# Top 30 Hospitality Startup Investors in Hong Kong in June 2026 ## SOSV - Type: VC Fund - Location: Princeton, New Jersey, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates. HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment. ## MindWorks Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology MindWorks Capital invests in and empowers Asia's most promising entrepreneurs to establish transformative businesses. MindWorks manages capital for university endowments, global asset managers, fund of funds, family offices, and Asia's top new economy innovators. ## Gree - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Mobile, Gaming, Internet Gree is a Japanese internet media company that provides mobile social networking, and mobile technology services for its users. Gree shares development and operational expertise across all its studios as Gree always works to create new game models for its customers. ## Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence The Entrepreneurs Fund is a not-for-profit initiative launched by Alibaba Group in 2015 to help entrepreneurs and young graduates realize their dreams and vision. Two separate funds have been set up in Hong Kong and Taiwan respectively to support specific programs in each place. ## Clearmind Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Hospitality, Real Estate, Travel Accommodations Clearmind Capital is an investment office specialized in diverse alternative investment strategies, private equity investments, and venture capital. Their deal flow stems from their global network of co-investors, strategic partners, entrepreneurs, partner ventures and accelerators. They proactively bring strategic partners to support the growth oftheir portfolio companies, enabling them to build competitive advantages to overcome challenges and capture opportunities. ## Boon Hwee Koh - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services Boon Hwee is the founding partner of Credence and Chairman of the investment committee. Concurrently, Boon Hwee is a member of Agilent Technologies Inc, Chairman of AAC Technologies, Yeo Hiap Seng Limited, and Sunningdale Tech Limited.Boon Hwee began his career in 1977 at Hewlett Packard ("HP") and rose to become its Managing Directorin Singapore, a position he held from 1985 to 1990. Boon Hwee's other previous positions include:Chairman of Singapore Telecom Group ("SingTel") and its predecessor organisations for 17 yearsChairman of Singapore Airlines Limited ("SIA") for 4 yearsChairman of Development Bank of Singapore ("DBS") for 4 yearsDirector on the Board of Temasek Holdings Private Limited for 15 years (Boon Hwee also served as a member of the Executive Committee from January 1997 to September 2010)Chairman of the Wuthelam Group for 10 yearsBoon Hwee was named the Outstanding Manager of the Year in 1991 by Business Times and DHL Worldwide. He was conferred The International Herald Tribune Visionary and Leader Honour in January 2003.Boon Hwee contributes actively to non-profit organisations, and is the current Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Nanyang Technological University and a Director of the Hewlett Foundation in the United States.Boon Hwee obtained his Bachelor's Degree (First Class Honours) in Mechanical Engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London in 1972 and his MBA (Distinction) from the Harvard Business School in 1976. ## Prism Venture Management - Type: VC Fund - Location: Needham, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series C, Series B - Focus: Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology Prism Ventureworks has 5 funds with $1.25 billion in investments. Their most recent fund is for $250M which was raised in June 2005.Each of their team members focuses on different industry sectors within technology and life sciences. These industry sectors in technology include the digital living, wireless, mobile and telecommunicationsmarkets, as well as promising opportunities in next-generation data centers and on-demand and security applications. In life sciences, we focus on medical devices, therapeutics and breakthrough diagnostics. ## CN Innovations - Type: VC Fund - Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Energy, Medical, Biopharma For more than 90 years, Chung Nam has been a platform for realizing meaningful aspirations. At CN Innovations, we aim to create a better world through meaningful technological innovations. ## Capital Union Investments - Type: VC Fund - Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, Genetics, Software Capital Union Investments is a leader in private investment for early stage, growth, mezzanine, and pre-IPO capital. Headquartered in Hong Kong; and with offices in China and the US, the Firm's investment philosophy has been to create value by identifying leaders and innovators, whose businesses that can be developed in Asia. Our approach ofproviding unique investment insights, local knowledge and value-added operating capabilities, differentiates us from many traditional private investment funds. ## Gobi Partners GBA - Type: VC Fund - Location: Central and Western, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Biotechnology, Solar, Energy Gobi Partners is an Asia-focused VC backing early to growth stage startups. US$1.6B AUM, 400+ companies, 75 exits. Strategic guidance, founder network available. ## Welight Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology Welight Capital is an investment firm that invests in enterprise services, B2B, e-commerce, finance, education, new retail companies. ## Radiant Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet of Things, Information Technology, Big Data Radiant Tech Ventures Ltd., based in Hong Kong and licensed with the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong to carry on Type 9 (asset management) regulated activities. Radiant manages the Radiant Tech Ventures Fund LP which is a co-investment fund of HK Government's ITVF Corporation. ## Innovation and Technology Venture Fund - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence The HK$2 billion ITVF was set up by the Hong Kong Government with a view to creating a vibrant local innovation and technology eco-systems ## Viktor Khristenko - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Rental, Software, Hospitality Viktor Khristenko ## Ant Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Information Technology, Financial Services, Internet Ant Group aims to create the infrastructure and platform to support the digital transformation of the service industry. They strive to enable all consumers and small businesses to have equal access to financial and other services