Top 50 Climate Angel Investors in Asia in April 2025
A list of 50 angel investors that invest in Climate startups based in Asia. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Climate companies from Asia. We update this investor list every month.Top 50 Climate Angel Investors in Asia in April 2025
Investor | Climate Asia investments |
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Ishara Yusdian | 5 |
Jan Hammer | 5 |
Edward Ismawan Chamdani | 5 |
Lijie Wang | 4 |
Ivan Lee | 3 |
Boon Hwee Koh | 3 |
Byung Joon Han | 3 |
Hirofumi Miki | 2 |
Pawoot Pom Pongvitayapanu | 2 |
Nobuhiro Ariyasu | 2 |
Kenji Kasahara | 2 |
Mamoru Taniya | 2 |
Thibault Villet | 2 |
Tatsuo Sakamoto | 2 |
Tak Wai Chung | 2 |
John Wood | 2 |
David Pardo | 2 |
HP Jin | 2 |
Nobuyuki Idei | 2 |
Xin Xu | 2 |
Yusuke Sato | 2 |
Kazuhide Hashida | 1 |
Toru Ei | 1 |
Bob Xiaoping Xu | 1 |
Freny Firoze Irani | 1 |
T. Chen Fong | 1 |
Aso Kaname | 1 |
Teik Guan Tan | 1 |
Katsuhiro Tamukai | 1 |
Alice Foo | 1 |
Bin Ge | 1 |
Yoshitsune Ido | 1 |
Yukihiro Maru | 1 |
Savio Kwan | 1 |
Liu Xiaosong | 1 |
Masahiko Homma | 1 |
Xingchuang Kefu | 1 |
Roshni Mahtani | 1 |
Wawan Salum | 1 |
Ren Huiyin | 1 |
Toru Shimada | 1 |
Benson Tam | 1 |
Hidetoshi Takano | 1 |
Yumi Tsuda | 1 |
Kohei Matsumoto | 1 |
Alan Wong | 1 |
Meng Xiong Kuok | 1 |
Jichuangtan Jichuangtan | 1 |
Tongchuang Albert | 1 |
Andrew Andrew | 1 |
Investor | Storyologist | Builder
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Investment focus
- Agriculture, Waste Management, Lifestyle
- Seed, Convertible Note, Debt Financing
- Indonesia, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Foom — We are an Indonesian-based tech-enabled consumer product startup with mission to aid adult sm*krs move away from combustible sm*kng and encourage people to shift to safer way of consuming nic. No Hassle, No Worries! Switch Now!
- PasarMIKRO — PasarMIKRO, aplikasi perdagangan komoditas pertanian dan hasil laut. Solusi inovatif untuk petani, nelayan dan pedagang mikro indonesia!
- Gayo Capital — Investing Tomorrow's Winner
Jan joined Index in 2010, and is a London-based partner, focusing on fintech and information/data services across all stages of growth.He is one of Index Ventures’ leading fintech investors, working with the founders of Adyen, Credit Benchmark, Robinhood and TransferWise. In all, Index has backed more than two dozen fintech companies, withmore than $400 million. Jan has also led Index investments and is on the boards of Beamery, Collibra, SafetyCulture and Silverfin.Before he joined Index, Jan was at General Atlantic in London, where he worked on investments in Kaspersky Lab, Northgate Information Solutions and Torex Retail. He also worked in the M&A, TMT and Capital Markets divisions at Morgan Stanley. Jan is a graduate of Oxford University, and holds an MBA with Distinction from INSEAD.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Medical, Medical Device
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- China, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- MacroLux — MacroLux operates as a medical technology company focusing on endoscopic interventional business. MacroLux develops endoscopic interventional therapy solutions and promote them to the majority of medical customers.
- 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.
- Xiwei Biotechnology — Xiwei Biotechnology is an ophthalmology implanted medical device developer that specializes in the unique product development of new bio-modified materials for ocular implantable medical devices and regenerative medicine.
Managing and Founding Partner of Ideosource Venture Capital, an Indonesia focused venture capital firm dedicated on early-stage to later-stage investments.
