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1982 Ventures

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1982 Ventures

VC Fund 📍 Singapore, Asia

About 1982 Ventures

1982 Ventures is a Singapore-based early-stage venture capital firm co-founded by Managing Partners Scott Krivokopich and Herston Elton Powers, headquartered at 3 Shenton Way in Singapore's Shenton Way business district. The firm's own materials reviewed for this profile did not disclose an exact founding year, but its fund history is documented in regional trade press: its debut Fund I closed at US$20 million, exceeding its original US$15 million target, and the firm was reportedly targeting a US$50 million Fund II by early 2024. Beyond Singapore, the firm maintains regional operating partners covering Japan, Vietnam, and the United States, reflecting a deliberately hands-on, on-the-ground support model for its portfolio founders.

1982 Ventures describes itself as one of the most active fintech-focused seed investors in Southeast Asia, and its disclosed portfolio bears that out — spanning digital payments, embedded finance, buy-now-pay-later, payroll/earned-wage-access, and digital-asset exchange companies across the region. The firm has also shown willingness to follow strong founders into adjacent categories and geographies, including a disclosed participation in a US$400 million round for the US-based AI startup Higgsfield.

Investment Thesis

1982 Ventures invests primarily at the seed stage, positioning itself as a founder's first institutional partner rather than a later-stage or growth investor. Its core sector thesis centers on fintech and financial infrastructure — payments, embedded finance, consumer credit/BNPL, payroll and earned-wage-access, and digital-asset/crypto exchanges — concentrated across Southeast Asia, with selective, opportunistic participation in larger rounds outside the region when a portfolio thesis extends there.

Portfolio Companies

Pasar Mikro, TripleA, Lista, Mobee, Fundiin, SalaryHero, Wagely, Homebase, Brick, NextPay