Top 50 Fitness Angel Investors in Asia in December 2024
A list of 50 angel investors that invest in Fitness startups based in Asia. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Fitness companies from Asia. We update this investor list every month.Top 50 Fitness Angel Investors in Asia in December 2024
Investor | Fitness Asia investments |
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Hiroaki Kitano | 2 |
Juha Paananen | 2 |
Hidetoshi Takano | 2 |
Yasuyuki Kin | 2 |
Antanas Guoga | 1 |
Madhu Bhaskaran | 1 |
C.Bob Lott | 1 |
Other Lenders | 1 |
Ron Sim | 1 |
Ardi Setiadharma | 1 |
Vijay Seshadri | 1 |
Bob Xiaoping Xu | 1 |
Kenji Endo | 1 |
Minoru Moriya | 1 |
Emili Nirmala | 1 |
Rahul Nambiar | 1 |
Khailee Ng | 1 |
Huang Shao Ning | 1 |
Alexander Rusli | 1 |
Daniel Shin | 1 |
Yee How Choong | 1 |
Kamata Tomihisa | 1 |
Igor Rybakov | 1 |
George Godula | 1 |
Mamoru Taniya | 1 |
Shoji Kodama | 1 |
Iwan Kurniawan | 1 |
Tomohito Ebine | 1 |
Makoto Takano | 1 |
Amanda Cole | 1 |
Shihab Muhammed | 1 |
Alexander Sie To | 1 |
Navin Jain | 1 |
Christopher Fisher | 1 |
Sadoshima Ryuhei | 1 |
Senu Sam | 1 |
Joel Neoh | 1 |
Bhavik Bajaj | 1 |
Masayuki SHOBAYASHI | 1 |
Takashi Sato | 1 |
Antonio Mazza | 1 |
Lim Der Shing | 1 |
Murat Abdrakhmanov | 1 |
Metha Trisnawati | 1 |
Otomi Tomohiro | 1 |
Gabby Dizon | 1 |
Akshit Goyal | 1 |
Sudi Navile | 1 |
Sudheer Nair | 1 |
Weihan Liew | 1 |
Hiroaki Kitano is the SVP at Softbank Mobile. He attended Waseda University.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Information Technology, Fitness
- Seed, Angel, Debt Financing
- Japan, United States
Portfolio highlights
- GPx — GPx is a biotech company that revolutionizes remote chronic disease management with bloodless blood tests. It is dedicated to transforming the standard of care of cardiorenal diseases and enabling patients to better understand their condition, much like the continuous glucose monitor has transformed diabetes care.The company was founded in 2020and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
- Epistra — Epistra accelerates research and development in life sciences.
- Activaid — Activaid owns and operates a social data platform for patients with inflammatory bowel disease. It allows patients to support and exchange information within the patient community with the same disease; provide information necessary for new drug development and matching to clinical trials that suits them; and improve medical treatment. YasuakiHasebe founded Activaid in 2018. It has its headquarters in Tokyo in Japan.
Juha Paananen - CEO & Co-Founder @ Soba
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Wellness, Video Games
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Finland, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Talewind — Talewind specialises in creating immersive brand experiences on Roblox, helping businesses engage with audiences through custom-built virtual worlds and interactive games.
- Revery — The team at Revery is on a mission to make access to wellness affordable and accessible to anyone with a mobile phone, through the medium of gaming.
- Fondo — Fondo is an all-in-one accounting platform for startups. We'll handle your bookkeeping, tax, and tax credits so you can focus on building your startup.
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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Investment focus
- Internet, Information Technology, Human Resources
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Japan, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Kaymak — Kaymak is a recruitment platform that focuses on creating a recruitment website, planning a recruitment strategy, and managing candidates.
- D-Chain — D-Chain offers services related to IT development and production in the Web3 and Web2 fields.
- Rayout — Rayout is a business consulting company that provides creative content development, recruitment videos, and web production services.
Yasuyuki Kin
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Investment focus
- Media and Entertainment, Information Technology, Career Planning
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Onepair — Onepair is a job consulting and recruiting company. Onepair is to co-creating careers by talking about real-world ace with active ace.
- Strainer Co., Ltd. — Strainer Co., Ltd. is an information distribution platform that conveys corporate information centered on financial data. Although there are not a few media to deliver financial information, the company's strengths are strong to be easily viewed, including financial information of overseas companies.
- LAMILA — LAMILA develops system that improves the creation of retail stores.
Antanas Guoga was the Founder of iBus Media Network. He attended the University of Leicester.
