We are early-stage investors for Malaysian startups.

Jati Growth* is an initiative by the folks at Bawatana and WatchTower and Friends to support consequential founders.

* Jati Growth PLT (202204002215) is a joint partnership between Bawatana Sdn Bhd (1321865-D) and Watchtower and Friends Sdn Bhd (0916116-X)

We’re open to exploring investments into startups from all sectors that have at least two of the following:

  • A minimal viable product 

  • Ability to demonstrate initial product market fit

  • A strong core team

  • The first 50-100 customers successfully onboarded

  • Initial revenue in the low hundred or thousands.

Jati Growth is on a mission to nurture first-time founders and help them build better companies.

We’re open to investing between RM50,000 to RM100,000. In addition, there is dedicated support from our panel of experts on:

Meet the team

Sam Shafie

Partner

Kashminder Singh

Partner

Sa’ad Hussein

Partner

Edmund Choe

Partner

Hardesh Singh

Managing Partner

With Jati Growth, our mission is to nurture first-time founders and to help them build better companies.

Watchtower and Friends (WTF) is a highly sought after accelerator led by Sam Shafie and Kashminder Singh. They were the first backers for an A-list of Malaysian startups, including: The Lorry, Kakitangan, MoneyMatch, Lapasar, Postco, Advanx Health, MyCash Online, Ejen2U, Pomen, and many more.

Bawatana has been working with startup founders since 2018. Most founders have promising ideas but struggle with their go-to-market strategies - this is where Bawatana comes in. Comprising individuals with a combined 60-years in the advertising and marketing industry, Bawatana has been helping startup founders build better companies.

Sam, Kash, Edmund, Sa’ad and Hardesh are passionate about helping founders and have come together to continue investing directly in startups via this new initiative.

If you are a startup founder and fit what we are looking for, reach out to us by filling in this form.