Top 50 Fashion Angel Investors in Asia (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Yu Akasaka
Angel
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4 | Japan, Australia, Hong Kong | Seed, Angel | Content, Food and Beverage, Apps | $425k–$43M |
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Ayataro Nakagawa
Angel
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4 | Japan, Hong Kong, United States | Seed, Angel | Internet, Software, Content | $425k–$26M |
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Yusuke Sato
Angel
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3 | Japan, Indonesia, United States | Seed, Angel | Internet, Content, Software | $320k–$43M |
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Hirofumi Miki
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Content, Internet, Marketing | $764k–$16M |
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Naoki Aoyagi
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Series A | Fashion, Internet, Software | $1.3M–$74M |
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Rajan Anandan
Angel
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2 | India, United States, Singapore | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $30k–$17M |
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Toru Shimada
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Internet, Task Management, Apps | $453k–$14M |
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Charles Xue
Angel
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2 | China | Angel, Series A, Seed | Internet, Retail, Information Technology | $134k–$11M |
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Chryseis Tan
Angel
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2 | Hong Kong | Seed, Series A | Apps, Beauty, Fashion | |
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Jonathan Price
Angel
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2 | Thailand, Singapore | Series A | Fashion, E-Commerce, Women's | |
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Tim Rath
Angel
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2 | Hong Kong, Singapore, The Netherlands | Seed | Fashion, E-Commerce, Retail | |
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Hidetoshi Takano
Angel
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2 | Japan, United States | Seed, Angel | Internet, Information Technology, Content | $455k–$30M |
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Takaya Shinozuka
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Series A | E-Commerce, Local, Content | $3.3M–$9M |
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Asif Keshodia
Angel
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2 | Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Australia | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Apps, Fashion | $700k–$7.9M |
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Uenoyama Katsuya
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Series A | Fashion, Software, Advertising | $9M–$11M |
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Nadeem Hussain
Angel
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1 | Pakistan | Seed | Retail, Fashion, Internet | $1M–$1.3M |
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Yat Siu
Angel
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1 | United States, Hong Kong, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Blockchain, Gaming, Software | $100k–$32M |
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Kazuhiro Ishikura
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Beauty, Events, Apparel | $453k–$28M |
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Florian Fenner
Angel
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1 | Singapore | Seed | Fashion, Jewelry, Women's | |
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Kishore Ganji
Angel
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1 | India, United States, Bangladesh | Seed, Angel | E-Commerce, Health Care, Software | $10k–$2.6M |
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Jun Lei
Angel
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1 | China, United States | Series A, Series B, Seed | E-Commerce, Mobile, Fashion | $1.6M–$40M |
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Mikaal Abdulla
Angel
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1 | Hong Kong | Seed, Series A | DIY, iOS, Mobile | |
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Donald Tang
Angel
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1 | Hong Kong, United States | Seed, Angel, Series A | Big Data, Software, Human Resources | |
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Mamoru Taniya
Angel
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1 | Japan, Singapore, Spain | Seed, Series A, Angel | Apps, Content, FinTech | $2.1M–$47M |
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George Godula
Angel
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1 | United States, China, France | Seed, Series A, Series B | Health Care, Information Technology, Mobile | $970k–$150M |
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Michael Kazam
Angel
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1 | Hong Kong | Seed, Series A | Fashion, Apps, Shopping | |
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Yuki Naito
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B | Internet, Manufacturing, SNS | $652k–$14M |
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Bo Feng
Angel
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1 | United States, China, Hong Kong | Series A, Seed, Angel | Blockchain, FinTech, Finance | $100k–$40M |
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Lance Kalish
Angel
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1 | United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A | Q&A, Apps, Beauty | $1.7M–$3M |
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Soichiro Kawai
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Media and Entertainment, Internet, Mobile Apps | $278k–$30M |
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Kazuma Ieiri
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Series A | Content, Fashion, FinTech | $380k–$47M |
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Seiji Kurokoshi
Angel
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1 | Japan, Myanmar | Seed, Angel | Soccer, Sports, Travel | $4.3M–$11M |
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John Wood
Angel