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Investment focus
- Fitness, mHealth, Software
- Seed
- Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
- Olivex — OliveX is a digital lifestyle company with a focus on the health and fitness industry. It operates as a subscription-based business, providing applications, smart technology, and a user experience that is built on artificial intelligence, gamification, and premium content. With users in over 170 countries including Hong Kong, Australia, and China,OliveX enables brands, influencers, and fitness coaches to engage with their consumers when at home.
Madhu Bhaskaran Managing Director at Samagra Progressive Learning Solutions P Ltd
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Investment focus
- Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
- Seed
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- hav. — hav. is a rewards-based health-tech platform.
C.Bob Lott
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Investment focus
- Events, Sports, Cycling
- Pre-Seed
- Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
- Miro AI — The most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) in sports identifies players, teams, sponsors and scenes in seconds
Other Lenders
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Investment focus
- Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
- Convertible Note
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- SynPhNe — SynPhNe is a wearable solution that trains brain and muscle as one system. This technology helps individuals with physical disabilities resulting from neurological pathologies like stroke and traumatic brain injury, learning disorders, ageing problems such as memory and functional decline, chronic stress, and pain.It was founded in 2013 and isheadquartered in Singapore with a 100% susidiary and SynPhNe CARE Training center in Mumbai, India.
Ron Sim
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Investment focus
- Beauty, Fitness, Genetics
- Series A
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Imagene Labs — Imagene Labs Pte Ltd empowers consumers to optimise their health by providing customised wellness and lifestyle solutions tailored to their unique DNA profiles. Led by medical doctors and scientists, the company provides an entire ecosystem of genomics-based solutions ranging from wellness DNA tests, personalised lifestyle recommendations, bespokeskin serums and nutritional supplements, and mobile health apps that help people live, look and feel their best.
Ardi Setiadharma - CFO @ Prasetia Dwidharma
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Investment focus
- Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
- Seed
- Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
- Yoona — Sebagai startup femtech pertama di Indonesia, Yoona mengeluarkan produk pembalut organik yang ramah lingkungan dan aman untuk menjaga kesehatan reproduksi wanita.
Vijay Seshadri ex-Board Member, Chargebee.
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Investment focus
- Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
- Seed
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- hav. — hav. is a rewards-based health-tech platform.
Bob Xiaoping Xu is the founder of ZhenFund and one of China's most celebrated angel investors. Established in 2011 as a joint fund with Sequoia Capital China, ZhenFund is China’s foremost angel fund. Managing USD 600 million, ZhenFund has 500 portfolio companies and offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Palo Alto. It has played a leading role inChina’s rise as a “startup nation”, and is widely considered a beacon of light in China’s vibrant startup environment. Prior to founding ZhenFund, Mr. Xu co-founded China's largest private English training and test preparation group, New Oriental Education, along with Michael Yu and Victor Wang. New Oriental became listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2006 and currently has a market cap of USD 11 billion. The founders’ endeavors, which helped drive Chinese education toward a new global era, was featured in the box office hit “American Dreams in China”. The movie ranked as the #3 Chinese domestic box office hit in 2013. Mr. Xu’s success as an educator and an entrepreneur led him to angel investing, where he has pioneered a unique investment philosophy of investing in exceptional people. He became one of the most prolific patrons of entrepreneurship, as well as a leading mentor to young business leaders. Forbes Magazine has honored him on the Midas List as one of the World’s Top 100 Venture Capital Investors for two consecutive years (2016 and 2017). Mr. Xu currently serves as the Chairman of China Angel Investment Association. Mr. Xu has more than 11 million followers on Weibo, the Chinese version of Twitter. He is also a prolific author who has published seven books on career growth and education. His writings, speeches and interviews on entrepreneurship, investment and education have had an immense impact on China’s emerging business leaders, and particularly on those who have studied abroad. He is the president of Committee 2005, an institution that gathers the most influential Chinese overseas returnees, including the likes of Robin Li, Neil Shen and Lee Kai-fu. Mr. Xu is deeply committed to philanthropy. He is a founding donor and the Committee Acting President of the Future Science Award, an annual award of USD 1 million for scientists who have made significant contributions to life sciences and physical sciences in Greater China. Mr. Xu graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music, the Chinese equivalent of Julliard School of Music, with a bachelor’s degree in music. He received his master’s degree in music from the University of Saskatchewan. Prior to that he was a counsellor at Peking University for five years.
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Investment focus
- Internet, E-Commerce, Mobile
- Series A, Angel, Seed
- China, United States, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- YOTA — YOTA provides a healthy and diet food delivery service.
