1982 Ventures
Venture capitalSingapore · Pre-Seed–Series A · 8 people tracked
Investment thesis
1982 Ventures pursues a thesis-driven approach focused on early-stage opportunities in global enterprise AI and fintech. The firm backs founders developing AI architecture, fintech rails, and automated workflows that it sees as shaping the future of business. Its team consists of experienced venture capitalists with backgrounds in financial services, fintech, and company founding, positioning them close to the startup ecosystem for early-stage investing. The firm emphasizes building strong relationships with portfolio companies to drive partnerships and returns.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 8 people
from the firm's website & public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 33 of 47 portfolio companiesFintech ×23SaaS ×14AI & Machine Learning ×6Consumer ×5Enterprise Software ×4HR Tech ×4Crypto & Web3 ×3InsurTech ×3
HQs:Indonesia×10Philippines×3Singapore×3United States×2Vietnam×2Thailand×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 9 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×52 founders×23 founders×14+ founders×1
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 47 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 22024 · 14 dated
iPiD offers software that lets banks, PSPs, payment networks, and other financial institutions connect to and operate within payee and account validation schemes such as UK Confirmation of Payee, EU Verification of Payee, and France's FNC-RF.
CybersecurityFintechSaaSSingapore, SG
Damien Dugauquier(Co-founder & CEO)inEdward Haddad(Founder)Geertjan van Bochove(Co-founder, CFO & COO)Alain Raes(Founding Partner & CCO)
Co-investorsJungle VenturesQED InvestorsQuona CapitalMonk's Hill VenturesSaison CapitalRapyd Ventures
Employee benefits management platform enabling companies to set up, manage and administer benefits for competitive talent recruitment and retention.
Autopilot provides customizable cross-border payment infrastructure for global companies, covering flows from crypto to cash in a single platform.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech
Jonathan Hall(CEO)
Co-investorsDigital Currency GroupOyster VenturesRembrandt Venture Partners
Baskit provides distribution technology, operational support (logistics, warehousing, last-mile delivery, merchandising), and embedded working capital for fast-growth consumer brands in sectors like FMCG and beauty/personal care.
FintechLogistics & Supply ChainRetail TechSouth Tangerang, ID
Yoonjung Yi(Founder)
Co-investorsBetatron Venture GroupCento VenturesKaya FoundersForge Ventures
Bluesheets provides document data extraction, validation, and workflow automation tools (fileForensics and fileForge) for processing unstructured documents.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Co-investorsAntlerIlluminate FinancialInsignia Ventures Partners
Co-investorsDigital Currency GroupMonk's Hill Ventures
Cinch is a customer data and experience platform (CDXP) that unifies data from multiple sources, applies data-science tools to segment audiences, and runs automated multi-channel marketing across SMS, email, direct mail, in-app, reviews, and ads.
Data & InfrastructureMarketing TechSaaSDraper, US
Justin Rae(CEO)
Co-investorsCampus Founders FundKickstartCultivation CapitalMonk's Hill VenturesSeedstarsZ Venture Capital
CrediLinq provides embedded finance and Credit-as-a-Service infrastructure that lets marketplaces and platforms offer working capital lines of credit to their SME merchants, using alternative data and AI to assess funding needs.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceFintechSingapore, SG
Vikram Kotibhaskar(Founder)Deep Singh(Founder)inDinesh Singh
Co-investors500 GlobalMS&AD Ventures
Digital bank startup based in Islamabad providing transparent and friendly financial services in Pakistan.
Co-investorsInit 6
Multi-factor authentication solution provider enabling omnichannel and multi-provider enterprise engagement through a single API.
AI automation platform for end-to-end file processing and direct system integration without manual intervention.
Buy now pay later service offering customer-friendly installment payments at point of sale for merchants.
Co-investorsZone Startups VietnamGenesia Ventures
Co-investorsCentury Oak VenturesGHARAGE VenturesITERATIVE
Higala is a digital financial infrastructure provider that helps microfinance institutions, rural banks, and thrift banks offer connected banking services such as digital payments, loans, and deposits through an all-in-one platform built on the open-source Mojaloop system.