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1 | Hong Kong | Seed, Series A | Retail, Fashion, Children | |
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Taiga Matsuyama
Angel
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1 | Japan, United States | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, Internet, Analytics | $250k–$9.2M |
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Peter Douglas
Angel
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1 | Singapore | Seed | Fashion, Jewelry, Women's | |
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Charles-Edouard Bouee
Angel
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1 | United States, France, Vietnam | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | Biotechnology, Natural Resources, AgTech | $348k–$1M |
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Shailesh Rao
Angel
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1 | India, Singapore, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Software, Apps | $500k–$7M |
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Masahiro Kotosaka
Angel
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1 | Japan | Angel | Education, EdTech, Fashion | |
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Mohammad Maaz
Angel
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1 | Bangladesh, United States, Canada | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | E-Commerce, Marketplace, Information Technology | $37k–$830k |
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Manu Midha
Angel
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1 | India, United States, Pakistan | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | FinTech, Trading Platform, Apps | |
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Mai Fujimoto
Angel
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1 | Japan, Canada, Vietnam | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Marketplace, Information Technology | $1.2M–$8.5M |
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Andre Hoffmann
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom, India, Germany | Series A, Seed, Series B | B2B, SaaS, Social | $10M–$11M |
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Mingming Zhu
Angel
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1 | China, Singapore | Angel, Seed | Fashion, Robotics, Lifestyle | $425k–$425k |
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Zhiyi Zhang
Angel
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1 | China | Series A | Retail, Fashion, Internet | |
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Shohei Sasaki
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Content, Fashion, Consulting | |
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Kotaro Chiba
Angel
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1 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A | Internet, Drones, Software | |
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Tatsuo Sakamoto
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, Education, Recruiting | |
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Toshihiro Inoki
Angel
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1 | Japan | Angel | SNS, Content, Fashion | |
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Lijie Wang
Angel
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1 | China, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Manufacturing, Aerospace, E-Commerce | |
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Tao Zhang
Angel
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1 | China, United States, India | Series A, Seed | Consumer, Internet, Payments | $1.4M–$145M |
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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.
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- Industry: Content, Food and Beverage, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan, Australia, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $1M–$43M; Angel $425k–$7.4M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
- RE — RE specializes in smartphone application design and development.
- Vitalogue Health — Vitalogue Health is a hormone testing service intended to provide access to hormones and medical care. They allow users to self-check the physical condition for pregnancy and how hormones affect it, whether the symptoms are related to menopause, and provide personalized test results, commented on by physicians.
2011 At university, participated in the founding period as a director of Atcole Co., Ltd., and started the web service experience.2012 Founded Peroli Co., Ltd., which operates a curation platform for women "MERY" .2014 Founded Peroli Co., Ltd. Sold to DeNA 2015 Jointly established Tokyo Founders Fund as an angel investor and startedinvesting in startups in Japan and overseas 2019 Appointed outside director of FIREBUG Co., Ltd.
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- Industry: Internet, Software, Content
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan, Hong Kong, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 43
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$24M; Angel $425k–$26M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mepple — Mepple is planning, developing, and operating internet services.
- For you — For you is a comprehensive Advertising agency business specializing in SNS.
- SPORTS CROWN — SPORTS CROWN engages in the development and operation of fantasy sports.
Yusuke Sato is the Co-Representative and Co-Founder of Pulit.
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- Industry: Internet, Content, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan, Indonesia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 59
- Round size: Seed $3.3M–$41M; Angel $320k–$43M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kaimak — Kaymak is a recruitment platform that focuses on creating a recruitment website, planning a recruitment strategy, and managing candidates.
- Meetscare — Meetscare provides correct information and supports the self-awareness of all people involved in care. The company provides a wealth of information to ensure optimal care and create a mechanism for the realization. Users can make a telephone consultation and web diagnosis and search for free information using the system.Meetscare was founded on2016 and is headquartered in Arakawa, Tokyo.
- Driver Technologies — Driver Technologies is a cloud logistics platform provider. It provides a solution for driver matching and cargo vehicle demands.