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Investment focus
- Agriculture, Lifestyle, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Indonesia, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Foom — We are an Indonesian-based tech-enabled consumer product startup with mission to aid adult sm*krs move away from combustible sm*kng and encourage people to shift to safer way of consuming nic. No Hassle, No Worries! Switch Now!
- PasarMIKRO — PasarMIKRO, aplikasi perdagangan komoditas pertanian dan hasil laut. Solusi inovatif untuk petani, nelayan dan pedagang mikro indonesia!
- Gayo Capital — Investing Tomorrow's Winner
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
- Manufacturing, Aerospace, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- China, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Huma Finance — Huma is an Income backed DeFi.
- Huojianpai — Huojianpai is a commercial aerospace company providing earth-moon space economy and future-oriented deep space exploration.
- 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.
Ivan Lee - Founder @ Raging Bull
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Investment focus
- Beauty, Wellness, Lifestyle
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Grain — Grain is a food experience company that offers Meals On Demand and Catering for any occasion. Meals are crafted by chefs with wholesome ingredients and a whole lot of thoughtfulness.
- Vanitee — Vanitee is a mobile app to discover new beauty trends and book beauty artists.
- Golden Moments —
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
- Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Singapore, United States, China
Portfolio highlights
- Faarms — FAARMS is a new age digital platform catering to the needs of farmers.
- 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.
Dr. Byung-Joon (BJ) Han is co-founder and CEO @ Silicon Box. He served as Chief Technology Officer, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board for JCET STATS Chippac – the world’s No. 3 OSAT – where he worked for twenty years (1999-2019). During that time, he grew revenue at STATS Chippac from $100M to $4.3B by transformingSingapore--based STATS into a global company.Dr. Han is the inventor of semiconductor packaging products, currently shipping 100B+ per year in unit volume, including quad flat no-lead (QFN). He has led teams that have won awards for technological breakthroughs in the space. Dr. Han brings his considerable know-how and expertise in advanced packaging to Silicon Box, and to address the current lack of chiplet integration infrastructure.Dr. Han served as Group Chairman of the Technology Strategy Committee overseeing technology direction for the JCET group of companies. In the prior 14 years, he held positions at AT&T Bell Labs, IBM Research, and Anam Semiconductor (later Amkor, world’s No. 2 OSAT). Dr. Han is a consultant at Bain and holds directorships at several important semiconductor firms and innovation initiatives.Dr. Han was a member of the main committee for Singapore President’s Science and Technology Awards, a member of the National Research Foundation of Singapore and a Director at the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore. He served as Director for the International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative from 2005-2017. Dr. Han holds over 300 patents. Dr. Han received his PhD from Columbia University in the City of New York, and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University.
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Investment focus
- Electronics, Manufacturing, Semiconductor
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Silicon Box — We are an advanced chiplet interconnection company specialising in cutting-edge semiconductor integration services. Learn more about our proprietary integration technology.
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
- Content, Marketing, Internet
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Epicbase — Epicbase is an AI-based automatic voice transcription service based on voice recognition technology.
- Go Visions — Go Visions engages in the edutainment tech for children and human resources services.
- Ai-Dounyu.com — Ai-Dounyu.com is a platform that helps organizations looking to integrate AI choose their ideal AI implementation partner for free.
Pawoot is like an icon of Thailand online business. Many people call him "the godfather of E-Commerce"
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Investment focus
- Software, Marketing, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Thailand, Malaysia
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
Nobuhiro Ariyasu is the CEO at Coach United.
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Investment focus
- Finance, Internet, Content
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Japan, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Mign — Mign offers a generative AI-related SaaS solutions for the construction and real estate fields.
- PICK — PICK is a startup that provides a digital transformation platform for the real estate and construction industries.
- Conoris Technologies — Conoris Technologies is a staffing agency that offers security check support services for companies.
Born in 1975, Kenji Kasahara grew up in Osaka Prefecture. He graduated from the Department of Economics at the University of Tokyo.
