Many of its existing investors in past funds backed the latest, founding partner Amit Anand said in an interview. they include Temasek Holdings Pte, International Finance Corp. and the German Development Finance Institute DEG. The planned size of the new fund is $350 million.
Fundraising activities and initial public offerings have taken place in Southeast Asia and India, where the tech industry is having a booming year. Since launching its first early-stage fund in 2012, Jungle Ventures has become one of the fastest growing local VC firms in the city-state, with assets under management of approximately $600 million.
“We have created two unicorns this year, where we have been seed-to-IPO investors,” Anand said. “We’ve built a franchise that will repeat quarter on quarter, and that sets us apart from one-hit-wonder venture-capital providers.”
An early and consistent supporter of Singapore-based Jungle Ventures credit, which went on to become Indonesia’s largest consumer lending app, as well as business-to-business e-commerce platform Moglix. Credivo’s parents, FinEasel, in August, agreed to go public in the US through a merger with a blank-check firm that valued the combined entity at $2.5 billion.
Other notable Jungle Ventures investments include home-interior platforms livespaceSociolla and Pomelo, beauty e-commerce operator, a women’s fashion retailer in Southeast Asia.
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