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Top 50 Angel Investors in Asia (July 2026)

The most active angel investors investing in Asia startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Asia startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Angel round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Yusuke Sato
Angel
39 Japan, Indonesia, United States Seed, Angel Content, Internet, Food and Beverage $320k–$43M
Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Angel
37 Japan, Singapore Seed, Angel, Series A Finance, Content, Internet $420k–$354M
Kotaro Chiba
Angel
36 Japan, United States Seed, Series A Content, Information Technology, Travel $700k–$75M
Ayataro Nakagawa
Angel
34 Japan, Hong Kong, United States Seed, Angel Internet, Software, Content $425k–$28M
Yu Akasaka
Angel
33 Japan, Australia, Hong Kong Seed, Angel Content, Food and Beverage, Apps $425k–$68M
Hidetoshi Takano
Angel
33 Japan, United States Seed, Angel Internet, Information Technology, Content $482k–$30M
Kensuke Furukawa
Angel
30 Japan Seed, Angel Content, SNS, Software $567k–$41M
Boon Hwee Koh
Angel
28 Singapore, United States, China Seed, Series A FinTech, Software, Financial Services $399k–$20M
Jan Hammer
Angel
28 China, United States, France Series A, Series B, Seed Health Care, Medical, Medical Device $2.5M–$250M
Hirofumi Miki
Angel
26 Japan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Content, Internet, Software $2.8M–$16M
Pawoot Pom Pongvitayapanu
Angel
23 Thailand, Malaysia Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Marketing, Internet
Mamoru Taniya
Angel
21 Japan, Singapore, Spain Seed, Series A, Angel Apps, Content, FinTech $2.1M–$47M
Sandeep Nailwal
Angel
20 United States, Singapore, India Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $1M–$40M
Masao Ito
Angel
20 Japan Seed, Series A, Angel Content, Social Media, Information Technology $661k–$18M
Bingqiang Gao
Angel
18 China, Hong Kong, United States Seed, Series A, Angel Robotics, Electronics, Manufacturing $1.4M–$43M
Yoshinori Fukushima
Angel
17 Japan, Singapore Seed, Angel, Series A Internet, Software, Marketing $2.5M–$68M
Tatsuo Sakamoto
Angel
17 Japan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Content, Education $457k–$26M
Shunsuke Oyu
Angel
16 Japan, Singapore, United States Seed, Angel Content, Internet, Media and Entertainment $480k–$18M
Toru Shimada
Angel
15 Japan Seed, Angel Internet, Task Management, Content $553k–$68M
Balaji Srinivasan
Angel
15 United States, India, Singapore Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency $665k–$31M
Lijie Wang
Angel
15 China, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Aerospace, Manufacturing, Big Data $150k–$8.3M
Toivo Annus
Angel
15 Singapore, United States, Estonia Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Software, FinTech $1.4M–$6M
Yasuyuki Kin
Angel
14 Japan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Media and Entertainment, Recruiting, Career Planning $1.4M–$14M
Jun Nishikawa
Angel
13 Japan, United States Seed, Series A, Angel Food and Beverage, Mobile, Content $968k–$326M
Royston Tay
Angel
13 Singapore, Germany, Indonesia Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence $200k–$3.3M
Soichiro Kawai
Angel
13 Japan Seed, Angel Internet, Mobile Apps, Human Resources $553k–$30M
Jia Chai
Angel
13 Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Internet $700k–$2.6M
Gang Wang
Angel
13 China, United States Series A, Angel, Seed E-Commerce, Transportation, Medical $425k–$8.5M
Fumiaki Koizumi
Angel
12 Japan Seed, Series A Internet, E-Commerce, Information Technology $804k–$73M
Ryosuke Matsumoto
Angel
12 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Art, Software, Reservations $2.8M–$28M
Siu Quek
Angel
12 Singapore, Indonesia Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Health Care, Education, Information Technology $767k–$7.6M
Kazuma Ieiri
Angel
11 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Content, Fashion, FinTech $380k–$47M
Noguchi Keito
Angel
11 Japan, United States Seed, Angel Marketing, Media and Entertainment, Content $7.3M–$26M
Amrish Rau
Angel
11 India, Singapore, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Financial Services, FinTech, Payments $340k–$25M
Shogo Kawada
Angel
11 Japan, United States Seed, Angel Software, SaaS, Apps $360k–$14M
Hesham Zreik
Angel
11 United States, Nigeria, India Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $20k–$5M
Steve Melhuish
Angel
10 Singapore, India, Philippines Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Real Estate, Internet, Software $525k–$7.6M
Mohammad Maaz
Angel
10 Bangladesh, United States, Canada Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel Information Technology, SaaS, EdTech $37k–$830k
Wing Vasiksiri
Angel
10 Singapore, Thailand, United States Seed, Pre-Seed Social, Blockchain, Mobile Apps $850k–$6M
Charles Xue
Angel
9 China Angel, Series A, Seed Internet, Retail, Information Technology $134k–$11M
Yang Bin Kwok
Angel
9 Singapore, Indonesia Seed, Pre-Seed E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology $200k–$3.3M
Gokul Rajaram
Angel
9 United States, India, Singapore Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services $2.5M–$55M
Yuzuru Honda
Angel
9 Japan, Nigeria, Singapore Seed, Angel Information Technology, SNS, Internet $2.8M–$5.7M
Naoki Aoyagi
Angel
9 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Fashion, Internet, Software $1.3M–$74M
Masanori Sugiyama
Angel
9 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Internet, Software, Web Design $6M–$18M
Tiang Lim Foo
Angel
8 Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, FinTech
Bob Xiaoping Xu
Angel
8 China, United States, Israel Series A, Angel, Seed Internet, Mobile, Education
Sujeet Kumar
Angel
8 India, Singapore, Kenya Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Internet, Software, E-Commerce $500k–$27M
Makoto Takano
Angel
8 Japan, Philippines Seed, Series B, Angel Content, Sports, Human Resources $1.4M–$221M
Kunal Bahl
Angel
8 India, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Internet, E-Commerce $249k–$17M
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Yusuke Sato
Angel · 39 investments in Asia startups

