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Top 45 Hospitality Angel Investors in Asia (August 2026)

The most active angel investors investing in Asia Hospitality startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Asia Hospitality startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Serguei Netessine
Angel
2 United States, Singapore, Malaysia Seed, Pre-Seed Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence $50k–$800k
Viktor Khristenko
Angel
2 Hong Kong, United States Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Rental, Software, Hospitality
Hesham Zreik
Angel
2 United States, Nigeria, India Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce $12k–$5M
Alexander Akopov
Angel
2 Hong Kong Angel, Pre-Seed Rental, Hospitality, Housekeeping Service
Boon Hwee Koh
Angel
2 Singapore, United States, China Seed, Series A, Series B FinTech, Software, Financial Services $399k–$40M
Daniil Shuleyko
Angel
2 Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Rental, FinTech, Leasing
Sergey Limonov
Angel
2 Hong Kong Pre-Seed Rental, Hospitality, Housekeeping Service
Eduard Tiktinskiy
Angel
2 Hong Kong, United States Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Rental, Software, Hospitality
Sergey Bugorsky
Angel
2 Hong Kong Angel, Pre-Seed Rental, Hospitality, Housekeeping Service
Ronald Arculli
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed Hotel, Travel, Software
Nobuyuki Idei
Angel
1 Japan, France, United States Seed, Corporate Round, Angel Information Technology, Manufacturing, Internet $4.5M–$31M
Royston Tay
Angel
1 Singapore, Germany, Indonesia Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence $200k–$3.3M
James Tan
Angel
1 Singapore, Vietnam, Kazakhstan Seed, Angel, Series A SaaS, Internet, Automotive $150k–$3.5M
Yiping Goh
Angel
1 Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology $900k–$7M
Huang Shao Ning
Angel
1 Singapore Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, SaaS, Advice $614k–$4.2M
William Heinecke
Angel
1 Hong Kong Series A Mobile, Travel, Hospitality
Zhenzhen Sun
Angel
1 Indonesia Seed Hospitality, Marketplace, Real Estate
Chihiro Asano
Angel
1 Japan, United States Seed, Angel, Series A Content, FinTech, Financial Services $733k–$14M
Lim Der Shing
Angel
1 Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed Internet, Wellness, Health Care $600k–$4.2M
Paul Kuo
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Reservations, Travel, SaaS $43M–$43M
Yusuke Sato
Angel
1 Japan, Indonesia, United States Seed, Angel Internet, Content, Software $320k–$43M
Toivo Annus
Angel
1 Singapore, United States, Estonia Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Software, FinTech $1.4M–$6M
Turner Novak
Angel
1 United States, Canada, France Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services $100k–$110M
Kotaro Chiba
Angel
1 Japan, United States Seed, Series A Content, Information Technology, Travel $700k–$75M
Teddy Himler
Angel
1 Singapore, Pakistan, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed News, FinTech, Fitness $3M–$15M
Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Angel
1 Japan, Singapore Seed, Angel, Series A Finance, Content, Internet $420k–$354M
Kiyohiro Sugashita
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Series A Marketing, Travel, Reservations $8.5M–$45M
Sean Chong
Angel
1 Singapore Series A B2B, Travel, Hospitality
Shintaro Yamada
Angel
1 Japan, United States, Kenya Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Internet, Finance, Content $320k–$28M
Tim Draper
Angel
1 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, FinTech, Financial Services $356k–$50M
Saurabh Gupta
Angel
1 United States, India, Colombia Series A, Seed, Series C Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services $3.2M–$150M
Hideto Fujino
Angel
1 Japan, United States Seed, Series A Travel, Reservations, Real Estate $233k–$43M
Michimasa Naka
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel Reservations, Task Management, CRM $1.8M–$43M
Jaewoong Lee
Angel
1 Vietnam, South Korea, United States Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed News, SaaS, Beauty
Axel Peyriere
Angel
1 Egypt, Nepal, Germany Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Delivery, E-Commerce, Retail $1.5M–$4.7M
Yu Akasaka
Angel
1 Japan, Australia, Hong Kong Seed, Angel Content, Food and Beverage, Apps $425k–$43M
Farouk Kadous
Angel
1 Egypt, Singapore Seed SaaS, Shipping, Software $1M–$11M
William Hockey
Angel
1 United States, Pakistan, Singapore Seed, Series A, Series B FinTech, Software, Financial Services $2.1M–$34M
Goshi Yamaguchi
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed, Corporate Round Digital Media, Food and Beverage, Apps
Yoshida Yukihiro
Angel
1 Japan Seed Hospitality, Reservations, Media and Entertainment
Alexander Rittweger
Angel
1 Bangladesh, United States, Kenya Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, iOS, Apps $2.5M–$8M
Mamoru Taniya
Angel
1 Japan, Singapore, Spain Seed, Series A, Angel Apps, Content, FinTech $2.1M–$47M
Yang Bin Kwok
Angel
1 Singapore, Indonesia Seed, Pre-Seed E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology $200k–$3.3M
Hidekazu Watanabe
Angel
1 Japan Seed Sales, Video, Travel $800k–$1.1M
Tian Gu
Angel
1 Indonesia Seed Hospitality, Marketplace, Real Estate
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Serguei Netessine
Angel · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · 2 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