After JTB Co., Ltd. and CYBIRD Co., Ltd. as an initial member of Glee Co., Ltd. is responsible for business development. Currently, he is mainly engaged in venture support in the Internet area, investing in venture and venture capital, and served as management advisor for dozens of companies. Hands-on business development, growth strategydevelopment, financing advice, HR organization design support, partner referral and Recruit Support. He is also engaged in business support for ventures in the healthcare and university venture fields. He served as Digital Health Meetup Advisor, NEDOTCP Mentor and Future 2016 Mentor.
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- Industry: Content, Internet, Marketing
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $764k–$16M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Shiftus — Shiftus is a communication application that can be used in various part-time job sites such as cafes, izakayas, hotels, supermarkets
- Flagellin — Flagellin is a pharmaceutical and medical industry.Development and sales of SaaS that supports sales and marketing of database and analysis services in the pharmaceutical and medical industries
- Giver Take All — Gibber Take All is a Planning, development and management of business sharing platform
Naoki Aoyagi is a Senior Vice President at GREE, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer of GREE International, Inc. He joined GREE, Inc. in March 2006 from Deutsche Bank, where he had specialized in tech and media sector IPOs and M&A advisory work. At GREE, Aoyagi oversaw the Company's partnership with KDDI and its IPO before leading thedevelopment of GREE’s global operations, a role he continues today. Aoyagi earned a bachelor's degree in policy management from Keio University in 2002.
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- Industry: Fashion, Internet, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $2.1M–$11M; Series A $1.3M–$74M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
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.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: India, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 153
- Round size: Seed $200k–$4M; Angel $30k–$650k; Series A $4M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Smytten — Discover Trial Packs from 1200+ top brands on Smytten. Explore 250+ lifestyle categories and try sample products across skincare, haircare, makeup, fragrances & more.
- 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.
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- Industry: Internet, Task Management, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $453k–$14M; Angel $553k–$6.2M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- COELU — COELU wants to be at the forefront of organizations that decide to take on obstacles in order to become a "core of growth."
- Ixyas — Ixyas offers internet service planning, operation, marketing support, and sales services.
- CAN EAT — CAN EAT is an information-intensive web service that can be expected to prevent allergic accidents.
Charles Xue, also known as Xue Manzi, is a Chinese-American angel investor and entrepreneur. He is co-founder of UT Starcom and has invested in Chinese internet startups.
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- Industry: Internet, Retail, Information Technology
- Stage:Angel, Series A, Seed
- Geography: China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Angel $134k–$850k; Series A $425k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- DeLink (DELC) — DeLink is a company providing currency exchange service.
- Huaqin Zhilian — Huaqin Zhilian is a manufacturer of smart robot convenience devices in the field of smart retail.
- YEUNGS SAGE E-COMMERCE — YEUNGS SAGE E-COMMERCE is a women's e-commerce platform operating agency that provides fashion e-commerce shopping platform for young women.
Ms. Chryseis Tan serves as Director at Cardiff Asset Limited.
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- Industry: Apps, Beauty, Fashion
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
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.
Jonathan Price is Cofounder, Chief Commercial Officer at Virtual Incentives.
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- Industry: Fashion, E-Commerce, Women's
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Thailand, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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
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- Industry: Fashion, E-Commerce, Retail
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Hong Kong, Singapore, The Netherlands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Lepaya — Lepaya boosts employee development with Power Skills training. Join the learning curve of a lifetime. Look at our Tracks!
- 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
- 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.
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- Industry: Internet, Information Technology, Content
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $455k–$14M; Angel $4.3M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- CAREER BIJIN — Career bijin is a total support company.
Takaya Shinozuka is the President, CEO, and Founder at Reiwa Travel.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Local, Content
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $3.3M–$9M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- KAUCHE — KAUCHE is a discovery-based e-commerce model where friends and family can “discover” and purchase daily sale items together. They provide services for online retail shops. KAUCHE is committed in creating an exciting shopping experience for both customers and partners who want to sell products.
- Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
- KAUCHE — X Asia creates enjoyable shopping experience.
