Gobi Partners is an Asia-focused early-stage venture capital firm that backs entrepreneurs across emerging markets. Gobi Partners's Twitter Score is 0.9 out of 1000 as of July 2026, ranking #426,841 among 478,684 tracked accounts.
Gobi Partners was co-founded by Thomas G. Tsao, Lawrence Tse, and Wai Kit Lau, and has grown into a multi-market fund manager with over 400 companies backed, more than 76 exits, and approximately $2 billion in assets under management. The firm holds venture capital fund management licenses across Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Macau, and operates affiliated vehicles including Gobi China and the Gobi-Core Philippine Fund, through which it serves as a co-investment partner in the Philippines Startup Venture Fund. Gobi Partners is also the sole general partner of the Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund.
Gobi Partners has deepened its engagement with digital assets and blockchain infrastructure across the region. Its Fasset co-led a $22 million Series A round in 2022 through Fatima Gobi Ventures, and the firm invested in Transak in April 2026 to support compliant stablecoin and digital-asset payment infrastructure across Asia. Gobi Partners collaborated with the Blockchain Council of the Philippines and Tether on the Philippine Blockchain Industry Report 2025. Its portfolio includes Web3 unicorns Animoca Brands and Amber Group.
Gobi Partners maintains affiliations with the Hong Kong Investment Corporation, the Khazanah Nasional Dana Impak Programme, Malaysia Venture Capital Management Berhad (now Jelawang Capital), and the University of Hong Kong. It is also a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact. Gobi Partners has published 1,247 posts on the platform and has been mentioned by 17 accounts a total of 20 times.
Gobi Partners's fund portfolio includes Contentos, Hashgard, Fasset and CRC Capital.
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