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Top 50 Impact Angel Investors in Asia (October 2026)

The most active angel investors investing in Asia Impact startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Asia Impact startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Angel round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Ishara Yusdian
Angel
5 Indonesia, Singapore Seed, Convertible Note, Debt Financing Agriculture, Lifestyle, Waste Management $10k–$1.5M
Edward Ismawan Chamdani
Angel
5 Indonesia, Singapore Seed, Series A, Series B Lifestyle, Agriculture, E-Commerce $500k–$1.2M
Ivan Lee
Angel
3 Singapore Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A Food and Beverage, Beauty, Wellness $1.2M–$3.5M
Mamoru Taniya
Angel
3 Japan, Singapore, Spain Seed, Series A, Angel Apps, Content, FinTech $134k–$10M
Tak Wai Chung
Angel
2 Singapore Seed, Angel Food Processing, Waste Management
Osamu Ogasawara
Angel
2 Japan Angel, Venture - Series Unknown SNS, Content, Fashion
Ken Suzuki
Angel
2 Japan, United States Angel, Venture - Series Unknown SNS, Hotel, Travel $320k–$3.7M
Daisaku Harada
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed Finance, Tourism, Automotive
Toshihiro Inoki
Angel
2 Japan Angel, Venture - Series Unknown SNS, Content, Fashion
David Pardo
Angel
2 Singapore, Australia Seed, Pre-Seed Solar, E-Commerce, B2B $1.3M–$3.2M
Te Ling Nai
Angel
2 Singapore Seed, Angel Food Processing, Waste Management
Yuzuru Honda
Angel
2 Japan, Nigeria, Singapore Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown Information Technology, SNS, Internet $19k–$5.7M
Shintaro Tabata
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Sharing Economy, Audio, Content
Steve Melhuish
Angel
2 Singapore, India, Philippines Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Real Estate, Internet, Software $525k–$7.6M
Patrick Berbon
Angel
2 China, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Solar, Mobile, Automotive $365k–$365k
Shintaro Yamada
Angel
2 Japan, United States, Kenya Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Internet, Finance, Content $251k–$5M
Thibault Villet
Angel
2 China Series A Organic, Organic Food, Sustainability $7.3M–$7.3M
Naruhisa Nakagawa
Angel
2 Japan, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Agriculture, AgTech, Beauty $1M–$4.5M
Boon Hwee Koh
Angel
2 Singapore, United States, China Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown FinTech, Software, Financial Services $268k–$20M
Sunghwan Choi
Angel
2 United States, Hong Kong, South Korea Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, FinTech, Financial Services $1.7M–$15M
Jupiter Barace
Angel
2 Philippines Angel, Pre-Seed Aerospace, CleanTech, Clean Energy
Yoshihiro Yamauchi
Angel
1 Japan Seed Social, E-Commerce, Sustainability
Kotaro Chiba
Angel
1 Japan, United States Seed, Series A Information Technology, Drones, Software
Aso Kaname
Angel
1 Japan Seed Organic, Residential, Waste Management
Qiaoling Wang
Angel
1 China Seed Solar, Energy, Recycling
Freny Firoze Irani
Angel
1 Singapore Series A Robotics, CleanTech, Marketing
Yoshinori Fukushima
Angel
1 Japan, Singapore Seed, Angel, Series A Internet, Software, Marketing $222k–$12M
John Wood
Angel
1 Hong Kong Seed, Series A Retail, Fashion, Children
Albert Wenger
Angel
1 United States, Germany, Switzerland Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Internet, Analytics $650k–$30M
T. Chen Fong
Angel
1 Canada, Singapore, United States Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology
Satish Shankar
Angel
1 Singapore Seed Forestry, Software, Sustainability
Soichiro Kawai
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel Media and Entertainment, Internet, Mobile Apps $35k–$2M
Ramez Naam
Angel
1 United States, Singapore Seed, Series B, Series A Renewable Energy, Energy, Automotive
Richard Eldridge
Angel
1 Philippines Seed Recycling, Sustainability, Waste Management
Ogawa Ryo
Angel
1 Japan Seed Apps, Social, Finance
Sagar Achanta
Angel
1 Philippines Seed Recycling, Sustainability, Waste Management
Hongjia Zhang
Angel
1 China Seed Solar, Energy, Recycling
Benson Tam
Angel
1 China Series A Fashion, Textiles, Smart Cities
Chang Wen Lai
Angel
1 Malaysia Seed Solar
Paco Sandejas
Angel
1 Philippines, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Information Technology, Training, Manufacturing
Shunsuke Masaki
Angel
1 Japan Seed Social, E-Commerce, Sustainability
Lim Tai Tian
Angel
1 Vietnam Pre-Seed Sustainability, Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing
Yoshitsune Ido
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Information Technology, Robotics, Software
Katsunori Sago
Angel
1 Japan, Hong Kong Seed, Series C Sustainability, Robotics, Aerospace
Alice Foo
Angel
1 Singapore Pre-Seed Recycling, Biotechnology, Waste Management
Yu Akasaka
Angel
1 Japan, Australia, Hong Kong Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown Content, Food and Beverage, Internet $28k–$6.2M
Shailesh Rao
Angel
1 India, Singapore, United States Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed E-Commerce, Software, FinTech $500k–$2.2M
Jaewoong Lee
Angel
1 Vietnam, South Korea, United States Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed News, SaaS, Beauty
Taiga Matsuyama
Angel
1 Japan, United States Seed, Angel, Series A Software, Internet, Analytics $250k–$9.2M
Frank Li
Angel
1 China Angel, Series A, Seed B2B, Retail, Internet $425k–$10M
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Ishara Yusdian
Angel · Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia · 5 investments in Asia Impact startups

