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Top 50 Energy Angel Investors in Asia in January 2026

Last updated: Jan 2026 A list of 50 angel investors that invest in Energy startups based in Asia. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Energy companies from Asia. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Energy Angel Investors in Asia in January 2026

Investor	Energy Asia investments
Ishara Yusdian	5
Edward Ismawan Chamdani	5
Ivan Lee	3
Boon Hwee Koh	3
David Pardo	2
Tak Wai Chung	2
Thibault Villet	2
Patrick Berbon	2
Sagar Achanta	1
Liu Xiaosong	1
Wu Jie	1
Takuma Iwasa	1
Alice Foo	1
Jahangir Alam	1
Nazmul Rupok	1
Toyokazu Ichise	1
Tetsuya Nagashima	1
Suzuki Yuto	1
Tongchuang Albert	1
Mr Maru	1
Albert Wenger	1
Satish Shankar	1
Jason Zeng	1
John Wood	1
Richard Eldridge	1
Gerard George	1
Alan Wong	1
Cheng Tao	1
Fiona Xie	1
Sotaro Karasawa	1
Ramez Naam	1
Te Ling Nai	1
Seio Nagami	1
Shailesh Rao	1
Makoto Takano	1
T. Chen Fong	1
Chang Wen Lai	1
Steve Melhuish	1
Nir Eyal	1
Nadav Rosenberg	1
William McClelland	1
Taizo Son	1
Wenwen Niu	1
Yusaku Maezawa	1
Lim Tai Tian	1
Suzuki Tatsuya	1
Paco Sandejas	1
Ogawa Ryo	1
Yoshinori Fukushima	1
Hongjia Zhang	1

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Investor | Storyologist | Builder

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 — A B2B aggregated marketplace for agriculture with integrated financing facilities.
Gayo Capital — Investing Tomorrow's Winner

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

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 — A B2B aggregated marketplace for agriculture with integrated financing facilities.
Gayo Capital — Investing Tomorrow's Winner

Ivan Lee - Founder @ Raging Bull

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Thibault Villet

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.

Patrick has an extensive background in metallurgy, aerospace, power and cleantech industries. Before co-founding CM Venture Capital, Patrick was a Senior Consultant at Performance Improvement, a risk analysis and management company specialized in power industries. Patrick is an experienced entrepreneur in the advanced materials space. His priorstart-up focuses on advanced nanograin aluminum alloys and its applications, the company was successfully listed on the Toronto Venture Exchange. Before his entrepreneurial ventures, Patrick was a Senior Scientist in Materials Science Division at Rockwell Scientific Inc. Patrick specializes in advanced materials and clean technologies, including renewable electricity generation, biofuels for transportation, green building, clean water, clean air, carbon dioxide emissions reduction, recyclable materials, sustainable foresting and agriculture, and energy efficiency.Patrick obtained Ph.D. from the University of Southern California, M.S. from Tsinghua University (China) and M.S./B.S. from Ecole Centrale de Lyon (France), all in Materials Sciences.

Investment focus

Solar, Mobile, Automotive
Seed, Series A, Series B
China, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Seeder — Seeder offers zero-cost solar financing solutions for commercial and industrial rooftops and connects these projects to the project investors and structures power purchase agreements to get the building's savings of 10-15% on the electricity. Seeder leverage a diverse network of pre-qualified vendors and has the ability to collect multiplequotes and proposals.Seeder also offers advisory and development services to facilitate on and off-site power purchase transactions for solar and other renewable energy procurement in China. It helps corporations lower their electricity bills by up to 20%, boost their visibility, and reduce their carbon footprint all while achieving their global renewable energy goals
Cambridge Touch Technologies Ltd. — UltraTouch is the ultimate in touch technology that goes everywhere you do. Combining advanced piezoelectric materials with sophisticated software.

Sagar Achanta

Investment focus

Recycling, Sustainability, Waste Management
Seed
Philippines

Portfolio highlights

Humble Sustainability — Humble Sustainability provides products and accessories reuse and recycle services.

Liu Xiaosong

Investment focus

Robotics, Manufacturing, Semiconductor
Angel, Series B
China, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Yizhun Intelligent — Yizhun Intelligent is an AI & Robotics company.
Quantified Energy Labs — Leaders in on-site PV module quality evaluation

Wu Jie is an individual investor.

