Top 50 Fashion Angel Investors in Asia in September 2025

Investor	Fashion Asia investments
Yu Akasaka	4
Ayataro Nakagawa	4
Yusuke Sato	3
Asif Keshodia	2
Rajan Anandan	2
Rajan Anandan	2
Toru Shimada	2
Hirofumi Miki	2
Chryseis Tan	2
Naoki Aoyagi	2
Jonathan Price	2
Hidetoshi Takano	2
Uenoyama Katsuya	2
Takaya Shinozuka	2
Michael Kazam	1
Nadeem Hussain	1
Shohei Sasaki	1
Lijie Wang	1
Sakai Masaru	1
Toshihiro Inoki	1
Lance Kalish	1
Kotaro Chiba	1
Bo Feng	1
Mamoru Taniya	1
George Godula	1
Narimatsu Jun	1
John Wu	1
Tao Zhang	1
Tsunezawa Kahoko	1
Kazuhiko Ishikura	1
Shintaro Yamada	1
Angel Yin	1
Soichiro Kawai	1
Kishore Ganji	1
Mai Fujimoto	1
Kazuhiro Ishikura	1
Jun Lei	1
Kazuma Ieiri	1
Mohammad Maaz	1
Julien Chalté	1
Osamu Ogasawara	1
Charles-Edouard Bouee	1
Justin Scarpone	1
Yuzuru Honda	1
Yuki Naito	1
Masahiro Kotosaka	1
Zhiyi Zhang	1
Taiga Matsuyama	1
Tanvir Ahmed	1
John Wood	1

During Hosei University student, and intern at Hakuhodo C & D. After joining the Image-net, I do media monetization of EC site as a media planner. Then, new business, engaged in Alliance. Launched a crowdsourcing site "MILLION DESIGNS" of design in the individual, sold to Ransazu Corporation. Established the Eureka Co., Ltd., wasappointed Representative Director CEO.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Content, Internet
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
Japan, Australia, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
RE — RE specializes in smartphone application design and development.
Vitalogue Health — Vitalogue Health offers Canvas, a home-based hormone testing service for women.

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.

Investment focus

Internet, Software, Content
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
Japan, Hong Kong, United States

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.

Yusuke Sato is the Co-Representative and Co-Founder of Pulit.

Investment focus

Content, Internet, Food and Beverage
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
Japan, Indonesia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Kaimak — Kaymak is a recruitment platform that focuses on creating a recruitment website, planning a recruitment strategy, and managing candidates.
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.

Asif Keshodia is an Angel Investor based in Dubai, UAE and the co-founder of Storfox.com. He is most notable for his work as the Group CFO of Souq.com, which was acquired by Amazon in a milestone deal for the Middle East tech sector. He joined Souq in 2011 as an early stage investor and raised over $400m to help it become the leading onlineretailer in the region. After its acquisition by Amazon in 2017, he took the role of MENA Regional Finance Director at Amazon. Asif has over 20 years of experience with some of the world’s biggest names, such as PwC, Gillette, Procter & Gamble, and Amazon, in countries around the world, including the UK, South Africa, Russia, and Pakistan. He is now using his decades of multinational corporate experience to help usher small startups to big success. He is dedicated to aiding young entrepreneurs launch their projects, with sights currently set on bolstering the e-commerce ecosystem in the MENA region and South Asia’s burgeoning market.In the recent past Asif has served on the Boards of Souq, Payfort.com, and Instashop.com, recently acquired by the Delivery Hero. He has also invested in a number of fledgling startups including Shipox, Clicky.pk, EzHire and Cartlow.comAsif is a graduate of the University of Karachi with a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce & Economics and a Chartered Accountant (FCA). In 2016, he was named Best Retail CFO of the MENA Region by renowned Middle Eastern publication, The CFO.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Marketplace, Consumer Goods
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Kamel Pay — Kamel Pay is a fintech and digital financial solutions provider. Kamel Pay offers end-to-end digital payment services to the 20 million underbanked expat population in GCC and to their families abroad through a fully integrated platform.
CLICKY.PK — Clicky.pk offers the largest collection of trendy and affordable fashion and lifestyle products online. Clicky has the best online brand stores in Pakistan. Huge Collection of Jewellery, Handbags, Clutches, Sunglasses, Clothing, Nightwear & More!
PriceOye — Priceoye is Pakistan's No.1 marketplace for buying original mobile phones and electronics. Priceoye is Pakistan's most trusted online store and offers the lowest prices every day.