Investor | Storyologist | Builder

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Agriculture, Lifestyle, Waste Management
  • Stage:Seed, Convertible Note, Debt Financing
  • Geography: Indonesia, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$1M; Debt Financing $200k–$750k; Convertible Note $10k–$1.5M
  • Lead/follow: 89% lead, 11% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Foom — We are an Indonesian-based tech-enabled consumer product startup with mission to aid adult sm*krs move away from combustible sm*kng and encourage people to shift to safer way of consuming nic. No Hassle, No Worries! Switch Now!
  • PasarMIKRO — A B2B aggregated marketplace for agriculture with integrated financing facilities.
  • Gayo Capital — Investing Tomorrow's Winner
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Edward Ismawan Chamdani
Angel · Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia · 5 investments in Asia Impact startups

Managing and Founding Partner of Ideosource Venture Capital, an Indonesia focused venture capital firm dedicated on early-stage to later-stage investments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Lifestyle, Agriculture, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Indonesia, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$1.2M
  • Lead/follow: 64% lead, 36% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Foom — We are an Indonesian-based tech-enabled consumer product startup with mission to aid adult sm*krs move away from combustible sm*kng and encourage people to shift to safer way of consuming nic. No Hassle, No Worries! Switch Now!
  • PasarMIKRO — A B2B aggregated marketplace for agriculture with integrated financing facilities.
  • Gayo Capital — Investing Tomorrow's Winner
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Ivan Lee
Angel · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 3 investments in Asia Impact startups

Ivan Lee - Founder @ Raging Bull

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Beauty, Wellness
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Series A $1.2M–$1.7M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.3M–$3.5M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Grain — Grain is a food experience company that offers Meals On Demand and Catering for any occasion. Meals are crafted by chefs with wholesome ingredients and a whole lot of thoughtfulness.
  • Vanitee — Vanitee is a mobile app to discover new beauty trends and book beauty artists.
  • Golden Moments — Golden Moments produces the food and bakery products. They want to enjoy their products made from the heart, imbuing the value of building meaningful relationships over conversations. They want to bring together like-minded durian lovers who appreciate and treasure the golden moments of relationships.
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Mamoru Taniya
Angel · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 3 investments in Asia Impact 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: 28
  • Round size: Seed $134k–$3M; Angel $137k–$1.3M; Series A $1.8M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • abillion — Find tips for plant-based food & products near you. Join the community to share reviews of restaurants & brands. Raise funds & drive sustainability!
  • 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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Tak Wai Chung
Angel · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 2 investments in Asia Impact startups

Tak Wai CHUNG joined EQT Partners in February 2009 as a Vice President.Tak Wai holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and Mathematics-Economics from Wesleyan University (High Honors, Phi Beta Kappa), and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.Prior to joiningEQT Partners, Tak Wai was with Lehman Brothers for over six years. While at Private Equity in Hong Kong, he focused on making direct investments into China. Before that, he was in the Investment Banking division covering primarily telecommunications, financial institutions and natural resources in both New York and Hong Kong.Tak Wai is a member of the Mid Market Partners Investment Committee and the Greater China II Internal Investment Committee.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food Processing, Waste Management
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Singapore

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Ento Industries — At ENTO INDUSTRIES, food waste is given a new lease of life. Our focus as a biotechnology company is to close the loop on food waste with the help of our army of Black Soldier Flies.
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Osamu Ogasawara
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Asia Impact startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SNS, Content, Fashion
  • Stage:Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • CAMPFIRE — Campfire engages in the planning, development, and operation of a crowd funding platform.They operate the largest cloud funding platform in Japan [CAMPFIRE (campfire)], which supports "whoever wants to start something."The fee is 5% of the domestic level, and about 15,000 projects have collected about $70million in total from over700,000 people.
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Ken Suzuki
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Asia Impact startups

As SmartNews’s Co-CEO, Ken is responsible for its business and corporate operations, as well as its product vision and strategy. Ken co-founded SmartNews with Kaisei Hamamoto in 2012, and has been a member of the board of directors since then. In 2009, he received a Ph.D. in complex systems from the University of Tokyo, where, as a projectresearcher, he continues to study complex systems and the future of the Internet. Ken was honored as a Super Creator by the MITOH Program of the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in 2003. His first book, published in 2013, has been widely read in Japan's academic community, where he's regarded as one of the most significant thinkers about the Internet society.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SNS, Hotel, Travel
  • Stage:Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Angel $320k–$3.7M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Anyplace — Book work-ready furnished apartments for 30+ day stays. No lease, home office setup, high-speed internet, and full price transparency for professionals.
  • CAMPFIRE — Campfire engages in the planning, development, and operation of a crowd funding platform.They operate the largest cloud funding platform in Japan [CAMPFIRE (campfire)], which supports "whoever wants to start something."The fee is 5% of the domestic level, and about 15,000 projects have collected about $70million in total from over700,000 people.
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Daisaku Harada
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Asia Impact startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Tourism, Automotive
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Carstay — Carstay Comfortable Overnight in car or tentdo itCar tripWith guests who want to enjoy.
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Toshihiro Inoki
Angel · Osaka, Osaka, Japan · 2 investments in Asia Impact startups