Serguei Netessine is Vice-Dean for Global Initiatives and Dhirubhai Ambani Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Operations, Information and Decisions Department at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He lived and worked in Russia, USA, France and Singapore., author and speaker on innovation.Prof. Netessine receivedBS/MS degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology and, after working for Motorola and Lucent Technologies, he also received MS/Ph.D. degrees in Operations Management from the University of Rochester. His current research focuses on business model innovation and operational excellence and he worked on these topics with numerous organizations including Federal Aviation Administration (USA), Lockheed Martin, Procter & Gamble, McDonald’s, Rolls Royce, Comcast, Expedia, ABB and US Air Force. He serves on advisory boards of multiple startup companies and regularly speaks on Innovation and Entrepreneurship.Professor Netessine has been the recipient of several teaching awards for delivering classes to MBA and Executive MBA students at the Wharton School and INSEAD, and he frequently teaches in Executive Education Programs. Prolific academic writer, professor Netessine holds senior editorial positions at several leading academic journals and he co-authored dozens of publications in prominent management journals, including Management Science, Operations Research, Harvard Business Review and other. His work has received extensive media coverage in CIO Magazine, the Economist, Forbes, Multichannel Merchant, New York Times, US News and Strategy & Business and other press. He regularly blogs about innovation on http://www.renaissanceinnovator.com and HBR Network. His latest book on Business Model Innovation is forthcoming with Harvard Business Press in 2014.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Malaysia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $50k–$800k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SwarmX — SwarmX is an autonomous drone operation platform that focuses on developing autonomous robots which gathers information to make data driven decisions. The company operates Hive, an autonomous drone base station with weather sensing technology that assists in planning surveillance mission plans. HiveMind OS is a command and control center for droneswarms that identifies and generates alerts for various user-defined events relating to people, vehicles, and static objects.SwarmX is a Singapore-based company that was founded in 2015 by Pulkit Jaiswal.
  • TabSquare — Look to the future of the F&B industry - Tabsquare's POS integrated online restaurant system increases hospitality profitability through AI Technology.
  • LifeGuides, PBC — We match employees having a #LifeChallenge, #LifelongLearning, or #PersonalGrowth need with a Guide who has had the same #LifeExperience. Offering 400+ topics.
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Viktor Khristenko
Angel · Russia, Ohio, United States · 2 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

Viktor Khristenko

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Rental, Software, Hospitality
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Hong Kong, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Entry — XIX.ai operates as a biometric identity provider for web applications.The company's product Entry is a biometric identity provider that enables users to authenticate in their favorite apps, without compromising privacy, security, and user experience. Users can sign in to their favorite web apps by face using web cameras on laptops anddesktop devices. Entry helps organizations prevent account takeover attacks, credential breaches, phishing, and password spraying attacks by using biometric authentication, as a superior alternative to a legacy MFA solutions.
  • Keygo — Exceptionally cool apartments in Yerevan
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Hesham Zreik
Angel · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 2 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

Hesham Zreik is the CEO of FasterCapital. He previously worked at DreamApps as a Project Manager. Hesham attended the University of Westminster.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Nigeria, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 888
  • Round size: Seed $50k–$2.1M; Pre-Seed $12k–$1M; Series A $170k–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Book Your Own — Book Your Own is building an integrated travel ecosystem designed to unify India’s fragmented travel market.
  • UrbanFarmers — UrbanFarmers is a platform that connects city dwellers with local urban farms and community gardens.
  • Excel And Impact Agro — Excel And Impact Agro aims to tackle the chronic shortage of vegetable production in Côte d'Ivoire.
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Alexander Akopov
Angel · 2 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

