About Ficus
Ficus is a venture capital firm founded in 2018. It is primarily based out of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. As of Feb 2025, Ficus has invested in 22 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in Malaysia based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Consumer to Enterprise Applications and High Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Morpheus Labs Overall, Ficus portfolio has seen 1 IPO and 4 acquisitions, namely Holista CollTech, Medtech Global and Hermo. shariahcomplaint.co.uk co-invest with Ficus, sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Ficus has team of 5 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
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Ficus' List of Top Investments
Ficus has a portfolio of 22 companies. Their most notable investments are in Zepto Express and KLEAN.Their portfolio spans across Malaysia, Singapore, China and 6 more locations. They have invested in Consumer, Enterprise Applications, High Tech and 20 other sectors, across stages such as Seed stage. Here is the list of top investments by Ficus:Producer of medical-grade collagen, health supplements, and food ingredients. The company has a patented method to extract collagen from sheep. It is developing methods for nano and liposome encapsulating Ovine collagen. The company is also producing natural health supplements and food ingredients.
Key facts about Holista CollTech
- Founded Year: 2000
- Location: Sydney (Australia)
- Stage: Public
- Employee Count: 41 as on Aug 10, 2023
- Investors: Eight Mercatus, FirstFloor Capital and 1 Other
- Highlight: Public
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2. WeInvest
Asset management firm that offers Systematic Quant products and diverse solutions integrted with the best wealth management platform. Its systematic quant investment products are devoid of human emotions and biases, to provide better returns and a seamless investing experience with the best digital wealth mangement tools and solutions. It has generated high returns and outperformed over market and competitors. It provides range of investment products to fulfill your financial goals- multi-asset, thematic, region, and style-based, to long and short-term investment plans.
Key facts about WeInvest
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Singapore (Singapore)
- Annual Revenue: 1.56M SGD as on Dec 31, 2024
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $12.3M
- Employee Count: 56 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Schroders, Lighthouse Canton and 14 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, May 24, 2018, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Assemblr
Assemblr is a platform for creating augmented reality experiences. Users can discover, create, and share AR-based environments, 3D contents, and 3D models. Provides Assemblr Studio that allows users to import 3D content (supported format .FBX 3D file) form 3D modeling software for users to visualize the same in AR, using the companion application. Also allows scaling and rotating the objects or adjust materials and animation to make it ready for AR conversion. The developed content can be published across on-the-go devices.
Key facts about Assemblr
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Bandung (Indonesia)
- Stage: Funding Raised
- Employee Count: 31 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Techstars, Plug and Play APAC and 2 Others
Medtech Global offers Practice Management Systems that help health professionals to manage their patients. Products include Primary Health Solutions (Evolution General Practice, Evolution Specialist, Evolution Allied Health, Medtech32); Secondary Health Solutions (Evolution HIS, MD Analyze, Shared EHR); Personal & Telehealth (ManageMyHealth, VitelMed); Data Intelligence Solutions (Clinical Business Intelligence, LinkTech); and Data Mobility Solutions (VitelMed, Medtech Digitize). Has merged with Australian Healthcare Technology Limited. The company claims to be the largest provider of technology solutions in New Zealand primary health care, and the second largest in Australia. It has offices in New Zealand, Australia, USA, and India.
Key facts about Medtech Global
- Founded Year: 1980
- Location: Auckland (New Zealand)
- Stage: Acquired
- Employee Count: 165 as on Dec 26, 2025
- Investors: firstnewsaustralia.online, Eight Mercatus and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Dec 2015, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Blockchain app development platform which is offered as a service to developers. It also provides users with a platform that offers an application development platform on top of third-party blockchains. Its other products developed include intellectual property rights, storage and file sharing, and supply chain management.
Key facts about Morpheus Labs
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Singapore (Singapore)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $430K
- Employee Count: 27 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Rhapsody Ventures, Bansea and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Feb 25, 2025, $*****
Ficus' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Ficus has invested in 22 companies over the last 5 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 1 investment. Its most recent first time investment was in Morpheus Labs.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Ficus' Investments by Stage
Ficus has made 4 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $444K.Ficus' Investments by Sector
Ficus has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Transportation and Logistics Tech, Auto Tech, Blockchain Technology, Consumer and Energy Tech. Notably, it has invested in 19 Tech companies, 12 Consumer (B2C) companies, 12 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 8 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Transportation and Logistics Tech | 2 |
Auto Tech | 1 |
Blockchain Technology | 1 |
Consumer | 1 |
Energy Tech | 1 |
Others | 5 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Ficus' Investments by Geography
Ficus has made most investments in Malaysia (2), followed by Singapore where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Malaysia | 2 |
Singapore | 1 |
United Kingdom | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Ficus' recent investments
Ficus has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Ficus:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 25, 2025 | Singapore | Seed | 1491 | - | |
Jul 18, 2024 | Malaysia | Seed | 1038 | - | |
Dec 08, 2021 | Malaysia | Seed | 2090 | ||
Jun 03, 2021 | United Kingdom | Seed | 4382 | - |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Ficus' Portfolio
1 of Ficus' portfolio company became public - Holista CollTech. It got listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), in Feb 2004.Here are Ficus' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 26, 2004 | - | - | 6020 |
Acquired companies in Ficus' Portfolio
4 companies from Ficus' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Medtech Global in Feb 2025 by Banyan Software for $*****.Here are Ficus' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 20, 2025 | - | - | 5044 | |
Aug 18, 2021 | - | - | 5988 | |
May 29, 2017 | - | - | 1248 | |
May 27, 2016 | - | - | 9845 |
Team profile of Ficus
Ficus has a team of 5 members including 2 Partners and 1 Venture Partner located in Singapore and Malaysia. Ficus' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Ficus:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Singapore | - | ||
Partner | Kuala Lumpur | - | - | |
Venture Partner | Singapore | - | - |
Co-investors of Ficus
Over the past 5 years, one investor has co-invested in Ficus's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Top Co-investors of Ficus: shariahcomplaint.co.uk entered a company along with Ficus.
