Governments and enterprises work with Quest Ventures to drive innovation and disruption in emerging areas of strategic importance. Speed matters – disruption not owned is opportunity given to someone else.
Ecosystem support in Vietnam
The Vietnam Global Innovation is Quest Ventures’ exclusive program with the Global Innovation Alliance to accelerate the entry of innovative startups into Vietnam.
The Global Innovation Alliance is managed by Enterprise Singapore, an agency of the Ministry of Trade & Industry in Singapore. It aims to strengthen linkages and partnerships with leading innovation hubs around the world, increasing access and opportunities for Singapore students and enterprises.
The program was super helpful in helping myFirst accelerate our business in Vietnam. The introductions and company visits were synergistic and we made many new partnerships. Thank you Quest Ventures for running this excellent program!
Participating in the program has been a fantastic experience for us. The access to leading Vietnamese corporates, tailored mentorship, and business matching sessions provided invaluable insights. The program’s hands-on approach and strong local network helped us refine our go-to-market strategy and opened doors we would not have reached on our own.
Community learning and growing
The Startup Singapore Quest is Quest Ventures’ exclusive program under the Startup SG umbrella of programs to support startups in Singapore. It is focused on digital commerce and the broader digital economy.
Supported by Enterprise Singapore, a statutory agency under the Ministry of Trade & Industry of Singapore, Quest Ventures is proud to be a part of the first wave of accredited partners.
Quest gave us the confidence and credibility to execute our vision of being the largest Islamic Crowdfunding platform in the world.
James served as our advisor for fundraising and business matters which are valuable insights for a first time founder like myself. Always quick to offer his support and genuinely cares for all founders which is true to Quest’s mission.
Asia is the world's fastest growing region
Asia is the world’s fastest growing region and Singapore is at the center of it. Startups across the globe expand into Asia by first dropping anchor in Singapore, and then catapulting into the region.
From Silicon Valley to Europe, national agencies for innovation and entrepreneurship work with Quest Ventures to help their startups grow.
We recommend the Singapore Global Innovation Program.
The program provided many new perspectives on Southeast Asia’s creative and content market. The Quest Ventures network shared a lot of advice on the fundraising and investment process.
At the forefront
The Web3 Accelerator – JD Labs – is a one-stop Web3 platform that provides comprehensive support for Web3 projects. Given the right resources such as expert guidance, industry resources, and strategic partners, startups will stand out in a highly competitive market.
Quest Ventures, in partnership with Deluv Labs in the 2020s, drove Web3 projects to the next level.
Supporting the top social impact startups in Asia
Asia’s first VC-backed accelerator for socially impact enterprises is right for high growth social enterprises with proven revenues and planning to raise an institutional round within the next 12 months.
Quest Ventures, in partnership with raiSE in the early 2020s, backed high potential Singapore-based social impact startups in their regional ambitions.
The Sustainable Impact Accelerator team understands the challenges startups face and has been very helpful.
The Sustainable Impact Accelerator sharpened SoundEye’s vision. It considerably impacted our measurement of business and its contribution back to society.
Accelerating the top startups in Central Asia
The Kazakhstan Digital Accelerator taps into the emerging opportunities in Central Asia and brings best-in-class support from across the globe to accelerate the next generation of entrepreneurs.
Quest Ventures, in partnership with QazTech Ventures in the early 2020s, brought the best of Southeast Asia and Central Asia under one roof.
KDA helped us scale. It pushed us to think outside the box and focus on important growth levers.
The Kazakhstan Digital Accelerator charged us forward. We know exactly what to do and how to get to where we want to be.
Malaysia's Silicon Valley
The Malaysia Digital Accelerator is right for high growth companies with proven revenues and the potential for 100% year-on-year growth over the next 1-5 years.
Quest Ventures, in partnership with ScaleUp Malaysia in the early 2020s, backed high potential Malaysian startups in their regional ambitions.
In less than two hours, Quest Ventures’ insights helped us understand Southeast Asia way better than all the talks combined that we have attended.
Quest Ventures and ScaleUp Malaysia prepared our company for scaling up when the time is right and the playbook to execute it.
Delegation visit to a iJAM Accelerator startup
The iJAM Accelerator is focused on digital technology. From 2013 to 2016, Quest Ventures managed the iJAM funding scheme for the Infocomm Media Development Authority (and at various points, the previous Media Development Authority, and the National Research Foundation). The Accelerator ran three batches over three years.
The folks at Quest are always approachable and ready to offer innovative and fresh perspectives to tackle problems. Frequent sharing sessions by seasoned entrepreneurs who have ‘been there, done that’ have helped us gain new insights on growing and managing our business. Oddle.me has definitely seen farther by standing on the shoulders of Quest.
Quest could see the potential in Vibease when most people thought it was just a toy. Since then, they have been very supportive and provided us with real feedback. Their insights and connections in the China and Singapore startup ecosystems definitely help us a lot.
CHINA Global Mobile Challenge at Mobile World Congress in Shanghai
Held across the world via EURASIA Mobile Challenge, LATAM Mobile Challenge, AFRICA Mobile Challenge, MENA Mobile Challenge, and EU Mobile Challenge, the ASIA-PACIFIC Mobile Challenge brings Asia Pacific economies together in a global event that covers 55 countries, created 1,500 startups and brought more than 5,400 participants together.
Quest Ventures is the ASIA-PACIFIC Mobile Challenge coordinator for Southeast Asia and China.