Cradle Fund

Cradle Fund

Slogan: Empowering Malaysia's Tech Innovators for Over a Decade

Description: Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd (Cradle) is Malaysia's early-stage start-up supporter, established under the Ministry of Finance Malaysia (MOF) in 2003 with a mission to fund promising and high-caliber tech start-ups through its Cradle Investment Programme (CIP).

Over its 13-year journey, Cradle has supported over 700 Malaysian tech start-ups, achieving the highest commercialization rate among government grants in Malaysia. Leveraging its extensive experience in grant funding, Cradle expanded its role from a grant provider to an investor by establishing its venture arm, Cradle Seed Ventures, in 2015 and branching out into equity investment by early 2017. Cradle now offers both funding and investment support.

Cradle's services go beyond financial aid, offering commercialization support, coaching, and various other value-added services to meet the diverse needs of today's entrepreneurs.

Industries: Financial Services, Information Technology

Mission: To be the leading pre-seed, seed, and start-up stage funding agency in Malaysia, offering effective grant and equity funding, commercialization support, coaching, and industry value-add to accelerate the growth of start-up companies.

Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.