Top 50 Mobile Angel Investors in Asia (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Boon Hwee Koh
Angel
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6 | Singapore, United States, China | Seed, Series A, Series B | FinTech, Software, Financial Services | $399k–$40M |
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Ayataro Nakagawa
Angel
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6 | Japan, Hong Kong, United States | Seed, Angel | Internet, Software, Content | $425k–$26M |
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Toivo Annus
Angel
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6 | Singapore, United States, Estonia | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Software, FinTech | $1.4M–$6M |
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Yusuke Sato
Angel
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4 | Japan, Indonesia, United States | Seed, Angel | Internet, Content, Software | $320k–$43M |
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Joel Neoh
Angel
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4 | Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Apps, Mobile | |
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Kotaro Chiba
Angel
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4 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A | Content, Information Technology, Travel | $700k–$75M |
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Yu Akasaka
Angel
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4 | Japan, Australia, Hong Kong | Seed, Angel | Content, Food and Beverage, Apps | $425k–$43M |
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Gokul Rajaram
Angel
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4 | United States, India, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services | $2.2M–$55M |
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Aminur Rashid
Angel
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3 | Bangladesh | Seed, Pre-Seed | Shopping, Cosmetics, E-Commerce | $700k–$1M |
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J.J. Chai
Angel
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3 | Singapore | Seed | Mobile Apps, EdTech, Mobile | $800k–$3.5M |
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Danny Yeung
Angel
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3 | Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore | Seed, Convertible Note | Mobile, Wellness, Health Care | $750k–$2.2M |
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Murat Abdrakhmanov
Angel
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3 | United States, Kazakhstan, Ukraine | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, SaaS, Mobile Apps | $270k–$2M |
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Shintaro Yamada
Angel
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2 | Japan, United States, Kenya | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Internet, Finance, Content | $320k–$28M |
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Owen Van Natta
Angel
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2 | United States, Singapore, Ireland | Seed, Series A, Series B | Mobile, Software, E-Commerce | $600k–$50M |
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Askar Dostiyarov
Angel
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2 | Kazakhstan | Seed, Angel | FinTech, Payments, Mobile Apps | |
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Takashi Shibayama
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed | Music, EBooks, Gaming | $553k–$5.8M |
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Bas Godska
Angel
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2 | United States, The Netherlands, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | Software, SaaS, E-Commerce | $85k–$2M |
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Teruhide Sato
Angel
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2 | India, Japan, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Internet, Apps | $360k–$17M |
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Justin Kan
Angel
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2 | United States, Nigeria, India | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence | $890k–$23M |
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Arun Gupta
Angel
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2 | India, Bangladesh | Seed | Shopping, Cosmetics, E-Commerce | $198k–$1.2M |
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Masao Ito
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Series A, Angel | Content, Social Media, Information Technology | $661k–$17M |
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Ratan Tata
Angel
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2 | India, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Internet, Health Care | $416k–$14M |
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Yoshinori Fukushima
Angel
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2 | Japan, Singapore | Seed, Angel, Series A | Internet, Software, Marketing | $2.5M–$41M |
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Julian Shapiro
Angel
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2 | United States, Bangladesh, Pakistan | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $500k–$36M |
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Anand Chandrasekaran
Angel
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2 | India, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, SaaS | $300k–$42M |
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Sunghwan Choi
Angel
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2 | United States, Hong Kong, South Korea | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $4M–$15M |
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Wing Vasiksiri
Angel
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2 | Singapore, Thailand, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Social, Blockchain, Mobile Apps | $850k–$6M |
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Masahiko Inada
Angel
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2 | Japan | Angel, Seed | SNS, Content, Finance | $553k–$5.8M |
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Jun Nishikawa
Angel
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2 | Japan, United States | Seed, Series A, Angel | Food and Beverage, Content, Human Resources | $968k–$71M |
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Hossain Md Shahidul Haq
Angel
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2 | Bangladesh | Pre-Seed | Wellness, Lifestyle, Health Care | $38k–$100k |
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Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Angel
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2 | Japan, Singapore | Seed, Angel, Series A | Finance, Content, Internet | $420k–$354M |
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Hirofumi Miki
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Content, Internet, Marketing | $764k–$16M |
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Yusuke Tanaka
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed | Tourism, Consulting, E-Commerce | $16M–$18M |
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Carman Chan
Angel
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2 | United States, Hong Kong, China | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, SaaS | $100k–$3M |
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Sriram Krishnan
Angel
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2 | United States, India, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Developer Tools | $1M–$26M |
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Shogo Kawada
Angel
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2 | Japan, United States | Seed, Angel | Software, SaaS, Apps | $360k–$14M |
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Peng T. Ong
Angel
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2 | Singapore, United States | Seed, Series A | Mobile Apps, Artificial Intelligence, Social | $600k–$1.2M |
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Hidetoshi Takano
Angel
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2 | Japan, United States | Seed, Angel | Internet, Information Technology, Content | $455k–$30M |
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Darius Cheung
Angel
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2 | Singapore, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Apps, SaaS | $475k–$6M |
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Soichiro Kawai
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Media and Entertainment, Internet, Mobile Apps | $278k–$30M |
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Meng Xiong Kuok
Angel
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2 | Singapore, United States, China | Series A, Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Marketplace | $1.2M–$19M |
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Matilde Giglio
Angel
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2 | India, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, Software, FinTech | $125k–$22M |
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Kensuke Furukawa
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Content, SNS, Internet | $690k–$33M |
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Maximilian Bittner
Angel
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2 | Singapore, France, Germany | Series A, Seed, Series C | E-Commerce, FinTech, Marketplace | $134k–$150M |
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Toru Shimada
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Internet, Task Management, Apps | $453k–$14M |
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Michael Cassau
Angel
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2 | Germany, Singapore | Seed, Series A | Hardware, Software, CleanTech | $1.8M–$5M |
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Yasuyuki Kin
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Media and Entertainment, Recruiting, Career Planning | $1.4M–$14M |
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Lijie Wang
Angel
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2 | China, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Aerospace, Manufacturing, Big Data | $150k–$8.3M |
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Julian Farrior
Angel
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2 | United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A | Mobile, Film, Comics | $1.3M–$2.8M |
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Takeuchi Makoto
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Mobile, Medical | $11M–$326M |
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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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- Industry: FinTech, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Singapore, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $399k–$5M; Series A $704k–$20M; Series B $8.8M–$40M
- 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.
