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SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)

Venture capital

Palo Alto · Seed–Series B · 16 people tracked

Also known as SAV MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC · Sav VC

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Investment thesis

SAV backs companies at the intersection of AI and software, targeting infrastructure and enterprise technology themes such as decentralized infrastructure, cloud native, the modern data stack, DevOps, open-core and product-led growth models, and AI applied to cybersecurity. The firm believes AI combined with software will transform essential industries, including life sciences, robotics, and biology, as well as other vertical sectors. SAV positions itself as a hands-on partner that offers early conviction and connects founders with key talent, strategic partners, and accounts to accelerate growth in APAC and worldwide markets.

Source: firm website, verified Oct 13, 2026.

Stage
Seed–Series B
HQ
Palo Alto, California, US
Leads rounds
Follows
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2020
Last 12 months
1 investment
AUM
$30M
VC funds
2
Tracked investments
83
Unicorns
6
IPOs
2
Acquisitions
9

Team · 16 people

from the firm's website & public directories
Ben Eum· Korea Partnerin

Ben Eum has more than 20 years of experience spanning global consulting firms, major IT companies, an artificial intelligence startup, and large financial services companies. He has led B2C and B2B businesses from strategy through execution and has worked with growth approaches including investment, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships across cross-functional and cross-cultural teams.

Michael Cho· Korea Partner

Michael Cho is Korea Partner at Scale Asia Ventures, where he manages relationships with Korean corporations and institutional investors. He previously served as Chairman of the Korea Business Angels Association and spent 22 years as a founding member of KPMG Korea, working on M&A and corporate transactions. He is currently President of Bespin Global Korea, a managed cloud services provider, and holds a bachelor's degree and an MBA from Seoul National University with additional executive programs at Stanford and INSEAD.

Noriaki Hyuga· Japan Partnerin

Noriaki Hyuga is Japan Partner at Scale Asia Ventures, where he leads engagement with Japanese corporations and institutional investors as part of the firm's US-Japan strategy. He previously worked at Gobi Partners (2018-2022) leading Japanese-market fundraising, headed business development at Tech in Asia, and served as an equity research analyst at Evalueserve in Shanghai, having begun his career in venture investment research at SmartEbooks in New York. He also leads business development at iDEAKITT, an AI-powered marketing research startup, and holds a Master's in Finance from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Anindya Ghose· Heinz Riehl Chair Professor and Director of the MS in Business Analytics program at NYU Sternin

Anindya Ghose is an academic focused on digital economics and AI-driven business analytics. He serves as the Heinz Riehl Chair Professor and Director of the MS in Business Analytics program at NYU Stern. He has advised Fortune 500 companies and served as an expert witness for companies including Apple, Google, Meta, Alibaba, Verizon, and Snap, and has published over 120 research papers.

Chuck Huang· Operating Partnerin

Chuck Huang is the Founder and Chairman of Citcon, a cross-border payments platform whose clients include Sephora, LVMH, and Delta. He spent about ten years in product and engineering roles at eBay and Visa before making early-stage investments in fintech and AI companies. He earned BS and MS degrees from Tsinghua University and a Ph.D. in Computer Science in the U.S.

Dave Nielsen· Head of Community, AI Alliance at IBMin

Dave Nielsen works in open source and generative AI communities, currently as Head of Community for the AI Alliance at IBM. He previously led the Generative AI Community at MongoDB and held community leadership roles at Harness, Dremio, Redis, and Traceable, with earlier work at PayPal and Intel.

Jeff Hopkins· Talent Partnerin

Jeff Hopkins is a Venture Partner at Qindra Ventures and Founder & CEO of Arrowhead Partners, an executive search firm with 27+ years of experience placing leadership talent in venture-backed and private equity-owned companies across emerging technology sectors including quantum, AI, space tech, fintech, and cybersecurity. He has built a Portfolio Value Network of operational and go-to-market specialists who support early- and growth-stage companies with talent placement, strategic advisory, and execution support across seed through Series D funding stages. His work has served over 330 startups, venture firms, and family offices.

Kay Mok· Partnerin

Kay Mok is a Partner at Scale Asia Ventures with more than 15 years of international venture investing experience across over 30 startups. He was previously Managing Partner at Gobi Partners, where he worked on the firm's regional investment platform and cross-border scaling in Asia, and earlier managed investments for a $500 million fund at Singapore's IMDA and co-founded the cybersecurity startup Private Express. He holds a B.A. in Computer Science from UC Berkeley and an MBA from San Jose State University.

Robert Lau· Operating Partnerin

Robert Lau is an Operating Partner at Scale Asia Ventures with more than 20 years of experience scaling SaaS, security, data, and AI companies across APAC and global markets. He previously built and led the APJ business for ArcSight, Splunk, and Elastic, all of which reached IPO, and drove commercialization and international expansion for Lucidworks, Imply (Druid), Alsid, and Timeplus. At SAV he works with portfolio CEOs on product-market fit, enterprise positioning, and building sales and partner-led go-to-market engines.