FintechSaaS
Co-investorsTENCO Capital
Homebase is a Southeast Asian proptech company that helps individuals achieve home ownership, including through installment-based homebuying processes.
FintechMarketplacesPropTech
JunYuan Tan (JY)(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorEmles Venture PartnersFlucas VenturesITERATIVEKube VCVU Venture Partners+3 more
Banking-as-a-Service platform offering modular banking services through single integration, powering Hugosave and HugoBank.
Infina operates a fintech platform offering yield-generating accounts and integrated investment tools for retail users in Vietnam.
FintechHo Chi Minh City, VN
James Vuong(Founder/CEO)in
Co-investorsAppWorks VenturesDG Daiwa VenturesMyAsiaVCPeak XV PartnersSaison CapitalVenturra+1 more
PAYD is a fintech application that enables users to access salary payments in real-time, delivering funds directly to bank accounts with institutional-grade security and transparent fee structures.
Fintech
Co-investorsDigital Currency GroupThe Hive Southeast Asia
Lista is a personal finance management app that helps users track spending, automate expense monitoring, and reach savings goals.
ConsumerFintechManila, PH
Co-investorsOpenspace VenturesSaison Capital
Lunchbox is a digital commerce platform for enterprise restaurants that unifies ordering, catering, loyalty, and marketing functions.
Enterprise SoftwareFoodTechRetail TechSaaSNew York, US
Nabeel Alamgir(Executive Chairman & Founder)Andrew Boryk(Founder)inJames Walker(CEO)
Co-investors645 VenturesPrimary Venture PartnersBeyond CapitalCoatue ManagementFrontline VenturesGala Capital Partners+2 more
Mobee was a mobile app that is permanently shutting down on July 31, 2026 after 13 years of operation.
Consumer
Co-investorsLaunchCapitalKaya Founders
Mobee is an Indonesian consumer service provider that offers customer support channels for handling client complaints and suggestions.
Consumer
Co-investorsKaya FoundersLaunchCapital
Modulus provides fully managed, cloud-based payment facilitation (PayFac) infrastructure that lets software platforms become the merchant of record for their sub-merchants and capture interchange/MDR revenue directly.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
NextPay provides payment infrastructure for businesses and platforms in the Philippines, enabling payouts, invoicing, bill collection, and embedded payment workflows across local payment rails and banking networks.
FintechMakati, PH
Don Pansacola(Founder)inAldrich Tan(Founder)in
Co-investorsGolden Gate VenturesKickstart VenturesSaison CapitalY CombinatorFoxmont Capital Partners
Brick provides payment and money-movement APIs — including disbursement, payment links, virtual accounts, and sub-accounts — that businesses embed into their platforms to move funds.
Developer ToolsFintechSaaS
Co-investorsBetter Tomorrow VenturesFlourish Ventures
PasarMIKRO operates an agri-trade platform in Indonesia that connects farmers, fishers, and traders and offers digital tools for finance, risk, traceability, and insurance.
AgTechB2B MarketplacesFintechJakarta, ID
Hugo Verwayen(Founder)
Co-investorsCeniarthGayo Capital
PINA offers a financial app that combines budgeting, savings tracking, and automated investing services for Indonesian consumers.
AI & Machine LearningFintechJakarta, ID
Daniel van Leeuwen(Founder)inHendry Chou(Founder)inChristian Hermawan(Founder)inFajar Kuntoro(Founder)in
Co-investorsCapria VenturesY CombinatorAC VenturesiSeed
PolicyDock provides a cloud-based, API-driven insurance technology platform that lets carriers, brokers, and businesses launch and manage insurance products, including a white-label "Insurance-in-a-Box" portal for sales, service, and back-office automation.
FintechInsurTechSaaS
Salary Hero is a financial wellness platform offered to employees through their employers, providing earned wage access (salary on demand), financial education, and savings accounts.