Yusuke Sato is the Co-Representative and Co-Founder of Pulit.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Internet, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 59
  • Round size: Seed $3.6M–$43M; Angel $320k–$43M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kaimak — Kaymak is a recruitment platform that focuses on creating a recruitment website, planning a recruitment strategy, and managing candidates.
  • Meetscare — Meetscare provides correct information and supports the self-awareness of all people involved in care. The company provides a wealth of information to ensure optimal care and create a mechanism for the realization. Users can make a telephone consultation and web diagnosis and search for free information using the system.Meetscare was founded on2016 and is headquartered in Arakawa, Tokyo.
  • Driver Technologies — Driver Technologies is a cloud logistics platform provider. It provides a solution for driver matching and cargo vehicle demands.
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Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 37 investments in Asia startups

Nobuhiro Ariyasu is the CEO at Coach United.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Content, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 51
  • Round size: Seed $661k–$68M; Angel $420k–$7.1M; Series A $1.3M–$354M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Grafto
  • Tsunagari AI — Tsunagari specializes in developing and providing AI-powered consultation services tailored for local governments, aiming to enhance administrative efficiency, support citizen engagement, and streamline public service delivery.
  • OPERA TECH
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Kotaro Chiba
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 36 investments in Asia startups

Kotaro Chiba is the founder of ChibaDojo Fund. Kotaro Chiba attended Keio University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Information Technology, Travel
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 69
  • Round size: Seed $700k–$43M; Series A $13M–$75M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MI-6 — MI-6 is a research, development, consulting, and project management for material development using IT. We will promote materials informatics in the field of material development with our technological capabilities and a wealth of project knowledge that challenge the world's most advanced technologies .
  • ELESTYLE — ELESTYLE are promoting mobile payments and providing high value-added services for users to realize a cashless society.
  • Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
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Ayataro Nakagawa
Angel · 34 investments in Asia startups

2011 At university, participated in the founding period as a director of Atcole Co., Ltd., and started the web service experience.2012 Founded Peroli Co., Ltd., which operates a curation platform for women "MERY" .2014 Founded Peroli Co., Ltd. Sold to DeNA 2015 Jointly established Tokyo Founders Fund as an angel investor and startedinvesting in startups in Japan and overseas 2019 Appointed outside director of FIREBUG Co., Ltd.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Hong Kong, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 43
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$28M; Angel $425k–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mepple — Mepple is planning, developing, and operating internet services.
  • For you — For you is a comprehensive Advertising agency business specializing in SNS.
  • SPORTS CROWN — SPORTS CROWN engages in the development and operation of fantasy sports.
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Yu Akasaka
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 33 investments in Asia startups

During Hosei University student, and intern at Hakuhodo C & D. After joining the Image-net, I do media monetization of EC site as a media planner. Then, new business, engaged in Alliance. Launched a crowdsourcing site "MILLION DESIGNS" of design in the individual, sold to Ransazu Corporation. Established the Eureka Co., Ltd., wasappointed Representative Director CEO.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Food and Beverage, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Australia, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $4.3M–$68M; Angel $425k–$7.4M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
  • RE — RE specializes in smartphone application design and development.
  • Vitalogue Health — Vitalogue Health offers Canvas, a home-based hormone testing service for women.
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Hidetoshi Takano
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 33 investments in Asia startups

Joined Intelligence in 1999. Established Key Players Inc. in 2005. Consultation with more than 3,000 managers and career counseling for more than 10,000 individuals. In addition, we have invested in more than 55 outside directors, advisors and angels in Silicon Valley and Bangladesh in Japan. Over 100 lectures on careers, entrepreneurship andstartups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Information Technology, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 42
  • Round size: Seed $482k–$21M; Angel $4.3M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • D-Chain — D-Chain offers services related to IT development and production in the Web3 and Web2 fields.
  • Rayout — Rayout is a business consulting company that provides creative content development, recruitment videos, and web production services.
  • CAREER BIJIN — Career bijin is a total support company.
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Kensuke Furukawa
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 30 investments in Asia startups

Kensuke Furukawa was born in June 2, 1981. He graduated Waseda University majoring Political Science and Economics, and in 2000, he launched "Milkcafe", a student community, which has grown to a site with 10 million PV per month. In 2004, he became the CEO of Media Clip, which operates a rental bulletin board service "ShitarabaBBS". After that year, he had transfer "Shitaraba BBS" to Livedoor, and took charge of starting up the Consumer Generated Media sector. In 2006, he joined Recruit, and took charge of starting up a new business at Business development sector. In June of 2009, he left Recruit, and became the CEO of nanapi (formerly Rocket Start), which operates the How-to Site "nanapi".

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, SNS, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $567k–$41M; Angel $1M–$7.1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • iiba — Iiba is a geospatial platform that specializes in providing location information related to child-rearing.
  • Tohakusha — Tohakusha is a creative agency that offers design, production and sale of digital content and EC websites, and content creation services.
  • Neighbor — Neighbor is a metaverse game developer that specializes in Fortnite.
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Boon Hwee Koh
Angel · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 28 investments in Asia startups

Boon Hwee is the founding partner of Credence and Chairman of the investment committee. Concurrently, Boon Hwee is a member of Agilent Technologies Inc, Chairman of AAC Technologies, Yeo Hiap Seng Limited, and Sunningdale Tech Limited.Boon Hwee began his career in 1977 at Hewlett Packard ("HP") and rose to become its Managing Directorin Singapore, a position he held from 1985 to 1990. Boon Hwee's other previous positions include:Chairman of Singapore Telecom Group ("SingTel") and its predecessor organisations for 17 yearsChairman of Singapore Airlines Limited ("SIA") for 4 yearsChairman of Development Bank of Singapore ("DBS") for 4 yearsDirector on the Board of Temasek Holdings Private Limited for 15 years (Boon Hwee also served as a member of the Executive Committee from January 1997 to September 2010)Chairman of the Wuthelam Group for 10 yearsBoon Hwee was named the Outstanding Manager of the Year in 1991 by Business Times and DHL Worldwide. He was conferred The International Herald Tribune Visionary and Leader Honour in January 2003.Boon Hwee contributes actively to non-profit organisations, and is the current Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Nanyang Technological University and a Director of the Hewlett Foundation in the United States.Boon Hwee obtained his Bachelor's Degree (First Class Honours) in Mechanical Engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London in 1972 and his MBA (Distinction) from the Harvard Business School in 1976.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Software, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Singapore, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 47
  • Round size: Seed $399k–$5M; Series A $704k–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Yolk.fm — Yolk.fm is a social platform that allows users to chat rather than send text messages.
  • Summer — Summer International is a next generation Beauty, Health & Wellness Lifestyle company, headquarted in Los Angeles and South Korea.
  • Lyte Ventures — Built for creators, designed for the future of work. We do the hustling so that you can focus more on what matters to you.
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Jan Hammer
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 28 investments in Asia startups

