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July 5, 2021
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SG’s KK Fund to raise third investment vehicle, says founder Koichi Saito

Singapore-based venture capitalist KK Fund is in the process of raising its third investment vehicle and aims to make the first close by the end of this year, its co-founder and general partner Koichi Saito told DealStreetAsia. The fund will invest in around 30 companies, said Saito, declining to disclose the corpus it is targeting […]

March 3, 2021
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Startup investing from Japan to Singapore with KK Fund

Listen to podcast Rise of Stage: Startup investing from Japan to Singapore with KK Fund About The RISE Offstage podcast with Casey Lau highlights chats with community leaders, startup founders and investors across Asia about their startup ecosystems and how they are facing new challenges and new opportunities.On this episode I welcome Koichi Saito and […]

February 21, 2021
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P2P-backer KK Fund’s key investments include tech, digital adoption

By NUR HAZIQAH A MALEK A SINGAPORE-BASED venture capital (VC) firm KK Fund plans to focus on digital transformation in South-East Asia and tap into underserved markets following its funding for a homegrown peer-to-peer (P2P) financing platform. KK Fund founder and general partner Koichi Saito said moving forward in the pandemic era, digital adoption and […]

January 19, 2021
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US and Chinese startup investments swell amid pandemic

Money flows into health care and digital transformation-related sectors Venture capital investment in the U.S. hit a record high in 2020, led by the health care and corporate services industries amid the COVID pandemic. (Photo by Kosaku Mimura) HIROMI SATO, DAISUKE SUZUKI and TOMOKO WAKASUGI, Nikkei staff writersJanuary 19, 2021 11:56 JST PALO ALTO, U.S./TOKYO […]

March 19, 2020
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Interview with Kuan Hsu

From TZ Venture We are privileged to interview Kuan Hsu, co-founder and partner at KK Fund, one of our venture partners. We thank KK Fund for helping TZ Ventures with introducing projects that build on Tezos, connecting us with VCs, organising the demo day, etc. Q1. Can you introduce KK Fund and yourself briefly? A: […]

September 3, 2019
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First Person: More growth in Southeast Asia’s tech start-up scene than Japan’s, says VC

“While it is easier to monetise and raise funds in Japan, Southeast Asia is more attractive in the long run.” – Saito There are more venture capital investment opportunities in Southeast Asian technology start-ups than those in Japan, says Koichi Saito, founder and general partner of Singapore-based venture capital firm KK Fund. One of the […]

December 4, 2018
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KK Fund seeks bigger play in Vietnam, targets to close five investments in a year

Singapore-based KK Fund – which invests out of a $50-million vehicle in startups across Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan – is looking to seal up to five new investments in Vietnam buoyed by a robust pipeline, a top executive told this portal. The fund is evaluating close to 10 startups from the region, where […]

October 10, 2018
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KK Fund backs founders with an ‘unfair advantage’, says founder Saito

Koichi Saito, the Founder and Partner of KK Fund, a Singapore-based venture fund with roots in Japan, is bullish on the opportunities that ASEAN offers, with the inflow of Chinese and Japanese capital into the region providing more opportunities for deal flow and exits. Saito was previously a director at IMJ Investment Partners, where he […]

July 17, 2018
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Vietnam part of attractive Southeast Asian start-up scene

Investor says country highly promising even at nascent stage. The trend of investing in Southeast Asia start-ups gained momentum in 2016-17, including in Vietnam, though the country has yet to get its “unicorn,” or a privately held start-up with a valuation of $1 billion or more. “I think one of the reasons start-ups in […]

February 21, 2016
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Singapore’s KK Fund eyes on fintech and logistics segment, looks to Taiwan for deals

Japanese-backed and Singapore-based seed-stage investor KK Fund is on the prowl for deals in the fintech and logistics segments, as the firm looks to tap into innovations in these sectors, a top official said. KK Fund founder and general partner Koichi Saito said he had been observing these the two sectors, and is of the […]