Inspired by the case studies of IT business he studied in a university seminar on management strategy and by the rapid rise of Internet business in Silicon Valley in the USA, he started up “Find Job !”, an online jobinformation site, in 1997. In 1999 Kasahara established eMercury, Inc. (mixi, Inc.) and assumed the post of representative director.
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Investment focus
- Aerospace, Information Technology, Robotics
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Japan, United States
Portfolio highlights
- AgeWell Japan — Age Well Japan is a conference and festival aimed at understanding Japan's super-aged society and defining new values for the future. The purpose of the gathering is to bring together young people and the elderly to exchange ideas.
- ONE — One is a Japanese startup. It primarily creates and operates consumer apps, some of which have been sold to publicly traded Japanese corporations.This runs the BeReal exchange application "BeMatch."
- Nicoli — Nicoli is a company that creates content and advertisements that increase happy time for parents and children .
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
- Apps, Content, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Japan, Singapore, Spain
Portfolio highlights
- Revorf — Revorf analyzes data and develops AI-related to infectious diseases and healthcare.
- abillion — Find tips for plant-based food & products near you. Join the community to share reviews of restaurants & brands. Raise funds & drive sustainability!
- 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.
Thibault Villet
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Investment focus
- Organic, Organic Food, Sustainability
- Series A
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Zrou — Zrou provides consumers with delicious, healthy, and sustainable meat substitutes, and brings consumers new cooking options.
- Youkuai — Youkuai is a plant-based protein producer focused on creating innovative plant-based superfoods. Youkuai’s main product is Z-Rou, a plant-based pork alternative that is tasty, and healthier and more sustainable than traditional pork. Z-Rou currently comes in minced and ground formats and is being sold across China.The company is headquartered inShanghai, China and aims to become a global food brand that champions plant-based diets and a brighter future of food.
Tatsuo Sakamoto is a Head of Sales, Japan at MOLOCO. He Attended The University of Tokyo.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Education, Recruiting
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Bgrass — bgrass is a consultation support platform for women working in the IT industry.
- Cloudbase — Cloudbase is an information technology company that specializes in the fields of cloud services and management.
- Metaverse Creators — Metaverse Creators is a feature-rich virtual platform providing gamers with a wide range of games, creation tools, and avatar editing tools.
Tak Wai CHUNG joined EQT Partners in February 2009 as a Vice President.Tak Wai holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and Mathematics-Economics from Wesleyan University (High Honors, Phi Beta Kappa), and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.Prior to joiningEQT Partners, Tak Wai was with Lehman Brothers for over six years. While at Private Equity in Hong Kong, he focused on making direct investments into China. Before that, he was in the Investment Banking division covering primarily telecommunications, financial institutions and natural resources in both New York and Hong Kong.Tak Wai is a member of the Mid Market Partners Investment Committee and the Greater China II Internal Investment Committee.
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Investment focus
- Food Processing, Waste Management
- Seed, Angel
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Ento Industries — At ENTO INDUSTRIES, food waste is given a new lease of life. Our focus as a biotechnology company is to close the loop on food waste with the help of our army of Black Soldier Flies.
John Wood is the founder of Room to Read. He started Room to Read after a fast-paced and distinguished career with Microsoft from 1991 to 1999. He was in charge of marketing and business development teams throughout Asia, including serving as director of business development for the Greater China region and as director of marketing for theAsia-Pacific region. John continues to bring Room to Read a vision for a scalable solution to developing global educational problems with an intense focus on results and an ability to attract a world-class group of employees, volunteers, and funders.Today, John focuses full-time on long-term strategy, capital acquisition, public speaking, and media opportunities for the organization. John also teaches at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and New York University’s Stern School of Business and serves on the Advisory Board of the Clinton Global Initiative.John holds a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Colorado and a master’s degree from the Kellogg School of Northwestern University. Follow John on Twitter @JohnWoodRtR.
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Investment focus
- Retail, Fashion, Children
- Seed, Series A
- Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
- Retykle — Buy & sell new and second hand designer children's clothing at up to 90% off. Shop today for great discounts on clothes, shoes and accessories from over 2000+ of the best baby and kids brands
- Green Monday Holdings — Green Monday Holdings is a manufacturer of plant-based pork substitute products and frozen meals and an operator of a chain of vegetarian-focused retail outlets and cafes.