As part of the leadership team at Sequoia Capital India, Rajan is focusing on developing its early-stage program Surge, into the world's top scale-up program for startups by acting as an investment advisor and mentor to the programme's founders. Surge aims to engineer rapid early progress for startups, by enabling disproportionateaccess to capital, talent, network and decades of company-building knowledge. Rajan's deep understanding of technology, operating expertise and a track record of growing tech businesses across the region will help Surge's founders scale and build the businesses of tomorrow.Prior to Sequoia, as Head of Google India and Southeast Asia, Rajan played a key role in expanding the regions internet ecosystem while accelerating Google's innovation and growth units. He is also a prolific angel investor who has backed a large number of successful startups at very early stages. Rajan also led Microsoft and Dell in India and was earlier a Partner at McKinsey & Company in Chicago.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
Seed, Angel, Series A
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Smytten — Smytten is an online discovery platform for premium products & services. Smytten also offers assisted shopping, and for the more advanced shopper, customised offers and ability to build their own wishlist for regular purchases.
Omnify — Automate your business and simplify your life with Omnify's all-in-one online booking system that streamlines your operations through one simple dashboard.
mirrAR — mirrAR your go to augmented reality company for ECommerce. Experience our platform, solutions & AR software. Transform shopping with augmented reality in E-commerce.

As part of the leadership team at Sequoia Capital India, Rajan is focusing on developing its early-stage program Surge, into the world's top scale-up program for startups by acting as an investment advisor and mentor to the programme's founders. Surge aims to engineer rapid early progress for startups, by enabling disproportionateaccess to capital, talent, network and decades of company-building knowledge. Rajan's deep understanding of technology, operating expertise and a track record of growing tech businesses across the region will help Surge's founders scale and build the businesses of tomorrow.Prior to Sequoia, as Head of Google India and Southeast Asia, Rajan played a key role in expanding the regions internet ecosystem while accelerating Google's innovation and growth units. He is also a prolific angel investor who has backed a large number of successful startups at very early stages. Rajan also led Microsoft and Dell in India and was earlier a Partner at McKinsey & Company in Chicago.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Angel, Series A
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Smytten — Smytten is an online discovery platform for premium products & services. Smytten also offers assisted shopping, and for the more advanced shopper, customised offers and ability to build their own wishlist for regular purchases.
Omnify — Automate your business and simplify your life with Omnify's all-in-one online booking system that streamlines your operations through one simple dashboard.
mirrAR — mirrAR your go to augmented reality company for ECommerce. Experience our platform, solutions & AR software. Transform shopping with augmented reality in E-commerce.

Toru Shimada is a Senior Executive Officer and Director of Rakuten. Mr. Shimada is a Director of Rakuten Baseball, Inc., and Head of Asia Regional Headquarters Office of the Company.Mr. Shimada joined Rakuten in 2004. Prior to joining Rakuten, Mr. Shimada was founder and Director of INTELLIGENCE, LTD from 1989 to 2004. Prior to INTELLIGENCE, LTD.Mr. Shimada worked at RECRUIT CO., LTD. from 1987 to 1989.

Investment focus

Internet, Task Management, Marketing
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Ixyas — Ixyas offers internet service planning, operation, marketing support, and sales services.
Neith — Neith is a apparel manufacturer, seller and a whoelseller of water absorbing bralette, lingerie and shorts for women.
Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.

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.

Investment focus

Content, Marketing, Internet
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Epicbase — Epicbase is an AI-based automatic voice transcription service based on voice recognition technology.
Go Visions — Go Visions engages in the edutainment tech for children and human resources services.
Ai-Dounyu.com — Ai-Dounyu.com is a platform that helps organizations looking to integrate AI choose their ideal AI implementation partner for free.

Ms. Chryseis Tan serves as Director at Cardiff Asset Limited.

Investment focus

Apps, Beauty, Fashion
Seed, Series A
Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Goxip Inc — Goxip is ultimate destination for searching, discovering and purchasing any fashion and beauty products.By partnering with over 500 international online retailers, Goxip’s database covers more than 36,000 luxury brands and 5 million items. Being the biggest fashion and beauty ecommerce platform, can simply search with text, categories or evenimages to find ideal items.They are super connector between content and ecommerce sites. Whatever see and inspires , Goxip is here to help bring home that piece of fashion cannot live without.Discover trends, find inspiration and share own styles with the Goxip community of fashionistas.Snap. Shop. Wear.

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.

Investment focus

Internet, Fashion, Software
Seed, Angel, Series A
Japan

Portfolio highlights

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.

Jonathan Price is Cofounder, Chief Commercial Officer at Virtual Incentives.

Investment focus

Fashion, E-Commerce, Women's
Series A
Thailand, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Pomelo Fashion — Shop the latest fashion at POMELO fashion. Designed and manufactured in house for quality and style. Dresses, tops, knits, jackets, denim, accessories and more!
Pixibo — Fashion's most accurate size recommendation solution

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.

