# Top 30 Automotive Angel Investors in Asia in June 2026 ## Adil Nurgozhin - Type: Angel - Location: Astana, Astana, Kazakhstan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, EdTech, FinTech Adil joined I2BF in 2012 as an Investment Director and the Head of the Kazakh office for the Russia-Kazakhstan Nanotechnology Fund. His previous experience is diverse across fields such as law, business development and financial investments. He is a serial entrepreneur and an angel investor with a deep knowledge of the Central Asian market. Priorto joining I2BF, he spent 5 years in various executive positions executing investments for the National Welfare Fund Samruk-Kazyna and the Regional Financial Center of Almaty. Adil holds a degree in International Law, he has an MBA and MPA. ## Daisaku Harada - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Finance, Tourism, Automotive Daisaku Harada is the Director of Management Strategy at Mercari. Daisaku attended Chuo University. ## Jinbo Yao - Type: Angel - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Series A, Seed - Focus: Logistics, Marketing, Automotive Jinbo Yao is the President, Founder and CEO at 58.com. ## Frank Li - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Series A, Seed - Focus: B2B, Retail, Internet Frank Li is a former at Ameba Capital. CEO of WaCai. Prior to founding Ameba Capital, Mr. Li worked for Alibaba Group, where he focused on website planning and construction. He developed Alibaba’s biggest paying client base and second biggest income product, 1688 CXT. Mr. Li founded Koubei.com in 2004 and acted as CEO. Alibaba Group acquiredKoubei.com for over 50 million US dollars in 2008. Koubei.com merged with Yahoo China before finally merging with Taobao. ## Padmasree Warrior - Type: Angel - Location: San Jose, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Apps, Genetics, Automotive Padmasree Warrior is the Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer at Fable. She is also the Chief Executive Officer of NextEV, U.S. She also serves as the Chief Development Officer of NextEV, as well as a member of its Board of Directors. In these capacities, she is responsible for the brains of NextEV's autonomous, electric vehiclesand the overall user experience. She is based in San Jose, CA where NextEV US is headquartered.Previously, Warrior served as the Chief Technology & Strategy Officer (CTSO) for Cisco until September 2015. In this capacity she was charged with aligning the company's technology and business strategy to business results. She was in charge of corporate strategy, mergers, acquisitions, venture investments, and strategic partnerships. Previous to that she was the GM for Cisco Enterprise segment and co-led Cisco's worldwide engineering organization. Prior to joining Cisco, she was executive vice president and CTO at Motorola. Under her leadership, Motorola was awarded the 2004 U.S. National Medal of Technology.Padmasree Warrior has been widely recognized for her creative, visionary leadership. Forbes has named her one of "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women" for three years running. In 2013, The International Alliance for Women gave her the World of Difference Award. In 2012, Business Insider called her one of the "25 Most Influential Women in Wireless". The Aspen Institute gave her the first Leadership in Science and Technology Award. India's National Association of Software & Service Companies (NASSCOM) named her the Global CTO Award winner. The Wall Street Journal has called her one of "50 Women to Watch." Fast Company included her among the "100 Most Creative People in Business." The Economic Times listed her as "the 11th Most Influential Global Indian."Warrior holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi and a Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University. In addition to NextEV's board, Warrior serves on the board of Microsoft. She previously served on the board of Gap and Box. ## Nobuyuki Idei - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Corporate Round - Focus: Information Technology, Internet, Manufacturing Nobuyuki Idei has served as our independent director since June 2007.Being an experienced director, Nobuyuki Idei currently also serves as director of Accenture, director of FreeBit Co, Ltd., director of Lenovo Group, and chairman of the National Conference on Fostering Beautiful Forests in Japan.Nobuyuki Idei is the founder and chief executiveofficer of Quantum Leaps Corporation, a specialist consultancy that advises private and public institutions on the changing role of technology in the 21st century.Nobuyuki Idei is also the founder and chairman of the board of Asia Innovators’ Initiative, a private non-profit organization that he established in 2011 to serve as a catalyst for social innovation in Asia by bringing together a diverse range of individuals and promoting knowledge sharing.Nobuyuki Idei was chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Corporation from 2000 to 2005, chief corporate advisor from 2005 to 2007, and chairman of the advisory board from 2007 to 2012.Prior to that, Nobuyuki Idei held a range of leadership positions at Sony including general manager of the audio division, senior general manager of the home video group, and president and representative director.Nobuyuki Idei has also served in a number of other advisory positions including as counselor to the Bank of Japan, member of Japan’s national IT Strategy Council, and vice-chairman of Nippon Keidanren.Nobuyuki Idei received a bachelor of science degree in economics and politics from Waseda University in Tokyo. ## Prijono Sugiarto - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Software, Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles Indonesian citizen, served as President Director of PT Astra International Tbk since March 1, 2010. He is fully responsible for all areas of the Astra Group. Previously served as Director of the Company since May 2001 until February 2010. Join Astra since 1990 and currently also serves as President Commissioner of PT United Tractors Tbk, PT AstraOtoparts, PT Astra Honda Motor, Vice President Commissioner of PT Federal International Finance, PT Toyota-Astra Motor and PT Astra Daihatsu Motor. Prior to joining the Company, he was the Sales Engineering Manager at Daimler-Benz Indonesia. Holds a Dipl.-Ing. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of A. Sc. Konstanz, Germany in 1984 and his Dipl.