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Empowering Synergies for Emerging Asia

Backing Bold Entrepreneurs to Build Regional Champions and Ecosystems for A Brighter Tomorrow
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We invest in people,
we build the future

We search for passionate founders and innovative ideas across Emerging Asia. We partner with them to build companies that are sustainable and profitable.

About Us

Rigel Capital is a strategic manager for hyper-growth companies, focusing mainly on the Emerging Asia Economies with Southeast Asia, Middle East and India.

We support founders in scaling their businesses to create innovative, sustainable, ethical regional champions.

We build dominant cash-generating companies that promote positive impacts for their employees, customers, investors, and citizens across Asia.
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Why Emerging Asia?

Southeast Asia, Indian & Middle East technology start-ups are among the most exciting global markets for technology investments, comprising an approximately 3 billion population generating US$9 trillion in the gross domestic product (forecasted to double by 2030 to US$19 trillion).

In 2021, Southeast Asia and India boasted the establishment of 67 new unicorns, and the region is expected to grow into a US$1 trillion Digital Economy by 2025.

As part of this journey, the region’s technology start-ups are expected to grow exponentially, with cumulative technology start-ups valuations expected to rise from US$340 billion in 2021 to US$1 trillion in 2025 for Southeast Asia, and US$330 billion in 2021 to US$700 billion in 2025 for India.

Build & Grow

We identify potential and empower growth and performance.

Identification of Promising Founders

Analyze and select only the most promising founders and hypergrowth start-ups with the potential to be regional category leaders.

Connect their talents and ideas to investors worldwide and support them with hands-on management and a global network.
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Rigelize the
Company

Prepare our champions for rapid growth by scaling their capabilities and deepening their home market penetration.

Provide resources in institute governance, accounting systems, internal controls, data security, and anti-fraud systems.
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Ecosystem Synergies & Regional Expansion

Proactively enable synergies to promote faster growth and create ecosystem advantages.

Strategically enhance best performers for regional and cross-border growth.

Provide extensive local talent pool and commerical partners to execute expansion & minimizing risk.
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M&A and IPO Preparedness

Support for identifying regional
acquisition targets to boost potential growth.

Continuous support for IPO/Exit
preparation.
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Identification of Promising Founders

Analyze and select only the most promising founders and hypergrowth start-ups with the potential to be regional category leaders.

Connect their talents and ideas to investors worldwide and support them with hands-on management and a global network.

Rigelize the
Company

Prepare our champions for rapid growth by scaling their capabilities, by guiding them to a deeper home market
penetration.

Provide resources in institute governance, accounting systems, internal controls, data security, and anti-fraud systems.

Ecosystem Synergies & Regional Expansion

Proactively enable synergies to promote faster growth and create ecosystem advantages.

Strategically enhance best performers for regional and cross-border growth.

Provide extensive local talent pool and commerical partners to execute expansion & minimizing risk.

MA & IPO

Support for identifying regional
acquisition targets to boost potential growth.

Continuous support for IPO/Exit
preparation.

Sustainability

Rigel Capital takes profound responsibility for our environment and society.

We lead by example

We lead by example on Environmental, Social, and Governance implementation by evaluating companies we work with, scaling environmental and social impact, and communicating
progress to investors and other stakeholders.

We emphasize sustainability

We emphasize five essential themes in developing a sustainable business:

