Top 50 Manufacturing Angel Investors in Asia in January 2026
A list of 50 angel investors that invest in Manufacturing startups based in Asia. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Manufacturing companies from Asia. We update this investor list every month.Top 50 Manufacturing Angel Investors in Asia in January 2026
| Investor | Manufacturing Asia investments |
|---|---|
| Jan Hammer | 5 |
| Lijie Wang | 4 |
| Byung Joon Han | 3 |
| HP Jin | 2 |
| Yusuke Sato | 2 |
| Xin Xu | 2 |
| Nobuyuki Idei | 2 |
| Pawoot Pom Pongvitayapanu | 2 |
| Nobuhiro Ariyasu | 2 |
| Hirofumi Miki | 2 |
| Peter Li | 1 |
| Meng Xiong Kuok | 1 |
| Hongjia Zhang | 1 |
| Jenny Chen | 1 |
| Bob Xiaoping Xu | 1 |
| Willy Koh | 1 |
| Otomi Tomohiro | 1 |
| Huang Hao | 1 |
| Liu Keyong | 1 |
| Wanqiang Li | 1 |
| Boon Hwee Koh | 1 |
| Hao Chen | 1 |
| Wawan Salum | 1 |
| Kenshin Fujiwara | 1 |
| Hao Yan | 1 |
| Qiaoling Wang | 1 |
| Chang-Hung Tseng | 1 |
| Ayataro Nakagawa | 1 |
| Weili Dai | 1 |
| Roman Smolevskiy | 1 |
| Yusuke Murata | 1 |
| Wang Tianmiao | 1 |
| Tatsuo Sakamoto | 1 |
| Yoshitsune Ido | 1 |
| Fumiaki Koizumi | 1 |
| Hiroaki Kitano | 1 |
| Kato Akihiro | 1 |
| Christopher Rust | 1 |
| Arai Yoshihide | 1 |
| Lu Feng | 1 |
| Gerald T. | 1 |
| Bingqiang Gao | 1 |
| Xingchuang Kefu | 1 |
| Padmasree Warrior | 1 |
| Andrew Andrew | 1 |
| Mamoru Taniya | 1 |
| Kumi Sakurai | 1 |
| MAEDA GIKEN | 1 |
| Masaru Sakamoto | 1 |
| Ms. Zhu Xinai | 1 |
Jan Hammer is the partner at Index and the Board observer of Harmonic. Jan attended Oxford University.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Medical, Medical Device
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- China, United States, Czech Republic
Portfolio highlights
- Sofía — Improving the way millions of people take care of their health
- Transak — Transak offers a simple integration to allow your users to buy more than 100+ cryptocurrencies with credit/debit cards, or bank transfers in more than 120+ countries.
- Yuetong Eye Clinic — Yuetong Eye Clinic is a medical institution that provides myopia surgery for adults and myopia prevention and control for adolescents. It is a medical institution focusing on adult myopia surgery and adolescent myopia prevention and control.
Leo Wang is recognized as an active angel investor and leading proponent of Mobile Internet, Blockchain, and Angel Investment in China. Boasting over twenty years in mobile internet and tech, he has invested in 300 startups, spanning healthcare to fintech and blockchain, including 2 NASDAQ-listed companies and 5 unicorns.
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Investment focus
- Manufacturing, Aerospace, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- China, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Huma Finance — Huma is an Income backed DeFi.
- Huojianpai — Huojianpai is a commercial aerospace company providing earth-moon space economy and future-oriented deep space exploration.
- Reserve — Reserve is a universal currency company. Reserve provides people with hyperinflation protected savings accounts to protect and use their money globally. They offer rtokens, collateral baskets, and over collateralization.
Dr. Byung-Joon (BJ) Han is co-founder and CEO @ Silicon Box. He served as Chief Technology Officer, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board for JCET STATS Chippac – the world’s No. 3 OSAT – where he worked for twenty years (1999-2019). During that time, he grew revenue at STATS Chippac from $100M to $4.3B by transformingSingapore--based STATS into a global company.Dr. Han is the inventor of semiconductor packaging products, currently shipping 100B+ per year in unit volume, including quad flat no-lead (QFN). He has led teams that have won awards for technological breakthroughs in the space. Dr. Han brings his considerable know-how and expertise in advanced packaging to Silicon Box, and to address the current lack of chiplet integration infrastructure.Dr. Han served as Group Chairman of the Technology Strategy Committee overseeing technology direction for the JCET group of companies. In the prior 14 years, he held positions at AT&T Bell Labs, IBM Research, and Anam Semiconductor (later Amkor, world’s No. 2 OSAT). Dr. Han is a consultant at Bain and holds directorships at several important semiconductor firms and innovation initiatives.Dr. Han was a member of the main committee for Singapore President’s Science and Technology Awards, a member of the National Research Foundation of Singapore and a Director at the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore. He served as Director for the International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative from 2005-2017. Dr. Han holds over 300 patents. Dr. Han received his PhD from Columbia University in the City of New York, and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University.