Investment focus

Internet, Information Technology, Human Resources
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
Japan, United States

Portfolio highlights

Kaimak — Kaymak is a recruitment platform that focuses on creating a recruitment website, planning a recruitment strategy, and managing candidates.
D-Chain — D-Chain offers services related to IT development and production in the Web3 and Web2 fields.
Rayout — Rayout is a business consulting company that provides creative content development, recruitment videos, and web production services.

Uenoyama Katsuya - CEO @ PKSHA Technology

Investment focus

Fashion, Software, Advertising
Seed, Angel, Corporate Round
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Babel — Babel is creating meaningful media for users and expanding globally.
AppBrew — AppBrew develops LIPS, a mobile application for users to share and read real reviews on cosmetics, nail care, personal care, hair care, and other related products of different brands. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
Neural Pocket — Neural Pocket provides Smart City related services for commercial buildings and urban spaces utilizing AI enabled image recognition technology. The company focuses on business development and co-creation serve its clients. Other applications include solutions for digitalization of factories, warehouses, parking lots and retail stores.

Takaya Shinozuka is the President, CEO, and Founder at Reiwa Travel.

Investment focus

Internet, Local, Advertising
Seed, Angel, Series A
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
KAUCHE — X Asia creates enjoyable shopping experience.
Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.

Michael Kazam is a Partner, LE BOOK & CONNECTIONS.

Investment focus

Fashion, Blockchain, Marketplace
Series A
Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Brand New Vision — Brand New Vision uses smart contracts to help creators sell digital fashion and other accessories.

Nadeem Hussain

Investment focus

Retail, Fashion, Internet
Seed
Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

Well.pk — Dawaai is Pakistan's most trusted online medical store. Order medicines, consult doctors online, get your lab tests done at home.

Shohei Sasaki - CFO @ LeapMind

Investment focus

Content, Fashion, Consulting
Seed, Angel
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Yutori — Yutoriis a Startup to expand the D2C business and influencer brand.
Meetcareer — Meetcareer provides online counseling services for career planning.

Leo Wang is recognized as an active angel investor and leading proponent of Mobile Internet, Blockchain, and Angel Investment in China. Boasting over twenty years in mobile internet and tech, he has invested in 300 startups, spanning healthcare to fintech and blockchain, including 2 NASDAQ-listed companies and 5 unicorns.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Aerospace, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
China, United States

Portfolio highlights

Huma Finance — Huma is an Income backed DeFi.
Huojianpai — Huojianpai is a commercial aerospace company providing earth-moon space economy and future-oriented deep space exploration.
Reserve — Reserve is a universal currency company. Reserve provides people with hyperinflation protected savings accounts to protect and use their money globally. They offer rtokens, collateral baskets, and over collateralization.

Sakai Masaru is an individual investor.

Investment focus

B2C, Fashion, Internet
Seed
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Pick You — Pick You offers a marketplace that facilitates seamless purchase of items directly from popular Instagram users.
Ness — Ness is a tech company that offers 3 service websites and analytic tools for NFT marketing tool, TikTok product and NFT holders.

Graduated from Keio University, Department of Political Science and Law. 1998 Registered as an attorney. 2004: Mitsui & Co., Ltd. was established. Participated as a partner. 2006 Lecturer, Department of Integrated Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science. In 2011, Inoki Law Office was established. Currently Director, Creative CommonsJapan, Outside Director of SAKURA Internet, Representative Director of Cyberbond, Mercari External AuditorHe assumed the position of.

Investment focus

SNS, Content, Fashion
Angel, Funding Round
Japan

Portfolio highlights

CAMPFIRE — Campfire engages in the planning, development, and operation of a crowd funding platform.They operate the largest cloud funding platform in Japan [CAMPFIRE (campfire)], which supports "whoever wants to start something."The fee is 5% of the domestic level, and about 15,000 projects have collected about $70million in total from over700,000 people.

Lance Kalish is Co-founder of Yes To Inc (Yes To Carrots), a serial entrepreneur, investor and advisor.

Investment focus

Q&A, Apps, Beauty
Seed, Series A
United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Omni — Omni provides access to the things you need through its rentals platform. By partnering with local businesses, Omni is bringing rentals to communities so everyone can have access to more items — from bikes and surfboards to camping equipment and air purifiers. Customers can reserve items from local businesses and pick up them instantly, or bookrentals in advance.The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
Bellabox — Bellabox home delivers individuals with a box of 5 beauty samples from local and international cosmetic brands for a monthly subscription fee. Women can then purchase products they are sure of from among makeup, perfumes, nail care, tools, skincare, bath and body, hair care, and more. Bellabox is headquartered in Singapore.
Push Corp — PushPage is a personal homepage platform that offers users an online presence where they can publicize their likes and interests through a series of interview-like questions PushPage provides. The company was founded in mid-2011 by Harvard grad (and former Facebook intern) Meir Lakhovsky and Cornell grad Jared Jaffe. The service is now inbeta, and already has seen over 5,000 people creating PushPages on the platform, answering questions about their interests, hobbies, recommendations and tastes.