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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- Industry: Internet, Software, Content
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan, Hong Kong, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 43
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$24M; Angel $425k–$26M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mepple — Mepple is planning, developing, and operating internet services.
- For you — For you is a comprehensive Advertising agency business specializing in SNS.
- SPORTS CROWN — SPORTS CROWN engages in the development and operation of fantasy sports.
Active individual investor in flying drones, also looking at payments and ecommerce.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Singapore, United States, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 37
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$3M; Series A $2M–$6M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Salv — Smart AML solutions. Detect and mitigate money laundering risks through advanced transaction monitoring, sanction screening, and KYC risk scoring.
- Enview — Enview offers the next generation of Geospatial Analytics Software and GEOINT technology for energy companies and governments to protect their critical infrastructure.
- GOSU Data Lab — Try the World`s first game voice assistant to master the game effortlessly. Learn more - how it works and how can it help you.
Yusuke Sato is the Co-Representative and Co-Founder of Pulit.
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- Industry: Internet, Content, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan, Indonesia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 59
- Round size: Seed $3.3M–$41M; Angel $320k–$43M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
Joel Neoh is the Founder and CEO of Fave. He attended Monash University.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Apps, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Evo — Social Commerce Software
- Prenetics — CircleDNA is an at-home, non-invasive DNA test providing health insights across 500+ reports based on your unique genetic blueprint.
- Snaptee — Design your personalized t-shirts with Snaptee. Get it from AppStore and Google Play. Create your t-shirt collection with Instagram photos or your favorite snapshot pictures. Snaptee realize your creativity!
Kotaro Chiba is the founder of ChibaDojo Fund. Kotaro Chiba attended Keio University.
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- Industry: Content, Information Technology, Travel
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 69
- Round size: Seed $700k–$30M; Series A $13M–$75M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
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 Japan's #1 e-scooter and e-bike sharing service provider. Luup currently operates in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Yokohama, while planning to expand to other cities all over Japan. The service is based on a high-density port network, where anyone can rent and return to their original fleets.
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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- Industry: Content, Food and Beverage, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan, Australia, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $1M–$43M; Angel $425k–$7.4M
- 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.
Gokul Rajaram is a founding partner at Marathon Management Partners and Board of Director of Niural.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, India, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 270
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$14M; Series A $7.1M–$35M; Series B $12M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Knit — Knit is an AI-Native Research Agency that combines the rigor and expertise of a traditional agency with the speed and efficiency of AI.
- Uniti AI — Uniti's AI agents answer every call, text, chat, and email in seconds inside the PMS/CRM you already run. Built for real estate operators focused on growth, profitability & scale.
- Discovered Materials — AI Agents that discover new materials to improve compute
Aminur Rashid is a co-founder of Pickaboo.com.
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- Industry: Shopping, Cosmetics, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Bangladesh
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $700k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pickaboo.com — Explore a wide range of authentic and quality products, including electronics, smartphones, cameras, kitchen appliances, mobile accessories and more. Get Official warranty, EMI facility and home delivery across Bangladesh.
J.J. Chai is the CEO and co-founder of Rainforest.
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- Industry: Mobile Apps, EdTech, Mobile
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $800k–$3.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Truely Travel eSIM — Stay connected everywhere with Truely eSIM.
- Ottodot — Master every Science & Math concept through Ottodot Online Tuition. Designed based on the Singapore MOE syllabus with experienced MOE teachers. For kids 5-12 year olds.
- Intellect — Intellect is a global mental health benefits company serving 4 million+ members across 100 countries in 120+ languages. Access coaching, therapy, self-care tools, crisis management, L&D programmes, and more.
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Browse database — It's Free!Danny Yeung is the Chief Executive Officer of Insighta and CEO and Co-Founder of Prenetics. Danny Yeung attended the University of San Francisco.
