Kosuke Iwata

Fintech Business Development at Mitsubishi Corporation

📍 Singapore🔄 Updated September 2026💼 9 investments📅 12 years investing🗓 Last invested Apr 2024
VC🌍 Singapore
9
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1
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1
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3
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12y
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Portfolio

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Investor / Board Member
Apr 2024
Founded in 2014 by Minh Bui, Beta Group owns Beta Cinemas, A.Plus Home and Beta Education. Beta Cinemas is a cinema chain with 16 cineplexes across the country. We deliver a youthful and dynamic experience, with good quality in affordable ticket prices, targeting a blue-ocean market: students and youngsters, cost-conscious consumers. In 2020, Betas valued $43 million after a series C funding. A.Plus is a service apartment with affordable price. We propose a modern lifestyle with many opportunities to explore and improve for those who want to reach their higher standard in life. The first A.Plus apartment located in Thanh Xuan district, Ha Noi Beta Education is the mini MBA course using Harvard Business Schools curriculum. In Vietnam, the course is presented by Beta collaborated with Fulbright University. With 6 months duration, 6 curriculums, the Mini MBA will help M-level to improve their both soft and hard skills to move up to next destination of their career
Investor
Apr 2022
Founded in 2018, Qoala is an omnichannel insuretech company, with a purpose to democratize, empower and redefine insurance for customers. Qoala believes in order to redefine insurance, it takes all stakeholders to be involved. Hence, Qoala is committed to provide the upmost value to all of its stakeholders including insurance partners, customers and regulators. Today, backed by prominent investors, Qoala is operating in four countries in Southeast Asia - Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Thailand - and moving closer towards our goal to make insurance accessible and affordable for all. Qoala is also: 1. Qoala App: a digital insurance marketplace that gives its users the peace of mind from unexpected financial risks 2. Qoala Plus: a digital solution that enables our Mitras to sell various insurance products 3. Qoala for Enterprise: a corporate insurance solution that enables our partners to save on average 25% on insurance cost structure and earn additional income stream with our state-of-the-art technology At Qoala, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce of highly talented and ambitious individuals, with a data-driven mindset. Join our growing community of product driven, tech enthusiasts and growth minded individuals with strong insurance and eye towards the needs of customers and other stakeholders, with varying experiences from leading insurance industry players, leading tech giants, management consulting and many more. Qoala is working with PT Mitra Jasa Pratama as an insurance broker that is registered and monitored by OJK with a registration number: KEP-7767/MD/1986. Copyright © 2021 Qoala.
mid stageInsurance
Investor / Board observer
Apr 2022
Quantifeed is a global leader in digital wealth and investment management technology. Wealth and asset managers worldwide use Quantifeed to build, distribute, and manage investment solutions. QEngine, Quantifeed’s modular, API-driven platform, streamlines portfolio management, from construction and distribution to trading and operations, enabling greater personalisation and scalability. It drives efficiencies across both advisory and discretionary businesses, helping firms deepen client engagement and accelerate growth. Headquartered in Hong Kong and London, with a presence in Singapore, Tokyo, and Sydney, Quantifeed is shaping the future of digital investing.
Investor
Feb 2021
PT SiCepat Ekspres adalah perusahaan ekspedisi yang berdiri sejak tahun 2014, dimana pengiriman 15Jam Sampai untuk wilayah Jabodetabek dan Bandung serta pengiriman 1hari Sampai untuk kota besar seluruh wilayah Indonesia merupakan focus utama dalam pelayanannnya. Berbasis sistem teknologi terkini, SiCepat Ekspres mempunyai cabang dan gerai yang tersebar di seluruh kota di Indonesia, mempunyai slogan Ketika Semua Jadi Mudah, dimana SiCepat Ekspres menjawab segala kebutuhan dan keinginan pelaku bisnis e-commerce.
Investor / Board Observer
May 2020
Inspire Brands Asia is a consortium of Anytime Fitness Asia’s top submaster franchisees, lead investor Exacta Capital Partners, and co-investor Aura Group. It was formed to acquire the Master Franchisee license to the nine countries and territories of Anytime Fitness in Asia, as well as to roll up their respective gym management businesses. The group also holds the rights to introduce the up-and-coming global HIIT sensation SUMHIIT Fitness into Southeast Asia. Our mission is to enable everyone to benefit from fitness, wellness, and health by inspiring: People to lead more active lives; Fitness professionals to have fulfilling careers; Entrepreneurs to achieve their business goals; Investors to have a meaningful and diversified portfolio.
Investor / Board Observer
Nov 2019