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.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Apps, Fashion
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $700k–$7.9M; Pre-Seed $1M–$1.1M; Series A $5M–$5.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
Uenoyama Katsuya is based out of Burlingame, California, and is the CEO and Founder of PKSHA Technology. Uenoyama previously worked at The Boston Consulting Group as a Consultant. Uenoyama Katsuya attended The University of Tokyo.
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- Industry: Fashion, Software, Advertising
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $9M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
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.
Nadeem Hussain is the Chairman at Pakistan Fintech Network. Nadeem Hussain attended Muhlenberg College.
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- Industry: Retail, Fashion, Internet
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Pakistan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Seed $1M–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
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.
- Waada — Provider of mobile delivered micro-insurance for health, life, and travel
Yat Siu is the Strategic Direction of Daydaycook. and also Strategic Advisor of DigitalX. Yat Siu is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Outblaze a messaging communications company that services over 40 million users today based out of Hong Kong.Yat has previously worked for Atari Germany, served as Director and Head of East Coast Operationsfor Lexicor, established Hong Kong Cybercity (the first free web page and e-mail provider in Asia, later renamed Freenation), as well as AT&T Solutions System Integration practice.He has been named a Global Leader of Tomorrow and a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.It has been reported that Yat Siu sold Outblaze messaging to IBM to become Lotus iNotes.Yat is also responsible FON's operations in China.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Gaming, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Hong Kong, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 128
- Round size: Seed $1M–$10M; Pre-Seed $100k–$7M; Series A $5M–$32M
- Lead/follow: 61% lead, 39% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 0G — The First Decentralized AI Operating System
- BeraTone — BeraTone is a farm life simulation game developed on Berachain technology.
- BLIFE Protocol — Bringing Web3 to Bitcoin with the backing of Animoca Brands. Merged with @Portalcoin
Kazuhiro Ishikura served as the head of the Akatsuki Business Management Department in 2013 and as a corporate auditor of Akatsuki in 2014, contributing to the company's listing on the TSE Mothers and TSE 1st sections. Appointed 3minute CFO in 2015, engaged in business start-up and organizational design, and succeeded in large-scale M & Adeal with Glee. After leaving the company, he became a WARC director in November 2018. Certified public accountant.
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- Industry: Beauty, Events, Apparel
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $453k–$7.1M; Angel $2.8M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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 is a hormone testing service intended to provide access to hormones and medical care. They allow users to self-check the physical condition for pregnancy and how hormones affect it, whether the symptoms are related to menopause, and provide personalized test results, commented on by physicians.
Florian Fenner
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- Industry: Fashion, Jewelry, Women's
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- THE FIFTH COLLECTION — page five Editorial by THE FIFTH COLLECTION | Voted Best Singapore Digital Startup 2016 | Lovingly Curated, Expertly Authenticated Vintage and Preloved Luxury Fashion
Kishore K. Ganji is based out of Marlboro, New Jersey and is the Founder of airis PHARMA. Kishore previously worked at HAF as a Managing Partner. Kishore K. Ganji attended University of Georgia - Terry College of Business.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Health Care, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: India, United States, Bangladesh
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $200k–$2.6M; Angel $10k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
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.
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- Monitra Healthcare — Monitra Healthcare is a Hyderabad based med-tech company developing solutions that capture cardiac events anytime anywhere. Our products detect cardiac arrhythmias and cardiovascular disease at real-time for pre-emptive treatments. Cardiac monitoring is widely used to identify heart disease, to monitor cardiac activity before and after surgery andother cardiac procedures, and to assess the effects of therapeutic drugs on cardiac activity. The Company’s vision is to dramatically reduce the effects of heart disease by making monitoring and pre-emptive cardiac care a seamless part of everyday life.
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Browse database — It's Free!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.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Mobile, Fashion
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: China, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Series A $1.6M–$10M; Series B $14M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
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.
A member of Asia Fintech 100, Mikaal is the co founder and CEO of 8 Securities, the leading mobile only investing service for Millennials in Hong Kong and Japan. His journey has taken him through Silicon Valley, New York, London,Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Tokyo and Hong Kong. Prior to starting 8 Securities, Mikaal was a Senior Vice President and theHead of Asia at E*TRADE. Mikaal began his career as a Senior Consultant at Deloitte in the United States. Mikaal has extensive international experience having launched and managed businesses and online consumer products across Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, India and the North America. Mikaal holds a MBA from both Columbia University and the London Business School. Mikaal is currently a mentor at Chinaccelerator and a guest writer for Tech in Asia.