- Lagou — Lagou.com offers staffing services. The company’s clientele includes Tencent, Baidu, Alibaba Group, SINA, JD.com, Beijing Xiaomi Tech, and Zhaopin.com.
- Omni Prime — Omni Prime provides Lending as a Service solution to retailers.
Kenji Endo - Director @ Japan Business Systems
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Investment focus
- Apps, Fitness, Internet
- Seed, Angel
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Pixta — Pixta company’s goal is to assist graphic professionals in the transfer, tracking and collaboration of digital media over the Internet. We build Internet “Cloud”-based applications that provide a great customer experience, easy-to-use, secure and reliable.To assist our customers in transferring large-files simply and securely across the Internet,we built PixtaSynapse. Using PixtaSynapse, the sender needs only a web-browser to send files. To make the service super-reliable, we built the servers and core-technology for our custom file processing pipeline. We then located those key-servers one-hop off the Internet backbone to reduce latency. Our core file pipeline is physically located in a secure Class A co-location facility. We have setup secure, automated, off-site backups to safeguard our customers data in case of a catastrophic emergency.
- HANOWA — HANAWA is a matching platform between freelance dental hygienists and dental clinics.
- Address Japan — ADDress is a provider of co-living spaces in both urban and rural areas, enabling people to live in a range of luxurious residences at fixed prices.
Minoru Moriya is a director at AuB.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Nursing and Residential Care, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- M-Box — M-Box provides IT solutions to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries and operates web services.
- HANOWA — HANAWA is a matching platform between freelance dental hygienists and dental clinics.
- Willbox — Willbox is an international logistics company providing an international logistics digital platform for shippers and logistics companies. The company's platform "Giho" connects shippers and logistics companies (transportation, packaging, warehousing, customs clearance, etc.) with a direct contract. It visualizes the three elements of[lead time, money, and safety], which have been regarded as a black box, and supports comparative examination and decision making. Willbox digitizes the packing technique of wooden boxes and steel, mandatory for international logistics, and incorporated them into their system. Their mission is to solve the logistics issues focusing on the large cargo of industrial products.The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa.
Emili Nirmala is the manager at LingoAce.
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Investment focus
- Fitness, Wellness, Mobile Apps
- Pre-Seed
- Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
- Maxi — Maxi is an anonymous work-life community platform that improves employee mental wellness and productivity.
Rahul Nambiar was the CEO, Board Member, and Co-Founder of iProspect. He has a master's degree in Digital Marketing at IE Business School.
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Investment focus
- Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
- Seed
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- hav. — hav. is a rewards-based health-tech platform.
Khailee Ng is Managing Partner at 500 Startups. Prior to that, he was the Co-founder and CEO of SAYS. He graduated from the University of Technology Sydney, the University of California, Berkeley, and San Francisco State University.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
- Talkpush — Talkpush is the leading conversational CRM for recruitment. Automate the repetitive stuff and focus on the right talent.
- YogaTrail — YogaTrail connects yoga providers with their yogis. Get everyone's classes in one simple place and always know what's up in your yoga world.
- Call Levels — Don't let the markets drive you crazy - we watch the markets so you don't have to.
Co-founder of JobsCentral Singapore, Shao-Ning stayed on as the Singapore MD after the company was acquired. During this period, she oversaw operation integrations with the global business and started the company’s transition to become a SaaS player in its Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia operations. Since 2009, Shao-Ning has been mentoring startups in creative, digital and retail industries.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Home Services
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Homage — Homage is a trusted senior home care marketplace and technology platform seamlessly connecting seniors to the best quality of care on demand.The Homage platform uses a proprietary matching engine that pairs seniors with the best care professionals for their needs in real-time. Family members can schedule, manage, and monitor care visits throughHomage family app from anywhere, stay in communication with the care professional and get real-time information on the care their senior is receiving. Homage app will let family members know who visited their loved ones, how long they spent in the home, and what activities they did. Homage's technology allows it to send a Homage care professional to senior's house within 2 hours. Homage's app for care professionals lets them efficiently run their business, gives them better client information: a care plan individualized to each senior, helpful tips, ability to run on their own schedule, easy communication with the family members through their app.
- Motorist — Motorist is a Singapore-based automotive platform that simplifies vehicle ownership through smart solutions. We help drivers and car owners to manage their vehicle by providing them with a range of auto services. Stay informed with our network of motorists and motor services.
- EngageRocket — We help organizations make better people decisions using real-time analytics. Our customers use EngageRocket platform to measure and improve employee experience.
