Monk’s Hill Ventures

Monk’s Hill Ventures

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Investment Firm

Overview

Founded in 2014 by entrepreneurs Peng T. Ong and Kuo-Yi Lim, Monk’s Hill Ventures (‘MHV’) is a venture capital firm investing in early-stage technology startups in Southeast Asia. Backed by institutional investors and family offices worldwide, MHV works with great entrepreneurs to use technology to improve the lives of millions of people in the region.

We take a first-principles approach in how we operate and make decisions at MHV. We break down ideas and business models to understand the fundamentals. Since our founding in 2014, Monk’s Hill Ventures has invested in more than 20 fast-growing startups spanning multiple business models and industry verticals. We look to work with founders in the early stages of the development of their businesses, and typically invest at the Series A stage.

We are entrepreneurs backing entrepreneurs. This runs in our DNA. With the utmost respect for the founder, the firm is led by entrepreneurs and operators, CEOs, and CTOs of successful tech companies both in Asia and in Silicon Valley.

Our footprint spans across Southeast Asia with on-the-ground teams in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand. Our network comprises entrepreneurs, investors, former CEOs, engineers, academics, media and a team of operating advisors with strong domain expertise from cybersecurity, data science, financial services, to healthcare, to provide our founders with the right access and advice as they scale and build.

Highlights

Founded

2014

Industry

Financial Services

Employees

11-50

Investment

75

Lead Investment

44

Exits

5

Stages

Early Stage Venture, Seed, Late Stage Venture

Investor Type

Venture Capital

Location

Asia

Contact Information

Social

Profile Resume

Monk’s Hill Ventures, established in 2014 and headquartered in Asia., specializes in Early Stage Venture, Seed, Late Stage Venture investments across Internet, Financial Services, Finance, E-Commerce, FinTech, Marketplace, Travel, Real Estate, PropTech, Venture Capital. The organization boasts a portfolio of 75 investments, with an average round size of $24.0M and 5 successful exits. Their recent investments include C88 Financial Technologies, ZipMatch, 500 Global, Scalable Capital, HV Capital. The highest investment round they participated in was $105.1B. Among their most notable exits are C88 Financial Technologies and ZipMatch. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Kuo-Yi Lim

Kuo-Yi Lim

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

imagePlace Justin Nguyen

Justin Nguyen

Partner

imagePlace Linus Lee

Linus Lee

Operating Advisor

imagePlace Michele Daoud

Michele Daoud

Partner

imagePlace Jeremy Au

Jeremy Au

Head of Strategic Projects

Investment portfolio

Monk’s Hill Ventures has made 75 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jun 05, 2024, when International Payments Identity(IPiD) raised $5.3M.

Monk’s Hill Ventures has made 6 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Sep 12, 2023, when Elsa raised $23.0M.

investments

75

Diversity investments

6

Lead investments

44

Number of exits

5

Investments

75

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Nov 06, 2023
Radiant1 Pte Ltd Radiant1 Pte Ltd
Artificial Intelligence (AI)null
Jan 03, 2024
UTS Network UTS Network
Information Technology300.0K
Feb 26, 2024
1Long 1Long
FinTech500.0K
Jun 05, 2024
International Payments Identity(IPiD) International Payments Identity(IPiD)
Information Services5.3M

Exits

5

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

75

Investors

1

Funds

3

Funding Rounds

75

Monk’s Hill Ventures has raised 75 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jun 05, 2024 from a Series A - International Payments Identity(IPiD) round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Nov 06, 2023
Seed Round - Radiant1 Pte Ltd Seed Round - Radiant1 Pte Ltd
-0-
Jan 03, 2024
Seed Round - UTS Network Seed Round - UTS Network
-300.0K-
Feb 26, 2024
Pre Seed Round - 1Long Pre Seed Round - 1Long
-500.0K-
Jun 05, 2024
Series A - International Payments Identity(IPiD) Series A - International Payments Identity(IPiD)
-5.3M-

Investors

1

Monk’s Hill Ventures is funded by 1 investor(s). Titanium Ventures Kantor is the most recent investors.

Investor NameLead InvestorFunding RoundMoney Raised
Titanium Ventures Titanium Ventures
Yes
Venture Round - Monk’s Hill Ventures
10.0M

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M
May 11, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M

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