Key lead of international businesses for 18+ years (eBay, PayPal, Mastercard and Blizzard) in eCommerce, Sustainability, Fintech and Gaming by innovating and driving change through Business Strategy, Product Management and UX, Business Operations, Data Management, Retention and Acquisition Marketing management, following five years studying withtop business schools.12+ years of start-up mentoring and investing with a handful of successful exits. Current portfolio value is 3X or 26% IRR.Also built and managed my own start-ups from scratch and/or in a Corporate environment (Joint Venture constructs).Based in Singapore and worked all over the world (France, UK, US, Korea) but focusing on South-East Asia right now.
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Investment focus
- Solar, E-Commerce, B2B
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Singapore, Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Okra Solar — Okra Solar is an IoT technology solution that enables solar generating communities to share and utilize more energy. It is a plug-and-play smart grid technology that enables rapid electrification for last-mile communities. Using mobile payments, modular grid design, and remote monitoring, they provide utility companies with a low-cost, data-drivensolution to operate solar networks in hard to reach communities. They are on a mission to connect off-grid communities to the modern economy.Okra Solar was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.
- Pollen — Pollen is your liquidation operating system & AI co-pilot for aged, unsold, obsolete inventory. Avoid business waste and destruction by automating workstreams, unlocking the power of pricing analytics, and empowering teams to take action for more sustainable outcomes.
- GetSolar — GetSolar (formerly Solar AI) is a reliable solar company in Singapore that makes it easy for property owners to install solar systems with zero upfront cost.
HP co-founded Telenav in 1999 and has led the company to become a global leader in location-based services (LBS), automotive navigation and location-targeted mobile advertising. Telenav was the first company to launch GPS navigation services for mobile phones to the world, and today its product reaches more than 100 countries on mobile phones andwithin vehicles. Telenav was also the first LBS company in the USA to IPO when it began publicly trading on NASDAQ in May 2010. Telenav has subsidiaries in US, China, Europe and South America.Prior to starting Telenav, HP served as a Senior Strategy Consultant for the McKenna Group and a Business Strategy and Management Consultant at McKinsey & Company. HP has also served as a Technical Director at LINCSS/Loral Space Communication. HP holds a Ph.D. in Guidance, Navigation and Control (Aeronautics and Astronautics department), a Ph.D. minor in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Science from the Harbin Institute of Technology in China.
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Investment focus
- Manufacturing, Robotics, Furniture
- Seed, Series A
- China, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Ronbow — Ronbow is a commercial company that distributes, designs, and manufactures a diverse selection of decorative bathing products, including sinks, vanities, medicine cabinets, and more. The company selects the highest-quality hardwood and puts them through a rigorous 10-step finishing process that is finalized with a comprehensive assembly process.Ronbow offers a dynamic and diverse design spectrum to fit any style home, from ultra contemporary to old world traditional. Their versatile designs allow for interchangeable sinks and countertops in wood, glass, stone & ceramic to match any home decor. The company provides options for interchangeable sizes and materials to inspire a truly unique customizable experience.Ronbow was founded by Jason Chen in 2002 and is headquartered in Livermore, CA, USA.
- Hanyang Technology — Hanyang Technologies is a company that specialises in the design, research, development, manufacturing, sales, and servicing of garden intelligent robot products.
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.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Manufacturing, Internet
- Seed, Funding Round, Corporate Round
- Japan, France, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Pyrenee — Pyrenee is a hardware startup that creates devices that protect people's lives.
- Antescofo — Antescofo is the mariage of world-class R&D and Business endeavours. Their technology is the result of 7+ years of R&D in the world’s largest laboratory dedicated to Music and Technology, IRCAM in Paris, and public experience with the most important musicians and orchestras around the world. The principle? Through Intelligent MachineListening, they recognize how humans perform music in real-time and use that information to synchronize content and provide an immersive experience! Antescofo was incorporated in July 2016 and based in Paris, France.
