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Particle

Accelerator

Hong Kong · Pre-Seed–Series A

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Investment thesis

ParticleX, whose name references particle accelerators in physics, aims to provide hyper-acceleration to technology startups by driving collisions between ideas, networks, capital, and research to generate new concepts and technological breakthroughs. As a Hong Kong-based tech startup investor and innovation enabler, it combines network, capital, and research resources to speed up technological innovation and help early-stage startups capture cross-border opportunities throughout Asia. The firm concentrates on disruptive technologies and the application of innovation across business processes, and operates alongside affiliated entities such as Shine Works Investment and InfleXion Lab, leveraging the advantages of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and the Greater Bay Area.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Series A
HQ
Hong Kong, HK
Instruments
Equity
Portfolio companies
70

What they invest in

from 40 of 70 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×20IoT ×10Deep Tech ×9Hardware ×9SaaS ×7Enterprise Software ×6Digital Health ×5Healthtech ×5

HQs:United States×10Hong Kong×8Singapore×3Canada×1United Kingdom×1India×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 25 portfolio companies
52%
solo founders
13 of 25 mapped founding teams
48%
repeat founders
of 29 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×132 founders×73 founders×44+ founders×1

Where their founders studiedfrom 27 founders with education data

The University of Hong Kong ×6University of Cambridge ×3Harvard University ×2Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2Universidade de Coimbra ×2University of Warwick ×2UNSW ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 25 founders with field-of-study data

Engineering ×7Computer Science ×5Design & Architecture ×4Business & Management ×3Economics ×3Life Sciences ×2Mathematics & Statistics ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 29 founders with career history

Cathay Pacific Airways ×2MIT Media Lab ×2Unreasonable ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×5

4 founders hold a PhD · 1 hold an MBA (of 31 with degree data)

Portfolio companies · 70 tracked

alumni founders can tell you what the program is really like

By year:2025 · 12021 · 12017 · 12015 · 14 dated

Ailytics Pte Ltdailytics.aiin

The page provides only contact details for Ailytics, listing offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, and the USA.

AI & Machine LearningSingapore, SG

Co-investorsAngelCentralTin Men Capital

Alphaaalphaa.io𝕏

ALEXISTOGEL is an online lottery (togel) information site presenting Hong Kong 4D result data, historical outputs, and live draw updates organized by period.

ConsumerMedia & Entertainment

Co-investorsMetaPropMetaProp Ventures

Ampd Energyampd.energyin

Ampd Energy makes the Enertainer, a connected battery energy storage system designed to replace diesel generators for power on construction sites and other demanding environments.

CleantechConstruction TechEnergySingapore, SG

Brandon Ng(Co-founder & Chair)inAnthony Stewart(CEO)in

Co-investorsCarbonOpenspace VenturesThird Derivative

Avantavantmeats.comin𝕏Oct 2015

Avant develops cultivated animal protein as an alternative to wild-caught fish, aiming to produce seafood protein without contaminants such as heavy metals, microplastics, and parasites.

BiotechFoodTechChicago, US

Carrie ChaninMario Chin(Biotech Expert / Co-founder)inAlbert Goldstein(Executive Officer, Director)Robert Levy(Executive Officer)Siddharth Mehta(Director)Adam Hughes(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsAlwyn CapitalBig Wealth InternationalBrincLever VCS2G Investments

Biilabsbiilabs.ioin

BiiLabs provides AI computing infrastructure, including SuperMicro AI servers, GPU rental services, and enterprise AI workstations, alongside embedded system design for drones (UAVs) and robotics, and blockchain-based digital identity and trust solutions.

AI & Machine LearningHardwareIoT

Butlrbutlr.comin𝕏

Butlr makes anonymous thermal sensors that measure occupancy and space utilization across offices, buildings, campuses, stores, and labs without cameras, badges, or Wi-Fi tracking.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHardwareHealthtechIoTPropTechSan Francisco, US

Honghao Deng(Founder)inJiani Zeng(Founder)in

BoardRaymond Stuart Stata(Director)Seth Levine(Director)inNaimish Patel(Director)inYijia Andy Sun

Co-investors1Flourish Capital500 GlobalFounder CollectiveFoundryGS FuturesHDS Capital+15 more

Climastryclimastry.com

CarbonOps provides a self-serve platform for EU importers to file quarterly CBAM (Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism) declarations during the transitional reporting period.

