Top 50 Community Angel Investors in Asia (June 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Edward Ismawan Chamdani
Angel
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6 | Indonesia, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Series B | Lifestyle, Agriculture, Aquaculture | $500k–$1.2M |
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Ishara Yusdian
Angel
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6 | Indonesia, Singapore | Seed, Convertible Note, Debt Financing | Agriculture, Lifestyle, Waste Management | $10k–$1.5M |
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Hirofumi Miki
Angel
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6 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Content, Internet, Software | $2.8M–$16M |
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Yusuke Sato
Angel
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6 | Japan, Indonesia, United States | Seed, Angel | Content, Internet, Food and Beverage | $320k–$43M |
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Kiyohiro Sugashita
Angel
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3 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Marketing, Travel, Reservations | $8.5M–$45M |
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Ken Takayama
Angel
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3 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Reservations, Travel, Apps | $6.2M–$43M |
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Shuuichi Wada
Angel
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3 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Series A | Reservations, Content, Social Media | $1.7M–$4.3M |
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Kensuke Furukawa
Angel
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3 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Content, SNS, Software | $497k–$41M |
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Paul Kuo
Angel
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3 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Series A | Reservations, Travel, SaaS | $43M–$43M |
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Kotaro Chiba
Angel
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3 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A | Content, Information Technology, Travel | $700k–$75M |
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Ayataro Nakagawa
Angel
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3 | Japan, Hong Kong, United States | Seed, Angel | Internet, Software, Content | $425k–$28M |
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Wei Guo
Angel
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3 | United States, China, Canada | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $200k–$19M |
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Hideto Fujino
Angel
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3 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A | Travel, Reservations, Real Estate | $3.5M–$43M |
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Jun Nishikawa
Angel
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3 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A, Angel | Food and Beverage, Mobile, Content | $968k–$326M |
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Adam Malik
Angel
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3 | Indonesia, United Kingdom, United States | Post-IPO Secondary, Pre-Seed, Seed | E-Commerce, Manufacturing, Fashion | $16k–$1.6M |
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Michimasa Naka
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Reservations, Travel, Employment | $26M–$43M |
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Meng Xiong Kuok
Angel
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2 | Singapore, United States, China | Series A, Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Marketplace | $1.2M–$19M |
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Hidetoshi Takano
Angel
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2 | Japan, United States | Seed, Angel | Internet, Information Technology, Content | $4.3M–$30M |
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Yukihiro Yoshida
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Travel, Reservations, SNS | |
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Eddie Wu
Angel
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2 | China, Canada | Angel, Series A, Series B | Events, Rental, Social | $2.8M–$12M |
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Reid Hoffman
Angel
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Social Media, Internet | $800k–$112M |
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Kenji Kasahara
Angel
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2 | Japan, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Aerospace, Education | $329k–$64M |
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Carman Chan
Angel
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2 | United States, Hong Kong, China | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, SaaS | $100k–$3M |
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Mohammad Maaz
Angel
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2 | Bangladesh, Canada, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | SaaS, EdTech, Rental | $37k–$830k |
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Hikaru Kashida
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed | Consulting, E-Learning, Communities | $1.7M–$9.7M |
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Sotaro Karasawa
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B | Software, Blockchain, Art | $1.7M–$18M |
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Kazuma Ieiri
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Content, Fashion, FinTech | $380k–$41M |
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Ryosuke Matsumoto
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Series A | Art, Software, Reservations | $2.8M–$28M |
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Boon Hwee Koh
Angel
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2 | Singapore, United States, China | Seed, Series A | FinTech, Software, Financial Services | $399k–$20M |
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Daisaku Harada
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Pre-Seed | Finance, Tourism, Automotive | |
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Masao Ito
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Series A, Angel | Content, Social Media, Information Technology | $1.4M–$18M |
