Who We Are

We invest in Pre-Seed to Series B companies globally, but with a focus on South East Asia and India. Investing across all verticals, including but not limited to SaaS, marketplaces, fintech, we have a deep fondness for embedded finance – non-fintech companies and industry leaders that are looking to build fintech arms within their ecosystems.

We are more
than just
investors

We have the autonomy of an independent, global investment mandate, and Credit Saison’s resources and track record in driving financial services adoption among underserved consumer bases.

We are investing for the long term

We invest for the long term in ambitious, agile, commercially-minded founders. We offer debt as well as equity financing to give founders the freedom to grow their company their way.

Our Portfolio

Our Team

Our investment team has a strong track record in emerging market investing, in both traditional finance and fintech disruptors, from e-commerce to microfinance.

Kosuke Mori
Managing Partner

Chris Sirisereepaph
Partner

Chia Jeng Yang
Principal

Long Do
Associate

Reinaldo Gani
Associate

Mainak Ghosh
Investor

Jen Tan
Finance

Jitendra Gupta
Advisor

Xinshu Dong
Advisor

Latest News

Indonesia’s Payment System Roadmap 2025

I spoke briefly about my excitement to improve payment interoperability in Indonesia. As part of Saison Capital’s continuous…

Opening the 2021 Cohort of Saison Capital VC Scout Program — April 2021

January 15, 2021

There is no reason Venture Capital industry dynamics and early-stage investment frameworks should be opaque, and we…

A Year in Recap — Saison Capital

January 1, 2021

2020 in Review for Saison Capital, covering hires, investments, dealflow pipeline, investment thesis, VC Scout Program, VC…

Indonesia's Bukukas raises US 9M Pre-Series A from Surge, Saison Capital, Others

August 18, 2020

BukuKas, a digital ledger app for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Indonesia, has secured US$9…

Saison Capital invests in Deepak Dhar’s Repute Seed round

August 18, 2020

NestAway’s co-founder now joins the list by scoring funding for his new firm Repute. The blockchain-based data…

Chris Sirisereepaph talks to Your Story about fundraising in the COVID age

August 17, 2020

Chris Sirisereepaph, Partner at the Singapore-based VC firm Saison Capital explains some of the things founders need…

Saison Capital invests in Ula, an Indonesian B2B wholesale marketplace, alongside Sequoia and Lightspeed

Ula, a wholesale e-commerce marketplace app with operations in Java, Indonesia, announced today it has secured US$10.5…

Saison Capital Portfolio Company, Koinworks, raises a USD $20m Series B

KoinWorks, a online P2P financing platform for small and medium-sized businesses in Indonesia, has raised US$20 million…

Meet the VC: Why Saison Capital believes that most startups will eventually have a fintech integration

October 27, 2019

Prior to the launch of Saison Capital, Credit Saison has invested in several leading names in the…

Credit Saison launches Saison Capital, its first Southeast Asia / India venture fund

October 24, 2019

Credit Saison, a leading Japanese consumer finance company, has announced the launch of Saison Capital, its new…

Thought Articles

Grants & Subsidies List for Singapore Startups

At Saison Capital, we are always looking to add value to our portfolio companies. The Singapore government…

LP Strategies: Ownership, Fund Size, and Emerging GPs

As we at Saison Capital looked back at our LP winners, and improve on LP strategies moving…

We built SEAcosystem.com and discovered the problem of talent ‘freshness’

Talent freshness is the issue of candidate relevance to the job market — i.e. not just that…

For SEA diaspora, advancing to a New SEA Non-Technical Startup Role

You are probably aware that Southeast Asia is one of the world’s fastest-growing tech opportunities in the…

Distribution Supply Chain Financing in India — Saison Capital

Chris, Chia and myself took a dive into Supply Chain Financing this month, exploring the fast growing…

Net IRR calculator

At Saison Capital, we are always looking to build tools to automate our backend tasks to allow…

What you need as a VC: Benchmarking skills across Venture Capital jobs & titles

As Saison Capital is growing our team, recruiting for Associates and interns, there was a single question…

The “What do I need to believe” Sales & Fundraising Trick

Sales and fundraising cycles for commonly understood business models can be fairly straightforward (though still not easy).…

Get in touch

Contact Details

Email: longdo@saisoncapital.com

Address: 9 Raffles Place #06-00 Republic Plaza, Singapore 048619