-Wirtschaftsing. in the field of Business Administration from the University of A. Sc. Bochum, Germany in 1986. ## Kevin Diao - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Internet, Automotive, Cloud Management Kevin Diao - Co-Founder @ Mx Federation ## Wenwen Niu - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fuel, Automotive, Customer Service Wenwen Niu - Founding Partner @ Dark Horse Ventures ## Xiaopeng He - Type: Angel - Location: Guangzhou, Guangdong, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Autonomous Vehicles, Computer, Software He Xiaopeng is the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of UCWeb Inc. and is in charge of the overall product design and R&D of the company. He has extensive working experience in foreign owned enterprises and as an entrepreneur. He and Liang Jie jointly founded UCWeb in 2004. Under their leadership, UCWeb’s product and technology hasgained significant market share in China. In 2011, He and his team developed proprietary U3 engine, being the first proprietary technology developed in the mobile browser industry in China.Before joining UCWeb, He worked as Technology Manager, Testing Manager, and Project Manager at AsiaInfo Technologies (China) Co., Ltd.He received his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from South China University of Technology in 1999. ## Amnon Shashua - Type: Angel - Location: Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Internet Amnon Shashua is the Chairman and Co Founder of Mentee Robotics. He previously worked at Intel Corporation as a Senior Vice President. Amnon Shashua attended Hebrew University of Jerusalem. ## Fangyi Chen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, Automotive, Cloud Management Fangyi Chen (陈方毅) is the founder of Fanhuan.com, a shopping platform for major e-shops. He is also the chief executive officer of Lingganfangzhou and Upin.  Chen set up the Inspirational Ark Information Technology Ltd in Xiamen. Besides, he has founded websites such as See You Menstruation Helper, ruguoyun.com, and upin.com. ## Yuan Yongfeng - Type: Angel - Location: Suzhou, Jiangsu, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Automotive, Information Technology Yuan Yongfeng is the Chairman of Dongshan Precision. ## Hidetoshi Takano - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, Information Technology, Content 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. ## Ross Veitch - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Internet, Real Estate, Rental Ross is CEO & Co-Founder at Wego, an online travel marketplace (aka travel metasearch) operating across APAC and MENA backed by top-tier investors including Tiger Global, Crescent Group, Square Peg Capital, MNC Group and MEVP. Ross is a veteran of the Asian internet industry having established Yahoo!s Southeast Asian operations in Singaporeback in 1998 and leading product development efforts across the region for 6+ years. He is also Singapore Co-Chair of H2, the premier global leadership network for the digital industry. Ross has been an active angel investor in the technology sector for a decade and enjoys working with other passionate entrepreneurs. He has worked in Sydney, Melbourne, London, Kuala Lumpur and is now splits his time between Singapore and Dubai. He travels frequently for business but not nearly enough for leisure. ## Shen Peng - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Internet, Automotive, Cloud Management Shen Peng was a co-founder of Meituan meal-delivery unit. In April 2016, he left Meituan and set up Waterdrop Inc., aiming to provide medical funds efficiently to the general public. The company has four major businesses: Waterdrop Mutual Aid, Waterdrop Fundraising, Waterdrop Insurance and Waterdrop Health, and had served more than 20 millionpaying users within one year of its establishment. Based on the different needs of users, Waterdrop Mutual Aid, Waterdrop Fundraising and Waterdrop Insurance provide an effective channel for users to gain access to medical funds, while Waterdrop Health connects the upstream and downstream of the health industry to form an ecological closed loop covering health management, prevention and screening, consultation, treatment, and rehabilitation, so as to provide comprehensive health security services for users. ## Michaelangelo Moran - Type: Angel - Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Automotive, E-Commerce, Trading Platform Michaelangelo Moran - Co-Founder, Brand Director @ Gojek ## Yasuyuki Kin - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Media and Entertainment, Recruiting, Career Planning Yasuyuki Kin ## Nagatsuka Masayoshi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Internet, Software, Automotive Nagatsuka Masayoshi ## Toru Yoshikawa - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Series B - Focus: Internet, Software, Education Toru Yoshikawa - CEO @ mybest Japan ## Steve Chen - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet Steve Chen was an internet entrepreneur and the co-founder and previous Chief Technology Officer of YouTube. Born in August 1978 in Taiwan. Raised in Taiwan, Chen and his family immigrated to the United States when he was 15.After graduating from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chen worked at PayPal, where he met Chad Hurley andJawed Karim. In 2005, the three founded YouTube, a website designed to simplify video sharing online.Chen was named one of the "The 50 people who matter now" by Business 2.0 magazine in 2006. That year, he and Hurley sold YouTube to Google, Inc. for $1.65 billion in stock.Chen most recently co-founded AVOS Systems with YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley. ## Yuya Taketani - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, News, Mobile Yuya Taketani - Chief Executive Officer @ Gunosy ## Shintaro Tabata - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Sharing Economy, Audio, Content Shintaro Tabata - Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Sales @ Line ## Andree Susanto - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles Andree Susanto is the Founder at Waresix. ## Zhang Chao - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Automotive, Product Research, Industrial Engineering Zhang Chao is investor in Cosmoleap. ## Hu Zemin - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Catering, Computer, Internet Hu Zemin is a Chinese investor. ## Wei Tao - Type: Angel - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Hardware, Software, Automotive Wei Tao - Founder @ Z Ventures Group ## Yumi Tsuda - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Automotive, E-Commerce, 3D Printing Yumi Tsuda ## Suzuki Tamon - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Internet, Software, Automotive Suzuki Tamon ## Hu Yu - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Robotics, Automotive, Manufacturing Hu Yu is the co-founder of iFlytek.