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Investment focus
- Electronics, Manufacturing, Semiconductor
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Silicon Box — We are an advanced chiplet interconnection company specialising in cutting-edge semiconductor integration services. Learn more about our proprietary integration technology.
HP co-founded Telenav in 1999 and has led the company to become a global leader in location-based services (LBS), automotive navigation and location-targeted mobile advertising. Telenav was the first company to launch GPS navigation services for mobile phones to the world, and today its product reaches more than 100 countries on mobile phones andwithin vehicles. Telenav was also the first LBS company in the USA to IPO when it began publicly trading on NASDAQ in May 2010. Telenav has subsidiaries in US, China, Europe and South America.Prior to starting Telenav, HP served as a Senior Strategy Consultant for the McKenna Group and a Business Strategy and Management Consultant at McKinsey & Company. HP has also served as a Technical Director at LINCSS/Loral Space Communication. HP holds a Ph.D. in Guidance, Navigation and Control (Aeronautics and Astronautics department), a Ph.D. minor in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Science from the Harbin Institute of Technology in China.
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Investment focus
- Manufacturing, Robotics, Furniture
- Seed, Series A
- China, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Ronbow — Ronbow is a commercial company that distributes, designs, and manufactures a diverse selection of decorative bathing products, including sinks, vanities, medicine cabinets, and more. The company selects the highest-quality hardwood and puts them through a rigorous 10-step finishing process that is finalized with a comprehensive assembly process.Ronbow offers a dynamic and diverse design spectrum to fit any style home, from ultra contemporary to old world traditional. Their versatile designs allow for interchangeable sinks and countertops in wood, glass, stone & ceramic to match any home decor. The company provides options for interchangeable sizes and materials to inspire a truly unique customizable experience.Ronbow was founded by Jason Chen in 2002 and is headquartered in Livermore, CA, USA.
- Hanyang Technology — Hanyang Technologies is a company that specialises in the design, research, development, manufacturing, sales, and servicing of garden intelligent robot products.
Yusuke Sato is the Co-Representative and Co-Founder of Pulit.
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Investment focus
- Content, Internet, Food and Beverage
- Seed, Funding Round, Angel
- Japan, Indonesia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Kaimak — Kaymak is a recruitment platform that focuses on creating a recruitment website, planning a recruitment strategy, and managing candidates.
- Meetscare — Meetscare provides correct information and supports the self-awareness of all people involved in care. The company provides a wealth of information to ensure optimal care and create a mechanism for the realization. Users can make a telephone consultation and web diagnosis and search for free information using the system.Meetscare was founded on2016 and is headquartered in Arakawa, Tokyo.
- Driver Technologies — Driver Technologies is a cloud logistics platform provider. It provides a solution for driver matching and cargo vehicle demands.
Xin Xu
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Investment focus
- Video, Mobile Apps, Food Delivery
- Angel, Series A, Series B
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Easy Foods — Easy Foods engages in the food packaging equipment and food production business.
- Ren Ren TV — Ren Ren TV is an oversea cultural video streaming platform.
Nobuyuki Idei has served as our independent director since June 2007.Being an experienced director, Nobuyuki Idei currently also serves as director of Accenture, director of FreeBit Co, Ltd., director of Lenovo Group, and chairman of the National Conference on Fostering Beautiful Forests in Japan.Nobuyuki Idei is the founder and chief executiveofficer of Quantum Leaps Corporation, a specialist consultancy that advises private and public institutions on the changing role of technology in the 21st century.Nobuyuki Idei is also the founder and chairman of the board of Asia Innovators’ Initiative, a private non-profit organization that he established in 2011 to serve as a catalyst for social innovation in Asia by bringing together a diverse range of individuals and promoting knowledge sharing.Nobuyuki Idei was chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Corporation from 2000 to 2005, chief corporate advisor from 2005 to 2007, and chairman of the advisory board from 2007 to 2012.Prior to that, Nobuyuki Idei held a range of leadership positions at Sony including general manager of the audio division, senior general manager of the home video group, and president and representative director.Nobuyuki Idei has also served in a number of other advisory positions including as counselor to the Bank of Japan, member of Japan’s national IT Strategy Council, and vice-chairman of Nippon Keidanren.Nobuyuki Idei received a bachelor of science degree in economics and politics from Waseda University in Tokyo.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Manufacturing, Internet
- Seed, Funding Round, Corporate Round
- Japan, France, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Pyrenee — Pyrenee is a hardware startup that creates devices that protect people's lives.