Graduated from Keio University, Department of Political Science and Law. 1998 Registered as an attorney. 2004: Mitsui & Co., Ltd. was established. Participated as a partner. 2006 Lecturer, Department of Integrated Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science. In 2011, Inoki Law Office was established. Currently Director, Creative CommonsJapan, Outside Director of SAKURA Internet, Representative Director of Cyberbond, Mercari External AuditorHe assumed the position of.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SNS, Content, Fashion
  • Stage:Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • CAMPFIRE — Campfire engages in the planning, development, and operation of a crowd funding platform.They operate the largest cloud funding platform in Japan [CAMPFIRE (campfire)], which supports "whoever wants to start something."The fee is 5% of the domestic level, and about 15,000 projects have collected about $70million in total from over700,000 people.
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David Pardo
Angel · 2 investments in Asia Impact startups

Key lead of international businesses for 18+ years (eBay, PayPal, Mastercard and Blizzard) in eCommerce, Sustainability, Fintech and Gaming by innovating and driving change through Business Strategy, Product Management and UX, Business Operations, Data Management, Retention and Acquisition Marketing management, following five years studying withtop business schools.12+ years of start-up mentoring and investing with a handful of successful exits. Current portfolio value is 3X or 26% IRR.Also built and managed my own start-ups from scratch and/or in a Corporate environment (Joint Venture constructs).​Based in Singapore and worked all over the world (France, UK, US, Korea) but focusing on South-East Asia right now.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Solar, E-Commerce, B2B
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Singapore, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$3.2M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Okra Solar — Okra Solar is an IoT technology solution that enables solar generating communities to share and utilize more energy. It is a plug-and-play smart grid technology that enables rapid electrification for last-mile communities. Using mobile payments, modular grid design, and remote monitoring, they provide utility companies with a low-cost, data-drivensolution to operate solar networks in hard to reach communities. They are on a mission to connect off-grid communities to the modern economy.Okra Solar was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.
  • Pollen — Pollen is your liquidation operating system & AI co-pilot for aged, unsold, obsolete inventory. Avoid business waste and destruction by automating workstreams, unlocking the power of pricing analytics, and empowering teams to take action for more sustainable outcomes.
  • GetSolar — GetSolar (formerly Solar AI) is a reliable solar company in Singapore that makes it easy for property owners to install solar systems with zero upfront cost.
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Te Ling Nai
Angel · 2 investments in Asia Impact startups

Te-Ling Nai is an individual investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food Processing, Waste Management
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Singapore

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Ento Industries — At ENTO INDUSTRIES, food waste is given a new lease of life. Our focus as a biotechnology company is to close the loop on food waste with the help of our army of Black Soldier Flies.
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Yuzuru Honda
Angel · 2 investments in Asia Impact startups

Yuzuru Honda is a Founder & Global CEO of FreakOut.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, SNS, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Nigeria, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $182k–$5.7M; Venture - Series Unknown $19k–$184k
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • IVA — IVA ensures the safety of the market towards the threat of counterfeit goods.
  • Tyms — Tyms online accounting software for your business connects you to your bank, accountant, bookkeeper, and other business apps. Start a free trial today. Also available in Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius and South Africa.
  • ForCreators — ForCreators is a company operating the virtual talent agency ‘NEXAS', with the goal of globalizing Japan's world-class culture such as anime and VTubers.
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Shintaro Tabata
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Asia Impact startups

Shintaro Tabata - Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Sales @ Line

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sharing Economy, Audio, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Voicy — Voicy is a mobile platform that recruits both media personalities and news organizations, the entertainers read the news so users can get the latest info from favorite voices. As it enters the age of IoT, interfaces have begun to evolve into seamless forms, such as AR, that allow to access information without stopping daily lives, but in this era,it has focused on the ear.
  • Carstay — Carstay Comfortable Overnight in car or tentdo itCar tripWith guests who want to enjoy.
  • Telework — Telework is a multi-location workspace that utilizes vacant seats and rooms.
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Steve Melhuish
Angel · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 2 investments in Asia Impact startups

Steve Melhuish is the Founder of Rumah, Co-Founder and Board Director at PropertyGuru Group, Founder and CEO at Planet Rise, Founding Partner at Wavemaker Impact, and an Advisor and Investor at Eco-Business and Ampd Energy. He attended the University of Plymouth and the University of Reading.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Real Estate, Internet, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Singapore, India, Philippines