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- Industry: DIY, iOS, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Hong Kong
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- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Snaptee — Design your personalized t-shirts with Snaptee. Get it from AppStore and Google Play. Create your t-shirt collection with Instagram photos or your favorite snapshot pictures. Snaptee realize your creativity!
- 8 Securities — 8 Securities offered mobile-only investing, a robo-advisory service, a social trading platform, and zero-commission brokerage. Through the platform, members will be able to follow the investment portfolios of top-performing members of the community and learn what they are buying, selling, and holding. They will also see where their own performanceranks.
Donald Tang
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- Industry: Big Data, Software, Human Resources
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Hong Kong, United States
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- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Terminal 1 — Terminal 1 is a recruiting firm that combines high quality recruitment consultants with automated tools to improve placement quality and speed.
- Chain of Demand — Uncovering Insights Through Behavioral Analytics - Chain of Demand is the first analytics platform that unveils the connections between events, behavioral patterns that lead to market action.
- Catalyte — Catalyte is a software engineering services company that uses data science and AI to build technology workforces for forward-looking companies. Its Odyssey workforce development platform delivers exceptional and sustainable tech talent and powers transformational software engineering. Its services specialize in talent and workforce development,software engineering, technology, and process transformation, application development, and modernization that enable businesses to access affordable technology development services and scale software innovation by letting its software developers learn new technology development techniques in real-time.Founded in 2000, Catalyte is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.
After graduating from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo, he joined Solomon Brothers, where he became the youngest managing director in Asia, where he was in charge of Asian investment. After that, he created one of the largest independent Asuka assets. He also launched Japan's first independent online life insurance company,LifeNet Life Insurance, and inspired Japan's first International.
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- Industry: Apps, Content, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $2.1M–$28M; Angel $2.1M–$20M; Series A $2.3M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- On the Trip — On The Trip is an iOS app that turns your iPhone into an GPS-enabled audio travel guide. It was launched last week and is now available on the iTunes AppStore.
- Amateras Space — Amateras Space is a startup driven by the mission to “expand the realm of human activity,” aiming to establish a next-generation spacesuit business by developing advanced, practical technologies that enable humans to work, explore, and thrive in space and other extreme environments.
- 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)
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- Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, China, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 48
- Round size: Seed $970k–$11M; Series A $6.3M–$49M; Series B $12M–$150M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mila Cares — Mila is the best smart air purifier for home use. Award-winning design, quieter performance, and powerful clean air for every room.
- 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
Michael Kazam is a Partner, LE BOOK & CONNECTIONS.
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- Industry: Fashion, Apps, Shopping
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Doji — Doji operates as an app designed to make apparel try-ons both fun and social.
- Brand New Vision — Brand New Vision uses smart contracts to help creators sell digital fashion and other accessories.
Yuki Naito - CEO,President @ Drecom
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- Industry: Internet, Manufacturing, SNS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $652k–$14M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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 — Interstellar Technologies is a rocket development, manufacturing and launch service.
Bo Feng is the Managing Partner at Dragonfly Capital Partners.
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- Industry: Blockchain, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, China, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $100k–$8.5M; Series A $1.4M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Yiigoo — Yiigoo is a baby clothing brand that creates natural materials products that are comfortable for children.
- 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.
- Mosaix — Mosaix develops a branded voice assistant for the localized services, languages, and needs of global footprint. Mosaix's dynamic language AI platform enables enterprise customers to create intelligent voice assistants for quick and accurate answers to queries from a plethora of languages. The company is replacing cumbersome text-based searchwith quality voice search interface.
Lance Kalish is Co-founder of Yes To Inc (Yes To Carrots), a serial entrepreneur, investor and advisor.
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- Industry: Q&A, Apps, Beauty
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $1.7M–$3M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Omni — Omni Analytics turns your data into a source of truth for AI, so anyone can get answers they trust.
