# Manufacturing investors in Southeast Asia (2026 list)

> 18 manufacturing investors in Southeast Asia, 94% active in the last 12 months. Led by 500 Global, B Capital, Global Brain Corporation.

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

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# Manufacturing investors in Southeast Asia

Updated 7 November 2026

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

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**18** investors on the list *-5* this week

**310** cheques in 12 months *-29%* against the market

**$7.4M** median round they joined *-7%* against the market median

**94%** wrote a cheque in 12 months

**61%** have led a round

## The Top 18

Ordered by cheques observed, never by anything anyone paid for

Deploying now (17)

- 1 [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) *Deploying now* Angel · United States **2,140** **$3.6M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 2 [B Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/b-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **495** **$14M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 3 [Global Brain Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation) *Deploying now* VC firm · Japan **480** **$7.6M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 4 [Wavemaker Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wavemaker-partners-3) *Deploying now* VC firm · Singapore **212** **$3M** median round **Mar 2026** last seen
- 5 [Brinc](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brinc) *Deploying now* Accelerator · Hong Kong SAR China **132** **$500K** median round **Jul 2026** last seen
- 6 [EDBI](https://millionrounds.com/fund/edbi) *Deploying now* VC firm · Singapore **109** **$32M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 7 [Seeds Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seeds-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · Singapore **79** **$4.4M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 8 [UntroD Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/untrod-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · Singapore **69** **$4.8M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 9 [Vitruvian Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vitruvian-partners) *Deploying now* VC firm · United Kingdom **24** **$189M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 10 [Tin Men Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tin-men-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · Singapore **4** **$5.5M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 11 [65 Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/65-equity-partners) *Deploying now* Private equity · Singapore **3** **$188M** median round **Jul 2026** last seen
- 12 [Circulate Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/circulate-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · Singapore **3** **$6.8M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 13 [Kairous Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kairous-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · Malaysia **3** **$8.8M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 14 [August Global Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/august-global-partners) quiet Growth equity · Singapore **1** **$188M** median round **Sept 2025** last seen
- 15 [SG Growth Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sg-growth-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · Singapore **1** **$7.4M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 16 [Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mauritius-commercial-bank-mcb) *Deploying now* Investment firm **1** **$51M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 17 [SEEDS of SG Growth Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seeds-of-sg-growth-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm **1** **$7.4M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 18 [Safie](https://millionrounds.com/fund/safie) *Deploying now* VC firm **1** **$7.4M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen

## The Newest Cheques

Rounds this list's investors joined most recently

- **3** Nov **[NeoSci Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/company/neosci-ventures)** Other · $55M *With* [EDBI](https://millionrounds.com/fund/edbi)
- **27** Oct **[Hyphenate](https://millionrounds.com/company/hyphenate)** Series A · $45M *With* [B Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/b-capital)
- **26** Oct **[Ailytics](https://millionrounds.com/company/ailytics)** Series A · $7.4M *Led by* [Tin Men Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tin-men-capital)
- **19** Oct **[Dream Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/dream-labs)** Seed · $90M *Led by* [B Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/b-capital)
- **15** Oct **[Salary Hero](https://millionrounds.com/company/salary-hero)** Series A · $7.6M *With* [Kairous Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kairous-capital)
- **14** Oct **[Labelbox](https://millionrounds.com/company/labelbox)** $100M *With* [B Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/b-capital)

## Stages This Year

298 rounds

- Venture **24%**
- Series A **16%**
- Seed **15%**
- Series B **9%**
- Debt **8%**
- Other **28%**

## What They Backed

Sectors, last 12 months

- AI **83**
- Biotech **22**
- Healthcare **20**
- Fintech **17**
- Financial Services **15**
- Energy **12**

## Cheques by Quarter

Led Joined

109 Q1 25

116 Q2 25

116 Q3 25

111 Q4 25

111 Q1 26

81 Q2 26

69 Q3 26

13 Q4 26

The last bar is the quarter still running.

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## Reading for founders in industrial and manufacturing

- The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective Robert C. Allen · 2009 3.99 from 277 ratings on Goodreads Industrial and manufacturing 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 Industrial and manufacturing Company building 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
- PRODUCT DESIGN+DEVELOPMENT >IN Karl T. Ulrich · 1994 4.00 from 482 ratings on Goodreads Industrial and manufacturing Company building About the book This book presents a set of product development techniques aimed at bringing together the marketing, design, and manufacturing functions of the enterprise. It treats issues such as identifying customer needs, design for manufacturing, prototyping, and industrial design. On AmazonListen on Audible
- The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention William Rosen · 2010 3.93 from 1,401 ratings on Goodreads Industrial and manufacturing Innovation Company building About the book If all measures of human advancement in the last hundred centuries were plotted on a graph, they would show an almost perfectly flat line, until the eighteenth century, when the Industrial Revolution would cause the line to shoot straight up, beginning an almost uninterrupted… On AmazonListen on Audible

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

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## Quick answers about manufacturing investors in Southeast Asia

### Who are the most active manufacturing investors in Southeast Asia?

By cheques observed, the most active are 500 Global, B Capital, Global Brain Corporation, Wavemaker Partners and Brinc.

### How many manufacturing investors in Southeast Asia are there?

18 are on record. 94% made an investment in the last 12 months and 61% have led a round.

### Which stages do manufacturing investors in Southeast Asia back?

Of the rounds with a named stage in the last 12 months, mostly Series A (25%) and Seed (23%).

### How big are the rounds manufacturing investors in Southeast Asia join?

The typical (median) round among the leading investors here is $7.4M.

### Which sectors do manufacturing investors in Southeast Asia back most?

In the last 12 months, mostly AI, Biotech and Healthcare.

### Which manufacturing investors in Southeast Asia lead the most rounds?

B Capital (14 led), Vitruvian Partners (9 led) and Wavemaker Partners (7 led).

### Where are manufacturing investors in Southeast Asia based?

Among the most active, most are based in Singapore (9), the United States (2) and Japan (1).

### What have manufacturing investors in Southeast Asia invested in recently?

Recent rounds include NeoSci Ventures (Other, Nov 2026, with EDBI), Hyphenate (Series A, Oct 2026, with B Capital) and Ailytics (Series A, Oct 2026, with Tin Men Capital).

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