- Antescofo — Antescofo is the mariage of world-class R&D and Business endeavours. Their technology is the result of 7+ years of R&D in the world’s largest laboratory dedicated to Music and Technology, IRCAM in Paris, and public experience with the most important musicians and orchestras around the world. The principle? Through Intelligent MachineListening, they recognize how humans perform music in real-time and use that information to synchronize content and provide an immersive experience! Antescofo was incorporated in July 2016 and based in Paris, France.
- Stake Technologies — Stake Technologies is a technology company that provides blockchain solutions to enterprises.
Pawoot is like an icon of Thailand online business. Many people call him "the godfather of E-Commerce"
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Investment focus
- Software, Marketing, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Thailand, Malaysia
Portfolio highlights
- DayWork — People and Part-time marketplace
- PEAK — PEAK (peakaccount.com) is one of the leading online accounting software provider in Thailand. We manage accounting record of almost 100,000 transactions valued over 2 billion bath per month. PEAK is a supported startup from True Incube and is invested by True, GSB, and SET. We won several awards and recognitions including winner prize for Ease ofDoing Business Solution, Design Innovation, True Incube Batch 2. We are not only providing online accounting software but we are building business infrastructure for future data-driven economy. We help SMEs in Thailand have a better accounting system and have a better chance of getting loan or money they need to expand their business.
- Protoss Technology — Technology outsourcing company
Nobuhiro Ariyasu is the CEO at Coach United.
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Investment focus
- Finance, Content, Internet
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Japan, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Mign — Mign offers a generative AI-related SaaS solutions for the construction and real estate fields.
- Finovo — Finovo specializes in the research, development, operation, and maintenance of cutting-edge accounting and financial software solutions.
- Tsunagari AI — Tsunagari specializes in developing and providing AI-powered consultation services tailored for local governments, aiming to enhance administrative efficiency, support citizen engagement, and streamline public service delivery.
After JTB Co., Ltd. and CYBIRD Co., Ltd. as an initial member of Glee Co., Ltd. is responsible for business development. Currently, he is mainly engaged in venture support in the Internet area, investing in venture and venture capital, and served as management advisor for dozens of companies. Hands-on business development, growth strategydevelopment, financing advice, HR organization design support, partner referral and Recruit Support. He is also engaged in business support for ventures in the healthcare and university venture fields. He served as Digital Health Meetup Advisor, NEDOTCP Mentor and Future 2016 Mentor.
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Investment focus
- Content, Marketing, Internet
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Epicbase — Epicbase is an AI-based automatic voice transcription service based on voice recognition technology.
- Go Visions — Go Visions engages in the edutainment tech for children and human resources services.
- Ai-Dounyu.com — Ai-Dounyu.com is a platform that helps organizations looking to integrate AI choose their ideal AI implementation partner for free.
Peter Li is an individual investor.
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Investment focus
- Software, Industrial, Manufacturing
- Angel
- China
Portfolio highlights
- xinsuanyiti — xinsuanyiti is a visual system integration solution provider.
Meng Xiong Kuok - Founder & Managing Partner @ K3 Ventures
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Transportation
- Funding Round, Series A, Seed
- Singapore, United States, China
Portfolio highlights
- Cicil — Solusi pembiayaan untuk kegiatan rantai pasok bisnis Anda dari hulu ke hilir yang mudah dan cepat.
- SimplyGood — SimplyGood supplies environmentally friendly cleaning and personal care products.
- Lottery.com — Lottery.com is the internet's top source for official lottery results, numbers, games, jackpots, winners and news.
Hongjia Zhang
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Investment focus
- Solar, Energy, Recycling
- Seed
- China
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.
Jenny Chen
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Investment focus
- 3D Printing, Health Care
- Seed
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Craft Health — Craft Health aims to combine all your daily medicines and supplements into a single daily pill, through 3D printing of personalized medicines and supplements. Our technology allows controlled release of each active ingredient as selected by the user.