- 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.
Soichiro Kawai - CEO @ ReBoost
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- Industry: Media and Entertainment, Internet, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $278k–$30M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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 is an IT services firm that operates web content and matching platforms for global talents. It operates JPort Match, which is involved in direct recruiting services. It is a global career platform for budding new talents.
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Browse database — It's Free!Born in 1978 and raised in Fukuoka prefecture, Kazuma founded paperboy&co. inc. (currently GMO Pepabo) and went on to become the youngest CEO ever (at the time) to take a company public in Japan by taking paperboy&co. public on the JASDAQ Japanese stock exchange. After leaving paperboy&co, he continued his startup trail by foundingBASE, CAMPFIRE, and XIMERA. Kazuma also dabbled in the food services industry via the founding of On The Corner (a cafe) and is active in the startup investment scene. He also started the Liverty-house project which attempts to create shared housing for young people in need.
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- Industry: Content, Fashion, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $380k–$41M; Angel $1M–$7.4M; Series A $3.5M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
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- 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.
Seiji Kurokoshi (黒越誠治) is an angel investor.
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- Industry: Soccer, Sports, Travel
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan, Myanmar
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $4.3M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
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- Ezay — Ezay provides a mobile platform that connects rural 'mom-and-pop' shops with B2B market place and provide financial and logistics services.
- CURBON — CURBON is a Japan's largest photo learning site for C2C,Provides learning content such as video lectures and photography classes, Lightroom presets, etc.
- Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
John Wood is the founder of Room to Read. He started Room to Read after a fast-paced and distinguished career with Microsoft from 1991 to 1999. He was in charge of marketing and business development teams throughout Asia, including serving as director of business development for the Greater China region and as director of marketing for theAsia-Pacific region. John continues to bring Room to Read a vision for a scalable solution to developing global educational problems with an intense focus on results and an ability to attract a world-class group of employees, volunteers, and funders.Today, John focuses full-time on long-term strategy, capital acquisition, public speaking, and media opportunities for the organization. John also teaches at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and New York University’s Stern School of Business and serves on the Advisory Board of the Clinton Global Initiative.John holds a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Colorado and a master’s degree from the Kellogg School of Northwestern University. Follow John on Twitter @JohnWoodRtR.
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- Industry: Retail, Fashion, Children
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- 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 — 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.
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.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Analytics
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $250k–$9.2M; Angel $320k–$3.7M; Series A $5M–$5.3M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
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.
Peter Douglas - Non-Executive Chairman @ PJD Group
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- Industry: Fashion, Jewelry, Women's
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Singapore
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- THE FIFTH COLLECTION — page five Editorial by THE FIFTH COLLECTION | Voted Best Singapore Digital Startup 2016 | Lovingly Curated, Expertly Authenticated Vintage and Preloved Luxury Fashion
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.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Natural Resources, AgTech
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, France, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Pre-Seed $348k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- 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.
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- INTERSTELLAR LAB — Interstellar Lab is a biotech company founded in 2018 that develops, manufactures and operates advanced bio-farming platforms to help its customer produce the cleanest plant-based ingredients. Its bio-farming technology combines automated farms (Biopods), AI and bioscience with a unique data-driven approach. Its considerably accelerates plantgrowth while optimizing plant molecular composition. Interstellar Lab provides sustainable plant-based ingredient solutions to large health, beauty and F&B companies. Its bio-farming technology has also convinced NASA and ESA, which contracted with the company to adapt the system for space deployment. The company counts 45 engineers, scientists and researchers located between its flagship 65,000SF BioPod Facility and Plant Lab in Ivry-sur-Seine (France), its SpaceLab at NASA KSC Florida (USA) and its Business Hub in San Francisco (USA).
Shailesh Rao
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: India, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $500k–$7M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- 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.