Alexander Rusli, 45, assumed the role of President Director and CEO of Indosat in November 2012 after serving as an Independent Commissioner since January 2010. Before November 2012, Mr. Rusli was a Managing Director in Northstar Pacific, a private equity fund which focuses on Indonesian and Southeast Asian opportunities. Prior to his role inNorthstar Pacific, Mr. Rusli served the Government of Indonesia for nine years. In his first six years in government, he was an Expert Advisor to the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, where he was involved in the formulation of policy and regulation in the Telecommunication, Media and Postal industries. In his last three years in government services, he was an Expert Staff to the Minister of State-Owned Enterprises, overseeing approximately 140 state-owned enterprises with more than 500 subsidiaries. During that period, he also held various positions at certain state-owned companies including serving as commissioner of PT Krakatau Steel (Persero), a steel producer, PT Geodipa Energi, a geothermal company and PT Kertas Kraft Aceh, a paper manufacturer. Prior to his posts in the Government, Mr. Rusli was Principal Consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers Management Consulting in Indonesia.Mr. Rusli completed all his formal tertiary education in Curtin University, Western Australia. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Information Systems.
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Investment focus
- Apps, Fitness, Wellness
- Seed
- Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
- DOOgether — DOOgether is Indonesia’s number one leading healthy lifestyle application that gives easier access and solution to your healthy lifestyle, in booking workout classes (offline and virtual) and in purchasing healthy caterings.
Daniel Shin is a renowned entrepreneur and investor, with extensive expertise and deep relationships in e-commerce. Daniel Shin is the Founder and CEO of PortOne Global, a leading payment company in Asia and beyond. The company's mission is to empower digital commerce partners across the Asian region. Through PortOne Global, Daniel Shinassists in the growth and development of partner companies and facilitates expansion.Previously, Daniel founded and was CEO of TicketMonster, Korea's leading e-commerce platform with $3.5Bin GMV. He is also a Co-Founder and board member of Fast Track Asia, a company-builder that established and sold multiple businesses including Fast Five (office sharing platform) and FoodFly (food delivery, acquired by Yogiyo).Daniel holds a B.Sc. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- South Korea, United States, Malaysia
Portfolio highlights
- Bering Lab — Bering Lab provides AI-powered machine translation services for the legal, IP, financial, technology, enterprise markets
- Port One — Experience every payment in the world with one line of code
- Korea Credit Data — • Korea Credit Data (KCD) provides business management solution to small and medium-sized businesses in Korea. KCD established a dominant position (M/S 70%+) through ‘Cashnote' and ‘Bizbot’ services used by more than 1.1 million businesses. KCD aims to resolve issues a business owner faces from the beginning to end of his business life.To this end, KCD will expand its business areas to include B2B commerce to B2C payment area.
Yee How Choong, also known as Raymond, has been Group Chief Executive Officer, Group President and Director at GuocoLand Limited since September 1, 2015. Choong served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad (alternate name HLFG or Hong Leong Credit Bhd) from December 1, 2005 to September 1, 2015. Choongserved as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Citibank Savings Inc., Philippines since 2005. His working experience includes: Branch, Citibank, Malaysia from 1981 to 1984, Head of Credit & Business Development, Citibank, Malaysia from 1984 to 1986, Head of Sales & Marketing & Distribution, Citibank, Malaysia from 1987 to 1997, Head of Retail Banking & Credit Card, Citibank, Malaysia from 1998 to 2004. He served as Portfolio Manager of Hong Leong GEM Resources Strategic Fund, Hong Leong Global Value Fund, and Hong Leong Vietnam Fund. He served as a Portfolio Manager of Hong Leong Asset Management Bhd, Hong Leong GEM Resources Strategic Fund, Hong Leong Global Value Fund and Hong Leong Vietnam Fund. He serves as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of Hong Leong MSIG Takaful Berhad. He serves as a Director of Hong Leong Asset Management Bhd and Hong Leong Investment Bank Berhad. He serves as Non-Executive & Non-Independent Director at Hong Leong Assurance Berhad. He serves as a Director of Hong Leong Islamic Bank Berhad and Hong Leong Assurance Berhad. He served as a Non-Independent & Non-Executive Director of Hong Leong Bank Berhad since March 9, 2006 until September 21, 2015. He served as a Non Independent & Non Executive Director of GuocoLand (Malaysia) Berhad since September 1, 2015 until May 8, 2016. He served as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director at Hong Leong MSIG Takaful Berhad (formerly Hong Leong Tokio Marine Takaful Bhd). Choong served as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of HLG Capital Berhad (Hong Leong Capital Berhad) from December 1, 2005 to September 21, 2015. He served as an Executive Director of Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad from December 1, 2005 to October 2007 and served as its Non Independent Director until September 1, 2015. His qualification includes: In 1975 Bursary Examination of New Zealand from Bayfield High School, Dunedin, New Zealand , Bachelor of Science (Honours) - First Class Major in Biochemistry from University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand from 1976 to 1979. He received Master of Business Administration (MBA) from University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand from 1980 to 1981.