Bob Xiaoping Xu is the founder of ZhenFund and one of China's most celebrated angel investors. Established in 2011 as a joint fund with Sequoia Capital China, ZhenFund is China’s foremost angel fund. Managing USD 600 million, ZhenFund has 500 portfolio companies and offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Palo Alto. It has played a leading role inChina’s rise as a “startup nation”, and is widely considered a beacon of light in China’s vibrant startup environment. Prior to founding ZhenFund, Mr. Xu co-founded China's largest private English training and test preparation group, New Oriental Education, along with Michael Yu and Victor Wang. New Oriental became listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2006 and currently has a market cap of USD 11 billion. The founders’ endeavors, which helped drive Chinese education toward a new global era, was featured in the box office hit “American Dreams in China”. The movie ranked as the #3 Chinese domestic box office hit in 2013. Mr. Xu’s success as an educator and an entrepreneur led him to angel investing, where he has pioneered a unique investment philosophy of investing in exceptional people. He became one of the most prolific patrons of entrepreneurship, as well as a leading mentor to young business leaders. Forbes Magazine has honored him on the Midas List as one of the World’s Top 100 Venture Capital Investors for two consecutive years (2016 and 2017). Mr. Xu currently serves as the Chairman of China Angel Investment Association. Mr. Xu has more than 11 million followers on Weibo, the Chinese version of Twitter. He is also a prolific author who has published seven books on career growth and education. His writings, speeches and interviews on entrepreneurship, investment and education have had an immense impact on China’s emerging business leaders, and particularly on those who have studied abroad. He is the president of Committee 2005, an institution that gathers the most influential Chinese overseas returnees, including the likes of Robin Li, Neil Shen and Lee Kai-fu. Mr. Xu is deeply committed to philanthropy. He is a founding donor and the Committee Acting President of the Future Science Award, an annual award of USD 1 million for scientists who have made significant contributions to life sciences and physical sciences in Greater China. Mr. Xu graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music, the Chinese equivalent of Julliard School of Music, with a bachelor’s degree in music. He received his master’s degree in music from the University of Saskatchewan. Prior to that he was a counsellor at Peking University for five years.
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Investment focus
- Internet, E-Commerce, Mobile
- Series A, Angel, Seed
- China, United States, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- YOTA — YOTA provides a healthy and diet food delivery service.
- Lagou — Lagou.com offers staffing services. The company’s clientele includes Tencent, Baidu, Alibaba Group, SINA, JD.com, Beijing Xiaomi Tech, and Zhaopin.com.
- Omni Prime — Omni Prime provides Lending as a Service solution to retailers.
Willy Koh is the Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director of Racer Technology.
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Investment focus
- Baby, Machinery Manufacturing
- Seed
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Snuugo — Singapore's 1st designed and built smart wearable breast pump that puts mums first. Delight in the versatility of choice with our discreet design so you can slip on and carry on with optimised pumping and uncompromised comfort through our hospital-grade efficiency and 28 rhythm and intensity settings via Snuugo app.
Otomi Tomohiro - CEO @ Tyrus
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Travel, Content
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- CUICIN — Quickin is changing the travel experience with the digital transformation.
- HANOWA — HANAWA is a matching platform between freelance dental hygienists and dental clinics.
- Magic Shields — Magic Shields is a manufacturer and seller of floors, nursing care, and welfare products.
Huang Hao is the chairman of Yuanxu Fund.
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Investment focus
- Medical, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
- Angel
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Yiweisen — Yiweisen is a research and development firm that manufactures functional natural compound raw materials.
Liu Keyong
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Investment focus
- Industrial, Market Research, Industrial Automation
- Seed
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Huamai Electric — Huamai Electric engaged in research and development, production, and sales of industrial automation control equipment, Industry 4.0, inverters, and servo drives.
Wanqiang Li is responsible for the marketing of Xiaomi. He was the General Manager of Kingsoft Dictionary and notable for being one of the earliest UI practitioners in China. Graduated from Xi'an Science & Engineering Institute with a degree in Industrial Design in 2000, he joined Kingsoft’s UI Department and played a key role indeveloping many famous software projects including Kingsoft Antivirus, Kingsoft Dictionary and WPS Office. Wanqiang Li served at Kingsoft in various positions as Chief Designer of UI department, Director of Design Center and Director of Internet Content. Wanqiang Li is also a Co-founder of Xiaomi.
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Investment focus
- Artificial Intelligence, Art, Apps
- Angel, Series A, Funding Round
- China
Portfolio highlights
- reddoon.ai — reddoon.ai creates professional-quality product images.