Ted Tabacco· Chief Business Officer at Opnovain

Ted Tabacco is an enterprise software executive focused on building and scaling early-stage startups, with experience leading go-to-market strategy, commercial expansion, and sales organization leadership across AI, automation, cloud, and SaaS. He works with founders on positioning, enterprise adoption, and revenue growth. He is currently Chief Business Officer at Opnova, an enterprise AI automation platform, and holds an MBA from the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business.

Todd Papaioannou· Partner and Global Lead for Bain Generative AI Application developmentin𝕏

Todd Papaioannou is a Partner at Bain, where he leads global Generative AI application development. He previously served as Chief Technology Officer at Splunk, co-founded and led Continuuity (acquired by Google) following an EIR role at Battery Ventures, and worked as Chief Cloud Architect at Yahoo! as well as in executive roles at Teradata and Greenplum. He holds a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence and Distributed Systems.

Wally Wang· Managing Partnerin𝕏

Wally Wang is Founding Managing Partner of Scale Asia Ventures, a Silicon Valley early-stage fund focused on AI-driven enterprise software. He was named to Business Insider's Seed 100 list and previously led U.S. tech investments for Fosun International and a multibillion-dollar family office. Earlier in his career he worked on products at Microsoft Bing, Pebble, Misfit, Lattice Engines, and DataVisor. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Tsinghua University, pursued Ph.D. studies at NYU Stern, and was a visiting scholar at Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science.

Chelsea Zou
Jun Nam
Mok Ku
Vihaan Hampihallikar

Founder mafia

2 people who came through SAV (Scale Asia Ventures) went on to found or lead other companies.

What they invest in

from 78 of 83 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×61Enterprise Software ×51SaaS ×37Developer Tools ×29Data & Infrastructure ×23Cloud Computing ×15Healthtech ×11Cybersecurity ×8

HQs:United States×54United Kingdom×5Canada×2Switzerland×1Germany×1France×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 33 portfolio companies
12%
solo founders
4 of 33 mapped founding teams
42%
repeat founders
of 67 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×42 founders×73 founders×104+ founders×12

Where their founders studiedfrom 65 founders with education data

Stanford University ×7University of California, Berkeley ×7Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×4CentraleSupélec ×3Georgia Institute of Technology ×3Technion ×3Tsinghua University ×3UCL ×3

What their founders studiedfrom 63 founders with field-of-study data

Computer Science ×35Engineering ×18Business & Management ×13Life Sciences ×4Economics ×3Design & Architecture ×2Finance & Accounting ×2Law ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 67 founders with career history

Google ×8Stanford University ×6Qualcomm ×4Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) ×3MIT Media Lab ×3Netlify ×3Oracle ×3BCD Travel ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×8

20 founders hold a PhD · 9 hold an MBA (of 66 with degree data)

Investments · 83 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 12025 · 12024 · 22023 · 22020 · 12014 · 18 dated

Datadogdatadoghq.comin𝕏NASDAQ: DDOG

Datadog is a cloud-based monitoring and security platform that provides observability, analytics, and protection for infrastructure, applications, and data across enterprises.

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsNew York, US

Olivier Pomel(Founder)inAlexis Le-Quoc(Co-founder & CTO)inAmit Agarwal(Executive Officer)inAnthony Merlino(Executive Officer)David Obstler(Chief Financial Officer)inAlexis Lê-Quôc(Founder)

Co-investors8-Bit CapitalAmplify PartnersaVentureBantam GroupBoxGroupComcast Ventures+25 more

Dropboxdropbox.comin𝕏Nasdaq: DBXJan 2014

Dropbox is a cloud storage and file synchronization platform that helps teams organize files, reduce busywork, and collaborate efficiently.

Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US

Drew Houston(CEO)inArash Ferdowsi(Founder)inAli Dasdan(Chief Technology Officer (joined March 2025))inRoss Tennenbaum(Chief Financial Officer (joined December 2025))inMike Torres(Chief Product Officer (joined July 2026, previously at Google))inBoon Lai(Chief Marketing Officer (joined May 2026))in

Co-investorsAccelBenchmarkBlackRockCRV (Charles River Ventures)Felicis VenturesFJ Labs+21 more

Agencygetagency.cominSeed

Agency provides outsourced security and compliance operations for enterprise companies, combining forward-deployed U.S.-based compliance engineers with proprietary AI.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York City, US

Amir Tarighat(Founder)inTyler Carbone(Founder)inDavid Lortscher(Founder)Elias Torres(Founder)