Alexander Akopov is an individual investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Rental, Hospitality, Housekeeping Service
  • Stage:Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Keygo — Exceptionally cool apartments in Yerevan
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Boon Hwee Koh
Angel · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 2 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Software, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Singapore, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 47
  • Round size: Seed $399k–$5M; Series A $704k–$20M; Series B $8.8M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Yolk.fm — Yolk.fm is a social platform that allows users to chat rather than send text messages.
  • Summer — Summer International is a next generation Beauty, Health & Wellness Lifestyle company, headquarted in Los Angeles and South Korea.
  • Lyte Ventures — Built for creators, designed for the future of work. We do the hustling so that you can focus more on what matters to you.
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Daniil Shuleyko
Angel · 2 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

Daniil Shuleiko is a director of the Yandex e-commerce business group.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Rental, FinTech, Leasing
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Trukkr — Real-time fleet tracking, route optimization, and ERP integration for logistics companies. Transform your supply chain operations today.
  • Gigmile — Gigmile provides financial services. They provide gig workers with core services and an affordable lease on productive assets that is tailored to their earnings to enable them to succeed in the mobility industry as entrepreneurs.
  • Keygo — Exceptionally cool apartments in Yerevan
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Sergey Limonov
Angel · 2 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

Sergei Limonov is an individual investor

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Rental, Hospitality, Housekeeping Service
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Keygo — Exceptionally cool apartments in Yerevan
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Eduard Tiktinskiy
Angel · Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg City, Russian Federation · 2 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

Edward Tiktinsky is the Founder and President of RBI. He attended Leningrad State Polytechnic Institute.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Rental, Software, Hospitality
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Hong Kong, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Entry — XIX.ai operates as a biometric identity provider for web applications.The company's product Entry is a biometric identity provider that enables users to authenticate in their favorite apps, without compromising privacy, security, and user experience. Users can sign in to their favorite web apps by face using web cameras on laptops anddesktop devices. Entry helps organizations prevent account takeover attacks, credential breaches, phishing, and password spraying attacks by using biometric authentication, as a superior alternative to a legacy MFA solutions.
  • Keygo — Exceptionally cool apartments in Yerevan
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Sergey Bugorsky
Angel · 2 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

Sergey Bugorsky is an individual investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Rental, Hospitality, Housekeeping Service
  • Stage:Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Keygo — Exceptionally cool apartments in Yerevan
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Ronald Arculli
Angel · 2 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

Ronald Arculli

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Hotel, Travel, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Stay One Degree — StayOne brings together a like-minded community of owners and renters of the finest One percent of holiday homes.
  • Wayfarer — Wayfarer is building a full-stack hospitality platform, starting in Japan. We operate a network of tech-driven mid/upscale accommodations powered by inhouse software. We help travelers discover more while designing operations to increase profits from the properties through automated business processes, intelligent pricing and higheroccupancy rates. We currently manage over $150 million in asset value in partnership with global investors and listed property companies.
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Nobuyuki Idei
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

Nobuyuki Idei has served as our independent director since June 2007.Being an experienced director, Nobuyuki Idei currently also serves as director of Accenture, director of FreeBit Co, Ltd., director of Lenovo Group, and chairman of the National Conference on Fostering Beautiful Forests in Japan.Nobuyuki Idei is the founder and chief executiveofficer of Quantum Leaps Corporation, a specialist consultancy that advises private and public institutions on the changing role of technology in the 21st century.Nobuyuki Idei is also the founder and chairman of the board of Asia Innovators’ Initiative, a private non-profit organization that he established in 2011 to serve as a catalyst for social innovation in Asia by bringing together a diverse range of individuals and promoting knowledge sharing.Nobuyuki Idei was chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Corporation from 2000 to 2005, chief corporate advisor from 2005 to 2007, and chairman of the advisory board from 2007 to 2012.Prior to that, Nobuyuki Idei held a range of leadership positions at Sony including general manager of the audio division, senior general manager of the home video group, and president and representative director.Nobuyuki Idei has also served in a number of other advisory positions including as counselor to the Bank of Japan, member of Japan’s national IT Strategy Council, and vice-chairman of Nippon Keidanren.Nobuyuki Idei received a bachelor of science degree in economics and politics from Waseda University in Tokyo.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Manufacturing, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Corporate Round, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, France, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $4.5M–$31M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Pyrenee — Pyrenee provides traffic data collection and analysis in addition to developing, producing, and selling AI driving aids. The addition of an AI driving assistance system to existing vehicles. It improves safe driving and reduces traffic accidents as a capable driver's assistant.
  • Antescofo — Antescofo is the mariage of world-class R&D and Business endeavours. Their technology is the result of 7+ years of R&D in the world’s largest laboratory dedicated to Music and Technology, IRCAM in Paris, and public experience with the most important musicians and orchestras around the world. The principle? Through Intelligent MachineListening, they recognize how humans perform music in real-time and use that information to synchronize content and provide an immersive experience! Antescofo was incorporated in July 2016 and based in Paris, France.
  • Stake Technologies — Stake Technologies is a technology company that provides blockchain solutions to enterprises.
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Royston Tay
Angel · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 1 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