CARSOME is Southeast Asia’s largest integrated automotive e-commerce platform. With operations across Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, and the Philippines, CARSOME aims to digitize the region’s used car industry by reshaping and elevating the car buying and selling experience. The company provides end-to-end solutions to consumers and used car dealers, from car inspection to ownership transfer to financing, promising a service that is trusted, convenient, and efficient. CARSOME currently transacts around 100,000 cars annually and has more than 1,700 employees across all its offices. CORE VALUES: • Customer First • Your Problem is My Problem • Yesterdays Best is Todays Baseline • Think Big, Start Small • Do More With Less • Stay Grounded • Be an Owner For more information, please visit www.carsome.com. CARSOME Sdn Bhd (201401025864 (1101954-M))
Investor / Board Observer
Nov 2018
Sendo JSC was founded in September 2012, originally an e-commerce project of FPT Online JSC. Currently, Sendo is one of the leading e-commerce platforms in Vietnam and playing as the largest C2C marketplace in local Tier 2 cities, serving millions of customers and hundreds of thousand merchants nationwide. Having invested much in R&D, AI, and Big data to continuously upgrade the technical platform and enhance the customer shopping experience, Sendo has built an ecosystem for buyers, merchants, and third-party logistics providers.
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2024
Investor / Board Member
Apr 2024
Founded in 2014 by Minh Bui, Beta Group owns Beta Cinemas, A.Plus Home and Beta Education. Beta Cinemas is a cinema chain with 16 cineplexes across the country. We deliver a youthful and dynamic experience, with good quality in affordable ticket prices, targeting a blue-ocean market: students and youngsters, cost-conscious consumers. In 2020, Betas valued $43 million after a series C funding. A.Plus is a service apartment with affordable price. We propose a modern lifestyle with many opportunities to explore and improve for those who want to reach their higher standard in life. The first A.Plus apartment located in Thanh Xuan district, Ha Noi Beta Education is the mini MBA course using Harvard Business Schools curriculum. In Vietnam, the course is presented by Beta collaborated with Fulbright University. With 6 months duration, 6 curriculums, the Mini MBA will help M-level to improve their both soft and hard skills to move up to next destination of their career
2022
Investor
Apr 2022
Founded in 2018, Qoala is an omnichannel insuretech company, with a purpose to democratize, empower and redefine insurance for customers. Qoala believes in order to redefine insurance, it takes all stakeholders to be involved. Hence, Qoala is committed to provide the upmost value to all of its stakeholders including insurance partners, customers and regulators. Today, backed by prominent investors, Qoala is operating in four countries in Southeast Asia - Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Thailand - and moving closer towards our goal to make insurance accessible and affordable for all. Qoala is also: 1. Qoala App: a digital insurance marketplace that gives its users the peace of mind from unexpected financial risks 2. Qoala Plus: a digital solution that enables our Mitras to sell various insurance products 3. Qoala for Enterprise: a corporate insurance solution that enables our partners to save on average 25% on insurance cost structure and earn additional income stream with our state-of-the-art technology At Qoala, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce of highly talented and ambitious individuals, with a data-driven mindset. Join our growing community of product driven, tech enthusiasts and growth minded individuals with strong insurance and eye towards the needs of customers and other stakeholders, with varying experiences from leading insurance industry players, leading tech giants, management consulting and many more. Qoala is working with PT Mitra Jasa Pratama as an insurance broker that is registered and monitored by OJK with a registration number: KEP-7767/MD/1986. Copyright © 2021 Qoala.
mid stageInsurance
Investor / Board observer
Apr 2022
Quantifeed is a global leader in digital wealth and investment management technology. Wealth and asset managers worldwide use Quantifeed to build, distribute, and manage investment solutions. QEngine, Quantifeed’s modular, API-driven platform, streamlines portfolio management, from construction and distribution to trading and operations, enabling greater personalisation and scalability. It drives efficiencies across both advisory and discretionary businesses, helping firms deepen client engagement and accelerate growth. Headquartered in Hong Kong and London, with a presence in Singapore, Tokyo, and Sydney, Quantifeed is shaping the future of digital investing.
2021
Investor
Feb 2021
PT SiCepat Ekspres adalah perusahaan ekspedisi yang berdiri sejak tahun 2014, dimana pengiriman 15Jam Sampai untuk wilayah Jabodetabek dan Bandung serta pengiriman 1hari Sampai untuk kota besar seluruh wilayah Indonesia merupakan focus utama dalam pelayanannnya. Berbasis sistem teknologi terkini, SiCepat Ekspres mempunyai cabang dan gerai yang tersebar di seluruh kota di Indonesia, mempunyai slogan Ketika Semua Jadi Mudah, dimana SiCepat Ekspres menjawab segala kebutuhan dan keinginan pelaku bisnis e-commerce.
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