Climate TechEnterprise Software

CLS Environmental Technologies Ltdcarbonlitesystem.com

CLS Environmental Technologies Limited is a material manufacturer and climate technology developer that converts biomass waste such as biochar into high-value graphene materials.

Circular EconomyCleantechNew Materials

Pirry Leung(Founder & CEO)Oliver Yeung(Founder & CTO)

Crowndigitalcrowndigital.io

Crown Digital presents a vision for autonomous, machine-operated retail formats where robotics and AI perform tasks previously done by human staff, such as preparing and serving in retail settings.

AI & Machine LearningRetail TechRobotics

Co-investorsUntroD Capital

Custonomycustonomy.io

Custonomy offers a non-custodial enterprise wallet suite using MPC (multi-party computation) key management to help businesses build and launch Web3 products and manage digital assets.

Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechHong Kong, HK

Calvin Choy(Founder)in

Dayta Aidayta.aiin

Dayta.ai offers Cyclops, a cloud-based shopper analytics platform that connects to existing IP video cameras to capture, analyze, and interpret in-store visitor behavior in real time.

AI & Machine LearningRetail TechSaaS

Patrick Tu(Founder)in

Co-investorsAurum Venture PartnersGobi PartnersVU Venture Partners

DimOrderdimorder.comin

DimOrder provides technology solutions for the food service industry, offering point-of-sale systems and dining platform services to restaurants.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechFoodTechRetail TechSaaSHong Kong, HK

Tim Lee(Founder)inBen Wong(Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorGR CapitalHong Kong Science and Technology Parks – incubation programsK3 DiversityPageOne Lab, Inc.Pareto Holdings

Farm66farm66.com

Farm66 develops indoor vertical farming systems that combine aquaponics, multi-layer vertical growing structures, LED light-spectrum technology, and cloud-based agricultural monitoring.

AgTechFoodTechIoT

Co-investorsAlibaba Entrepreneurs Fund

FiberSightfibersight.ptin

FiberSight develops distributed fiber-optic sensing systems that collect temperature and humidity data across large and complex areas, paired with data-analysis software.

Deep TechHardwareIoT

Tiago Neves(Founder & CEO)inManuel Soeiro(Co-founder & CTO)in

Co-investorsPortugal Ventures

FIT 3Dfit3d.cominMay 2017

Fit3D offers SNAP, a software-only 3D body composition and scanning platform delivered via an app, providing clinical-grade body measurements for gyms, clinics, and wellness providers.

HealthtechSports TechWellness & FitnessRedwood City, US

Greg Moore(Executive Officer, Director)inTyler Carter(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardTang Hon Loi Simon(Director)

Co-investorsQuest Venture PartnersBigfoot Capital

Gense Technologiesgensetechnologies.comin

Genese Technologies makes mediscan, a portable AI-based health screening device (device, belt, and app) that performs non-invasive preventative screening and chronic disease monitoring for liver, lung, and kidney health.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthMedical Devices

Justin Pak Heng Chan(Founder)in

Co-investorsGobi Partners

Homecourthomecourt.ai𝕏Aug 2025

HomeCourt is a basketball training app that uses AI to track and analyze players' shooting and skills.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerSports TechSanta Monica, US

Sarah Jahnke(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardBilal Mekkaoui(Director)Charles Rosier(Director)Ryan Nelson(Director)Jennifer Meyer(Director)

Co-investorsBlue Pool CapitalHarris Blitzer Sports & EntertainmentCharmides CapitalDreamers VCCult Capital

Homepplhomeppl.comin

Fraudfinder is an AI-powered document authentication platform that detects forged and fraudulent documents through analysis of metadata, font anomalies, and structural elements.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintechPropTech

Co-investorsMoscar CapitalAscension VenturesEuropean Super Angels ClubJLR Star

Hypotenuse AIhypotenuse.aiin𝕏

Hypotenuse AI is an AI-powered product information management platform that generates product descriptions and optimizes catalog images for e-commerce merchants.

AI & Machine LearningE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSan Francisco, US

Joshua Wong(Founder)in

Co-investorsCabra VCCP VenturesSmart Partnership CapitalY CombinatorJanuary CapitalPeak XV Partners+1 more

Imbeeimbee.ioin

imBee provides a chat management platform that consolidates customer conversations and internal team collaboration into a single unified inbox, enabling faster and higher-quality customer engagement.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSales TechHong Kong, HK

Leo Wong(Founder)in

Co-investorsDCM Ventures

Kinexcskinexcs.comin

Kinexcs builds AI and wearable-sensor solutions for musculoskeletal recovery and rehabilitation, including KIMIA Recover, a post-surgical knee recovery management system with a smart wearable device.