Co-investorsBBQ CapitalCatalyze AdvisorsGaingelsLeonis CapitalManchesterStory Group, LLCPhoenix Fund+9 more

Agentqlagentql.comin𝕏

AgentQL provides a suite of developer tools—including a query language, parser, Python/JavaScript SDKs, a REST API, and a browser debugger extension—for connecting LLMs and AI agents to web pages to extract structured data and automate interactions.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Airfoxcbinsights.comin𝕏

CB Insights provides a market intelligence platform that offers verified data, analytics, and predictive scoring on over 12 million private and public companies.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSaaS

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundCartaCatalytic Impact FoundationCRV (Charles River Ventures)Essentia Ventures+7 more

Allus AIallus.aiin𝕏Seed

Allus.ai provides an AI-powered solution for industrial quality inspection, process monitoring, and anomaly detection across manufacturing sectors.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechRoboticsSaaSAtlanta, US

Zhisen An(COO)inChris Kai Cui(Founder)inShijie Wang(CTO)inKai Cui(CEO)in

Co-investorsPioneerPonderosa VenturesTranspose Platform ManagementY Combinator007 Venture PartnersBlast.Club+11 more

Alokaialokai.comin𝕏Series A

Alokai develops frontend software for ecommerce retailers to build fast, modern online storefronts using composable commerce and headless architecture.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareRetail TechSaaSWarsaw, PL

Patrick Friday(Founder)inFilip Rakowski(Founder)inBart Roszkowski(Founder)inBartlomiej Roszkowski(Founder)Patrik Friday(Founder)Filip Rakowski Patrick Friday(Founder)

Co-investorsFELIX CAPITALMovens CapitalSquareOneY CombinatorBek VenturesCreandum+3 more

Aquantiamarvell.comin𝕏acquired by Marvell Technology · May 2019 · $452M

Marvell designs custom silicon and provides interconnect and network switch products for AI data center infrastructure, serving hyperscalers, enterprises, and telecom carriers.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureSemiconductorsSan Jose, US

Phil Delansay(Co-Founder; President & CEO (2004-2009), later SVP Business Development)Ramin Farjadrad(Co-Founder; Chief Architect (2005-2012), later VP Technology Development)inRamin Shirani(Senior Vice President, Engineering; Director)Linda Reddick(Senior Vice President, Finance (previously Chief Financial Officer, Sept. 2009-Jan. 2016))Phillippe Delansay(Executive Officer)Mark Voll(Chief Financial Officer)

Co-investorsAllegisCyber CapitalAugust CapitalCelesta CapitalCisco InvestmentsGLOBALFOUNDRIESICCP Venture Partners+11 more

Argillaargilla.ioin𝕏Oct 2023

Argilla develops open-source, data-centric software for building and improving AI and NLP models, with a focus on human feedback and data quality.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsCarpesa, Valencia

Francisco de Asis Aranda Montes(Executive Officer, Director)Daniel Vila Suero(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inDaniel Vila(CEO)inPaco Aranda(CTO)inJames Alcorn(Director)inPaco Nathan(Director)

Co-investorsAbstraction CapitalCriteria Venture TechEniac VenturesVermilion Cliffs VenturesZetta Venture Partners

Arrayarray.com

Platform democratizing credit data accessibility while securing privacy and consent, serving as a compliant interface between businesses and consumers.

Co-investorsAngel Collective Opportunity FundBattery VenturesFlucas VenturesFull In PartnersGeneral CatalystLigature VC+4 more

Arva AIarva.aiin𝕏Seed

Arva provides financial crime compliance software for compliance teams in financial services, helping them work more efficiently on detection and monitoring tasks.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechNew York City, US

Rhim Shah(CEO)inOli Wales(CTO)inSohum Shah(Chief of Staff)Dajana Marsollek(CRO)Renato Angrisani(Head of Product)Hardik Sangwan(Software Engineer)

Co-investorsY CombinatorGradient VenturesOlive Tree Capital468 CapitalAmino CapitalOakNorth+2 more

Benchifybenchify.cominSeed

Benchify converts healthcare payer and provider contracts into executable logic to predict claim denials, verify payments, and identify underpayments against contract terms.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechInsurTechSan Francisco, US

Juan Castaño(CEO)inMax von Hippel(CTO)in

Co-investorsThe E14 FundTranspose Platform ManagementY CombinatorAlpha Square GroupCoughdrop Capital

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)inHonghao Deng Jiani Zeng(Founder)

BoardRaymond Stuart Stata(Director)Seth Levine(Director)inNaimish Patel(Director)in

Co-investors1Flourish Capital500 GlobalFounder CollectiveFoundryGS FuturesHDS Capital+17 more

Bytebotbytebot.aiin𝕏SeedAcquired

Bytebot is an open-source AI desktop agent that operates in a containerized Linux environment to complete computer tasks via screen interaction, mouse, and keyboard—automating workflows across multiple applications and websites at scale.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSBoston, US