- Stake Technologies — Stake Technologies is a technology company that provides blockchain solutions to enterprises.
Xin Xu
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Investment focus
- Video, Mobile Apps, Food Delivery
- Angel, Series A, Series B
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Easy Foods — Easy Foods engages in the food packaging equipment and food production business.
- Ren Ren TV — Ren Ren TV is an oversea cultural video streaming platform.
Yusuke Sato is the Co-Representative and Co-Founder of Pulit.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Content, Food and Beverage
- Seed, Funding Round, Angel
- Japan, Indonesia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Kaimak — Kaymak is a recruitment platform that focuses on creating a recruitment website, planning a recruitment strategy, and managing candidates.
- Paytner — yup is providing services to support freelance people's funding.The freelance population in Japan has been shown to continue to increase in many Chosa. While working styles are diversified, they are not able to respond to the development of the working environment, and they will develop their business to change the situation where problemssuch as funding, credit, sexual harassment, and power harassment are accumulated.
- 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.
Born in Tokyo in 1983.
After graduating from Tokyo University of Science, Faculty of Engineering, worked at NTT DATA Corporation.
He retired after a year and a half and started working as an engineer with almost no experience at Ururu Co., Ltd.
After working for 4 years and 3 months, he founded Peraichi Co., Ltd.
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Investment focus
- Consulting, Information Technology, Social Entrepreneurship
- Seed
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Bgrass — bgrass is a consultation support platform for women working in the IT industry.
Toru Ei is a Kaizen Platform CGO, and Beautydoors CEO.
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Investment focus
- Wellness, Lifestyle, Elder Care
- Seed
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- AgeWell Japan — Age Well Japan is a conference and festival aimed at understanding Japan's super-aged society and defining new values for the future. The purpose of the gathering is to bring together young people and the elderly to exchange ideas.
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
- Internet, E-Commerce, Mobile
- Series A, Angel, Seed
- China, United States, Israel
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.
Freny Firoze Irani
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Investment focus
- Robotics, CleanTech, Marketing
- Series A
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Lionsbot — LionsBot's objective is to empower cleaners with easy-to-use, powerful and smart cleaning robots which help perform and fulfil key cleaning roles - Vacuum, Clean, Scrub, Mop and yes, even Pull.
Dr. Fong is a Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary. He was formerly the Head of the Department of Radiology at the University of Calgary and the Calgary Health Region. Dr. Fong is active in funding and nurturing start-up companies. Over the past two decades, he funded over 50 companies in diverse technology sectors,with an emphasis in medical devices. Dr. Fong is the co-founder and board member of Calgary Scientific Inc. and is also on the board of Clarius Mobile Health, Cohesic Inc. and Innovere Medical. In addition to seed investing, Dr. Fong is active in the Calgary community sitting on six charitable boards and foundations.In 2015, Dr. Fong joined the Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) at the University of Toronto business school as a mentor. CDL helps young entrepreneurs to shape or pivot their nascent ideas. He is widely credited with launching CDL at the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary, bringing together seasoned business leaders from Alberta, Canada and the US to grow budding companies. Dr. Fong is on the Strategic Advisory Board of CDL and a Fellow of CDL in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver. In 2017, Dr. Fong was named to the Order of Canada for his contribution to medical technology innovation and philanthropy.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Canada, Singapore, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Oncoustics AI — Oncoustics is creating and deploying advanced AI solutions for low cost, non-invasive surveillance, diagnostics, and treatment monitoring of diseases with high unmet clinical need. Unlike other players in the space, Oncoustics does not do image recognition. Instead, Oncoustics applies AI to raw ultrasound signals from readily available handheldultrasound devices to rapidly differentiate healthy versus diseased tissues. There's a wealth of information in these raw signals and this approach reveals novel biomarkers that can be aligned with existing standards and categorization systems. Initially targeting liver disease, a $30B global diagnostic market, Oncoustics has filed a Breakthrough Device Designation Request with the FDA for the OnX that detects liver fibrosis and the 510K is underway. Several follow-on liver products are in development. Oncoustics also has clinical data on other organ indications including prostate, kidney, breast and thyroid diseases and cancers.
- SunGreenH2 — SunGreenH2 creates the world's highest performance advanced materials for electrolysis i.e. green hydrogen production. Achieve high efficiency, low cost green H2 production on site for your application in the Power-to-X, Hydrogen refuelling, Energy Storage and Buildings sectors. Revolutionising zero emissions and improving profitability.
- EZee Assist — EZee Assist provides instant answers to franchisee operational questions. Continue using preferred channels of support and start receiving instant answers.
Aso Kaname
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Investment focus
- Organic, Residential, Waste Management
- Seed
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- AlgaleX — AlgaleX is a firm that utilizes discarded food waste to create ingredients such as plant-based proteins.
pQCee.com is a startup in the quantum cybersecurity space. We are in the business of designing and building post-quantum products and services to strengthen and protect the next generation of computing against quantum attacks.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Enterprise Software, Software Engineering
- Seed
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Phasio — Phasio develops software for SME manufacturers that makes ordering parts, designing parts and communicating with customers seamless.
Katsuhiro Tamukai is a COO of Cost Science.
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Investment focus
- Wellness, Lifestyle, Elder Care
- Seed
- Japan
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- Age well Japan — Age Well Japan is a conference and festival aimed at understanding Japan's super-aged society and defining new values for the future. The purpose of the gathering is to bring together young people and the elderly to exchange ideas.
Alice Foo is an angel investor for Alterpacks.
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- Recycling, Biotechnology, Waste Management
- Pre-Seed
- Singapore
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- AlterPacks — Alterpacks - Food Waste Solutions. A Singapore Management University, Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Business Innovation Generator (BIG) Incubatee.
Bin Ge
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- CleanTech, Architecture, Environmental Engineering
- Series A
- China
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- Zero Carbon System — Zero Carbon System specializes in global low-carbon building design and low-carbon urban planning solutions.
Yoshitsune Ido
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- Information Technology, Robotics, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Japan
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- Morght — Morght is an information technology service company.
- BionicM — BionicM develops high-performance robot prostheses that enhance mobility for people with disabilities.BionicM has been conducting research on innovative technologies since 2015 at the University of Tokyo's Information Systems Engineering Laboratory (JSK) under the guidance of Professor Inaba and utilizing the world's most advancedrobotics research. In 2016, we were adopted by the Japan Science and Technology Agency as part of "Program for Creating STart-ups from Advanced Research and Technology" (START), and in 2018, the company was established as a joint-stock company.
- Dots for — Dots for is a technology that aims to improve the lives of rural residents by providing them with digital services.
Yukihiro Maru is the Co-Founder of Glocalink Singapore. He previously worked at Euglena Co., Ltd. as a Technical Adviser. Yukihiro Maru attended the Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo.
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- Manufacturing, Beauty, Farming
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Japan
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- ARK — ARK is a manufacturer of special wards that designs and delivers a sustainable aquaculture solution.
- ElevationSpace — ElevationSpace offers high quality & well equipped workspaces giving tenants a nurturing environment .
- Integriculture — Integriculture makes cellular agriculture products to improve sustainability, food security, and reduce public health problems. The company offers a developed patented general-purpose large-scale cell culture system that can culture wide range of cells without external addition of expensive growth factors and provide consumers with affordable cleanmeat.Founded in 2015, Integriculture is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
Savio Kwan was appointed to the Board of British American Tobacco p.l.c. as a Non-Executive Director in January 2014. He is a member of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee and the Nominations Committee.Savio has significant business experience of Greater China and Asia. During his extensive career he has worked broadly in technologyfor General Electric, BTR plc and Alibaba Group, China’s largest internet business, where he was Chief Operating Officer and later, a Non-Executive Director. He is a founding partner and CEO of A&K Consulting Co Ltd, advising entrepreneurs about start-up businesses in China.Born in Hong Kong, Savio speaks fluent Mandarin and English. His international career has seen him live in China, the US, Singapore and the UK. He is a visiting Professor at Henley Business School and a regular lecturer on Chinese business strategy and leadership.Savio is married with one adult child, and lives in Hong Kong.
