# Kickstart Ventures: portfolio, investments and team > Kickstart Ventures is a corporate vc based in Philippines. 17 investments on record, 2 in the last 12 months, latest Apr 2026. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/kickstart-ventures (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Philippines · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Kickstart Ventures Last cheque observed Apr 2026; 17 cheques on record. Email Deploying now Corporate VC Growth Consumer Electronics Wearables Batteries Follow Kickstart Ventures and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fkickstart-ventures) Deploying now **100%** of best year **2** **cheques in 12 months**, 17 on record Since the last cheque **185** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$13M** Rounds led **1 of 17** Sole investor **3 rounds** Mostly in **Philippines, 44%** Pitch Kickstart Ventures ## Kickstart Ventures highlights - 01 2 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 69% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 3 rounds, median undisclosed ## What they do > We connect global innovation with Southeast Asia’s leading conglomerates and the markets they serve. From their own website - **Type:** Corporate VC - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Stages:** Growth - **Sectors:** Consumer Electronics Wearables Batteries - **Based in:** Makati, Philippines - **Cold pitches:** Not accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **17 appearances** - **2026** 2 rounds - **Apr** **[Featherless.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/featherless-ai)** Series A · US · Wavemaker Partners **$20M** With 8 others - **Feb** **[Eezee](https://millionrounds.com/company/eezee)** Series B · SG · Wavemaker Partners **$5.0M** With 7 others - **2019** 3 rounds - **Oct** **[Havenly](https://millionrounds.com/company/havenly)** Series C · US · TechCrunch **$32M** With 3 others - **Jul** **[igloohome](https://millionrounds.com/company/igloohome)** SG · FinSMEs **$15M** With 7 others - **Mar** **[iVideoSmart](https://millionrounds.com/company/ivideosmart)** Series A · SG · e27 **$4.5M** *Led* - **2017** 1 round - **Oct** **[Snapcart](https://millionrounds.com/company/snapcart)** Series A · ID · TechCrunch **$10M** With 4 others - **2015** 5 rounds - **Oct** **[Lifetrack Medical Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/lifetrack-medical-systems)** Seed · PH **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **Jul** **[Loansolutions.ph](https://millionrounds.com/company/loansolutions-ph)** Seed · PH **Undisclosed** With 2 others - **Apr** **[Cogito](https://millionrounds.com/company/cogito)** Seed **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **Mar** **[Kalibrr](https://millionrounds.com/company/kalibrr)** Venture · US **$2.0M** With 1 other - **Jan** **[Lineagen](https://millionrounds.com/company/lineagen)** Series C · US **$12M** With 9 others - **2014** 2 rounds - **Sept** **[Four Eyes](https://millionrounds.com/company/four-eyes)** Seed · PH **$350K** With 2 others - **Jun** **[ZAP Group](https://millionrounds.com/company/zap-group)** Venture · PH **$850K** With 1 other - **2013** 3 rounds - **Dec** **[Kalibrr](https://millionrounds.com/company/kalibrr)** Seed · US **$1.9M** With 3 others - **Oct** **[Lenddo](https://millionrounds.com/company/lenddo)** Series A · PH · lenddo.com **$6.0M** With 3 others - **Jan** **[GiftLauncher](https://millionrounds.com/company/giftlauncher)** Seed · PH **$30K** With 1 other - **2012** 1 round - **Oct** **[ZAP Group](https://millionrounds.com/company/zap-group)** Seed · PH **Undisclosed** Sole investor 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 We hold **4** 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 they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **19** of 38 we have independently watched raise [3.png](https://millionrounds.com/company/skillshare)[Dialpad](https://millionrounds.com/company/dialpad)[Dive](https://millionrounds.com/company/dive)[WATTPAD](https://millionrounds.com/company/wattpad)[clarity](https://millionrounds.com/company/clarity)[edamama](https://millionrounds.com/company/edamama)[eezee](https://millionrounds.com/company/eezee)[expedock](https://millionrounds.com/company/expedock)[igloocompany](https://millionrounds.com/company/igloocompany)[kumu](https://millionrounds.com/company/kumu)[lifetrack](https://millionrounds.com/company/lifetrack-medical-systems)[lotusflare](https://millionrounds.com/company/lotusflare)[monogoto_square](https://millionrounds.com/company/monogoto)[mosaic](https://millionrounds.com/company/mosaic)[snapcart](https://millionrounds.com/company/snapcart)[swiperx](https://millionrounds.com/company/swiperx)[teridion](https://millionrounds.com/company/teridion)[trans](https://millionrounds.com/company/transcelestial)[zalora](https://millionrounds.com/company/zalora) 2.png Bagosphere copy EXITED KICKS CREW_square Untitled design (4) Untitled design (4) caxe collectco engage spark esevel kalibrr_exited lydia-ai-transparent roslin sarisuki spiralytics squadzip xendit zapexited zipmatch_exited 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. ## The cheque Growth Median round joined **$13M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **-** Led 1 of 17 rounds **6%** - **Sole investor:** 3 rounds - **Last cheque:** Apr 2026 Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed *7* - Series A *4* - Series C *2* - Venture *2* - Series B *1* - Growth said *-* Cheques by month Led Joined Dec 2023 Nov 2026 Often in the room with - [Wavemaker Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wavemaker-partners-3) 5 - [Insignia Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insignia-venture-partners) 2 **Pitching Kickstart Ventures?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Kickstart Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Wavemaker Partners** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wavemaker-partners-3)[**Insignia Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insignia-venture-partners) ## Recently backed The latest companies Kickstart Ventures put money into. [**Featherless.ai** $20M · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/featherless-ai)[**Eezee** $5.0M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/eezee)[**Snapcart** $10M · Oct 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/snapcart) ## Mentioned on podcasts Episodes that name Kickstart Ventures in their description, not their title. - [BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/brave-southeast-asia) 27 Apr 2026 · 39 min Inside the Boardroom: How VCs Actually Deal with Fraud & "Bad Faith" Founders - E690 Mentions [Kickstart](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kickstart)[Kickstart Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kickstart-ventures) Apple PodcastsShow page - [BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/brave-southeast-asia) 30 Jun 2021 · 52 min Milan Reinartz on Founder Growth, Flipping Cars and On-The-Job CEO Learning - E72 With [Milan Reinartz](https://millionrounds.com/person/milan-reinartz) Mentions [Kickstart](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kickstart)[Kickstart Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kickstart-ventures) Apple PodcastsShow page ## Quick answers about Kickstart Ventures ### What does Kickstart Ventures invest in? Kickstart Ventures invests most often at Seed and Series A (69% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Consumer Electronics, Wearables and Batteries. ### How active is Kickstart Ventures? 17 investments on record, 2 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Apr 2026. ### What has Kickstart Ventures invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Featherless.ai (Series A, Apr 2026), Eezee (Series B, Feb 2026) and Havenly (Series C, Oct 2019). ### How big are Kickstart Ventures's cheques? The median round it joins is $13M. ### Does Kickstart Ventures lead rounds? Sometimes: it led 1 of its 17 investments on record (6%). ### Where does Kickstart Ventures invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the Philippines (44%), the United States (31%) and Singapore (19%). ### Is Kickstart Ventures investing now? Yes: it is actively investing, with 2 investments in the last 12 months. ### Who does Kickstart Ventures invest alongside? Most often Wavemaker Partners (5 rounds together) and Insignia Ventures (2 rounds together). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=kickstart-ventures) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=kickstart-ventures)