# Iterative: portfolio, investments and team

> Iterative is an accelerator based in Singapore. 66 investments on record, 11 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# Iterative

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 66 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $50M, Aug 2026 Accelerator

Pre-seed Seed Series A Agnostic Industry-agnostic Industry Agnostic

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**48%** of best year **11** **cheques in 12 months**, 66 on record

Since the last cheque **60** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$1.3M** Cheque size, as they say **$150K – $500K** Rounds led **0 of 66** Sole investor **19 rounds** Mostly in **Singapore, 56%**

Pitch Iterative

## Iterative highlights

- 01 11 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Pre-seed: 68% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 19 rounds, median $500K

## What they do

> We invest US $150K to $500K each in a batch of startups, twice a year From their own website

- **Type:** Accelerator (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $150K – $500K as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Agnostic Industry-agnostic Industry Agnostic
- **Based in:** Singapore, Singapore
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **66 appearances**

- **2026** 7 rounds
- **Sept** **[Windup Minds](https://millionrounds.com/company/windup-minds)** Seed · US **$1.6M** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[Physical Layer](https://millionrounds.com/company/physical-layer)** Pre-seed · US **$500K** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[Cata](https://millionrounds.com/company/cata)** Seed · SG **$5.3M** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[SmartSolar](https://millionrounds.com/company/smartsolar)** Debt **$1.3M** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[Palisade Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/palisade-bio)** US **$3.0M** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[decube](https://millionrounds.com/company/decube)** Seed · SG **$3.0M** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[SPUN](https://millionrounds.com/company/spun)** Seed **$1.8M** With 2 others
- **2025** 22 rounds
- **Dec** **[Buildroid](https://millionrounds.com/company/buildroid)** Pre-seed · MX **$100K** With 1 other
- **Dec** **[Arogga](https://millionrounds.com/company/arogga)** Venture **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Dec** **[i10X AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/i10x-ai)** Pre-seed · SG **$1.0M** With 1 other
- **Dec** **[PulseTech](https://millionrounds.com/company/pulsetech)** Seed **$3.1M** Sole investor
- **Oct** **[Ottodot](https://millionrounds.com/company/ottodot)** Seed · SG **$1.7M** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[Epoch Protocol](https://millionrounds.com/company/epoch-protocol)** Pre-seed · SG **$1.2M** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[Blitz Electric Mobility](https://millionrounds.com/company/blitz-electric-mobility)** Venture **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[Levr Bet](https://millionrounds.com/company/levr-bet)** Seed · US **$3.0M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Superagent](https://millionrounds.com/company/superagent)** Pre-seed · SG **$400K** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[PARADYSE Homes](https://millionrounds.com/company/paradyse-homes)** Pre-seed · SG **$550K** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[rida.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/rida-ai)** Series A · SG **$3.5M** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[Belli](https://millionrounds.com/company/belli)** Seed · SG **$1.9M** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[Needle](https://millionrounds.com/company/needle)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[Boost](https://millionrounds.com/company/boost)** Series B · CH **$19M** With 5 others
- **Jun** **[OneBalance](https://millionrounds.com/company/onebalance)** Series A · KY **$20M** With 2 others
- **May** **[Seedflex Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/seedflex-technologies)** Seed · SG **$3.2M** With 2 others
- **May** **[ThriveAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/thriveai)** Pre-seed · US **$1.2M** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[LenderLink](https://millionrounds.com/company/lenderlink)** Seed **$1.3M** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[Civils.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/civils-ai)** Seed · SG **$1.0M** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[Kubegrade](https://millionrounds.com/company/kubegrade)** Pre-seed · SG **$500K** Sole investor
- **Mar** **[Kredit Hero](https://millionrounds.com/company/kredit-hero)** Pre-seed · SG **$500K** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[BukaPO](https://millionrounds.com/company/bukapo)** Venture **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **2024** 14 rounds
- **Oct** **[Windup Minds](https://millionrounds.com/company/windup-minds)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Oct** **[Botsync](https://millionrounds.com/company/botsync)** Series A · SG **$350K** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[Shappi](https://millionrounds.com/company/shappi)** Seed · US **$1.0M** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[CapGo AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/capgo-ai)** Pre-seed · SG **$925K** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[Liquorice](https://millionrounds.com/company/liquorice)** Pre-seed · DE **$1.2M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[PriyoShop](https://millionrounds.com/company/priyoshop)** Seed **$917K** With 3 others
- **May** **[Armastec](https://millionrounds.com/company/armastec)** Venture · SG **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[Gohub Inc](https://millionrounds.com/company/gohub-inc)** Pre-seed · US **$500K** Sole investor
- **Mar** **[Persona Studios](https://millionrounds.com/company/persona-studios)** Pre-seed · SG **$400K** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[Neutronpay](https://millionrounds.com/company/neutronpay)** CA **$1.5M** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[Fluid](https://millionrounds.com/company/fluid)** Series A · SG **$5.2M** With 7 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **4 named**

BB **Brandon Buchanan** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed

BM **Brian Ma** General Partner i Form ADV

CD **Chris Dannen** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed

HK **Hsu Ken** General Partner i Form ADV

We also hold **25** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$67M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** Iterative Capital, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 310995

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**44** of 60 we have independently watched raise