Digital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesWellness & FitnessBangalore, IN

Abhishek Agrawal(CEO)in

Co-investorsEntrepreneur First

KorrAIkorrai.comin𝕏

Korrai develops an AI platform for infrastructure and mining risk assessment that aggregates multi-modal data and performs automated analysis to identify geotechnical hazards and reduce critical failures.

Advanced ManufacturingAgTechAI & Machine LearningClimate TechEnergyInsurTechToronto, CA

Rahul Anand(CEO, Co-Founder)inRob McEwan(CRO and Co-Founder)in

Co-investorsEast Valley VenturesY CombinatorBerg Capital GroupEmles AdvisorsPerpetua Investment GroupPeterson Venture Partners+1 more

Lexsetlexset.ai

Lexset builds Sentinel, a sensor-agnostic computer vision and reasoning system that ingests video feeds, geolocates detections, and drafts decision-ready intelligence reports for defense ISR, infrastructure inspection, and industrial monitoring.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense TechBrooklyn, US

Azam Khan(Founder)inLeslie Oliver Karpas(Executive Officer, Director)Francis Bitonti(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardAustin Renfroe(Director)

Co-investorsSuper Ventures

Libpetlibpet.com

A company developing an Autonomous Passengers Service (APS) for autonomous transportation.

Deep TechMobility & TransportationRobotics

Maitian.aimaitian.aiinDefunct

Maitian.ai operates unmanned convenience retail locations that use computer vision to track purchases, partnering with restaurant chains and other merchants to handle logistics and operations in exchange for a revenue share.

Enterprise SoftwareSingapore, SG

Wenfeng Xia(Founder)inYe Xia(Founder)in

Co-investorsY Combinator

Model Medicinesmodelmedicines.comin𝕏

Model Medicines is an AI-powered biotechnology company that uses computation to discover and engineer small molecule drugs targeting disease-driving biological mechanisms.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechDigital HealthLa Jolla, US

Daniel Haders(Executive Officer, Director)inDaniel Haders II, Ph.D(Founder, CEO)inSean Russell(Founder, Chief Operating Officer)inKip Quackenbush(Executive Officer, Director)inMarlon Evans(Executive Officer, Director)in

Co-investors8VCIrving InvestorsNex Cubed

Morhill Ltdwearecress.com

UK parent company of the Cress and DICE platforms for accessing, using and managing school and organisational uniforms.

Co-investorsGC AngelsOne Planet Capital

Motionscloudmotionscloud.comin𝕏

MotionsCloud provides a mobile and AI-powered platform for property and vehicle inspection teams to automate and streamline inspection processes, primarily serving insurance companies and claims management firms.

AI & Machine LearningInsurTechSaaS

Co-investorsGlobal Insurance AcceleratorKickstart InnovationLook AI VenturesSpinLab

N Hopn-hop.com

A Hong Kong-based technology company developing network coding technologies, particularly BATS (network coding for wireless multi-hop networks), to improve data transmission throughput and reliability in communication networks.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechHardwareIoTHong Kong, HK

Raymond Yeung(Founder)Shenghao Yang(Founder)

Co-investorsQBN Capital

Nexnex.inc𝕏

Nex builds games and interactive experiences controlled by body motion, using devices people already own to make physical activity more playful and social.

GamingHardwareSports TechWellness & Fitness

David Lee(Founder)in

Co-investorsHongShan Capital GroupHyphen CapitalInnovation Global CapitalHarris Blitzer Sports & EntertainmentLocus Ventures

ParaStructparastruct.orgin
RaSpectraspect.coin

A company that uses satellite data, IoT sensors, and drone inspection combined with AI analysis to assess structural risk and damage in buildings.

AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechDeep TechHardwareIoTRoboticsHong Kong, HK

Harris SUN(Founder)inTony Ip(Founder)inYolanda Au(Founder)in

Co-investorsMindworks

Riiseriise.ai

RIISE uses satellite imagery and AI to analyze building portfolios and identify decarbonization opportunities including solar installation, HVAC replacement, lighting upgrades, and insulation improvements.

