# Top 50 Education Angel Investors in Singapore in June 2026

## Edward Ismawan Chamdani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Lifestyle, Agriculture, Aquaculture

Managing and Founding Partner of Ideosource Venture Capital, an Indonesia focused venture capital firm dedicated on early-stage to later-stage investments.

## Ishara Yusdian
- Type: Angel
- Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Debt Financing
- Focus: Agriculture, Lifestyle, Waste Management

Investor | Storyologist | Builder

## Boon Hwee Koh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services

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.

## Quek Siu Rui
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Education, E-Learning

Siu Rui is a co-founder of Carousell and oversees Product and Marketing. Since the launch of Carousell in May 2012 together with co-founders Marcus Tan and Lucas Ngoo, Siu Rui has been deeply involved in product strategy, international expansion and capital strategy. He is passionate about technology and has been buying and selling online since hewas 13. This has been a driving force behind Siu Rui’s commitment to building a product-focused company, focused on solving meaningful problems for people globally.Prior to Carousell, Siu Rui spent some time in marketing and product management at VSee, Ogilvy & Mather and DBS Vickers. Siu Rui read Business Administration and Entrepreneurship at National University of Singapore and Stanford University (Under the NUS Overseas College Program in Silicon Valley, California), and dropped out of his Honours year to start Carousell.

## Jitendra Gupta
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments

Jitendra Gupta is the Founder of Jupiter.

## Allen Penn
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: EdTech, Education, E-Learning

Allen Penn is an Advisor at GV .He attended Miami University.

## Jefferson Chen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Shoes, Fashion, FinTech

Jefferson Lanjie Chen is the Co-Founder, Group Chairman & CEO at Advance Intelligence Group.

## Shiyan Koh
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Internet, Financial Services

Shiyan leads NerdWallet's Personal Financial Management products. Before NerdWallet, she was an investment professional at Bridgewater Associates.Shiyan was also a Senior Investment Associate at Institutional Venture Partners, and began her career as an Investment Banking Analyst at JPMorgan, serving technology and healthcare clients.She is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Business School.

## Nikhil Kamath
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Health Care, Internet

Nikhil Kamath is the Co-Founder of Zerodha & True Beacon. He previously worked at Kamath Associates as a Partner.

## Darius Cheung
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Mobile, FinTech

Darius Cheung is co-founder of BillPin and CEO/co-founder of McAfee-acquired tenCube.

## Jack Conte
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Software, E-Learning

Jack Conte is the Co-Founder and CEO of Patreon. He attended Stanford University.

## Marcus Tan Yi Wei
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Software, Wellness

Marcus Tan Yi Wei - Co-founder @ Carousell

## Mark Vranesh
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: EdTech, Education, Social Media

Mark Vranesh was named Chief Financial Officer of financial and business experience in the software, entertainment and related technology industries. Mark also spent 8 years with Ernst & Young LLP’s high tech practice, most recently as an Audit Senior Manager and earned a degree in Business from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 1990.

## Stanley Tang
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stanford, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Finance, E-Learning

Stanley Tang is the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at DoorDash. He attended Stanford University.

## Martin Li
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Logistics, Transportation, Apps

Entrepreneur and Investor based in Hong Kong. Attended Questrom School of Business, Boston University.

## Jeff Shouger
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: EdTech, Education, Social Media

Finance executive (Certified Public Accountant) with broad experience managing and developing high performing teams.Extensive experience scaling finance departments, financial planning and forecasting, treasury, driving operations and process development for private venture back as well as multinational public companies including: Zynga, GileadSciences, Intuit, Sandisk, Monogram Biosciences, Novacea, Avanex, Cell Genesys, Nektar Therapeutics and Proteolix.Deal experience covering a variety of transactions, including acquisitions, initial public offerings (IPO), debt offerings, corporate partnerships and follow-on offerings.Broad understanding of public company issues and structuring pre-IPO for transition to public company.

## Hendra Kwik
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bandung, Jawa Barat, Indonesia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

Hendra Kwik is the Co-Founder of PAYFAZZ.

## Rohit Bansal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Software

Rohit Bansal is based out of Gurgaon and is the Co-founder of AceVector. Rohit previously worked at FICCI  as a Chair. Rohit Bansal attended Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

## Marat Kichikov
- Type: Angel
- Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Apps

Marat is a serial entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience in the financial industry and early stage investor. 
He is the founder of several successful companies, including a consumer finance bank, few e-commerce companies and investment fund. 
He serves on the board of his several portfolio companies (Bioloka, Wow Cube, F3 and RelesticaHolding), utilizing his knowledge and expertise in Blockchain industry which he joined to in 2013 as a partner in Bitfury Group. 
In both as a fund and as an angel investor, Marat have invested in 30+ fin tech, e-commerce, blockchain technology, educational, healthcare and gaming companies, providing business expertise and financial & advisory support to founders. 
Marat has a master's degree in finance & business management and a bachelor's degree in law. 
In his free time, Marat likes surfing and skiing!

## Dmitri Melnikov
- Type: Angel
- Location: West Newton, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: EdTech, Education, Social Media

Dmitri Melnikov is COO and Co-founder of Semrush.

## Oleg Shchegolev
- Type: Angel
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: EdTech, Education, Social Media

Oleg Shchegolev is the founder and CEO at SEMrush.

## Eric Feldman
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Learning, Security, Software

Eric Feldman is the Co-Founder of Eco.