Carl Atupem(Founder)inFilip Juristovski

Co-investorsJude GomilaOpen Opportunity FundY CombinatorCresset CapitalDVCGlobal Founders Capital+4 more

CAST AIcast.aiin𝕏

Cast AI provides an Application Performance Automation (APA) platform that autonomously optimizes Kubernetes and cloud applications in real time, handling workload rightsizing, scaling, and cost reduction.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsMiami, US

Leon Kuperman(Founder)inLaurent Gil(Founder)inYuri Frayman(Founder)inPierre Liduena(Chief Financial Officer)inGabija Marganavičė(Chief People Officer)inMoti Gabay(Chief Operations Officer)in

Co-investorsAglae VenturesCota CapitalFlorida FundersFlorida Technology Seed Capital FundG2 Venture PartnersSamsung Next+4 more

CellTypecelltype.cominSeed

CellType uses AI agents and biological models to automate drug discovery, having identified a novel cancer treatment signal and partnering with major pharmaceutical companies.

BiotechHealthtechNew York City, US

David van Dijk(Co-founder & CEO)inIvan Vrkic(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsACVC PartnersEight CapitalPioneerY CombinatorZAKA VC0 AD+13 more

Cerulioncerulion.comin𝕏Seed

Cerulion provides a ROS2-compatible robot middleware that achieves microsecond-latency inter-process communication through zero-copy shared memory and deterministic execution.

Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareRoboticsSan Francisco, US

Lakshay Sharma(CEO)inSe Hwan Jeon

Co-investorsOlive Tree CapitalSBXiSoma CapitalThe E14 FundY CombinatorAsymmetry Ventures+6 more

Champtrychamp.coSeed

Champ is an AI-powered sales development platform that identifies interested leads and handles meeting scheduling logistics, allowing sales teams to focus on deal closure.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US

Matt Sun(Founder)inDaniel Wasserlauf(Founder)in

Co-investorsPortage VenturesRedpoint VenturesY CombinatorCourtyard VenturesParticle Future VentureSV Angel

Comply Advantagecomplyadvantage.comin𝕏

ComplyAdvantage offers a SaaS-based risk intelligence platform for anti-money laundering (AML) and financial crime risk management, providing customer screening and transaction monitoring for financial services and compliance teams.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSLondon, GB

Charles Delingpole(Founder)inVatsa Narasimha(Chief Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsBalderton CapitalIndex VenturesAndreessen HorowitzGoldman SachsChaac VenturesCommunitas Capital Partners+4 more

Copperlanecopperlane.aiin𝕏Seed

Copperlane builds an interface layer between borrowers and loan officers to streamline the mortgage application process.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Athan Zhang(CEO)inBrianna Lin(Founder)in

Co-investorsEight CapitalTq Ventures LlcY CombinatorEight CapitalKleiner Perkins

Cortexcortex.ioin𝕏

Cortex provides a platform for SRE teams to enforce production readiness standards, prevent incidents through automated monitoring and ownership tracking, and resolve issues faster during outages.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Ganesh Datta(CTO and co-founder)inAnish Dhar(Founder)inNikhil Unni(Founder)inSerena Dinh(Head of Talent)Grace Mason(Lead Business Recruiter)Cristina Buenahora(Founding Engineer)

Co-investorsAngel Collective Opportunity FundCross Creek AdvisorsGaingelsIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Kearny JacksonScale Venture Partners+6 more

Cranston AIcranston.aiin𝕏Seed

Cranston builds AI agents that automate back-office work for CPA firms, including tax preparation, bookkeeping, and client follow-up processes.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Sean O'Bannon(CTO)inMax Minsker(CEO)in

Co-investorsRebel FundTranspose Platform ManagementY CombinatorAmino CapitalAndreessen HorowitzBlast.Club+11 more

Crestacresta.comin𝕏Sep 2024

Cresta provides a unified platform combining human and AI agents to automate and augment customer service interactions for enterprise contact centers.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechSunnyvale, US

Sebastian Thrun(Founder)inTim Shi(Founder)inZayd Enam(Founder)inAndre Esteva(Founder)inShan Huang(Co-Founder)inPing Wu(Chief Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzTiger Global ManagementBallistic VenturesBrilliant Phoenix CapitalComcast VenturesGreylock Partners+17 more

Crimsoncrimson.lawinSeed · May 2026 · $2.5M

Crimson uses AI to automate document review, evidence sorting, and case file organization for litigation and arbitration teams.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaSLondon, GB

Mark Feldner(CEO)inDavid Strömbäck(CTO)inAmine Amor

Co-investorsY CombinatorTwenty Two VenturesEight CapitalAcquisition.comAmino CapitalEight Capital+4 more

Cuckoo Labscuckoo.soin𝕏Seed

Cuckoo is an AI-powered real-time translator that works within video conferencing, chat, and communication platforms to enable multilingual conversations for global teams.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSeoul, KR

Yong Hee Lee(COO)inGunwoo Kim(CEO)in

Co-investorsSchmidtY CombinatorBass InvestmentBonAngels Venture PartnersMashup VenturesSmilegate Investment+1 more

d-Matrixd-matrix.aiin𝕏

d-Matrix develops AI compute hardware and platforms optimized for generative AI inference, designed to be faster, more energy-efficient, and more accessible than existing solutions.