Royston Tay is Co-Founder & CEO at Zopim. He is GM of Chat at Zendesk.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Singapore, Germany, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $747k–$3.3M; Pre-Seed $200k–$1.9M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ottodot — Master every Science & Math concept through Ottodot Online Tuition. Designed based on the Singapore MOE syllabus with experienced MOE teachers. For kids 5-12 year olds.
  • ByteGenie — ByteGenie is a Symbolic AI platform that discovers explainable business logic from operational data and executes deterministic business workflows.
  • eaze — We're helping people sleep better by offering a long-term, cheaper and healthier (digital) alternative to sleep supplements like Melatonin and sleeping pills. Our approach is based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and in our app, users are in close contact with their own, personal sleep coach, who will help them establish routines andbuild long-term, healthy sleep habits.
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James Tan
Angel · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 1 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

James Tan is Managing Partner at Quest Ventures, a top venture capital fund in Asia. Prior to this, James was co-founder and COO of 55tuan, a NASDAQ listed e-commerce group that grew to more than 200 cities and 5,000 employees across China.James is a board member or angel investor in top tier startups in Asia such as 99.co, Carousell, Carro,Ethis, Glife, and Shopback.James serves on several non-profit organisations. He is Chairman of the Social Impact Catalyst – Southeast Asia’s largest youth network for social impact. He is a board member on the Applied Innovation Institute – global leaders in industries, government, and academia for business transformation; and Sports Excellence Business – helping athletes excel with life after sport transition. He is a former Chairman of the Action Community for Entrepreneurship – Singapore’s national voice for entrepreneurship; and former Chairman of the Business Angel Network of Southeast Asia – Asia’s oldest angel investment network.He has been guest speaker at Asia-focused and private equity events such as ITB Berlin, Private Equity Insights, Stanford-PARC Digital Cities, SWITCH, and World Islamic Economic Forum. He has guest lectured at universities including Fudan, IE, NTU, Tsinghua, and UC Berkeley.James was recognised as an outstanding overseas Chinese by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council of China. He is a recipient of the Alumni Award from the University of South Australia. He received scholarships from both Beijing and Singapore governments for his MBA from Tsinghua University in partnership with MIT. During the first dot-com era, he studied and dropped out of computer science at NUS to work on two-sided markets.For leisure, James enjoys photography and has been featured in ComputerWorld, Readers’ Digest, and commercially represented by Liaison Agency. He backpacks Asia and volunteers in marine conservation as a PADI scuba-diving instructor.Accurate as of Jan 2024

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Internet, Automotive
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Singapore, Vietnam, Kazakhstan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $150k–$3.5M
  • Lead/follow: 55% lead, 45% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Burpple — Burpple - great food and local experiences, where people gatherFounded in Silicon Valley by three Singaporeans, Burpple was launched in May 2012 with a mission to help people find the perfect places to enjoy their meals with the people that matter. Three years on, Burpple is now the food discovery platform of choice in Singapore and KualaLumpur. Powered by over two million photo reviews from the community, in 2015 alone, over four million people used Burpple to discover great places to eat – be it for first date, a quick meal nearby, brunch with friends, or a family celebration. We believe that food has a special bonding power, and the idea at the core of our company is simple: enjoyment.Burpple is supported by leading international venture capitalists, Tembusu Partners, SPH Media Fund, Triumph Capital, Silicon Straits, Neoteny Labs, QuestVC, NUS Enterprise and Brad Porteus. For more information, visit www.burpple.com.
  • NodeFlair — NodeFlair aims to help tech talents make better career decisions through jobs, salaries, reviews, company insights, and more
  • Spiking — Spiking, founded by Dr. Clemen Chiang, PhD. is the No. 1 stock market trading, cryptocurrency, options trading AI data platform for legal insider trading.
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Yiping Goh
Angel · 1 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