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$7.6M; Pre-Seed $525k–$1.6M; Series A $2.1M–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Neocrete — Neocrete is a concrete manufacturing company that is involved in the manufacture of resilient and carbon-neutral concrete.
  • Agros — Agros exist to make farming economically viable and environmentally sustainable. The company provides farmers with carbon-reducing and income-increasing products and services, from input to market. Their unique ecosystem approach aggregates different low-carbon technologies, bundled with affordable finance, insurance, advisory and market access.Agros’ mission is to double the income of millions of farmers while reducing 100 megatons of annual carbon emissions.
  • Lhoopa — Making homeownership achievable for every Filipino family.
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Patrick Berbon
Angel · Shanghai, Shanghai, China · 2 investments in Asia Impact startups

Patrick has an extensive background in metallurgy, aerospace, power and cleantech industries. Before co-founding CM Venture Capital, Patrick was a Senior Consultant at Performance Improvement, a risk analysis and management company specialized in power industries. Patrick is an experienced entrepreneur in the advanced materials space. His priorstart-up focuses on advanced nanograin aluminum alloys and its applications, the company was successfully listed on the Toronto Venture Exchange. Before his entrepreneurial ventures, Patrick was a Senior Scientist in Materials Science Division at Rockwell Scientific Inc. Patrick specializes in advanced materials and clean technologies, including renewable electricity generation, biofuels for transportation, green building, clean water, clean air, carbon dioxide emissions reduction, recyclable materials, sustainable foresting and agriculture, and energy efficiency.Patrick obtained Ph.D. from the University of Southern California, M.S. from Tsinghua University (China) and M.S./B.S. from Ecole Centrale de Lyon (France), all in Materials Sciences.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Solar, Mobile, Automotive
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: China, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $365k–$365k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Seeder — Seeder offers zero-cost solar financing solutions for commercial and industrial rooftops and connects these projects to the project investors and structures power purchase agreements to get the building's savings of 10-15% on the electricity. Seeder leverage a diverse network of pre-qualified vendors and has the ability to collect multiplequotes and proposals.Seeder also offers advisory and development services to facilitate on and off-site power purchase transactions for solar and other renewable energy procurement in China. It helps corporations lower their electricity bills by up to 20%, boost their visibility, and reduce their carbon footprint all while achieving their global renewable energy goals
  • Cambridge Touch Technologies Ltd. — UltraTouch is the ultimate in touch technology that goes everywhere you do. Combining advanced piezoelectric materials with sophisticated software.
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Shintaro Yamada
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Asia Impact 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 $251k–$5M; Angel $320k–$3.7M; Pre-Seed $277k–$510k
  • 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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Thibault Villet
Angel · Shanghai, Shanghai, China · 2 investments in Asia Impact startups

Thibault Villet

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Organic, Organic Food, Sustainability
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Series A $7.3M–$7.3M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Zrou — Zrou provides consumers with delicious, healthy, and sustainable meat substitutes, and brings consumers new cooking options.
  • Youkuai — Youkuai is a plant-based protein producer focused on creating innovative plant-based superfoods. Youkuai’s main product is Z-Rou, a plant-based pork alternative that is tasty, and healthier and more sustainable than traditional pork. Z-Rou currently comes in minced and ground formats and is being sold across China.The company is headquartered inShanghai, China and aims to become a global food brand that champions plant-based diets and a brighter future of food.
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Naruhisa Nakagawa
Angel · 2 investments in Asia Impact startups

Naruhisa Nakagawa is a Founder & Chief Investment Officer at Caygan Capital.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Agriculture, AgTech, Beauty
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$4.5M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • RootWave — RootWave is an electronics company that develops tools that kill weeds it enables farmers to control weeds on their farm. Its technology is an alternative substitute for herbicides and other weed control chemicals. The company was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Warwickshire, United Kingdom.
  • Ecolectro — Ecolectro is solving the biggest challenges in making Green Hydrogen. Our alkaline ion-exchange membranes and polymers make clean fuel and decarbonize industry.
  • Sniffer Robotics — Comprehensive methane emissions detection and quantification, advanced imagery and analytics; Sniffer Robotics provides advanced solutions that benefit the environment.
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Boon Hwee Koh
Angel · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 2 investments in Asia Impact 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, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Singapore, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 48
  • Round size: Seed $268k–$5M; Series A $704k–$20M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.5M–$20M
  • 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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Sunghwan Choi
Angel · Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea · 2 investments in Asia Impact startups

Sunghwan Choi

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Hong Kong, South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $1.7M–$5.7M; Series A $5.6M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Jerry — Jerry simplifies the expensive, frustrating, and time-consuming aspects of car ownership.
  • CHAI — CHAI they develops infrastructure technologies to create an efficient digital economy.
  • Sequin — Sequin is building a suite of credit products for women, starting with a debit card that builds credit.
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Jupiter Barace
Angel · 2 investments in Asia Impact startups

Jupiter Barace

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Aerospace, CleanTech, Clean Energy
  • Stage:Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Philippines

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • OrbitX — OrbitX is a Filipino aerospace and research firm. The company's goal is to make spaceflight more inexpensive and sustainable for developing countries by transforming wastes into different types of fuel.
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Yoshihiro Yamauchi
Angel · 1 investments in Asia Impact startups

Yoshihiro Yamauchi is a individual investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Social, E-Commerce, Sustainability
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Gab — Gab is a company that works to solve social problems as well as develops and markets ethical products.
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Kotaro Chiba
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Asia Impact startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Drones, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 65
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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 an Internet Company.
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Aso Kaname
Angel · Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Asia Impact startups