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- Smart Cities, Smart Building, Energy Efficiency
- Series A
- China
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- Venturous Group — Venturous Group is China’s first Citytech™ Group. Powering Smart City economies, it is an investor, business builder and operator of Smart Citytech infrastructure companies. Creating value by transforming the future of city living, Venturous leverages the latest deep Citytech, strategic partnerships and digital transformation to make cities moreliveable, sustainable and productive, in China and beyond. The Group’s corporate structure allows for venture capital, private equity, pre-IPO deals, M&A, co-investments, incubation, strategic partnerships and joint ventures, and it has its own IPO on the horizon.
Liu Xiaosong
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- Robotics, Manufacturing, Semiconductor
- Angel, Series B
- China, Singapore
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- Yizhun Intelligent — Yizhun Intelligent is an AI & Robotics company.
- Quantified Energy Labs — Quantified Energy Labs (QE LABS) is a deep tech spinoff company from the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore/National University of Singapore. We are a team of professionals with expertise in the fields of solar energy, computer vision, and drone technology.
After graduating from Keio University, in the overseas investment arm of JAFCO, to carry out investments in Internet companies in Israel and Silicon Valley, JV establishment, the Japanese market business. From 2001, he worked in venture capital and corporate development department of Accenture. Works in the capital of Mitsubishi Corporationsubsidiary, to experience an IPO from venture capital MonotaRO, of Benchari public than in 2003. funds in 2007, specializing in seed stage investment of the net business, core People Partners establishment. He was appointed representative partner. is performed establishment phase of Pokerabo and gumi, the development of business investment in the establishment phase, significantly grow. 2010, incubate bait Fund No. 1 Limited Partnership establishment. Representative appointed partner.
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- EdTech, Leisure, Software
- Seed, Series A
- Japan
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- IoTBASE — IoTBASE offers IoT cloud services.
- Ark Edge Space — Ark Edge Space provides design, manufacturing & operational services for micro-satellites along with software solutions and consulting.
- PlaceHolder — Placeholder is a space value creation company that provides people with inspiring and exciting experiences by fusing digital technology and real space.
Xingchuang Kefu
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- Manufacturing, Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing
- Series A
- China
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- Sequence Technology — Sequence Technology emphasizes in the production of polymer materials used in the semiconductor manufacturing process.
Roshni Mahtani is the CEO and Founder of Tickled Media, the publisher of parenting social network - ParentTown, and media assets - theAsianparent.com and IndusParent.com Her company reaches 11 million Asian mums monthly and has operations in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and India.Roshni is also actively involved in the start-up community. In 2015, she founded the Female Founders Network, a group of over 3,000 female founders. She also sits on the board of TIE Singapore and is an angel investor in a dozen of early stage start-ups.
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- Furniture, E-Commerce, Home Decor
- Seed
- Indonesia
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- Fabelio — Fabelio is a design-centric e-tailer operating in Indonesia and soon in entire South East Asia. They partner with the best designers in Indonesia to create original designs and they work closely with the best factories to manufacture good-quality products at attractive prices. At fabelio they focus on furnishing happiness.
Wawan Salum is a CEO Atome Financial Indonesia.
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- Textiles, E-Commerce
- Seed
- Indonesia
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- Wifkain — Wifkain platform connects fashion businesses with fabric suppliers.
Ren Huiyin is the managing director of Jintou Zhiyuan.
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- Manufacturing
- Angel
- China
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- Guangrun Vacuum — Guangrun Vacuum is a technological firm that specializes in vacuum coating equipment R&D, design, sales, manufacture, and service. It was an early equipment firm involved in vacuum magnetron sputtering coating of flexible composite current collectors, and it helped design the first home vacuum equipment that used both magnetron and evaporationtechnology.
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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- Task Management, Manufacturing, Content
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Japan
Benson Tam is the Founder and CEO of Venturous Group.
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- Fashion, Textiles, Smart Cities
- Series A
- China
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- WeStyle.ai — Community Hubs are collections of all the best community and official game content as rated by users.