Yiping Goh

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $900k–$6.6M; Series A $4.6M–$7M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MAKMUR — MAKMUR is a start-up that provides technology-based investment app to help Indonesians plan their financial goals and invest for the long term easily, safely, and sustainably.
  • ByteGenie — ByteGenie is a Symbolic AI platform that discovers explainable business logic from operational data and executes deterministic business workflows.
  • Chain Debrief — Chain Debrief aims to inform, educate, and connect the global investment community through our crypto guides, news, analyses, and opinion pieces.
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Huang Shao Ning
Angel · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 1 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

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

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Advice
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $614k–$1.5M; Series A $2.1M–$4.2M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Homage — Homage provides non-medical and medical services to seniors and adults. Their services include disability assessments, activities of daily living assistance, nursing procedures, and rehabilitation services, including physiotherapy, speech therapy, and occupational therapy. They also provide health screening, mobile medicine, telemedicine,ambulance, and medication delivery services.
  • 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.
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William Heinecke
Angel · 1 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

William Heinecke - CEO & Chairman @ Minor International

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, Travel, Hospitality
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HotelQuickly — 1.5 million users. More than 200,000 hotels. Destinations in every corner of the globe. Since its founding, HotelQuickly has made traveler’s lives easier by providing a simple, stress-free way to book cheap hotel rooms last minute.In December 2012, five visionaries joined forces to give birth to a new idea that would change the way you travel.Out of the minds of Tomas Laboutka, Christian Mischler, Michal Juhas, Mario Peng and Raphael Cohen came mobile booking website and app HotelQuickly.The following March, they launched publicly in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. Within less than a year, they had expanded to Vietnam, Cambodia, and Macau, as well as overseas to Australia and New Zealand, making HotelQuickly the first to provide last-minute mobile-only hotel booking on the two continents.In the years since, they have expanded throughout Asia and then all across the globe, with headquarters in Hong Kong and Bangkok and offices throughout the region. In 2016, HotelQuickly acquired and fully integrated Japanese app Tonight. And that’s just the start of what’s to come.Since their founding, they have raised a total of $US 5.6 million in investor funding, which they have used to make hotel bookers’ experiences as fantastic as possible. Their innovation and rapid growth has been featured by media outlets such as TechCrunch, Forbes, CBS, NBC, TechInAsia, TheNextWeb, Yahoo, and Tnooz.
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Zhenzhen Sun
Angel · 1 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

Zhenzhen Sun - Partner @ Proxima Ventures Ltd

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Hospitality, Marketplace, Real Estate
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Travelio — Temukan akomodasi yang cocok untuk liburan bersama keluarga, sahabat maupun urusan bisnis di www.travelio.com. Lebih luas, lebih nyaman dan lebih seru. Cek www.travelio.com
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Chihiro Asano
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

Chief Technology Officer at Money Forward.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $3M–$14M; Angel $733k–$3.2M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HERP — HERP is a recruitment management platform.
  • Issues — Issues provides development and management of web service issues that solve the problems.
  • Luup — Luup is Japan's #1 e-scooter and e-bike sharing service provider. Luup currently operates in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Yokohama, while planning to expand to other cities all over Japan. The service is based on a high-density port network, where anyone can rent and return to their original fleets.
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Lim Der Shing
Angel · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 1 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

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

  • Industry: Internet, Wellness, Health Care
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$894k; Series A $2M–$4.2M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Homage — Homage provides non-medical and medical services to seniors and adults. Their services include disability assessments, activities of daily living assistance, nursing procedures, and rehabilitation services, including physiotherapy, speech therapy, and occupational therapy. They also provide health screening, mobile medicine, telemedicine,ambulance, and medication delivery services.
  • 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!
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Paul Kuo
Angel · 1 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

Paul Kuo - Director - Board of Directors @ Tamecco

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Reservations, Travel, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $43M–$43M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Fun — Fun is a sightseeing entertainment company that makes the world even more of a fun place.
  • Tabinaka — Tabinaka is a Japanese booking & reservation platform for overseas tours and travel activities.
  • Fun Group — Hello! We are Fun Group (formally Tabinaka) and we are Japan's first Travel and Leisure startup offering unique tours and experiences. We currently offer experiences in 7 different locations globally.
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Yusuke Sato
Angel · 1 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