FintechFuture of WorkHR Tech
Jonathan NøhrPrabhav Rakhra
Co-investors500 GlobalZ Venture CapitalGlobal Founders CapitalTitan CapitalTukTuks
Triple-A provides stablecoin payment infrastructure that lets businesses accept and send payments in stablecoins and local currencies, covering e-commerce checkout, invoice payments, and global payouts.
Crypto & Web3FintechSaaS
Co-investorsInsignia Ventures PartnersPeak XV PartnersShorooq Partners8i Ventures
Truely provides an eSIM service offering mobile data connectivity across 190+ countries without SIM swaps or roaming fees, with unlimited or customizable data bundles.
ConsumerHardwareTravel & Hospitality
Co-investorsDG Daiwa VenturesDisrupt.com
Untukmu.AI is a mobile app featuring an AI assistant named Dewi that recommends gifts for various occasions such as weddings, birthdays, graduations, and holidays.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerE-commerce
wagely provides an earned wage access platform that lets employees withdraw a portion of already earned but unpaid wages, offered as an employee benefit through employers and their HR departments.
FintechHR TechImpact & Social Good
Kevin Hausburg(Founder)in
Co-investorsADB VenturesCapria VenturesIntegra Partners
Yarken is an AI-native IT Financial Management platform that unifies Technology Business Management (TBM) and FinOps into a single source of truth, connecting cloud, SaaS, infrastructure, and finance data.
Cloud ComputingFintechSaaS
Co-investorsBetatron Venture Group
AI-native IT Financial Management solution provider recognized in Gartner's Market Guide for ITFM.
Zaapi provides a unified customer communication platform that consolidates conversations from channels like websites, Facebook, Instagram, Email, Shopify, and TikTok Shop into one helpdesk inbox.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech
Co-investorsKaya FoundersFlourish Ventures
ZenAdmin offers an IT management platform for global teams that consolidates management of people, devices, and apps in one place.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
Aditya Anand(Founder)inYoan Kamalski
Co-investors500 GlobalMS&AD Ventures468 CapitalAntler
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesInfina · investing.com · Jul 18, 2026

Autopilot · techcrunch.com · Jul 5, 2026
Lunchbox Technologies · indianretailer.com · Jun 25, 2026
Baskit · fintechnews.id · Apr 21, 2026
Yarken · technode.global · Mar 5, 2026
Higala · fintechnews.ph · Nov 28, 2025
Untukmu · bernama.com · Oct 22, 2025
Cinch · sbr.com.sg · Apr 11, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has 1982 Ventures made?
- 1982 Ventures has 43 tracked investments, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does 1982 Ventures invest at?
- 1982 Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is 1982 Ventures's typical check size?
- 1982 Ventures typically writes checks of $1.2M – $8.5M.
- What sectors does 1982 Ventures focus on?
- 1982 Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Enterprise Software, Fintech.
- Where is 1982 Ventures located?
- 1982 Ventures is headquartered in Singapore, SG.
- Does 1982 Ventures lead rounds?
- 1982 Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does 1982 Ventures co-invest with?
- 1982 Ventures most often shares deals with 500 Global, Digital Currency Group, Y Combinator, among 40 tracked co-investors.
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Co-investors · 4
500 Global (formerly 500 Startups) is a venture capital firm whose flagship Silicon Valley strategy backs promising technology companies from pre-seed onward across a range of sectors and geographies.
MS&AD Ventures is the corporate venture arm that invests in early-stage companies, partnering with entrepreneurs to build innovative solutions across insurance-adjacent and technology sectors.
Cowboy Ventures is an early-stage venture firm focused on partnering with startups at the pre-seed and seed stages, offering hands-on support to help build enduring companies.
An early-stage venture capital fund that invests in pre-seed and seed-stage funds as well as select direct early-stage technology opportunities.
Firms observed investing alongside 1982 Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with 1982 Ventures's recorded portfolio.
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