that are inclusive, green and sustainable. ## Phillip Private Equity - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Hospitality, Software, Machine Learning Phillip Private Equity Pte Ltd is one of the leading private equity firms in Singapore. They manage 3 funds with over S$450 million in committed capital. They provide capital in the form of equity and debt, to innovative enterprises across select stages, sectors and geographies. They work closely with Their investee companies to accelerate theirgrowth and help them achieve their potential. Their goal is to create businesses with lasting and significant value. ## Gobi Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Internet Gobi Partners is an Asia-focused VC backing early to growth stage startups. US$1.6B AUM, 400+ companies, 75 exits. Strategic guidance, founder network available. ## Eduard Tiktinskiy - Type: Angel - Location: Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg City, Russian Federation - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Rental, Software, Hospitality Edward Tiktinsky is the Founder and President of RBI. He attended Leningrad State Polytechnic Institute. ## Sergey Bugorsky - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Rental, Hospitality, Housekeeping Service Sergey Bugorsky is an individual investor. ## 500 TukTuks - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mountain View, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce 500 TukTuks is a $15M USD micro-fund focused on promising Thai startups. Key to the fund’s operations and with a particular focus on fashion, beauty and ecommerce opportunities in Thailand and South East Asia, Sapprasert has been pivotal in investing in some 48 startups in her two years there. ## Swiss Founders Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Saint Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce Swiss Founders Fund is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Switzerland. We invest CHF 100k-300k in Pre-Seed and Seed stage startups globally. ## William Heinecke - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Mobile, Travel, Hospitality William Heinecke - CEO & Chairman @ Minor International ## Velocity Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Food and Beverage, Software, Hospitality At Velocity Ventures, we invest in visionary entrepreneurs who are reshaping the Travel & Hospitality sector in Southeast Asia. We focus on Seed to Series A stage growth companies across the Transportation, Travel Services, Accommodation, Food & Beverage and Retail & Experiences sub-sectors. Our team consists of a unique mix of Travel& Hospitality sector specialists & successful entrepreneurs with 13 decades of combined operating and investing experience, coupled with a deep, value-added network in Asia.If you are the founder of a growing start-up with great potential in the Travel & Hospitality sector in SE Asia, please get in touch at reachus@velocityventures.vc. ## Falcon Partners VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Travel, Cycling, Leisure Falcon Partners is a leading private equity and venture capital investment firm licensed by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) headquartered in Hong Kong with offices in Shenzhen and Shanghai. Founded by former investors at institutions such as Warburg Pincus, Apax Partners, Capital Group, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan, Falcon partners withexceptional management teams to build enduring, category-defining businesses over the long-term by providing value-added capital and strategic support at all stages of the company’s development – from pre-seed to pre-IPO. Returns from our investments have reflected the success of this approach, with portfolio companies backed by Falcon at the pre-seed stage raising over US$500 million in follow on investments at unicorn valuations, and later-stage companies achieving rapid growth across Asia and attaining valuations well north of US$1 billion. Falcon primarily focuses on high impact innovation areas such as AI/machine learning, consumer, e-commerce, education, and pharma life-sciences in the China Greater Bay Area. See less ## Taronga Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Construction, Energy Taronga Ventures is an investment firm that invests in emerging innovation, technology, and business. Taronga Ventures is headquartered in Australia. ## The International Medical - Type: VC Fund - Location: Yau Tsim Mong, Kowloon, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Medical, Hospitality, Biotechnology The International Medical is an investment firm ## Daniil Shuleyko - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Rental, Hospitality, Housekeeping Service Daniil Shuleiko is a director of the Yandex e-commerce business group. ## SpeedPixel Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Wearables, Hospitality, Product Design SpeedPixel's 100% Hong Kong developed SOC IC chip solution revolutionize the wireless video infant monitor products. ## Grosvenor Asia Pacific - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Hospitality, Real Estate, Travel Accommodations Grosvenor Asia Pacific established its first office in Hong Kong in 1994. Since then we have expanded to other key Asian cities, opening offices in Tokyo in 2001 and Shanghai in 2004.In 2014 we celebrated our 20th anniversary in the region. During our time in Asia we have grown from one relatively small office into a full-scale operation withHK$9.4 bn in assets under management (2017).Working closely with strong local partners has been an important factor in our growth. We continue to work with others, combining international knowledge with local expertise to provide high-quality service and value-added returns. We also play an active role in ANREV, the Asian Association for Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate Vehicles. Grosvenor has committed to increasing long-term capital allocation to Asia, given the region’s strong long-term growth prospects. Grosvenor Asia Pacific is leading this expansion in three ways. First, building a luxury residential brand under the Grosvenor banner, differentiated by the quality of our property design and exceptional finishes; secondly, growing a diversified portfolio of core investments in the residential and office sectors; and thirdly, looking further ahead, seeking to develop best-in-class buildings in the central business districts of Shanghai and Hong Kong as high-quality, long-term investments through co-investment partnerships. ## Focus Capital Group Limited - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Wearables, Hospitality, Product Design Investor