Investment focus

Battery, Electric Vehicle, Internet of Things
Seed
China

Portfolio highlights

Phoenicia — Phoenicia is the lithium battery internet platform that provides digital platform services and battery intelligent management solutions.

Takuma Iwasa is a Founder & CEO at Cerevo.

Investment focus

Water, Beauty, IT Management
Seed
Japan

Portfolio highlights

RABO — RABO is a Cat-Tech Company that "watches cat life with technology.
nanoFreaks — nanoFreaks builds a rescue system on the sea, creating an environment where everyone can live with peace of mind.

Alice Foo is an angel investor for Alterpacks.

Investment focus

Recycling, Biotechnology, Waste Management
Pre-Seed
Singapore

Portfolio highlights

AlterPacks — Alterpacks - New Materials Solutions. A Singapore Management University, Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Business Innovation Generator (BIG) Incubatee.

Jahangir Alam COO of eFoli.

Investment focus

B2B, B2C, Grocery
Angel, Pre-Seed
Bangladesh

Portfolio highlights

Green Grocery — Green Grocery burst on the scene back in 2020 with a slogan - Quality That You Can Trust, Today the customers - most of who have turned into repeat customers with appreciation and love, publicly admire Green Grocery’s integrity and living up to its slogan. Green Grocery has brought you a wide array of products - rice of different types, handpickedfoods, ingredients, spices sourced from where they are produced best, oil, ghee, pickle, and more which have grown fondness among foodies for creating exotic explosions of flavor. Foods contaminated by unseen woes - harmful viruses, toxins, bacteria, parasites, and chemicals can leave our organs damaged, the body dysfunctional and our lives grappling with formidable challenges. However, these risks can be eliminated with a stringent food safety management system that can ensure the quality, safety, and nutrient value of food from the very beginning, when it’s in the early stage of farming. The trust Green Grocery has successfully built owes immensely to its close supervision and filtration system during the course of its products’ journey - farming, packaging, storing, delivery. Eating right is indispensable to stay strong and have a happy and normal life. Green Grocery has set a new norm by continuously delivering foods of the best quality with their safety and hygiene ensured. Checkout Green Grocery Website: https://greengrocery.com.bd
Protein Market — Protein Market is an agrotech startup that provides safe protein products to B2B and B2C customers and aims to build a safe and organic food chain and farming networks.

Nazmul Hasan Rupok Chief Executive Officer of WPDeveloper

Investment focus

B2B, B2C, Grocery
Pre-Seed, Angel
Bangladesh

Portfolio highlights

SMEVai — Take your bookkeeping skills to the next level for your eCommerce or F-Commerce businesses using the ultimate accounting solution of SMEVai.
ChalkPencil — Chalkpencil.com is an online platform aiming to develop sustainable learning strategies for the young learners by altering the traditional education system.
Green Grocery — Green Grocery burst on the scene back in 2020 with a slogan - Quality That You Can Trust, Today the customers - most of who have turned into repeat customers with appreciation and love, publicly admire Green Grocery’s integrity and living up to its slogan. Green Grocery has brought you a wide array of products - rice of different types, handpickedfoods, ingredients, spices sourced from where they are produced best, oil, ghee, pickle, and more which have grown fondness among foodies for creating exotic explosions of flavor. Foods contaminated by unseen woes - harmful viruses, toxins, bacteria, parasites, and chemicals can leave our organs damaged, the body dysfunctional and our lives grappling with formidable challenges. However, these risks can be eliminated with a stringent food safety management system that can ensure the quality, safety, and nutrient value of food from the very beginning, when it’s in the early stage of farming. The trust Green Grocery has successfully built owes immensely to its close supervision and filtration system during the course of its products’ journey - farming, packaging, storing, delivery. Eating right is indispensable to stay strong and have a happy and normal life. Green Grocery has set a new norm by continuously delivering foods of the best quality with their safety and hygiene ensured. Checkout Green Grocery Website: https://greengrocery.com.bd

Toyokazu Ichise is a Director of Peace Communication Foundation.

Investment focus

Social, E-Commerce, Sustainability
Seed
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Gab — Gab is a company that works to solve social problems as well as develops and markets ethical products.

Tetsuya Nagashima - Director COO @ Gunosy

Investment focus

Social, E-Commerce, Sustainability
Seed
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Gab — Gab is a company that works to solve social problems as well as develops and markets ethical products.