Kotaro Chiba is the founder of ChibaDojo Fund. Kotaro Chiba attended Keio University.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Content, Internet
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Japan, United States

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.

Bo Feng is the Managing Partner at Dragonfly Capital Partners.

Investment focus

Blockchain, FinTech, Finance
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, China, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Berachain — Berachain is an EVM-identical Layer 1 (L1) blockchain that uses the novel Proof of Liquidity (PoL) consensus mechanism to align liquidity and security at the network level.
DeHorizon — With the rapid growth of crypto space, recent developments have greatly facilitated GameFi in going mainstream. "Play to earn" is no longer a mere slogan, but has fully come into reality. Regardless of exponential growth, a common defect in GameFi marketplace is lack of a Metaverse Game Ecosystem to develop, connect and support more andmore blockchain-based games even built on different chains. We are still in the early stages of the evolution of GameFi. For the next stage, a Metaverse Game Ecosystem is essential to make GameFi go further. That is why DeHorizon comes.
Tabi — Tabi’s consumer chain will act as an incubator, helping dApps build their brand and culture while providing the support and liquidity they need. Our vision for L1 3.0 is that, like Google and Amazon today, our users won’t need to understand Tabi’s inner workings; they’ll simply enjoy using it.

After graduating from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo, he joined Solomon Brothers, where he became the youngest managing director in Asia, where he was in charge of Asian investment. After that, he created one of the largest independent Asuka assets. He also launched Japan's first independent online life insurance company,LifeNet Life Insurance, and inspired Japan's first International.

Investment focus

Apps, Content, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Japan, Singapore, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Revorf — Revorf analyzes data and develops AI-related to infectious diseases and healthcare.
abillion — Find tips for plant-based food & products near you. Join the community to share reviews of restaurants & brands. Raise funds & drive sustainability!
RIMM Sustainability — RIMM Sustainability provides a SaaS platform that enables companies of all sizes to optimise their sustainability management effort. It builds tools for sustainability management, reporting and optimisation.

Cross-border angel / early stage investor with portfolio of 40+ startup companies and as of currently 4 exits, 4 unicorns & counting.George invests in companies helping people lead a longer, healthier and happier life - keywords sustainability, ESG, impact investing. In addition to investing he likes to be hands-on in hisportfoliocompanies, either helping China / SEA based teams to internationalize or global teams to break into China / SEA or support them in outsourcing, sourcing and manufacturing. Typically angel, seed and occasional Series A stage investments. Industry focus and selected startups in his portfolio: - E-Commerce e.g. Web2Asia, Grana, Mercato - SaaS e.g. Jimdo, Blush, Anduin Transactions - Marketplaces / crowdfunding Republic.co - Education / Training e.g. Vantage Point, Dexter, - IoT e.g. Mila, Cafe-X, Lyte charging, The Light Phone, Density.io - Fitness e.g. FitXR, Trainersvault, Overhand Fitness, Salut, Guavapass (exit via sale to ClassPass) - Health / Nutrition e.g. NutriSense, Blue Mesa Health (exit via sale to Virgin), Compass Therapeutics (exit via IPO) - Insurtech e.g. The Care Voice - Medtech / Biotech e.g. Life Biosciences, Sequencing.com, MycoWorks - Sustainability / Infrastructure e.g. Blokable, U.S. Bitcoin Corp, Hardt Hyperloop - Deep tech / frontier tech e.g. Rain Neuromorphics, ZaiNar, Massive, Protocol Labs (Filecoin) - On-demand / sharing economy e.g. Yassir, Truck it in, misterbnb, Delivery Hero Austria & China (exit via sale / IPO)

Investment focus

Health Care, Information Technology, Mobile
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, China, Algeria

Portfolio highlights

Mila Cares — Air breathers, rejoice. Meet Mila, the first air purifier designed with real, air-breathing humans in mind.
Yassir — Access on-demand daily services like ride-hailing, food and grocery delivery, and payments with Yassir, your super app.
Truck It In — is a platform tech company focused on simplifying road freight for 3.3M+ businesses in Pakistan to unlock 1 Billion dollars in resource potential

Narimatsu Jun - Outside Director @ FiNC Technologies

Investment focus

Content, Media and Entertainment, SEO
Seed, Angel, Series A
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Pulit — Pulit innovates the brand new Content Distribution Infra.
Play Life — PlayLife is an experience sharing site where you can search, share, and post play information, where users can actually experience and plan a fun experience as know-how of play. It is a service that provides highly reliable information under the real name system, provides know-how that only experienced users can know, and information thatcoordinates the way of spending a day, making play more fun and convenient.
State of Mind — State of Mind is the development and operation of the cloud sourcing.