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Peng T. Ong
Angel
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2 | Singapore, United States | Seed, Series A | Mobile Apps, Artificial Intelligence, Social | $600k–$1.2M |
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Kobayashi Toshihito
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Art, Baby, Real Estate | |
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Kazuhiro Ishikura
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Beauty, Content, Fashion | |
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Tetsuro Kouda
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Gaming, Social, Sports | |
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Yokihiko Enomoto
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Lifestyle, Service Industry | |
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Shintaro Tabata
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Series A | Sharing Economy, Audio, Content | |
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Takato Hiroshi
Angel
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1 | Japan | Angel | Health Care, Legal, Beauty | |
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Yoshihiro Yamauchi
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Social, E-Commerce, Sustainability | |
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Shoji Okamoto
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Lifestyle, Life Science, Service Industry | |
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Takuma Iwai
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Wellness, Lifestyle, Elder Care | |
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Seiya Koide
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | E-Learning, Communities, Graphic Design | |
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Shuichi Takenaga
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Information Technology, Management Consulting, Marketing | |
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Keito Noguchi
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Wellness, Lifestyle, Elder Care | |
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Amit Goel
Angel
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1 | Singapore | Angel | Women's, Wellness, Health Care | |
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Sheng Fu
Angel
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1 | United States, China | Seed, Series B | SaaS, Developer APIs, Artificial Intelligence | |
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Gang Wang
Angel
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1 | China, United States | Series A, Angel, Seed | E-Commerce, Transportation, Last Mile Transportation | |
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Masahiro Kotosaka
Angel
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1 | Japan | Angel | Education, EdTech, Fashion | |
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Jack Tai
Angel
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1 | Vietnam | Seed | Consumer, Consumer Goods, Social Entrepreneurship | |
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Naoki Aoyagi
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Series A | Internet, Fashion, Software | |
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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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- Industry: Lifestyle, Agriculture, Aquaculture
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Indonesia, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $500k–$1.2M
- Lead/follow: 69% lead, 31% follow
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 — A B2B aggregated marketplace for agriculture with integrated financing facilities.
- Gayo Capital — Investing Tomorrow's Winner
Investor | Storyologist | Builder
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- Industry: Agriculture, Lifestyle, Waste Management
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note, Debt Financing
- Geography: Indonesia, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $500k–$1M; Debt Financing $30k–$950k; Convertible Note $10k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 89% lead, 11% follow
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 — A B2B aggregated marketplace for agriculture with integrated financing facilities.
- Gayo Capital — Investing Tomorrow's Winner
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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- 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.
- Go Visions — Go Visions engages in the edutainment tech for children and human resources services.
Yusuke Sato is the Co-Representative and Co-Founder of Pulit.
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- 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.
Mr. Sugashita joined Polaris as Advisor in May 2011. He is Director and CEO of Sugashita Partners, Ltd since 1998 and provides consulting services to financial institutions and ventures in and outside of Japan. Prior to that position, he was CEO of Lazard Japan Asset Management from 1991 to 1998. His business career also includes positions at DaiwaSecurities and Merrill Lynch Securities, Tokyo Branch. On the academic front, Mr. Sugashita received a BA in Economics from Ritsumeikan University and since 2009 is Special Advisor for the Dean of Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University.
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- Industry: Marketing, Travel, Reservations
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $8.5M–$45M; Series A $14M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- G-Next — G NEXT is an Information Technology based company.
- Fun — Fun is a sightseeing entertainment company that makes the world even more of a fun place.
- Tabinaka — Tabinaka is a Japanese booking & reservation platform for overseas tours and travel activities.
Ken Takayama - External Audit & Supervisory @ Media Do
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- Industry: Reservations, Travel, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $43M–$43M; Angel $6.2M–$43M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SakeWiz — SakeWiz is an App to enjoy, buy and record sake located in Tokyo
- Fun — Fun is a sightseeing entertainment company that makes the world even more of a fun place.
- Tabinaka — Tabinaka is a Japanese booking & reservation platform for overseas tours and travel activities.