Jan Hammer is the partner at Index and the Board observer of Harmonic. Jan attended Oxford University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Medical, Medical Device
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: China, United States, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 80
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$113M; Series A $2.8M–$50M; Series B $14M–$250M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sofía — Improving the way millions of people take care of their health
  • Transak — Transak offers a simple integration to allow your users to buy more than 100+ cryptocurrencies with credit/debit cards, or bank transfers in more than 120+ countries.
  • Yuetong Eye Clinic — Yuetong Eye Clinic is a medical institution that provides myopia surgery for adults and myopia prevention and control for adolescents. It is a medical institution focusing on adult myopia surgery and adolescent myopia prevention and control.
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Hirofumi Miki
Angel · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 26 investments in Asia startups

After JTB Co., Ltd. and CYBIRD Co., Ltd. as an initial member of Glee Co., Ltd. is responsible for business development. Currently, he is mainly engaged in venture support in the Internet area, investing in venture and venture capital, and served as management advisor for dozens of companies. Hands-on business development, growth strategydevelopment, financing advice, HR organization design support, partner referral and Recruit Support. He is also engaged in business support for ventures in the healthcare and university venture fields. He served as Digital Health Meetup Advisor, NEDOTCP Mentor and Future 2016 Mentor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Internet, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 27
  • Round size: Seed $2.8M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AceRNA Technologies — AceRNA contributes to regenerative medicine and drug discovery through the discovery of novel miRNA functions. It began operation in April 2018, with its headquarters in Kyoto in Japan.
  • Epicbase — Epicbase is an AI-based automatic voice transcription service based on voice recognition technology.
  • Flagellin — Flagellin is a pharmaceutical and medical industry.Development and sales of SaaS that supports sales and marketing of database and analysis services in the pharmaceutical and medical industries
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Pawoot Pom Pongvitayapanu
Angel · 23 investments in Asia startups

Pawoot is like an icon of Thailand online business. Many people call him "the godfather of E-Commerce"

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Marketing, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Thailand, Malaysia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • DayWork — People and Part-time marketplace
  • PEAK — PEAK (peakaccount.com) is one of the leading online accounting software provider in Thailand. We manage accounting record of almost 100,000 transactions valued over 2 billion bath per month. PEAK is a supported startup from True Incube and is invested by True, GSB, and SET. We won several awards and recognitions including winner prize for Ease ofDoing Business Solution, Design Innovation, True Incube Batch 2. We are not only providing online accounting software but we are building business infrastructure for future data-driven economy. We help SMEs in Thailand have a better accounting system and have a better chance of getting loan or money they need to expand their business.
  • Protoss Technology — Technology outsourcing company
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Mamoru Taniya
Angel · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 21 investments in Asia startups

After graduating from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo, he joined Solomon Brothers, where he became the youngest managing director in Asia, where he was in charge of Asian investment. After that, he created one of the largest independent Asuka assets. He also launched Japan's first independent online life insurance company,LifeNet Life Insurance, and inspired Japan's first International.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Content, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 26
  • Round size: Seed $2.1M–$43M; Angel $2.1M–$20M; Series A $2.3M–$47M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Revorf — Revorf analyzes data and develops AI-related to infectious diseases and healthcare.
  • Space Walker — SPACE WALKER specializes in design, manufacture and sale of peripheral components.
  • RIMM Sustainability — RIMM Sustainability provides a SaaS platform that enables companies of all sizes to optimise their sustainability management effort. It builds tools for sustainability management, reporting and optimisation.
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Sandeep Nailwal
Angel · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · 20 investments in Asia startups

Sandeep Nailwal is based out of United States and is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Polygon. Sandeep previously worked at Scopeweaver as a Co-Founder and CEO. Sandeep Nailwal attended the Indian Institute of Management.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 187
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$9.5M; Pre-Seed $1M–$6M; Series A $8M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Tria — Threely is onboarding billions onto Web3 with universal identities. Threely addresses are blockchain-agnostic identities that can be used across Web3 as a profile, chain-agnostic payment endpoints, logins, zkKYCs, and more. Threely is doing the crucial work of helping the top blockchain protocols, wallets, and dApps cast a wider net to onboard abroader part of the internet to Web3.
  • Self Protocol — Self is spearheading a secure, human-first internet by allowing users to verify their identities while maintaining their privacy. Self Protocol is an identity and proof-of-humanity solution that uses zero-knowledge technology to confirm personhood and distinctive traits, like age and nationality, without revealing private information.
  • SuperGaming — At SuperGaming, we are putting India on the global gaming map.
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Masao Ito
Angel · 20 investments in Asia startups

Masao Ito is a Founder & CEO at User Local.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Social Media, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $661k–$18M; Series A $12M–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Illusil — Illusil is a service that makes it easier for anyone to generate slide materials and reduces the amount of time needed to do it. Additionally, presentations can be automatically generated from text input by AI, and over 1,000 design templates can be used to build original slides.
  • Alyaum — Aryaum supports "regional revitalization through NFT" by offering local governments all around the nation hometown tax and tourism NFT solutions.
  • Driver Technologies — Driver Technologies is a cloud logistics platform provider. It provides a solution for driver matching and cargo vehicle demands.
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Bingqiang Gao
Angel · 18 investments in Asia startups, 10 in the past 12 months

Bingqiang Gao is the Independent Non-Executive Director of Q Tech.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Robotics, Electronics, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: China, Hong Kong, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 27
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$43M; Angel $1.5M–$2.8M; Series A $10M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Urtopia — Urtopia is a New Urban Utopia, where passionate people get inspired by innovation and design, and pursue an active lifestyle with high-tech products.
  • Guangfan Technology — Guangfan Technology is a technology innovation company focusing on next-generation human-computer interaction, dedicated to the innovation of interaction paradigms for multimodal direct intent expression.
  • Zhongjian Technology — Zhongjian Technology provides computers, telecommunication, and other electronic devices.
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Yoshinori Fukushima
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 17 investments in Asia startups