AI & Machine LearningHardwareSemiconductors

Sid Sheth(Founder)inSudeep Bhoja(Founder)in

Co-investorsPlayground GlobalTemasekAdvaita CapitalAlpha Square GroupAmino CapitalBerkeley Frontier+14 more

Databricksdatabricks.comin𝕏

Databricks provides a unified platform for data engineering, analytics, and artificial intelligence, enabling organizations to build and deploy data and AI applications on cloud infrastructure.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Ali Ghodsi(Founder)inIon Stoica(Founder)inMatei Zaharia(Founder)inReynold Xin(Founder)inPatrick Wendell(Founder)inAndy Konwinski(Founder)in

Co-investors137 VenturesA.Capital VenturesAglae VenturesAlkeon InnovationAlpha Square GroupAltra Venture+116 more

Docbotdocbot.coSeedAcquired

Docbot developed AI-powered software for gastroenterology, using computer vision to detect polyps and assist diagnosis during endoscopy and colonoscopy procedures.

ConsumerGamingHealthtechLos Angeles, US

Tyler Dao(Vice President of Engineering)inWilliam Karnes(Chief Medical Officer)inAndrew Ninh(Founder)in

Co-investorsBold Capital PartnersBoutique Venture PartnersY CombinatorApplied AngelsBankia Fintech VentureCollaborative Fund+5 more

Earthlyearthly.dev𝕏

Earthly develops Lunar, a platform that converts postmortem findings, engineering standards, and compliance docs into automated guardrails enforced on every pull request across an organization's repositories.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Vlad A. Ionescu(Founder)in

Co-investorsGaingelsUncorrelated VenturesWork-Bench468 CapitalBessemer Venture PartnersInnovation Endeavors

Engage Bioengagebio.cominSeedAcquired

EngageBio develops DNA-based medicines using proprietary non-viral delivery technology to achieve extended therapeutic expression from a single dose with low manufacturing complexity.

BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechSan Francisco, US

Will Olsen(Founder)inKathryn Kwant

Co-investorsCAL InnovationCalifornia Innovation FundGaingelsMetaplanetSciFoundersVentureSouq+10 more

Feroot Securityferoot.comin𝕏Seed

Feroot discovers and monitors third-party scripts, tags, and trackers on websites to detect malicious or unwanted code and block threats.

CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSToronto, CA

Ivan Tsarynny(Founder)inVitaliy Lim(Founder)in

Co-investorsNEXT AIStoneMill VenturesTrue VenturesY CombinatorAndros15 VenturesHaystack+2 more

Fiddler AIfiddler.aiin𝕏

Fiddler AI provides an AI observability and control platform offering experiments, monitoring, guardrails, and governance for enterprise AI agents and compound AI systems.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwarePalo Alto, US

Krishna Gade(Founder)inAmit Paka(Founder)in

BoardRaviraj Jain(Director)inBilal Zuberi(Director)inGeorge Mathew(Director)in

Co-investorsAngel Collective Opportunity FundaVentureBenhamou Global VenturesBloomberg BetaCisco InvestmentsDallas Venture Capital+23 more

Fleak AIfleak.ai

Fleak builds a data normalization and quality platform that automatically structures fragmented data inputs for use in AI systems and analytics pipelines.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Bo LEI(Founder)inBo Lei(CTO & Co-Founder)Yichen Jin(CEO & Co-Founder)

Co-investorsCisco InvestmentsHivemind Capital PartnersOakseed VenturesRain CapitalSmartGateVCStartX

Fluxion AIfluxion-sys.ai

Fluxion builds an inference engine ("Fluxion Edge") that runs multi-model AI agent stacks — LLMs, embedding, and guardrail models — locally on existing enterprise edge hardware across chip families (Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, Apple Silicon), reaching the cloud only when needed.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise Software

Co-investorsUpScaleX

Genomelinkgenomelink.ioin𝕏Seed

Genomelink develops a platform that provides individuals with access to and management of their genomic data, leveraging advances in DNA sequencing technology.