- Pixibo — Fashion's most accurate size recommendation solution
Masahiro Kotosaka is an Associate Professor at Keio University and an Associate Fellow of The School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. He is an expert in Internationalization strategy and early stage business development, and advisor to several global start-up companies. Before moving to Keio, he was an associate professor ofmultinational management at Ritsumeikan University, a teaching & research associate at the University of Oxford, and a consultant at McKinsey & Company based in Frankfurt and Tokyo. As a practitioner, he worked for strategy/marketing projects with sixteen client organizations across nine industries and nine countries and spent four years running three profitable IT/Retail businesses before joining McKinsey. He graduated from the University of Oxford with D.Phil. (Ph.D) in Management Studies and MSc in Management Research with Distinction.
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- Industry: Education, EdTech, Fashion
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Japan
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- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Kakedas — Kakedas specializes in the development and operation of web services.
- One Nova — One Nova (ワンノバ) is a lifestyle brand and online platform that offers a range of innerwear products, such as men's boxers.
- noFRAME schools — noFRAME schools is an EdTech startup is a mission to reinvent a textbook.
Mohammad Maaz
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: Bangladesh, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $220k–$830k; Pre-Seed $37k–$250k
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bonik — Bonik empowers small businesses with an easy-to-use app to create and run e-commerce stores independently. Download Bonik App and create your own online store for free today!
- Travela — Travela makes accommodation simple. Find and book furnished rooms, apartments, hotels, resorts, and private villas anywhere in Bangladesh. Easy booking, trusted stays, and real support - all in one app.
- Interactive Cares — Interactive Cares is a one stop virtual Edtech Platform for creating employability to 2.7 Million unemployed youth in Bangladesh & make them skilled through its integrated digital learning. Interactive Cares is working to create 1 M job placement by end of 2026.
Manu Midha is the Founder and CEO of Arnifi. He previously worked at Fincobox as a Founder and CEO. Manu Midha attended the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.
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- Industry: FinTech, Trading Platform, Apps
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: India, United States, Pakistan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OpsLyft — Automate FinOps with context-led, AI-powered insights and actionable fixes that help engineering teams optimize cloud costs efficiently.
- Tournafest — Tournafest™️ is the one-stop destination created by the gamers for the gamers. Tournafest is reinventing the Esports ecosystem with a seamless and motivating platform where gamers can enhance their skills with a network alike.
- Hamilton Practice — Patient and Practice Management Platform
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Browse database — It's Free!Mai Fujimoto is known domestically and internationally as Miss Bitcoin. She has been promoting the spread of Bitcoin around the world since 2011.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Marketplace, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Canada, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$8.5M; Series A $4M–$7.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- 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.
Andre Hoffmann serves as the President of FIBA (Fondation Internationale du Banc d'Arguin) at Nouakchott, Mauritanie. Hoffmann serves as an Honorary Treasurer at World Wide Fund for Nature, Gland, Switzerland. He serves as Treasurer of Fondation les Corbillettes pour l'Aide aux enfants handicapés mentaux, Geneva, Switzerland. Hoffmannserves as Treasurer at SGIPA. (Societe Genevoise pour l'Intégration Professionnelle d'Adolescents et d'Adultes) Geneva. He served as an Acting Administrator of a field research station of Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat, Camargue, France. from 1983 to 1985. He served as a Manager of European Mergers & Acquisitions for James Capel and Co., London from 1985 to 1989. Hoffmann served as a Special Project Manager of Food division of Nestlé UK Ltd. from 1991 to 1993. He has been in Private Investment Activities since 1993. In 1985, Hoffmann joined James Capel and Co. Corporate Finance Ltd., London as an Associate at the Continental Desk. In 1999, he established Massellaz SA. He serves as the Chairman of Nemadi Investment Advisors Ltd., Living Planet Fund Management Co. SA, and Massellaz SA. He serves as a Vice Chairman of Roche Holding AG and Givaudan AG. Hoffman has been a Director of Roche Holding AG since 1996 and Inovalon, Inc. since September 2008. He has been a Director of Givaudan AG since 2000, Vernier (Geneva) of Whole Earth Foods Ltd. since 2000 and serves as a Member of Nemadi Advisors Ltd. and Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. He serves as a Director of Brunswick Leasing Ltd., Genentech, Inc., Brunswick Capital Ltd. and Amazentis SA. He serves as a Board Member at IRP, (Institut International de Recherche en Paraplégie) Geneva, Switzerland. He serves as a Board Member of Stiftung Patronatskomitee Kunstmuseum, Basel. He serves as a Board Member of Roche Research Foundation, Basel. He serves as an International Council Member of Tate Gallery, London, United Kingdom. He is a Founding Patron at Birdlife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom and President of Executive Committee at Fondation Tour du Valat, Arles, France. He serves as a Board Member at Fondation Sansouire, Arles, and Takh, Association pour le Cheval de Przewalski. He serves as a Member of International Advisory Council at Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. Hoffmann studied at Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerl and from 1977 to 1978, at St. Gallen School of Economics, St. Gallen, Switzerland from 1979 to 1982 and has an MBA from INSEAD, Fontainebleau in the year 1990.