Yoshinori Fukushima - CEO @ LayerX

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, Marketing
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Seed $3.5M–$68M; Angel $7.1M–$11M; Series A $2.5M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Jizai — Jizai is a provider of artificial intelligence technology, offering AI solutions, software-as-a-service products powered by AI, and robots that utilize AI capabilities for businesses across various industries. The company focuses on generative AI, large language models (LLMs), and robotics, offering customizable AI platforms and automation tools.It also engages in AI consulting and research collaborations.
  • Amptalk — Amptalk is a software development firm specializing in operating automatic transcription and analysis of online business negotiations.
  • Media Aid — Media Aid is an advertising agency that provides recruitment, marketing, web creation, and SNS management services
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Tatsuo Sakamoto
Angel · 17 investments in Asia startups

Tatsuo Sakamoto is a Head of Sales, Japan at MOLOCO. He Attended The University of Tokyo.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Content, Education
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Seed $457k–$26M; Pre-Seed $4.3M–$9.9M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • bgrass — bgrass is a consultation support platform for women working in the IT industry.
  • Kids Snack Lab — Kids Snack Lab is a food manufacturing firm that produces and sells nutritional sweets for children.
  • Metaverse Creators — Metaverse Creators is a feature-rich virtual platform providing gamers with a wide range of games, creation tools, and avatar editing tools.
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Shunsuke Oyu
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 16 investments in Asia startups

Shunsuke Oyu is the co-founder of Connehito Inc. Started an online Q&A platform “mamari” which is the largest platform for moms in Japan. Connehito was acquired by one of the telecom giant KDDI in 2016. Selected as a “Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia” at consumer technology department. Angel-investing 50+ companies globally.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Internet, Media and Entertainment
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $480k–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Lecto — Lecto provides Saas solutions to eliminate the tedious practices behind financial services
  • Manabie — Manabie is an Education Technology start-up company on a mission to provide a new style of online & offline merged learning around the world. We provide students with everything they need for efficient learning; high-quality learning materials, great learning environments, personal coaches and more! We believe that our new method of learning,integrating online and offline will dramatically innovate the way students learn.
  • Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
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Toru Shimada
Angel · 15 investments in Asia startups

Toru Shimada is a Senior Executive Officer and Director of Rakuten. Mr. Shimada is a Director of Rakuten Baseball, Inc., and Head of Asia Regional Headquarters Office of the Company.Mr. Shimada joined Rakuten in 2004. Prior to joining Rakuten, Mr. Shimada was founder and Director of INTELLIGENCE, LTD from 1989 to 2004. Prior to INTELLIGENCE, LTD.Mr. Shimada worked at RECRUIT CO., LTD. from 1987 to 1989.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Task Management, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$68M; Angel $553k–$6.2M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • COELU — COELU wants to be at the forefront of organizations that decide to take on obstacles in order to become a "core of growth."
  • Ixyas — Ixyas offers internet service planning, operation, marketing support, and sales services.
  • CAN EAT
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Balaji Srinivasan
Angel · San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States · 15 investments in Asia startups, 21 in the past 12 months

Balaji S. Srinivasan is the Co-Founder and Board Member of Coin Center. He was the CTO of Coinbase and cofounder of Counsyl, Earn, Teleport, and Coin Center. Dr. Srinivasan holds a BS, MS, and PhD in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University. He also teaches the occasional class at Stanford, including anonline MOOC.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 258
  • Round size: Seed $2.3M–$15M; Pre-Seed $665k–$4.5M; Series A $6M–$31M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BizScout — BizScout is an online platform of Off market deals for verified buyers and sellers.
  • Warp — Warp is a payroll and compliance tool that makes it easy for founders to hire, onboard, and pay their employees.
  • M1X Global — M1X unlocks new applications of blockchain technology across public sector programs and institutional markets. We partner with governments to identify opportunities, coordinate expertise and support long-term economic development.
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Lijie Wang
Angel · Shanghai, Shanghai, China · 15 investments in Asia startups

Leo Wang is recognized as an active angel investor and leading proponent of Mobile Internet, Blockchain, and Angel Investment in China. Boasting over twenty years in mobile internet and tech, he has invested in 300 startups, spanning healthcare to fintech and blockchain, including 2 NASDAQ-listed companies and 5 unicorns.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Aerospace, Manufacturing, Big Data
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: China, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $300k–$8.3M; Angel $300k–$300k; Pre-Seed $150k–$500k
  • Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Hesai Technology — Hesai Technology is a global leader in lidar solutions for ADAS and autonomous mobility. As an expert in lidar technology, we empower the next generation of robotics with reliable, high-performance lidar sensors. Our solutions improve reliability for ADAS, autonomous vehicles, trucking, robotics, and industrial applications. We strive to improve safety and performance for the future of the automotive industry with advanced lidar technology that delivers high-resolution 3D perception. Learn more about the work Hesai does as a leading lidar manufacturer by visiting our website or contacting our team today.
  • Wosai — Wosai is a developer of mobile payment software. It also provides merchants with professional mobile payment collection, marketing management software, advertising, supply chain management, shared charging resources, merchant community, and other services.
  • Reserve — Reserve is a universal currency company. Reserve provides people with hyperinflation protected savings accounts to protect and use their money globally. They offer rtokens, collateral baskets, and over collateralization.
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Toivo Annus
Angel · Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia · 15 investments in Asia startups

Active individual investor in flying drones, also looking at payments and ecommerce.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Singapore, United States, Estonia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 37
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$3M; Series A $2M–$6M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Salv — Smart AML solutions. Detect and mitigate money laundering risks through advanced transaction monitoring, sanction screening, and KYC risk scoring.
  • Enview — Enview offers the next generation of Geospatial Analytics Software and GEOINT technology for energy companies and governments to protect their critical infrastructure.
  • GOSU Data Lab — Try the World`s first game voice assistant to master the game effortlessly. Learn more - how it works and how can it help you.
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Yasuyuki Kin
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 14 investments in Asia startups