Aso Kaname

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Organic, Residential, Waste Management
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • AlgaleX — AlgaleX is a firm that utilizes discarded food waste to create ingredients such as plant-based proteins.
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Qiaoling Wang
Angel · 1 investments in Asia Impact startups

Qiaoling Wang

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Solar, Energy, Recycling
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Resolar — Resolar provides whole-chain PV recycling solution, which can reach 99.9% separation rate and extract 95% of the total value with $80/MT cost. We have closed the entire PV recycling loop, which includes separating PV modules and Ag, processing the silicon to 6N level, casting ingot with recycled silicon and manufacturing recycled PV modules.
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Freny Firoze Irani
Angel · 1 investments in Asia Impact startups

Freny Firoze Irani

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Robotics, CleanTech, Marketing
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Lionsbot — LionsBot's objective is to empower cleaners with easy-to-use, powerful and smart cleaning robots which help perform and fulfil key cleaning roles - Vacuum, Clean, Scrub, Mop and yes, even Pull.
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Yoshinori Fukushima
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Asia Impact startups

Yoshinori Fukushima - CEO @ LayerX

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, Marketing
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Seed $222k–$12M; Angel $457k–$716k; Series A $880k–$6.6M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Jizai — Jizai is a provider of artificial intelligence technology, offering AI solutions, software-as-a-service products powered by AI, and robots that utilize AI capabilities for businesses across various industries. The company focuses on generative AI, large language models (LLMs), and robotics, offering customizable AI platforms and automation tools.It also engages in AI consulting and research collaborations.
  • Amptalk — Amptalk is a software development firm specializing in operating automatic transcription and analysis of online business negotiations.
  • Media Aid — Media Aid is an advertising agency that provides recruitment, marketing, web creation, and SNS management services
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John Wood
Angel · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 1 investments in Asia Impact startups

John Wood is the founder of Room to Read. He started Room to Read after a fast-paced and distinguished career with Microsoft from 1991 to 1999. He was in charge of marketing and business development teams throughout Asia, including serving as director of business development for the Greater China region and as director of marketing for theAsia-Pacific region. John continues to bring Room to Read a vision for a scalable solution to developing global educational problems with an intense focus on results and an ability to attract a world-class group of employees, volunteers, and funders.Today, John focuses full-time on long-term strategy, capital acquisition, public speaking, and media opportunities for the organization. John also teaches at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and New York University’s Stern School of Business and serves on the Advisory Board of the Clinton Global Initiative.John holds a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Colorado and a master’s degree from the Kellogg School of Northwestern University. Follow John on Twitter @JohnWoodRtR.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, Fashion, Children
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Hong Kong

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Retykle — Buy & sell new and second hand designer children's clothing at up to 90% off. Shop today for great discounts on clothes, shoes and accessories from over 2000+ of the best baby and kids brands
  • Green Monday — Green Monday Holdings is a manufacturer of plant-based pork substitute products and frozen meals and an operator of a chain of vegetarian-focused retail outlets and cafes.
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Albert Wenger
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Asia Impact startups

Albert Wenger is a managing partner at Union Square Ventures. Before joining USV, Albert was the president of del.icio.us through the company’s sale to Yahoo and an angel investor (Etsy, Tumblr). He previously founded or co-founded several companies, including a management consulting firm and an early hosted data analytics company. Albert graduatedfrom Harvard College in economics and computer science and holds a Ph.D. in Information Technology from MIT.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Analytics
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United States, Germany, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 111
  • Round size: Seed $650k–$16M; Series A $2.5M–$23M; Series B $4.3M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Brale — One regulated system for stablecoin issuance, custody, payments, and compliance. 75+ programs in production across 45 US jurisdictions. SOC 2 Type II. Book a demo.
  • Terra.do — Learn about climate change and start working on climate change solutions today with the Terra.do community.
  • Phlair — 77NEKO merupakan acces situs utama untuk permainan viral yang tentunya paling kekinian dan bukan hanya itu dengan memanfaatkan fitur yang tersedia pemain dapat berpeluang cuan lebih besar dan menjadi sultan.
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T. Chen Fong
Angel · Calgary, Alberta, Canada · 1 investments in Asia Impact startups