[1Export](https://millionrounds.com/company/1export)[1Long](https://millionrounds.com/company/1long)[ArmasTec](https://millionrounds.com/company/armastec)[Arogga](https://millionrounds.com/company/arogga)[Botsync](https://millionrounds.com/company/botsync)[CL1CK](https://millionrounds.com/company/cl1ck)[Cata](https://millionrounds.com/company/cata)[Civils](https://millionrounds.com/company/civils-ai)[CoderSchool](https://millionrounds.com/company/coderschool)[Cottage](https://millionrounds.com/company/cottage)[Decube](https://millionrounds.com/company/decube)[Encellin](https://millionrounds.com/company/encellin)[Envio](https://millionrounds.com/company/envio)[Factorem](https://millionrounds.com/company/factorem)[Fluid Financial](https://millionrounds.com/company/fluid)[Go Zayaan](https://millionrounds.com/company/gozayaan)[Goro](https://millionrounds.com/company/goro)[Haulio](https://millionrounds.com/company/haulio)[Kredit Hero](https://millionrounds.com/company/kredit-hero)[Kubegrade](https://millionrounds.com/company/kubegrade)[LenderLink](https://millionrounds.com/company/lenderlink)[Moneta](https://millionrounds.com/company/moneta)[Moons](https://millionrounds.com/company/moons)[Nexacore](https://millionrounds.com/company/nexacore)[Nodeflair](https://millionrounds.com/company/nodeflair)[Nuport](https://millionrounds.com/company/nuport)[Ottodot](https://millionrounds.com/company/ottodot)[Oyen](https://millionrounds.com/company/oyen)[Persona Studios](https://millionrounds.com/company/persona-studios)[PriyoShop](https://millionrounds.com/company/priyoshop)[Propseller](https://millionrounds.com/company/propseller)[Pulse Tech](https://millionrounds.com/company/pulsetech)[SPUN](https://millionrounds.com/company/spun)[Saola](https://millionrounds.com/company/saola)[Shipmates](https://millionrounds.com/company/shipmates)[SmartSolar](https://millionrounds.com/company/smartsolar)[Spenmo](https://millionrounds.com/company/spenmo)[Supa](https://millionrounds.com/company/supa)[Superagent](https://millionrounds.com/company/superagent)[XOR](https://millionrounds.com/company/xor)[Yippy](https://millionrounds.com/company/yippy)[Yobo](https://millionrounds.com/company/yobo)[Zi.Care](https://millionrounds.com/company/zi-care)[bukaPO](https://millionrounds.com/company/bukapo) 3cat AcadArena Ara Research Arshipelago Autoradar Barikoi BeautyBuddy Beetlelabs Blitz Boost Capital Bueno.money BuildBear Bungkuus CapGo CarbonCopies AI CareNow and 88 more

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

New fund on file

**$50M**

raised in Aug 2026

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$1.3M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$500K**

Led 0 of 66 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $150K – $500K
- **Sole investor:** 19 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *24*
- Pre-seed said *19*
- Series A said *9*
- Venture *8*
- Series B said *3*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) 7
- [Antler](https://millionrounds.com/fund/antler) 7
- [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 4
- [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) 3
- [Hustle Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hustle-fund) 3
- [Angel Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angel-invest) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Iterative. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**500 Global** Angel **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups)[**Antler** VC firm **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/antler)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**Alumni Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)[**Hustle Fund** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hustle-fund)[**Angel Invest** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angel-invest)[**Blockchain Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blockchain-capital)[**Kaya VC** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kaya-capital)[**Orbit Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orbit-ventures)[**Partech Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/partech)[**SOSV** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Iterative put money into.

[**Windup Minds** $1.6M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/windup-minds)[**Physical Layer** $500K · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/physical-layer)[**Cata** $5.3M · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/cata)[**SmartSolar** $1.3M · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/smartsolar)[**Palisade Bio** $3.0M · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/palisade-bio)[**decube** $3.0M · Jan 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/decube)

## Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name Iterative in their description, not their title.

- [Generative Now](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/generative-now) 3 Jul 2025 · 44 min Julie Bornstein: Building the Future of Fashion with AI Mentions [Iterative](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iterative) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [Venture Everywhere](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/venture-everywhere) 19 Nov 2024 · 33 min Let's Agree to Agree.com: Marty Ringlein with Andy Ambrose With [Marty Ringlein](https://millionrounds.com/person/marty-ringlein) Mentions [Iterative](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iterative) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/brave-southeast-asia) 12 Jan 2023 · 43 min Brian Ma: Unicorn Founder to VC, Southeast Asia 10 Year Patterns & Letting Go of Ego - E231 With [Brian Ma](https://millionrounds.com/person/brian-ma) Mentions [Iterative](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iterative) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/brave-southeast-asia) 12 May 2022 · 37 min Jonathan Ng: Doctor to Founder, Car Accident That Changed Everything & True Founder Community - E161 Mentions [Iterative](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iterative) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/brave-southeast-asia) 12 Aug 2020 · 34 min Saurabh Chauhan on The Future of Retail, Scaling E-Commerce in Frontier Markets & Startup Turnarounds - E16 With [Saurabh Chauhan](https://millionrounds.com/person/saurabh-chauhan) Mentions [Iterative](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iterative)[McKinsey & Company](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mckinsey-and-company)[Rocket Internet](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rocket-internet-6) Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Iterative

### What does Iterative invest in?

Iterative invests most often at Seed and Pre-seed (68% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Agnostic, Industry-agnostic and Industry Agnostic.

### How active is Iterative?

66 investments on record, 11 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2026.

### What has Iterative invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Windup Minds (Seed, Sept 2026), Physical Layer (Pre-seed, Aug 2026) and Cata (Seed, Apr 2026).

### How big are Iterative's cheques?

The median round it joins is $1.3M. It says it writes cheques of $150K to $500K.

### Does Iterative lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 66 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Iterative invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in Singapore (56%) and the United States (28%).

### Is Iterative investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 11 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Iterative invest alongside?

Most often 500 Global (7 rounds together), Antler (7 rounds together) and Y Combinator (4 rounds together).

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