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Southeast Asia + India
Investors who underwrite India and Southeast Asia as a connected growth theater.
What this thesis means
India + Southeast Asia investors see shared playbooks across large, mobile-first, diverse markets — fintech rails, commerce, B2B software, and consumer services. Some funds are headquartered in one region with a mandate across both; others help Indian companies expand into SEA or vice versa.
Diligence often asks whether your wedge is portable: payments, language, regulation, and distribution rarely copy-paste. Founders who treat SEA as “India 2.0” without local partners struggle; founders with a sequenced expansion thesis do better.
Pitch why the second geography is a natural adjacency, not a distraction — and what local advantage you will need.
Who it fits
- Founders with India traction looking at SEA expansion
- Companies building multi-market consumer or fintech plays
- Teams with partners or operators across the corridor
What to prepare
- A sequenced market expansion plan
- What transfers vs what must be rebuilt locally
- Regulatory and distribution realities called out
Funds with this thesis
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AC Ventures
AC Ventures backs technology companies across Southeast Asia at Seed and Series A, with a core focus on Indonesia and thematic interest in Consumer, SaaS, FinTech, B2B, and AI.
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Accel
Back bold founders from idea to IPO; Fund VIII centres on AI (enterprise, services-as-software, vertical AI) and consumer (Bharat, India-native, aspirational brands).
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BEENEXT
BEENEXT backs early-stage technology founders across India and Southeast Asia building scalable, impactful businesses in Consumer, SaaS, FinTech, B2B, and AI, typically entering at Seed through Series A.
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DSG Consumer Partners
Back founders building the next generation of consumer brands in India and SE Asia
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East Ventures
East Ventures backs early and growth-stage technology companies across Southeast Asia and India, with a focus on Consumer, SaaS, FinTech, B2B, and AI sectors where scalable digital business models can thrive across emerging markets.
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Elev8 Venture Partners
Back profitable, product-market-fit growth-stage tech companies expanding via overseas expansion, inorganic acquisition, tech-team and CXO hiring or pre-IPO scaling; a research- and data-driven, hands-on partnership model. India's first 'Pro Rata' fund, accessing oversubscribed rounds of top tech companies alongside top-tier growth funds.
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Green Frontier Capital
Back climate-tech and sustainability-focused companies in Asia
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Innoven Capital
Provide venture debt to high-growth, VC-backed startups in India and Southeast Asia
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Insignia Ventures Partners
Insignia Ventures Partners focuses on Seed, Series A, Series B opportunities across Sector Agnostic, operating as a VC relevant to Indian founders.
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Integra Partners
Integra Partners backs early-stage technology companies across Southeast Asia and India, with a focus on SaaS, FinTech, Consumer, Healthcare, and B2B sectors at Seed and Series A.
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Leo Capital
Leo Capital backs early-stage technology startups across India and Southeast Asia at the Pre-Series A stage, with a focus on capital-efficient businesses in SaaS, FinTech, Consumer Internet, and emerging verticals like SpaceTech, CleanTech, and Web3.
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Monk's Hill Venture
Monk's Hill Ventures backs early-stage technology entrepreneurs across Southeast Asia, focusing on Consumer, SaaS, FinTech, AI, and B2B sectors at Seed and Series A stages.
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Omnivore
Back entrepreneurs building breakthrough technologies for agriculture, food, climate and the rural economy that deliver disproportionate impact on the lives of farmers and rural communities in India and Southeast Asia; conviction that Indian agritech companies are 'built to last'.
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Openspace Ventures
Openspace Ventures focuses on Seed, Series A, Series B opportunities across Sector Agnostic, operating as a VC relevant to Indian founders.
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Orbit Startups
Orbit Startups backs pre-seed and seed stage startups from emerging markets—including India—that are building scalable, globally-oriented businesses across SaaS, FinTech, Consumer, AI, and B2B, accelerating them toward international customers and capital.
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Precog Innovation Partners
Cross-border co-creation and venture-building platform focused on decarbonising key industry sectors for India's Net-Zero transition; connect 30+ large Indian business groups with global climate-tech ventures to enable their India market entry, build-out and scale-up.
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Rise Capital
Invest in the best technology companies in emerging markets across India, LATAM, Middle East, Africa and Southeast Asia
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Saison Capital
Saison Capital backs FinTech and B2B technology companies across Asia at Seed through Series A, with a focus on financial services infrastructure, lending, and digital-first business models that can scale across emerging markets.
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seafund
Back founders building scalable businesses in Southeast Asia and India
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Sequoia (India) / Peak XV
Full-stack partner backing founders from seed to IPO across India and Southeast Asia; build enduring companies, increasingly AI-focused.
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SIG
SIG (Susquehanna International Group's Asia VC arm) backs high-growth technology and consumer businesses across Asia at Series A and beyond, seeking scalable models with strong unit economics and defensible market positions.
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Silverneedle Ventures
Hands-on, active early-stage investor partnering with entrepreneurs to increase their probability of success; backs India-first companies with global ambitions, with a special focus on deep technology, sustainability and emerging technologies.
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Spiral Ventures Pte. Ltd.
Invest in technology companies in Southeast Asia and India
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