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

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Toivo Annus
Angel · Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia · 1 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Singapore, United States, Estonia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 37
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$3M; Series A $2M–$6M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Salv — Smart AML solutions. Detect and mitigate money laundering risks through advanced transaction monitoring, sanction screening, and KYC risk scoring.
  • Enview — Enview offers the next generation of Geospatial Analytics Software and GEOINT technology for energy companies and governments to protect their critical infrastructure.
  • GOSU Data Lab — Try the World`s first game voice assistant to master the game effortlessly. Learn more - how it works and how can it help you.
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Turner Novak
Angel · Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States · 1 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

Turner Novak is a Investor at Banana Capital.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Canada, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 86
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$11M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.5M; Series A $7.9M–$110M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mentava — Our mission is to give options to kids whose learning needs aren't being met. Our first product teaches preschoolers to read.
  • howie — Howie is an AI calendar secretary for email, SMS, iMessage, Gmail, and Google Calendar. He books meetings, protects focus time, follows up, and handles reminders.
  • Millie — Millie is a new kind of maternity clinic. Built by moms and providers who’ve been there.
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Kotaro Chiba
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Information Technology, Travel
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 69
  • Round size: Seed $700k–$30M; Series A $13M–$75M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

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 Japan's #1 e-scooter and e-bike sharing service provider. Luup currently operates in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Yokohama, while planning to expand to other cities all over Japan. The service is based on a high-density port network, where anyone can rent and return to their original fleets.
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Teddy Himler
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

Teddy Himler is the Founder and Managing Partner of Optimist Ventures. He was the Principal of Comcast Ventures. He studied at Harvard University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: News, FinTech, Fitness
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Singapore, Pakistan, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $3M–$8.5M; Series A $10M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 71% lead, 29% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ora — ORA specializes in direct-to-patient healthcare transformation. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Singapore.
  • Onsite Pro — Join the green workforce America needs now
  • COLABS — Colabs is Pakistan’s fastest growing flexible workspace. Our community today has 1000 seats and over 100 companies across multiple facilities in Lahore. COLABS has a network of 100+ ecosystem partners across universities, VC funds, corporates, government and industry leaders. COLABS is constantly innovating, creating new work experiences, andredefining the future of work in Pakistan. Our mission is to knit together a community of 100,000 entrepreneurs across Pakistan.
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Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

Nobuhiro Ariyasu is the CEO at Coach United.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Content, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 52
  • Round size: Seed $628k–$43M; Angel $420k–$7.1M; Series A $1.3M–$354M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Grafto — Grafto operates “Mylo Magazine,” a platform dedicated to sharing and promoting trend culture, where readers can explore the latest developments in lifestyle, fashion, art, and emerging cultural movements through engaging and curated content.
  • FLASH — FLASH is an entertainment and technology startup.
  • OPERA TECH — OPERA Lead is a sales-focused AI web chatbot service from Opera Technology that turns websites into 24/7 "exhibit booths" for lead generation.It deploys AI sales assistants on existing sites (via simple tag embedding, no redesign needed) to engage the 99% of visitors who don't convert via inbound methods alone. Key capabilitiesinclude direct booking of meetings, guiding users to whitepapers/webinars, and targeted lead qualification for efficient deal progression.
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Kiyohiro Sugashita
Angel · 1 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

Mr. Sugashita joined Polaris as Advisor in May 2011. He is Director and CEO of Sugashita Partners, Ltd since 1998 and provides consulting services to financial institutions and ventures in and outside of Japan. Prior to that position, he was CEO of Lazard Japan Asset Management from 1991 to 1998. His business career also includes positions at DaiwaSecurities and Merrill Lynch Securities, Tokyo Branch. On the academic front, Mr. Sugashita received a BA in Economics from Ritsumeikan University and since 2009 is Special Advisor for the Dean of Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Marketing, Travel, Reservations
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $8.5M–$45M; Series A $14M–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • G-Next — G NEXT is an Information Technology based company.
  • Fun — Fun is a sightseeing entertainment company that makes the world even more of a fun place.
  • Tabinaka — Tabinaka is a Japanese booking & reservation platform for overseas tours and travel activities.
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Sean Chong
Angel · 1 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

Sean Chong is an individual investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: B2B, Travel, Hospitality
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Trip Affiliates Network — At Trip Affiliates Network, we provide hospitality and travel solutions to increase your direct bookings and operation efficiency.
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Shintaro Yamada
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Finance, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$28M; Angel $320k–$3.7M; Pre-Seed $510k–$4.9M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AssetHub — AssetHub is an AI-powered 3D modeling tool that enables game developers to create and edit 3D assets 100 times faster, enabling mass production of content and combining AI with manual work, enabling faster prototyping and editing.
  • Peach Cars — Buy or sell your car in Nairobi-Kenya with ease. Browse a wide range of vehicles, connect with trusted sellers, and find the perfect car today. Simple, fast, and secure transactions.
  • AnotherBall — AnotherBall is a blockchain startup that combines entertainment and blockchain.
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Tim Draper
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Asia Hospitality startups, 18 in the past 12 months