Shuuichi Wada - CTO @ alu Japan
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- Industry: Reservations, Content, Social Media
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $1.7M–$4.3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Craftie — Craftie is an lesson reservation service.
- HACK JPN — HACK JPN is a company that transforms imagination into creativity and builds a natural tomorrow.
- rocketa — Rocketa is a news curation and social media platform.
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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- Industry: Content, SNS, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $497k–$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.
- Plott — Plott producing youtube animation platform under Vision “Become a Content holder from YouTube”. In August 2019, the company name was changed from Fabo to Plott. Plott, the new company name, is derived from the plot that you make before writing novels, etc., and the idea that “I want to make content all the time” is put in the company name.
- Neighbor — Neighbor is a metaverse game developer that specializes in Fortnite.
Paul Kuo - Director - Board of Directors @ Tamecco
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- Industry: Reservations, Travel, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $43M–$43M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fun — Fun is a sightseeing entertainment company that makes the world even more of a fun place.
- Tabinaka — Tabinaka is a Japanese booking & reservation platform for overseas tours and travel activities.
- Fun Group — Hello! We are Fun Group (formally Tabinaka) and we are Japan's first Travel and Leisure startup offering unique tours and experiences. We currently offer experiences in 7 different locations globally.
Kotaro Chiba is the founder of ChibaDojo Fund. Kotaro Chiba attended Keio University.
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- Industry: Content, Information Technology, Travel
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 68
- Round size: Seed $700k–$48M; Series A $13M–$75M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% 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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Browse database — It's Free!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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- 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.
Wei Guo, the founding partner of UpHonest Capital, is an active angel investor in Silicon Valley, focusing on early-stage cross-sector investments. He founded Wei Fund in 2015 and UpHonest Capital Fund I in 2016, invested in well-known companies such as Hims&Hers(NYSE: HIMS), Vicarious Surgical(NYSE: RBOT), Knightscope (NASDAQ: KSCP), Checkr,Lime, Boom, Rescale, Dialpad and more. Since 2015, he has invested in over 400 Silicon Valley startups, over 76 companies with valuations greater than 100 million USD, and 23 portfolio companies that have successfully exited.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: United States, China, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 153
- Round size: Seed $200k–$4.3M; Angel $375k–$10M; Series A $7M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- tbh — tbh is a developer of a mobile application designed to provide anonymous feedback to friends. The company's mobile application facilitates asking or answering questions, open text fields and invite abuse when combined with anonymity, enabling users to say things without repercussions and feel better about themselves from the positive feedbackon social networks.
- Bungalow — Bungalow is a residential real estate platform that provides renters with a more convenient, flexible, and communal living solution. It utilizes existing housing supply by signing long-term leases with homeowners, and offers multi-bedroom homes in some of the most desirable neighborhoods in cities throughout the United States.Bungalow offersprivate bedrooms with handpicked housemates in beautifully furnished homes across seven major cities. Each home comes furnished and includes wifi, utilities, housekeeping, and monthly community events for members.Andrew Collins and Justin McCarty founded Bungalow in 2016. Its headquarters is in San Francisco in California.
- Raydiant — Raydiant empowers brick-and-mortar organizations to deliver engaging, personalized, and measurable on-screen digital experiences to delight in-store customers and engage back-of-house employees.
Hideto Fujino - President, Cheif Investment Officer @ Rheos
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- Industry: Travel, Reservations, Real Estate
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $3.5M–$43M; Series A $8M–$38M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- HOMMA — Inspired Modern Living. Homes to elevate healthy urban lifestyles. Design. Build. Technology.
- Unito — Unito offers people a friction-free lifestyle by pursuing optimization of living.
- Amateras Space —
Jun Nishikawa - Co-founder, Executive Vice President, COO @ Eureka
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- 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.
