# Hardware & Electronics investors in Southeast Asia (2026 list)

> 27 hardware & Electronics investors in Southeast Asia, 85% active in the last 12 months. Led by Y Combinator, Vertex Ventures, Gobi Partners.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/lists/hardware-investors-in-southeast-asia (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Hardware & Electronics investors in Southeast Asia

Updated 7 November 2026

Firms observed backing a hardware & Electronics company in Southeast Asia in the last two years, wherever the firm is based.

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**27** investors on the list No change this week

**1,155** cheques in 12 months *-13%* against the market

**$12M** median round they joined *+44%* against the market median

**85%** wrote a cheque in 12 months

**67%** have led a round

## The Top 25

Ordered by cheques observed, never by anything anyone paid for

Deploying now (23)

- 1 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **6,412** **$3M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 2 [Vertex Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vertex-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · Mexico **267** **$15M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 3 [Gobi Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gobi-partners) *Deploying now* VC firm · Malaysia **212** **$10M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 4 [Borderless Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/borderless-capital) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **120** **$4.5M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 5 [EDBI](https://millionrounds.com/fund/edbi) *Deploying now* VC firm · Singapore **109** **$32M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 6 [Tim Draper](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tim-draper) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **100** **$2.5M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 7 [British International Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/british-international-investment-bii) *Deploying now* Government · United Kingdom **84** **$20M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 8 [Accion Venture Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accion-venture-lab) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **71** **$7M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 9 [Baillie Gifford](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baillie-gifford) *Deploying now* Asset manager · United Kingdom **61** **$260M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 10 [Activant Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/activant-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **60** **$30M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 11 [Alma Mundi Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alma-mundi-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · Spain **60** **$12M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 12 [Sumitomo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sumitomo) *Deploying now* VC firm · Japan **26** **$16M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 13 [Cento Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cento-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · Singapore **10** **$4.4M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 14 [Altara Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/altara-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · Singapore **9** **$12M** median round **Apr 2026** last seen
- 15 [Cool Japan Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cool-japan-fund) *Deploying now* Government · Japan **8** **$17M** median round **Apr 2026** last seen
- 16 [ADB Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/adb-ventures) *Deploying now* Corporate VC · Philippines **6** **$19M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 17 [Iberis Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iberis-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · Portugal **6** **$43M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 18 [Dragon Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dragon-fund) *Deploying now* Growth equity · Singapore **5** **$147M** median round **Apr 2026** last seen
- 19 [Openspace](https://millionrounds.com/fund/openspace-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · Singapore **5** **$10M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 20 [Semantic Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/semantic) *Deploying now* VC firm · United Kingdom **5** **$5M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 21 [Generali](https://millionrounds.com/fund/generali) quiet Growth equity · France **2** **$89M** median round **Jun 2025** last seen
- 22 [Anatoly Yakovenko](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anatoly-yakovenko) *Deploying now* Angel · United States **2** **$6.6M** median round **Mar 2026** last seen
- 23 [AC Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/acv-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · Indonesia **1** **$12M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 24 [OCTAVE Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octave-capital) *Deploying now* Private equity · Singapore **1** **$12M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 25 [Joe McCann](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joe-mccann) quiet Angel **1** **$3.2M** median round **Oct 2025** last seen

**2 more on this list**

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## The Newest Cheques

Rounds this list's investors joined most recently

- **5** Nov **[Cowboy](https://millionrounds.com/company/cowboy)** Seed · $5M *With* [Semantic Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/semantic)
- **5** Nov **[CesiumAstro](https://millionrounds.com/company/cesiumastro)** Series D+ · $730M *With* [Sumitomo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sumitomo)
- **4** Nov **[Enza](https://millionrounds.com/company/enza)** Seed · $6M *With* [British International Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/british-international-investment-bii)
- **3** Nov **[NeoSci Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/company/neosci-ventures)** Other · $55M *With* [EDBI](https://millionrounds.com/fund/edbi)
- **2** Nov **[Okra Solar](https://millionrounds.com/company/okra-solar)** Debt · $7M *Led by* [British International Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/british-international-investment-bii)
- **31** Oct **[Finfra](https://millionrounds.com/company/finfra)** Series A *Led by* [ADB Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/adb-ventures)

