Great companies
can begin anywhere.

The opportunity to build one should not depend on the circles you were born into.

A founder can see something others have missed long before they have the credentials, connections or vocabulary to make an investor listen. They might be writing code in a bedroom in Bangkok, finding their first customers after class, or rebuilding a product for the third time because the first two did not work.

We want to meet them there.

Talent deserves a way in.

Our thesis starts with a simple possibility: a capable founder can build a useful product before they have access to the capital and relationships to grow it. We want to find those founders early, understand what they see and help them take the next step.

Thailand and ASEAN are our centre of gravity. Our ambition is to help more companies from this region compete on the world stage. Founders of every nationality are welcome, including those building elsewhere when we can understand their business and contribute something useful.

To us, democratising access means an open door and a serious assessment. Anyone can introduce their company directly. We judge the opportunity through the work, the customer evidence and the founder’s ability to build.

What we back.

We focus on founders with a working product, early customers and a clear reason to raise capital. We want an investment to fund a meaningful next milestone: improving retention, proving a repeatable way to win customers or turning a promising pilot into a commercial relationship.

Our interests span business software, consumer apps and applied AI. We also consider robotics, blockchain applications and other emerging technologies where we can assess the technical risk and see a credible path to commercial use. Across sectors, we ask the same questions: who needs this, why will they choose it, and what could make the business stronger as it grows?

What earns our conviction.

We place real weight on the founder. Technical depth, resourcefulness, judgement, honesty and the willingness to learn matter to us. Show us what you have shipped, how you work and what customers have changed your mind about. We want to understand both your ambition and your response when something fails.

We take young founders seriously. We look for evidence of ability at every age and stage of experience. That evidence also has to support a business: a problem customers care about, a credible way to reach them, room to grow and economics that can work at scale.

We invest selectively, with financial returns as our objective. A compelling founder and a useful product are the beginning of the assessment. Price, ownership, competition and the capital needed to reach the next milestone also shape our decision. We want to back companies whose ambition is matched by a credible plan.

A useful partner from the beginning.

Base One is built by a founder who understands the distance between shipping a product and building a business around it. Founders work directly with Sun and our team. We bring practical perspectives on product priorities, distribution, customer acquisition and the decisions that determine where limited time and money go.

Our network is another part of that work. Where there is a relevant fit, we can help connect founders with established business owners, potential customers, experienced operators and future investors. We start with the problem you need to solve and look for the person who can help.

Support should be useful and specific. We agree priorities with each company, contribute where our experience and relationships are relevant, and leave founders the space to lead. We want to be a thoughtful early partner as the company earns its next stage of growth.

A conversation starts with the work.

Send us a brief introduction, what you are building and the evidence you have so far. A deck is welcome. If there is a fit, we begin with a conversation about the product, customers, team and what the investment would make possible. From there, we assess the business together before discussing a potential investment and its terms.

Our ambition is simple: more capable founders with access to capital, useful relationships and the chance to build something that lasts. Start where you are. Build for what comes next.

Build with conviction.
Start from Base One.