John Wu

Investment focus

Men's, EdTech, Fashion
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
China, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

temi — temi robots - Service robots for Healthcare, Hospitality, Retail, Enterprise and Delivery. Cost effective, 24/7 autonomous staff members for everyday tasks with focus on engagement efficiency.
Chope — Book via Chope at Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing's top restaurants. With instant confirmation 24/7, it's the smarter way to dine!
Theta One — We build the world's tools to solve "English speaking" in non-English speaking countries.

Tao Zhang (张滔) is the Founder and CEO of Dianping.com, MBA from the Wharton School. Tao was consultant in an American IT company. After coming back to China in 2003, he founded Dianping.com, the world’s pioneer in offering consumer reviews for restaurant. After 5 years of development, dianping has over 460,000 registered companies in over 340cities across China. More than 10 million regular visitors and 160 million page views per month make it the most popular city life website in China. Dianping has established branches in 5 cities including Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Nanjing and Hangzhou and is still expanding. Currently its service involves various consumption areas in city life, such as restaurant, shopping, reaction and living service, etc. With a favorable business model, Dianping has more than once been considered one of the companies with the most investment value in China by Zero2IPO and China Venture. It also raised funding from global leading venture capital firms, for example, Sequoia Capital. Dianping recorded profit in November 2008 and become the first profitable Web 2.0 Company and a search website centered on city life.

Investment focus

Internet, Education, Payments
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
China, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Z-Trip — Z-Trip is a company that provides travel management services for large and medium-sized enterprises. On the basis of integration of upstream supply chain resources, Z-Trip provides a one-stop SaaS service platform covering scenarios such as travel reservations, conference organization, fee settlement, payment and reimbursement to enterprises,including front-end PC terminals, mobile terminals and back-end service systems.
PalFish — PalFish provides an education platform for teachers to teach English in an open market. You can simply imagine PalFish as eBay, but the merchandise being sold are English Classes. They provide people who are fluent in English the opportunity to teach people who want to learn English in their free time, and thus, create a virtuous Englisheducation cycle.
Lumous Intelligence — Lumous is a leading brand of smart hotel solutions, providing integrated solutions to help hotels streamline the operational processes, optimize service quality and curate personalized guest experiences. Lumous Intelligence was founded in 2018 and was headquartered in Shanghai, China.

Tsunezawa Kahoko

Investment focus

Shopping, Apps, Travel
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
Japan, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Menew — Menew is an online platform that enables users to organize and set menus for family meals. Users can track family preferences and trends; make shopping lists; and get an easy-to-read calendar format for the menus.
Valise — Valise provides insider access & unique experiences to the modern day internationalist. A perfect jump start to who & what is hot in creative capitals. At its core is the Valise Society - a global private members association for innovative leaders of the creative class.
Valise — Valise is a women's travel service platform.

Kazuhiko Ishikura is based out of Tokyo, Tokyo and is the Co-Founder and Director of SDF Capital. Kazuhiko previously worked at 3minute Inc. as a Director. Kazuhiko Ishikura attended Aoyama Gakuin University.

Investment focus

Beauty, Content, Fashion
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Neith — Neith is a apparel manufacturer, seller and a whoelseller of water absorbing bralette, lingerie and shorts for women.
WARC — 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.

During his years at Waseda University, Shintaro worked at Japan’s biggest e-commerce mall, Rakuten, Inc. On August 1st 2001, Shintaro established “Unoh Inc.” after graduating university. At Unoh he was responsible for designing and developing several web services, one of which was the online magazine subscription . Services provided by Unohinclude planning, development and management of the film enthusiast community site “Movie Life” (acquired by PIA Corporation) as well as “Sugu.CC” , “NeoAd” (both acquired by GMOAP) and the photo sharing site “Photozou” (acquired by Digital Garage).In 2009 Unoh entered into social gaming, creating multiple successful social games. Among these games, “Machitsuku!” has been its biggest hit with over 5 million users. On August 3rd 2010, Unoh joined Zynga and Shintaro became General Manager of Zynga Japan. He resigned on January 2012. After traveling around the world, He established the new company “Mercari, Inc.” on February 2013 and released the resale shopping app “Mercari” on July 2013 in Japan.He is a true Internet geek, spending a lot of time on the Internet and boasts around 180,000 followers on Twitter.