- Optimist — Optimist is a private consumer brand that creates gear for artificial intelligence. It manufactures AI hardware products.
- Xiaoyu Zhizao — Xiaoyu Zhizao is an industrial robot manufacturer, focusing on industrial robot manufacturing, intelligent robot research and development.
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
- Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Singapore, United States, China
Portfolio highlights
- Faarms — FAARMS is a new age digital platform catering to the needs of farmers.
- 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.
Hao Chen is an founder of Shokz.
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Investment focus
- Wearables, Manufacturing, Virtual Reality
- Seed
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Xianshun Technology — Xianshun Technology develops near-eye display optical systems and integrates them with ultra-low-power hardware architecture to give consumers with AR smart glasses.
Wawan Salum is a CEO Atome Financial Indonesia.
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Investment focus
- Textiles, E-Commerce
- Seed
- Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
- Wifkain — Wifkain platform connects fashion businesses with fabric suppliers.
Kenshin is a CEO at Hacarus Inc., a healthcare technology startup based in Kyoto, Japan.He co-founded several tech startups with 2 exits in the past 15 years. His first career started as an engineer at Sony Computer Entertainment and worked on PlayStation development projects. HIs fist startup was acquired by Japanese public company, and thesecond startup was sold to the US company.Born in 1976. He holds a Computer Science degree from California State University. He loves mountain hiking and currently living in Kyoto Japan with his wife and family.
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Investment focus
- Mobile, Medical, Software
- Seed, Series A
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Helpfeel — Our vision is to make saving, sharing, and exploring ideas as natural as breathing. On this journey we're humbled to be helping millions around the world from solo makers to university research labs, from gamers to pro designers, and large to small teams like ours.
- HACARUS — We make AI work, where common Big Data aproaches fail. Get explainable results, even from small data amounts. Available on the cloud or as embedded devices.
Hao Yan is the Representative Director of EPS Holdings.
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Investment focus
- Robotics, Manufacturing, Medical Device
- Series A
- Japan
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.
Qiaoling Wang
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Investment focus
- Solar, Energy, Recycling
- Seed
- China
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.
Chang-Hung Tseng
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Investment focus
- 3D Printing, Health Care
- Seed
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Craft Health — Craft Health aims to combine all your daily medicines and supplements into a single daily pill, through 3D printing of personalized medicines and supplements. Our technology allows controlled release of each active ingredient as selected by the user.
2011 At university, participated in the founding period as a director of Atcole Co., Ltd., and started the web service experience.2012 Founded Peroli Co., Ltd.,
which operates a curation platform for women "MERY" .2014 Founded Peroli
Co., Ltd. Sold to DeNA
2015 Jointly established Tokyo Founders Fund as an angel investor and startedinvesting in startups in Japan and overseas
2019 Appointed outside director of FIREBUG Co., Ltd.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Japan, Hong Kong, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Meetscare — Meetscare provides correct information and supports the self-awareness of all people involved in care. The company provides a wealth of information to ensure optimal care and create a mechanism for the realization. Users can make a telephone consultation and web diagnosis and search for free information using the system.Meetscare was founded on2016 and is headquartered in Arakawa, Tokyo.
- SPORTS CROWN — SPORTS CROWN engages in the development and operation of fantasy sports.
- Recipio Japan — Recipio is a service that can suggest recipes just by entering ingredients the user already has at home. The app can also refine suggestions based on the user's mood, the occasion, and how many people the user is eating with, and more.
Weili Dai is the Executive Vice Chairwoman and Founder of DreamBig Semiconductor. She previously worked at Marvell Technology as a Co-Founder and President. Weili Dai attended the University of California, Berkeley.
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Investment focus
- Semiconductor, Electronics, Information Technology
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- United States, Indonesia, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Ronbow — Ronbow is a commercial company that distributes, designs, and manufactures a diverse selection of decorative bathing products, including sinks, vanities, medicine cabinets, and more. The company selects the highest-quality hardwood and puts them through a rigorous 10-step finishing process that is finalized with a comprehensive assembly process.Ronbow offers a dynamic and diverse design spectrum to fit any style home, from ultra contemporary to old world traditional. Their versatile designs allow for interchangeable sinks and countertops in wood, glass, stone & ceramic to match any home decor. The company provides options for interchangeable sizes and materials to inspire a truly unique customizable experience.Ronbow was founded by Jason Chen in 2002 and is headquartered in Livermore, CA, USA.
- Gravel — Gravel is a technology company that makes it simple for you to find qualified and trustworthy construction workers.
