Singapore-headquartered AI and credit group founded in 2016, behind BNPL platform Atome, identity and risk SaaS ADVANCE.AI, Indonesian lender Kredit Pintar and e-commerce tool Ginee. Valued at over US$2bn after a US$400m+ Series D led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Warburg Pincus (2021); raised a further US$80m led by Warburg Pincus and Northstar.

Retail investment platform for stocks and mutual funds; reached unicorn status after a US$153m Series B led by DST Global.

Founders: Anderson Sumarli, Yada Piyajomkwan

Digital banking and consumer finance platform valued at US$2bn, operating in Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia.

Founders: William Li, Gordon Hu

Jakarta-based early-stage VC founded in 2015; its US$433m Fund III (2021) was then Southeast Asia's largest early-stage fund, bringing AUM to about US$630m. Portfolio includes Kopi Kenangan, Kredivo and Funding Societies.

Founders: Jefrey Joe, Will Ongkowidjaja, Chandra Tjan

CP Group fintech founded in 2013 that operates the TrueMoney e-wallet, serving 50m+ users across six Southeast Asian markets. Became Thailand's first fintech unicorn at a US$1.5bn valuation after a US$150m round (Bow Wave, CP Group, Ant Group) in 2021.

Founders: Suphachai Chearavanont

Business finance platform (multi-currency accounts, corporate cards, payments, spend management) founded in 2018 by Y Combinator alumni; serves 15,000+ businesses across Southeast Asia. Raised a US$100m Series C in 2023 led by Lightspeed and Sequoia Capital SEA.

Founders: Andrea Baronchelli

Vietnamese on-demand platform (ride-hailing, delivery, fintech) launched in December 2018 to compete with Grab; backed by VPBank, a Deutsche Bank facility of US$60m+, Vingroup's GSM and a US$30m round from VPBank Securities in 2024.

Founders: Tran Thanh Hai

Wholly owned corporate venture capital arm of Kasikornbank, launched in 2016–17 with US$30m and expanded to US$255m in 2022; invests in fintech, consumer internet and enterprise tech, and runs the Beacon Impact Fund. Backed Grab, Nium and FlowAccount.

Founders: Kasikornbank (KBank)

Thailand's largest licensed digital-asset exchange, founded February 2018 and among the first licensed by the Thai SEC in 2019. SCB agreed to buy 51% at a unicorn valuation in 2021, but the deal was cancelled in August 2022.

Founders: Jirayut Srupsrisopa

Construction-tech venture builder that began its startup path in 2009, with ERP, CRM and e-commerce products for contractors and developers. Backed by AddVentures by SCG and TQM; served 25,000+ contractors across five countries by 2018.

Founders: Patai Padungtin

E-commerce company founded in 2010 to digitise Indonesia's small retailers and warung kiosks; served 100m+ users. Its August 2021 IPO raised about US$1.5bn, then Indonesia's largest. Reported in January 2025 to be closing its physical-goods marketplace to focus on virtual products.

Founders: Achmad Zaky, Fajrin Rasyid, Nugroho Herucahyono

AI-driven used-car marketplace founded in 2015, operating in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, with in-house car financing. Became a unicorn after a S$480m+ (US$360m) round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 in June 2021.

Founders: Aaron Tan, Aditya Lesmana, Kelvin Chng

Digital wallet and payments platform founded in 2017 and launched in December 2018; valued at US$1.13bn in 2022 and serving more than 200 million users.

Founders: Vince Iswara

Early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2020, investing across Vietnam and Southeast Asia.

Founders: Le Hoang Uyen Vy, Nguyen Manh Dzung

Deals, cashback and payments platform founded in 2015 as KFit, which absorbed Groupon's Malaysian, Singaporean and Indonesian businesses in 2016–17; acquired by Pine Labs in April 2021 and still operates as an independent brand.

Founders: Joel Neoh, Yeoh Chen Chow

Business payments, treasury and credit platform formed in 2021 when Indonesia's Payfazz (founded 2016, agent-banking network) combined with Singapore's Xfers; both are Y Combinator alumni. Raised a US$100m Series C in 2022 (Tiger Global, Insignia, B Capital). Runs dual headquarters in Jakarta and Singapore.

