Sumitomo Corporation Equity Asia

Established in Hong Kong in 2002, SCEA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation ("Sumitomo"), one of the biggest multinational conglomerates in Japan with business and investment covering metal products, transportation & construction systems, infrastructure, chemical & electronics, mineral resources & energy, media, network & lifestyle retail, general products, real estate and financial & logistics services. The entire Sumitomo Corporation Group consists of over 800 subsidiaries and associated companies with more than 65,000 employees all over the world.

Chio Ishikawa

Associate

Martin Mai

Vice President

Alan Tang

Senior Vice President

Francis Wong

Managing Director

22 past transactions

Locad

Series B in 2024
Locad is a logistics provider that supports e-commerce brands in the Asia-Pacific region by offering a cloud-based supply chain solution. Its technology platform enables seamless inventory synchronization across various online sales channels and facilitates end-to-end order fulfillment through a network of warehouses and carriers in countries such as Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, Hong Kong, and Australia. By leveraging a geographically distributed warehousing infrastructure, Locad allows brands to store products closer to their customers, resulting in quicker delivery times and reduced shipping costs. The platform provides easy integration with sales channels and offers on-demand capacity, making it adaptable to the varied needs of clients. With hundreds of brands utilizing its services, Locad aims to enhance shipping efficiency, lower expenses, and support significant business growth.

AI-LINK

Series A in 2024
AI-LINK is a digital infrastructure provider specializing in 5G edge cloud services aimed at enhancing communication infrastructure. The company develops advanced 5G networks and mobile edge computing platforms, offering a comprehensive suite of services that includes terminals, base stations, and cloud solutions. AI-LINK's offerings cater to various sectors, such as transportation, real estate, education, industry, and tourism, enabling these businesses to leverage the full potential of 5G technology for improved connectivity and operational efficiency.

clearing zero carbon

Angel Round in 2023
Clean Capture is an innovative company that uses artificial technology and provides low-cost carbon removal technology solutions through the research and development and commercialization of carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technology.

Ookbee

Debt Financing in 2021
Ookbee Group is the largest storytelling ecosystem in Thailand, focusing on user-generated content platforms that resonate with younger audiences. It operates several notable platforms, including Joylada, Tunwalai, Ookbee, Fictionlog, Storylog, Beeber, and Fungjai, which encompass a broad range of content such as novels, e-books, music, and live-streaming videos. The company provides a digital publication platform that enables users to create, share, and monetize their own content. It also offers a comprehensive bookstore featuring a variety of free and paid materials, including magazines, newspapers, fiction and non-fiction books, audiobooks, and online courses. Additionally, Ookbee's payment gateway facilitates the publishing, distribution, and sale of digital publications to a global audience, fostering a vibrant ecosystem for both creators and consumers.

Naluri Life

Series A in 2021
Naluri provides behaviour science, psychology, digital health, data science, wellness, diet, exercise, fitness, digital behaviour change, multidisciplinary care, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, anxiety, depression, chronic stress, and pain

Hai Guanjia

Series A in 2020
YunLSP is a logistics SAAS cloud collaboration service platform. It creates logistics cloud systems and tool products to provide efficient operation process services for logistics companies. The company develops and completes a range of disruptive products in the logistics sector using technologies including artificial intelligence, big data, and cloud computing, offering system solutions, and data docking services for ports, shipping firms, freight forwarders, and shipping agency firms.

Minima Technology

Series A in 2020
Minima Technology is a food cold chain logistics platform.

Minima Technology

Series A in 2020
Minima Technology is a food cold chain logistics platform.

Creadits

Series A in 2020
Creadits improves Creative ROI. Our global network of creative centers of excellence specialize in high technology creative production, such as CGI. Further supporting advertisers will be Creadits’ productivity toolkit, now featuring Craft™, Tune™ and Huddle™, with many more in the pipeline. Stay tuned.

YunQuNa

Series C in 2019
YunQuNa is an online portal that offers logistics trading and services on a global scale. It provides logistics price inquiry, cargo space booking, customs clearance, logistics tracking, cargo handling and insurance.

Bordrin Motors

Corporate Round in 2019
Bordrin Motors is a smart electric vehicle developer with a mission to provide multi-dimensional smart travel, mobile energy, and shared economic solutions. It aims to provide customers with safe, reliable, long-range, and high-performing vehicles; an overall intelligent product; and thoroughly satisfying customer experience. The company was established in August 2016, relying on the original Sizhi team in the chassis platform, vehicle performance, three electric technology, lightweight technology, and intelligent driving system solutions.

CXA Group

Series C in 2019
CXA Group is an Insurtech start-up established in 2013, recognized as a leader in the Asian market with over 600 clients, including Fortune 500 companies. The company focuses on transforming employee benefits and workplace wellness by shifting the emphasis from treatment to prevention. Its innovative platform utilizes artificial intelligence to provide a fixed benefits wallet, allowing employees to select a tailored mix of insurance, wellness, and disease management services that best meet their individual needs. This approach not only empowers employees to manage their health proactively but also enables employers to access aggregated health and claims analytics. By doing so, organizations can identify and prioritize interventions that lower costs and enhance employee health, productivity, and engagement.

YunQuNa

Series B in 2018
YunQuNa is an online portal that offers logistics trading and services on a global scale. It provides logistics price inquiry, cargo space booking, customs clearance, logistics tracking, cargo handling and insurance.

