Investigate

What Investigate does

Investigate Venture Capital (IVC) is a Singapore-based venture capital firm, founded in 2017, that invests in early-stage founders building businesses anchored on network effects. The firm targets a specific category of entrepreneur — what it calls "Network Builders" — who design scalable ecosystems rather than standalone products, and explicitly seeks out founders that traditional investors may overlook. Its stated thesis is that network effects drive more than 70% of economic growth in the digital economy. The firm is led by founder and managing partner Mikael Krogh and operates with 1-10 employees.

IVC's core offering combines equity capital with a "proven model" and proprietary AI tools intended to support portfolio companies in scaling operations and decision-making. Rather than selling discrete software products, IVC delivers its value proposition as a service: capital, a documented scaling framework, and AI-enabled tooling provided to founders. Its publicly featured portfolio is small but visible, with Antler (a company generator with more than 900 portfolio companies across 28 locations on five continents) as a flagship partner, alongside Lendela (a credit discovery and application platform) and Portcast (a cargo forecasting and supply-chain visibility platform using proprietary machine learning). The firm markets itself primarily through its website (including an Insights blog), earned media such as a June 2026 TradeWinds feature, and a May 2026 interview with Lars Lombardi.

Commercially, IVC operates as a private VC firm generating returns through equity investments, with exits, IPOs, and secondary sales of portfolio stakes forming the primary path to realization. No revenue, AUM, fund-size, or LP composition data is publicly disclosed. The firm does not appear to operate distinct software modules or charge portfolio companies for tooling; value delivery is mediated through the investment relationship and direct founder engagement rather than a productized platform.

Name

Investigate

Website

https://investigatevc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Investigate Venture Capital is a Singapore-based VC firm founded in 2017 that backs early-stage founders building network-effect businesses, providing equity capital, a proven scaling model, and proprietary AI tooling. Its featured portfolio includes Antler, Lendela, and Portcast.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Venture Capital

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (52394), All Other Financial Investment Activities (52399)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Early-Stage Venture Capital (Series A/B) (FSANAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sector-Focused Venture Capital (Vertical Specialists) (FSANAAAD)

Keywords

• Venture capital investing
• Early stage funding
• Network effect businesses
• Startup equity investment
• Founder backing

Headquarters

HQ city

Singapore

HQ country

Singapore

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Venture Capital Returns: Generating returns through equity investments in early-stage companies building network-effect businesses. Returns realized through exits, IPOs, or secondary sales of portfolio companies.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Investigate Venture Capital is a venture capital firm that invests equity capital in early-stage founders building network-effect businesses. In addition to capital, the firm provides a proven scaling model and proprietary AI tools to help portfolio companies scale through ecosystem-driven growth rather than standalone product strategies.

Product overview

Investigate Venture Capital is a venture capital firm that provides investment and support services to founders building network-effect-based businesses. The firm offers a proven model and proprietary AI tools to help founders scale their companies. The company does not appear to offer distinct software products or modules — its primary offering is investment capital, mentorship, and access to its network, delivered through a services model rather than a product platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Network-Effect Startup Investment

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Antler: Global early-stage VC and company generator with >900 portfolio companies across 28 locations. Direct peer and partner of Investigate VC; both invest pre-seed/seed and emphasize founder-first, scalable-network theses.
• Golden Gate Ventures: Singapore-headquartered early-stage VC focused on Southeast Asia founders. Closest geographic and stage peer to Investigate VC's Singapore base and early-stage network-effect focus.
• Monk's Hill Ventures: Singapore-headquartered early-stage VC backing tech founders across Southeast Asia. Highly comparable on geography, stage, and network/scale-driven thesis.
• East Ventures: Indonesia/Singapore-based early-stage VC backing founders across Southeast Asia. Direct peer in SEA early-stage venture with similar founder-first orientation.
• Openspace Ventures: Singapore-based early-to-growth VC investing in technology businesses across Southeast Asia; comparable stage, geography, and tech/network-effect orientation to Investigate VC.
• Jungle Ventures: Singapore-based VC investing in early-to-growth technology companies across Southeast Asia. Comparable in stage, region, and preference for scalable network-effect businesses.
• Wavemaker Partners: SEA/US early-stage VC investing across consumer, enterprise, and deeptech. Comparable on stage, Southeast Asia focus, and operator-led support model.

Broad incumbents

• Andreessen Horowitz: US-based mega-VC with broad sector coverage and significant AI/seed activity. Broad incumbent whose network-effect and platform-investing framing overlaps Investigate VC's thesis at a much larger scale.
• Sequoia Capital / Peak XV Partners: Scaled global/regional VC (Peak XV for SEA/India). Broad incumbent investing across stages and sectors; competes for the same founders and follow-ons as Investigate VC but at vastly greater scale.

Emerging players

• 500 Global: Global early-stage accelerator/VC with strong SEA presence and a large portfolio of early-stage companies. Comparable on stage, geography, and emerging-market founder focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments2 records

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