Led · Series B · Dec 2019

Playermaker, founded in 2016, builds footwear-mounted sensors that track motion from the left and right shoe to deliver professional-grade technical, tactical, biomechanical, and physical data. Its solution removes the need for GPS, making the trackers usable indoors. The product is already in use by more than 250 teams and is sold to consumers (trackers are available on Amazon for just under $200 per set). The company says the data can help athletes maximize skills, monitor injury risk, and expedite recovery. Playermaker plans to extend beyond soccer into additional sports, beginning with basketball, and to develop a new multisport platform. Recent fundraising will be used to accelerate global and consumer-market growth and broaden access across genders and skill levels. PlayerMaker builds a players’ performance platform that uses motion sensors mounted on players’ boots and AI algorithms to track and analyze technical, tactical, biomechanical and physical movement on and off the ball. The system supplies managers, coaches and players with granular performance data and insights. It is active in more than 10 countries and is used by clubs such as Fulham, Millwall, Manchester City, Norwich City, Crystal Palace, Hull City, Club America, Toronto FC, Atlanta United and Argentina’s Olympic national team. Led by CEO and co-founder Guy Aharon, the company recently completed a funding round to support growth. PlayerMaker raised $10 million in a Series B and plans to use the funds to build on traction throughout EMEA and expand into the American and Asian markets. In May, Arsène Wenger joined as an investor and operating partner after observing the system in action.

Participated · Series C · Jul 2018

C88 runs financial marketplaces CekAja.com (Indonesia) and eCompareMo.com (Philippines) that help lenders reach new audiences and pre-verify applicants. The company sorts structured and unstructured data to assess eligibility and recommend suitable financial products, and it works with over 90 banks and lenders. Its marketplaces have collectively served over 50 million customers and offer small loans (6–18 months) and longer installment plans (18–32 months); C88 is also experimenting with insurance (dengue fever policies in the Philippines) and dipping into asset management. The startup positions itself as a partner to banks to broaden access to credit in markets where traditional methods approve only around 10% of applicants. Following the new round, C88 plans regional expansion—including opening a business in Thailand—and will direct capital toward consumer marketing. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Singapore.

Participated · Series A · Mar 2018

RedDoorz operates a network of budget hotels. Recent regulatory filings show the company issued shares worth $28.2 million to convertible note holders. The issuance converted outstanding convertible notes into equity shares. Named recipients included Asia Partners, Jungle Ventures, Mirae Asset‑Naver Asia Growth Fund, SIG Venture Capital and others. The filings did not disclose operating metrics or further strategic details. RedDoorz operates a marketplace selling access to budget hotels (two-star, three-star and below) across Southeast Asia. The four-year-old, Singapore-based startup currently has 1,400 hotels on its network and plans to grow to 2,000 by year-end. It operates in 80 cities across Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines and Vietnam and says it will focus expansion within those four markets for at least the next year. RedDoorz recently raised follow-on funding and plans to use capital to expand its hotel network and broaden its technology infrastructure, including building a second engineering hub in Vietnam (its regional tech hub is based in India). CEO Amit Saberwal, a former MakeMyTrip executive, frames the growth as necessary to compete with larger rivals like Oyo and to scale the business toward eventual public listing. RedDoorz operates a branded network of budget hotels across Southeast Asia, standardizing guesthouse-style rooms under the RedDoorz brand to guarantee basics like clean sheets, towels, internet and breakfast. The platform lets small hotel owners access bookings via RedDoorz’s website and Android app while the company also manages leased properties where it runs day-to-day operations. Technology is developed out of India and includes an AI-based dynamic pricing system to help owners set rates by demand, inventory and time of day. The three-year-old company claims about 500 properties in Indonesia and a total of 3,000 rooms across 16 cities, with roughly 80% of bookings made within 72 hours and 65–70% from returning customers. RedDoorz began in Indonesia and has expanded into the Philippines and Singapore (including a leased property in Marine Parade) and plans to go deeper in existing markets and enter Thailand. The company has signaled interest in M&A opportunities and is bringing on senior hires to be "Series B ready." RedDoorz operates an online booking platform focused on budget hotels. The company is based in Singapore. The article reports a recent financing event in which RedDoorz raised $1 million in venture debt. The debt was provided by InnoVen Capital. InnoVen Capital is described as a venture lending firm backed by Temasek Holdings and United Overseas Bank. The article does not disclose additional operational metrics, revenue figures, or future plans. RedDoorz partners with hotels and guest houses to resell rooms while promising a consistent 'RedDoorz approved' stay. The offering emphasizes standard amenities such as free WiFi, satellite TV and quality linen, plus a concierge service and 24-hour customer assistance. The service is mobile-first, with about 70% of bookings coming from mobile devices. The company launched in Indonesia in July 2015 and had expanded to around 200 properties across the country. TechCrunch reports RedDoorz raised SG$2 million (around $1.4 million) in fresh funding described as pre-Series A. CEO and founder Amit Saberwal (formerly chief product officer at MakeMyTrip) said the company will use the funding to expand into Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines and is exploring Singapore; the article contrasts RedDoorz's standardization focus with competitors and alternatives like OYO Rooms, Zenrooms, Nida Rooms and Airbnb.

