Quest Ventures
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| Company type | Private Limited |
|---|---|
| Industry | Venture Capital |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Founder | James Tan, Wang Yunming |
| Headquarters | Singapore |
Area served | Southeast Asia |
| Website | www |
Quest Ventures (formerly QuestVC) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by James Tan and Wang Yunming in Beijing, China.[1][2] The firm mainly focuses on digital commerce investments and has an office in Singapore.[3] The firm deploys funds across Asia in countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Indonesia. Quest Ventures is also the largest anchor tenant at JTC Launchpad.[4]
History
[edit]In 2011, James Tan and Wang Yunming, cofounders of Nasdaq listed 55tuan,[5] launched a venture fund to focus on investments in China and Southeast Asia. The firm is active in supporting the operations of its portfolio companies. Quest Ventures is a partner of the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC),[6] co-investor of the Cradle Fund,[7] an approved mentor partner for investments of Enterprise Singapore,[8] and is an iJAM investment partner with the National Research Foundation of Singapore.[9]
In 2017, Quest Ventures was the title sponsor of the Quest Ventures-EDGE National Youth Entrepreneurship Awards.[10]
In 2020, Quest Ventures announced a partnership with ScaleUp Malaysia Accelerator to invest in Malaysian startups.[11]
As of 2022, Quest Ventures has launched 3 thematic funds and invested in more than 100 companies around the world.[12][13][14]
Investments
[edit]The firm invests primarily in early-stage digital commerce startups that are based in Southeast Asia. It invests in the “seed” and “series A” stage.[15] The company characterizes digital commerce startups as companies that have “scalability and replicability in large internet communities.”[16]
Quest Ventures has invested in more than 100 companies since its founding, including Carousell, BILLZ, 99.co, Burpple, Watch Over Me, ShopBack and NodeFlair in Southeast Asia.[17][18] Vulcan Post has described James Tan, Managing Partner of Quest Ventures, as an investor with the Midas touch.[19] The firm is typically the first investor in startups, and primarily looks at the team of founders when making an investment decision.[20]
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ "BERNAMA.com - MDEC Inks MoUs With Foreign Venture Capitalists To Develop Funding Ecosystem". www.bernama.com. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ^ "ECF players, Quest Ventures as co-investors with Cradle". www.dealstreetasia.com. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
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- ^ "Speech by SMS Koh at the Quest Ventures-Edge National Youth Entrepreneurship Awards 2017" (PDF). www.nas.gov.sg. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ^ team, BOTS (2020-09-10). "#TECH: ScaleUp Malaysia partners Asia's Quest Ventures to globalise local solutions | New Straits Times". NST Online. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
- ^ Wang, Catherine. "SoftBank Ventures Asia Leads $5.8 Million Investment In Korean Autonomous Shipping Startup". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
- ^ "Quest Ventures, ShipsFocus launch $7.5m maritime-focused fund". DealStreetAsia. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
- ^ "Singapore's Quest Closes First Round of $50 Million Venture Fund". Bloomberg.com. 2020-04-16. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
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- ^ "Food Discovery App Burpple Now Available On Android – TechCrunch". techcrunch.com. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ "Mobile classifieds startup Carousell makes first acquisition weeks after raising $35M – TechCrunch". techcrunch.com. September 2016. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ Chan, Melissa (2017-03-06). "S'pore Startup Founders Talk About Their First Investors, And The Meetings That Started It All". Vulcan Post. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ^ Banerjee, Sneha (2016-07-07). "Indian Startup Ecosystem Versus China – There Are More Similarities Than Differences". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2018-04-30.