The future is, innovation and creativity from imagination. that can be realized and achieved in a measurable manner with the human and natural resources we have - adam.m
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Manufacturing, Fashion
- Stage:Post-IPO Secondary, Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Indonesia, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Pre-Seed $16k–$1.6M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 99ninetynine.com — Ringkasan Perusahaan 99ninetynine membangun jaringan arsitektur rantai pasok industri finansial, perdagangan, dan fashion lifestyle. 99ninetynine menciptakan ekosistem terintegrasi dalam rantai pasok bidang fintech perbankan, e commerce perdagangan produk retail, dengan basis pelanggan tenaga kerja manufaktur sektor tekstil dan fashion.99ninetynine untuk mengembangkan ekosistemnya secara mandiri membangun dalam beberapa time line antara lain (a) Membangun e-commerce, (b) Membangun Digital Banking. dan seluruhnya dengan pangsa pasar Tenaga kerja manufaktur tekstil, Garment dan Life style.99ninetynine berupaya menghadirkan e commerce dengan UX (user experience) untuk mampu memberikan manajemen keuangan secara personal kepada usernya, sehingga mampu mengelola kesehatan finasial yang terintegrasi dalam sistem Digital Banking nya.99ninetynine.com, 99ninetynine Android App, Openbank99.com adalah portal website untuk aplikasi yang di bangun untuk menopang integrasi aplikasi ini. untuk aplikasi openbank99.com masih dalam tahap pengembangan yang ketat karena di butuhkan tingkat keamanan yang tinggi sehingga belum dapat di akses secara publik sampai dengan akhir tahun 2022. seluruh ekosistem 99ninetynine akan berfokus untuk memberikan kenyamanan user experience pada segmen market tenaga kerja industri tekstil garment, dan ASN di lingkungan pemerintah. untuk mendoong penguatan posisi 99ninetynine di customer kami membangun roadmap rencana jangka menengah dan jangka panjang untuk memenangkan persaingan di industri ini.99ninetynine memakai referensi dari “ Berkshire Hathaway” dengan merubah lini bisnis tekstil garment menjadi sektor ‘Konglomerasi Perdagangan dan Finansial, untuk masuk dalam tahapan evolusi bisnis rantai pasok digital.Adam Malik, CEOPT Ninetynine Digital Niaga Belanja online terencana, kunci kesuksesan dan kesehatan finansial anda di masa depan.Kode NDINSektor E-commerce - Perdagangan Elektronik TerintegrasiSubsektor Financial Fashion Lifestyle TradingBidang usaha Industri jasa keuangan dan perdagangan
- 99NINETYNINE — 99 Ninety Nine
- ADAM MALIK 1989 LTD — ADAM MALIK is a California-based trademark business. Founded in 2020 and is based in London, England, United Kingdom.
Michimasa Naka is a member of the Board Of Directors of istyle.inc. He is an experienced Chairperson with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry.
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- Industry: Reservations, Travel, Employment
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $26M–$43M
- 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.
- Fun — Fun is a sightseeing entertainment company that makes the world even more of a fun place.
- Tabinaka — Tabinaka is a Japanese booking & reservation platform for overseas tours and travel activities.
Meng Xiong Kuok - Founder & Managing Partner @ K3 Ventures
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Marketplace
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Singapore, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 50
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$8M; Series A $1.8M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Aspiration — Aspiration is an online financial firm that offers retail banking and investing services built for everyone. Aspiration delivers the financial products that people need in a consumer-focused model that empowers people to choose their fee and aligns the interests of Aspiration and its customers. The company donates a dime of every dollar it earns tohelp Americans that work to climb the ladder of opportunity while making it possible for its customers to choose to give a portion of their profits to a charitable cause of their choice.
- hiLife Interactive Pte Ltd — hiLife is condominium lifestyle platform that seamlessly integrates smart condominium management and lifestyle offerings. HiLife is committed to journeying with homeowners, by providing them with curated services, content, and focuses on delivering the best to homeowners even after the collection of their keys, transforming the relationship ofhomeowners beyond that of a transaction. The HiLife mobile app provides homeowners convenience and information to suit their lifestyle; e.g. enable homeowners to book workout classes for themselves, tuition classes for their children, find essential services for the home and discover the latest life hacks.