Investment focus

Internet, Finance, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
Japan, United States, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

AssetHub — AssetHub is an AI-powered 3D modeling tool that enables game developers to create and edit 3D assets 100 times faster, enabling mass production of content and combining AI with manual work, enabling faster prototyping and editing.
Peach Cars — Buy or sell your car in Nairobi-Kenya with ease. Browse a wide range of vehicles, connect with trusted sellers, and find the perfect car today. Simple, fast, and secure transactions.
AnotherBall — AnotherBall is a blockchain startup that combines entertainment and blockchain.

LPGA Star Angel Yin. Angel Yin is an American professional golfer.

Investment focus

Golf, Apparel, Fashion
Angel
Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Fairmonde Golf — Fairmonde Golf aims to make golf more accessible and inclusive for all. We provides high-quality performance sustainable ladies apparel and hosts clinics and initiatives to promote diversity and with a mission of bringing 100,000 new golfers to the sport. The company's vision is to create a welcoming community where people of all backgroundscan enjoy golf together. Key KPIs include 95% customer satisfaction, strong community engagement, and a positive brand image in 76 cities.

Soichiro Kawai - CEO @ ReBoost

Investment focus

Media and Entertainment, Information Technology, Internet
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Villio — Villio provides talent experience SaaS which helps companies with human resource development and recruitment of talented engineers.
Back Dooor — Back Dooor is an app that provides 1on1 chatting services with favorite player of the users.
SPeak — SPeak Corporation operates JPort Match that is involved in direct recruiting service. It is a global career platform for budding new talents.

Kishore Ganji is the Angel Investor & Mentor at Astir Ventures.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Health Care
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
India, United States, Bangladesh

Portfolio highlights

Lal10 — Lal10 enables creative manufacturing MSMEs to easily digitize, manage and sell their inventories for cross-border wholesale. Lal10 is Shopify + Alibaba for Indian MSMEs. Small manufacturers use Lal10’s Karigar application to digitize physical inventories which are available for RFQs on our global wholesale platform. We are creating a maker’srevolution by digitizing micro and small manufacturers to take their creative products to global markets. India has over 1.2mn such MSMEs involved in the manufacturing of apparel, home furnishings, decor products. We have digitized 30k SKUs to date and are the largest vertical platform for MSMEs for cross-border wholesale in India. Post pandemic layers of middlemen/ export houses and traditional channels of sales like exhibitions have been disrupted. We have created an efficient alternative with innovative technology-led solutions catering to these large and untapped supplies. We are seeing strong organic adoption of technology for quick market access by local manufacturers and pandemic has only accelerated its requirement. We believe that the future of retail is local. We are targeting small & medium-sized buyers in the US, UK, and Middle east using efficient data analytics and aggressive marketing. We provide them the benefits of a big-box retailer, i.e. affordable sourcing, contemporary design curation & assortment of products. These buyers are resellers on Amazon, Etsy, or Mom & Pop shops, Private labels, and have traditionally been only dependent tradeshows.
Pension Box — PensionBox is India's most flexible & transparent way to plan retirement with the right pension. You can create your own personalized dream retirement plan in minutes and track down existing savings in simple clicks. Get Started Today!
Teleport — Make Visas simple, fast and anxiety free. Teleport makes the application process the shortest and most guaranteed.Teleport Visa Services.

Mai Fujimoto is known domestically and internationally as Miss Bitcoin. She has been promoting the spread of Bitcoin around the world since 2011.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Marketplace, Art
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Japan, Canada, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

RSS3 — RSS3 is an open protocol designed for content and social networks in the Web 3.0 era.
GCR DAO — Global Coin Research is a Community-led DAO for Web3 Research & Investing. We source, vet & fund Pre-Seed to Series A opportunities. Join to Invest Together!
Brand New Vision — Brand New Vision uses smart contracts to help creators sell digital fashion and other accessories.

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.

Investment focus

Beauty, Content, Fashion
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Neith — Neith is a apparel manufacturer, seller and a whoelseller of water absorbing bralette, lingerie and shorts for women.
WARC — 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.

Jun Lei is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kingsoft Cloud. He also serves as Chairman, CEO and Founder of Xiaomi Technology. Jun Lei attended Wuhan University.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Mobile, Financial Services
Series A, Series B, Seed
China, United States

Portfolio highlights

MarketX Ventures — MarketX is a one-stop shop for over 300 family offices, funds, and high net worth individuals to access high growth investment opportunities. Investment Management Platform Access to investment opportunities in high-growth companies all over the world from your smartphone.
WITHWHEAT — WITHWHEAT is a bread baking brand in China that provides healthy and tasty bread.
Dongpin Zaixian — Dongpin Zaixian is a B2B e-commerce platform focusing on the frozen food supply chain. By adopting mobile internet technology and innovative business model, the company relies on the feedback of user terminal's demand, establishes a data model, and re-creates the effective flow of information flow, capital flow and logistics generated in thetraditional circulation process of frozen products, improves circulation efficiency, and creates “ The Internet innovation platform of light platform, short process and fast mode, the company innovatively established the Frozen Fruit Research Institute, integrates the supply chain resources of brand manufacturers according to big data and research results, and provides platform Saas services for traditional wholesalers in more cities. Supply chain services, financial services.

