# Top 50 Finance Angel Investors in Asia in June 2026

## Nobuhiro Ariyasu
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Finance, Content, Internet

Nobuhiro Ariyasu is the CEO at Coach United.

## Balaji Srinivasan
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software

Balaji S. Srinivasan is the Co-Founder and Board Member of Coin Center. He was the CTO of Coinbase and cofounder of Counsyl, Earn, Teleport, and Coin Center. Dr. Srinivasan holds a BS, MS, and PhD in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University. He also teaches the occasional class at Stanford, including anonline MOOC.

## Kotaro Chiba
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Drones, Travel

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

## Sandeep Nailwal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

Sandeep Nailwal is based out of United States and is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Polygon. Sandeep previously worked at Scopeweaver as a Co-Founder and CEO. Sandeep Nailwal attended the Indian Institute of Management.

## Shintaro Yamada
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Internet, Finance, Content

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.

## Yu Akasaka
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Content, Food and Beverage, Apps

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.

## Tiang Lim Foo
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Tiang Lim Foo is a Partner and co-founder of Forge Ventures. He currently serves as a Venture Partner at Next Billion Ventures.  He was also a partner at SeedPlus, a leading seed fund in Southeast Asia backed by SGInnovate, Jungle Ventures, Cisco, and IFC. Previously, he launched and managed Evernote's operations in Asia. Tiang has invested incategory-leading startups in the region and currently serves as a board member of Qoala, a Sequoia-backed insurance tech company in Indonesia. Tiang graduated from Stanford with a degree in Management and Engineering and holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering with Honors from the National University of Singapore.

## Gokul Rajaram
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services

Gokul Rajaram is a founding partner at Marathon Management Partners and Board of Director of Niural.

## Ravi Trivedi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Mobile, News, SaaS

Ravi is the founder of Srijan Capital, which is focused building startups, and angel investing.He is a board observer and board member for few startups in his portfolio. He is a Mentor for IIM-A's iAccelerator, and Microsoft Accelerator. Ravi is also an hands-on Digital Marketer with experience in running online businesses, and currentlylearning the ropes of SAAS business.Prior to this, he worked as a Principal at Southeast Interactive Technology Funds, an early stage technology venture capital fund in North Carolina, USA. Before Southeast Interactive Technology Funds, he worked as Equity Analyst with Bank of America, where he covered companies over $120B in market capitalization. He was part of the team that was ranked runners up in the Alpha Hedge Fund Research rankings.He started his career as a software engineer at Hewlett Packard and has global cross-functional experience in leading and managing technology functions. He worked in marketing, consulting and engineering functions at Hewlett Packard. Ravi co-authored the book Web Services Security, and participated in creating web services standards. He holds a Patent for "System and Methods for Recommending Third Party Services". Ravi completed his MBA from Duke University, Fuqua School of Business and has a Masters in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

## Daisuke Yanagisawa
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Finance, Financial Services, Small and Medium Businesses

Daisuke Yanagisawa - Founder & CEO @ KAYAC

## Toivo Annus
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, FinTech

Active individual investor in flying drones, also looking at payments and ecommerce.

## Osamu Ogasawara
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: SNS, Content, Fashion

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

## Hirofumi Miki
- Type: Angel
- Location: Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Content, Internet, Software

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.

## Daisaku Harada
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Finance, Tourism, Automotive

Daisaku Harada is the Director of Management Strategy at Mercari. Daisaku attended Chuo University.

## Carman Chan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS

Carman Chan is one of the top 5 Women to watch in Asia Tech (Nikkei Asian Review). She is a veteran in the technology industry with decades of experience as an entrepreneur with multiple exits, a tech columnist and a globally recognized venture capitalist.Carman is the founder of Click Ventures, a global early stage venture capital firm. ClickVentures has grown into a leading investment manager, and two of its funds are featured as Top 5 Seed Fund (Vintage 2003-2015) in the world and Top 4 Funds to Watch by Preqin respectively. Click Ventures' investments include Spotify (ipo), Docusign(ipo), Palantir, Memebox and Youappi.

## Tascha Punyaneramitdee
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bangkok, Krung Thep, Thailand
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Finance, Financial Services

Tascha Punyaneramitdee is the Co-founder of Alpha Finance. Attended University of California Berkeley.

## Yuichi Kawasaki
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, Finance, Internet

Yuichi Kawasaki Prior joining SmartNews, I was COO at mixi, Founder & CEO at kamado, Executive Vice President at Hatena. I started my career at Cisco Systems G.K.

