Frontier Tech Capital eyes $150 Mn maiden fund to back SEA startups

Frontier Tech Capital, a newly launched private equity platform, is targeting a $150 million maiden fund to back growth-stage companies across Southeast Asia. Nearly half of the corpus has already been secured from global investors spanning Singapore, Japan, and the UAE.

The firm has been co-founded by Pawan Gandhi (founder of IoT platform KaHa), Brijesh Pande (former Citi executive), and Razat Gaurav (CEO of US-based Plainview). Manoj Kohli, former SoftBank India head, has also joined to lead the India strategy.

Unlike early-stage venture capital…