Bioeconomy Corporation is focused on developing Malaysia’s biotechnology industry. It provides high-quality developmental, advocacy, and support services to realise the goals of the National Biotechnology Policy.
Cradle Fund Sdn. Bhd. (Cradle) is Malaysia's early stage start-up influencer, incorporated under the Ministry of Finance Malaysia (MOF) in 2003 with a mandate to fund potential and high-calibre tech start-ups through its Cradle Investment Programme (CIP).
CIP SPARK
Startup Funding Stage:
Pre Seed
CIP SPRINT
Startup Funding Stage:
Seed & Pre Seed
Ekuiti Nasional Berhad, or Ekuinas, is a private equity fund management company established by the Government of Malaysia on 1 September 2009 to promote equitable and sustainable Bumiputera wealth creation and economic participation based on the principles of market-friendliness, merit and transparency via the creation of Malaysia’s next generation of leading companies.
The National Youth and Sports Department (JBSN) is a department under the Ministry of Youth and Sports (KBS) established in 2000 dedicated to implementing youth and sports development programs and activities. Led by a Director General, JBSN plays a key role in empowering the development of viable youth and Malaysians in sports.
Social Entrepreneurship For Rural Youth
Startup Funding Stage:
N/A
Khazanah Nasional Berhad is Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund. Incorporated as a public limited company by Shares on 3 September 1993 and commenced operations in 1994, we are owned by the Minister of Finance (Incorporated), with the exception of one share held by the Federal Lands Commissioner (Incorporated).
Future Malaysia Programme
Startup Funding Stage:
Pre-seed to Series C
Established in 2001, KMP is a venture capital firm wholly owned by the Minister of Finance (Incorporated) in Malaysia and under the purview of the Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation (MOSTI). KMP was established with a mandate to focus on technology development, aimed at spurring the growth of technology-based businesses.
Dana Modal Terbuka KMP Bagi Sektor E&E dan Tenaga Boleh Diperbaharui
Startup Funding Stage:
Pre-Series A and above
The Employees Provident Fund (EPF), established in 1951, is one of the oldest and largest retirement funds in the world. Its purpose has been to be a social security organisation primarily providing retirement benefits for private sector and non-pensionable employees in Malaysia.
Endau Kapital
Startup Funding Stage:
Series C and above
Gobi Malaysia Growth Fund
Startup Funding Stage:
Series C and above
Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) is the agency under the Ministry of Communications and Digital, leading the digital transformation of the economy since 1996.
Digital Content Grant (DCG)
Startup Funding Stage:
Seed to Growth
Malaysia Digital Export Grant (MDXG)
Startup Funding Stage:
Seed to Growth
Malaysia Digital Catalyst Grant (MDCG)
Startup Funding Stage:
Seed to Growth
Malaysia Digital Acceleration Grant
Startup Funding Stage:
Seed to Growth
Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) or the Council of Trust for the People is an agency under the purview of Ministry of Regional and Rural Development established on 1 March 1966, as a corporate statuary body by an Act of Parliament as a result of the first Bumiputera Economic Congress in 1965. MARA holds the responsibility to develop, encourage, facilitate, and implement the socioeconomic development and the society with focus on the rural area.
MAVCAP, Malaysia's top VC, under the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation. It provides funding and supports local technology-based companies, focusing on pre-growth investments.
Equity funding via FoF
Startup Funding Stage:
Early to Growth (Series C)
Malaysia Debt Ventures Berhad (MDV) was established by the Government of Malaysia in 2002 with the objective of providing flexible and innovative financing facilities to develop the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector that had been identified and prioritised by the Government as the catalyst for the nation’s growth.
MDV Liquidity Financing for Tech Start-ups
Startup Funding Stage:
Series A and above
MDV Technology Acceleration & Commercialisation Scheme 2.0 (MDV-TACT 2.0)
Startup Funding Stage:
Series A and above
MDV Technology Venture Financing Microfund Guarantee Scheme (MDV-TECHVFMG)
Startup Funding Stage:
Series A and above
Incorporated as a statutory body under the Malaysian Industrial Development Authority (MIDA) Act, the establishment of MIDA in 1967 was hailed by the World Bank as “the necessary impetus for purposeful, positive, and coordinated promotional action” for Malaysia’s industrial development. Today, MIDA is Malaysia’s cutting-edge, dynamic and pioneering force in opening pathways to new frontiers around the globe.
Seminar Pelaburan Tempatan
Startup Funding Stage:
N/A
Domestics Investment Coordination Platform (DICP)
Startup Funding Stage:
N/A
MIDF Group is a financial services provider in three core business areas: investment banking, development finance and asset management.
Soft Financing Scheme for Digital and Technology
Startup Funding Stage:
N/A
Soft Financing Scheme for Small & Medium Enterprise
Startup Funding Stage:
N/A
Services Biz Financing
Startup Funding Stage:
N/A
Services Biz Financing
Startup Funding Stage:
N/A
MTDC has evolved to become a leading strategic investment company in Malaysia for start-up companies up till companies ready for listing. To date, MTDC have funded and invested in more than 850 Malaysian companies of which some has been successfully listed on local and international bourses achieving more than RM 1 billion market capitalisation.
