Granite Asia
Crossover fundSingapore · Seed–Late Stage · 29 people tracked
Also known as GGV · GGV Capital · GRANITE ASIA CAPITAL PTE. LTD. · Granite Global Ventures
Investment thesis
Granite Asia positions itself as a multi-asset investment platform dedicated to funding purposeful growth across Asia, the world's fastest-growing region. Recognizing that top companies stay private longer while investors seek greater liquidity, the firm crafts bespoke financing structures spanning multiple assets and strategies. Drawing on 24 years of experience across six economic cycles, it emphasizes a strong track record — claiming to have funded 18% of the region's billion-dollar companies (48 and counting) — and leverages an extensive network to build transformative partnerships. Rather than passive capital, the firm stresses hands-on support to help portfolio businesses scale and succeed.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 29 people
from the firm's website & curated & public directories
What they invest in
from 37 of 59 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×17Consumer ×8Hardware ×7Mobility & Transportation ×7SaaS ×7Logistics & Supply Chain ×6Robotics ×6Deep Tech ×5
HQs:China×15United States×5Singapore×3Brazil×1Hong Kong×1Japan×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 16 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×82 founders×43 founders×34+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 11 founders with education data
University of Cambridge ×2
Investments · 59 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12024 · 22023 · 14 dated
EHang develops and manufactures pilotless electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for uses such as aerial tourism, intra-city and intercity transport, logistics, and emergency firefighting.
Deep TechHardwareLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & Transportation
Hu Huazhi(Founder)in
Co-investorsPreAngel FundZhenFundLinear Capital
Grab operates a superapp serving Southeast Asia, offering services including ride-hailing and mobility, deliveries, and financial services through Grab Financial Group.
FintechLogistics & Supply ChainMarketplacesMobility & TransportationSingapore, SG
Anthony Tan(Founder)inCheryl GohChin OngHooi Ling TanKell LimSarah Lim
Co-investors137 Ventures500 Global500 Startups VietnamArbor VenturesBase PartnersBeacon VC+21 more
Technology-driven logistics platform building a smart logistics ecosystem, covering trucking transactions, financial services, aftermarket, and autonomous driving.
Co-investorsCapitalGDCM VenturesSoftBank Vision FundXiang He Capital
Megarobo (镁伽科技) develops autonomous agents and multi-agent solutions combining AI and robotic automation for smart laboratories and intelligent manufacturing.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRobotics
Co-investorsBosch VenturesGobi PartnersRobert Bosch Venture Capital
Notta provides AI-powered transcription tools available as a web app, mobile app, and Chrome extension, along with features such as AI summaries, meeting minutes, screen recording, and a sales-focused AI agent for recording and analyzing meetings and syncing with CRM.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSTokyo, JP
Yan Zhang(Founder)Ryan Zhang(Representative Director)
Co-investorsPKSHA Technology CapitalLinear Capital
Alibaba.com operates a global B2B e-commerce marketplace that connects buyers with suppliers and manufacturers for wholesale products across multiple industries.
AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesE-commerce
Co-investorsAcross Capital PartnersF-Prime CapitalICONIQK2 GlobalLead Edge CapitalMosaic Ventures+3 more
Aridge develops flying cars, including the Land Aircraft Carrier (a modular flying vehicle) and the A868, a high-speed, long-range full tilt-rotor flying car.
Deep TechHardwareMobility & Transportation
Blacklake operates an industrial AI platform that uses agents to read order documents, drawings and tables, then convert them into executable production tasks covering quoting, order splitting, scheduling and fulfillment based on each factory's own processes, equipment and rules.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningSaaSShanghai, CN
Boomerang offers an AI agent ("Rudy") that maps a company's collective relationship network across employees, board members, investors, advisors, customers, and partners to generate warm introductions to enterprise buyers.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech
Co-investorsBetter CapitalEMERGENT VENTURESLEADLightShed VenturesSeventySix Capital
Zhipin (BOSS直聘) is an online recruitment platform that connects job seekers with employers, letting candidates and hiring managers communicate directly.
Future of WorkHR TechMarketplaces
Co-investorsCeyuan VenturesCoatue ManagementHongShan Capital GroupShunwei Capital
ByteDance builds a portfolio of digital platforms and services focused on short-form video, content creation, e-commerce, and workplace collaboration, serving creators and consumers globally.
