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Best Mobile Companies in Malaysia

The 43 best Mobile companies in Malaysia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Infindo.

43companies tracked
$1.9Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
5have raised
Sources & further reading
  • Mobile penetration in 2nd world to hit 95% by 2013
  • Ireland's mobile phone usage in numbers
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · MOBILE × MALAYSIA

Our analysis of 127 Mobile companies

$17.0b in tracked funding; 88% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2024.

127companies analysed
88%cloud-native stacks
2024funding peak (by rounds)
17unicorns
2018median founding year

Ranked: Best Mobile companies in Malaysia

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1Infindo
White label app store provider
$1M184 mo agoSeries ANicky Wong
Co-Founder
2007——
2Monsta Infinite
Provider of blockchain-based NFT card game
$406K59 mo agoFunding RaisedJoshua L
Co-Founder
2021WordPressMySQLPHP+30—
3Nexx Studio
Mobile game developer focusing on iOS
$320K159 mo agoSeedKen Wong
Founder
2008——
4Nerd Attack
mobile app studio which develops apps in various fields
$35K185 mo agoDeadpooledOw Choong Seong
Co-founder
2009——
5MobileAds
Ad creation and serving platform
—146 mo agoSeedAlvin Koay
Co-Founder & CEO
2013WordPressMySQLPHP+25—
6AdPUSH
RTB enabled Mobile Advertising Network based in Malaysia
——DeadpooledAn Dai
Founder
2015——
7Adtidudes
Mobile and Facebook retargeting company
——DeadpooledAnthony Hew
Co-Founder
2015——
8Adverywhere
WiFi based online advertising network
——DeadpooledJeff Lee
CEO
2015——

Top 5 Mobile companies in Malaysia

#1
Funding Raised · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 2021 · 30 employees
$405.9Kraised
▾

Provider of blockchain-based NFT card game. Monsta Infinite is a decentralized play-to-earn turn-based card game universe where anyone can earn tokens through playing the game competitively or for leisure.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2021ICO$405.9K
Founders & team
Joshua LCo-FounderJin TanCEO
Investors
Oddiyana Ventures, PC Finance, Kilombo, Epoch Ventures, Asymmetry Capital, SWGI
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsCore-Js
#2
Series A · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 2007 · 17 employees
$1.1Mraised
▾

Infindo has developed Polygon, a white label app store. The app store can stage various OS-based apps. The platform supports apps for Android, iOS, Symbian, Blackberry and MS Windows Mobile. The platform is focused on serving needs of Mobile Carriers. Infindo's other businesses include Mobile Application Development, LBS Integration & OpenAPI Solution, Blogging Platform, and Push Messaging Collaboration Platform.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2011Series A$1.1M
Founders & team
Nicky WongCo-FounderKelvin KwekCo-Founder
#3
Seed · Subang Jaya, Selangor · founded 2008 · 4 employees
$320Kraised
▾

Founded in 2008, Nexx Studio is a Malaysian game development studio. Has published 10 games with over 22 million copies distributed on the Apple's iTunes App Store and Google Play Store as of Jan 2016.

Funding rounds
  • May 2013Seed$250K
  • May 2011Angel$70K
Founders & team
Ken WongFounder
Investors
Crystal Horse Investments, Ficus
Tech stack
Apache Http Server
#4
Deadpooled · Petaling Jaya, Selangor · founded 2009 · 2 employees
$35Kraised
▾

Operator of a mobile application designed to develop companies platform. The company's platform offers mobile application development and designing services to enterprises that need a multiple-platform application, enabling clients to get a better platform for their users.

Founders & team
Ow Choong SeongCo-founderJanarayson NagarajahCo-Founder
Investors
Ficus
#5
Seed · George Town, Penang · founded 2013 · 14 employees
—raised
▾

MobileAds.com provides self-service ad creation platform which can be used by advertiser and agencies to create HTML5 ads for mobile web & apps. Web publishers can also use the platform to create native ads. The ads can be pushed to Ad network or Ad exchanges with Ad tag. MobileAds' partners include TUNE.com, Smaato, PocketMath, etc and has offices in Malaysia, Japan and the USA.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2014Seed—
Founders & team
Alvin KoayCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
TUNE
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpOceanwpElementorRankmath Seo

Funding & investor landscape

$1.9Mtotal disclosed funding
4companies funded
4disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Ficus2 rounds
Asymmetry Capital1 rounds
BCA Investments1 rounds
Crystal Horse Investments1 rounds
Epoch Ventures1 rounds
Global Top Round1 rounds
Inmaginator1 rounds
Kilombo1 rounds
Marna Capital1 rounds
Oddiyana Ventures1 rounds

Notable founders

Joshua L
Co-Founder · Monsta Infinite
Jin Tan
CEO · Monsta Infinite
Nicky Wong
Co-Founder · Infindo
Kelvin Kwek
Co-Founder · Infindo
Ken Wong
Founder · Nexx Studio
Ow Choong Seong
Co-founder · Nerd Attack
Janarayson Nagarajah
Co-Founder · Nerd Attack
Alvin Koay
Co-Founder & CEO · MobileAds
Prism market signals · Malaysia · country-scoped Prism corpus, 397,252 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Mobile coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Malaysia

How research on 5G / 6G Networks is moving in Malaysia

A read on the academic research around 5G / 6G Networks — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 461 Malaysia-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201420202025
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 39% → 48% across 2014–2025.
top research entities
  • University of Technology Malaysia138
  • National University of Malaysia60
  • Multimedia University47
  • Universiti Malaysia Perlis46
  • Tun Hussein Onn University of Malaysia35
leading researchers
Chee Yen Leow · Mohammad Tariqul Islam · Mohd Haizal Jamaluddin · M. K. A. Rahim · Sharul Kamal Abdul Rahim · Mahamod Ismail · Nik Noordini Nik Abd Malik · Noor Asniza Murad
▲ Breakthroughs112 · 24%
▲ 23%→29% share
▲1.3× share momentum2 median citations57% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (23%→29% of field), led by MIMO.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • MIMO11→30
  • Beamforming13→32
  • Antenna (radio)10→25
  • Electronic engineering6→16
  • Telecommunications1→8
Newly emergingWideband 0→6 · Wireless 0→6
Landmark Compact 4G MIMO antenna integrated with a 5G array for current and future mobile handsets · 199 cites
◆ Advancements313 · 68%
▼ 72%→61% share
▼0.8× share momentum2 median citations44% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are cooling (72%→61% of field), led by Antenna (radio).
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Antenna (radio)23→47
  • Electronic engineering20→44
  • Beamforming42→61
  • MIMO48→66
  • Telecommunications1→19
Newly emergingTransmitter 0→7 · Metamaterial 0→5 · Channel (broadcasting) 0→5
Landmark A Comprehensive Survey on Millimeter Wave Communications for Fifth-Generation Wireless Networks: Feasibility and Challen · 463 cites
▼ Concerns18 · 4%
▲ 3%→5% share
▲1.7× share momentum8 median citations61% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (3%→5% of field), led by Beamforming.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Beamforming2→4
Newly emergingMIMO 0→7
Landmark Distributed and Collaborative Beamforming in Wireless Sensor Networks: Classifications, Trends, and Research Directions · 177 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Malaysia

Where 5g 6g is researched across Malaysia

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Johor Bahru142 · +0.58
Hot · Wireless sensor networkAdvancing · Dielectric resonator antennaOpportunity · Energy consumptionConcern · MIMO
Malacca73 · +0.62
Hot · TelecommunicationsAdvancing · Extremely high frequencyOpportunity · Wideband
Bangi60 · +0.59
Hot · Interference (communication)Advancing · Noise (video)Opportunity · Isolation (microbiology)Concern · Beamforming
Kuala Lumpur55 · +0.59
Hot · Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexingAdvancing · Phased arrayOpportunity · Phase (matter)
Petaling Jaya26 · +0.58
Hot · Phased arrayAdvancing · Coupling (piping)Opportunity · Smart antenna
Putrajaya25 · +0.56
Hot · TelecommunicationsAdvancing · Channel (broadcasting)Opportunity · Compressed sensing
Shah Alam21 · +0.54
Hot · Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexingAdvancing · Radiation patternOpportunity · Diversity gain
Seri Kembangan19 · +0.66
Hot · Scheduling (production processes)Advancing · Mathematical optimizationOpportunity · Transmission (telecommunications)
George Town18 · +0.44
Hot · RadarAdvancing · TransceiverOpportunity · Drone
Kota Bharu6 · +0.47
Hot · PrecodingOpportunity · Drone

Common questions

How many Mobile companies are there in Malaysia?
Radar tracks 43 indexable Mobile companies headquartered in Malaysia that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Mobile companies in Malaysia?
The Mobile companies in Malaysia on this list have raised a combined $1.9M in disclosed equity funding across 4 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Mobile company in Malaysia?
Infindo is the highest-funded Mobile company in Malaysia, with $1.1M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Mobile companies in Malaysia are funded?
4 of the 43 Mobile companies in Malaysia on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Mobile unicorns are there in Malaysia?
None of the Mobile companies in Malaysia on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Malaysia Mobile companies?
The most active investors in Malaysia Mobile companies on this list include Ficus, Asymmetry Capital, BCA Investments, Crystal Horse Investments, Epoch Ventures.
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