Kaya Founders
Venture capitalMakati · Pre-Seed–Series A · 14 people tracked
Investment thesis
Kaya Founders backs early-stage founders building impactful, enduring technology companies in the Philippines and Southeast Asia. The firm sees the Philippines as underinvested and underserved despite Southeast Asia's rise as an investment hotspot driven by a growing digital economy, favorable demographics, and an expanding consumer market. It aims to capitalize on the country's emerging middle class, increasing digitization, and shifting consumer and business behaviors to seed the next generation of Filipino companies and bring local talent to the global stage.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 14 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 20 of 46 portfolio companiesSaaS ×9Fintech ×7AI & Machine Learning ×4E-commerce ×4Consumer ×3Logistics & Supply Chain ×3Marketplaces ×3FoodTech ×2
HQs:Philippines×9Singapore×2Hong Kong×1United States×1
Investments · 46 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathCompany founded by Jodie Zeng, Minic Li, and Jiao Wen
Edge Tutor operates an online tutoring platform that connects businesses and learners with certified tutors across grade levels, offering flexible pay-per-lesson and part-time or full-time options.
EdTechMarketplaces
Etaily is an e-commerce enablement platform that builds and manages a portfolio of beauty, health, wellness, and lifestyle brands, handling operations, marketplace and D2C management, digital marketing, demand planning, and data analytics across major online channels.
E-commerceMarketing TechRetail Tech
First Mate Technologies is a software development agency that builds MVPs, provides fractional CTO and embedded engineering teams, staff augmentation, and AI/ML product work for early-stage and growth tech startups.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsFuture of WorkManila, PH
Mark(CEO & CTO)
Fr8Labs provides an AI connector for freight and logistics operators that lets them query their own operational and financial data (such as gross profit, AR, AP, and SG&A) in plain English through an AI assistant, with read-only access scoped to their own data.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Company founded by Juca Lacsina
GoRocky is an online men's health platform in the Philippines offering discreet, doctor-guided telehealth treatments for conditions such as weight management, hair loss, and erectile dysfunction.
Digital HealthHealthtechWellness & Fitness
Kiyanusch Braun(Co-founder)Joaqui Palaña(Co-founder)
Fintech platform helping a new generation of investors build wealth in the Philippines
Kindred provides healthcare services for women across different life stages.
FemTechHealthtechWellness & Fitness
Kita builds a document processing and credit assessment layer that converts messy real-world financial files into credit assessments underwriters can act on, keeping the lending decision with human staff.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSSilicon Valley, US
Kravers is a cloud kitchen operator in the Philippines that develops food and delivery-oriented meal products for high-frequency delivery customers ordering at home.
ConsumerFoodTech
LenderLink operates a credit data exchange in the Philippines that lets lenders, collection agencies, and credit bureaus share and access consumer credit records through a single consent-driven API.
Data & InfrastructureFintechSaaS
PayMongo is a payment processing platform serving Filipino businesses of all sizes, offering payment solutions, disbursements, lending, and subscription management.
E-commerceFintechSaaSTaguig, PH
Luis Sia(Founder)inJaime Hing III(Director)Eddie Francis Cesar Plaza(Executive Officer, Director)Alejandro Luis Sia(Director)Lawson Emanuel(Director)
PCX Markets operates a transparent marketplace and registry for plastic responsibility credits, connecting companies with accredited, third-party audited plastic waste recovery projects.
Circular EconomyClimate TechMarketplaces
RuralNet is an insurance technology company offering a digital insurance distribution platform that digitizes the insurance process for providers and consumers in the Philippines.
FintechInsurTechSaaS
Sourcy is an AI-powered global sourcing platform that helps brands discover products, validate suppliers, and move ideas into production, combining technology with supplier relationships and human expertise.
AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSHong Kong, HK
Karl Chan(Founder & CEO)
TOMO is a coffee shop chain in the Philippines with a loyalty rewards program that lets customers earn points by scanning QR codes on their receipts to redeem discounts, free coffee, or merchandise.
ConsumerFoodTech
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesPayMongo · bworldonline.com · Mar 16, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Kaya Founders invest at?
- Kaya Founders invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Kaya Founders's typical check size?
- Kaya Founders typically writes checks of $150K – $500K.
- What sectors does Kaya Founders focus on?
- Kaya Founders focuses on AgTech, Climate Tech, Consumer, E-commerce, EdTech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, FoodTech, Healthtech, Media & Entertainment, Mobility & Transportation, Retail Tech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Kaya Founders located?
- Kaya Founders is headquartered in Makati, PH.
- Does Kaya Founders lead rounds?
- Kaya Founders typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamKaya Founders' Ray Alimurung | MBC Leading Women Series
Makati Business Club · Ray Alimurung
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Co-investors · 18
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Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm known for backing AI and technology founders, emphasizing deep, hands-on partnerships with the companies it funds.
Bain Capital Ventures is the venture arm of Bain Capital, backing founders from incubation and seed through growth-stage, leveraging Bain Capital's global platform, industry expertise, and network.
Gradient is a seed-stage venture fund focused on backing founders building artificial intelligence companies, offering hands-on support as builders and mentors.
Stellar Capital invests in founders building software, internet, and technology companies.
Abstract is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm managing $1.8 billion in assets, investing in seed and early-stage companies across all sectors.
Uncorrelated Ventures invests in infrastructure software
Chemistry is an early-stage venture capital firm founded by investors with backgrounds at Bessemer, a16z, and Index, focused on backing founders from the earliest stages.
Commerce Ventures is a venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs building platforms for the future of retail and financial services.
Exponent is co-founded by two operators who were early revenue and growth leaders at multiple breakout fintech companies like Plaid, Ramp, Robinhood, and Stytch, and most of their returns flow to nonprofit endowments and hospitals for scholarships, research, and pediatric healthcare rather than traditional wealthy investors. They keep an unusually small portfolio of just a few companies per year while writing lead checks and providing hands-on go-to-market support through their operator network, focusing on companies that rewire financial and data infrastructure in legacy industries.
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firstminute capital is an early-stage European venture fund that backs founders at inception, providing the first institutional cheque into companies building global technology across AI and deep tech.
▶6 more co-investors
Vera EquityQuona CapitalKindred CapitalNorrsken VCGanas VenturesFuture Africa
Firms observed investing alongside Kaya Founders, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Kaya Founders's recorded portfolio.
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