- Barghest Building Performance — Barghest Building Performance (BBP), Singapore’s leading energy efficiency company,
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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- Industry: Internet, Information Technology, Content
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $5.7M–$21M; Angel $4.3M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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 .
Yukihiro Yoshida is managing director at POL.
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- Industry: Travel, Reservations, SNS
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- A10 Lab — A10 Lab is a company that aims to makes people happy with technology that is independent of Sony's new business creation program. It provides Google Play an app that allows users to do things that they have never been able to do with the custom app 'Min Chale' selected for two consecutive years. It is a company that brings profits tocompanies by improving lifetime value (sales) through the habitation of users that companies have.
- Tabinaka — Tabinaka is a Japanese booking & reservation platform for overseas tours and travel activities.
- Fun Group — Hello! We are Fun Group (formally Tabinaka) and we are Japan's first Travel and Leisure startup offering unique tours and experiences. We currently offer experiences in 7 different locations globally.
Eddie Wu is the Co-Founder and Senior Vice President of Alibaba Group. He previously worked at Yahoo as a Heading of Technology Development. Eddie Wu attended Zhejiang University of Technology.
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- Industry: Events, Rental, Social
- Stage:Angel, Series A, Series B
- Geography: China, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Series A $2.8M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Teenker — Teenker is a platform that connects gifted talents with customers who want unique and high-quality service.
- Tao Huichang — Tao Huichang is a venue short-term rental service platform for organizing events.
- Thin Red Line — Thin Red Line dedicates the software and hardware opportunities of the AR track.
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Browse database — It's Free!Reid Hoffman is the Co-Founder of Manas AI and a member of the Sanmai Board of Directors. Reid previously worked at Coda as a Board Member. Reid Hoffman attended the University of Oxford, where he earned his M.St. in Philosophy.
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- Industry: Software, Social Media, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 159
- Round size: Seed $800k–$26M; Series A $2.4M–$31M; Series B $8.3M–$112M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pacific Fusion — Pacific Fusion was founded in 2023 with the mission to power the world with abundant, affordable, clean energy.
- Boom Supersonic — Making the World Dramatically More Accessible
- Tools For Humanity — Tools for Humanity is a technology company building for humans in the age of AI.
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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- Industry: Information Technology, Aerospace, Education
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $329k–$28M; Series A $7.7M–$64M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Firstcard — All-in-One Student Credit Builder. Build credit. Earn cashback. Grow your deposit.
- Toposware — From pioneering cryptographic research to engineering global-scale distributed systems technologies, Toposware is committed to solving the hardest problems to advance open internet standards.
- Life is Tech — Life is Tech is a developer of education platform intended for elementary and junior high school students.The company's platform organizes coding and IT camps, collaborating with local governments and running several schemes such as Tech for Local, Be Startup, Code Girls and Tech for Teachers, enabling students to improve their coding skillsand creativity
Carman Chan is one of the top 5 Women to watch in Asia Tech (Nikkei Asian Review). She is a veteran in the technology industry with decades of experience as an entrepreneur with multiple exits, a tech columnist and a globally recognized venture capitalist.Carman is the founder of Click Ventures, a global early stage venture capital firm. ClickVentures has grown into a leading investment manager, and two of its funds are featured as Top 5 Seed Fund (Vintage 2003-2015) in the world and Top 4 Funds to Watch by Preqin respectively. Click Ventures' investments include Spotify (ipo), Docusign(ipo), Palantir, Memebox and Youappi.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Hong Kong, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $100k–$3M; Pre-Seed $100k–$250k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Oddup — Trade on real-world outcomes with our unique Yes/No/Maybe model. Crypto, FX, indices, commodities, and more.
- EventX — The EventX Virtual Event Platform is a comprehensive platform for hosting virtual events, meetings, conferences, and webinars that help you attract leads and audiences.