Founders: Hendra Kwik, Jefriyanto, Ricky Winata, Tianwei Liu

WealthTech platform founded in 2016 combining investment content, licensed advisory and fund brokerage. Backed by Openspace, Gobi Partners and Krungsri Finnovate; announced plans in August 2026 for what would be Thailand's first IPO by a venture-backed tech startup.

Founders: Jessada Sookdhis, Kasin Suthammanas, Chayanon Rakkanjanan

Cloud accounting, payroll and POS platform for Thai SMEs and freelancers, launched in 2015. Beacon VC's first direct investment (2017); later backed by Sequoia/Peak XV, Money Forward and SBI. 120,000+ users.

Founders: Kridsada Chutinaton

Makati-based VC founded in 2018, investing in Filipino-founded or Filipino-focused early-stage tech startups.

Founders: Franco Varona, Jesse Maxwell, Mark Kooijman

Southeast Asia's largest SME digital financing platform (Modalku in Indonesia), founded in Singapore in 2015 by two Harvard Business School classmates; licensed in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. Raised a US$144m Series C+ led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 (2022), later backed by Khazanah and Maybank.

Founders: Kelvin Teo, Reynold Wijaya

Asia-focused venture capital firm headquartered in Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong, investing from seed to growth stage with a focus on emerging markets.

Founders: Thomas Tsao, Lawrence Tse, Wai Kit Lau

Singapore-based early-stage VC founded in 2012 by Silicon Valley entrepreneurs Vinnie Lauria, Paul Bragiel and Jeffrey Paine; early backer of Carousell and RedMart, with 50+ investments and US$250m+ AUM. Temasek backed it as one of four local VCs around 2014.

Founders: Vinnie Lauria, Paul Bragiel, Jeffrey Paine

Formed by the May 2021 merger of Gojek and Tokopedia; provides on-demand services, e-commerce and financial technology.

Super-app for ride-hailing, delivery and payments. Founded as MyTeksi in Kuala Lumpur in 2012; headquarters moved to Singapore in 2014.

Founders: Anthony Tan, Tan Hooi Ling

Manila-based B2B platform, founded in 2016, that supplies and digitises sari-sari neighbourhood stores with wholesale goods, bill payments, top-ups and working-capital credit. Raised a US$77.5m Series C in 2022 led by KKR, with IFC and Pavilion Capital; about US$110m raised in total.

Founders: Reymund Rollan, Shiv Choudhury, Andrzej Ogonowski, Siddhartha Kongara

Indonesia-focused venture capital firm; co-invested in Pintu's US$113m Series B.

Personal income-tax calculator and tax-planning app by iTAX Incorporation; One Million Club member (1m+ users).

Singapore-based VC founded by Amit Anand and Anurag Srivastava, whose debut US$10m fund closed in 2012; grew through US$100m (2016) and US$240m (2019) funds to a US$600m Fund IV in 2022, taking AUM past US$1bn. Portfolio includes Kredivo, Pomelo, Sociolla and Moglix.

Founders: Amit Anand, Anurag Srivastava

Jakarta-based VC founded in 2014 by Sebastian Togelang and Andy Zain; co-founded the Ideabox incubator with Indosat Ooredoo and raised the US$80m Kejora Star Capital II fund. Reported AUM of about US$400m; portfolio includes Investree and Pawoon.

Founders: Sebastian Togelang, Andy Zain

Corporate venture capital arm of Globe Telecom, founded 2012 and headquartered in Makati; manages the Ayala-backed ACTIVE Fund.

Founders: Globe Telecom

Digital credit and buy-now-pay-later platform for Indonesia's underbanked, also active in Vietnam; owns Krom Bank Indonesia. Became a unicorn at a US$1.66bn valuation in 2022 and raised a US$270m Series D led by Mizuho in 2023; a 2021 SPAC listing was called off. Parent company is Singapore-registered.

Founders: Akshay Garg, Umang Rustagi, Alie Tan

Corporate venture arm of Krungsri (Bank of Ayudhya, part of MUFG), launched in 2017. Portfolio of 30+ startups across Thailand, ASEAN and beyond, including four unicorns, valued at about ฿5bn (~US$150m) in 2026. Led Finnomena's Series A.

Founders: Krungsri (Bank of Ayudhya)

PLDT-backed fintech behind the Maya e-wallet (formerly PayMaya), the Smart Padala agent network and Maya Bank, one of six Philippine digital-bank licensees (2021). Became a unicorn at about US$1.4bn after a US$210m round led by SIG in 2022, with KKR, Tencent and IFC.