1. Climate action,
2. Financial inclusion,
3. Responsible production,
4. Education innovation,
5. Health and wellbeing

Our Values

Finding the best organizations and seeking to rapidly scale them to create winning generational businesses
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Sustainability & Enviromental and Social Impact
· Build entities that focus on
sustainability.
· Emphasize superior
environmental and social
impact
Scalability &
Hyper-growth
· Rapidly scale all aspects of our portfolio companies
· Proactively pursue hyper-growth Opportunities to create national, regional and global champions
Synergies & Teamwork
· Create ecosystems that increase revenue and enhance cost savings
· Foster cooperation across regional industries, businesses, and geographies
Integrity & Governance
· We back founders we have thoroughly vetted and trust
· Build businesses that operate transparently and in the best interests of stakeholders
Excellence &
Strength
· Help scale our organizations into market leaders and regional winners
· Set high operational standards and then focus on exceeding them
Innovation & Pioneering
· Seek out category leaders, bold innovators, and pioneering founders
· Support our companies
to continuously innovate while rapidly
growing
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Sustainability & Enviromental and Social Impact
Build sustainable entities Emphasize strong environmental and social impact
Scalability &
Hyper-growth
Setting high operational standards and grow our organisations into market leaders along with constantly focusing on exceeding them.
Synergies & Teamwork
Enhancing revenue and cost savings with efficient synergy.

Foster cooperation across regional industries, business and geographies.
Integrity & Governance
We back founders we have thoroughly vetted by being transparent in operating and building businesses with the best interests of the stakeholders.
Excellence &
Strength
Setting high operational standards and grow our organisations into market leaders along with constantly focusing on exceeding them.
Innovation & Pioneering
Seeking out category leaders, bold innovators and pioneering founders with continuous thirst of innovation and rapid growth.

Meet Our Team

Seasoned professionals with deep operational expertise, common investment DNA, and an exceptional history of execution capabilities
Sebastian Togelang
Founding Partner
Sebastian Togelang is the founder of Rigel Capital. He holds over 20 years of experience in the technology, marketing, finance and digital commerce sectors and the world of start-ups and venture investing.
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Nirmal Rajaram
Partner
Nirmal Rajaram is an experienced senior management executive with a 17-year career in industries ranging across IT and ITES, Manufacturing, Energy, Mining, Logistics, Property Development, Consumer Retail, and Food & Beverage. Nirmal worked closely with Sebastian Togelang on investment opportunities before joining the founding team of Rigel Capital in 2022.
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Matt Crakes
Partner
Matt Crakes has over two decades of investment management experience and domain expertise in Southeast Asia and India, as well as the technology, media, and telecommunication industries.
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Wail AlSabbali
Director
Wail is a Director at Rigel Capital and based in Riyadh responsible for the operations of Rigel Capital across the Middle East. Wail is an entrepreneur and executive who founded, co-founded and scaled a number of successful companies, including QTech, Arabian Robotics Co., Isotopes Co. and Mesk Specialized Services. An Active board member and advisor in technology-based companies (i.e. GCC Lab). With experience in startups and corporations, including leadership positions and international work experience. An engineer by training with master’s degree in project management. Passionate about nature and the outdoors, Likes to hike, Run and Play chess.
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Justin Patrick
Director
Justin Patrick has over 15 years of international transaction experience, including venture and growth stage financing, mergers and acquisitions, leveraged finance, private funds, and government-backed investments. His career has spanned New York City, London, Singapore, and Jakarta.
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Leon John Hermann
Director
Leon Hermann is an investment professional with a track record of more than nine years of building, operating, and investing in category-leading technology companies across Southeast Asia and Europe. Prior to Rigel Capital, Leon was a Vice President at a major venture capital firm in Southeast Asia.  
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Sang-Soo Kim
Director
Susanne Kleinsteuber
Director
With close to two decades of International Sales, Business Development, Marketing, and Human Resource experience gained across EMEA and South-East Asia, Susanne embodies the principles of East meets West.
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Aries Tjandra
General Affairs
Basaria Febriani
VP - Finance
Basaria began her professional career as Associate Auditor at Deloitte. Before joining the Rigel team as VP of Finance & Accounting, she served five years as Accounting & Tax Department Head at MCLOGI Ark Indonesia, a subsidiary of the Mitsubishi Corporation. 
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Raissa Andrawina
People and Culture
Ryan Michael Trisnadi
Investment Associate
Dinda Putri Oktafia
Finance & Accounting Administration Staff
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Fadiah Masturina
Executive Assistant
Oldyson Anggoro
Digital Workspace Engineer
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Phoebe Eunice
Graphic Designer
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Syahada Esfairhanny
Creative Producer
With more than three years of experience in Indonesia’s creative industry, Hanny has handled various kinds of projects in the role of photographer, videographer, social media campaign specialist, and creative director, with a mission from the heart to deliver the true meaning and identity of the project she handled.
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M Zikrur Rahman
UI Designer
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Andi Aziz
Senior Wordpress Developer & Administration
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Sebastian Togelang
Founding Partner
Nirmal Rajaram
Partner
Matt Crakes
Partner
Wail AlSabbali
Director
Justin Patrick
Director
Leon John Hermann
Director
Sang-Soo Kim
Director
Susanne Kleinsteuber
Director
Aries Tjandra
General Affairs
Basaria Febriani
VP - Finance
Raissa Andrawina
People and Culture
Ryan Michael Trisnadi
Investment Associate
Dinda Putri Oktafia
Finance & Accounting Administration Staff
Fadiah Masturina
Executive Assistant
Oldyson Anggoro
Digital Workspace Engineer
Phoebe Eunice
Graphic Designer
Syahada Esfairhanny
Creative Producer
M Zikrur Rahman
UI Designer
Andi Aziz
Senior Wordpress Developer & Administration

Our Latest News

Rigel Capital's latest insights and activities
 Celebrating Year End, Rigel Capital Held a Get-Together Event!

Last week, Rigel Capital Management was joined by the region’s technology, entrepreneurs and innovation investment community for an spontaneous informal year-end gathering in Jakarta, Indonesia. Sebastian Togelang and the Rigel team was joined by our extended family of entrepreneurs, technologists, innovators, venture capitalists, investors and friends for an evening of merrymaking and good cheer. We […]

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2022 ends with a continuing storm of layoffs at Indonesian startups.
How could this happen?

By Sebastian Togelang, Managing & Founding Partner of Rigel Capital Massive layoffs are happening amongst tech companies. These companies have cut up to 30% out of their total workforce in order to adapt to today’s challenging economic circumstances. Despite the turmoil, many  of these companies have ensured that these former employees are well-compensated at exit […]

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Happy Diwali 2022!

Let's celebrate the festival by lighting up the world with each other. Happy Diwali 2022 from the whole Rigel Capital Team. As we are investing in India and building synergies between Southeast Asia and India, cultural and religious diversity are something we would like to emphasize the importance of. We truly hope to enlighten everyone […]

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Rigel Capital Hosts Breakfast on "Electric Mobility, Clean Technology and Beyond"

Rigel Capital hosted a special breakfast session, "Electric Mobility, Clean Technology and Beyond," at DealStreetAsia's PE-VC Summit on 28 September 2022. Rigel Capital's founding partner Sebastian Togelang was joined by Saima Rehman, from IFC's Private Equity Funds Group, and Iwan Suryaputra, founder of Volta Indonesia, for an engaging panel discussion regarding the role of Electric […]

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Indonesia: an Emerging Ecosystem - SuperReturn 2022 discussion with Sebastian Togelang

Our founder, Sebastian Togelang, is part of the Speakers at SuperReturn Asia 2022 in the "Indonesia: An Emerging Ecosystem" discussion with Arnaud Bonzom (Founder and Managing Director of Black Mangroves), Sean Low (CEO and CIO of Golden Vision Capital), and Shane Chesson (Founding Partner of Openspace). In this insightful discussion, Sebastian unveils why we should […]

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    Rigel Capital is a strategic manager for hyper-growth companies, focusing mainly on the Emerging Asia Economies with Southeast Asia, Middle East and India.

    We support founders in scaling their businesses to create innovative, sustainable, ethical regional champions.

    We build dominant cash-generating companies that promote positive impacts for their employees, customers, investors, and citizens across Asia.
    Rigel Capital is your partner to invest in the brightest, most promising, and most profitable tech companies across multiple stages in the Southeast Asian and Indian region. Please get in contact with us to learn more about our investment strategy, thesis and beyond.

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