## Ayataro Nakagawa
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Internet, Software, Content

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.

## Richard Ma
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Financial Services, Cryptocurrency

Richard Ma is the Founder and CEO of Quantstamp.

## Ryota Matsuzaki
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Marketing, Finance, Internet

Ryota Matsuzaki - CEO and Founder @ Kibidango, Inc.

## Jun Nishikawa
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Mobile, Content

Jun Nishikawa - Co-founder, Executive Vice President, COO @ Eureka

## Yusuke Asakura
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Medical, Software

Yusuke Asakura is an entrepreneur, a businessman, a venture investor, a scholar and the co-founder of Signifiant Inc. At Signifiant, Yusuke manages a ¥20 billion growth fund “THE FUND” aimed at growth-stage startups.

## Boon Hwee Koh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services

Boon Hwee is the founding partner of Credence and Chairman of the investment committee. Concurrently, Boon Hwee is a member of Agilent Technologies Inc, Chairman of AAC Technologies, Yeo Hiap Seng Limited, and Sunningdale Tech Limited.Boon Hwee began his career in 1977 at Hewlett Packard ("HP") and rose to become its Managing Directorin Singapore, a position he held from 1985 to 1990. Boon Hwee's other previous positions include:Chairman of Singapore Telecom Group ("SingTel") and its predecessor organisations for 17 yearsChairman of Singapore Airlines Limited ("SIA") for 4 yearsChairman of Development Bank of Singapore ("DBS") for 4 yearsDirector on the Board of Temasek Holdings Private Limited for 15 years (Boon Hwee also served as a member of the Executive Committee from January 1997 to September 2010)Chairman of the Wuthelam Group for 10 yearsBoon Hwee was named the Outstanding Manager of the Year in 1991 by Business Times and DHL Worldwide. He was conferred The International Herald Tribune Visionary and Leader Honour in January 2003.Boon Hwee contributes actively to non-profit organisations, and is the current Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Nanyang Technological University and a Director of the Hewlett Foundation in the United States.Boon Hwee obtained his Bachelor's Degree (First Class Honours) in Mechanical Engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London in 1972 and his MBA (Distinction) from the Harvard Business School in 1976.

## Kazuma Ieiri
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Content, Fashion, FinTech

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.

## Nipun Mehra
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, B2B, Apps

Nipun is a co-founder of Ula. Nipun has had previous stints building out businesses and categories at Amazon and Flipkart, has been an investment advisor with Sequoia Capital and been part of the leadership team at payments unicorn Pine Labs. Nipun holds a Masters in Computer Science from Stanford University an MBA from The Wharton School

## Kiyoshi Nishikawa
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: News, Social Media, Big Data

After working at KDD Corporation （Currently known as KDDI Corporation）, Kiyoshi Nishikawa next went to work at Arthur D. Little Inc. in the United States, where he became inspired to start his own company. After returning to Japan, he established a Japanese corporation of the world’s largest Internet company, America On Line, LLC. Later andbased on this experience and the relationships he developed, he founded the first Internet business incubator, NETAGE, Inc. After serving as the President and CEO of NETAGE Group, he later became and still serves as the Chairman of ngi group, inc. Kiyoshi was one of the main entrepreneurs responsible for proposing and realization of “Shibuya Bit Valley Concept” and is well known for his various speeches and writings. He is a graduate of the Department of Education at Tokyo University.

## Somdutta Singh
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: SaaS, Software, E-Commerce

Somdutta Singh is the Founder and CEO of Assiduus Global. She attended MIT Sloan School of Management.

## Nimesh Kampani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence

Nimesh is the Founding Partner at 108 Capital, a Growth-stage venture fund partnering with founders building digital-first, scalable and sustainable businesses. Prior, Nimesh was the cofounder at trica, a full-stack technology platform for growth-stage investments and equity management. He has been an avid Investor in private markets and is alsofounding venture partner for India’s first $100Mn revenue based financing fund N+1 Capital and also advisor & Board member of Campus Fund – 1st dorm fund in India

## Chun Yang-Hyun
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Corporate Round
- Focus: Finance, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

Chun Yang-Hyun

## Amin Azumude
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Finance, Cryptocurrency, Asset Management

Amin Azumude is the Representative Director and Founder of Cryptact.

## Huey Tyng Ooi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Finance, Payments, E-Commerce

Huey Tyng Ooi is an Independent Director at AIG. Huey Tyng Ooi attended INSEAD.