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Investment focus
- Fitness, Medical, Wellness
- Series A
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- DocDoc — DocDoc is the world’s first patient intelligence empowerment company. Our vision is to empower patients to make data-driven healthcare decisions which are safe, transparent, and fair. We use technology in conjunction with medically trained professionals to optimise healthcare outcomes and cost, and enhance the patient’s end-to-end healthcarejourney. DocDoc combines AI-powered doctor discovery, telemedicine, and digital Third Party Administrator services onto a single platform. With this platform, DocDoc enables insurance companies to offer a differentiated product in a crowded market, employers to attract and retain world-class employees, and governments to improve accessibility and affordability of healthcare services for their citizens.DocDoc is an independent company with deep expertise in healthcare quality. We seek physicians, clinics, and hospitals with excellent outcomes who believe they are the best at what they do. We then spend hours with each doctor, investigating quality of care and documenting procedures and conditions where the physician excels. We review national records to confirm credentials and discover any legal action. Then, we enter information from multiple sources into a sophisticated system that finds a best match between a unique patient need and unique physician experience.Our model is that everyone wins. The patient finds a highly qualified doctor to treat their condition. The physician, who excels in specific treatments and procedures, has a company validate their expertise and send select patients to them so they can focus on clinical care. The insurance firms, knowing that happy policyholders maintain memberships and employers knowing that healthy employees are more productive, pay us a modest fee to assure their patients make informed medical decisions. The service is free of charge to providers to ensure transparency and avoid conflict of interest.
Dr. Kamada earned his Ph.D. at the University of Tokyo. In 1984, he pursued his journey to establish his own business that focused on information appliances and mobile software, namely ACCESS Co., Ltd.. With great success, the company entered the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers Market in 2001. He left ACCESS Co., Ltd. in 2011, and founded TomyK Ltd.in 2012 where he supports startups possessing revolutionary business ideas that revitalize the Japanese economy.
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Investment focus
- Fitness, Medical, Genetics
- Seed, Angel
- Japan, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Activaid — Activaid owns and operates a social data platform for patients with inflammatory bowel disease. It allows patients to support and exchange information within the patient community with the same disease; provide information necessary for new drug development and matching to clinical trials that suits them; and improve medical treatment. YasuakiHasebe founded Activaid in 2018. It has its headquarters in Tokyo in Japan.
- Genomelink — Genomelink is a platform where people discover more with their DNA data and help businesses build, market and do research with it. The best founders in consumer genomics with real experience in the industry for many years, including M3, Inc. ($13B valued Meditech in Japan), a founding member of the Japanese version of 23andMe, and leadbioinformatician and software engineer at a joint-venture between Illumina and Sony. Raised $4M for Seed Round from Berkeley SkyDeck, SONY, and top-tier Japanese VCs. Supported by Illumina Accelerator, Carlos Bustamante Lab at Stanford University among others.
- MinD in a Device — MinD in a Device Co., Ltd. is a university-launched venture that aims to port human consciousness to devices (machines and computers) in the medium to long term based on long-term research results on consciousness. As the first step toward realization, we will evolve and deepen the "generation model" considered to be the source ofconsciousness, and promote the development of next-generation AI and social implementation.
Igor Rybakov - Co-Founder @ Larix
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Investment focus
- Family, Fitness, Women's
- Seed, Series C
- Hong Kong, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- World Chess — World Chess (LSE:CHSS) is the leading chess company and FIDE commercial partner. World Chess rt for the modern consumer by developing chessarena.com, the official gaming platform of FIDE, Armageddon, official merchandise, as well as major tournaments. The company organized some of the largest chess
- amma pregnancy tracker — amma pregnancy tracker is an international mobile service and one of the world’s largest communities for pregnant women and their families. amma pregnancy tracker provides clear, evidence-based pregnancy information and personalized recommendations from professional obstetricians and gynecologists. amma pregnancy tracker allows mothers to track keychanges during pregnancy, receive medical advice from specialists and emotional support from thousands of pregnant women around the world. amma pregnancy tracker is downloaded by 7% of the pregnant women in the world. The active monthly audience of amma pregnancy tracker exceeds 1.5 million people. amma pregnancy tracker tops the ratings of popular applications in the "Health" segment in dozens of countries around the world.