Halal Technology Development Corporation
Startup Funding Stage:
Series A and B (for SME)
National Technology and Innovation Sandbox Fund
Startup Funding Stage:
Seed and Series A (for SME, Spin Offs and Startups)
Dana MySTI
Startup Funding Stage:
Seed and Series A (for SME, Spin Offs and Startups)
MYCREATIVE VENTURES Sdn. Bhd. is a Government investment arm launched in September 2012 to spur Malaysia's creative industry via strategic and innovative funding through debt or equity investments in Malaysian creative companies. RM200 million was allocated from the 2012 Malaysian Budget to help boost the creative industry's significance to the Malaysian economy.
NanoMalaysia Berhad was incorporated in 2011 as a company limited by guarantee (CLBG) under the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) to act as a business entity entrusted with nanotechnology commercialisation activities.
NanoMalaysia Energy Storage Technology Initiative (NESTI)
Startup Funding Stage:
Pre Seed
Program Pengkomersilan Nanoteknologi REVOLUTIoNT (4IR)
Startup Funding Stage:
Pre Seed
Hidrogen EcoNanoMY
Startup Funding Stage:
Pre Seed
Penjana Kapital Sdn Bhd ("Penjana Kapital") was incorporated on 1 July 2020 as part of the Government of Malaysia’s initiative to accelerate the development of a future innovation economy.
Dana Penjana Nasional
Startup Funding Stage:
Pre-seed to growth
Permodalan Negeri Selangor Berhad, also known as PNSB, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Selangor state government, under the supervision of the Selangor Chief Minister (Incorporation) or MBI. As a government-owned organization in Selangor, PNSB focuses on property development as its core business. This involves constructing sustainable and affordable residential and commercial properties, as well as housing and urban development projects concentrated in the state of Selangor and the Klang Valley region.
We are the corporate venture capital arm of PETRONAS, Malaysia’s global energy and solutions company. We invest in visionary entrepreneurs with breakthrough technologies and innovative business models in support of PETRONAS’ business growth and sustainability agenda.
PERBADANAN USAHAWAN NASIONAL BERHAD (PUNB) is established to enhance the participation and involvement of Bumiputera in entrepreneurship and to develop dynamic, resilient, progressive Bumiputera Commercial and Industrial Community (BCIC).
Pembiayaan Jom Jadi Perantis (JUMPER)
Startup Funding Stage:
N/A
The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) was established on 1 March 1993 under the Securities Commission Act 1993 (SCA). We are a self-funded statutory body entrusted with the responsibility to regulate and develop the Malaysian capital market.
Malaysia Co-Investment Fund (MyCIF)
Startup Funding Stage:
All Stages
SEEd.Lab is the first initiative of its kind in Malaysia that takes its participants (our SEEd.lings) through an end-to-end journey of a start-up's growth. For the next 12 to 18 months, the SEEd.lings will go through the Ideation, Incubation and Commercialisation stages in building their social enterprise. Once established, the SEEd.Lab programme will continue to support to ensure the solution is sustainable and scalable, with support from PETRONAS and TCS.
Ideation
Startup Funding Stage:
Pre Seed
Incubation
Startup Funding Stage:
N/A
Commercialisation
Startup Funding Stage:
N/A
Sustain and Scale
Startup Funding Stage:
N/A
Selangor Information Technology & Digital Economy Corporation (Sidec) is under the purview of the Standing Committee of Trade and Investment of Selangor. It is a subsidiary company of Invest Selangor Berhad.
Selangor Accelerator Programme
Startup Funding Stage:
N/A
SME Corporation Malaysia (SME Corp. Malaysia) is the central coordinating agency (CCA) under the Ministry of Entrepreneur & Cooperatives Development (MECD) that coordinates the implementation of development programmes for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across all related Ministries and agencies.
SME Investment Partner
Startup Funding Stage:
N/A
Bumiputera Agenda Steering Unit (TERAJU) was established in 2011 under the Prime Minister's Department as a strategic organisation whose role is to lead, coordinate and drive the Bumiputera Agenda aimed at increasing the empowerment of Bumiputera in the national economy.
VentureTECH is principally an investment company established by the Government of Malaysia in 2009 with the national mandate to encourage the participation of local Malaysian companies in high value-added and high technology industries
VentureTECH Program (Equity Investment)
Startup Funding Stage:
Series A to Growth
Yayasan Hasanah (Hasanah) was born as an independent grant-making foundation on 1 July 2015, with the aim of creating greater impact that complements Khazanah’s efforts towards advancing Malaysia. Hasanah contributes to 15 of the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – supporting impact-driven solutions in Malaysia through our grants and collaborations.
Hasanah Social Enterprise Fund 2023 (HSEF2023)
Startup Funding Stage:
N/A
Hasanah Grant 2023
Startup Funding Stage:
N/A
Yayasan Inovsi Malaysia (YIM) is a grassroots innovation development agency established under the Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation (MOSTI) on 20 October 2008
MyIS Akar Umbi (MaGrIs)
Startup Funding Stage:
N/A
MyIS Komuniti
Startup Funding Stage:
N/A
MyIS Perintis
Startup Funding Stage:
N/A
i-SEE
Startup Funding Stage:
N/A