- Silicon Box — We are an advanced chiplet interconnection company specialising in cutting-edge semiconductor integration services. Learn more about our proprietary integration technology.
Roman Smolevskiy is currently the co-founder at BuildTech VC. He was also the founder of Akvapoint. He attended the University of California.
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Investment focus
- Real Estate, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- United States, Singapore, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Rent App — Rent App provides a digital platform designed to streamline rental payments and tenant management processes. The company enables tenants to make bank transfers directly to landlords without transaction fees or payment limits, with options for automated recurring payments. Rent App also offers tools for online rental applications, tenant screeningreports, and fraud prevention measures.
- Candor — Candor utilizes artificial intelligence to assist startups in the defense, energy, and biotech sectors in securing substantial U.S. government funding, offering a software platform that automates proposal drafting and ensures adherence to all requirements.
- Cuby Technologies, Inc. — Cuby has created the first scalable approach to constructing multiple building types through its proprietary process, design, and technology. Its key differentiator is the ability to erect turnkey, transportable factories in a matter of days/weeks to bring the entire off-site production on-site, making construction more efficient, scalable,predictable, sustainable, and cost-effective.
In 1999, he founded SaaS startup (towards financial institutions). After exited, he joined the NIF Ventures (now Daiwa Corporate Investment) in 2003, and mainly dealt with investment for internet-related startups and fund management. In 2010, founded Incubate Fund as one of co-founder and general partner, and works on investment and incubation inmedia, gaming, digital health, and frontier-tech areas. He won #1 prize of Forbes JAPAN’s MIDAS LIST 2017.
Since 2015, he is on the Japan Venture Capital Association (JVCA) as General Manager of planing department and Chairperson of Fund Eco-System Committee and Director of LP Relationship department.
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Investment focus
- Nursing and Residential Care, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Fager — Fager is an agriculture firm specializing in promoting decarbonization projects, agricultural carbon production, and sales.
- Ark Edge Space — Ark Edge Space provides design, manufacturing & operational services for micro-satellites along with software solutions and consulting.
- Woodstock — Woodstock is an investment app that allows to invest in US stocks.
Wang Tianmiao
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Investment focus
- Robotics, Manufacturing, Product Research
- Seed, Angel
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Xiaoyu Zhizao — Xiaoyu Zhizao is an industrial robot manufacturer, focusing on industrial robot manufacturing, intelligent robot research and development.
- Xiangke Intelligence — Tsinghua University, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, computer and robotics professionals, and industrial serial entrepreneurs founded Xiangke Intelligence. It was established by the former founder of "Speed Technology" and the general manager of SharkNinja China Robot R&D Centre.
Tatsuo Sakamoto is a Head of Sales, Japan at MOLOCO. He Attended The University of Tokyo.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Education, Recruiting
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- bgrass — bgrass is a consultation support platform for women working in the IT industry.
- Cloudbase — Cloudbase is an information technology company that specializes in the fields of cloud services and management.
- Metaverse Creators — Metaverse Creators is a feature-rich virtual platform providing gamers with a wide range of games, creation tools, and avatar editing tools.
Yoshitsune Ido
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Robotics, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Japan
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.
Fumiaki Koizumi - Executive Director @ Mercari
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Investment focus
- Internet, E-Commerce, Content
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Osiro — Osiro is a community management firm.
- Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
- FABRIC TOKYO — FABRIC TOKYO is a Japanese startup provides a direct-to-consumer custom-made apparel brand. (former-company name Lifestyle Design Co., Ltd.). It enables customers to save their sizes, idea fabrics, and favorite designs, allowing them to make their original clothing later.FABRIC TOKYO was founded in 2012 by Yuichiro Mori and is based in Tokyo,Japan.
Hiroaki Kitano is the SVP at Softbank Mobile. He attended Waseda University.
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- Health Care, Information Technology, Fitness
- Seed, Angel, Debt Financing
- Japan, United States
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- GPx — GPx is a biotech company that revolutionizes remote chronic disease management with bloodless blood tests. It is dedicated to transforming the standard of care of cardiorenal diseases and enabling patients to better understand their condition, much like the continuous glucose monitor has transformed diabetes care.The company was founded in 2020and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
- Epistra — Epistra accelerates research and development in life sciences.
- Activaid — Activaid owns and operates a social data platform for patients with inflammatory bowel disease. It allows patients to support and exchange information within the patient community with the same disease; provide information necessary for new drug development and matching to clinical trials that suits them; and improve medical treatment. YasuakiHasebe founded Activaid in 2018. It has its headquarters in Tokyo in Japan.
