Malaysia startup funding in 2026: every announced round
Edition 1 · last updated 17 October 2026 · data to 16 October 2026
Between 1 January and 16 October 2026 we found 16 publicly announced funding rounds by startups the sources describe as based in Malaysia: 16 equity and 0 other (debt or mixed). The 14 equity rounds with a disclosed amount add up to US$164.4M. All 16 are listed below, newest first, each with the article it was read from.
What this is not. It is the rounds announced in Tech in Asia, TechNode Global and Fintech News, not a count of every deal. Trackers that read company-registry filings find more small rounds. Across Southeast Asia, our dataset has 80 equity rounds for January to June, against 217 counted by DealStreetAsia and Kickstart Ventures and 127 by Tracxn.
The numbers
- Largest disclosed equity round: Respond.io, US$62.5M (series-b, 16 Jun).
- Median disclosed equity round: US$4.8M.
- Equity rounds by stage: 3 series-a, 2 seed, 2 strategic, 2 pre-series-a, 2 pre-seed, 2 undisclosed, 1 series-c-extension, 1 series-b, 1 series-c.
- Most common sectors: E-commerce & retail (3), Semiconductors (3), Web3 & crypto (2), Insurtech (2), AI & software (2).
- Investors named as lead: Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India (2), Foxmont Capital Partners (1), Tin Men Capital (1), Kivo Technology (1), BlueOrchard (1).
All 16 announced rounds
| Date | Company | Sector | Stage | Amount | Lead | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Sep | 3cat | E-commerce & retail | series-a | US$4.0M | Foxmont Capital Partners | source |
| 2 Sep | nanoSkunkWorkX | Semiconductors | seed | US$2.0M | Tin Men Capital | source |
| 25 Aug | StoreHub | Fintech | strategic | undisclosed | not named | source |
| 14 Aug | BLOX | Web3 & crypto | seed | US$1.0M | Kivo Technology | source |
| 14 Jul | PolicyStreet | Insurtech | series-c-extension | US$5.0M | BlueOrchard | source |
| 16 Jun | Respond.io | AI & software | series-b | US$62.5M | Camber Partners | source |
| 10 Jun | GreatAsic | Semiconductors | pre-series-a | US$6.9M | Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India | source |
| 13 May | FusionAP | Semiconductors | pre-seed | US$2.0M | Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India; Southern Capital Group | source |
| 21 Apr | Hata | Web3 & crypto | series-a | US$8.0M | Bybit | source |
| 1 Apr | PolicyStreet | Insurtech | series-c | US$21.0M | Cool Japan Fund | source |
| 17 Mar | Carsome | E-commerce & retail | strategic | US$30.0M | not named | source |
| 13 Mar | CUSTA | E-commerce & retail | pre-series-a | US$4.3M | Delight Ventures; Global Brain | source |
| 3 Mar | Aonic | Robotics & hardware | series-a | US$10.0M | Kairous Capital | source |
| 11 Feb | Valiance Health | Healthtech & medtech | pre-seed | undisclosed | Gobi Partners | source |
| 10 Feb | ServAuto | Logistics & mobility | undisclosed | US$4.7M | Vynn Capital | source |
| 28 Jan | Decube | AI & software | undisclosed | US$3.0M | Taiwania Hive Ventures | source |
"Undisclosed" means the announcement gave no amount. "Not named" means no source says who led; we record a lead only where a source says so. Rows are dated by the first public report. Sole lenders in debt facilities are not recorded as leads.
How to use this
Open the source link for any row before you quote it. For an investor list, filter the lead column. For a pitch deck, quote the totals with the date range and the coverage caveat above. For region-wide totals by month and country, see the Southeast Asia summary.
The full dataset
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