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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Investment focus
- Health Care, Information Technology, Mobile
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, China, Algeria
Portfolio highlights
- Mila Cares — Air breathers, rejoice. Meet Mila, the first air purifier designed with real, air-breathing humans in mind.
- Yassir — Access on-demand daily services like ride-hailing, food and grocery delivery, and payments with Yassir, your super app.
- Truck It In — is a platform tech company focused on simplifying road freight for 3.3M+ businesses in Pakistan to unlock 1 Billion dollars in resource potential
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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Investment focus
- Apps, Content, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Japan, Singapore, Spain
Portfolio highlights
- Revorf — Revorf analyzes data and develops AI-related to infectious diseases and healthcare.
- abillion — Find tips for plant-based food & products near you. Join the community to share reviews of restaurants & brands. Raise funds & drive sustainability!
- RIMM Sustainability — RIMM Sustainability provides a SaaS platform that enables companies of all sizes to optimise their sustainability management effort. It builds tools for sustainability management, reporting and optimisation.
Shoji Kodama - President @ Laxus Technologies
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Investment focus
- Real Estate, Internet, Construction
- Seed, Angel, Series B
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Mepple — Mepple is planning, developing, and operating internet services.
- Parame — Parame provides human resources, staffing and recruiting services.
- FABRIC TOKYO — FABRIC TOKYO is a Japanese startup provides a direct-to-consumer custom-made apparel brand. (former-company name Lifestyle Design Co., Ltd.). It enables customers to save their sizes, idea fabrics, and favorite designs, allowing them to make their original clothing later.FABRIC TOKYO was founded in 2012 by Yuichiro Mori and is based in Tokyo,Japan.
Iwan Kurniawan is the Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer at Modalku.
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Investment focus
- Mobile Apps, FinTech, Fitness
- Pre-Seed, Series A
- Indonesia
Tomohito Ebine is non-executive Director at Owls Co., Ltd.
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Investment focus
- Home Services, Information Technology, Consulting
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Japan, United States
Portfolio highlights
- HOMMA — Inspired Modern Living. Homes to elevate healthy urban lifestyles. Design. Build. Technology.
- Smartround — Smartround is a specialized finance management platform for startups and their investors. For start-ups, for entrepreneurs who are not familiar with finance, simply enter the necessary information according to the guide, prepare appropriate financing round, and prepare a function that can simulate and execute a capital increase. Support informationsharing and communication with shareholders even after the capital increase.
- CAREER BIJIN — Career bijin is a total support company.
Makoto Takano is CEO of atomixmedia, inc., publisher and editor-in-chief of Forbes Japan and Rolling Stone Japan since June, 2014. Prior to joining Atomixmedia, Inc., he was Managing Director and President of PIMCO Japan Ltd. Before joining PIMCO in 2001, he was head of marketing at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Makoto's prior experiencealso includes work at Daiwa Securities where he was head of the strategists team at Daiwa Institute of Research. He has published extensively on the capital markets. In 1992, he was awarded Securities Analysts Journal Prize by the Securities Analyst Association of Japan. He has also given lectures on asset management at Waseda University and Kyoto University. He holds master’s and undergraduate degrees in engineering from Waseda University. Makoto serves as Director of Nippon Finance Association and Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation.
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Investment focus
- Content, Sports, Apps
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Japan, Philippines
Amanda Susanti Cole is the Co-Founder and CEO at Sayurbox.
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Investment focus
- Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
- Seed
- Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
- Yoona — Sebagai startup femtech pertama di Indonesia, Yoona mengeluarkan produk pembalut organik yang ramah lingkungan dan aman untuk menjaga kesehatan reproduksi wanita.
SaaS Entrepreneur , Growth Leader, Built and scaled multi million dollar SaaS products . Passionate about building
user friendly SaaS Products .
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Investment focus
- Software, IaaS, PaaS
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- India, Singapore, United States
Portfolio highlights
- hav. — hav. is a rewards-based health-tech platform.
- ZappyHire — Top rated recruitment automation software & ATS that empowers recruiters to screen, recruit and onboard the best talent faster.
- Konnectify — SaaS Integration software, for everyone. Truly no code. Just drag and drop to bring your apps together, and automate effortlessly. Get started for free.