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.

Investment focus

Content, Fashion, Recruiting
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
Japan

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.

Mohammad Maaz

Investment focus

Payments, Information Technology, EdTech
Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
Bangladesh, Canada, United States

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 is an accommodation-sharing platform.
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.

Julien Chalté is the Co-Founder of Belaws.

Investment focus

Fashion, Shopping, E-Commerce
Series A
Thailand

Portfolio highlights

WearYouWant — WearYouWant is a leading fashion and beauty e-Commerce platform in Bangkok. The website works with almost 500 boutiques and offers online fashion shoppers a choice of 450 brands and 12,500 items, unique local brands and well known international brands, across a range of women’s and menswear including bags, accessories and cosmetics.WearYouWant offers a B2B platform that provides offline retailers of fashion and cosmetic items with an online storefront as well as reliable systems to handle stock, run promotions and manage customer orders; It enables retailers to reach fashion consumers who prefer the convenience of online shopping.WearYouWant has recently engaged in partnerships with some major brands, including LINE, Samsung and Sanook, amongst others.

Osamu Ogasahara is the founder, CEO, and president of FGN ABBA Lab.

Investment focus

SNS, Content, Fashion
Angel, Funding Round
Japan

Portfolio highlights

CAMPFIRE — Campfire engages in the planning, development, and operation of a crowd funding platform.They operate the largest cloud funding platform in Japan [CAMPFIRE (campfire)], which supports "whoever wants to start something."The fee is 5% of the domestic level, and about 15,000 projects have collected about $70million in total from over700,000 people.

Charles-Edouard Bouée is the CEO of Roland Berger. He is a seasoned expert in reorganization, post-merger projects and integration programs, as well as performance improvement, and specializes in disruptive innovation, new technologies and digital transformation.Charles-Edouard Bouée joined Roland Berger in 2001 as Senior Partner in the Parisoffice, where he headed the Financial Services and Energy & Utility Competence Centers. He became the Managing Partner of Roland Berger’s China office in 2006 and Head of the Asia Leadership Team in 2009.He then assumed responsibility for France, Belgium, Italy, Spain and Morocco. He has since fulfilled consulting mandates for leading international companies and organizations based in Europe, Asia and elsewhere. Charles-Edouard Bouée was appointed COO in July 2013 and elected CEO of Roland Berger in June 2014.Charles-Edouard Bouée has authored various books on modern management and China, as well as Artificial Intelligence.

Investment focus

AgTech, CleanTech, Financial Services
Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
United States, France, Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

xRapid — xRapid is a mobile health diagnosis through disruptive solutions leveraging the use of artificial intelligence. xRapid is a Biotech startup based in Aix en Provence (France), London (Uk), and Las Vegas. xRapid saw its beginnings in a laboratory in Jakarta. Their CTO, Professor David Mendels, recognized that he was able to develop a mobilesolution for malaria diagnosis after attending a conference. Since then he has created xRapid, a powerful automated test that can be deployed anywhere in the field and has the potential to spot other diseases from tuberculosis to gonorrhea.
PaySika — Un compte, une carte bancaire gratuite
INTERSTELLAR LAB — autonomous modules for crop cultivation on Earth and life-support in Space

Justin Scarpone

Investment focus

Gaming, Fashion, E-Commerce Platforms
Seed
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Kreation — Kreation is a digital platform connecting gaming, cyber fashion, brands, creators, and users through immersive virtual experiences.

Yuzuru Honda is a Founder & Global CEO of FreakOut.

Investment focus

Information Technology, SNS, Internet
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
Japan, Nigeria, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

IVA — IVA ensures the safety of the market towards the threat of counterfeit goods.
Tyms — Tyms online accounting software for your business connects you to your bank, accountant, bookkeeper, and other business apps. Start a free trial today. Also available in Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius and South Africa.
ForCreators — A unique virtual talent agency committed to expanding creator potential and elevating Vtubing as a respected profession. Join a community that fosters talent and redefines entertainment.

Yuki Naito - CEO,President @ Drecom

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Internet, SNS
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
Japan

Portfolio highlights

1SEC — 1sec is a virtual influencers in Japan,develop in-house and management. IMPACT to CEKAI in 1 second. Based on the concept of making CEKAI happy in one second, US based in Los Angeles and Japan, based in Tokyo, virtual influencers × AI, fashion & music & The company will develop a number of CEKAI's first and first projects in Japan inthe field of enter teignment.
Fools — Fools is a footwear manufacturing company.
Interstellar Technologies Japan — Interstellar Technologies is a rocket development, manufacturing and launch service.

