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Rebright Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Takeshi Ebihara, a 30-year venture capital veteran and serial entrepreneur who previously founded internet companies including one that reached a public listing. The firm is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with additional offices in Bengaluru, India and Singapore, and describes itself as "the gateway between Japan, ASEAN and India" — backed by prominent Japanese corporate and institutional investors and leveraging that network to help portfolio startups expand regionally and forge partnerships with major Japanese technology companies. Its investment team includes Partner Brij Bhasin (co-founder of GSF Accelerator, an early advisor at Little Eye Labs, which was acquired by Facebook in 2014) and Principal Mahesh Kumar (formerly of Sony Innovation Fund). The firm has built a portfolio of more than 35 companies across India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand, spanning healthcare (MediBuddy, Virohan, Nivaan, Instalimb), e-commerce (Bukalapak, Qraved, Elanic), edtech (Codingal, Stimuler), logistics and mobility (LetsTransport, ClickPost, Numocity — later acquired by ABB e-Mobility), agritech (Aquaconnect, Eggoz), and fintech/insurtech. Its one confirmed Philippine investment is Coins.ph, the cryptocurrency and blockchain-based financial services platform.

A sourcing note before the profile itself: an initial search led to a different, seemingly inactive site (sierramadre.vc, describing a vague "Industrial Evolution" thesis with almost no accessible content) — cross-checking confirmed this is likely an unrelated or dormant project, not the real entity behind this name in the Philippine market. The firm actually matching "Sierra Madre" as an investor here is Sierra Madre Advisers, a Makati-headquartered private equity firm founded in 2015 (per PitchBook) and led by Managing Partners Danny Lizares, Martin Lorenzo, and Alasdair Thomson, who together describe roughly 60 years of combined operating and investment experience. Its office is at 1F First Lucky Place, 2259 Chino Roces Avenue Extension, Makati. Sierra Madre is explicitly Philippines-focused, branding itself "Investing in Philippine Potential," and backs founder-led and family-owned Philippine companies with flexible capital for growth, succession, buyouts, or carve-outs. Its named portfolio spans logistics (Ximex Delivery Express), staffing/technology (TeamQuest Technology), accounting/business services (Frontline Accounting), technology (Shellsoft Technology, Courxera Holdings), agriculture (Excelsior Farms), and hospitality (Mosaic Hospitality Solutions). The firm reports 15+ successful exits and states a 100% founder-retention rate across its portfolio.

SPH Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), the Singaporean media and property conglomerate whose media business was restructured into the not-for-profit SPH Media Trust in 2021. Per its own investment activity, the firm has backed more than 40 companies to date, primarily across Southeast Asia, investing alongside other regional funds such as Quest Ventures. (Note: this session could not independently confirm SPH Ventures' exact founding year, current fund size, or its precise organizational status following SPH's 2021 media-business restructuring through any live, fetchable source — SPH's own corporate site and SPH Media's site could not be accessed by this session's tools, and no dedicated Wikipedia article exists for the venture arm. Stated honestly rather than guessed; should be confirmed directly before publishing.) Documented investments include Partipost (an influencer-marketing platform, which SPH Ventures led a $3.5 million round for), influence.co (a US-based influencer-marketing seed round), TheLorry (a Malaysia/Southeast Asia logistics platform, participating in a $5.85 million Series B), Pathmatics (co-led investment round), and Snapcart (a shopper-engagement and receipt-scanning app) — reflecting a thesis spanning digital media, influencer/ad-tech, logistics, and consumer engagement technology, sectors adjacent to SPH's own core media and publishing business.