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Iterative Ventures

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Iterative Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Singapore investing in Fintech, Marketplace, SaaS. The firm typically writes $50K–$500K checks and has 182 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$50K – $500K

AUM

$65M

Portfolio

182+ companies

Team

7 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focused on supporting early-stage Southeast Asian startups in marketplace and fintech, Iterative Ventures caters to founders solving foundational business challenges.

How Iterative Ventures invests

Iterative Ventures is a vc firm based in Singapore. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Fintech, Marketplace, SaaS, Consumer. It does not invest in Gaming.

Iterative Ventures typically writes checks of $50K–$500K per investment, backed by approximately $65M in assets under management.

Iterative Ventures has backed 182 companies in our records, including WaxWing, WeAssist, Azara AI.

Meet the Team

CG

Cathy Guo

Director of Investments

GW

Gavin Walsh

Finance Director

MT

Melissa Taing

Program Manager

CC

Claire C

Operations Associate

BM

Brian Ma

Managing Director

Marketplace
Southeast Asia

Brian Ma worked on the MVP for what would eventually become Weave (YC S14) and has experience starting from 0, working in challenging conditions, and building startups.

HK

Hsu Ken Ooi

General Partner

Hsu Ken was previously the Chief Product Officer of Workmate, an on-demand blue collar staffing platform in Southeast Asia. In 2014, he was VP of Product at Weave (YCS14). In 2009, he started Decide.com an early machine learning company that predicted the future price of consumer goods. It was acquired by eBay in 2013. Hsu Ken has a BS in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Washington.

HH

Hsu Han Ooi

Partner

Hsu Han Ooi worked on the MVP for what would eventually become Weave (YC S14) and has experience starting from 0, working in challenging conditions, and building startups.

Industry Focus

Invests In

Fintech
Marketplace
SaaS
Consumer

Does Not Invest In

Gaming

Portfolio Companies (182)

Other

WA

WaxWing

MarketingTech·Seed

AI-powered WorkOS for marketers

WE

WeAssist

Healthcare·Seed

Connects hospitals and clinics in Malaysia to licensed medical staff

AZ

Azara AI

AI/ML·Seed

AI employees: The future of intelligent work

CL

CL1CK

MarketingTech·Seed

AI to optimize B2B sales teams' email outreach

CH

Chodeli

Supply Chain·Seed

F&B supply chain

DE

Decube

Data Infrastructure·Seed

A unified platform for data stack

FL

Flywheel AI

Robotics·Seed

Waymo for excavators

FU

Fuzzy AI

AI/ML·Seed

Streamline and automate AI deployment on hardware devices

GO

Goro

Real Estate Tech·Seed

Indonesian fractional property investment platform

HO

Homefectionery

Consumer·Seed

Bangladesh's largest home-cooked food subscription network

How to pitch Iterative Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Fintech, Marketplace, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $50K – $500K check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Cathy Guo, Director of Investments.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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