BEENEXT Capital Management
Overview
BEENEXT is a venture capital firm investing in early-stage technology startups from India, Southeast Asia, Japan, and USA. The firm prefers to invest in companies operating in the agritech, artificial intelligence, analytics, angel funding, business-to-business, climate tech, cloud infra, cloud kitchen, direct-to-consumer, e-commerce, edtech, enterprise SaaS, fintech, food tech, gaming, geotagging, health tech, human resources tech, insuretech, internet of things, lifestyle, logistics, marketplace, media, mobility, platform, pos, proptech, real estate, software-as-a-service, satellite, social media, sustainability, and web3 sectors.
Investments
| Company | Date | Stage | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quadric | Jul 2026 | Series C | Co-investor |
| Crest Capital | Jun 2026 | Pre Seed | Lead |
| Crest Operating Company | Jun 2026 | Pre Seed | Lead |
| Crest Industries | Jun 2026 | Pre Seed | Lead |
| CREST | Jun 2026 | Pre Seed | Lead |
Key People
Teruhide Sato
Founder And CEO
Dirk Van Quaquebeke
Managing Partner
Hero Choudhary
Managing Partner
Hironori Maeda
Managing Partner - ALL STAR SAAS FUND
Nao Ito 伊藤 直
Operating Partner
Anirudh Garg
Partner
Faiz Rahman
Partner (Indonesia Southeast Asia)
Karthik Gopalakrishnan
Partner - Capital Strategies
Saksham Pant
Principal
Yukano Nishijima
Investment Manager
Sector & Stage Mix
Industry, funding stage, and valuation band breakdowns.
