Cocoon Capital
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Type | Private |
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Industry | Venture capital |
Founded | 2016 |
Founder | Michael Robert Blakey William Klippgen |
Headquarters | |
Area served | Southeast Asia |
Key people | Michael Robert Blakey William Klippgen |
Website | Official website |
Cocoon Capital is a Singapore-based venture capital fund focusing on online, early-stage, enterprise tech companies in Southeast Asia.[1] It was founded by Michael Robert Blakey and William Klippgen in 2016.[2]
History[]
In 2016, Cocoon Capital was founded[2] by Michael Robert Blakey and William Klippgen.[3]
Cocoon Capital launched its first US$7 million fund in December 2016.[2] In November 2018, it launched a US$20 million fund targeting enterprise-tech startups in Southeast Asia.[4] In October 2017, the company appointed Martin Roll, a management consultant, as Senior Advisor.[5]
Investments[]
The firm invests in early-stage, enterprise technology companies and specialises in pre-seed and seed stage investments.[6] The venture capital firm mainly invest in startups based in Southeast Asia with initial funding ranging from US$400,000 to US$750,000.[7]
Since December 2017, the fund has been a partner with the Singapore government-linked innovation agency SGInnovate which matches up to 70% of Cocoon Capital’s investments.[8]
Cocoon Capital has invested in over 20 companies since 2016 including event management platform Hapz.com,[9] Filipino electronics retailer Poundit.com,[10] energy management company SensorFlow,[11][12] Vietnamese social media management platform Hiip.asia and Singapore-based web acceleration platform Dexecure.com.[13] Its portfolio is mainly within the SaaS, fintech and deep-tech verticals.[14]
Some of its other notable investments include Kargo[15] and Lendela.[16]
In February 2019, the company, along with SGInnovate and , invested US$1 million in See-Mode Technologies, a Singapore-based medtech startup.[17]
Investors[]
Cocoon Capital's investors include Steve Diggle (Vulpes Innovative Technologies Investment Company), Martin Hauge (partner in Creandum), Playfair Capital, Jani Rautiainen (co-founder of PropertyGuru), Martin Roll (Founder & CEO of Martin Roll Company), Oliver Tonby (chairman of McKinsey's offices in Asia, excluding Greater China) and Michelle Yong (director of Aurum Investments).[4][18]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Cocoon Capital launches in Singapore with $7m seed fund, Justin Niessner, December 8, 2016, AVCJ, retrieved April 23, 2018
- ^ a b c Cocoon Capital launches US$7M seed fund, targets SaaS, e-commerce, and fintech verticals, Yon Heong Tung, December 6, 2016, ‘’e27 / Yahoo.com’’, retrieved April 12, 2018
- ^ Song, Daniel (November 22, 2018). "How founders can transition from doing everything into delegating well". Tech in Asia.
- ^ a b Shiao, Vivien (November 27, 2018). "Venture capital firm Cocoon Capital eyes enterprise-tech startups with US$20m fund". Business Times (Singapore).
- ^ A. Maulani, Anisa Menur (October 24, 2017). "Cocoon Capital appoints renowned branding consultant Martin Roll as Senior Advisor". e27.co.
- ^ "Cocoon Capital website". December 14, 2017.
- ^ Chia Yan Min (June 6, 2017). "Five questions for Cocoon Capital". The Straits Times.
- ^ Jakobsen, Johannes (April 5, 2018). "Norsk investor åpner nytt såkornsfond i Asia" (in Norwegian). Shifter.
- ^ Cheok, Jacquelyn. "SPH-backed events startup raises S$0.68m in seed funding". The Business Times. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ^ "Filipino ecommerce site Poundit raises US$629,763 from Cocoon Capital - Reuters". Archived from the original on 2017-10-17. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ^ Anne Sreenivasan, Tara (February 20, 2019). "Cleantech startup SensorFlow raises US$2.7m in series A round led by Pierre Lorinet". Business Times (Singapore).
- ^ "Singapore startup SensorFlow secures US$571k in seed funding to make hotels go green". Digital News Asia. 2018-04-04. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ^ Cheok, Jacquelyn. "Singapore software startup Dexecure gets S$1m seed funding from Cocoon, Walden". The Business Times. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ^ Fund Focus: Cocoon Capital abandons traditional VC approach as it targets B2B startups, Joji Thomas Philip, April 18, 2017, ‘’DealStreetAsia’’, retrieved April 25, 2018
- ^ Akhaya, Prisca (March 21, 2019). "Burmese trucking logistics company Kargo receives over US$130K from Yoma Bank". Yahoo! News. e27.
- ^ Nguyen, Quynh (September 12, 2018). "Singapore's Cocoon Capital, IMO Ventures lead seed round in loan broker Lendela". DealStreetAsia.
- ^ Atifi, Nur (February 19, 2019). "Cocoon Capital leads seed round for Singapore-based medtech startup". Tech in Asia.
- ^ Tandsæther-Andersen, Benedicte (November 26, 2018). "Nytt venturefond for tech i Sørøst-Asia: – Et stort potensial blant startups i regionen" (in Norwegian). Shifter.no.
External links[]
- Venture capital firms
- Private equity firms of Singapore
- Venture capital firms of Singapore
- Investment companies of Singapore
- Financial services companies of Singapore
- Financial services companies established in 2016
- Singaporean companies established in 2016