Tim Draper is the Founding Partner of Draper Associates. He attended Harvard Business School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 298
  • Round size: Seed $356k–$6.5M; Series A $2.5M–$25M; Series B $3M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CASIMIR
  • illumicell AI — illumicell AI combines patented AI algorithms and proprietary microscopy technology to test 50x faster, 20x more effectively, empowering every healthcare provider at the point of care – not just fertility clinics – with accessible, scalable fertility diagnostics.
  • SignalRank — SignalRank Corporation is a FinTech company in the Venture space. It focuses on the seed stage asset class and uses data analytics to allocate capital to the best seed fund managers for their top performing companies. GPRank and CompanyRank are two proprietary algorithms it leverages to automate capital allocation. The company invests from balancesheet. Its customers are seed stage investors with outstanding companies in their portfolio.
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Saurabh Gupta
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

Saurabh Gupta is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at DST Global.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series C
  • Geography: United States, India, Colombia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 59
  • Round size: Seed $3.2M–$20M; Series A $7.9M–$25M; Series C $7M–$150M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Lava — The financial platform for bitcoin. Spend globally with Lava Card while earning bitcoin back, borrow against your bitcoin, earn on dollars, and more.
  • Slikk — Slikk is a fashion brand that aims to deliver value within seconds and drip within minutes
  • Harvey — Harvey is an artificial intelligence technology service provider.
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Hideto Fujino
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

Hideto Fujino - President, Cheif Investment Officer @ Rheos

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, Reservations, Real Estate
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $233k–$43M; Series A $8M–$38M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HOMMA — Inspired Modern Living. Homes to elevate healthy urban lifestyles. Design. Build. Technology.
  • Unito — Unito is a hospitality firm that offers lodging and accommodation facilities.
  • 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.
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Michimasa Naka
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

Michimasa Naka is a member of the Board Of Directors of istyle.inc. He is an experienced Chairperson with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Reservations, Task Management, CRM
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$43M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dofa — Dofa aims to develop services that enrich the way of life and work of human resources that are active mainly in sales.
  • Fun — Fun is a sightseeing entertainment company that makes the world even more of a fun place.
  • Tabinaka — Tabinaka is a Japanese booking & reservation platform for overseas tours and travel activities.
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Jaewoong Lee
Angel · Busan, Pusan-jikhalsi, South Korea · 1 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

Jaewoong Lee is based out of Busan, Pusan-jikhalsi, and is the Founder of Socar. Jaewoong previously worked at Daum Communications as a Founder.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: News, SaaS, Beauty
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Vietnam, South Korea, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Byline — BYLINE is a London-based crowdfunding journalism startup that enables journalists and bloggers to directly reach their readers. Writers can contribute regularly to a particular topic and stand the chance of getting paid per article or per month while interacting with their readers through Supporter’s Café and offer them special rewards to encouragepayment. Byline was founded by Seung Yoon Lee and Daniel Tudor in January 2007 and is based in London, England.
  • Beaubble — beauty + bubble = beaubble [byoo-buhl]
  • Cohost AI — Cohost Club is a community of professional co-hosts and busy hosts. Thousands of co-hosts around the world can help manage your properties and short term rental business. Download our app and start renting today
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Axel Peyriere
Angel · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 1 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

Startups - Mentoring - Advising - Emerging Markets. I am a enthusiastic entrepreneur and angel investor working with startups all around the world. Have worked / mentored / coached / partnered / invested in more than 200 startups around the world. Specially keen on online marketplaces and emerging and frontier markets.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Delivery, E-Commerce, Retail
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Egypt, Nepal, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$4.7M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Appetito — Domain name Appetito.com is a tantalizing blend of appetite and Italian flair, evoking images of delicious cuisine and a zest for life. With only 8 letters, it is short, memorable, and easy to spell, making it ideal for a wide range of star
  • Zazu — Zazu is a neobank for African SMEs, offering seamless banking tools, cash flow automation, and real-time insights. Zazu simplifies finance management in one all-in-one solution.
  • Treepz — Treepz is using technology to help people move efficiently in Africa. Be it for daily, inter-city or corporate commutes, users can book predictable, reliable and comfortable trips through a world-class, demand-responsive app all at the tap of a button.Treepz was founded in 2019 and operates in 4 African countries including Nigeria, Ghana, Ugandaand Kenya. It is headquartered in Ontario, Canada.
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Yu Akasaka
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Farouk Kadous
Angel · Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt · 1 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

