Investors / SMBC Asia Rising Fund
SMBC Asia Rising Fund
Corporate VC
SMBC Asia Rising Fund is the corporate venture capital fund of SMBC Group. It makes investments in companies across Asia, including enterprise software and wealth management platforms.
Invests inFintech
In its own wordsenterprise aiworkflow automationwealth managementfintechasia
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Or find every investor that fitsSMBC Asia Rising Fund lists 15 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 8 funding rounds, 4 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series B, 38% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Fintech (44%), AI & Machine Learning (15%) and E-commerce & Marketplaces (11%). 53% of its companies are based in India. It invests most often alongside Incubate Fund, Singtel Innov8 and Alteria Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name SMBC Asia Rising Fund, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundSMBC Asia Rising Fund does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 0% |
| Series A | 25% |
| Series B | 38% |
| Growth | 38% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 1 | 1 |
| '25 | 2 | 1 |
| '26 | 5 | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 39th | 15 companies |
| Recent activity | 91th | 7 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 100th | 53% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 79th | 44% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 78th | 5 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 44% | 12% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 15% | 18% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 11% | 5% |
| Enterprise Software | 11% | 8% |
| Education | 4% | 7% |
| Human Resources | 4% | 1% |
| Consumer | 4% | 3% |
| Legal & Compliance | 4% | 2% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Incubate Fund | 13 |
| Singtel Innov8 | 3 |
| Alteria Capital | 2 |
| Blume Ventures | 2 |
| Insignia Ventures Partners | 2 |
| Stride Ventures | 2 |
| 01VC | 1 |
| 1982 Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers15100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare SMBC Asia Rising Fund head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with SMBC Asia Rising Fund| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Aug 2026 | Series A | |
| 13 Aug 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 15 Jul 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 13 Feb 2026 | Series B | |
| 21 Jan 2026 | Series B Led | |
| 28 Dec 2025 | Series C+ | |
| 4 Dec 2025 | Series B Led | |
| 5 Nov 2024 | Series C+ Led |
Round details for SMBC Asia Rising Fund
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in SMBC Asia Rising Fund's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
15 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company provides solar financing and procurement services to businesses and residential customers in India. | FintechEducation | Jan 2026Series B | Page + round | |
| Centricity provides wealth management and investment services to individuals and families | FintechFintech | Aug 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| DPDzero provides an AI-led full stack collections platform for banks and non-banking financial companies | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Drip Capital provides financing to businesses for working capital needs, such as paying vendors or unlocking cash from unpaid invoices. | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Easy Home Finance provides home loans and other financial services to homeowners | FintechHuman Resources | Dec 2025Series C+ | Page + round | |
| Etaily provides e-commerce enabling and retail services to brands | E-commerce & MarketplacesConsumer | Dec 2025Series B | Page + round | |
| FileAI turns fragmented, unstructured data into a single trusted record AI workflows can run on. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Aug 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Flipspaces designs and delivers intelligent spaces that help businesses perform and scale | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| M2P Fintech provides banking, lending, and payment solutions to financial institutions | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides AI audit solutions for real-time spatial intelligence | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Jul 2026Series C+ | Page + round | |
| Modifi provides a platform for business payments and trade finance for global commerce | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Nov 2024Series C+ | Page + round | |
| Olyv provides personal loans and financial management services | Fintech | Feb 2026Series B | Page + round | |
| The company provides digital invoicing and payment solutions for businesses. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Vayana accelerates the growth of supply chains by unlocking affordable and easily accessible trade credit for every member of the supply chain. | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Wiz.ai provides voice AI agents for customer service, outreach, quality management, and multilingual operations | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 13 Nov 2026- Site
- smbc-asiarising.vc
- Last read
- 13 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 5 Nov 2024
- Companies checked
- 15
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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