Antler

Antler is a global early-stage venture capital firm headquartered in Singapore, founded in 2017 by Magnus Grimeland and Fridtjof Berge. It describes itself as the world's most active early-stage investor, backing exceptional founders from inception, and it invests at pre-seed and seed across AI, consumer and fintech, with notable portfolio companies including Papirfly, Keka, BeautyMnl and Tezro.

What separates Antler from conventional seed funds is that it invests before a company exists. Its Residency program gathers vetted entrepreneurs into an office for roughly eight to ten weeks, helps them find co-founders, test business models and reach a fundable thesis, then invests at day zero into the teams that emerge. The program now runs in more than 30 cities across Asia-Pacific, Europe, North America, Africa and Latin America, with San Francisco and Lagos added most recently, and the model generates deal volume that no single-office fund can match: more than 1,800 investments since 2017, and the top slot in PitchBook's global most-active venture investor ranking for 2024 with 443 deals.

The firm has since extended up the stack. Antler Elevate, a $285 million emerging-growth fund closed in 2023, follows the best companies into Series A and beyond from offices in London, Singapore and New York, so winners no longer graduate away from the platform. A further $510 million announced in January 2026 pushes total capital past $1 billion, with about half aimed at the United States. Two portfolio companies, travel eSIM provider Airalo and software platform Lovable, have reached unicorn valuations, and backers include Eduardo Saverin, Schroders, Credit Saison and the International Finance Corporation.