## John Danner
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Education, EdTech, E-Learning

John Danner is an Angel Investor at Danner Capital. Stanford University Distinguished Careers Institute from 2021 - to 2022.

## Tiger Fang
- Type: Angel
- Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Logistics, Accounting

Tiger Fang is Co-Founder and CEO at Kargo Technologies. Before Cargo, Tiger had successfully led various technology companies. He is general manager at Uber Indonesia and China, and managing director at Lazada Thailand.

## Tim Lee
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Mobile, Software, Wellness

Timothy Lee, Former Sequoia Partner.

## Amrish Rau
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments

Amrish Rau is the CEO of Pine Labs.

## Kunal Bahl
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce

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

## Ishreth Hassen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Training, E-Learning

Ishreth Hassen

## Joel Fong
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Learning

Joel Fong Associate Software Engineer at GovTech Singapore

## Clarence Chio
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Credit, Banking, FinTech

CTO and Co-Founder of Unit 21 and a Lecturer in UC Berkeley's School of Information.

## Peng T. Ong
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Mobile Apps, Artificial Intelligence, Social

Specialties: Starting companies; strategy; product definition; software design; engineering and services operations.
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Former statutory board memberships: ACE, SUTD, IDA, NRF, MDA, IE Singapore, IMDA.
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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

## Ting Feng Toh
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Education, EdTech, Marketplace

Ting Feng Toh is the CEO & Co-founder of GetGo. He previously worked at Lion City Rentals as a Director. Ting Feng Toh attended Stanford University.

## Royston Tay
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce

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

## Kum Hong Siew
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, EdTech, Business Travel

Kum Hong Siew is a Chief Operating Officer, Airbnb China.

## Calvin French-Owen
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Developer Tools

Calvin French-Owen is Builder at calv.info. He attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

## KP Balaraj
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Education, E-Learning

KP Balaraj

## John Tan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Internet, Travel

John Tan - Founder @ Controlled Commodity

## Jamie Beaton
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Education, E-Learning, Online Portals

Jamie attended King’s College, Auckland, New Zealand from which he graduated with eight A* and two A’s, including a Top In The World in A2 English Literature, Top In The World of IGCSE English Language and multiple top in the country awards. After discovering overseas university pathways, Jamie applied for 25 of the top universities around theworld and was the first New Zealander to be accepted to all of them. He was accepted to elite universities such as: Harvard, Cambridge, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, University of Pennsylvania’s Huntsman Program and Columbia. Jamie ultimately chose Harvard, and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Applied Mathematics & Economics as well as a Masters in Applied Math, two years ahead of schedule while also working as the youngest analyst at Tiger Management.At the age of 20. It was Jamie’s success in securing offers to competitive universities that inspired him to co-found Crimson Education and serve as CEO since 2013. After graduating from Harvard, Jamie became one of the youngest students ever accepted to Stanford Graduate School of Business and is currently completing an MBA and Masters in Education. In 2017, he spoke at the UN about eradicating poverty and was listed in Forbes Asia 30 Under 30. In 2018, Jamie earned a coveted Rhodes Scholarship and is pursuing a Doctor of Philisophy in Public Policy at the University of Oxford.

## Vicki Cheung
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Learning

Vicki Cheung is the Co-Founder and CTO at Gantry. Attended Carnegie Mellon University.

## Nobuhiro Ariyasu
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Finance, Internet, Content

Nobuhiro Ariyasu is the CEO at Coach United.

## Ashish Shastry
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Private Equity, Series B, Post-IPO Equity
- Focus: Internet, Software, Education

Ashish Shastry joined KKR in 2016 as a Member and Head of Southeast Asia. Ashish Shastry started his Asian private equity career with TPG Capital in 1998. By the time he left TPG in 2011, he was a Partner and the Head of Southeast Asia. Ashish Shastry then served for five years as a Managing Partner of Northstar Group, managing over US$2 billion inprivate equity and venture capital funds with a focus on Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia. He began his career at Lehman Brothers in New York and graduated from Princeton University with an A.B. degree in economics (with honors).

## Kishore Mahbubani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Learning

Graduate in Philosophy, Singapore and Canada. 1971-2004, with Singapore Foreign Ministry: 1993-98, Permanent Secretary; served twice as Singapore's Ambassador to the UN. Author: Can Asians Think?; Beyond the Age of Innocence: Rebuilding Trust between America and the World; The New Asian Hemisphere: The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to theEast; The Great Convergence: Asia, the West and the Logic of One World; Can Singapore Survive? Recipient of awards: Public Administration Medal (Gold), Singapore Government (1998); Foreign Policy Association Medal (2004).

## Kingston Kwek
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Education, Artificial Intelligence

Kingston Kwek

## Payam Zamani
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Machine Learning, Education

Payam Past is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO at One Planet Group.

## Andy Hwang
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Machine Learning, Information Technology

Andy Hwang

## Projjal Ghatak
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Education, E-Learning

Projjal Ghatak

## Norman Wanto
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Learning

I believe that great products coupled with strong underlying tech are the vessels to solve problems and make a positive impact in a scalable manner. Nothing motivates me more than diving deep into huge problems, building something to fix them, and as a result, making the world a better place.

## Jonathan Sim
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Learning

Jonathan Sim GM Singapore and Director of SE Asia & Oceania Partnerships at Flexport

## Frank Chen
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Jose, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Learning

Frank Chen Founding Engineer, Coursera.

## Oswald Yeo Hexiang
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: EdTech, Medical, Education

Oswald Yeo currently serves Glints as co-founder and CEO.

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