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.

Investment focus

Education, EdTech, Fashion
Angel, Funding Round
Japan

Portfolio highlights

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.

Zhang Ziyi is a Chinese actress and model. Her first major role was in The Road Home. She later gained international recognition for her role in Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which was nominated for 10 Academy Awards.

Investment focus

Retail, Fashion, Internet
Series A
China

Portfolio highlights

Starluxe — Starluxe is a luxury service platform that provides customers with luxury products and accessories.

Taiga Matsuyama graduated form Waseda University, Matsuyama has been engaged in venture company support for more than ten years in Tokyo, after experience as a consultant at Accenture.Matsuyama became one of the board member of NetAge, Inc (IPO 2006), start-up incubator known by having invested in MIXI – Japanese top SNS and support severalstart-up companies.He also has contributed to the activity for create the start-up eco-system in Tokyo through the NPO Organization BVA (Bit Valley Association). Currently he has established Kronos Fund with angel investors, venture capital fund for investment in emerging early-stage companies.Kronos Fund has invested in more than 20 companies.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Telecommunications
Seed, Angel, Series A
Japan, United States

Portfolio highlights

Shippo — Shippo is the best multi-carrier shipping software for e-commerce businesses. Find the best shipping rates, integrate with e-commerce platforms, print shipping labels, track package delivery, and verify addresses with either our shipping API or web app.
CAMPFIRE — Campfire engages in the planning, development, and operation of a crowd funding platform.They operate the largest cloud funding platform in Japan [CAMPFIRE (campfire)], which supports "whoever wants to start something."The fee is 5% of the domestic level, and about 15,000 projects have collected about $70million in total from over700,000 people.
Spectra Japan — Spectra is a Provision of services for artists and fans company.

Tanvir Ahmed born and raised in the vibrant city of Bogura, Bangladesh, Tanvir Ahmed's journey into the world of digital marketing began with a profound fascination for technology and its potential to transform businesses. From a young age, he displayed a keen interest in computers, spending countless hours tinkering with software and learningabout the intricacies of coding.After completing his secondary education, Tanvir embarked on his academic journey by enrolling in the Diploma in Computer Science and Technology program at TMSS Technical Institute. It was here that he honed his technical skills and gained a solid foundation in computer science, laying the groundwork for his future endeavors in the digital realm.Upon graduating, Tanvir set out to make his mark in the rapidly evolving field of digital marketing. Drawing on his expertise in design, SEO, Google Ads, and social media, he quickly established himself as a dynamic force within the industry. His innovative approach to online marketing strategies, coupled with his unwavering commitment to excellence, set him apart from his peers and earned him widespread recognition.As a Digital Marketing Consultant, Tanvir has worked with a diverse range of clients, from small startups to multinational corporations, helping them navigate the complexities of the digital landscape and achieve their business objectives. His ability to develop tailored marketing solutions, tailored to each client's unique needs and goals, has earned him a reputation as a trusted advisor and strategic partner.One area where Tanvir truly excels is search engine optimization (SEO). With his deep understanding of search algorithms and consumer behavior, he has consistently delivered outstanding results for his clients, helping them climb the ranks of search engine results pages and increase their online visibility.Beyond his professional achievements, Tanvir is also passionate about giving back to his community. He volunteers his time and expertise to mentor aspiring digital marketers, sharing his knowledge and insights to help them succeed in their careers.In his free time, Tanvir enjoys exploring new technologies, staying up-to-date with the latest trends in digital marketing, and spending quality time with his family and friends.As he continues to push the boundaries of innovation and creativity in the digital marketing landscape, Tanvir Ahmed remains dedicated to helping businesses thrive in the digital age and leaving a lasting impact on the industry.

Investment focus

Marketing
Funding Round

Portfolio highlights

FATNV — FATNV is a fashion brand focused on creating stylish, contemporary clothing that appeals to a modern audience. The company brings fresh, trend-driven pieces that emphasize individuality and self-expression in fashion.
Marketaloy — Marketaloy is a dynamic digital marketing service company at the forefront of cutting-edge strategies. With a focus on innovation and results-driven solutions, Marketaloy specializes in maximizing online presence and engagement for businesses of all sizes. Their comprehensive approach encompasses social media management, SEO optimization, contentcreation, and targeted advertising campaigns. Backed by a team of skilled professionals, Marketaloy is dedicated to elevating brands and driving measurable growth in today's competitive digital landscape. Trust Marketaloy to amplify your online presence and exceed your marketing objectives with tailored strategies tailored to your unique needs.

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.