Suzuki Yuto

Investment focus

SaaS, Social, Content
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Gab — Gab is a company that works to solve social problems as well as develops and markets ethical products.
Aidemy — Aidemy is a web service where you can learn AI programming online.
Bizibl Technologies — Bizibl Technologies provides SaaS services for recruitment events.

Tongchuang Albert is an Angel and Individual Investor.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Battery, Biopharma
Angel, Funding Round
China

Portfolio highlights

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.

Mr. Maru

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.

Albert Wenger is a managing partner at Union Square Ventures. Before joining USV, Albert was the president of del.icio.us through the company’s sale to Yahoo and an angel investor (Etsy, Tumblr). He previously founded or co-founded several companies, including a management consulting firm and an early hosted data analytics company. Albert graduatedfrom Harvard College in economics and computer science and holds a Ph.D. in Information Technology from MIT.

Investment focus

Software, Analytics, Education
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, Germany, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Brale — Combining the best of CeFi & DeFi.
Terra.do — Learn about climate change and start working on climate change solutions today with the Terra.do community.
Phlair — Carbon Atlantis is producing energy-efficient approach for ocean-based carbon dioxide removal.

Satish Shankar is the Regional Managing Partner at Bain & Company.

Investment focus

Forestry, Software, Sustainability
Seed
Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Thryve.Earth — Thryve Earth is a platform that unites multiple stakeholders to nature-based carbon projects in a scalable manner.

Jason Zeng, one of the Core Founders and Advisor Emeritus of Tencent Group. Jason founded the Group in 1999. As the Chief Operating Officer during 1999 and 2007, Jason was responsible for overseeing the Company's business lines and product portfolios and the managing the Company’s sales and marketing activities across China. Prior toTencent, Jason worked in the Shenzhen Data Telecommunications Bureau and was familiar with the Internet and telecommunications industries in China. Since June 2007, Jason has been the Advisor Emeritus of the Company.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Social Media
Seed, Angel, Series B
China, United States

Portfolio highlights

Quivr — A new way to date. Let matchmakers do the work for you or play Cupid yourself.
Quivr — Quivr empowers you to take control of your digital identity, making it easier to connect with a community that truly shares your passions and values.
Little Spoonful — Little Spoonful 小勺满满 provides fresh, safe, and nutritious foods for children in China.

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.

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.

Richard Eldridge is the current CEO and Chairperson of Infinit-O. He previously worked at LenddoEFL as a Co-Founder. Richard Eldridge attended the University of Warwick.

Investment focus

Recycling, Sustainability, Waste Management
Seed
Philippines

Portfolio highlights

Humble Sustainability — Humble Sustainability provides products and accessories reuse and recycle services.

Gerard George

Investment focus

SaaS, Forestry, Internet
Pre-Seed
Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Handprint — Handprint makes it easy and cost efficient to differentiate your organisation with science-backed impact solutions beyond offsetting.

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.

Investment focus

Recycling, Sustainability, Waste Management
Seed
Philippines

Portfolio highlights

Humble Sustainability — Humble Sustainability provides products and accessories reuse and recycle services.

Tao Cheng currently works as Chief Executive Officer and Founder of popIn.

Investment focus

Telecommunications, Content, Internet
Seed, Angel, Series A
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Tokyo — Tokyo provides consistently-designed signage and projector installation, as well as maintenance company support. All customers need is “product selection” considering installation. This is a service that does not take time and effort!
Aidemy — Aidemy is a web service where you can learn AI programming online.
Girasol Energy — Girasol Energy is an IoT Platform provides innovative PLC technologies that enable wiser PV Plants.

Fiona Xie

Investment focus

Waste Management, Food and Beverage
Series A
Singapore

Portfolio highlights

TreeDots — Envision a world without food wastage with TreeDots. We move food by optimizing food supply chain, connecting Suppliers to F&B Businesses.

Sotaro Karasawa - Chief Technology Officer @ STAR FESTIVAL

Investment focus

Software, Blockchain, Art
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
Japan

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.

Ramez Naam is Chief Futurist and Partner at Prime Movers Lab.

