Venture Capital

The SEA Monthly Funding Tracker for July 2025 revealed a sharp pullback in startup investment activity across the region. Total funding in July 2025 fell to $68.0 million across 12 rounds, a 77.08 percent decrease from June 2025 ($296.7 million) and a 76.68 percent drop year‐on‐year compared to July 2024 ($291.6 million).

Malaysia's property firm S P Setia Berhad has partnered with Antler Ibex, the corporate innovation arm of the early-stage investor Antler to launch of the Setia Al & PropTech Innovation Challenge.

Foxmont Capital Partners, the Philippines’ institutional early growth capital firm, announced Friday the first close of its third fund at $30 million — more than doubling its assets under management (AUM) and surpassing the combined size of its first two funds.

Dutch Good Growth Fund – Financing local SMEs (DGGF) will commit a funding of $170,000 to support Foxmont Philippine Ventures Fund III, with $150,000 allocated to their Business Development Services (BDS) facility and $20,000 dedicated to Technical Assistance (TA).

The National IT Industry Promotion Agency of Korea (NIPA), in collaboration with the ASEAN Secretariat and Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd (Cradle) under Malaysia’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), is implementing the inaugural Korea-ASEAN AI Development & Startup Competition 2025.

To spearhead and lead the charge for stronger corporate governance in the startup ecosystem, Indonesia-based venture capital firm Alpha JWC Ventures has officially launched SpeakUp, a whistleblowing platform created to protect and build the integrity of the companies, employees, investors, and communities it serves.

GXBank Berhad and Grab Malaysia have concluded their first joint startup accelerator program TeXnovasi which saw Finory.tech as the winner.

Kumpulan Modal Perdana (KMP), a technology-focused venture capital firm under the purview of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), has entered into a strategic partnership with global social innovation company Edvance to build future-ready workforce in Malaysia.

Southeast Asia (SEA) initial public offering (IPO) capital market remains resilient in the first half with Malaysia and Indonesia take top spots, Deloitte said Friday.

The Selangor Information Technology and Digital Economy Corporation (Sidec) has officially launched the 2025 edition of its Selangor twin accelerator program, a dual-track initiative aimed at scaling Malaysia’s most promising startups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across deep tech and consumer-focused industries.