- FutureLeague — FutureLeague is an ed-tech company that teaches kids ages 6-12 engineering and programming with a focus on teamwork, creativity, and design thinking. It specializes in the fields of ed-tech, internet, and education. It was founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Mohammad Maaz
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- Industry: SaaS, EdTech, Rental
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: Bangladesh, Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $220k–$830k; Pre-Seed $37k–$200k
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bonik — Bonik empowers small businesses with an easy-to-use app to create and run e-commerce stores independently. Download Bonik App and create your own online store for free today!
- 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.
Hikaru Kashida is a data scientist and is currently working at Mercari Inc., Japan.
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- Industry: Consulting, E-Learning, Communities
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $1.7M–$9.7M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- rocketa — Rocketa is a news curation and social media platform.
- alma — alma is a community platform to learn design.
- Meetcareer — Meetcareer provides online counseling services for career planning.
Sotaro Karasawa - Chief Technology Officer @ STAR FESTIVAL
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- Industry: Software, Blockchain, Art
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $1.7M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Taian — Taian, which specializes in bridal industry services and software. They also provide ''Concept Marry,'' which allows couples to design invites and seating charts that match their wedding theme, as well as display guest information on Oiwaii.
- Atmoph — A smart digital window that opens to beautiful scenery from around the world. By simply putting it on your desk or hanging it on the wall, Atmoph Window will open up a whole new world before you.
- Cloudbase — Cloudbase is an information technology company that specializes in the fields of cloud services and management.
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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- Industry: Content, Fashion, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $380k–$41M; Angel $1M–$7.4M
- 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.
Ryosuke Matsumoto is the Founder / CEO at Kankak. Ryosuke Matsumoto attended Chuo University.
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- 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.
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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- Industry: FinTech, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Singapore, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 46
- Round size: Seed $399k–$5M; Series A $704k–$20M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
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.
Daisaku Harada is the Director of Management Strategy at Mercari. Daisaku attended Chuo University.
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- Industry: Finance, Tourism, Automotive
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Carstay — Carstay Comfortable Overnight in car or tentdo itCar tripWith guests who want to enjoy.
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- Industry: Content, Social Media, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$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.
Specialties: Starting companies; strategy; product definition; software design; engineering and services operations. ___ Former statutory board memberships: ACE, SUTD, IDA, NRF, MDA, IE Singapore, IMDA. ___ Please note Monk's Hill Ventures mostly invest in Series A tech founders in Southeast Asia. If you are outside Series A and are stillinteresting in sharing your great ideas, business, or feedback, you can email info@monkshill.com. The best (and fastest way) to reach me is always through a soft intro from our network
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- Industry: Mobile Apps, Artificial Intelligence, Social
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $600k–$1.2M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Osome — Osome helps foreign and Singaporean entrepreneurs to manage their businesses. Register and get your new company operational with our certified agents backed by modern technology
- Raven — Your group's vibe manager.
- Coffee Meets Bagel — The dating app for serious daters
Born in 1977, his family was originally a rice farmer in Kameyama City, Mie Prefecture. He was involved in the development of online games at Community Engine Co., Ltd., from the Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University. After he became a director of the Company in 2003, he moved to Beijing to establish a subsidiary and became CEO. Hereturned to Japan in February 2007. He served as Technical Director of ONE-UP Co., Ltd. in May 2010, and moved to Aiming in June 2011. He was appointed Chief Technology Officer in May 2013 and listed on TSE Mothers in April 2015. In September 2017, he founded ukka Co., Ltd. and assumed the position of President.
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- Industry: Art, Baby, Real Estate
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- TRiCERA — TRiCERA is a contemporary art global platform management company.
- Otetsutabi — Otetsutabi is a regional revitalization platform that offers the opportunity for participants to help at accommodations and breweries in rural areas that struggle with seasonal labor shortages. The locals offer transportation expenses and places to stay in return, so participants can travel to the areas with ease.
- sketchbook — Baby’s Fun is a baby food kit and infant food kit manufacturing company. The company's food kit offers pre-cut ingredients, enabling customers to reduce food waste.
