# Top 50 Manufacturing Angel Investors in Asia in June 2026

## Jan Hammer
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Medical, Medical Device

Jan Hammer is the partner at Index and the Board observer of Harmonic. Jan attended Oxford University.

## Lijie Wang
- Type: Angel
- Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Aerospace, Manufacturing, Big Data

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.

## Byung Joon Han
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Electronics, Manufacturing, Semiconductor

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.

## Nobuyuki Idei
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Corporate Round
- Focus: Information Technology, Internet, Manufacturing

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.

## Nobuhiro Ariyasu
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Finance, Content, Internet

Nobuhiro Ariyasu is the CEO at Coach United.

## HP Jin
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Manufacturing, Robotics, Furniture

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.

## Xin Xu
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Video, Mobile Apps, Food Delivery

Xin Xu

## Yusuke Sato
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Content, Internet, Food and Beverage

Yusuke Sato is the Co-Representative and Co-Founder of Pulit.

## Pawoot Pom Pongvitayapanu
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Marketing, Internet

Pawoot is like an icon of Thailand online business. Many people call him "the godfather of E-Commerce"

## Toru Shimada
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Internet, Task Management, Content

Toru Shimada is a Senior Executive Officer and Director of Rakuten. Mr. Shimada is a Director of Rakuten Baseball, Inc., and Head of Asia Regional Headquarters Office of the Company.Mr. Shimada joined Rakuten in 2004. Prior to joining Rakuten, Mr. Shimada was founder and Director of INTELLIGENCE, LTD from 1989 to 2004. Prior to INTELLIGENCE, LTD.Mr. Shimada worked at RECRUIT CO., LTD. from 1987 to 1989.

## Hirofumi Miki
- Type: Angel
- Location: Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Content, Internet, Software

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.

## Avi Reichental
- Type: Angel
- Location: Ventura, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: 3D Printing, Health Care, 3D Technology

Avi Reichental is the current Co-Founder & Chairman of ParaMatters. He previously worked at Singularity University as a Core Faculty.

## Michael Diekmann
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series C
- Focus: mHealth, CleanTech, Smart Home

Michael Diekmann is Supervisory Board Member at Siemens.

## Hua Guoping
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Health Diagnostics

Hua Guoping is the the founder of Hualan Co.

## Lim Tai Tian
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Sustainability, Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing

Lim Tai Tian

## Kubo Keiichi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Aerospace, Manufacturing

Kubo Keiichi

## Peter Tan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Baby, Machinery Manufacturing

Peter Tan

## Jichuangtan Jichuangtan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Manufacturing, Machinery Manufacturing, Industrial Manufacturing

Jichuangtan Jichuangtan

## Yoshiro Yonezawa
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Manufacturing, Product Research

Yoshiro Yonezawa Doctor at Yonezawa Orthopedic Hospital.

## Peter Li
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Software, Industrial, Manufacturing

Peter Li is an individual investor.

## Meng Xiong Kuok
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Transportation

Meng Xiong Kuok - Founder & Managing Partner @ K3 Ventures

## Hongjia Zhang
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Solar, Energy, Recycling

Hongjia Zhang

## James Cameron
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech

James Cameron is based out of Sydney, New South Wales and is the Partner of Airtree. James previously worked at BipSync as a Founder and Director. James Cameron attended the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

## Naruhisa Nakagawa
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Manufacturing, Beauty, Drones

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

## Andras Varsanyi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Nutrition, Biotechnology

Andras Varsanyi

## Noriyuki Nakano
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Aerospace, Manufacturing

Noriyuki Nakano

## Cheng Li
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Private Equity
- Focus: Pet, SaaS, Software

Cheng Li is the Principal at LLR Partners. He attended The Wharton School.

## Charles Xue
- Type: Angel
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Series A, Seed
- Focus: Internet, Retail, Information Technology

Charles Xue, also known as Xue Manzi, is a Chinese-American angel investor and entrepreneur. He is co-founder of UT Starcom and has invested in Chinese internet startups.

## Quek Siu Rui
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Education, E-Learning

Siu Rui is a co-founder of Carousell and oversees Product and Marketing. Since the launch of Carousell in May 2012 together with co-founders Marcus Tan and Lucas Ngoo, Siu Rui has been deeply involved in product strategy, international expansion and capital strategy. He is passionate about technology and has been buying and selling online since hewas 13. This has been a driving force behind Siu Rui’s commitment to building a product-focused company, focused on solving meaningful problems for people globally.Prior to Carousell, Siu Rui spent some time in marketing and product management at VSee, Ogilvy & Mather and DBS Vickers. Siu Rui read Business Administration and Entrepreneurship at National University of Singapore and Stanford University (Under the NUS Overseas College Program in Silicon Valley, California), and dropped out of his Honours year to start Carousell.

## Masato Bito
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Content, Aerospace, Manufacturing

Masato Bito is the Chief Technology Officer at Repro Inc.

## Ratan Tata
- Type: Angel
- Location: Houston, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Health Care

Ratan Tata is the Founder and Managing Director of RNT Associates.

## Christopher Rust
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Enterprise Software, Manufacturing

Christopher Rust is the Co-Founder and Partner at Clear Ventures.

## Albert Wenger
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Internet

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.

## Jenny Chen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: 3D Printing, Health Care

Jenny Chen

## Bob Xiaoping Xu
- Type: Angel
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Angel, Seed
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Mobile

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.

## Willy Koh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Baby, Machinery Manufacturing

Willy Koh is the Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director of Racer Technology.

## Otomi Tomohiro
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Health Care, Travel, Content

Otomi Tomohiro - CEO @ Tyrus

## Huang Hao
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Medical, Biotechnology, Manufacturing

Huang Hao is the chairman of Yuanxu Fund.

## Liu Keyong
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Industrial, Market Research, Industrial Automation

Liu Keyong

## Wanqiang Li
- Type: Angel
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Art, Apps

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.

## Hao Chen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Wearables, Manufacturing, Virtual Reality

Hao Chen is an founder of Shokz.

## Hao Yan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Robotics, Manufacturing, Medical Device

Hao Yan is the Representative Director of EPS Holdings.

## Qiaoling Wang
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Solar, Energy, Recycling

Qiaoling Wang

## Chang-Hung Tseng
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: 3D Printing, Health Care

Chang-Hung Tseng

## Weili Dai
- Type: Angel
- Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Semiconductor, Electronics, Information Technology

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.

## Roman Smolevskiy
- Type: Angel
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Real Estate, Software, Artificial Intelligence

Roman Smolevskiy is currently the co-founder at BuildTech VC. He was also the founder of Akvapoint. He attended the University of California.

## Yusuke Murata
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Nursing and Residential Care, Software, Artificial Intelligence

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.

## Wang Tianmiao
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Robotics, Manufacturing, Product Research

Wang Tianmiao

## Tatsuo Sakamoto
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Education, Recruiting

Tatsuo Sakamoto is a Head of Sales, Japan at MOLOCO. He Attended The University of Tokyo.

## Yoshitsune Ido
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Robotics, Software

Yoshitsune Ido