Yasuyuki Kin

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Media and Entertainment, Recruiting, Career Planning
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Onepair — Onepair is a job consulting and recruiting company. Onepair is to co-creating careers by talking about real-world ace with active ace.
  • Strainer Co., Ltd. — Strainer Co., Ltd. is an information distribution platform that conveys corporate information centered on financial data. Although there are not a few media to deliver financial information, the company's strengths are strong to be easily viewed, including financial information of overseas companies.
  • LAMILA — LAMILA develops system that improves the creation of retail stores.
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Jun Nishikawa
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 13 investments in Asia startups

Jun Nishikawa - Co-founder, Executive Vice President, COO @ Eureka

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Mobile, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $968k–$326M; Angel $2.8M–$8.5M; Series A $15M–$71M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • FamiOne — FamiOne is creating a society that will support the future of couples who want to receive children.
  • Misaky Tokyo — Marine plant-based, handmade Japanese sweets. These crystal treats are individually handcrafted, the perfect gift idea! Vegan, gluten-free, and additive-free confectionery, with stunning flavors such as Yuzu, Matcha, and Rose. Supporting artisans in their craft. Japanese luxury sweets with a surprise inside.
  • Reiwa Travel — Reiwa Trave is a digital travel agency intended that optimizes overseas travel. The company's platform uses online travel booking tools that provide digitalized contracts along with trip management, thereby enabling its customers' vacation and leisure experiences.
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Royston Tay
Angel · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 13 investments in Asia startups

Royston Tay is Co-Founder & CEO at Zopim. He is GM of Chat at Zendesk.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Singapore, Germany, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $747k–$3.3M; Pre-Seed $200k–$1.9M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ottodot — Master every Science & Math concept through Ottodot Online Tuition. Designed based on the Singapore MOE syllabus with experienced MOE teachers. For kids 5-12 year olds.
  • ByteGenie — ByteGenie helps hospitality teams increase sales and cut procurement costs with an AI-powered Bloomberg-like data platform that leverages real-time data scraping and standardisation to support lead generation, events intelligence, price benchmarking and supplier intelligence.
  • eaze — At eaze, we are on the mission to democratise good sleep! With 1/3 of people suffering from sleep problems and prescription sleep medication as the current go-to solution, we set out to change this by offering the first digital sleep training. Based on cognitive behavioural therapy, your personal sleep psychologist guides you through anindividualised sleep training that helps you to sleep better for good.
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Soichiro Kawai
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 13 investments in Asia startups

Soichiro Kawai - CEO @ ReBoost

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Mobile Apps, Human Resources
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $553k–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Villio — Villio provides talent experience SaaS which helps companies with human resource development and recruitment of talented engineers.
  • Back Dooor — Back Dooor is an app that provides 1on1 chatting services with favorite player of the users.
  • SPeak — SPeak Corporation operates JPort Match that is involved in direct recruiting service. It is a global career platform for budding new talents.
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Jia Chai
Angel · 13 investments in Asia startups

Jia Jih Chai is the CEO & co-founder at Rainforest. He attended National University of Singapore.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$2.6M; Pre-Seed $700k–$1.3M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Akro AI — Akro AI develops platforms that automate document-heavy data workflows. The company deploys a network of proprietary specialized models instead of a single general-purpose system to process handwritten forms, scanned files, and unstructured enterprise records at a lower cost. Its value proposition is anchored on total data sovereignty, allowinghighly regulated enterprises to securely run end-to-end data extraction, analysis, and conversational knowledge layers entirely within their own infrastructure.
  • HeyMax — Heymax.ai gives you a free trip every year by rewarding you with Max Miles. Heymax.ai doubles your favorite miles! heymax helps you find the best credit card to use anywhere you shop, and double dip to earn your preferred loyalty points and miles at 20+ airlines and hotels by shopping with our partners like Shopee, Lazada, Amazon, Apple,Trip.com, Singapore Airlines and so many more.For businesses, heymax.ai is a simple and efficient way to convert high-spending customers who like rewards on their terms.
  • The Wild Ventures — A house of sustainable brands, designed for disruption, differentiated by creativity, and supercharged by AI.
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Gang Wang
Angel · Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China · 13 investments in Asia startups

Gang Wang

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Transportation, Medical
  • Stage:Series A, Angel, Seed
  • Geography: China, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$2.9M; Angel $425k–$3M; Series A $1.4M–$8.5M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Wozaijia.com — Wozaijia is a social e-commerce platform for home furniture."I am at home" is a trustworthy home to share direct purchase platform. Here, people can discover, experience, buy, share their favorite home products, we change the home to share economic practice of buying methods. "I am at home" believes that the world will bee better if we can always get a better life with less cost.
  • Qianyu Islands — Qianyu Islands is the flagship brand of Beijing Beike Youjia Technology Co., Ltd., which is positioned in the “Urban Shared Accommodation Space”. It is committed to providing users with different traditional hotels and B&Bs, younger, more free, more possibilities and higher value for money accommodation options.Since its inception in 2017,Qianyu Islands is based on a sense of quality, experience and freshness for a new generation of consumer groups. It is transforming the traditional accommodation industry with a more Internet-based way to fill the market for urban mid-end accommodation.
  • Huidu Environmental — Huidu Environmental is a recyclable packing material developer.
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Fumiaki Koizumi
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 12 investments in Asia startups

Fumiaki Koizumi - Executive Director @ Mercari

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $804k–$68M; Series A $62M–$73M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • FiT — FiT encourages the use of information technology in fitness to address industrial concerns. We will build a highly sustainable fitness facility using a business model that allows consumers to easily use the gym without being burdened by price or procedures, while also allowing owners to build a very successful business with low running costs.
  • Aoyama Arts — Aoyama Arts is an architecture and consulting company that develops design offices and supports land search and financing plans.
  • Fabric Tokyo — FABRIC TOKYO is a Japanese startup provides a direct-to-consumer custom-made apparel brand. (former-company name Lifestyle Design Co., Ltd.). It enables customers to save their sizes, idea fabrics, and favorite designs, allowing them to make their original clothing later.FABRIC TOKYO was founded in 2012 by Yuichiro Mori and is based in Tokyo,Japan.
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Ryosuke Matsumoto
Angel · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 12 investments in Asia startups