Farouk Kadous is a Limited Partner of Chapter One.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Shipping, Software
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Egypt, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • naqla — Fill in your shipment's details and get an immediate quote.
  • SOKNA — SOKNA is Egypt’s first end-to-end funeral service providing your loved ones with care and respect at the completion of their life’s journey.
  • Tablevibe — No setup fees, no fixed costs, no commission. Take direct orders on your own website and social media channels. Save on third-party commissions and get full access to all your customers' data. Build your customer databases and grow your business.
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William Hockey
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

William Hockey is based out of San Francisco, California and is the Co-CEO of Column and also Member Board of Directors of Scale. He previously worked at Bain & Company as an Associate. William Hockey attended Emory University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Software, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Pakistan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 57
  • Round size: Seed $2.1M–$12M; Series A $7M–$34M; Series B $14M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Town — Town Assistant operates behind the scenes, managing everything from busywork to big ideas.
  • Vooma — Vooma is a back-office automation platform that enables automated order entry for brokers and carriers.
  • Double — AI-powered, ledger-integrated close management for accounting firms and teams. Automate manual work, gain real-time visibility, and close the books faster.
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Goshi Yamaguchi
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

Goshi Yamaguchi

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Digital Media, Food and Beverage, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ReadHub — ReadHub is a Information technology , Planning, development and management of Internet media and applications company.
  • 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.
  • ZAZA — ZAZA is focus to make the world where people can respect each other even thought they have a different culture and belief.
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Yoshida Yukihiro
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

Former executive director of Gulliver International (currently IDOM), one of the few hyper-growth companies in Japan that made public public public in four years and achieved 10 billion sales in 10 years. He held a role in charge of FC business, management strategy, marketing, human resources, education, IT and finance.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Hospitality, Reservations, Media and Entertainment
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Fun — Fun is a sightseeing entertainment company that makes the world even more of a fun place.
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Alexander Rittweger
Angel · Munich, Bayern, Germany · 1 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

Alexander Rittweger is a Board Member & Lead Investo at ALOHA. He attended University of Mannheim.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, iOS, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Bangladesh, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$8M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kapu — Your favorite supermarket on every street.
  • Arogga — Arogga App is the first Bangladeshi app that brought healthcare system to your doorstep. Easy and efficient. With a click of a button, upload your prescription and we will ensure safe delivery of your medicine at earliest possible time.
  • Frequenz — Frequenz empowers developers with innovative tools to orchestrate Decentralized Energy Resources (DERs) efficiently. Join us revolutionizing the way the world manages power.
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Mamoru Taniya
Angel · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 1 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

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

  • 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.
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Yang Bin Kwok
Angel · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 1 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

Yang Bin Kwok

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Singapore, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $747k–$3.3M; Pre-Seed $200k–$730k
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Upmesh — Upmesh provides e-commerce functionality for live commerce merchants on social media.
  • ByteGenie — ByteGenie is a Symbolic AI platform that discovers explainable business logic from operational data and executes deterministic business workflows.
  • RaRa Delivery — GACOR77 hadir sebagai situs slot gacor pilihan para suhu veteran. Nikmati sensasi main anti-mainstream, peluang menang tinggi, dan bocoran pola paling akurat!
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Hidekazu Watanabe
Angel · 1 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

Hidekazu Watanabe

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sales, Video, Travel
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $800k–$1.1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • EXest — EXest is aTokyo-based inbound travel promotion startup .The company provides the WOW U platform that connects inbound visitors to Japan with licensed interpreters and tour guides in addition to WOWU-media offering potential visitors to Japan with video clips introducing must-visit spots and popular local souvenirs on Facebook.
  • LOOV — LOOV is a video platform that helps in creating professional and data-driven videos for salesmen and marketers to boost conversion metrics.
  • Mantra — MANTRA is a developer of machine translation technology.
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Tian Gu
Angel · 1 investments in Asia Hospitality startups

Tian Gu

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Hospitality, Marketplace, Real Estate
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Travelio — Temukan akomodasi yang cocok untuk liburan bersama keluarga, sahabat maupun urusan bisnis di www.travelio.com. Lebih luas, lebih nyaman dan lebih seru. Cek www.travelio.com
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