Creator EconomyE-commerceMedia & EntertainmentBeijing, CN
Yiming Zhang(Founder)inRubo Liang(Founder; Chairman of the Board)inZhang Yiming(Founder)
Co-investors3Comma CapitalAglae VenturesBase PartnersCoatue ManagementEvolution VC PartnersGaldana Ventures+15 more
Centific is an AI and data company that builds platforms and services for enterprise AI teams, focused on data quality, workflows, evaluation, and multilingual and vision AI.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Tiak Koon Loh(Founder)inChuen Hong Lew(Chief Executive Officer, Board member)Pamela Pei(Chief Operating Officer)Hull Xu(Chief Financial Officer)Vasudevan Sundarababu(Chief Data and AI Officer)Yong Liang(Chief Information Officer)
Redmond, US
Yanhui Yang(Executive Officer)Yan Pei(Executive Officer, Director)Venkatesh Lakshmipathi Rangapuram(Executive Officer, Director)Heng Choon Lim(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJenny Hongwei Lee(Director)Tiak Koon Loh(Director)
Dianxiaomi operates a cross-border e-commerce service portal that helps Chinese merchants register for and onboard onto international online marketplaces such as TEMU, TikTok Shop, Shopee, Amazon, Lazada, and Walmart.
E-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainRetail TechSaaSShenzhen, CN
Co-investorsSoftBank Vision Fund
Haidian, CN
Co-investors137 VenturesA-Rod CorpAlpha Wave GlobalCoatue ManagementLauder PartnersMorningside Venture Capital Limited+7 more
Co-investorsVision Plus Capital
Co-investors4impact capitalAct Venture CapitalACT Venture CapitalAmadeus Capital SAAngel Physicians FundAnkur Capital+59 more
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersHelios Digital VenturesInsight Partners
Fortune China is the Chinese-language edition of Fortune, publishing business and finance news, analysis, and video content covering companies, markets, technology, and executives.
Media & Entertainment
Geek+ is an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) provider offering warehouse automation and supply chain robotics solutions, serving system integrators, distributors, and logistics consulting firms through a global partner program.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsSaaS
Yong Zheng(Founder & CEO)Hongbo Li(Co-Founder & CTO)Kai Liu(Co-Founder & VP of System R&D)Xi Chen(Co-Founder & VP of Robotics R&D)Hongyan Liu(CFO)
Co-investorsVertex Ventures ChinaWarburg PincusChina Internet Investment FundB Capital GroupB4 CapitalVertex Ventures
Hellobike (哈啰出行) operates a bike-sharing and mobility platform in China, offering shared bicycles, e-bikes, and battery-swapping services.
ConsumerIoTMarketplacesMobility & TransportationShanghai, CN
杨磊 (Yang Lei)(Co-founder & CEO)李开逐 (Li Kaizhu)(Co-founder, Executive President)Lei Yang(Founder)in
Co-investorsXVC Venture Capital
IFR (International Financing Review) is a financial news and market intelligence publication covering global capital markets, including bonds, equities, loans, securitisation, and IPOs.
FintechMedia & Entertainment
Inngest is an execution layer for agents and workflows that helps engineers build and optimize event-driven workflows without manual retry logic or queue management.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsRoyal Oak, US
Tony Holdstock-Brown(CEO & Founder)Dan Farrelly(CTO & Founder)inDaniel Farrelly(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJamin Ball(Director)Dan Cahana(Director)in
Co-investorsAfore CapitalAndreessen HorowitzMotive ForceNotable CapitalPreston-Werner VenturesAltimeter Capital+1 more
OneTrust provides a governance platform for privacy, risk, data, and compliance across organizations' technology stacks.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareAtlanta, US
Alan J. Dabbiere(Manager)John Marshall(Manager)Kabir Barday(Founder)in
BoardRichard Wells(Manager)inDavid K. Dabbiere(Manager)
Co-investorsAcrew CapitalAdams Street PartnersAmplify PartnersBitkraft Esports VenturesBlackRockBright Pixel Capital+16 more
Jina AI is a search AI company that provides embeddings, rerankers, readers, and small language models for building search applications with relevant, multimodal, and multilingual results.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Han Xiao(Founder)in
Co-investorsCanaan PartnersGaia VenturesMango Capital
JOKR operates an on-demand online grocery service that delivers fresh products and local brands within minutes or on a scheduled basis, offering an assortment of over 10,000 products with AI-driven personalization and inventory prediction.