Kato Akihiro
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- Aerospace, Manufacturing
- Seed
- Japan
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- SPACE WALKER — SPACE WALKER specializes in design, manufacture and sale of peripheral components.
Christopher Rust is the Co-Founder and Partner at Clear Ventures.
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- Software, Enterprise Software, Information Technology
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- United States, Pakistan
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- Kaiam — Kaiam A deal website that offers discounts, coupons, and other deals in order to attract customers. The deals are usually organized by categories such as Organic & Fashion.
- Tignis — Tignis is an information technology company that enables hardware and software vendors to continually monitor performance data while their products are in use. Using real-time edge computing, machine learning, and customer-specific controls, vendors can quickly identify and proactively remedy performance issues and predict problems before theyoccur.The company was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Washington, United States.
- Robin.io — Automate deployment of complex 5G & enterprise apps to improve productivity and reduce cost with cloud native Kubernetes storage on the Robin platform.
Arai Yoshihide - CEO & Chairman @ Atrae
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- Aerospace, Manufacturing
- Seed
- Japan
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- SPACE WALKER — SPACE WALKER specializes in design, manufacture and sale of peripheral components.
Lu Feng is the Executive Director/Partner at Guangyuan Capital.
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- Robotics, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Angel
- China
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- Changyao Innovation — Changyao Innovation is a cutting-edge technological company. It provides intelligent robots to families. The current first-generation devices emphasize automating the entire grass management process. The main focus is on robotic lawnmowers with a vision-based full process.
Gerald T., HeveaConnect CEO.
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- E-Commerce, Marketplace, Trading Platform
- Series A
- Singapore
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- HeveaConnect — Discover the forefront of rubber trading innovation on our platform. Harness the power of technology and EUDR compliance as we reshape the rubber industry. Elevate your supply chain, transparency, traceability, sustainability, and procurement practices with our advanced digital tools. Join us for a seamless trading experience where innovation meets the rubber market's evolving demands.
Bingqiang Gao is the Independent Non-Executive Director of Q Tech.
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- Hardware, Robotics, Electronics
- Seed, Angel
- China, United States
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- Aiator — Aiator is an artificial intelligence product and technology solutions company focusing on industrial fields and biotechnology. Founded in 2010 by Silicon Valley Artificial Intelligence Scientist in Shenzhen Qianhai DreamWorks, the core members of the team are from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Hong Kong. Currently, there arefour peacock talents and nearly 30 independent intellectual property rights. Weiai Intelligent is committed to carrying out AI empowerment services for enterprises, reducing costs and increasing efficiency.
- Shanmu SHANMU — Shanmu SHANMU is a micro medical robot specialist who uses self-developed digital microfluidic chipsets and artificial intelligence algorithms. The robot can continuously check the metabolic components in urine, establishing a link between the user's health status and disease and intelligently establishing multiple disease management cycles.
- LuMing Robotics — LuMing Robotics is a developer of intelligent robots. LuMing Robotics focuses on the field of embodied intelligent robots, and its business covers intelligent robot R&D and sales, artificial intelligence algorithm development, etc.
Xingchuang Kefu
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- Manufacturing, Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing
- Series A
- China
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- Sequence Technology — Sequence Technology emphasizes in the production of polymer materials used in the semiconductor manufacturing process.
Padmasree Warrior is the Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer at Fable. She is also the Chief Executive Officer of NextEV, U.S. She also serves as the Chief
Development Officer of NextEV, as well as a member of its Board of Directors. In these capacities, she is responsible for the brains of NextEV's autonomous, electric vehiclesand the overall user experience. She is based in San Jose, CA where NextEV US is headquartered.Previously, Warrior served as the Chief Technology & Strategy Officer (CTSO) for Cisco until
September 2015. In this capacity she was charged with aligning the company's technology and
business strategy to business results. She was in charge of corporate strategy, mergers,
acquisitions, venture investments, and strategic partnerships. Previous to that she was the GM for
Cisco Enterprise segment and co-led Cisco's worldwide engineering organization. Prior to joining
Cisco, she was executive vice president and CTO at Motorola. Under her leadership, Motorola was
awarded the 2004 U.S. National Medal of Technology.Padmasree Warrior has been widely recognized for her creative, visionary leadership. Forbes has
named her one of "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women" for three years running. In 2013, The
International Alliance for Women gave her the World of Difference Award. In 2012, Business Insider called her one of the "25 Most Influential Women in Wireless". The Aspen Institute gave her the first Leadership in Science and Technology Award. India's National Association of Software & Service Companies (NASSCOM) named her the Global CTO Award winner. The Wall Street Journal has called her one of "50 Women to Watch." Fast Company included her among the "100 Most Creative People in Business." The Economic Times listed her as "the 11th Most Influential Global Indian."Warrior holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of
Technology in New Delhi and a Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Cornell
University. In addition to NextEV's board, Warrior serves on the board of Microsoft. She previously served on the board of Gap and Box.
