Forge Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm that partners with founders building the future in Southeast Asia. We invest with high conviction, leading seed and pre-seed financing rounds and work hand-in-hand with founders to get from zero to one. We provide access to experts across every sector and function through our network of collaborators, advisors and limited partners. If you’re building something in Southeast Asia, we’d love to hear from you. Drop us a line at hello@forge.vc.
Location: Singapore
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2021
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed
Portfolio 14
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 15.08.2025 | Prefer | prefer.com | $4.2M | Singapore |
| 13.08.2025 | Prefer | prefer.coffee | $6.2M | Singapore |
| 10.11.2023 | PowerCred | powercred.io | - | Singapore |
| 10.11.2023 | Prefer | b... | prefer.bio | $2.1M | Singapore |
| 10.11.2023 | drigmo | drigmo.com | - | - |
| 10.11.2023 | Kinetic | kinetictechnology.com | - | Singapore |
| 10.11.2023 | Bluente | bluente.com | $100M | Singapore |
| 26.04.2023 | Mito Healt... | mitohealth.com | $1.3M | Singapore |
| 29.03.2023 | Baskit | baskit.app | $4.8M | Indonesia,... |
| - | Dropezy | dropezy.com | - | Indonesia,... |
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| - | Tiang | Lim Foo | Partner an... | twitter.co... | - | - | |
| - | Ysa | Chua | Vice Presi... | linkedin.c... | twitter.co... | - | - |
| - | Jim | Quismorio | Partner | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Kaspar | Hidayat | Partner an... | linkedin.c... | twitter.co... | - | - |
Mentions in press and media 7
| Date | Title | Description |
| 08.09.2025 | Foodtech startup Prefer raises oversubscribed $4.2 M Pre-A to fuel international expansion | Along with the commercial launch of its new products, soluble coffee and cocoa powders, Prefer, a Singapore-based food tech startup that uses fermentation to create sustainable and reasonably priced flavors and ingredients, announced on Wed... |
| 04.09.2025 | AI recruitment platform FUKU.AI secures pre-seed funding and other SE Asia deals | - |
| 24.08.2025 | Prefer Fuels Sustainable Future: $4.2M Investment Drives Fermented Coffee & Cocoa Global Expansion | Food tech firm Prefer raised $4.2M, totaling $6.2M, for its innovative fermented coffee and cocoa alternatives. Utilizing upcycled byproducts, Prefer slashes emissions by 85% and costs by 50%. The funding powers global expansion and R&D... |
| 15.08.2025 | Prefer: $4.2 Million Funding Raised For Launching Sustainable Flavors | Prefer, a Singapore food tech startup, raised $4.2 million in an oversubscribed round as it launched new soluble coffee and cocoa powders. The company uses fermentation on food byproducts like rice and soy to create cost-effective, sustaina... |
| 13.08.2025 | Prefer Raises $4.2M in Oversubscribed Round, Launches Soluble Coffee & Cocoa Powders Made With Fermentation | Singapore-based food tech startup Prefer has secured US$4.2 million in an oversubscribed funding round. This brings the total amount raised by the company to US$6.2 million. The round was led by At One Ventures and Chancery Hill Capital, wi... |
| 13.08.2025 | Deals in brief: Naluri and Prefer raise funding, Antler invests in seven AI startups, six China deals, and more | Naluri raises USD 5 million to expand digital health services Naluri, a Singapore-based digital employee health and wellbeing provider, has raised USD 5 million in funding. Telus Global Ventures’ Pollinator Fund for Good led the investment,... |
| 24.02.2024 | Bean-free coffee startup Prefer raised $2 M Seed funding from Forge Ventures | To secure the world’s coffee supply, Singapore-based Prefer’s bean-free coffee has raised $2 million in a seed round. Forge Ventures led the round, according to a statement released by the company on Thursday. Other investors included 500 G... |