Sponsors

Artesian is a global alternative investment management firm specializing in debt, VC and impact investment strategies. Artesian is one of the most active Asia Pacific VC firms, investing in startups solving the world’s critical problems, providing transformational impact investments with compelling risk/return metrics. Key vertical focus areas include climate, food & agriculture, AI & robotics, and health tech. In addition to financial returns, Artesian delivers strategic returns from the innovation ecosystem via our Venture Capital as a Service (VCaaS) platform, which provides organizations the ability to complement existing, or build new, in-house VC capabilities. Artesian is a certified B Corporation.

● Established as a family office in 2011 and grew into a licensed Private Equity firm with over RM 1.3 billion in assets under management in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
● One of only 8 fund managers for the Ministry of Finance Malaysia for the Penjana Program, a matching fund for investments in regional companies for Malaysia’s economic growth
● Focuses on strategic investments via matching funds to attract foreign direct investments to lower the cost of capital via incentives across South East Asia
● Specialises in fund structuring and financial engineering to reduce the cost of capital for optimal returns for clients and partners
● Sector agnostic with a focus on bridging finance on growth to late stage companies

Looking to partner with family offices and institutions to co invest in strategic projects or fund short term bridging rounds with offtake

Func Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in technology companies across South-East Asia and Australia. We match capital with our early access to repeat founders and the vibrant startup communities we have built up over the past 20+ years working across APAC. The future, we believe, is moving beyond SaaS to platforms-as-a-service, everything with AI, API driven, and augmented by IoT. These new technologies will underpin the leading businesses and be the building blocks of our increasingly digital future. We are sector agnostic, with our current portfolio consisting of embedded finance, impact tech, and modern city platforms.

Gemini Venture Partners are a venture capital firm with a cross-border focus. We concentrate primarily on fund management and direct investment opportunities with a particular focus on helping innovative technology start-ups expand into the Chinese market. Gemini will invest in Israeli and European companies, with a particular focus on Medical Devices and provide value-add to startups with engineering & manufacturing support and a go-to-market strategy in China. Our management team are experienced in high-tech, start-up investment and corporate business development and have established regional hubs to bridge the investment gaps between China and Israel.

One of the first fintech fund management investment platforms specialising in alternative lending space in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, and Australia. As agnostic investors, we promote the industry's best practices through our expertise. Over the last 4 years, we have deployed US$180 million worth of capital with our in-house data analytics expertise. By leveraging this advanced data-processing capability, we have built exclusive networks with hundreds of platform partners, who have access to 200 million potential borrowers in the region. Through our platform, we enable them to transform the way corporates and consumers access credit.

PropTech Farm invests in scalable tech-companies related to real estate (proptech). By building
bridges between international markets and to become the most promising proptech-companies’
growth-partner on their mission to build massive companies. The global proptech market is
estimated to be almost 3 times bigger than the global fintech- and IT markets by 2026 and is
experiencing great momentum. To capture this and keep scaling and building on the track record to
deliver exceptional returns, your participation is welcomed through the offer of investing in the
global concept that is PropTech Farm.

Quona Capital is a venture firm focused on fintech that can expand access for underserved customers and small businesses in emerging markets including Latin America, India, Southeast Asia, Africa and MENA. Quona’s global partners are experienced investors and operators in both emerging and developed markets, and invest in entrepreneurs whose companies have the potential to provide outstanding financial returns and promote breakthrough innovation in financial inclusion for both consumers and SMEs. More at quona.com

Founded in 2006, VMS Group is a well-established, independent multi-strategy financial services group. The Group has successfully completed more than 150 investments in China and around the world. VMS Group provides individual, corporate and institutional investors with long-term solutions across Private Equity, Venture Capital, Real Estate, Private Debt and Hedge Fund strategies. It has assets under management of US$4.2 billion as at the end of September 2022, and has invested over US$200 million alongside its clients.

VentureBlick aims to transform healthcare fundraising by matching early-stage healthcare startups with medical investors, many of whom are potential customers or users of new medical products.

It is the only fundraising platform where the medical community evaluates medical investments in a global, systematic, and large-scale manner. VentureBlick allows accredited investors and institutional investors to ride on expert insights and access de-risked investment deals for better returns. With fundraising doubled up as validation, VentureBlick helps healthcare startups get funding, market insights, and customer validation in one go. It has attracted more than 300 startups from 70 countries in its first cohort covering all healthcare sectors. It is also in the process of onboarding thousands of clinicians and industry professionals across the globe who will utilize their expertise to evaluate and support the most promising healthcare startups as part of its VB Advisory Network.

Founded in 2022 by senior healthcare executive, Chris Lee, VentureBlick is headquartered in Singapore with a presence in Korea, Australia, USA, China, and Germany.

c*funds is a full service, boutique fund placement agency based in the heart of Amsterdam. We are a hands-on, highly transactional team with a global footprint. We specialise in Private Equity Fundraising for Growth, Buyout, Venture Capital, Private Credit, and Real Estate funds ranging from €100M – €1B in fund target size. In addition to our primary function of fundraising, we offer our GPs content and design services to ensure that their marketing materials are of the highest quality to meet current industry standards. Furthermore, we offer support in finding investors for select Direct Deals, Co-Investment opportunities and the buying and selling of Secondary stakes.