Angel Investor focusing on Technology company. Experienced Senior Business System Analyst, System Architect, Technology Integrator, IT Security Architect with a demonstrated history of working in the professional industry related to Operational Instances as well as Security Instances. Skilled in In-depth System Analyst, Security System, CiscoNetworking OS, SCADA, Databases, and Web and Mobile Application Development. Strong business development professional with a Master of Science (MS) focused in Cyber Security - Computer Science from University of Southern California.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Software, Mobile Apps
- Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
- Maxi — Maxi is an anonymous work-life community platform that improves employee mental wellness and productivity.
- Flokq — Get Room for Rent in Jakarta from Flokq. Looking to Share apartment or monthly rental Coliving Space in Jakarta? Connect with us today!
- KEYTA — Keyta is a one-stop shop application in the form of an embedded keyboard enabling social commerce seller to access scattered information and carry out one sales transaction without having to jump in between multiple platforms on their device. With Keyta, fundamental features to support online selling operation are all available and accessiblewithin one application.
Christopher Fisher - Managing Partner, Fund III @ Click Ventures
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Investment focus
- Advertising, E-Commerce, Fitness
- Seed
- Hong Kong, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Playto — Playto offers educational tools and games for children. It offers GlowMaster, a game that helps children aged 7 to 13 learn to focus on studies.
- Floship — Reduce shipping costs & time from one platform, choose Floship for you Global eCommerce fulfillment, and get closer to customers with our global facilities.
- Launchpilots — Launchpilots is a marketplace that connects brands and student sponsorships. Student leaders can apply to different brand sponsorships based on their requirements via our platform.
Sadoshima Ryuhei - President & CEO @ Safie
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Investment focus
- Fitness, Health Care, Wellness
- Seed, Series A
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Opt Fit — Opt Fit is a fitness industry that provides fitness, wellness and health-care services.
- FiT — FiT encourages the use of information technology in fitness to address industrial concerns. We will build a highly sustainable fitness facility using a business model that allows consumers to easily use the gym without being burdened by price or procedures, while also allowing owners to build a very successful business with low running costs.
Senu Sam Building Mykare Health
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Investment focus
- Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
- Seed
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- hav. — hav. is a rewards-based health-tech platform.
Joel Neoh is the Founder and CEO of Fave. He attended Monash University.
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Investment focus
- Apps, Mobile, Wellness
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Malaysia, Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
- KFit — KFit gets you into the best fitness studios, classes and gyms in your city. Get access to unlimited group fitness classes and activities with just one monthly membership. Transform your workouts.Never get bored. Discover new ways to move. Take as many classes per month as you’d like. Try a different studio everyday. It’s time to work out the wayyou want to.
- Ejen2u — Platform Sistem Pengurusan Ejen paling Komprehensif
- ULive — Live Commerce Enabler for Social Media Live Sellers.
Bhavik Bajaj
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Software, SaaS
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland
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- Asepha — Asepha is an AI clinical decision support (CDS) tool to help healthcare professionals make faster clinical decisions.
- ORA Technologies — E-Commerce, Super App
- THIRUMALS PAPER ARIZONA PVT. LTD. — TRADING PLATFORM OF PULP , PAPER & PACKAGING
Masayuki SHOBAYASHI
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Investment focus
- Fitness, Software, Mobile Apps
- Seed
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Nupp1 — Nupp1 is a mobile application to find a fitness center.
- Pan For You — Pan For You is a Food & Beverage Company. We deliver delicious bread from all over the world with our unique freezing technology and propose a lifestyle where you can enjoy freshly baked bread anytime.
Takashi Sato is a Managing Partner at MS&AD Ventures.
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Investment focus
- Fitness, Computer, Software
- Angel, Funding Round
- Japan, United States
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- RIZAP — RIZAP is a chain of a private gym that offers fitness training and consulting services.
- Jupiter Intelligence — The Trusted Leader in Climate Risk Analytics. Learn about our best-in-science solutions.
Antonio Mazza is the Co-Founder of WeNetwork.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Fitness, Internet
- Pre-Seed
- Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
- Aman — Aman provides modern technology for growing companies to set up and manage their employee benefits, simplifying complexity of benefit administation and delivering a world-class experience. Our platform enables companies to competitively recruit, engage and retain top talents.
- Maxi — Maxi is an anonymous work-life community platform that improves employee mental wellness and productivity.