Dr. Fong is a Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary. He was formerly the Head of the Department of Radiology at the University of Calgary and the Calgary Health Region. Dr. Fong is active in funding and nurturing start-up companies. Over the past two decades, he funded over 50 companies in diverse technology sectors,with an emphasis in medical devices. Dr. Fong is the co-founder and board member of Calgary Scientific Inc. and is also on the board of Clarius Mobile Health, Cohesic Inc. and Innovere Medical. In addition to seed investing, Dr. Fong is active in the Calgary community sitting on six charitable boards and foundations.In 2015, Dr. Fong joined the Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) at the University of Toronto business school as a mentor. CDL helps young entrepreneurs to shape or pivot their nascent ideas. He is widely credited with launching CDL at the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary, bringing together seasoned business leaders from Alberta, Canada and the US to grow budding companies. Dr. Fong is on the Strategic Advisory Board of CDL and a Fellow of CDL in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver. In 2017, Dr. Fong was named to the Order of Canada for his contribution to medical technology innovation and philanthropy.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Canada, Singapore, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Oncoustics AI — Oncoustics is creating and deploying advanced AI solutions for low cost, non-invasive surveillance, diagnostics, and treatment monitoring of diseases with high unmet clinical need. Unlike other players in the space, Oncoustics does not do image recognition. Instead, Oncoustics applies AI to raw ultrasound signals from readily available handheldultrasound devices to rapidly differentiate healthy versus diseased tissues. There's a wealth of information in these raw signals and this approach reveals novel biomarkers that can be aligned with existing standards and categorization systems. Initially targeting liver disease, a $30B global diagnostic market, Oncoustics has filed a Breakthrough Device Designation Request with the FDA for the OnX that detects liver fibrosis and the 510K is underway. Several follow-on liver products are in development. Oncoustics also has clinical data on other organ indications including prostate, kidney, breast and thyroid diseases and cancers.
  • SunGreenH2 — SunGreenH2 creates the world's highest performance advanced materials for electrolysis i.e. green hydrogen production. Achieve high efficiency, low cost green H2 production on site for your application in the Power-to-X, Hydrogen refuelling, Energy Storage and Buildings sectors. Revolutionising zero emissions and improving profitability.
  • EZee Assist — EZee Assist provides instant answers to franchisee operational questions. Continue using preferred channels of support and start receiving instant answers.
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Satish Shankar
Angel · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 1 investments in Asia Impact startups

Satish Shankar is the Regional Managing Partner at Bain & Company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Forestry, Software, Sustainability
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Thryve.Earth — Thryve Earth is a platform that unites multiple stakeholders to nature-based carbon projects in a scalable manner.
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Soichiro Kawai
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Asia Impact startups

Soichiro Kawai - CEO @ ReBoost

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Media and Entertainment, Internet, Mobile Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $35k–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Villio — Villio provides talent experience SaaS which helps companies with human resource development and recruitment of talented engineers.
  • Back Dooor — Back Dooor is an app that provides 1on1 chatting services with favorite player of the users.
  • SPeak — SPeak is an IT services firm that operates web content and matching platforms for global talents. It operates JPort Match, which is involved in direct recruiting services. It is a global career platform for budding new talents.
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Ramez Naam
Angel · Seattle, Washington, United States · 1 investments in Asia Impact startups

Ramez Naam is Chief Futurist and Partner at Prime Movers Lab.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Renewable Energy, Energy, Automotive
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Amperon — Our AI-powered demand forecasts help companies manage risk and navigate volatile energy markets.
  • SMASHsolar — SMASHsolar breaks down barriers to solar for homeowners and contractors. The biggest barriers to solar adoption are cost and complexity. We have developed a simple, snap-together solar module that installs 2x faster than conventional solar, significantly reducing labor skill, labor cost and increasing crew throughput, which result in lowerinstallation costs. Since the SMASH system is easy to expand, homeowners can buy a what they need today and upgrade when they want more power.
  • Distributed Energy Pte Ltd — Distributed Energy is a development and aggregation platform that connects renewable projects with funders.They are experienced platform aggregators who have come together to enable renewable energy projects in the developing world.The Distributed Energy platform reviews, screens and lists fundable projects on their marketplace. Investors canexpress interest to invest in credible opportunities. Their smart contracts and blockchain produce a robust link between parties, automating payments. They also provide ongoing reporting on performance of the assets.
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Richard Eldridge
Angel · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 1 investments in Asia Impact startups

Richard Eldridge is the current CEO and Chairperson of Infinit-O. He previously worked at LenddoEFL as a Co-Founder. Richard Eldridge attended the University of Warwick.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Recycling, Sustainability, Waste Management
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Philippines

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Humble Sustainability — Humble Sustainability provides products and accessories reuse and recycle services.
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Ogawa Ryo
Angel · 1 investments in Asia Impact startups

Ogawa Ryo - CEO @ Timee

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Social, Finance
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • LivCo — LivCo is a support service company that offers HR, life support, real estate rental brokerage, and media platform solutions for foreigners.
  • Gab — Gab is a company that works to solve social problems as well as develops and markets ethical products.
  • Givearth — Givearth app enable users to make donations just by carrying out their daily shopping and consumption activities.
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Sagar Achanta
Angel · 1 investments in Asia Impact startups

Sagar Achanta

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Recycling, Sustainability, Waste Management
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Philippines

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Humble Sustainability — Humble Sustainability provides products and accessories reuse and recycle services.
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Hongjia Zhang
Angel · 1 investments in Asia Impact startups

Hongjia Zhang

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Solar, Energy, Recycling
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Resolar — Resolar provides whole-chain PV recycling solution, which can reach 99.9% separation rate and extract 95% of the total value with $80/MT cost. We have closed the entire PV recycling loop, which includes separating PV modules and Ag, processing the silicon to 6N level, casting ingot with recycled silicon and manufacturing recycled PV modules.
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Benson Tam
Angel · 1 investments in Asia Impact startups

