Top 20 Hospitality Angel Investors in Singapore (September 2026)

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.

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–$2.4M
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.
Quincus — Quincus builds the optimization and simulation core that physical networks run on. Ports, air cargo, freight, and healthcare logistics.
Edit Suits Co. — London tailors, offering mens bespoke tailored suits and tuxedos, tailored pants, and tailored shirts. For business or wedding - Best quality and affordable.

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Investment focus

Industry: Hotel, Hospitality, Information Technology
Stage:Seed
Geography: Singapore

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

K Hotel — K Hotel is a Singapore-based hospitality firm.

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Vincenzo De Falco

Investment focus

Industry: Finance, Venture Capital, Asset Management
Stage:Seed, Private Equity
Geography: Italy

Investor stats

Total investments: 2
Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

Green Arrow Capital — Piattaforma indipendente italiana leader negli investimenti alternativi.
BUTLER — BUTLER is a bespoke asset, property and lifestyle management company in Singapore that strives to free up time for working professionals.

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Louise Daley, Deputy CEO of AccorHotels Asia Pacific, has over 28 years’ experience in the Hospitality and Tourism industry in the region. In her current role, Louise is responsible for the financial oversight and management of over 760 hotels with turnover in excess of €3bn, as well as the non-hotel businesses encompassing vacation ownership,lounge management and subscription loyalty. Louise is on the Board of the group’s various joint venture businesses including Huazhu Hotels Group, AAK Korea, InterGlobe Hotels and Reef Casino. With responsibility also for Business Intelligence and Analytics, Digital platforms and IT, Louise has a key focus on growing businesses opportunities across Asia Pacific through digital transformation and partnerships.Her previous roles have included CEO for Accor Plus, Accor’s loyalty subscription program in Asia Pacific; CFO for Accor in the Pacific region; and CFO for Asia. She most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Asia Pacific since June 2015. Louise completed her Executive MBA at SMU Singapore, has a Diploma in Hospitality and Catering Management, a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) and is a Certified Practicing Accountant (CPA). She has lived and worked in Australia, Thailand, and briefly in Japan, and has been based in Singapore since 2011. She is also a regular speaker and panellist at industry events, and is a member of both the Australian and Singaporean Institute of Company Directors.

Investment focus

Industry: Sensor, Big Data, Payments
Stage:Seed, Angel
Geography: Australia, Singapore

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

Limepay — Limepay allows merchants to integrate an online payments platform with their own branding, and to add their own buy-now-pay-later functionality if they wish.
Lumitics — Our food waste solution allows you to track food wastage seamlessly without change to your current hospitality and Aviation kitchen workflow.

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Rajesh Yohannan is based out of Sydney, New South Wales and is the CEO of Axi. Rajesh previously worked at OANDA Corporation as Managing Director and CEO of OANDA Asia Pacific. Rajesh Yohannan attended the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta.

Investment focus

Industry: FinTech, Software, Analytics
Stage:Seed
Geography: India, Singapore

Investor stats

Total investments: 3
Round size: Seed $15k–$1M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

EzCred — EzCred is a lending platform used by businesses to offer EMI credit options to its customers
Pitstop — Pitstop offers general repair and maintenance services for cars through its doorstep service vehicles. It features an online platform delivering a one-stop solution for all car care needs and provides quality, economical, and convenient car service. Pitstop was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
TabSquare — Look to the future of the F&B industry - Tabsquare's POS integrated online restaurant system increases hospitality profitability through AI Technology.

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Wilfred Fan - Chief Commercial Officer @ Klook

Investment focus

Industry: Boating, Hospitality, Real Estate
Stage:Pre-Seed
Geography: Singapore

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

BUTLER — BUTLER is a bespoke asset, property and lifestyle management company in Singapore that strives to free up time for working professionals.

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Ashok Bhagwandas Melwani served as the Chief Executive Officer of A. B. Melwani. Melwani has been an Outside Director of Sumida Corp since April 2003. He served as a Non-Executive Director of Insas Bhd since November 29, 2004 until Marhc 2009. Melwani has very wide experience in marketing lifestyle products in both retail and restaurant operations,corporate planning and strategy and joint-venture start-up in regional markets

Investment focus

Industry: Hotel, Hospitality, Rental Property
Stage:Seed
Geography: Singapore

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

MetroResidences — Stay smart with affordable, convenient and quality Serviced Apartments at MetroResidences located in Singapore, Tokyo and Hong Kong. Book online now.

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Co-CIO @ Phillip Capital Management

Investment focus

Industry: Hotel, Events, Coworking
Stage:Seed, Series B
Geography: Malaysia, Singapore

Investor stats

Total investments: 2
Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

WORQ — Move-in ready, fully-furnished offices for individuals and companies of all sizes. Award-winning Coworking Space: 24/7 access and LRT/MRT accessible.
MetroResidences — Stay smart with affordable, convenient and quality Serviced Apartments at MetroResidences located in Singapore, Tokyo and Hong Kong. Book online now.

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Teck Moh Phey is cofounder at AngelCentral.

Investment focus

Industry: Hotel, Hospitality, Rental Property
Stage:Seed
Geography: Singapore

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

MetroResidences — Stay smart with affordable, convenient and quality Serviced Apartments at MetroResidences located in Singapore, Tokyo and Hong Kong. Book online now.

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Sean Chong is an individual investor.

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

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

Investment focus

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

Investor stats

Total investments: 323
Round size: Seed $356k–$5.9M; Series A $2.5M–$25M; Series B $3M–$50M
Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% 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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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.

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.
iMoney Group — iMoney Malaysia is a leading financial comparison aggregator, where you can compare & apply online for credit cards, personal loans, broadband & insurance.

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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.

Investment focus

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

Investor stats

Total investments: 9
Round size: Seed $578k–$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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Wing Vasiksiri

Investment focus

Industry: Social, Blockchain, Mobile Apps
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
Geography: Singapore, Thailand, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 12
Round size: Seed $850k–$6M
Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

CHOYS — CHOYS is a holistic wellness subscription platform for organizations and employees that strives to offer every employee with access to benefits and impact that are tailored to their individual requirements, with the goal of making work more humanized and meaningful. CHOYS is headquartered in Singapore, Central Region and was founded in 2022.
WeGoWhere — Discover things to do with your favorite people. Sync plans with your friends so you never miss out. Know where your friends are doing today, this week or next and join their plans IRL.
Beep Technologies — Beep is creating a universal, modular platform bridging the physical and digital divide, powering smart, contextual & interoperable connectivity across physical touchpoints whilst ensuring true customer privacy by leveraging on decentralised technology.

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Yiping Goh

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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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

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.
Dolbom Dream — Dolbom Dream develops smart products to assist the daily lives of families with developmentally disabled children. An online inquiry form is available on the company's website.
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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Farouk Kadous is a Limited Partner of Chapter One.

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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Yang Bin Kwok

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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