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About Turtle Venture Studio

Investor type

Incubator & Accelerator

First check

$50k to $200k

Applications

All year round

Deal type

Standard deal

Program fees

$25k

Typical terms

We invest $125000- a) $75,000 as the first tranche when the startup joins the program on a capped SAFE, of which $25,000 gets debited as a program participation fee, b) $50,000 as the second tranche when the startup raises $50,000 or more from an external investor at the lead investor's valuation & instrument of that round c) We also have a Continuity Fund where we invest top performing portfolio of each cohort $250,000 at pre-series A round.

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climate
ag tech
supply chain
payment
renewable
regtech femtech water
in vitro diagnostics
fintech
finance
cleantech LMS
CO2
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agritech
agricultural-tech
solar
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immigrants
black
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renewable energy
female-led
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immigrant founders
renewables
IVD
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med device
waste
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woman led
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agriculture-tech
US Military Veteran
diversity
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women-led
ag-tech
ed-tech
food
health
clean tech
wealthtech
Immigrant (1st or 2nd generation)
photovoltaic
edtech
fin-tech
financial services
female founders
smart grids
first generation
paytech
latinx
underestimated founders
proteomics
African-American
inclusive
female-founded
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logistics
Sustainable Development Goals
therapy
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US SDG
woman
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female entrepreneur
sustainability
BIPOC
green tech
SDG
circular economy
medical devices
environmental
biodiversity
historically ignored founder
utilities
underrepresented founders
medtech
woman-lead
environmental impact
African American
second generation
woman lead
diverse
disabled
ESG
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banking
agriculture
edutech
smartgrids
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lending
gay
learning management system
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LGBT
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medical device
bank
clean energy
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Who we are

Turtle Venture Studio is aiming to systematically select, accelerate & reduce the risk of early-stage investment through a dual-entity model that provides both capital and
support.

Funding Requirements

Turtle Venture Studio invests in early-stage startups across South and Southeast Asia, targeting high-growth sectors such as Agriculture, Finance, Education, E-commerce & Logistics, Health, and ESG. The fund seeks to provide both capital and strategic support to startups addressing fundamental societal and economic problems, with a strong emphasis on sustainable business models and diverse founding teams.

Value add

We actively support early-stage startups in 3 sectors-
1. Customer & Market Validation. (Helping them to find ICP)
2. Business Model Validation (Achieving Product Market Fit)
3. Fundraising (To be Investment Ready for Next Round)

Locations

192 Waterloo Street #05-03 Skyline Singapore 187966 HQ
location_iconH-42, R-01, Block-A, Niketan, Gulshan-01, Dhaka, Bangladesh 1212

Turtle Venture Studio Team

Anowar Sayef

GP/MD

"I invest in businesses solving fundamental problems with sustainable business models"

"$5M pre-seed studio-fund backing 25 fintech startups across South/Southeast Asia at $125K each. Capital plus 20 weeks of hands-on building. Six investments, 6.27x avg MOIC in 24 months — including a 12x exit, priced by outsiders"

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