Led · Equity · Mar 2017

Roboteam, founded by Yossi Wolf and Ilad Levy and launched seven years ago, has built a business selling tactical robots to militaries worldwide and says it has generated over $100 million in revenue with thousands of systems deployed. The company is developing a consumer-facing home robot about three feet high with a 10-inch interactive display, a tray for carrying items, roughly 40 sensors for autonomous movement, and smart‑home connectivity. Roboteam plans a controlled commercial launch of 10,000 units ready for delivery in November, using pop-up shops in cities like New York, Los Angeles, and Boston rather than crowdfunding. The product is intended to help elderly users with tasks such as carrying tea and snacks and combines voice/video features with mobility. The move represents a pivot from pack-mule, scout and bomb‑removal robots toward a mass-market home assistant while leveraging the company’s defense engineering experience.

Participated · Series B · Sep 2016

ViSenze is a Singapore-based image-recognition startup founded in 2012 that offers a “personal shopping concierge” platform for retailers. Its core product combines visual search, automatic photo tagging and recommendation algorithms that surface products based on images and browsing history. The company serves clients including Rakuten, ASOS, Urban Outfitters, Zalora and Uniqlo across verticals such as fashion, jewelry, furniture and intellectual property. ViSenze reports an annual revenue growth rate of more than 200 percent and maintains offices in Asia, Europe and the United States. The company says it will use the new funding to further develop its software through partnerships with smartphone makers including Samsung, LG and Huawei. Other startups in the same space include Syte.ai, Slyce, Clarifai and Imagga. ViSenze develops artificial-intelligence products for e-commerce, beginning with a visual search feature that lets shoppers find products from images. The company is rolling out two new products: contextual video advertising that inserts relevant ads into or around video content, and an image-to-text capability to enable more customizable searches from uploaded images. Customers and partners mentioned include Myntra and Zalora, and global video site Viki (owned by Rakuten) is cited as a partner. ViSenze was spun out of the National University of Singapore more than three years ago and currently has a headcount of 40, which the company expects to easily double before year-end. The startup plans to use recent funding to hire, double down on R&D, accelerate its go-to-market strategy, reinvest in its technology, and expand business-development offices. ViSenze develops image-recognition products for visual search, including a cloud-based tool called ViSearch. The company is positioned to enable visual shopping features for e-commerce sites and apps, particularly in fashion. Seven months before this raise it began collaborating with Rakuten Taiwan to launch visual fashion search and recognition tools. ViSenze is a spin-off of the National University of Singapore and is headquartered in Singapore. The company announced a $3.5M Series A led by Rakuten Ventures as its current financing event. No revenue or user metrics were disclosed in the article.