Leading venture creation in Singapore since 2003, Expara takes pride in the ethos embodied in our logo – we help you turn risk into opportunities for success. Douglas Abrams, the company’s founder and CEO is a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, angel investor and educator who has been investing, venturing, and teaching in Singapore since 2000.
We work alongside entrepreneurs and leaders in public and private organizations to create entrepreneurial successes through innovative high-tech high-growth ventures. We pride ourselves in delivering dedicated web tools, business strategy and technology innovation advisory, experiential training, deep industry expertise and networks in supporting the growth of the next Silicon Valley in Southeast Asia.
We work alongside entrepreneurs and leaders in public and private organizations to create entrepreneurial successes through innovative high-tech high-growth ventures. We pride ourselves in delivering dedicated web tools, business strategy and technology innovation advisory, experiential training, deep industry expertise and networks in supporting the growth of the next Silicon Valley in Southeast Asia.
Location: Singapore
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2004
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Portfolio 11
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| - | dipp | marketing.withdipp.com | - | - |
| - | Hungry Hub... | hungryhub.com | - | Thailand, ... |
| - | Cloud Comm... | cloudcommerce.co | - | Thailand, ... |
| - | Bellugg Gr... | bellugg.com | - | Thailand, ... |
| - | System Sto... | systemstone.com | - | - |
| - | DaNAgreen ... | danagreenbio.com | - | - |
| - | Meticuly | meticuly.com | - | Thailand, ... |
| - | Swirl.GO | swirlgo.com | - | Singapore |
| - | EventBanan... | eventbanana.com | - | Thailand, ... |
| - | Peakengine | peakengine.com | - | - |
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Mentions in press and media 7
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| 25.01.2021 | Startup Spotlight: Advantir wants to make your ice cream more creative, convenient & contactless | As the Covid-19 pandemic rumbles on, ‘contactless’ foodtech has never had a bigger profile. With the world more germ-conscious than ever before, there has been a boom in interest around technological solutions that can make, store, and serv... |
| 02.10.2020 | The latest Wolves Summit kicks off on October 5th | Great news for the start-up world! The 12th edition of one of the world’s leading startup conferences – Wolves Summit, starts this Monday. As the previous event, 100 Wolves Pitch Contest was fully online due to the coronavirus, now the new ... |
| 01.06.2016 | Update: Qualcomm Ventures Invests in $3m Series B for Brazilian Big Data Startup | *Update: Strider has disclosed the participation of Qualcomm Ventures and the size of its $3 million Series B funding round. This article was originally published on May 5, 2016. Brazilian Big Data Startup Strider Closes Series B – exclusiv... |
| 19.01.2016 | Thai startup STYLHUNT raises $500K in pre-Series A from CyberAgent, 500 TukTuks, others | Premium Thailand’s social media shopping trust and discovery startup STYLHUNT announced today that it has raised close to $500,000 in a Pre-Series A round led by CyberAgent Ventures, with participation from 500TukTuks, Expara Ventures, Sing... |
| 13.07.2015 | Exclusive: First close for Expara’s S$30m fund | Premium Singapore-based venture capital (VC) firm Expara Ventures, which invests in interactive and digital media startups in the city-state, Malaysia and Thailand, has held the first close of its second fund, on S$5 million, DEALSTREEASIA ... |
| 09.07.2015 | Tech Growth In Asia Is Arriving On The Back Of The Mobile Communications Industry | Doug Crets Contributor Doug Crets is the founder of growth strategy firm improovr, which works with early-stage companies to acquire users and build social media and marketing strategies. Years from now, tech billionaires may want to thank ... |
| 18.03.2015 | EXCLUSIVE: Expara to raise new $21.6m fund | Premium Singapore-based venture capital firm Expara Ventures, which invests in interactive and digital media startups in the city-state, Malaysia and Thailand, is raising a new fund with a target of S$30 million (US$ 21.6 million), an execu... |