Kazuhiro Ishikura served as the head of the Akatsuki Business Management Department in 2013 and as a corporate auditor of Akatsuki in 2014, contributing to the company's listing on the TSE Mothers and TSE 1st sections. Appointed 3minute CFO in 2015, engaged in business start-up and organizational design, and succeeded in large-scale M & Adeal with Glee. After leaving the company, he became a WARC director in November 2018. Certified public accountant.
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- Industry: Beauty, Content, Fashion
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Neith — Neith is a apparel manufacturer, seller and a whoelseller of water absorbing bralette, lingerie and shorts for women.
- WARC Japan — WARC provides hands-on support for business management departments as well as mergers and acquisition advisory services.
- Vitalogue Health — Vitalogue Health offers Canvas, a home-based hormone testing service for women.
Tetsuro Kouda was born in Sasebo, Nagasaki prefecture in 1985.After graduating from Sasebo National College of Technology, Kouda was admitted to the University of Tsukuba for systems engineering.After graduation, Kouda was hired by Accenture to work in management consultation. Kouda worked with electrical manufacturing in major companies,high-tech business strategy, marketing, and IT consultation. Upon retirement, Kouda and Shiota co-founded Akatsuki.
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- Industry: Gaming, Social, Sports
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
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- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- UGOKU — UGOKU is a provider of management of personal coaching service.
- Whomor — Whomor is a Tokyo-based company that delivers illustrations for social games.
- Clear — Clear, Inc. operates sake subscription service “SAKELIFE".
Yorihiko Enomoto is a Co-Founder and COO at 3Sunny.
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- Industry: Lifestyle, Service Industry
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Mono.un — Mono.un provides users with opportunities to meet authors and collaborate on tales and specializes in bringing exciting experiences full of stories of Japanese culture to the world.
Shintaro Tabata - Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Sales @ Line
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- Industry: Sharing Economy, Audio, Content
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Voicy — Voicy is a mobile platform that recruits both media personalities and news organizations; the entertainers read the news so users can get the latest info from their favorite voices.
- Carstay — Carstay Comfortable Overnight in car or tentdo itCar tripWith guests who want to enjoy.
- Telework — Telework is a multi-location workspace that utilizes vacant seats and rooms.
Takato Hiroshi - CEO @ M0mentum
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- Industry: Health Care, Legal, Beauty
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- JAPAN HEALTHCARE — Japan Healthcare is a healthcare start-up that works on the prevention of musculoskeletal diseases with environmentally-friendly preventive medicine . Japan Healthcare Build a preventive system for musculoskeletal diseases with environmentally-improving preventive medicine.
- Japan Healthcare Info — Japan Healthcase Info locates english-speaking doctors for you and makes appointments
- Legal Technology Japan — Legal Technology is into development of cloud-based research tool called 'Legal Library' using legal books.
Yoshihiro Yamauchi is a individual investor.
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- Industry: Social, E-Commerce, Sustainability
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Gab — Gab is a company that works to solve social problems as well as develops and markets ethical products.
Shoji Okamoto is the President of Mirai Works.
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- Industry: Lifestyle, Life Science, Service Industry
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Mono.un — Mono.un provides users with opportunities to meet authors and collaborate on tales and specializes in bringing exciting experiences full of stories of Japanese culture to the world.
- Memory Lab — Memory Lab is a research laboratory that offers AI paper analysis and development solutions.
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- Industry: Wellness, Lifestyle, Elder Care
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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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.
After experiencing CG designer, freelance, image director etc, joined KLab Corporation as an art director in May 2012. Business promotion and management skills are appreciated, and he joined the creative department manager in 1 year of joining the company and as the youngest executive officer in April 2014. In March 2015 he served concurrently asmarketing director and organized management of several divisions, he was active in a wide range of scenes. We are also focusing on developing creative events for new graduates and planning creative events for regular graduates and giving lectures for students. FiNC led the overall branding and service design while operating the organization as CCO Creative Director.