Ryosuke Matsumoto is the Founder / CEO at Kankak. Ryosuke Matsumoto attended Chuo University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Art, Software, Reservations
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $2.8M–$14M; Series A $15M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 6curry — 6curry is a brand that creates a new community around “curry”, one of the world's best Japanese foods. The concept is to mix many people and ideas like curry made by mixing various ingredients and spices. Original menu development, weekly events are held in the central kitchen, open only to members. We design and produce communication bornfrom food, such as event catering for over 500 people and communication proposals within the company.
  • TRiCERA — TRiCERA is a contemporary art global platform management company.
  • Vivid Garden — vivid garden is an Agriculture company.
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Siu Quek
Angel · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 12 investments in Asia startups

Siu Rui Quek is the Co-founder and CEO of Carousell. Siu Rui previously worked at VSee as a Collaboration Evangelist. Siu Rui Quek attended the National University of Singapore. Siu Rui Quek has received the Asia's Most Influential Award, Outstanding Young Alumni Award, and Eminent Business Alumni Award.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Education, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Singapore, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $767k–$7.6M; Pre-Seed $1M–$1.3M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Yolk.fm — Yolk.fm is a social platform that allows users to chat rather than send text messages.
  • Evo — Social Commerce Software
  • Circular — We are making subscriptions the best way to experience tech. Circular aims to accelerate the circular economy and maximise the useful lives of each tech device to its fullest potential.
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Kazuma Ieiri
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 11 investments in Asia startups

Born in 1978 and raised in Fukuoka prefecture, Kazuma founded paperboy&co. inc. (currently GMO Pepabo) and went on to become the youngest CEO ever (at the time) to take a company public in Japan by taking paperboy&co. public on the JASDAQ Japanese stock exchange. After leaving paperboy&co, he continued his startup trail by foundingBASE, CAMPFIRE, and XIMERA. Kazuma also dabbled in the food services industry via the founding of On The Corner (a cafe) and is active in the startup investment scene. He also started the Liverty-house project which attempts to create shared housing for young people in need.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Fashion, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $380k–$41M; Angel $1M–$7.4M; Series A $3.5M–$47M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Taliki — Taliki is a Coworking Space Operates Social Entrepreneurs Development Support for Intrepreneur Development.
  • One Nova — One Nova (ワンノバ) is a lifestyle brand and online platform that offers a range of innerwear products, such as men's boxers.
  • Vivid Garden — vivid garden is an Agriculture company.
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Noguchi Keito
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 11 investments in Asia startups

Noguchi Keito - Founder @ Vapes

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Marketing, Media and Entertainment, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $9.6M–$26M; Angel $7.3M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dofa — Dofa aims to develop services that enrich the way of life and work of human resources that are active mainly in sales.
  • Alliance Cloud — Alliance Cloud primarily engages in the Sales Tech and BtoB Sales Outsourcing Business.
  • Cloud Franchise — Cloud Franchise is a cloud kitchen model that aims to maximize the kitchen occupancy rate of restaurants.
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Amrish Rau
Angel · 11 investments in Asia startups

Amrish Rau is the CEO of Pine Labs.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: India, Singapore, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 67
  • Round size: Seed $381k–$8.5M; Pre-Seed $340k–$1.5M; Series A $3.6M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sipay — Sipay is a next-generation financial technology company offering a comprehensive all-in-one financial services platform. It enables B2B, B2C, and Sipay as a Service (Embedded Finance) customers to address all their banking and financial needs without requiring any other partners.
  • Amica Finance — Jupiter's consumer-focused neo-banking startup Amica Finance operates as an NBFC non-banking finance company.
  • Jupiter — Getting access to Jupiter before others. 100% digital banking with no pain. Zero balance accounts, no hidden fees. Master your money, reap rewards on Jupiter app - partnered with an RBI licensed bank for max trust.
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Shogo Kawada
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 11 investments in Asia startups

Shogo Kawada is Co-founder and Adviser of DeNA, a global Internet company focused on a social games platform, social games, e-commerce and other Web services for mobile devices and PCs.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $360k–$14M; Angel $709k–$4M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sunblaze — sunblaze is a android-based smartphone users begin to experience stability issues after one to two years of use. For example, their device may get slower or they encounter unexpected app crashes. These stability issues also lead to security vulnerabilities.SUNBLAZE OS features essential functions only, meaning it does not have any unnecessaryfunctions. This allows the system to be more stable and secure, and users are able to use it for a longer period of time.
  • IVA — IVA ensures the safety of the market towards the threat of counterfeit goods.
  • Spider Labs — Spider Labs offers solutions to help fight ad fraud and ensure data security.
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Hesham Zreik
Angel · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 11 investments in Asia startups

Hesham Zreik is the CEO of FasterCapital. He previously worked at DreamApps as a Project Manager. Hesham attended the University of Westminster.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Nigeria, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 755
  • Round size: Seed $50k–$2.1M; Pre-Seed $20k–$1M; Series A $170k–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 55% lead, 45% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • FellowMe — FellowMe is a social media platform that allows users to meet new people with a search experience, segmented by interests and location.
  • Exnus Protocol — Exnus Protocol is a next-generation decentralized ecosystem built on the Solana blockchain.
  • UrbanFarmers — UrbanFarmers is a platform that connects city dwellers with local urban farms and community gardens.
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Steve Melhuish
Angel · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 10 investments in Asia startups

Steve Melhuish is the Founder of Rumah, Co-Founder and Board Director at PropertyGuru Group, Founder and CEO at Planet Rise, Founding Partner at Wavemaker Impact, and an Advisor and Investor at Eco-Business and Ampd Energy. He attended the University of Plymouth and the University of Reading.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Real Estate, Internet, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Singapore, India, Philippines

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$7.6M; Pre-Seed $525k–$1.6M; Series A $2.1M–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Agros — Agros exist to make farming economically viable and environmentally sustainable. The company provides farmers with carbon-reducing and income-increasing products and services, from input to market. Their unique ecosystem approach aggregates different low-carbon technologies, bundled with affordable finance, insurance, advisory and market access.Agros’ mission is to double the income of millions of farmers while reducing 100 megatons of annual carbon emissions.
  • Aqwire
  • Lhoopa — Making homeownership achievable for every Filipino family.
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Mohammad Maaz
Angel · 10 investments in Asia startups

