About Future Now Ventures
Future Now Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2014. It is primarily based out of Makati, Philippines. As of Sep 2021, Future Now Ventures has invested in 32 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in Philippines based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Consumer and FinTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Melodie Overall, Future Now Ventures portfolio has seen 1 IPO and 4 acquisitions including key companies like Flyspaces, AFDigital and Barhead. A lot of funds co-invest with Future Now Ventures, with names like COENT Venture Partners sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Future Now Ventures has team of 7 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
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Future Now Ventures' List of Top Investments
Future Now Ventures has a portfolio of 32 companies. Their most notable investments are in Melodie and CloudSwyft.Their portfolio spans across Philippines, Australia, China and 1 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, FinTech and 14 other sectors, across stages such as Seed stage. Here is the list of top investments by Future Now Ventures:
1. Kalibrr
Online job-matching platform provider. Candidates can make their online profile which contains their contacts and other employment details. Companies can search for candidates either by posting their own JD for free or through the candidate database. It charges the companies for the candidates they select from the database. The mobile application is available on Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
Key facts about Kalibrr
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Makati (Philippines)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $9.61M
- Employee Count: 73 as on Aug 03, 2025
- Investors: FCVC, Kickstart Ventures and 16 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jan 20, 2017, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Provider of cloud-based platform for automating enterprise revenue lifecycle processes. The platform supports subscriptions and usage-based pricing models. It offers features such as billing, payments, financial management, and revenue recognition. The platform provides tools for accounts receivable automation, e-invoicing, and customer portals.
Key facts about Billing Platform
- Founded Year: 2009
- Location: Englewood (United States)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $104M
- Employee Count: 291 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Columbia Capital, FTV Capital and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jan 24, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Booky
Online platform for food ordering and delivery. It enables users to discover multiple types of restaurants from nearby locations. The customers can order food online like dessert, pastries, baked goods, healthy meals, and have them delivered home. The company offers mobile applications for Android and iOS platforms.
Key facts about Booky
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Mandaluyong (Philippines)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $250K
- Investors: Everywhere, Future Now Ventures and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Feb 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Simple
Simple provides a web-based marketing resource and performance management platform for marketers. It enables clients to view and manage marketing budgets, plans, teams, agencies, conversations and results in one place. Clients can automate marketing team workflows, track activities through Simple's Calendar and choose from multiple templates for the project planning. Also provides a dashboard to measure ROI, and analyze campaign and team performance via a dashboard. Clientele includes Commonwealth Bank, Hesta, Crowe Horwath, T Wholesale and others.
Key facts about Simple
- Founded Year: 2008
- Location: Sydney (Australia)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $27M
- Employee Count: 42 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: SparkLabs Global Ventures, Perle Ventures and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Aug 29, 2018, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Flyspaces
Based in Philippines, Flyspaces is a "Airbnb for office and retail spaces.” The company is building a network of offices, meeting rooms, and commercial spaces that businesses and entrepreneurs can lease for short periods or whenever they need them. As of October 2015, it is operational in Manila and Cebu. The company is setting up an office in Singapore.
Key facts about Flyspaces
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Manila (Philippines)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $2.6M
- Employee Count: 8 as on May 12, 2025
- Investors: Narra Venture Capital, COENT Venture Partners and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Aug 11, 2017, $*****
- Highlight: Public
Future Now Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Future Now Ventures has invested in 32 companies over the last 12 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Melodie and most recent follow-on round was in JESI.Future Now Ventures' Investments by Stage
Future Now Ventures has made 14 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $620K.Future Now Ventures' Investments by Sector
Future Now Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Consumer, Enterprise Applications, Vertical SaaS, EdTech and FinTech. Notably, it has invested in 23 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 21 Tech companies, 13 Software companies and at least 11 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Consumer | 7 |
Enterprise Applications | 5 |
Vertical SaaS | 3 |
EdTech | 2 |
FinTech | 2 |
Others | 12 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Future Now Ventures' Investments by Geography
Future Now Ventures has made most investments in Philippines (10), followed by Australia where it has made 3 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Philippines | 10 |
Australia | 3 |
China | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Future Now Ventures' recent investments
Future Now Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Future Now Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Sep 15, 2021 | Australia | Seed | 8187 | [+1] | |
Nov 10, 2020 | Australia | Series A | 2274 | - | |
Jul 04, 2016 | Philippines | Seed | 8541 | - | |
Jun 27, 2016 | Philippines | Seed | 1937 | - | |
Jun 21, 2016 | Australia | Seed | 5886 |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Future Now Ventures' Portfolio
1 of Future Now Ventures' portfolio company became public - Flyspaces.Here are Future Now Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
- | Jan 11, 2016 | Seed | 4168 |
Acquired companies in Future Now Ventures' Portfolio
4 companies from Future Now Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Barhead in Jan 2025 by Akkodis for $*****.Here are Future Now Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 30, 2025 | May 05, 2016 | Seed | 7248 | |
Nov 24, 2022 | - | - | 8876 | |
Jan 28, 2020 | - | - | 6707 | |
Dec 21, 2019 | 2014 | Seed | 3771 |
Team profile of Future Now Ventures
Future Now Ventures has a team of 7 members including 2 Partners and 3 Principals located in Australia and Philippines. Future Now Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Future Now Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Australia | - | ||
Partner | Sydney | - | - | |
Principal | Sydney | - | ||
Principal | Sydney | - | ||
Principal | Philippines | - |
Co-investors of Future Now Ventures
Over the past 12 years, 16 investors have co-invested in Future Now Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Future Now Ventures: Kickstart Ventures, Seedstars World and 2 others have invested in rounds before Future Now Ventures. There are 2 companies where Kickstart Ventures has invested before Future Now Ventures and 1 company where Seedstars World has invested before Future Now Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Future Now Ventures: 8 investors entered a company along with Future Now Ventures. These include investors like COENT Venture Partners (1 company).
- Invested after Future Now Ventures: A total of 4 investors have invested in Future Now Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include 10 Square Capital (1 company), Manila Angel Investors Network (1 company) and Raymond Rufino (1 company).
Recent News related to Future Now Ventures
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Future Now opens up $100M chest to Microsoft ISVsARN•Sep 20, 2019•Future Now Ventures, Barhead, Advvy, CloudSwyft and 2 others
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14 promising startups to watch in 2017Deal Street Asia•Jan 09, 2017•Booky Manila, Future Now Ventures
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Philippines: Future Now Ventures backs payroll, HR software firm Salarium - DealStreetAsiaDeal Street Asia•Jul 04, 2016•Billing Platform, Future Now Ventures, Salarium
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Future Now Ventures backs five more tech startupsDeal Street Asia•May 05, 2016•Barhead, Future Now Ventures, Advvy, AllFamous Digital
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Ritmo closes second seed round led by Future Now VenturesDeal Street Asia•Apr 21, 2016•Joomajam, Future Now Ventures
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Philippine tech startup CloudSwyft raises $200k from Future Now Ventures - DealStreetAsiaDeal Street Asia•Apr 15, 2016•CloudSwyft, Future Now Ventures
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PH startup FlySpaces raises $500k from Coent Venture, others, launches in SingaporeDeal Street Asia•Jan 12, 2016•Flyspaces, Future Now Ventures, COENT Venture Partners, Narra Venture Capital and 1 other
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