## Stages This Year

1,141 rounds

- Venture **27%**
- Pre-seed **22%**
- Seed **16%**
- Series A **13%**
- Series B **6%**
- Other **16%**

## What They Backed

Sectors, last 12 months

- AI **600**
- Fintech **82**
- Big Data & Analytics **66**
- Financial Services **52**
- Healthcare **43**
- Aerospace & Space **36**

## Cheques by Quarter

Led Joined

349 Q1 25

328 Q2 25

386 Q3 25

382 Q4 25

355 Q1 26

340 Q2 26

217 Q3 26

57 Q4 26

The last bar is the quarter still running.

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## Reading for founders in hardware and deep tech

- The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone Brian Merchant · 2017 3.89 from 1,949 ratings on Goodreads Hardware and deep tech About the book We know the iPhone as the device that transformed our world, changing everything from how we talk to each other and do business, to how we exercise, travel, shop, and watch TV. But packed within its slim profile is the fascinating, untold story of scientific, technological, and… On AmazonListen on Audible
- The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective Robert C. Allen · 2009 3.99 from 277 ratings on Goodreads Hardware and deep tech About the book Why did the industrial revolution take place in eighteenth-century Britain and not elsewhere in Europe or Asia? In this convincing new account Robert Allen argues that the British industrial revolution was a successful response to the global economy of the seventeenth and… On AmazonListen on Audible
- Made in the USA: The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing Vaclav Smil · 2013 3.77 from 518 ratings on Goodreads Hardware and deep tech About the book In Made in the USA, Vaclav Smil powerfully rebuts the notion that manufacturing is a relic of predigital history and that the loss of American manufacturing is a desirable evolutionary step toward a pure service economy. Smil argues that no advanced economy can prosper without… On AmazonListen on Audible
- Behemoth: A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World Joshua B. Freeman · 2018 3.83 from 864 ratings on Goodreads Hardware and deep tech About the book "Freeman’s rich and ambitious Behemoth depicts a world in retreat that still looms large in the national imagination.…More than an economic history, or a chronicle of architectural feats and labor movements." ―Jennifer Szalai, New York Times In an accessible and timely work of… On AmazonListen on Audible

More books for founders and investors on the [Reading List](https://millionrounds.com/reading-list?role=founder&model=hardware).

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## Quick answers about hardware & Electronics investors in Southeast Asia

### Who are the most active hardware & Electronics investors in Southeast Asia?

By cheques observed, the most active are Y Combinator, Vertex Ventures, Gobi Partners, Borderless Capital and EDBI.

### How many hardware & Electronics investors in Southeast Asia are there?

27 are on record. 85% made an investment in the last 12 months and 67% have led a round.

### Which stages do hardware & Electronics investors in Southeast Asia back?

Of the rounds with a named stage in the last 12 months, mostly Pre-seed (31%) and Seed (24%).

### How big are the rounds hardware & Electronics investors in Southeast Asia join?

The typical (median) round among the leading investors here is $12M.

### Which sectors do hardware & Electronics investors in Southeast Asia back most?

In the last 12 months, mostly AI, Fintech and Big Data & Analytics.

### Which hardware & Electronics investors in Southeast Asia lead the most rounds?

Y Combinator (11 led), Gobi Partners (7 led) and Baillie Gifford (7 led).

### Where are hardware & Electronics investors in Southeast Asia based?

Among the most active, most are based in the United States (6), Singapore (6) and the United Kingdom (3).

### What have hardware & Electronics investors in Southeast Asia invested in recently?

Recent rounds include Cowboy (Seed, Nov 2026, with Semantic Ventures), CesiumAstro (Series D+, Nov 2026, with Sumitomo) and Enza (Seed, Nov 2026, with British International Investment).

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