Icontek

Series A in 2018
Icontek is a developer of natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning technologies, specializing in creating advanced software solutions that enhance customer interactions. The company's products stand out by offering superior performance and flexibility, allowing businesses to effectively integrate virtual assistants, chatbots, and voice bots into their operations. These technologies enable clients to engage with customers naturally and efficiently, providing timely and relevant responses. By replacing traditional call center agents with virtual bots, Icontek's solutions help businesses improve customer acquisition, engagement, and support, ultimately enhancing overall service delivery.

Etong Health

Series A in 2015
Etong Health specializes in healthcare management services, focusing on providing comprehensive health solutions to large and medium-sized enterprises. The company offers a range of services, including physical examinations, health assessments, and health management, as well as educational and consultation services related to health. Through its online platform, Etong Health enables clients to access third-party health management services, which include file recording, health intervention, and personalized health evaluations. This approach allows enterprises to streamline their health check processes and enhance overall employee well-being.

Algoblu

Series A in 2013
Algoblu is a pioneering start-up in the SD-WAN technology sector, dedicated to creating flexible and programmable networks that virtualize network resources for enhanced scalability and adaptability. The company has developed a comprehensive product line based on its advanced network resource virtualization technology, which has gained traction among a diverse array of customers worldwide. Algoblu's leadership team possesses extensive expertise in software-defined networking, cloud computing, and collaboration communications, having previously worked for major firms like Cisco and Dell. With a significant portfolio of over 30 technology patents related to SDN and SD-WAN in both the U.S. and China, Algoblu has established an extensive global backbone comprising more than 200 nodes. Its client base includes hundreds of corporate users across various sectors, such as finance, insurance, retail, telecom, education, and gaming, including several of the world's top 500 companies. Algoblu provides a wide range of services, including integrated public networks, data centers, VPN networking, and traffic acceleration, enabling clients to create flexible self-service networks tailored to their specific needs.

Alpine Data

Series A in 2011
Alpine Data offers an advanced analytics platform designed to empower organizations in harnessing the vast amounts of information generated annually. As the first collaborative, code-free solution for advanced analytics on Big Data and Hadoop, Alpine enables data scientists and business analysts to analyze large datasets and develop predictive models without the need for coding. The platform supports enterprise decision-making, enhances customer retention, optimizes campaigns, and facilitates machine learning processes tailored to specific business needs. By leveraging Alpine's capabilities, companies across various sectors, including financial services and healthcare, can effectively navigate the complexities of data analysis and gain a competitive edge in their respective industries.

iClick Interactive

Venture Round in 2011
iClick Interactive Asia Group Limited is China's largest independent online marketing technology platform, specializing in connecting global marketers with audiences in China. The company offers a comprehensive marketing solution that encompasses traffic acquisition, customer relationship management, and business decision optimization, all driven by data analytics. Its proprietary platform features omni-channel marketing capabilities, allowing marketers to achieve various objectives in a data-driven and automated manner. iClick operates through two main segments: Marketing Solutions and Enterprise Solutions. While the majority of its revenue is generated from Mainland China, the company also maintains a presence in Hong Kong and other international markets.

istyle

Series B in 2003
istyle, Inc. is a company focused on the beauty industry, primarily known for its operation of the cosmetics portal website @cosme. The company manages various segments, including Media, Electronic Commerce, and Store. The Media segment provides a range of services, such as internet advertising, branding, and affiliate marketing. Through its Electronic Commerce segment, istyle engages in the buying and selling of cosmetics, quasi-drugs, and health foods via its online shopping platform. The Store segment is involved in planning and developing cosmetics retail categories, along with operating physical retail stores. Additionally, istyle has expanded its presence internationally, with subsidiaries in countries including Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and the United States. The company also offers beauty-related services, including advertising, marketing, and research, as well as personnel dispatching and investment training services.

CommVerge Solutions

Venture Round in 2002
CommVerge Solutions is one of the leading network services company in the Asia Pacific region, providing superior professional services as well as advanced network and application solutions to Telecom Service Providers throughout the region. Since its inception in 1999, CommVerge has achieved rapid growth earning the trust and confidence of many of the telecom and mobile operators involving the design, implementation and maintenance of converged voice and data networks, mobile network infrastructure, as well as 3G, LTE, WiMAX and IMS application platforms. With a services team of dedicated and experienced network planners, technical sales & support staff and project implementation experts, CommVerge has an established track record in providing end-to-end, fully integrated and optimized solutions for the networks of the future using the best-of-breed solutions and technologies available. With the needs of the service providers in mind where cost effectiveness and resilient solutions form an integral part, CommVerge Solutions will evaluate and undertake a vigorous selection of the best-of-breed products from established vendors worldwide. Products and technologies selected will be integrated into end-to-end solutions to help service providers improve price performance of their existing or planned networks, offering value creation or cost savings in the implementation of these solutions. Headquartered in Hong Kong, CommVerge Solutions has offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Manila, Bangkok, Brunei, and Los Angeles, California. The best people applying best practices for best results - these words describe CommVerge Solutions' corporate philosophy and the advantage they bring to network deployment projects, starting from conception of an idea to implementation and beyond.

Asera

Series B in 1999
Asera is a company focused on delivering adaptive e-business solutions that enhance channel effectiveness, sales volume, and customer loyalty. It specializes in providing comprehensive business-to-business services that can be rapidly deployed on a pay-as-you-use basis. Asera's eService for demand chain management automates and streamlines the marketing, selling, and distribution processes across various channels. By utilizing a modular architecture, Asera enables businesses to activate their distribution channels quickly, deliver immediate value, and adapt to market changes effectively. This approach addresses the challenges posed by traditional software development, offering enterprises a flexible and efficient alternative in the fast-paced digital economy.
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