BiotechConsumerDigital HealthHealthtechWellness & FitnessSan Francisco, US

Tomohiro Takano(Founder)inKensuke Numakura(Founder)inTakamasa KudoYuta Matsudain

Co-investors500 GlobalBrighter CapitalCoral CapitalDG Daiwa VenturesLair East LabsLifeX Ventures+11 more

Great Expectations (formerly Superconductive)greatexpectations.ioin𝕏

Great Expectations provides a data quality and governance platform that enables teams to define, test, and monitor data expectations across their data systems with automation and collaborative tools.

Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Abe Gong(Founder)James Campbell(Founder)

Co-investorsCRV (Charles River Ventures)Fourth RealmMedMountain VenturesZero Prime VenturesData Community Fund

Hegel AIhegel-ai.comSeed

Hegel AI develops open-source software tools that help developers experiment with, evaluate, and monitor generative AI models including language models, vector databases, and image generators.

Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US

Kevin Tse(Founder)inSteve Krawczyk

Co-investorsAmino CapitalCervinSamsung NextTransLink CapitalY CombinatorAndreessen Horowitz+8 more

Higgsfield AIhiggsfield.aiin𝕏Jan 2024

Higgsfield is a platform for creating and generating visual content, including images, videos, and cinematic scenes using AI models.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentLos Gatos, US

Alex Mashrabov(Founder)inYerzat Dulat(Founder)inMahi De Silva(Co-founder)inErzat Dulat(Founder)Mahi de Silva(Founder)

Co-investors1982 VenturesAccelAlpha Intelligence CapitalAlpha Square GroupAlumni VenturesAngel Collective Opportunity Fund+37 more

Humane Genomicshumanegenomics.cominSeed

Humane Genomics develops oncolytic viral therapies designed to selectively target and kill cancer cells using engineered RNA viruses, particularly Vesicular Stomatitis Virus.

BiotechDeep TechHealthtechMedical DevicesNew York City, US

Peter Weijmarshausen(Founder)inChad Moles(Founder)in

Co-investors2048 VenturesGaingelsHumba VenturesLeo Capital VenturesLifeX VenturesMana Ventures+7 more

Impervaimperva.comin𝕏Acquired

Imperva provides cybersecurity solutions to protect customers from cyberattacks across applications, data, and identities during digital transformation.

CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSan Mateo, US

Shlomo Kramer(Founder)inAmichai Shulman(Founder)inMickey Boodaei(Founder)inPam Murphy(CEO)inChris Hylen(President & CEO)Charles Goodman(Interim CEO)in

Co-investorsAccelAspect VenturesCore Ventures GroupDigi VenturesForgePoint CapitalThoma Bravo+5 more

Inkboxinkbox.aiin𝕏Seed

Inkbox provides an identity layer for AI agents, enabling them to have email, phone, iMessage, and internet addresses for communication and interaction.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Ray Liao(CEO)inDima Vremenko(Founder)inAlex Wilcox(CTO)inBraden Handley(Founder)Tyler Handley(Founder)

Co-investorsPioneerVela PartnersY CombinatorZero Index468 CapitalAmino Capital+13 more

Kernal Biologicskernalbio.comin𝕏Seed

Kernal Bio is a synthetic biology company developing selective mRNA drugs to treat serious illnesses, with a focus on cancer therapeutics and improving patient outcomes.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesBoston, US

Yusuf Erkul(Founder)inJeff Ozdemir(Founder)inBurak Yilmaz(Founder)inCatherine Moroski(Executive Officer, Director)inOguzhan Yilmas(Director)Burak YILMAZ(Founder)in

Co-investorsAsymmetry VenturesCivilization Ventures Management, LlcFoundersX VenturesGaingelsHOF CapitalHummingbird Ventures+13 more

Klavis AIklavis.aiin𝕏Seed

Klavis provides a platform for training AI models on long-horizon coding tasks, including code editing, test writing, and debugging, using reinforcement learning and supervised fine-tuning with Docker-packaged environments.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Xiangkai Zeng(CEO)inZihao Lin(CTO)inZheng Liu(Founding Engineer)

Co-investorsY Combinator468 CapitalHongShan Capital GroupLlama ventures

Kolenakolena.comin𝕏Jul 2023

Kolena provides an AI platform that automates document-heavy workflows—reviewing, validating, generating, and acting on documents such as leases, claims, and financial packages.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSOakland, US

Mohamed Elgendy(Founder)inGordon Hart(Founder)inAndrew Shi(Founder)

Co-investors11.2 CapitalAIX VenturesLobby CapitalOctaveSignalFireZero Prime Ventures+3 more

Lightrunlightrun.comin𝕏

Lightrun provides real-time debugging for live production and staging systems using dynamic runtime instrumentation, letting AI agents insert logs, snapshots, and metrics into running applications without redeploying or reproducing issues locally.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsAccelGlilot Capital PartnersGTM CapitalInsight PartnersTal VenturesStageOne Ventures