Investment focus

Renewable Energy, Energy, Automotive
Seed, Series B, Series A
United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Amperon — Our AI-powered demand forecasts help companies manage risk and navigate volatile energy markets.
SMASHsolar — SMASHsolar breaks down barriers to solar for homeowners and contractors. The biggest barriers to solar adoption are cost and complexity. We have developed a simple, snap-together solar module that installs 2x faster than conventional solar, significantly reducing labor skill, labor cost and increasing crew throughput, which result in lowerinstallation costs. Since the SMASH system is easy to expand, homeowners can buy a what they need today and upgrade when they want more power.
Distributed Energy Pte Ltd — Distributed Energy is a development and aggregation platform that connects renewable projects with funders.They are experienced platform aggregators who have come together to enable renewable energy projects in the developing world.The Distributed Energy platform reviews, screens and lists fundable projects on their marketplace. Investors canexpress interest to invest in credible opportunities. Their smart contracts and blockchain produce a robust link between parties, automating payments. They also provide ongoing reporting on performance of the assets.

Te-Ling Nai is an individual investor.

Investment focus

Food Processing, Waste Management
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.

Seio Nagami

Investment focus

Task Management, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Angel
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Enechain — enechain provides liquidity in Japan’s energy market by brokering OTC transactions of energy.
Stock — Stock develops products that relieve the stress of sharing information from teams around the world.
OVERFLOW — OVERFLOW provides consulting and recruitment services.

Shailesh Rao

Investment focus

E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
India, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

Khabri — Khabri is a digital audio platform for content in vernacular. Ita app allows content creators to create channels and programmes that reach vernacular listeners. Aankit Roy, Pulkit Sharma, and Sandeep Singh launched the company in Haryana, Haryana in 2016.
Neosec — Neosec API software is the intelligent way to protect your APIs from business abuse and data theft. Try our API Security platform now.
AttainU — AttainU is a full-time, live online college alternative education that teaches students the skills needed for software engineering.The course is a 30-week full-time program that takes students from beginner to career and industry-ready software engineer level, using real-world coding assignments and projects. By the end of the course, studentswill have a solid understanding of Full-Stack web development, software engineering fundamentals, and all the skills to be placed in the industry through AttainU’s hiring partners. Founders Vaibhav Bajpai and Divyam Goel founded the program in Bangalore City, Karnataka in 2018.

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

Investment focus

Content, Sports, Apps
Seed, Series A, Series B
Japan, Philippines

Portfolio highlights

BeatFit — BeatFit is a fitness-tech startup based in Japan.
PROGRIT — PROGRIT is an English-related media management company.
Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.

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.

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.

Chang Wen is CEO and Co-Founder of Ninja Van. After graduating with a Bachelor of Finance from Singapore Management University,he worked as a derivatives trader at Barclays before setting up men’s custom fashion retailer Marcella. His experience with the online retail business made him realise there could be a more efficient way of delivering andtracking packages, resulting in the creation of Ninja Van and the rest, as they say, is history. Chang Wen's vision is for a Ninja to be within the reach of any consumer in Southeast Asia so that Ninja Van can provide a consistently great and seamless logistics experience for shippers and shoppers alike in the current Southeast Asian markets Ninja Van operates in.

Investment focus

Solar
Seed
Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Okapi Technologies — Solar Financing Platform

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

Investment focus

Real Estate, Internet, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Singapore, India, Philippines

Portfolio highlights

TablePointer — TablePointer is the A.I. and intelligent energy solution for small & medium commercial facilities to optimise energy efficiency, manage assets, upgrade profitability, and unlock sustainability gains right away.
Circular — We are making subscriptions the best way to experience tech. Circular aims to accelerate the circular economy and maximise the useful lives of each tech device to its fullest potential.
Lhoopa — Making homeownership achievable for every Filipino family.

Nir Eyal is a writer at Nir and Far, a blog that cover aspects of psychology, technology, and business in relation to user experience design, behavioral economics, and neuroscience. On Nir and Far, Eyal writes to help companies create behaviors that benefit their users, while educating people on how to build healthful habits in their own lives. Healso writes for TechCrunch, Forbes, and Psychology Today, and is also a frequent speaker at industry conferences and Fortune 500 companies.Eyal is the author of “Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products” and lectures at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Design School. His prior work experience includes his time in the video gaming and advertising industries.Eyal holds a degree from Harvard University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Investment focus

Software, Wellness, Psychology
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Betafi — Make user interviews and usability testing a breeze with Betafi. Import your Figma, Adobe XD, or web prototypes with a single click. Start running moderated sessions through our integrated platform with built-in video recordings, automatic transcription, powerful annotation tools, Zoom integration, and much more.
Privyr — Supercharge your sales with instant lead alerts, auto-personalised content, interest tracking, easy follow-ups & lead management. All from your phone, within seconds.
Arro — Discover the shared daily operating system that helps you get more from life and work. Get to Day Zero together.