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- Apps, Genetics, Automotive
- Series A
- China, United States
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- NIO — NIO Inc. is a pioneer in China’s premium smart electric vehicle market. NIO’s mission is to shape a joyful lifestyle by offering premium smart electric vehicles and being the best user enterprise. NIO designs, jointly manufactures, and sells smart and connected premium electric vehicles, driving innovations in next generation technologies inconnectivity, autonomous driving and artificial intelligence. Redefining the user experience, NIO provides users with comprehensive, convenient and innovative charging solutions and other user-centric services. NIO began deliveries of the ES8, a 7-seater high-performance premium electric SUV in China in June 2018, and its variant, the six-seater ES8, in March 2019. NIO officially launched the ES6, a 5-seater high-performance premium electric SUV, in December 2018 and began deliveries in June 2019. NIO officially launched the EC6, a 5-seater smart premium electric Coupe SUV, in December 2019 and plans to commence deliveries in 2020.
- Color — Color is a population health technology company that focuses on providing large-scale health care programs and clinical testing. It improves the key health infrastructure systems to make health accessible, convenient, and cost-effective, serving health systems, employers, research institutions, and individual consumers.Its Population GenomicsPlatform offers modular and end-to-end solutions that enable organizations to effectively build and scale population health programs. It provides technology, software, and clinical services to help population programs launch and scale quickly. By combining innovative technology, specialized laboratory infrastructure, and clinical health services, Color creates complete and effective programs that include: Program strategy, planning, and implementation; Participant outreach and engagement; participant education and consent about testing and results; sample (blood or saliva) collection and genetic sequencing; data management and clinical reporting; HIPAA compliance and data security; return of results; clinical services, like genetic counseling and clinical pharmacy; personalized care routine; and ongoing population health management. Color’s partners include NorthShore University Health System, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Ochsner Health System, Verily, Visa, Levi Strauss, and Salesforce.Elad Gil, Nish Bhat, Taylor Sittler, and Othman Laraki launched Color in 2015 and is based in Burlingame, California.
Andrew is the founding partner of brizan.
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- Robotics, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Angel
- China
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- Changyao Innovation — Changyao Innovation is a cutting-edge technological company. It provides intelligent robots to families. The current first-generation devices emphasize automating the entire grass management process. The main focus is on robotic lawnmowers with a vision-based full process.
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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- Apps, Content, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Japan, Singapore, Spain
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- Revorf — Revorf analyzes data and develops AI-related to infectious diseases and healthcare.
- abillion — Find tips for plant-based food & products near you. Join the community to share reviews of restaurants & brands. Raise funds & drive sustainability!
- 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.
Kumi Sakurai is a Co founder of Premo Partners.
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- Health Care, Manufacturing, Product Research
- Series A
- Japan
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- Spine Chronicle — Spine chronicle is a medical device manufacturing firm that specializes in developing orthopedic medical equipment.
MAEDA GIKEN
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- 3D Printing, 3D Technology, Manufacturing
- Funding Round
- Japan
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- ExtraBold — ExtraBold specializes in the development of 3D printers.
Masaru Sakamoto is an individual investor.
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- Aerospace, Industrial, Space Travel
- Seed
- Japan
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- AstroX — AstroX is a private space startup company that develops satellite launch vehicles for space development. It utilizes the rockoon method for developing launch vehicles and small rockets to help clients easily use space.
Ms. Zhu Xinai, Chairman of Shanghai Laimu Co., Ltd.
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- Electronics, Manufacturing, Packaging Services
- Seed
- China
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- Jiejiazhi — Jiejiazhi is a manufacturer and developer of intelligent controller PCBAs, offering comprehensive services for manufacturing, component procurement, testing, assembly, quality inspection, and packaging. The company's business covers industrial controllers, medical products, new energy car electronics and smart home in many fields, offeringprofessional PCBA manufacturing services including SMT stickers, DIP plugins, assembly, testing, and combining innovative R&D capabilities, to provide a one-stop solution for customers from concept to finished product.
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