Liolio.aiinSeed

askLio is an AI-powered procurement platform that allows employees to request goods and services using natural language, automating the sourcing, negotiation, and execution of purchases.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSBY, DE

Vlad Keil(Founder)inLukas Heinzmann(Founder)inTill Wagner(Founder)inVladimir Keil(Founder)

Co-investorsY Combinator20VCAndreessen HorowitzEight CapitalHeliad AGLightspeed India Partners+12 more

Mastramastra.aiin𝕏

Mastra is an open-source TypeScript framework for building AI agents.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Sam Bhagwat(CEO)inAbhi Aiyer(CTO)inShane Thomas(Founder)inMargarita Sandomirskaya(Talent Lead)

Co-investorsY CombinatorSpark CapitalBroom VenturesEight CapitalFounders NetworkGradient Ventures+23 more

Metadatametadata.io

Metadata builds a Marketing OS (operating system) for B2B marketers to automate manual and repetitive marketing tasks.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Gil Allouche(Executive Officer, Director)inYan Manevich(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardBobby Lent(Director)in

Co-investors500 GlobalAcorn Pacific VenturesBeyond CapitalEmery CapitalGaingelsGFT Ventures+12 more

Modularmodular.comin𝕏Feb 2020Acquired

Modular builds infrastructure for AI model inference and deployment, enabling developers to run AI models across different hardware and cloud environments.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsPalo Alto, US

Chris Lattner(Founder)inTim Davis(Founder)inMostafa Hagog(VP of Engineering)inKalor Lewis(VP, Finance)Eric Johnson(VP of Product Management)inMike Edwards(Head of Special Projects / Business Operations)in

Co-investorsAcorn Pacific VenturesFirestreak VenturesGeneral CatalystGreylock PartnersGV (Google Ventures)Sherpalo Ventures+7 more

Nucleainucleai.ai

Avi Veidman(Founder)Eliron Amir(Founder)Lotan Chorev(Founder)

Co-investorsM VenturesSanofi VenturesVertex Ventures IsraelDebiopharm Innovation FundGrove VenturesS32+1 more

Nylasnylas.comin𝕏

Nylas provides unified communication data infrastructure that integrates email, calendar, contacts, and meetings across fragmented providers into structured, AI-ready data for SaaS applications and automated workflows.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Christine Spang(Founder)inJeff Koets(CEO)inGleb Polyakov(Founder)Michael Grinich(Founder)

Co-investors8VCBeaconsfield CapitalBroom VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)Founders.aiGreat Oaks Venture Capital+6 more

Oramaorama.com

Orama builds search and AI infrastructure, offering OramaJS (an open-source search library), Orama Cloud Pro (managed search with AI answers at a flat monthly price), and Orama Zetta (an enterprise platform deployed in a customer's own cloud, on-premises, or dedicated infrastructure).

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSaaS

Co-investorsZero Prime Ventures

Pangeapangea.cloud

Pangea provides AI security guardrails and security services that developers embed into AI applications.

Co-investorsDecibel PartnersOkta VenturesSyn Ventures Seed Management Llc

Patchedpatched.codesin𝕏Seed

Patched runs regulated, high-sensitivity operational workflows for enterprises, executing tasks such as fraud and risk resolution on dedicated infrastructure with auditability and SLA ownership.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US

Rohan Sood(CEO)inAsankhaya Sharma(CTO)

Co-investorsIn-Q-TelY CombinatorAndreessen HorowitzBDC Venture CapitalCapitalize VCHackLaunch Ventures

Phasesphases.aiinSeed

Phases provides AI-powered oversight for clinical trials, using automated agents to detect operational issues, maintain data standards, and ensure regulatory compliance without manual intervention.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningHealthtechRoboticsSan Francisco, US

James Wall(CEO)inAnton Zaliznyi(Co-founder \u0026 Chief AI Officer)inJonathan van Wersch(CTO)in

Co-investorsDniproTRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)Y CombinatorBlast.ClubC Square Capitalu.ventures

Polymathpolymathlabs.aiin𝕏Seed

Polymath builds simulation environments for training AI agents to perform autonomous tasks over extended periods with minimal human supervision.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Dylan Ma(CEO)inNaren Yenuganti(CTO)inChristian Silver(Founder)Sophie Silver(Founder)

Co-investorsY CombinatorBlackbird VenturesCervinSurgePoint AngelBase10 PartnersBerkeley Frontier+4 more

Portsideportside.coin

Portside provides a software platform for business and general aviation, serving flight departments, charter operators and FBOs across 30+ countries.

Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSaaSTravel & HospitalityFoster City, US

ALEK STRYGIN(Executive Officer, Director)inALEK VERNITSKY(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardJOHN CURTIUS(Director)in

Co-investorsInsight PartnersJ17 CapitalRecall CapitalSoma CapitalVista Equity PartnersAlmaz Capital+4 more

Proboprobo.comin𝕏Seed

Probo helps organizations manage and demonstrate compliance with standards like ISO 27001 and SOC2.

CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSParis, FR

Antoine Bouchardy(CEO)inBryan Frimin(Co-founder & CTO)inAntoine Bourchardy(Co-founder & CEO)

Co-investorsBlast.ClubFundamentumY CombinatorAcquisition.comCathexis VenturesElevation Capital+4 more

Promoted.aipromoted.aiinSeedacquired by Dropbox

Promoted.ai provides ranking and search infrastructure for online marketplaces and e-commerce platforms, using machine learning to optimize relevance across search results, ads, and feed content.

AI & Machine LearningE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareMarketplacesSeattle, US

Dan Hill(CTO)inAndrew Yates

Co-investorsImmeasurableInterlace VenturesRebel FundVela PartnersY CombinatorGreen Visor Capital+2 more

Promptlesspromptless.aiin𝕏Seed

Promptless automatically generates and suggests documentation updates when product changes occur, such as code PRs, Slack threads, or support tickets.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Prithvi Ramakrishnan(Founder)inFrances Liu(Founder)in

Co-investorsFundersClubOrange CollectiveY CombinatorBasis Set VenturesEmergence Capital PartnersOutset Capital+2 more

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How many investments has SAV (Scale Asia Ventures) made?
SAV (Scale Asia Ventures) has 83 tracked investments, 11 of which have exited, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does SAV (Scale Asia Ventures) invest at?
SAV (Scale Asia Ventures) invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
What sectors does SAV (Scale Asia Ventures) focus on?
SAV (Scale Asia Ventures) focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Cloud Computing, Consumer, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, Robotics, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
Where is SAV (Scale Asia Ventures) located?
SAV (Scale Asia Ventures) is headquartered in Palo Alto, US.
Does SAV (Scale Asia Ventures) lead rounds?
SAV (Scale Asia Ventures) typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Who does SAV (Scale Asia Ventures) co-invest with?
SAV (Scale Asia Ventures) most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Gaingels, Angel Collective Opportunity Fund, among 312 tracked co-investors.

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Co-investors · 60

Andreessen Horowitz

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.

$500K – $50M
Insight Partners

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.

$120M – $350M
468 Capital

468 Capital is a technology investment firm with offices in Berlin and San Francisco that invests across multiple stages in software, AI, and internet companies. The firm focuses on thesis-driven investments in businesses with experienced founding teams.

Greylock Partners

Greylock Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with founders building companies from inception. Its partners make only one or two new investments per year to focus deeply on each partnership.

$100K – $10M
Liquid Ventures

Liquid 2 Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Joe Montana and based in San Francisco.

$250K – $5M
Index Ventures

Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs founders across industries and geographies, emphasizing the people behind ideas as much as the businesses themselves.

$540K – $10.8M
Tiger Global Management

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.

$1M – $100M
Alumni Ventures

Alumni Ventures (AV) is a venture capital firm that co-invests alongside lead VCs in startups, backing founders with capital and access to a large investor and operator community.

$100K – $10M
DCVC (Data Collective)

DCVC (Data Collective) is a deep tech venture capital firm that backs entrepreneurs using computational approaches to solve large-scale real-world problems across many industries.

$5M – $25M
Innovation Endeavors

Innovation Endeavors is an early-stage venture fund that invests in founders and supports venture creation through pre-team and pre-idea programs. The firm provides portfolio companies with access to mentors, advisors, and an entrepreneur ecosystem.

$1M – $15M
500 Global

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.

$150K
Uncorrelated Ventures

Uncorrelated Ventures is an early-stage investment firm backing infrastructure software and hardware companies, with over $750M in AUM across three active funds and early investments in 100+ companies.

▶48 more co-investors

20VCRedpoint VenturesSierra Ventures8VCNext47Base10 PartnersCreandumRace CapitalGFT VenturesGV (Google Ventures)Khosla VenturesFounder CollectiveMenlo VenturesTrue VenturesQuiet CapitalResolute VenturesCrosslink CapitalVenrockCiti VenturesStandard CapitalAlleyCorpFusionImmeasurableConversion CapitalRoot Ventures Manager, LlcGlilot Capital PartnersPrimetime PartnersIndicator VenturesGrotech VenturesBek VenturesPreface VenturesInterlace VenturesUberLookout VenturesStellar CapitalBuckley Ventures Management Company LlcKortschak Investments L.P.Tribe CapitalArray Ventures Management LlcSpider CapitalCapital FactoryThink+ Ventures Management, LlcIncisive VenturesRivet VenturesBlu Venture InvestorsElefundThe Valley FundPact

Firms observed investing alongside SAV (Scale Asia Ventures), from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)'s recorded portfolio.

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