Nadav leads Taboola’s expansion and operations in Europe and Australia.Prior to joining Taboola, Nadav was a member of the founding team of Groupon UK & IR, taking part in building and managing Groupon’s business in the UK.Before joining Groupon, Nadav worked as a strategy consultant with McKinsey & Company in London.Nadav isbased in London and holds an MBA from INSEAD, France.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, France, Israel

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Qantev — Qantev is the leading AI claims platform for health & life insurance, enabling insurers to automate claims operations, reduce leakage, improve loss ratios, enhance data quality, and elevate customer experience.
thymia — Making mental health as objectively measurable as physical health.
Exogene — Exogene is a biotechnology company accelerating the discovery of T-cell-receptor(TCR)-based cancer immunotherapies for solid tumours by combining deep learning and high-throughput TCR-antigen screening. Exogene is building a computational platform to quickly and inexpensively identify new tumour targets shared across cancer patients, as well assafe and effective TCRs against these tumour targets for therapeutic application. Their mission is to develop better TCR-based immunotherapies, faster and at a fraction of the cost.

Will McClelland is the Co-Founder & General Partner of Elizabeth Street Ventures. He is also Co-Founder of Bambike. He was a Partner at Grace Beauty Capital and Managing Director of Ironwood Capital Management. He attended Yale University.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Fashion, Retail
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Philippines

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Ringly — Ringly designs and develops wearable technology solutions that are compact in size, but powerful in functionality. It is our belief that technology can blend more seamlessly into our lives and provide frictionless interactions with our environment, our devices and our selves. We get excited about pushing boundaries and solving big problems thatwill make our world a more enjoyable place to live.In 2015, we began shipping our first product and became an industry leader in fashionable wearable technology. We’ve built a specialized and integrated team that controls every aspect of the business including design, brand, software, hardware and manufacturing.
Supergoop — Supergoop is a skincare brand completely dedicated to sun protection.
MM.LaFleur — M.M.LaFleur is a New York-based womenswear brand known for introducing the world to Power Casual: the clothing equivalent of work-life balance. They were founded on the belief that when women succeed, the world becomes a better place.

Taizo Son - Co-Founder @ VIVITA

Investment focus

Financial Services, Information Technology, Venture Capital
Seed, Series A, Angel
Japan, Singapore, United States

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LIFT99 — LIFT99 is a coworking hub and network of startup founders in Tallinn, Estonia, and Kyiv, Ukraine. In 2018, we launched our Skillsharing Platform for founders around the world.
Smartround — Smartround is a specialized finance management platform for startups and their investors. For start-ups, for entrepreneurs who are not familiar with finance, simply enter the necessary information according to the guide, prepare appropriate financing round, and prepare a function that can simulate and execute a capital increase. Support informationsharing and communication with shareholders even after the capital increase.
AnotherBall — AnotherBall = Digital + Entertainment + Token economy

Wenwen Niu - Founding Partner @ Dark Horse Ventures

Investment focus

Fuel, Automotive, Customer Service
Seed
China

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Hengdache Shidai — Hengdache Shidai is an automotive fuel O2O platform service provider.

Yusaku Maezawa is a Founder of Zozotown.

Investment focus

Gaming, Developer Tools, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series C
Japan, United States

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JOYCLE — JOYCLE is a waste management company that specializes in trash recycling, disposal, and environmental consulting services.
space data — Space Data is based on an algorithm that allows the AI to recognize geospatial data from the Earth and easily assign another Earth in VR. The company is developing an algorithm to automatically generate another "Earth" in virtual space using 3DCG technology by making the AI understand the geospatial information of the Earth by learningthe vast amount of ground observation data available from satellites. They want to create an AI that can reconstruct the "world" in virtual space by learning all kinds of data from this world, such as traffic volume, pedestrian traffic, day and night, four seasons, temperature, plant distribution, and nighttime light intensity. Its goal is to build a future in which everyone has the ability to create their own world (universe) and shape their own destiny without regard for race, gender, appearance, or environment.
Space Aviation — Space Aviation is an aerospace company that offers air taxi services, flight training, aircraft sales, and heliport development solutions.