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- Industry: B2B, SaaS, Social
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United Kingdom, India, Germany
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- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Series A $10M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
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- natcap — We support the world's leading companies to prioritise, measure and act on nature impacts, dependencies, risks and opportunities.
- Square Yards — Square Yards is India's Growing Real Estate Website for BUY / SALE / RENT that help find your dream home backed with Trusted Real Estate Developers
- Basecamp Research — Novel proteins from nature. We sample the most extreme and exciting places on the planet to build the world's largest knowledge graph of natural biodiversity.
Mingming Zhu is the founder and CEO of Rokid. He previously worked at University of Louisville as an Instructor. Mingming Zhu attended Washington University in St. Louis.
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- Industry: Fashion, Robotics, Lifestyle
- Stage:Angel, Seed
- Geography: China, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Angel $425k–$425k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- NOTHING — NOTHING is a mobile application platform for fashion bloggers.
- Art Robot — Art Robot specializes in the development and promotion of bipedal humanoid robots.
- Safeheron — Safeheron offers institutional-grade, comprehensive digital asset self-custody services and MPC privatization solutions, enabling enterprises to securely and efficiently manage their digital assets.
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.
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- Industry: Retail, Fashion, Internet
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: China
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Starluxe — Starluxe is a luxury service platform that provides customers with luxury products and accessories.
Shohei Sasaki - CFO @ LeapMind
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- Industry: Content, Fashion, Consulting
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Yutori — Yutori is engaged in retailing and wholesaling apparel goods and creating brands reflecting diversity in digital culture through media and individual stories. The company does everything from product planning to sales in-house, without intermediary distributors or retailers. Until now, the company has used various tools such as e-mail,spreadsheets, and SMS messages to exchange data.
- Meetcareer — Meetcareer provides online counseling services for career planning.
Kotaro Chiba is the founder of ChibaDojo Fund. Kotaro Chiba attended Keio University.
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- Industry: Internet, Drones, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 65
- Lead/follow: no public data
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.
Tatsuo Sakamoto is a Head of Sales, Japan at MOLOCO. He Attended The University of Tokyo.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Education, Recruiting
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- bgrass — bgrass is a consultation support platform for women working in the IT industry.
- Cloudbase — Cloudbase is an information technology company that specializes in the fields of cloud services and management.
- Metaverse Creators — Metaverse Creators is a feature-rich virtual platform providing gamers with a wide range of games, creation tools, and avatar editing tools.
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.
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- Industry: SNS, Content, Fashion
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
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.
Leo Wang is recognized as an active angel investor and leading proponent of Mobile Internet, Blockchain, and Angel Investment in China. Boasting over twenty years in mobile internet and tech, he has invested in 300 startups, spanning healthcare to fintech and blockchain, including 2 NASDAQ-listed companies and 5 unicorns.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Aerospace, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: China, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Lead/follow: no public data
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.
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.
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- Industry: Consumer, Internet, Payments
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: China, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Series A $1.4M–$145M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
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.
- U Jewelry — U Jewelry is a young jewelry and life aesthetic brand.
- Xingbianli — Xingbianli is a checkout-free convenience store operator engaged on placing snack bars in offices. The company focuses in developing checkout-free convenience stores and snack bars. Its snack bars provide drinks, biscuits, and instant noodle to office workers, and allows customers to pay via mobile payment options like WeChat Pay and Alipay.
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