## Chin Qui Hin
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Financial Services

Chin Qui Hin

## Tan Chin Hwee
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Financial Services

Tan Chin Hwee

## Neil Cunha-Gomes
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series C, Series D
- Focus: Finance, Blockchain, Bitcoin

Neil Cunha-Gomes is SoftBank Investment Advisor.

## Sam Kazemian
- Type: Angel
- Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

Sam Kazemian is the Founder of Frax Finance.

## Steve Bearwin
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Finance, Blockchain, Trading Platform

Steve Bearwin is an individual investor.

## Neal Cross
- Type: Angel
- Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Education

Neal Cross is a globally recognized corporate, social and start-up entrepreneur with a long track record across blue-chip technology, finance and data companies. He is currently co-founder and chairman of PictureWealth, one of the world’s fastest growing wealth fintech companies and serves on the advisory board of Razer Fintech. Prior to this,Cross was the Chief Innovation Officer at DBS Bank, where in his tenure he drove their transformation into a global innovation powerhouse culminating in achieving the world’s best Digital Bank 2016 and 2018 and worlds best bank 3 times across 2018 and 2019. He has personally been awarded the world’s most disruptive CIO/CTO globally from judges Sir Richard Branson and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and is a regular winner of best innovation lab and innovation leader awards.
His early life as a game developer has left him with a passion for gaming and the realisation that software should be engaging and rewarding. To this end Cross is passionate about solving problems in an elegant manner and deploys world class programs to engage the entire work force in the business of innovation. Cross has advised hundreds of the major brands in Asia and is a trusted adviser to several leading CEO’s, government agencies and start-ups.
In his spare time, he has built social enterprises to help save the endangered orangutans and coral reefs in Sumatra. and due to this was recently listed in The Meaningful Business 100 which focuses on the individual, cutting through the corporate messaging to uncover which leaders are driving truly impactful, purpose-led business to align with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

## Nick Tong
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Finance, Financial Services

Nick Tong

## Tomohiro Kinoshita
- Type: Angel
- Location: Suita, Osaka, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Finance, Asset Management, Financial Services

Tomohiro Kinoshita - President @ Campanio

## Navin Gupta
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Finance, Blockchain, Financial Services

Navin Gupta is Managing Director for South Asia and MENA region for Ripple. Navin joined Ripple following two years as Co-Founder and CEO of on-demand commercial transportation service.

## Hassan Ahmed
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Web3, Finance, Payments

Hassan Ahmed is the Head of Southeast Asia at Coinbase. Hassan Ahmed attended Harvard Business School.

## Jason Choi
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Financial Services

Jason Choi is Venture Investor at Contrary Capital.

## Meng Xiong Kuok
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Transportation

Meng Xiong Kuok - Founder & Managing Partner @ K3 Ventures

## Nobuaki Tanaka
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Finance, Personal Finance

Born in Mie Prefecture in 1982. Graduated from Faculty of Economics, Kwansei Gakuin University in 2005.
Completed MBA in 2012 from GLOBIS Graduate School of Business Administration. He joined Aflac as a new graduate. Engaged in corporate sales at Globis Co., Ltd. In the early days of i-plug, he was in charge of corporate sales as COO.
After that,he worked as a CMO to create students, corporate marketing system and public relations, launched university sales, and started organizational development as a CHRO. Became CFO in September 2019 and supervise the Corporate Management Department.

## 0xMaki ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎
- Type: Angel
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech

0xMaki is the co-founder of SushiSwap which is one of the largest DEXes. 0xMaki is also a frequent speaker at DeFi conferences.

## Lim Der Shing
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Wellness, Health Care

Der Shing is founder and CEO of the JobsCentral Group. His work scope includes strategic planning and responsibility for the group's P&L. His achievements include creating career media platforms that reach 10 million people in South East Asia. In 2011, he negotiated the acquisition of the group by CareerBuilder. Der Shing has a Bachelor ofEngineering (Summa cum laude) from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is a father of 3 and is an avid share investor and traveller. He is also involved in community work as a Council Member of the South West CDC and is a member of the Entrepreneurs Organisation in Singapore.

## Ogawa Ryo
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Social, Finance

Ogawa Ryo - CEO @ Timee

## David Vélez
- Type: Angel
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Banking

David Vélez is the Founder and CEO of Nu Colombia. He previously worked at Sequoia Capital as a Partner. David Vélez attended Stanford University.

## John Dang
- Type: Angel
- Location: Manila, Manila, Philippines
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Credit, Finance, Tourism

John Dang is the Founder of ZipMatch.

## Rondy Yunanda Yong
- Type: Angel
- Location: Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Finance, Big Data, Internet

Rondy Yunanda Yong

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co