Benson Tam is the Founder and CEO of Venturous Group.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fashion, Textiles, Smart Cities
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • WeStyle.ai — Community Hubs are collections of all the best community and official game content as rated by users.
  • Venturous Group — Venturous Group is China’s first Citytech™ Group. Powering Smart City economies, it is an investor, business builder and operator of Smart Citytech infrastructure companies. Creating value by transforming the future of city living, Venturous leverages the latest deep Citytech, strategic partnerships and digital transformation to make cities moreliveable, sustainable and productive, in China and beyond. The Group’s corporate structure allows for venture capital, private equity, pre-IPO deals, M&A, co-investments, incubation, strategic partnerships and joint ventures, and it has its own IPO on the horizon.
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Chang Wen Lai
Angel · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 1 investments in Asia Impact startups

Chang Wen is CEO and Co-Founder of Ninja Van. After graduating with a Bachelor of Finance from Singapore Management University,he worked as a derivatives trader at Barclays before setting up men’s custom fashion retailer Marcella. His experience with the online retail business made him realise there could be a more efficient way of delivering andtracking packages, resulting in the creation of Ninja Van and the rest, as they say, is history. Chang Wen's vision is for a Ninja to be within the reach of any consumer in Southeast Asia so that Ninja Van can provide a consistently great and seamless logistics experience for shippers and shoppers alike in the current Southeast Asian markets Ninja Van operates in.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Solar
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Malaysia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Okapi Technologies — Solar Financing Platform
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Paco Sandejas
Angel · 1 investments in Asia Impact startups

Paco Sandejas currently works as the Founder, Chairman, and CEO at Xepto Education, Stratpoint Technologies, and Narra Ventures. He is Chairman of the Philippine S&T Development Foundation and an Independent Director serving on the boards of Sunlife of Canada (Philippines), Sunlife Asset Management, Maya Bank, and Medical Doctors Inc (MakatiMed). He sits on the board also of Ostrea Mineral Laboratories, Diversified Holdings. He assisted UnionBank of the Philippines in its digital transformation as Independent Board Member until 2021. Paco completed his Ph.D. and MS In Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1995 and was the first summa cum ladue graduate in Applied Physics from the University of the Philippines. Paco loves to compete in tennis, football (soccer), and recently golf…ideally as teammate of his children and wife.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Training, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Philippines, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Flyspaces — FlySpaces empowers businesses as a digital marketplace that provides short-term work and meeting space solutions to entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs and mobile professionals. Whether the need is for an hour, a day, a week or a few months - we have a network of hundreds of spaces to discover across key South East Asian cities.For venue owners,FlySpaces acts as a digital marketing platform that connects you to a vast user base, allowing you to optimize and monetize your space.We recognize that workspace is more than a mere location. It is a setting that inspires ideas, motivates action and promotes growth. With FlySpaces, find where your business will accomplish its next milestone.FlySpaces empowers businesses as a digital marketplace that provides short-term work and meeting space solutions to entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs and mobile professionals. Whether the need is for an hour, a day, a week or a few months - we have a network of hundreds of spaces to discover across key South East Asian cities.For venue owners, FlySpaces acts as a digital marketing platform that connects you to a vast user base, allowing you to optimize and monetize your space.We recognize that workspace is more than a mere location. It is a setting that inspires ideas, motivates action and promotes growth. With FlySpaces, find where your business will accomplish its next milestone.
  • Humble Sustainability — Humble Sustainability provides products and accessories reuse and recycle services.
  • Xepto Education — Xepto Education provides learning management systems, CPD courses, digital resources, and other education technology solutions.
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Shunsuke Masaki
Angel · 1 investments in Asia Impact startups

Mr. Masaki joined Mitsui Ventures in May 2008 as Venture Partner, and since has been focused on investments in retail and service sector. Previously, he worked at Fujita Corporation, a large operator of restaurants and retail chain, where he was responsible for store development and merchandising in Tokyo area. After several successfulyears at Fujita, he took a position with Service Business Division of Mitsui & Co., Ltd., in charge of developing new business utilizing the franchise method.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Social, E-Commerce, Sustainability
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Gab — Gab is a company that works to solve social problems as well as develops and markets ethical products.
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Lim Tai Tian
Angel · 1 investments in Asia Impact startups

Lim Tai Tian

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sustainability, Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Vietnam

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • BUYO Bioplastics — BUYO provides a 100% nature-based and biodegradable bioplastic solution, using our advanced proprietary technology to convert bio-waste and plant-based materials into...
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Yoshitsune Ido
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Asia Impact startups

Yoshitsune Ido

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Robotics, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • BionicM — BionicM develops high-performance robot prostheses that enhance mobility for people with disabilities.BionicM has been conducting research on innovative technologies since 2015 at the University of Tokyo's Information Systems Engineering Laboratory (JSK) under the guidance of Professor Inaba and utilizing the world's most advancedrobotics research. In 2016, we were adopted by the Japan Science and Technology Agency as part of "Program for Creating STart-ups from Advanced Research and Technology" (START), and in 2018, the company was established as a joint-stock company.
  • Dots for — Welcome to Dots for Inc.
  • Kisui Tech — Kisui Tech is an agricultural AI robotics company that help farmers for farming.
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Katsunori Sago
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Asia Impact startups