Corporate venture arm of state-owned Telkom Indonesia, founded in 2015; now runs several funds with external LPs including KB Financial Group and other state-owned enterprises. Portfolio of 80+ companies, including Kredivo.

Founders: Telkom Indonesia

Vietnam's largest e-wallet, operated by M_Service JSC. Valuation passed US$2bn after a US$200m round led by Mizuho in December 2021.

Founders: Nguyen Manh Tuong

Singapore-based Southeast Asia VC; one of four local firms Temasek seeded around 2014, investing in technology that tackles problems in healthcare, education and financial inclusion.

Parent of GCash, the Philippines' largest finance super app; founded 2015, valued at US$5bn in 2024, and filed for a Philippine Stock Exchange IPO in July 2026.

Founders: Globe Telecom

Cross-border B2B payments platform (payouts, local accounts, card issuance) and Southeast Asia's first B2B payments unicorn, after a US$200m+ Series D led by Riverwood Capital in 2021. A 2024 US$50m Series E from Brunei Investment Agency, a down round per company filings, valued it at US$1.4bn.

Founders: Prajit Nanu

Temasek-backed Southeast Asia VC (formerly NSI Ventures) that closed a US$200m third fund and launched OSV+ growth fund; led Finnomena's Series B+ and was an early backer of Halodoc and Kredivo.

Payments company founded in Bangkok in 2013 as Omise, later SYNQA, now operating from Tokyo and Bangkok. Valued at about US$1bn after a US$120m Series C+ in 2022 (MUFG, JIC); clients include Toyota and King Power. Acquired US payments firm MerchantE.

Founders: Jun Hasegawa, Ezra Don Harinsut

Payments fintech operated by Digital Payments Holdings; raised US$44.5m in a Series A, per regulatory filings.

Manila payments platform launched in June 2019 so SMEs can accept cards, e-wallets and over-the-counter payments; the first Philippine fintech backed by Y Combinator. Stripe led its US$12m Series A; a US$31m Series B in 2022 took total funding to about US$46m.

Founders: Francis Plaza, Luis Sia, Jaime Hing III, Edwin Lacierda

Jakarta-based crypto trading and investment app licensed by Indonesia's commodity regulator (Bappebti), launched in April 2020. Raised a US$113m Series B in 2022 (Pantera, Lightspeed, Intudo, Northstar), taking total funding past US$150m; 4m+ downloads.

Founders: Jeth Soetoyo

Corporate venture arm of SCBX (Siam Commercial Bank group), set up in January 2020 with a "Moonshot Mission"; invests globally in fintech, blockchain and AI. First Thai firm ranked in CB Insights' global top-10 CVCs (2021); backed Flash Express and Opn.

Founders: Siam Commercial Bank (SCBX)

Singapore-headquartered consumer internet group founded as Garena in 2009; operates Shopee (Southeast Asia's largest e-commerce platform), Garena (Free Fire) and Monee (formerly SeaMoney, incl. MariBank and SeaBank). Revenue of US$16.8bn in 2024.

Founders: Forrest Li

Stock-trading information platform by SiamSquared Technologies; One Million Club member (1m+ users) with 2022 revenue of about US$1.2m.

Hanoi-based hybrid accelerator and VC; launched the US$60m ThinkZone Fund II investing pre-seed to Series A.

Founders: Bui Thanh Do

Temasek-backed venture firm investing seed to Series B across Southeast Asia and India; first institutional backer of Grab. Closed its US$541m Fund V in 2023.

Founders: Vertex Holdings (Temasek)

Vietnam's first tech unicorn (2014); operator of Zalo and ZaloPay, founded as a gaming company in 2004. Campus in Tan Thuan Export Processing Zone, District 7.

Founders: Le Hong Minh, Vuong Quang Khai

Hanoi-based fintech group behind VNPay, which powers mobile banking for 40+ Vietnamese banks and the VNPay-QR network (22m users, 150,000+ merchants), plus travel and retail-tech units. Became Vietnam's second tech unicorn after a US$250m Series B in 2021 co-led by General Atlantic and Dragoneer, following ~US$300m from GIC and SoftBank Vision Fund in 2019.

Founders: Le Tanh, Tran Tri Manh, Mai Thanh Binh, Tran Van Ky