check: Cento Ventures does not publish a person-specific check size for Geraldine Goh. Any check-size guidance should be treated as firm-level only.

Geraldine Goh serves Cento Ventures as Executive Assistant. The official source does not publish a separate personal investment thesis, so this profile preserves the distinction between firm support and direct deal responsibility.

Fluent Ventures

Check: $250K-$2M typical firm investment, as published by Fluent Ventures; no person-specific range is disclosed.

Clay brings company-building and team-scaling expertise to Fluent's global early-stage portfolio. Fluent's first-party launch article identifies him as a co-founder of Terminal and a team-building specialist.

Fluent Ventures

Check: $250K-$2M typical firm investment, as published by Fluent Ventures; no person-specific range is disclosed.

Rakesh supports Fluent's global investing platform with AI operations expertise. Fluent's first-party launch article describes him as its in-house AI operations expert.

Unpopular Ventures

Check: Unpopular Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Peter Livingston invests or supports investments through Unpopular Ventures's published strategy: Find and back exceptional early-stage companies off the beaten path, including overlooked markets, geographies and founder networks.

Unpopular Ventures

Check: Unpopular Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Thibault Reichelt invests or supports investments through Unpopular Ventures's published strategy: Find and back exceptional early-stage companies off the beaten path, including overlooked markets, geographies and founder networks.

Cento Ventures

Check: Cento Ventures does not publish a person-specific check size for Dmitry Levit. Any check-size guidance should be treated as firm-level only.

Dmitry Levit contributes to Cento Ventures's published strategy to back Southeast Asian startups after initial product-market fit, especially digital businesses that can scale regionally or embed financial services. The firm does not publish a narrower personal mandate on the current roster page.

Cento Ventures

Check: Cento Ventures does not publish a person-specific check size for Ali Fancy. Any check-size guidance should be treated as firm-level only.

Ali Fancy contributes to Cento Ventures's published strategy to back Southeast Asian startups after initial product-market fit, especially digital businesses that can scale regionally or embed financial services. The firm does not publish a narrower personal mandate on the current roster page.

Cento Ventures

Check: Cento Ventures does not publish a person-specific check size for Yuan Lee Chung. Any check-size guidance should be treated as firm-level only.

Yuan Lee Chung contributes to Cento Ventures's published strategy to back Southeast Asian startups after initial product-market fit, especially digital businesses that can scale regionally or embed financial services. The firm does not publish a narrower personal mandate on the current roster page.

Cento Ventures

Check: Cento Ventures does not publish a person-specific check size for Lee Buckerfield. Any check-size guidance should be treated as firm-level only.

Lee Buckerfield serves Cento Ventures as Chief Financial Officer. The official source does not publish a separate personal investment thesis, so this profile preserves the distinction between firm support and direct deal responsibility.

Cento Ventures

Check: Cento Ventures does not publish a person-specific check size for Ka Kay Lum. Any check-size guidance should be treated as firm-level only.

Ka Kay Lum contributes to Cento Ventures's published strategy to back Southeast Asian startups after initial product-market fit, especially digital businesses that can scale regionally or embed financial services. The firm does not publish a narrower personal mandate on the current roster page.

Fluent Ventures

Check: $250K-$2M typical firm investment, as published by Fluent Ventures; no person-specific range is disclosed.

JC contributes founder and company-building experience to Fluent's global business-model adaptation strategy. Fluent's first-party launch article identifies him as a co-founder of ZenBusiness and Candosa.

Fluent Ventures

Check: $250K-$2M typical firm investment, as published by Fluent Ventures; no person-specific range is disclosed.

Lucas brings founder experience in insurance and financial technology to Fluent's global early-stage strategy. Fluent's first-party launch article identifies him as co-founder of climate-insurance company Kin.

Fluent Ventures

Check: $250K-$2M typical firm investment, as published by Fluent Ventures; no person-specific range is disclosed.

Sofia invests through Fluent's global pre-seed-to-Series-A platform, which backs proven models adapted to new geographies or industries. The firm does not publish a narrower personal mandate for her.

Hashed Emergent

Cento Ventures

Singapore

Fluent Ventures

San Francisco, California

Unpopular Ventures

San Francisco, California