Seaborne Capital Partners

Decisions are led by the four named partners: Pran Navanandan, Jay Haendler, Simon Bauer, and Thomas Abentung. Navanandan serves as the primary contact for portfolio companies and press, while Haendler brings CPA-level financial oversight and Bauer and Abentung extend European-market connectivity. The firm has not publicly disclosed a formal investment committee structure, but the small partner group suggests a consensus-driven process.

Seaborne sources through its own accelerator, Founders Launchpad, which brings in pre-seed teams from across Southeast Asia, and through a broad network that extends into industrial and legacy businesses in the Philippines. The firm's portfolio of debt-collection platforms, fleet managers, and pharmacy chains indicates an on-the-ground origination capability that reaches well beyond the typical startup ecosystem.

Seaborne is an asset manager, not a single-family office. It operates more like a hybrid investment firm, deploying capital from its own balance sheet and associated entities rather than from a single family's wealth. The firm's website does not disclose any family-wealth origin.

Seaborne's public materials mention that it is open to meeting experienced fund managers as a limited partner, though the firm primarily markets its direct equity, venture debt, and accelerator programs. No specific fund commitments have been publicly disclosed.

The firm spans the earliest formation stages through its Founders Launchpad accelerator, provides growth equity to companies with traction, and extends venture debt to businesses with strong margins, particularly those in capital-constrained Philippine industries. This creates a continuum from pre-seed to later-stage expansion.

Seaborne has not published a restricted-sector list. Its website states an appetite for both innovative startups and 'boring industrial businesses,' and its portfolio confirms no thematic limits — it holds positions in AI software, wellness products, debt collection, aviation, and pharmaceutical distribution simultaneously.

The firm explicitly segments its capital: the Seaborne balance sheet takes equity in companies with traction, Founders Launchpad runs an accelerator for the earliest-stage startups, and n90 operates as a standalone Philippines-based lending company for margin-positive businesses. Each vehicle deploys with distinct underwriting criteria, though all share the same partner group.