
Scale Asia Ventures (SAV), a Silicon Valley-based early-stage venture capital firm, announced on August 26, 2025, that its Founding Managing Partner, Wally Wang, has been named to Business Insider’s 2025 Seed 100 list, ranking #95 among top early-stage investors. Recognized for his investments in AI-native enterprise software companies like Weaviate, CAST AI, and Fiddler AI, Wang’s inclusion underscores SAV’s cross-border AI thesis connecting Silicon Valley innovation with Asian enterprises.
Announced: August 26, 2025, Wally Wang named to Seed 100.
Rank: #95 on Business Insider’s 2025 Seed 100 list.
Key Investments: Weaviate (Vector Database), CAST AI (Cloud Cost Optimization), Fiddler AI (AI Observability), Solve Intelligence (Legal AI), HiggsField AI (Generative Video AI).
SAV Thesis: Backs AI infrastructure and vertical applications, linking U.S. startups with Asia.
Portfolio Impact: Supports go-to-market, hiring, and capital access for founders.
Source: businesswire.com.
Wally Wang’s recognition highlights SAV’s focus on the intersection of AI infrastructure and vertical applications. “Seed is where product intuition, market timing, and founder grit intersect,” Wang stated. SAV’s portfolio includes infrastructure companies like Weaviate, Mastra (Agent Framework), and Superlinked (Personalization & Search), alongside vertical AI applications such as Solve Intelligence, Throxy (Sales AI), and Cresta (Contact Center AI).
SAV facilitates cross-border growth by connecting portfolio companies with enterprise customers and corporate partners in Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia. Founder testimonials emphasize SAV’s value:
Bob van Luijt, Weaviate: “SAV’s introductions to key talent and insights on the open-core model have been crucial.”
Laurent Gil, CAST AI: “SAV’s strategic introductions accelerated our growth in APAC and global markets.”
Sudheesh Nair, Tiny Fish: “SAV’s early conviction and AI infrastructure connections accelerated our roadmap.”
Wang, a former operator at Microsoft Bing and startups like Pebble (Y Combinator W11), holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Tsinghua University and was a visiting scholar at Carnegie Mellon. With prior roles leading U.S. tech investments for Fosun International and a $10B family office, Wang has deployed over $300M across portfolios, achieving exits like Digital Ocean (NYSE: DOCN).
SAV’s investments align with the $100.4B AI funding surge in 2024, particularly in infrastructure and application layers. Weaviate’s $50M Series B and Fiddler AI’s focus on explainable AI reflect the growing demand for robust AI ecosystems, as seen in partnerships like Hyland-AWS and Testaify’s testing platform. Posts on X highlight Wang’s backing of Tiny Fish, reinforcing SAV’s momentum in enterprise AI.
Scale Asia Ventures is a Silicon Valley–based venture capital firm backing AI-native infrastructure and applications, then scales them globally through a network of institutional investors and corporate LPs across the U.S., Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia. The firm supports portfolio companies in gaining cross-border market access, strategic hiring support, and a clear path to later-stage capital.