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26/02/2026

𝘞𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥:
🇱🇦 𝐋𝐚𝐨𝐬 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 (2025–2030)
𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘳. 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥. 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩-𝘢𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘺.

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬:
◉ 60% of Laos’ 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 on agriculture.
◉ AgriTech TAM: $90–140𝐌 → $350𝐌+ 𝐛𝐲 2030.
◉ Massive gaps in input access, finance, and supply chain.
◉ 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭-𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 in a market with no dominant platform yet.

Please read, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 it helps more founders and investors discover overlooked opportunities like this.

Executive Summary Laos represents one of Southeast Asia's most underdigitized yet structurally agriculture-dependent economies, creating a high-asymmetry opportunity for AgriTech investors. With approximately 60% of the workforce engaged in agriculture and agriculture contributing 16-18% of GDP, Lao

24/12/2025

𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚 🎄 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 & 𝐚 𝐉𝐨𝐲𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧!

To the founders building the future with courage, the investors backing vision with trust, and the partners connecting ecosystems with care

𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 2025 𝒂 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒎, 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕.

May your holidays be filled with warmth, rest, and the people who matter most.

And may the new year bring clarity, bold opportunities, and meaningful growth.

From our FundinFolks family to yours:-

𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬, 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 2026 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝! 🎄🌟

We’ll be back in January with more insights, connections, and support for those shaping tomorrow.

07/12/2025

5 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫.
You’ve got a great idea! A passionate team or maybe even early traction.

But before you hit “send” on that investor email ask yourself:
If you can check all 5, you’re not just ready to pitch, you’re 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐧.

📌 𝑪𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒎 + 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄 𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 → Does your product solve a real, painful problem? Investors need to feel the “𝒘𝒉𝒚.”

🎯 𝑫𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝑺𝒊𝒛𝒆 + 𝑺𝑶𝑴 → Not “$1B market.” Show your slice and how you’ll own it.

🚀 𝑪𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝑮𝒐-𝒕𝒐-𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒚 → How will you reach customers? Who’s paying? What’s your CAC?

📈 𝑴𝑽𝑷 + 𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 → Even if small, show momentum. Metrics > promises.

💰 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑹𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒎𝒂𝒑 → Revenue projections, burn rate, runway, and milestones & all aligned.

These aren’t “𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞-𝐭𝐨-𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬.” They’re the 𝐧𝐨𝐧-𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 investors use to filter pitches in under 90 seconds.

📥 Save this. Share it with your co-founder.

02/12/2025

⚡ 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬!! 𝐀 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬

Founders across Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Southeast Asia often ask us the same questions:

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒏?
𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒐 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒕𝒉?

These questions inspired us to start something new.
we’re introducing 𝑭𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔! A weekly, investor-grade market intelligence series focused on South Asian & Southeast Asian startup ecosystems.

Our goal is simple, give founders clear data, and give investors visibility into the world’s fastest-growing markets.

𝐄𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞:

📌 Market Size & Projections. (TAM/SAM/SOM, CAGR)

📌 Sector Trends & Digital Adoption.

📌 Competitive Landscape.

📌 Revenue Pool Opportunities.

📌 Investor-Grade Benchmarks.

📌 What Founders Should Build / What Investors Are Backing.

Want the first edition delivered to you?

👇 Comment 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬

29/11/2025

𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐞-𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐝/𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐝?
𝐖𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 4–6 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 & 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚.
If you’re building tech that’s transforming farming, food systems, or rural economies in SA/SEA, 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮.

FundinFolks + a curated group of 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 are running a closed Founder Poll to back 4–6 𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐝-𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬 in South & Southeast Asia, founders who are truly ready to scale.

✅ Investment Size: $200K – $500K.
✅ No Success Fee.
✅ Guaranteed investor meeting if selected.
✅ Expert feedback before you pitch.
✅ Built for South & Southeast Asia by people who understand its farms, fields, and future.

💬 𝑫𝒓𝒐𝒑 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉:
👉 Your startup name:
👉 Country you operate in:

𝐖𝐞’𝐥𝐥 𝐃𝐌 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 48 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬.

If you’re not raising yet but know an AgriTech founder in SEA tag them.
🔁 Share to help a fellow founder see this.

07/10/2025

🌍 𝐖𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 2025! 🌍

Excited to announce that we’ll be part of Expand North Star, 12–15 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐢 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫 — the ultimate stage for startups.

𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝑽𝑪𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍𝒔, 𝑪𝑽𝑪𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆-𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉. 💡

Come visit us and let’s connect!

03/10/2025

🚀 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐈, 𝐒𝐀𝐀𝐒 & 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞.

If you’re building something that transforms how businesses operate and you’re ready for your first institutional check G2C Venture Partners wants to hear from you.

✅ 𝑷𝒓𝒆-𝑺𝒆𝒆𝒅 & 𝑺𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆.
✅ 𝑭𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔: 𝑨𝑰, 𝑬𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝑺𝒂𝒂𝑺, 𝑩2𝑩 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉.
✅ 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒖𝒎 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒆: $250𝑲.

💡 𝑷.𝑺. If you’re not ready to submit yet, 𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕. this post. You’ll want it when you are.

💡 𝑻𝒂𝒈 𝒂 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 who’s building the next big thing in enterprise AI.

02/10/2025

Sometimes the best validation doesn’t come from paid ads, but from silence! 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮.

At FundinFolks, we’re still in product development.
❌ 𝑵𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎.
❌ 𝑵𝒐 𝒂𝒅 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅.
❌ 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒉.

And yet… 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 are already exploring. In the last 60 days, 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒏𝒚 💎 = $0 💸

✅ 3,600+ 𝑶𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒄 𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔.
✅ 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒈𝒍𝒆, 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒕𝑮𝑷𝑻, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒕𝒚.𝒂𝒊.
✅ 𝑼𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑼𝑺, 𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒉, 𝑺𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒆, 𝑼𝑲, 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂, 𝑮𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚, 𝑵𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔…

It means we’re solving a real pain point that founders face every day. 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧, and founders are actively searching for 𝒂 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅.

👉 𝐖𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝.

21/09/2025

You just got a $1𝐌 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫. But if you don’t understand 𝐏𝐫𝐞 𝐯𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭-𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲, you might give away 50% 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 20%.

To Read the Full Article 👉 https://lnkd.in/gkUz8ZAj
𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒆-𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕-𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔. 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆’𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 👇

✅ Pre-Money = Value before funding
✅ Post-Money = Value after funding
✅ Knowing the difference helps you understand equity dilution clearly.

𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬!
👉 Save this for your next pitch and share it with a founder who’s fundraising!

28/04/2025

𝐇𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬,
𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴? 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵:

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤

1️⃣ 𝑭𝒐𝒓 [𝑻𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝑪𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒓]
Who are you solving this for? Example: “For small business owners.”

2️⃣ 𝑾𝒉𝒐 [𝑵𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒓 𝑶𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚]
What problem do they face? Example: “Who struggle with managing cash flow.”

3️⃣ 𝑵𝒂𝒎𝒆 [𝑪𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒐𝒓𝒚]
What type of solution is it? Example: “A financial planning tool.”

4️⃣ 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 [𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑩𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒕]
Why should they care? Example: “That provides real-time insights and automated budgeting.”

5️⃣ 𝑼𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 [𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒐𝒓/𝑨𝒍𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆]
How are you different? Example: “Unlike spreadsheets that require manual updates.”

6️⃣ 𝑶𝒖𝒓 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕 [𝑫𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓]
What makes you stand out? Example: “Our tool integrates seamlessly with accounting software.”

𝘛𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴—we’𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬!