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Best Security & Surveillance Technology Companies in Malaysia

The 35 best Security & Surveillance Technology companies in Malaysia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Asia Mobility.

35companies tracked
$2.1Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
4have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · SECURITY & SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY × MALAYSIA

Our analysis of 50 Security & Surveillance Technology companies

$4.8b in tracked funding; 91% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

50companies analysed
91%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
7unicorns
2015median founding year

Ranked: Best Security & Surveillance Technology companies in Malaysia

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1Asia Mobility
Provider of data products and mobility solutions for transit digitalization
$1M47 mo agoSeedRamachandran Muniandy
Co-Founder & CEO
2018WordPressPleskMySQL+25—
2Katsana
Provider of web-based fleet management and GPS tracking services
$890K118 mo agoSeed—2013Tailwind CSSReactGatsby+16—
3TAG La
Bluetooth tags for tracking items
$184K97 mo agoSeedMax Chua
Co-Founder
2015——
4Baucar
Beacon-based marketing app
—147 mo agoDeadpooledArsyan Ismail
Founder & CEO
2011——
5ASAP
Provider of cloud-connected smart smoke detectors
——DeadpooledDaniel Ruppert
CEO
2018——
6AVIOTA
IoT enabled platform for real-time analytics
——DeadpooledMahender Singh
Founder & CEO
2016——
7CORAL iSEM
AML compliance solution provider
——UnfundedLiew Boon Yen
Co-Founder & CEO
2009——
8CTOS
Identity theft and fraud prevention solution
——AcquiredDennis Martin
CEO
1990WordPressMySQLPHP+38—

Top 4 Security & Surveillance Technology companies in Malaysia

#1
Seed · Selangor · founded 2018 · 23 employees
$1.1Mraised
▾

Provider of data products and mobility solutions for transit digitalization. The company offers a platform approach with hardware and software for mobility data. This data is applied to intelligent transit services and IoT applications. These applications include telematics, condition monitoring, parking detection, and journey planning. The company also provides demand responsive transit and mobility-as-a-service.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 3.9% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Software Engineer
Activity: 3 partnerships · 2 expansions (incl. Asia Mobiliti) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2022Seed$1.1M
  • 2020Seed—
  • 2019Seed—
Founders & team
Ramachandran MuniandyCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
AirAsia, DVE Sapta, Gamlite IT
Tech stack
BootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsContact Form 7Core-JsGoogle Analytics
#2
Seed · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 2013 · 30 employees
$890Kraised
▾

Provider of web-based fleet management and GPS tracking services. Its prediction engine tracks driver behavior patterns, scoring drivers based on actual risk on the road, and engaging them to become better drivers. It provides GPS tracking and fleet management solution. It uses web technology and a modern user interface. It employs advanced GPS trackers that utilize both GPS and GLONASS positioning systems. It provides redundancy and augmented precision capability.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 4.4% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches · 1 partnerships (incl. Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2016Seed$890K
  • 2016Venture Debt—
  • 2016Grant (prize money)—
Investors
Intres Capital Partners, Axiata Group, Mavcap
Tech stack
AxiosBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsCloudflare Rocket LoaderCore-Js
#3
Seed · Petaling Jaya, Selangor · founded 2015
$184Kraised
▾

TAG La are Bluetooth tags that can be used for tracking lost items. The tags connect to the user's mobile phone via Bluetooth within a range of 75 feet and can alert the user about their location through sound or light. The user can pair a maximum of 10 devices with their mobile phone. The company offers tags with custom prints to various corporates so that they can be used for marketing applications.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2018Seed$184K
Founders & team
Max ChuaCo-FounderEdison LimCEO
Investors
Cradle, TBV Capital, MAD Incubator
#4
Deadpooled · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 2011
—raised
▾

Baucar is a customer facing app that utilizes BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) beacons to push on-going deals in-store to the user. For merchants, it acts as a marketing platform. The app detects shoppers when they are inside/near the store and pushes relevant deals and offers. The app also keeps track of shoppers entering stores and awards them points upon check-in.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2014Seed—
Founders & team
Arsyan IsmailFounder & CEO
Investors
1337 Accelerator Fund

Funding & investor landscape

$2.1Mtotal disclosed funding
3companies funded
3disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
MAD Incubator2 rounds
1337 Accelerator Fund1 rounds
AirAsia1 rounds
Axiata Group1 rounds
Cradle1 rounds
DVE Sapta1 rounds
Gamlite IT1 rounds
Hermes GPE1 rounds
Intres Capital Partners1 rounds
M&T Growth Partners1 rounds

Notable founders

Ramachandran Muniandy
Co-Founder & CEO · Asia Mobility
Max Chua
Co-Founder · TAG La
Edison Lim
CEO · TAG La
Arsyan Ismail
Founder & CEO · Baucar
RESEARCH SIGNALS · Malaysia

How research on Cybersecurity is moving in Malaysia

A read on the academic research around Cybersecurity — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 555 Malaysia-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
200920182026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 33% → 39% across 2009–2026.
top research entities
  • University of Technology Malaysia77
  • National University of Malaysia64
  • Universiti Sains Malaysia42
  • Universiti Teknologi MARA39
  • University of Malaya38
leading researchers
Selvakumar Manickam · Mohammed Anbar · Adnan Shahid Khan · Sureswaran Ramadass · Zeeshan Ahmad · Deris Stiawan · Azween Abdullah · Rosilah Hassan
▲ Breakthroughs134 · 24%
▲ 18%→34% share
▲1.9× share momentum0 median citations76% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (18%→34% of field), led by Intrusion detection system.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Intrusion detection system15→52
  • Network security6→25
  • Anomaly detection3→18
  • Denial-of-service attack3→16
  • Benchmark (surveying)2→11
Newly emergingScalability 0→12 · Internet of Things 0→10 · Feature (linguistics) 0→9
Landmark ARIMA Based Network Anomaly Detection · 159 cites
◆ Advancements270 · 49%
▼ 57%→44% share
▼0.8× share momentum1 median citations49% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are cooling (57%→44% of field), led by Denial-of-service attack.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Denial-of-service attack11→33
  • Intrusion detection system38→57
  • Key (lock)1→14
  • Software-defined networking1→9
  • Application layer DDoS attack2→10
Newly emergingInternet of Things 0→18 · Feature (linguistics) 0→8 · Convolutional neural network 0→6
Landmark Performance Analysis of Machine Learning Algorithms in Intrusion Detection System: A Review · 387 cites
▼ Concerns106 · 19%
16%→16% share
▲1.0× share momentum1 median citations46% since 2021mostly reviews
Concerns are cooling (16%→16% of field), led by Network security.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Network security7→16
  • Intrusion detection system7→16
  • Key (lock)2→11
  • Denial-of-service attack2→9
  • Context (archaeology)1→8
Newly emergingCloud computing security 0→6 · Anomaly detection 0→5
Landmark Network intrusion detection system: A systematic study of machine learning and deep learning approaches · 1,132 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Malaysia

Where cybersecurity 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 Bahru81 · +0.35
Hot · Network securityAdvancing · Cluster analysisOpportunity · Internet of ThingsConcern · Intrusion
Kuala Lumpur76 · +0.38
Hot · Network security policyAdvancing · Resilience (materials science)Opportunity · Artificial neural networkConcern · Dependability
George Town66 · +0.48
Hot · IPv6Advancing · IPv6 addressOpportunity · Internet ProtocolConcern · Computer security
Bangi64 · +0.37
Hot · Intrusion detection systemAdvancing · Application layer DDoS attackOpportunity · Artificial neural networkConcern · Security service
Malacca46 · +0.53
Hot · ScalabilityAdvancing · Big dataOpportunity · Internet of ThingsConcern · Anomaly detection
Shah Alam45 · +0.46
Hot · Anomaly-based intrusion detection systemAdvancing · Network securityOpportunity · PreprocessorConcern · Computer security
Petaling Jaya40 · +0.42
Hot · Key (lock)Advancing · Cluster analysisOpportunity · HackerConcern · Network Access Control
Kota Bharu28 · +0.45
Hot · IPv4Advancing · CryptographyOpportunity · Application layer DDoS attack
Seri Kembangan26 · +0.45
Hot · Packet analyzerAdvancing · Wireless networkOpportunity · Key (lock)
Putrajaya9 · +0.44
Hot · Intrusion detection systemOpportunity · Key (lock)

Common questions

How many Security & Surveillance Technology companies are there in Malaysia?
Radar tracks 35 indexable Security & Surveillance Technology companies headquartered in Malaysia that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Security & Surveillance Technology companies in Malaysia?
The Security & Surveillance Technology companies in Malaysia on this list have raised a combined $2.1M in disclosed equity funding across 3 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Security & Surveillance Technology company in Malaysia?
Asia Mobility is the highest-funded Security & Surveillance Technology company in Malaysia, with $1.1M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Security & Surveillance Technology companies in Malaysia are funded?
3 of the 35 Security & Surveillance Technology companies in Malaysia on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Security & Surveillance Technology unicorns are there in Malaysia?
None of the Security & Surveillance Technology companies in Malaysia on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Malaysia Security & Surveillance Technology companies?
The most active investors in Malaysia Security & Surveillance Technology companies on this list include MAD Incubator, 1337 Accelerator Fund, AirAsia, Axiata Group, Cradle.
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