Mohammad Maaz

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, SaaS, EdTech
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Bangladesh, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $220k–$830k; Pre-Seed $37k–$250k
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Edutechs — Edutechs offers inclusive education system that promotes equity.
  • Travela — Travela makes accommodation simple. Find and book furnished rooms, apartments, hotels, resorts, and private villas anywhere in Bangladesh. Easy booking, trusted stays, and real support - all in one app.
  • Interactive Cares — Interactive Cares is a one stop virtual Edtech Platform for creating employability to 2.7 Million unemployed youth in Bangladesh & make them skilled through its integrated digital learning. Interactive Cares is working to create 1 M job placement by end of 2026.
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Wing Vasiksiri
Angel · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 10 investments in Asia startups

Wing Vasiksiri

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Social, Blockchain, Mobile Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Singapore, Thailand, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $850k–$6M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CHOYS — CHOYS is a holistic wellness subscription platform for organizations and employees that strives to offer every employee with access to benefits and impact that are tailored to their individual requirements, with the goal of making work more humanized and meaningful. CHOYS is headquartered in Singapore, Central Region and was founded in 2022.
  • Raven — Your group's vibe manager.
  • Beep Technologies — Beep is creating a universal, modular platform bridging the physical and digital divide, powering smart, contextual & interoperable connectivity across physical touchpoints whilst ensuring true customer privacy by leveraging on decentralised technology.
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Charles Xue
Angel · Beijing, Beijing, China · 9 investments in Asia startups

Charles Xue, also known as Xue Manzi, is a Chinese-American angel investor and entrepreneur. He is co-founder of UT Starcom and has invested in Chinese internet startups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Retail, Information Technology
  • Stage:Angel, Series A, Seed
  • Geography: China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Angel $134k–$850k; Series A $425k–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • DeLink (DELC)
  • Huaqin Zhilian — Huaqin Zhilian is a manufacturer of smart robot convenience devices in the field of smart retail.
  • YEUNGS SAGE E-COMMERCE
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Yang Bin Kwok
Angel · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 9 investments in Asia startups

Yang Bin Kwok

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Singapore, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $747k–$3.3M; Pre-Seed $200k–$730k
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Upmesh — Upmesh provides e-commerce functionality for live commerce merchants on social media.
  • ByteGenie — ByteGenie helps hospitality teams increase sales and cut procurement costs with an AI-powered Bloomberg-like data platform that leverages real-time data scraping and standardisation to support lead generation, events intelligence, price benchmarking and supplier intelligence.
  • RaRa Delivery — RaRa Delivery is a e-commerce logistics company located in Selatan.
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Gokul Rajaram
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 9 investments in Asia startups

Gokul Rajaram is a founding partner at Marathon Management Partners and Board of Director of Niural.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, India, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 237
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$14M; Series A $8M–$34M; Series B $12M–$55M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Knit — Knit pairs forward-deployed researchers with autonomous research agents to deliver decision-ready insights faster and better than traditional agencies, unlocking entirely new ways for the world's most iconic enterprises to run research.
  • Patronus AI — The industry-first automated evaluation platform that detects Large Language Model (LLM) mistakes at scale and use generative AI with confidence.
  • Pocket — Pocket is a technology company that develops an AI-enabled note-taking system combining a dedicated recording device with companion software. Its platform records in-person conversations and phone calls, transcribes audio, and organizes the content into searchable transcripts, summaries, action items, and mind maps. The system supports offlinerecording, cloud synchronization, and access across mobile, desktop, and web applications, with support for more than 120 languages. Pocket also provides AI-powered features for organizing, searching, and exporting recorded information while offering integrations with task management workflows. Its products are designed for individuals and teams who need to capture, organize, and retrieve information from conversations and spoken ideas.
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Yuzuru Honda
Angel · 9 investments in Asia startups

Yuzuru Honda is a Founder & Global CEO of FreakOut.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, SNS, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Nigeria, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $2.8M–$5.7M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • IVA — IVA ensures the safety of the market towards the threat of counterfeit goods.
  • Tyms — Tyms online accounting software for your business connects you to your bank, accountant, bookkeeper, and other business apps. Start a free trial today. Also available in Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius and South Africa.
  • ForCreators — ForCreators is a company operating the virtual talent agency ‘NEXAS', with the goal of globalizing Japan's world-class culture such as anime and VTubers.
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Naoki Aoyagi
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 9 investments in Asia startups

Naoki Aoyagi is a Senior Vice President at GREE, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer of GREE International, Inc. He joined GREE, Inc. in March 2006 from Deutsche Bank, where he had specialized in tech and media sector IPOs and M&A advisory work. At GREE, Aoyagi oversaw the Company's partnership with KDDI and its IPO before leading thedevelopment of GREE’s global operations, a role he continues today. Aoyagi earned a bachelor's degree in policy management from Keio University in 2002.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fashion, Internet, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $2.1M–$11M; Series A $1.3M–$74M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Enechain — enechain provides liquidity in Japan’s energy market by brokering OTC transactions of energy.
  • Parallel — Parallel is the hangout app where you can enjoy games, videos, music, and more with friends.
  • Holmes — Holmesis a cloud contract system to consistently carry out the creation, conclusion and management of contracts in the cloud.
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Masanori Sugiyama
Angel · 9 investments in Asia startups

He graduated from Kansai University in 1988. He was enrolled in Ljoma while he was in college. 2002 Vice President of Practice (now index lights). In 2004, he became president of zappallas. Listed on the TSE Mothers in the second year of his appointment, and in 2010 he was listed in part of the TSE. In 2011 he became the CEO of enish. Listed on apart of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Thereafter, he served as outside directors such as Nikkatsu and JibannetHD.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, Web Design
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $6M–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MI-6 — MI-6 is a research, development, consulting, and project management for material development using IT. We will promote materials informatics in the field of material development with our technological capabilities and a wealth of project knowledge that challenge the world's most advanced technologies .
  • STUDIO — The easiest and quickest way to build your beautiful portfolio website, landing page or anything. No code. All creative freedom.
  • STUDIO Japan — STUDIO is a development and operation of the next-generation design tool.
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Tiang Lim Foo
Angel · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 8 investments in Asia startups