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- Industry: E-Learning, Communities, Graphic Design
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Takenaga Shuuichi is an individual investor.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Management Consulting, Marketing
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
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- Total investments: 12
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Morght — Morght is an information technology service company.
- Tagpic — Tagpic offers influencer marketing targeting services such as influencer casting, SNS branding, and talent production.
- H&H Group Japan — H&H Holdingsis a Professional Services company.
Keito Noguchi is a Brave group Representative Director, and Angel Investor.
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- Industry: Wellness, Lifestyle, Elder Care
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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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.
Amit Goel is thefounder of Knam Foods.
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- Industry: Women's, Wellness, Health Care
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Singapore
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Aura Fem Health — Aura Fem Health is an integrative personalized female health company.
Sheng Fu
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- Industry: SaaS, Developer APIs, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, China
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- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Bijixia — Bijixia is a digital media that provides business knowledge management services.
- Markable Creators(Markable AI) — BCG reported that 70% of Gen Z discover products through content platforms, not directly on a retailer website. Social commerce is NOW. The global fashion E-commerce digital advertising allocation is $200 billion. Mai is making social visual discovery shopping a reality on every photo and video across any social platforms or devices. Viewers canclick and shop the clothing they see while watching videos, such as TV shows, movies, and other digital media. Mai bridges the gap between social content and e-commerce, through a fully-automated AI computer vision technology, a sophisticated e-commerce bidding system, and a user personalization system. At Mai, we have spent three years working with top computer vision AI scientists, AI engineers, and fashion experts that created the world’s 1st fully automated video fashion shopping solution. We are connected with numerous top global e-commerce platforms, with total 200M SKUs available, daily updated with an out-of-stock rate <3%. Moreover, Mai is already live with two of the biggest social content platforms in Asia, with more to come.Mai has won the No.1 winner of MIT AI Idol contest in Jul 2020, and also won the title of “Most fundable company by investment value” at the biggest Asia Internet Conference in Nov 2020.
- Nanigans — Nanigans provides an advertising automation software that powers the in-house performance marketing teams. Offered as Software-as-a-Service, Nanigans software features programmatic media buying, predictive revenue optimization, and real-time business intelligence across today’s most valuable channels. Nanigans is headquartered in Boston, withoffices in New York, San Francisco, Seattle, London, Sydney, and Singapore.
Gang Wang
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Transportation, Last Mile Transportation
- Stage:Series A, Angel, Seed
- Geography: China, United States
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- Total investments: 15
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- 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.
Masahiro Kotosaka is an Associate Professor at Keio University and an Associate Fellow of The School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. He is an expert in Internationalization strategy and early stage business development, and advisor to several global start-up companies. Before moving to Keio, he was an associate professor ofmultinational management at Ritsumeikan University, a teaching & research associate at the University of Oxford, and a consultant at McKinsey & Company based in Frankfurt and Tokyo. As a practitioner, he worked for strategy/marketing projects with sixteen client organizations across nine industries and nine countries and spent four years running three profitable IT/Retail businesses before joining McKinsey. He graduated from the University of Oxford with D.Phil. (Ph.D) in Management Studies and MSc in Management Research with Distinction.
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- Industry: Education, EdTech, Fashion
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Kakedas — Kakedas specializes in the development and operation of web services.
- 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.
- noFRAME schools — noFRAME schools is an EdTech startup is a mission to reinvent a textbook.
Jack Tai - CEO/Co-Founder @ OneClass
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- Industry: Consumer, Consumer Goods, Social Entrepreneurship
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- EQUO — Sugarcane Utensils & Plastic-Free Drinking Straws by EQUO. Plastic-free without soggy paper straws or cleaning brushes! Our single-use straws & utensils decompose in months, not centuries. 100% Compostable and made out of natural materials like grass, rice, coconut, sugarcane and coffee. Visit for more!
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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- Industry: Internet, Fashion, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- 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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