- Venturous Group — Venturous Group is China’s first Citytech™ Group. Powering Smart City economies, it is an investor, business builder and operator of Smart Citytech infrastructure companies. Creating value by transforming the future of city living, Venturous leverages the latest deep Citytech, strategic partnerships and digital transformation to make cities moreliveable, sustainable and productive, in China and beyond. The Group’s corporate structure allows for venture capital, private equity, pre-IPO deals, M&A, co-investments, incubation, strategic partnerships and joint ventures, and it has its own IPO on the horizon.
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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- Internet, Information Technology, Media and Entertainment
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Japan, United States
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- Cocoach — Cocoach provides online education service.
- Data Viz Lab — Data Viz Lab is a platform that offers data analysis, visualization consulting, and data human resource development support.
- ElevationSpace — ElevationSpace offers high quality & well equipped workspaces giving tenants a nurturing environment .
Yumi Tsuda
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- Automotive, E-Commerce, 3D Printing
- Seed
- Indonesia
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- imajin — Imajin adalah pasar online manufaktur di Indonesia yang menyediakan layanan dalam proyek 3D, mold, die, product, part serta penyewaan mesin CNC.
Kohei Matsumoto - Operating Officer @ Oisix ra daichi
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- Food Processing, AgTech, Farming
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series C
- Japan, United States
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- Honestfood — Honestfood is a Planning,manufacturing and sales of pet food.They sell domestic, additive-free, grain-free pet food. While meeting the three points of “no additives suspected” “do not use suspicious ingredients” “proper nutrition balance for cats”, “the cost also want to keep it” products that fulfill the condition, the company's pet foodIt is“Regalie”
- Impact Food — Say hello to reimagined seafood specially crafted for your taste buds and made completely with plants.
- RT Corporation — RT Corporation specializes in providing service robots in variety of domestic and international fields. Along with the arrival of AI and the rise in robot popularity, they strive to respond to the domestic and international needs of service robots. The company is known as manufacturer of RIC90, RT-ADK/RT-ADS, GAINER mini and micromouse kit.
Alan has spent over half his career at Amazon building out next-generation distributed systems in Supply Chain, Catalog and Search. After three subsequent years at early stage startups, he built and led the engineering team at Booking.com, focusing on its B2B business.
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- Recycling, Sustainability, Waste Management
- Seed
- Philippines
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- Humble Sustainability — Humble Sustainability provides products and accessories reuse and recycle services.
Meng Xiong Kuok - Founder & Managing Partner @ K3 Ventures
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Transportation
- Funding Round, Series A, Seed
- Singapore, United States, China
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- Cicil — Solusi pembiayaan untuk kegiatan rantai pasok bisnis Anda dari hulu ke hilir yang mudah dan cepat.
- SimplyGood — SimplyGood supplies environmentally friendly cleaning and personal care products.
- Lottery.com — Lottery.com is the internet's top source for official lottery results, numbers, games, jackpots, winners and news.
Jichuangtan Jichuangtan
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- Manufacturing, Machinery Manufacturing, Industrial Manufacturing
- Angel
- China
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- Shengqi Technology — Zhejiang Shengqi Technology Co.,Ltd: As one of the most professional ball valve, plug valve, knife gate valve, diaphragm valve and pressure relief valve manufacturers and suppliers in China, we warmly welcome you to buy high quality industrial valves at competitive price from our factory.
Tongchuang Albert is an Angel and Individual Investor.
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- Manufacturing, Battery, Biopharma
- Angel, Funding Round
- China
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- Tangshi Technology — Tangshi Technology is a platform for research and development for carbon-based materials. It helps in creation, and use of conductive agents and negative electrode materials.
- Innogen Pharmaceutical — Innogen Pharmaceutical Technology is a high-tech, innovation-driven international pharmaceutical manufacturing, and R&D company.
Andrew is the founding partner of brizan.
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- Robotics, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Angel
- China
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- Changyao Innovation — Changyao Innovation is a cutting-edge technological company. It provides intelligent robots to families. The current first-generation devices emphasize automating the entire grass management process. The main focus is on robotic lawnmowers with a vision-based full process.
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