AI & Machine LearningClimate TechPropTech

Spaceshipspaceshipapp.comin

Spaceship provides e-commerce logistics software and fulfillment services for online DTC brands, including order management, real-time shipping quotes, shipping automation, customs clearance guidance, and outsourced warehousing.

Deep TechE-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSHong Kong, HK

Chi Lam(Founder)inDuncan HuiinWun Chi Lam

Co-investors500 GlobalOutlander VCPlug and Play VenturesTrinity Capital

Sparrowsparrow.sciencein𝕏

Sparrow is a science subscription service that makes research accessible to a general audience by having expert scientists condense academic papers into 3-minute digests without technical jargon.

Digital HealthEdTechMedia & Entertainment

Dr. Vivian Chan(CEO & Co-Founder)

Co-investorsBeast VenturesDu CapitalSignum Capital

Talos Industry Corptalosindustries.com

TALOS Industry Corporation develops, manufactures, and supplies vertical-axis wind turbine systems and energy storage turbine technologies, including large-scale "Super Wind Turbines" and compressed air and CO2 storage turbines.

CleantechClimate TechEnergyHardwareWichita, US

John Yan(President & CEO)

UrbanChain Groupurbanchaingroup.comin𝕏

UrbanChain Group builds an AIoT system that turns properties into urban mobility hubs, integrating automated vehicle recognition, EV charging control, car sharing, and a data-driven SaaS platform.

AI & Machine LearningIoTMobility & TransportationPropTechSaaSNagoya, JP

Viactviact.aiin𝕏

viAct provides AI-powered behavior-based safety (BBS) software that detects unsafe workplace behaviors and safety violations in real-time using computer vision, IoT, and wearables.

AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechIoTSaaS

Co-investorsGobi PartnersSingTel Innov8 Pte Ltd.VentureWave Capital Ltd.

Vista Innotechvit.com.hkin

Vista Innotech develops anti-shaking technology and micro gimbal stabilizers for mobile devices to improve image capture quality.

Deep TechHardwareIoTHong Kong, HK

Xandar Kardianxkcorp.com

Xandar Kardian uses ultra-wideband (UWB) radar sensors to monitor human vital signs and building occupancy, serving healthcare providers for continuous, contactless vital signs monitoring and building owners and operators for real-time occupancy data and people counting.

HardwareHealthtechIoTPropTech

Sam Yang(Founder)in

Co-investorsPhoenix Venture PartnersCABHI VenturesCocoon Ignite VenturesFlying Tiger CapitalPortfoliaSaltagen Ventures

Yindiiyindii.co𝕏

Yindii operates a marketplace connecting consumers with businesses to buy surplus and unsold food at reduced prices, aimed at reducing food waste.

Circular EconomyFoodTechImpact & Social GoodMarketplacesBangkok, TH

Louis-Alban(Founder)

ZETA SURGICALzetasurgical.comin

ZETA Surgical makes a cranial navigation system for neurosurgical procedures including ventriculostomy, brain biopsy, and transcranial magnetic stimulation in operating rooms and interventional suites.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHealthtechMedical DevicesBoston, US

Jose Maria Amich(Founder/CEO)inRaahil Sha(Founder/CTO)inDr. William Gormley(Co-founder)Jose Maria Amich Manero(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardEmanuel Zareh(Director)

Co-investorsAirTree VenturesArtesianBrincEmles Venture PartnersTSVCValera Capital+8 more

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

AlloAniwareAniwear AniwareAssetonchainAvant MeatsCathayphotonicsCocoroboContinuedDescamps.Technology LimitedEphod TechFinquestFltechFluidlogisticsHelix Power CorpLengjingLuccidMATERIALLMediconcenMove ItMove It Eggplant TechnologiesMyfactoriQala AIQuantierSirius BiotechnologySnapteeZ Imaging

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Particle made?
Particle has 70 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Particle invest at?
Particle invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
What sectors does Particle focus on?
Particle focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Circular Economy, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Crypto & Web3, Deep Tech, Energy, Enterprise Software, FoodTech, Healthtech, IoT, Mobility & Transportation, PropTech, Robotics, SaaS.
Where is Particle located?
Particle is headquartered in Hong Kong, HK.
Who does Particle co-invest with?
Particle most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Gobi Partners, 500 Global, among 75 tracked co-investors.

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