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.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Wellness, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Singapore, Indonesia
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- Homage — Homage is a trusted senior home care marketplace and technology platform seamlessly connecting seniors to the best quality of care on demand.The Homage platform uses a proprietary matching engine that pairs seniors with the best care professionals for their needs in real-time. Family members can schedule, manage, and monitor care visits throughHomage family app from anywhere, stay in communication with the care professional and get real-time information on the care their senior is receiving. Homage app will let family members know who visited their loved ones, how long they spent in the home, and what activities they did. Homage's technology allows it to send a Homage care professional to senior's house within 2 hours. Homage's app for care professionals lets them efficiently run their business, gives them better client information: a care plan individualized to each senior, helpful tips, ability to run on their own schedule, easy communication with the family members through their app.
- Motorist — Motorist is a Singapore-based automotive platform that simplifies vehicle ownership through smart solutions. We help drivers and car owners to manage their vehicle by providing them with a range of auto services. Stay informed with our network of motorists and motor services.
- Alodokter — App Kesehatan No.1 Di Indonesia. Dapatkan Info Kesehatan Terkini & Terlengkap, Fasilitas Online Booking Rumah Sakit & Dokter, Chat Bersama Dokter, Gratis!
Murat Abdrakhmanov is a co-investor at 2C2P. Attended Fuqua Executive school of bussines.
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Investment focus
- Software, Mobile Apps, Artificial Intelligence
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- United States, Kazakhstan, Ukraine
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- Beksar — Beksar offers A flexible reporting system for business of the company from its initial days.
- GoDays — AI-driven Continuous passive and active analytical tool, preventing burnout of employees. Continuous well-being based on passive collaboration data, sentiment analytics.
- PLATMA — PLATMA is a workspace for developing low/no-code solutions with ready-made constructors that reduce the need for large resources and decrease time to market
Metha Trisnawati is the Co-Founder and COO at Sayurbox.
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Investment focus
- Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
- Seed
- Indonesia
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- Yoona — Sebagai startup femtech pertama di Indonesia, Yoona mengeluarkan produk pembalut organik yang ramah lingkungan dan aman untuk menjaga kesehatan reproduksi wanita.
Otomi Tomohiro - CEO @ Tyrus
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Travel, Content
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Japan
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- CUICIN — Quickin is changing the travel experience with the digital transformation.
- HANOWA — HANAWA is a matching platform between freelance dental hygienists and dental clinics.
- Magic Shields — Magic Shields is a manufacturer and seller of floors, nursing care, and welfare products.
Gabby Dizon is the Chairman and co-founder of Alto.io, a Singapore-based game platform that connects games to the blockchain. He helped pioneer the Philippine game industry as part of the team that released the first Filipino-made game in 2003. Gabby is also CEO of game developer Altitude Games and former President of the Game DevelopersAssociation of the Philippines. Gabby helps champion the game development industry in Southeast Asia and is an active member of the Philippine startup community.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Hong Kong, Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Moku — Moku is a web3 gaming platform that enables players connect to gaming guilds, NFT casting pages, game strategy communities, and more.
- Sapien — Sapien offers Data Labelling Services with RLHF to fine-tune your LLMs potential. Improve model performance with better data to improve outcomes. Consult us now!
- Clout Kitchen — Combining fandom and emerging technology, Clout Kitchen builds generational digital products with supercharged distribution. We help creators become icons that last.
Akshit Goyal
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Investment focus
- Shoes, Retail, Fashion
- Seed
- India, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- hav. — hav. is a rewards-based health-tech platform.
- Flatheads — Flatheads are the most comfortable casual sneakers for your work and beyond. These stylish shoes designed thoughtfully with innovative materials like bamboo and banana fiber for all day wear | Made in India casual shoes for women & men
- Celcius Logistics Solutions — India's Largest 'ONLINE " cold chain network.Book reefer vehicles, Cold Storages or get booking for your vehicle and cold storages across India instantly with the best price
Sudheer Nair Chairman, Navio Group.
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Investment focus
- Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
- Seed
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- hav. — hav. is a rewards-based health-tech platform.
Weihan is a serial technology entrepreneur in Southeast Asia with twenty years of experience, having founded and successfully exited companies in the media and gaming space.
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Investment focus
- B2B, Energy, Retail
- Seed, Series A
- Pakistan, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Tajir — Tajir offers full transparency on the prices of various products, addressing a challenge that store owners confront offline each day, and sells and delivers inventories to the stores, said the Khan brothers, whose father ran an FMCG retail distribution business for three decades.
- Marham - Healthcare Super App — Pakistans most trusted platform to find doctors, book appointment, or consult online with the top specialist doctors across Pakistan.
- Conatural Beauty —
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