Lim Tai Tian

Investment focus

Sustainability, Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing
Pre-Seed
Vietnam

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BUYO Bioplastics — BUYO provides a 100% nature-based and biodegradable bioplastic solution, using our advanced proprietary technology to convert bio-waste and plant-based materials into...

1985. Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University. In 2008, he engaged in new business support and venture support for large companies at Inspire Co., Ltd. In 2011, he was appointed director of UXConsulting company wacul. In 2012, he was appointed director of giftee.

Investment focus

Internet, Agriculture, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
Japan

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Synflux — Synflux is a fashion lab comprising of fashion designers, software engineers & architects focused on fashion industry.
AGRI SMILE — AGRI SMILE is a platform that focuses on sharing agricultural technology.
Another works — Another works is a internet platform & the industry's first service that allows you to directly approach the talent you are interested in from a database of a variety of ready-to-work and multi-tasking personnel. You can also use the performance fee for free.

Paco Sandejas currently works as the Founder, Chairman, and CEO at Xepto Education, Stratpoint Technologies, and Narra Ventures. He is Chairman of the Philippine S&T Development Foundation and an Independent Director serving on the boards of Sunlife of Canada (Philippines), Sunlife Asset Management, Maya Bank, and Medical Doctors Inc (MakatiMed). He sits on the board also of Ostrea Mineral Laboratories, Diversified Holdings. He assisted UnionBank of the Philippines in its digital transformation as Independent Board Member until 2021. Paco completed his Ph.D. and MS In Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1995 and was the first summa cum ladue graduate in Applied Physics from the University of the Philippines. Paco loves to compete in tennis, football (soccer), and recently golf…ideally as teammate of his children and wife.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Training, Manufacturing
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Philippines, United States

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Flyspaces — FlySpaces empowers businesses as a digital marketplace that provides short-term work and meeting space solutions to entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs and mobile professionals. Whether the need is for an hour, a day, a week or a few months - we have a network of hundreds of spaces to discover across key South East Asian cities.For venue owners,FlySpaces acts as a digital marketing platform that connects you to a vast user base, allowing you to optimize and monetize your space.We recognize that workspace is more than a mere location. It is a setting that inspires ideas, motivates action and promotes growth. With FlySpaces, find where your business will accomplish its next milestone.FlySpaces empowers businesses as a digital marketplace that provides short-term work and meeting space solutions to entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs and mobile professionals. Whether the need is for an hour, a day, a week or a few months - we have a network of hundreds of spaces to discover across key South East Asian cities.For venue owners, FlySpaces acts as a digital marketing platform that connects you to a vast user base, allowing you to optimize and monetize your space.We recognize that workspace is more than a mere location. It is a setting that inspires ideas, motivates action and promotes growth. With FlySpaces, find where your business will accomplish its next milestone.
Humble Sustainability — Humble Sustainability provides products and accessories reuse and recycle services.
Xepto Education — Xepto Education provides learning management systems, CPD courses, digital resources, and other education technology solutions.

Ogawa Ryo - CEO @ Timee

Investment focus

Apps, Social, Finance
Seed
Japan

Portfolio highlights

LivCo — LivCo is a support service company that offers HR, life support, real estate rental brokerage, and media platform solutions for foreigners.
Gab — Gab is a company that works to solve social problems as well as develops and markets ethical products.
Givearth — Givearth app enable users to make donations just by carrying out their daily shopping and consumption activities.

Yoshinori Fukushima - CEO @ LayerX

Investment focus

Internet, Marketing, Media and Entertainment
Seed, Angel, Series A
Japan, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
Amptalk — Amptalk is a software development firm specializing in operating automatic transcription and analysis of online business negotiations.
PeopleX — PeopleX encourages and assists employees in their professional development.

Hongjia Zhang

Investment focus

Solar, Energy, Recycling
Seed
China

Portfolio highlights

Resolar — Resolar provides whole-chain PV recycling solution, which can reach 99.9% separation rate and extract 95% of the total value with $80/MT cost. We have closed the entire PV recycling loop, which includes separating PV modules and Ag, processing the silicon to 6N level, casting ingot with recycled silicon and manufacturing recycled PV modules.

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