OM Venture Capital

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Calling all startups! The EMW Pitch Competition Deadline is TOMORROW! Apply now for a chance to pitch in front of top investors at the EMW Conference on April 16th in Honolulu, Hawaii! EMW is more than just a conference—it’s a place to build meaningful, lasting relationships. Don’t miss this Startup World Cup pitch competition and a chance to win $1,000,000! Apply now – Deadline: February 28 Secure your spot today! https://lnkd.in/gB78FqD7

Today, I'm excited to announce the official launch of Clever AI! ?? This launch marks another major milestone, positioning our business as not just a payment platform, we're so much more. It's the World's Leading AI-powered payment solution that seamlessly combines Loyalty, Real-Time Payments, and Intelligent Insights into one comprehensive platform. One thing is absolutely clear—we're unmatched when it comes to rapidly building products and scaling them globally. From our humble beginnings in Australia, we've grown into a global company—generating millions in revenue and achieving profitability. And huge shoutout and big admiration to my co-founder, Vy (Gavin) Nguyen - who has quietly been working towards completing his PhD in Machine Learning and AI to help bring the best Australian technology to the world (and camera shy?). We have the expertise in-house, we're taking this seriously, and we're only getting started! ?? ? Read our 'Clever AI Technical Evaluation Report': https://lnkd.in/gb4D3Xua ? Understand what Clever AI can do for you: from Actionable Insights to What-If Analysis. With global merchants now live across different markets like Australia, Japan, Singapore and other SEA countries such as 2C2P, OpenCommerce, Una Brands, UBX and many more to be mentioned - thank you for your partnerships. We can create so many valuable outcomes together. More to come! Awesome work from edgar bennett, Tahlia Anaman, Chris Haylock, Henry, Bach Do and the entire design & product marketing team! Come check our new home page at https://helloclever.co/ or https://helloclever.ai/ ?? Hello Clever

Vectr Fintech Partners, previously part of Vectr Ventures in Hong Kong, has officially rebranded as OM Venture Capital, or OMVC, to reflect its expanding investment horizon. OMVC will deploy capital across seed to Series A startups in fintech, deep tech, and climate tech across North America, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East. Eudora Wang's report:

WE ARE NOW OMVC! ? Yes, with excitement and fearlessness, we are rebranding as OM Venture Capital! Since launching our first fund, we've witnessed significant changes in the venture capital and innovation ecosystems, most notably the rapid pace and magnitude of technological convergence. It is against these new dynamics that we are extending our investment thesis beyond #fintech to include #deeptech, #climatetech and where they intersect. We will also deploy more capital into new opportunities across the Middle East in addition to North America and Asia-Pacific, where we've had great success scaling Seed to Series A companies. As tech investors through and through, we believe in using tech to invest in tech. Under OMVC, every single investment will be informed by our proprietary #AI deal-sourcing and due diligence technology. All the while, we persist in our mission to offer visionary #founders dependable advisory and an open, expansive network, ensuring they have the tools to achieve lasting success. This is what we call “science meets art”, or the combination of “human-centric and tech-forward approaches.” By calling ourselves “OM,” which echoes the primordial sound of the universe, we would like to highlight our role and purpose as chaperones of young companies that have the potential to create new universes as category leaders. We also live and breathe in transformative technologies that pave the way for an uncharted future bounded only by what humans can create. If you are a founder looking for an investor who shares your vision, please visit: https://lnkd.in/geUcNYZW To learn more about us, check out our website: https://www.omvc.co/ ? #venturecapital #entrepreneurs #technology #innovation

???? Seoul ranks 9th among global startup ecosystems according to Startup Genome. Yet most foreign investors continue to shy away from the market. This is especially surprising considering the current situation in SEA. Startup funding in the region has been sluggish in recent years, with DealStreetAsia reporting that 2024 closed with the slowest quarterly deal volume in over six years. A perfect storm made investors more cautious globally. Rising inflation led to higher interest rates, which stayed up longer than expected. LPs grew anxious about DPI, especially in SEA, where exits have always been limited. This drove valuations down, forcing VCs to focus on their existing portfolios instead of making new investments.?All of this led to a continuous cycle, with each issue feeding into the next and worsening the whole situation. As a result, many investors also adapted their investment theses, in most cases driven by the need to deliver DPI to their LPs. Some growth funds started doing earlier-stage deals, others have done low-cap PE-style investments, and some explored new geographies. From the latter:? ???? India has probably been the de-facto option given its booming ecosystem:?Just in 2024 the country saw 6 new unicorns and 113 acquisitions.? ???? Other markets such as Australia have also received increased interest from foreign investors? ???? Korea still remains as an overlooked market. But why? Well, it's a complex market and investors have valid reasons to be cautious. At the same time, it's also a less competitive investor market with a long list of unicorns and successful exits. For the ones interested, I wrote a more in-depth newsletter post on both the opportunities and challenges from the market. You can find the link below in the comments. ????

Excited to see Hello Clever's dynamic growth across Asia-Pacific, bringing highly effective #payment and loyalty solutions to merchants in markets such as Japan, the Philippines and Singapore! #fintech #innovation

Y Combinator predicts that the market for vertical #AIagents will be ten times bigger than #SaaS. We believe it has the potential to be even greater. In the latest edition of our newsletter, we unpack how agentic #AI will soon be working alongside us as colleagues and assistants. Plus, we have added a fresh section featuring industry news, summarized through key numbers. As usual, you’ll find updates from our portfolio companies, job opportunities among our network and a selection of curated contents that offer both insights and inspiration. ?? Subscribe and learn now: https://eepurl.com/hoep6v #venturecapital #startup #technology

Thank you ThriveHI and Blue Startups for having our managing partner Mark Munoz, along with Andrew Ogawa and Summer Kim, as one of the judges for the #Pitch2Tokyo competition. Supporting Hawaii’s innovation community and local startups with international ambitions brings us great joy. Congrats to Protosure on winning the ticket to showcase your vision at Venture Café Global Institute 's #GlobalGatheringTokyo2025. ??

?? Don't miss this conversation if you're a founder trying to pitch to VCs! Thank you, Jiri Kobelka, for featuring our managing partner Jason Best on providing a series of invaluable recommendations to founders!