Antler

What is Antler?

Antler is a global, early-stage venture capital (VC) firm headquartered at 79 Anson Rd, #20-1 in Central Business District, Singapore. They specialize in discovering and investing in pre-revenue startups, positioning themselves as one of the largest pre-seed investors in their operating regions.

With a dynamic, supportive community united by the ambition to build venture-scale companies, Antler nurtures and invests in the most exceptional solo founders and early-stage teams through their Residency programs. Antler invests up to $500,000 in idea-stage startups and has a typical sweet spot of $1,500,000 for investments, with the capacity to engage in seed, early-stage, series A and B, angel, and pre-seed funding rounds.

Their industries of focus span software, PropTech, hospitality, media, education, business solutions, FinTech, energy, retail, sales, cosmetics, entertainment, IoT, CleanTech, AI, HealthTech, blockchain, web security, gaming, cloud services, and many more, showing a preference for innovative and forward-thinking domains.

Antler's platform offers robust ecosystems to accelerate venture growth, including hands-on sessions by domain experts, access to expansive local and global networks, and dedicated coaching.

They provide up to $500,000 capital commitment without taking any program fees from founders. The firm boasts a Portfolio Platform and a global continuity fund to back founders throughout growth journeys, emphasizing building transformative businesses from inception.

Antler's investment thesis and strategy reflect their deep commitment to founders, supporting them through idea assessment, securing co-founders, accessing capital, and scaling their business. They have backed over 1,300 companies globally, demonstrating their active engagement and expertise in the early-stage investment landscape.

What they say:

Antler is a global early-stage venture capital firm that builds and invests in the defining technology companies of tomorrow.

What we look for: We invest in pre-revenue startups.

How we help: Investing at inception stage from $100k up to $600k:→ Connect with other exceptional co-founders (<5% acceptance rate from 50,000+ annual applicants)→ Validate ideas, launch and receive funding in 10 weeks→ Global network of advisors and deep local expertise.We give you an edge from the very beginning and a clear advantage from day zero.