E-commerceFoodTechLogistics & Supply Chain
Tyler Trerotola(Founder)inRalf Wenzel(Founder)in
Co-investorsActivant CapitalBalderton CapitalG SquaredGreycroftKaszek VenturesNotable Capital+5 more
Co-investorsMorningside Venture Capital Limited
Indian mobile-first entertainment company operating the Kuku FM audio app and the Kuku TV microdrama video platform.
Vinod Kumar Meena(Founder)inLal Chand Bisu(Founder)in
Co-investors3one4 CapitalIndia QuotientV3 VenturesVertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.
Lovart is an AI design tool that helps create product pages and marketing assets for brands.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSingapore, SG
Melvin Chen(Founder)inElena Leung(Founder)
Co-investorsINCE Capital
Heptagon Photonics designs and manufactures wafer-level micro-optical modules and photonics components using wafer-level optics (WLO) technology, offering services from concept design through mass production.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductorsIskandar Puteri, MY
Momenta develops autonomous driving software for automakers, offering L2/L2+ assisted driving and L3 autonomous driving systems for mass-produced vehicles.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechMobility & TransportationRoboticsBeijing, CN
Co-investorsBlue Lake CapitalCathay InnovationNIO CapitalShunwei Capital
Moody sells daily disposable colored contact lenses direct to consumers, offering spherical lenses in cosmetic colors such as the GlowyLock Moonstone Blue.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce
Co-investorsMorningside Venture Capital LimitedPlum VenturesSource Code Capital
Neptune Robotics develops deep-tech, data-driven solutions for the maritime and shipping industry to support decarbonization.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechDeep TechLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsHong Kong, HK
Elizabeth Chan(CEO)inZhuo Quan (Jacky) Im(CTO)in
Co-investorsEntrepreneur FirstPeak XV PartnersSpider CapitalMatrixNYK LineSOSV
OATSIDE makes oat milk in flavors including Barista Blend, Chocolate, Caffè Latte, Matcha, Chocolate Malt, and Caramel Macchiato.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTech
Benedict Lim(Founder)in
Co-investorsAC Ventures
PlushCare is a telehealth service that connects patients with board-certified primary care doctors and therapists through an app for virtual appointments, prescriptions, and ongoing care.
Digital HealthHealthtechMental HealthSan Francisco, US
James Wantuck(Co-founder)Ryan McQuaid(Co-founder)James Wantuck, MD(Founder)in
BoardJeff Richards(Director)in
Co-investorsFounders Circle CapitalMoonshots CapitalNotable CapitalTRANSFORMATION CAPITALLightspeed Venture Partners
Ronovo Surgical develops the Carina surgical robotics platform, including a vision system and instruments, for use by surgeons and hospitals.
HealthtechMedical DevicesRoboticsShanghai, CN
John Ma(Founder)Ying Mao(Founder)
Co-investorsINCE CapitalVivo CapitalJJDCLilly Asia Ventures
Queryly builds cloud-based search and content-discovery technology for digital publishers and media sites, using search algorithms and large language models to make on-site content more findable.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentJersey City, US
Luyu Yang(Founder)in
Soul is a Chinese AI-powered immersive social platform where users interact through customizable avatars rather than real identities, matched by interest graphs and AI-driven recommendations.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerSocialShanghai, CN
Zhang Lu(Founder & CEO)Tao Ming(Chief Technology Officer & Executive Director)Zhang Gaozheng(Vice President of Technology & Executive Director)
Co-investorsMorningside Venture Capital Limited
Co-investorsLinear CapitalYunqi Partners
UC Browser is a mobile web browser offering fast page loading, a data-saving mode, ad and pop-up blocking, a built-in video downloader, and a VPN feature.
ConsumerCybersecurity
WPS offers an AI-powered PDF editor that lets users edit PDF text, images, forms, and scanned documents while preserving layout, along with tools to convert, merge, split, compress, and sign PDFs.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
Co-investorsShunwei Capital
Co-investorsGSR VenturesHongShan Capital GroupQiming Venture PartnersZhenFund
Youku is a Chinese online video streaming platform offering TV dramas, films, anime, variety shows, documentaries, children's programming, and sports, with free and VIP membership tiers.
ConsumerMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsMaverick Ventures
Co-investorsNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)SoftBank Vision Fund
Manu Kumar Jainin
Co-investorsMorningside Venture Capital LimitedNGP CapitalQiming Venture PartnersQualcomm Ventures
XPENG develops smart electric vehicles, including AI-powered SUVs and coupes, along with related mobility technology spanning road and air travel.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareMobility & Transportation
Xiaopeng He(Founder)in
Co-investorsCoatue ManagementEast West Ventures EWVShunwei CapitalWelight Capital
Exits · 3
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioEHangNASDAQ: EHGrabNASDAQ: GRAB满帮集团 (Full Truck Alliance)NYSE: YMM
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Niu · thestandard.com.hk · Aug 19, 2026
Boomerang · forbes.com · Aug 19, 2026
Moody · tipranks.com · Aug 18, 2026
EHang · stocktitan.net · Aug 14, 2026
Grab · finance.yahoo.com · Aug 12, 2026
Soul · afr.com · Jul 30, 2026
Alibaba (Link · caixinglobal.com · Jul 15, 2026
ByteDance · research.contrary.com · Jun 8, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Granite Asia made?
- Granite Asia has 55 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Granite Asia invest at?
- Granite Asia invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What is Granite Asia's typical check size?
- Granite Asia typically writes checks of $5M – $25M.
- What sectors does Granite Asia focus on?
- Granite Asia focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Granite Asia located?
- Granite Asia is headquartered in Singapore, SG.
- Does Granite Asia lead rounds?
- Granite Asia typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Granite Asia co-invest with?
- Granite Asia most often shares deals with SoftBank Vision Fund, Coatue Management, Morningside Venture Capital Limited, among 107 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamJixun Foo, Senior Managing Partner at Granite Asia Joins Live on NYSE TV
New York Stock Exchange · Jixun Foo
GGV Capital’s Jenny Lee Rises As One Of The World’s Best Venture Capital
Business News · Jenny Lee
42 Questions with Jenny Lee of GGV Capital - SOSV - The Accelerator VC
SOSV - The Accelerator VC · Jenny Lee
Jenny Lee, Managing Partner, GGV Capital
Money20/20.tv · Jenny Lee
Understanding Startup Investment with Jenny Lee from GGV Capital
2geeks1city · Jenny Lee
Jenny Lee, GGV Capital
AVCJTelevision · Jenny Lee
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Co-investors · 30
5Y Capital positions itself as entrepreneurs who happen to run a venture firm, focusing on finding founders with "crazy" visions that contradict market consensus when others dismiss them as unrealistic. The firm has built a track record of early bets on Chinese tech leaders like Kuaishou, Xiaomi, and SenseTime, while deliberately expanding into new domains like AI infrastructure and biotech despite having no prior experience in those sectors.
Notable Capital is a venture capital firm that has partnered with founders for over two decades, backing companies from the earliest stages through to exit.
New Enterprise Associates (NEA) is a venture capital firm that invests in and provides long-term support to founders building new companies.
Qiming Venture Partners is a Shanghai-based venture capital firm that invests in growth-stage technology, communications, media, and healthcare companies operating in China, with support from its U.S. partner Ignition Partners. The firm's investment approach combines local market knowledge with global resources and executive relationships.
ZhenFund is a China-based early-stage venture capital firm that backs entrepreneurs and runs founder programs, including summer grants, an entrepreneurship residency, campus startup series, and generative AI hackathons.
Insight Partners is an investment firm focused on accelerating revenue and profit growth in software companies, providing capital and operational support through its Insight Onsite team.
DCM Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that leads rounds and partners with a small number of companies each year, backing innovative founders with a global, cross-border team.
Third Point Ventures is the venture capital arm that invests in and supports technology companies, guiding, coaching, and connecting founders from early to late stage.
Source Code Capital is a Chinese venture capital firm whose team comes from investment management, product/technology, consulting, and media backgrounds.
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, known for pioneering the platform model with a large team of operators supporting founders across stages.
Tiger Global Management operates public equity strategies (long/short, long-focused and crossover) and a private equity business investing in early- through late-stage growth companies across new and existing industries.
Balderton Capital is a European venture capital firm that backs technology startups.
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SOSVSequoia CapitalFounders FundKleiner PerkinsTrue VenturesGradient VenturesMeritech Capital PartnersNext47AltaIR CapitalTenaya Capital2xNfoobar.vcOwl VenturesBDC Venture CapitalIrishAngelsMonk's Hill VenturesSky9 CapitalJoy Capital
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