# Top 20 Legal Angel Investors in Asia in June 2026 ## Pierre Lorinet - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Hotel, Legal, Software Pierre Lorinet is a Non-Executive Director at Trafigura Group. He attended INSEAD. ## Chihiro Asano - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Content, Legal, FinTech Chief Technology Officer at Money Forward. ## Naoki Aoyagi - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Fashion, Internet, Software Naoki Aoyagi is a Senior Vice President at GREE, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer of GREE International, Inc. He joined GREE, Inc. in March 2006 from Deutsche Bank, where he had specialized in tech and media sector IPOs and M&A advisory work. At GREE, Aoyagi oversaw the Company's partnership with KDDI and its IPO before leading thedevelopment of GREE’s global operations, a role he continues today. Aoyagi earned a bachelor's degree in policy management from Keio University in 2002. ## Takato Hiroshi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Health Care, Legal, Beauty Takato Hiroshi - CEO @ M0mentum ## Nobuhiro Ariyasu - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Finance, Content, Internet Nobuhiro Ariyasu is the CEO at Coach United. ## Chandra Mohan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Legal, Software, Legal Tech Chandra Mohan ## Miyamoto Kunihisa - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Legal, Children, Education Miyamoto Kunihisa - President & CEO @ All Ads ## Varun Mittal - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Legal, Banking, FinTech Varun Mittal is experienced at the cross-section of digital business building and financial services in South East Asia and global emerging markets. He has developed and implemented strategy, technology rollout, ecosystem management, and regulatory engagement for financial institutions as well as digital and internet technology companies. Heundertook his MBA at the National University of Singapore and graduated with computer science engineering as his undergraduate major.Digital Business Building • Leading fintech practice in 130 countries in emerging markets comprising a team of over 100 professionals focused on building fintech, blockchain, payment, digital bank, regulatory policy and financial inclusion projects. • Managing digital solutions & client management for 10 ASEAN markets with over 2000 professionals working with financial institutions, regulators, internet technology companies, conglomerates, and private equity clients • First Marketing and Sales hire of helloPay, first pan-SEA wallet, scaled helloPay team to 154 in 12 months as Regional Head of Operations, spread across 6 countries, first venture outside China acquired by ANT Financial (Alipay)Partnerships & Business Growth • Developed EY Global Fintech operating model focused on professional services monetization through corporate innovation, regulatory and compliance certifications, and growth strategy offerings with 70+ active scaleup partners • At helloPay, led partnerships with card schemes, acquirers, banks and merchant partners to enable acceptance and engagement on Lazada and helloPay in South East Asia for 20M+ users and $1.5 Billion GMV • Founding Team, Singapore Fintech Association, official fintech body of Singapore funded by Monetary Authority of Singapore, currently has 330+ corporate members, 40+ international MOU, and 20+ local collaborations.Community Leadership • EY Fintech Hub as a Global platform enabling clients to discover and engage with 30+ fintech propositions for 10 customer segments across the domains of digital banking, fintech, lending, insuretech, payments and blockchain • Launched helloPay Partner Network (HPN) for implementation partners and helloPay Developer Network (HDN) for developers to build and deploy solutions on top of core helloPay systems • Resident fintech and digital expert for Channel News Asia and one of most quoted spokespersons in ASEAN Financial services space with features and bylines in Straits Times, Business Times, Reuters, Bloomberg, and The Ken ## Sim Hoo - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Legal, Software, Legal Tech Sim Wong Hoo of C​reative Technologies. ## Ravi Mantha - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Ravi Mantha is the Chief Financial Officer at BOLLANT. He is also a co-Founder and Director at Surge Impact. Ravi worked as a portfolio manager at Fidelity Investments in Boston and London for about 10 years where he co-managed $35 billion select global equity portfolios. Ravi was also lead portfolio manager of $1 billion select emerging marketsequity strategy.He is currently an angel investor, an adviser to social impact enterprises, and an author too. He pursued BA in liberal arts from the University of Puget Sound in Washington State in the year 1993.He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and also an active charter member of TiE, the global network of entrepreneurs and is the Chairman, for its Singapore chapter. He not only serves on the global board of Trustees of TiE but he is also on the advisory board of the Action for India Forum. ## Tetsuro Yoshimatsu - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Legal, Sales, Biofuel Tetsuro Yoshimatsu is the President and Chief Executive Officer of istyle. ## Jeffrey Khoo - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Legal, Software, Legal Tech Jeffrey is based in Singapore and is a co-founder of 3V SourceOne Capital. He actively looks at regional cleantech projects and integrated industrial park developments in Greater China and IndoChina. Mr. Khoo has more than 19 years of working experience in varied industries including semiconductor, medical devices, fund management, propertydevelopment, travel and leisure.He has co-founded Erimos Pharmaceuticals, LLC (North Carolina, U.S.A.) which developed small molecule drugs for serious diseases including cancer.His expertise is in the areas of financial planning and control, mergers and acquisitions, business development, strategic planning and fund management. ## Paul Kuo - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Reservations, Travel, SaaS Paul Kuo - Director - Board of Directors @ Tamecco ## kaniz Almas khan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Legal, FinTech, Legal Tech Ceo ## Shinsuke Mori - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Legal, Task Management, Artificial Intelligence Shinsuke Mori - Joint Researcher and Technical Advisor @ LegalForce Japan ## Taki Toshio - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Legal, Finance, Education Taki Toshio is the Founder at Money Forward . ## Seio Nagami - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Task Management, SaaS, Legal Seio Nagami ## Chong Ping - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Legal, Software, Legal Tech Chong Chiet Ping ## Tan Kim Seng - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Legal, Software, Legal Tech Kim Seng is based in Singapore and is a co-founder of 3V SourceOne Capital. He brings with him over 20 years of venture capital management and banking experience in addition to 5 years of operating experience within the IT and electronics industries. He has previously served as the Chairman of Industry Development Committee of the Singapore VentureCapital & Private Equity Association and the Honorary Treasurer. ## Kelvin Chan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Legal, Software, Legal Tech Kelvin Chan is a Investment Professional at Partners Group.