Tiang Lim Foo is a Partner and co-founder of Forge Ventures. He currently serves as a Venture Partner at Next Billion Ventures. He was also a partner at SeedPlus, a leading seed fund in Southeast Asia backed by SGInnovate, Jungle Ventures, Cisco, and IFC. Previously, he launched and managed Evernote's operations in Asia. Tiang has invested incategory-leading startups in the region and currently serves as a board member of Qoala, a Sequoia-backed insurance tech company in Indonesia. Tiang graduated from Stanford with a degree in Management and Engineering and holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering with Honors from the National University of Singapore.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 26
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Xfers — Xfers boosts your business with easy payment acceptance, seamless funds transfer, credit solutions and high-yield cash accounts.
  • Talenox — Improve your HR processes with simple automation. Get a guided experience with the friendlist online HR system. Manage multiple entities with one account.
  • Arrow — Arrow is the best checkout experience for your online businesses that drastically increases your conversions rates. Arrow supports the all major payment gateways and is pre-built with the latest and greatest payment methods in Southeast Asia (SEA).
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Bob Xiaoping Xu
Angel · Beijing, Beijing, China · 8 investments in Asia startups

Bob Xiaoping Xu is the founder of ZhenFund and one of China's most celebrated angel investors. Established in 2011 as a joint fund with Sequoia Capital China, ZhenFund is China’s foremost angel fund. Managing USD 600 million, ZhenFund has 500 portfolio companies and offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Palo Alto. It has played a leading role inChina’s rise as a “startup nation”, and is widely considered a beacon of light in China’s vibrant startup environment. Prior to founding ZhenFund, Mr. Xu co-founded China's largest private English training and test preparation group, New Oriental Education, along with Michael Yu and Victor Wang. New Oriental became listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2006 and currently has a market cap of USD 11 billion. The founders’ endeavors, which helped drive Chinese education toward a new global era, was featured in the box office hit “American Dreams in China”. The movie ranked as the #3 Chinese domestic box office hit in 2013. Mr. Xu’s success as an educator and an entrepreneur led him to angel investing, where he has pioneered a unique investment philosophy of investing in exceptional people. He became one of the most prolific patrons of entrepreneurship, as well as a leading mentor to young business leaders. Forbes Magazine has honored him on the Midas List as one of the World’s Top 100 Venture Capital Investors for two consecutive years (2016 and 2017). Mr. Xu currently serves as the Chairman of China Angel Investment Association. Mr. Xu has more than 11 million followers on Weibo, the Chinese version of Twitter. He is also a prolific author who has published seven books on career growth and education. His writings, speeches and interviews on entrepreneurship, investment and education have had an immense impact on China’s emerging business leaders, and particularly on those who have studied abroad. He is the president of Committee 2005, an institution that gathers the most influential Chinese overseas returnees, including the likes of Robin Li, Neil Shen and Lee Kai-fu. Mr. Xu is deeply committed to philanthropy. He is a founding donor and the Committee Acting President of the Future Science Award, an annual award of USD 1 million for scientists who have made significant contributions to life sciences and physical sciences in Greater China. Mr. Xu graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music, the Chinese equivalent of Julliard School of Music, with a bachelor’s degree in music. He received his master’s degree in music from the University of Saskatchewan. Prior to that he was a counsellor at Peking University for five years.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Mobile, Education
  • Stage:Series A, Angel, Seed
  • Geography: China, United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 26
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • YOTA — YOTA provides a healthy and diet food delivery service.
  • Lagou — Lagou.com offers staffing services. The company’s clientele includes Tencent, Baidu, Alibaba Group, SINA, JD.com, Beijing Xiaomi Tech, and Zhaopin.com.
  • Omni Prime — Omni Prime provides Lending as a Service solution to retailers.
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Sujeet Kumar
Angel · New Delhi, Delhi, India · 8 investments in Asia startups

Sujeet Kumar - Co- Founder @ Udaan

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: India, Singapore, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 71
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$5.8M; Pre-Seed $625k–$1.8M; Series A $2.4M–$27M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AITS — Affordable Innovative Techno Services Private Limited is a Jaipur‑based education‑technology startup incorporated in October 2023, focused on experiential K–12 education and school‑centric programs for Tier‑2 and Tier‑3 cities in India. It operates as a private limited company with a small authorized and paid‑up capital, indicating an early‑stageventure in the ed‑tech and school services space.
  • Pizza Wings — Order Online from Your Favorite Pizza Wings - Powered By Uengage
  • HireQuotient — With the vision to disrupt the hiring process for business roles globally, HireQuotient’s virtual interviewers help companies test business skills at scale in an engaging and realistic manner, saving clients millions of dollars and man-hours. It has been used by more than 30,000 candidates in over 42 countries, and generated significant timesavings for hiring organisations while improving candidate quality in interviews.
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Makoto Takano
Angel · 8 investments in Asia startups

Makoto Takano is CEO of atomixmedia, inc., publisher and editor-in-chief of Forbes Japan and Rolling Stone Japan since June, 2014. Prior to joining Atomixmedia, Inc., he was Managing Director and President of PIMCO Japan Ltd. Before joining PIMCO in 2001, he was head of marketing at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Makoto's prior experiencealso includes work at Daiwa Securities where he was head of the strategists team at Daiwa Institute of Research. He has published extensively on the capital markets. In 1992, he was awarded Securities Analysts Journal Prize by the Securities Analyst Association of Japan. He has also given lectures on asset management at Waseda University and Kyoto University. He holds master’s and undergraduate degrees in engineering from Waseda University. Makoto serves as Director of Nippon Finance Association and Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Sports, Human Resources
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Philippines

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$48M; Series B $5.2M–$221M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BeatFit — BeatFit is a fitness-tech startup based in Japan.
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  • Progrit — PROGRIT is an English-related media management company.
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Kunal Bahl
Angel · New Delhi, Delhi, India · 8 investments in Asia startups

Kunal Bahl is based out of Delhi and is the Co-Founder of AceVector. Kunal Bahl attended the University of Pennsylvania.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: India, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 209
  • Round size: Seed $400k–$5.3M; Pre-Seed $249k–$5M; Series A $3M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Laani — Laani is a personal care brand.
  • Legistify — Legistify offers AI-powered legal operations software to streamline workflows, manage contracts, track legal cases and improve productivity for enterprise legal teams
  • Equal AI — Equal Identity operates as an ID-sharing platform.
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