Katsunori Sago

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sustainability, Robotics, Aerospace
  • Stage:Seed, Series C
  • Geography: Japan, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Kollektion — KLKTN is a curated music, manga and art NFT platform connecting creators with fans through special experiences. The platform allows fans to access special edition digital art and behind-the-scenes moments of artists' creative process. In collaboration with top creators and artists and powered by blockchain technology, KLKTN is takingartist-fan engagement and the best of creative experiential culture into the digital world. Artworks are available as a limited supply of authenticated digital products or NFTs, for purchase via credit card, with a fixed cost per item. KLKTN's co-founders are Jeff Miyahara, Chief Creative Officer and a renowned record producer and songwriter who has produced over 260 international artists; Fabiano Soriani, Chief Technology Officer and former lead blockchain engineer for Dapper Labs; and Daisuke Iwase, Chief Executive Officer, Harvard Business School graduate, former World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, and a digital pioneer known for co-founding Lifenet, a disruptive fintech venture, which he took to IPO. Built on the Flow blockchain to achieve affordable and environmentally-sustainable minting, KLKTN leaves more for artists, fans, and the planet.
  • Sustech — Sustech is a technology company that develops platforms for decarbonization support and distributed power generation services.
  • Ispace Technologies — ispace is a private lunar robotic exploration company that is developing micro-robotic technology to provide a low-cost and frequent transportation service to and on the Moon, conduct lunar surface exploration to map, process and deliver resources to our customers in cislunar space.
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Alice Foo
Angel · 1 investments in Asia Impact startups

Alice Foo is an angel investor for Alterpacks.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Recycling, Biotechnology, Waste Management
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • AlterPacks — Alterpacks - New Materials Solutions. A Singapore Management University, Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Business Innovation Generator (BIG) Incubatee.
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Yu Akasaka
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Asia Impact 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, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Australia, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $302k–$4.3M; Angel $28k–$474k; Venture - Series Unknown $538k–$6.2M
  • 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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Shailesh Rao
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Asia Impact startups

Shailesh Rao

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: India, Singapore, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$2.2M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Khabri — Khabri is a digital audio platform for content in vernacular. Ita app allows content creators to create channels and programmes that reach vernacular listeners. Aankit Roy, Pulkit Sharma, and Sandeep Singh launched the company in Haryana, Haryana in 2016.
  • Neosec — Neosec API software is the intelligent way to protect your APIs from business abuse and data theft. Try our API Security platform now.
  • AttainU — AttainU is a full-time, live online college alternative education that teaches students the skills needed for software engineering.The course is a 30-week full-time program that takes students from beginner to career and industry-ready software engineer level, using real-world coding assignments and projects. By the end of the course, studentswill have a solid understanding of Full-Stack web development, software engineering fundamentals, and all the skills to be placed in the industry through AttainU’s hiring partners. Founders Vaibhav Bajpai and Divyam Goel founded the program in Bangalore City, Karnataka in 2018.
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Jaewoong Lee
Angel · Busan, Pusan-jikhalsi, South Korea · 1 investments in Asia Impact 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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Taiga Matsuyama
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Asia Impact startups

Taiga Matsuyama graduated form Waseda University, Matsuyama has been engaged in venture company support for more than ten years in Tokyo, after experience as a consultant at Accenture.Matsuyama became one of the board member of NetAge, Inc (IPO 2006), start-up incubator known by having invested in MIXI – Japanese top SNS and support severalstart-up companies.He also has contributed to the activity for create the start-up eco-system in Tokyo through the NPO Organization BVA (Bit Valley Association). Currently he has established Kronos Fund with angel investors, venture capital fund for investment in emerging early-stage companies.Kronos Fund has invested in more than 20 companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Analytics
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $250k–$9.2M; Angel $320k–$3.7M; Series A $5M–$5.3M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Shippo — Shippo is the best multi-carrier shipping software for e-commerce businesses. Find the best shipping rates, integrate with e-commerce platforms, print shipping labels, track package delivery, and verify addresses with either our shipping API or web app.
  • CAMPFIRE — Campfire engages in the planning, development, and operation of a crowd funding platform.They operate the largest cloud funding platform in Japan [CAMPFIRE (campfire)], which supports "whoever wants to start something."The fee is 5% of the domestic level, and about 15,000 projects have collected about $70million in total from over700,000 people.
  • Spectra Japan — Spectra is a Provision of services for artists and fans company.
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Frank Li
Angel · 1 investments in Asia Impact startups

Frank Li is a former at Ameba Capital. CEO of WaCai. Prior to founding Ameba Capital, Mr. Li worked for Alibaba Group, where he focused on website planning and construction. He developed Alibaba’s biggest paying client base and second biggest income product, 1688 CXT. Mr. Li founded Koubei.com in 2004 and acted as CEO. Alibaba Group acquiredKoubei.com for over 50 million US dollars in 2008. Koubei.com merged with Yahoo China before finally merging with Taobao.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: B2B, Retail, Internet
  • Stage:Angel, Series A, Seed
  • Geography: China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Angel $425k–$3M; Series A $4.8M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ROM — ROM provides fire safety, health security, management security, and personal safety services.
  • Dianjia — Dianjia is an IT company specialized in developing retail service platform to provide O2O solutions.
  • Chengniu Qiche Guanjia — Chengniu Qiche Guanjia is an online platform to book automobile repair services.
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