Top 5 Venture Capital Firms in Philippines in 2024

The startup community has been growing in Philippines in recent years.

This has come along with an increase in the amount of money flowing from VCs into startups.

In this article, you can find a hand-picked list of venture capital firms in Philippines.

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5 Venture Capital Firms in Philippines

1) Gobi Partners

Gobi Partners is an Asian venture capital firm backing entrepreneurs from early to growth stages since 2002.

Details of the VC firm:

• Country: Malaysia, Hong Kong, Thailand, China, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore
• City: Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Beijing, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta, Lahore, Manila, Shanghai, Singapore
• Started in: 2002
• Founders: Thomas Tsao
• Industries: AI & ML, Biotech, Crypto & Blockchain, E-Commerce, Education, Food & Beverage, Hardware, Healthcare, Supply Chain & Logistics, Marketplace, Media, SaaS, Transportation, AR & VR, Agriculture, Automative, Sports, Fintech
• Stages: Seed, Early Stage, Series A
• Minimum check size: $1,600,000
• Number of investments: 183
• Number of exits: 12
• Funds raised: $430,500,000
• 3 remarkable investments: Animoca Brands, Liveme, Tuniu

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at mail@gobi.vc.

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2) Quest Ventures

Quest Ventures is an Asian venture capital firm since 2011.

Details of the VC firm:

• Country: China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Singapore, Philippines, USA, South Korea, Thailand
• City: Jakarta, Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, San Francisco, Nur-Sultan, Seoul, Bangkok, Almaty, Beijing, Shanghai
• Started in: 2011
• Founders: James Tan
• Industries: AI & ML, E-Commerce, Marketplace, Entertainment, Fintech, Food & Beverage, InsurTech, Supply Chain & Logistics, Media, Proptech & Real Estate, Sports
• Stages: Early Stage
• Number of investments: 152
• Number of exits: 30
• Funds raised: $120,000,000
• 3 remarkable investments: 99.co, Carousell, Carro

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at info@questventures.com.

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3) Openspace Ventures

Openspace is a multistage, sector-agnostic VC firm with an emphasis on consumer, healthcare, finance, enterprise, Web3 and frontier technologies sectors.

Details of the VC firm:

• Country: Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines
• City: Singapore, Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh City, Bangkok, Manila
• Started in: 2014
• Founders: Hian Goh, Shane Chesson
• Industries: Consumer, Health & Wellness, SaaS, Media, Education, Agriculture, Fintech
• Stages: Early Stage, Series A, Series B
• Minimum check size: $15,000,000
• Maximum check size: $20,000,000
• Number of investments: 79
• Number of exits: 5
• Funds raised: $425,000,000
• 3 remarkable investments: Redmart, Whispir, Sorabel

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at ideas@openspace.vc.

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4) Narra Ventures

Launched in 2002, Narra Venture Capital invests in semiconductors, communication, computing, software and internet companies in the Philippines.

Details of the VC firm:

• Country: Philippines
• City: Manila
• Started in: 2002
• Founders: Paco Sandejas
• Industries: Consumer, Government Technology, SaaS, Semiconductors
• Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
• Number of investments: 9
• 3 remarkable investments: Phunware, Alphion, Tropic Networks

You can find their website here.

You can contact them at +63 (2) 552-1175.

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5) Navegar

Navegar is an investment firm focusing on growth-stage companies in the Philippines.

Details of the VC firm:

• Country: Philippines
• City: Makati City
• Started in: 2012
• Founders: Javier Infante
• Industries: Healthcare, Food & Beverage, E-Commerce, Supply Chain & Logistics, Fintech
• Stages: Late Stage, Growth
• Minimum check size: $20,000,000
• Maximum check size: $30,000,000
• Number of investments: 4
• Number of exits: 1
• Funds raised: $197,000,000
• 3 remarkable investments: Cloudstaff, Great Deals E-Commerce, Taskus

You can find their website here.

You can send them an email at info@navegar.com.ph.

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