Silicon Valley-based SAV (Scale Asia Ventures) launches debut early-stage fund in commitments to support enterprise-focused startups globally
Using data-driven and sector-specific approach to support enterprise-focused startups, especially expat-founded with distributed teams, for scaling their businesses globally
“SAV invests into technologies that bring intelligence to essential industries. Post pandemic, we envision strong tailwinds for expat founders to build global businesses with distributed teams. Being in
SAV’s Founding Partner Wally began his career as PM at Microsoft Bing. He later built data platforms at Pebble (Y Combinator W11) and Misfit, both of which were merged as critical infrastructure into Google’s Wear OS. Wally has spent close to a decade in enterprise software space as an operator in both
SAV’s venture partner team includes seasoned executives with deep domain expertise across industry leaders like
“Wally has been integral towards thought leadership in enterprise software, especially in the AI/ML space, and mentoring alumni entrepreneurs with his deep technical experience in operations and global industry insights from the cross-border business community,” said SAV’s scientific advisor and Limited Partner
Some notable SAV’s existing portfolio companies include:
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Enterprise Software :- Nylas – communications APIs for workflow automation and digital experiences
- Metadata – operating system for B2B marketers
- Molecula – feature store as a service
- Superconductive – open-source data quality tool
- Pangea Cyber – uniting security for app builders
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Life Science/BioTech:
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Kernal Bio – onco-selective mRNA
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Frontier Technologies:
- Golden – a decentralized canonical knowledge graph
More to be found here on portfolio companies.
“Scale Asia Ventures and Wally’s robust operator network have been instrumental to Nylas’ growth. Their support, technical expertise, and understanding of our product market fit have helped us to build and nurture connections with key partners, customers, and more,” said
“We feel very lucky to work with SAV and value their deep expertise up and down the modern data stack, their GTM perspective, and most importantly their global network of customers, investors, and talent,” said
“We’re excited to welcome SAV to our cap table. Their support goes beyond capital as they brought in corporate and investor networks to help our business thrive and cross pollinate with their other portfolio companies,” said
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