Ardent Capital

We Are Not Your Typical Venture Capital Investor

We invest exclusively across South East Asia, in ecommerce businesses. Come and work with us in one of the following ways:

What We Do

Ardent Capital is a private capital fund that guides entrepreneurs with high potential and great business ideas down the path of wealth creation by providing early stage capital, experienced advisors, technical support, key staff, and connections to resources in SE Asia. Our companies receive early-stage investment, follow on investment, and intensive expert guidance from our founders and advisors with experience in founding and exiting several internet companies in S.E. Asia.

Our Expertise

Ideation
Imagining the opportunity to disrupt existing business models, or create something never seen before

Incubating
Defining commercial potential through customer development and testing product-to-market fit

Execution
Establish a company culture and building products, services, and processes in a commercial context

Expansion
Scale the business to create immediate barriers-to-entry

Growth & Sustainability
Optimize the business for long term success, including IPO or trade sale

Entrepreneurship
Managing a startup company through the minefield of hiring, firing, business plans, pitching, funding, tax and legal

In The Press

Admax Network gets acquired by Komli Media

February 29, 2012 - India-headquartered digital ad specialist Komli has announced that it is expanding its business with the acquisition of Admax Networks, one of Southeast Asia’s largest advertising network providers, for an undisclosed price. read more >>

New Media Plus (Edge Marketing) gets acquired by STW Group

December 12, 2011 - Australia's STW Group takes first step into the Asian market with three digital investments in S.E. Asia. read more >>

Ensogo & Dealkeren gets acquired by LivingSocial

June 27, 2011 LivingSocial, the online source for handpicked experiences at a great value, today announced it has acquired Ensogo, the market-leading deal site in Thailand and the Philippines; DealKeren, an Ensogo company based in Indonesia. read more >>