We aim to support innovations that shape the future we believe in.
As we fund the future with the visionaries of today, these three funds with various sizes, investment theses, and themes answer the specific needs of companies that we plan to support.
Founded in 2012 as an evergreen fund, now at a fund size of US$12 million, this fund is focused in the Philippines and SouthEast Asia with the purpose of supporting the Philippine start-up ecosystem. With an investment size of $100K-500K (Seed to Pre-A) and $500K-1M (Pre-A to Series A), the investment theme for this fund is to digitize the Filipino consumer and enterprise experience.
In 2015, Kickstart’s second fund was established with US$50 million fund from Globe Telecom and focused on Technology, Media, and Telecommunication (TMT) investments in the global market. The investment size was from $1-5M and intended for Series A to Series C startups.
The Ayala Corporation Technology Innovation Venture Fund (ACTIVE Fund) is the largest venture capital fund to come out of the Philippines. The fund is backed by Ayala Corporation, the first business house in the Philippines, along with its subsidiaries AC Energy, AC Industrials, AC Ventures, BPI, and Kickstart parent company Globe Telecom.
The fund is a concrete expression of Ayala Corporation’s commitment to new sectors, emerging trends, and innovative businesses that the group believes in. Its four investment theses, each have a unique purpose in bringing about a future of transformative solutions that affect the world’s changing needs.