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- Industry: Mobile, Wellness, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $750k–$2.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Snaptee — Design your personalized t-shirts with Snaptee. Get it from AppStore and Google Play. Create your t-shirt collection with Instagram photos or your favorite snapshot pictures. Snaptee realize your creativity!
- Klarity Analytics —
- Social Media Broadcasts (SMB) —
Murat Abdrakhmanov is a co-investor at 2C2P. Attended Fuqua Executive school of bussines.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Kazakhstan, Ukraine
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Seed $500k–$2M; Pre-Seed $270k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- GoDays — AI-driven Continuous passive and active analytical tool, preventing burnout of employees. Continuous well-being based on passive collaboration data, sentiment analytics.
- PLATMA — PLATMA is a workspace for developing low/no-code solutions with ready-made constructors that reduce the need for large resources and decrease time to market
- Prosper Pay — Prosper Pay is a financial platform that allows employees to view up-to-date earnings and transfer funds.
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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- Industry: Internet, Finance, Content
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $2M–$28M; Angel $320k–$3.7M; Pre-Seed $510k–$4.9M
- 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.
Owen Van Natta is currently Founder and Managing Partner of Prefix Capital, an early stage investment fund founded in 2019. Owen is also a Founder and Managing Partner at 415 Investments. Previously, Owen was the Executive Vice President of Business at Zynga. He was responsible for the company's revenue strategy, corporate development,international expansion, and brand. Owen was also a member of Zynga's Board of Directors.Before Zynga, Owen served as Chief Executive Officer of MySpace, where he was responsible for all aspects of the company's strategic vision and the execution of its global business initiatives. Owen joined the MySpace team after serving as the Chief Executive Officer of Project Playlist, a music sharing website allowing users to search for music, create custom playlists, and share the content with friends.Prior to Project Playlist, Van Natta was the Chief Operating Officer at Facebook, where he focused on revenue operations, business development, and strategic partnerships.Earlier in his career, Owen was Vice President of Worldwide Business and Corporate Development at Amazon.com, where he managed global marketing programs and strategic partnerships. He was part of the founding team of A9.com, the Amazon.com search company, and was responsible for site operations and sponsored-link advertising.Owen holds a bachelor's degree from the University of California at Santa Cruz.
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- Industry: Mobile, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Singapore, Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 36
- Round size: Seed $600k–$4.5M; Series A $1M–$50M; Series B $25M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Jiko — Jiko is a new type of bank built on US Treasury bills to unlock unprecedented yield, safety, and scale through direct products and an embedded finance API. Jiko removes the limits of traditional banking to create a new paradigm for building financial success at the scale and speed of today’s economy. Headquartered in San Francisco with offices inNYC and Reykjavik, Jiko's vertically integrated financial institution combines its nationally chartered bank and registered broker-dealer to hold cash as T-bills – all in safe custody. Learn more at www.jiko.com.
- Ekho — Ekho is a digital advertising development platform designed to simplify, extend and enhance native advertising opportunities for brands.The Ekho product suite leverages “activated data” to provide a suite of Sales + Marketing tools across industries. The elegance of these tools is their integrated nature. Ekho Focus Sets generate contextual,time-critical lists of People and Content, which are then ranked and scored, in real-time by our proprietary algorithms. SOCIAL LEAD GENERATION • Generate a real-time stream of ranked + scored leads focused on your business or product • Time-critical lists of Social ID's specific to a brand, product or topic to integrate with various Advertising API's • Improve conversion rates and enhance ROI for digital marketing efforts • Significantly reduce your costs for lead acquisition CONTENT ENGINE • Ekho’s Top Content algorithm delivers the most recent, most relevant content about your area of interest • Build Community for your Digital Brand with relevant and timely content • Curate content streams to provide insight and commentary for your own original content • Recognize advertising and subscription-based revenue opportunities DYNAMIC AD NETWORK Ekho’s white-label-ready Leaderboards (built from our ranked and scored lead lists) plus new streams of relevant content provide advertising inventory where none existed. • Incremental revenue opportunities through display ads • Generate subscription revenue • Drive your Database Acquisition Strategy • Enhance ROI for Sales and Marketing programs LEADERBOARD | COMMUNITY BOARD Create community | Gamify your products, brand advocates or employees | Recognize the experts. The Ekho Leaderboard, with customizable EkhoScore, allows you to score, rank and promote the people most important to your brand. Twitter: @ekhoinc
- Bags — Grow your business with access to fair and flexible funding options designed to help you do your thing. Bags is the best place for business owners to get dollars for working capital, inventory, marketing, expansion, or anything else you need to grow.
Askar Dostiyarov is an angel investor and Managing Partner at Meridian Capital Limited. He attended the Wharton School.
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- Industry: FinTech, Payments, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Kazakhstan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Prosper Pay — Prosper Pay is a financial platform that allows employees to view up-to-date earnings and transfer funds.
Takashi Shibayama
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- Industry: Music, EBooks, Gaming
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $553k–$5.8M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FOWD — FOWD is a comprehensive entertainment company in Japan.
- AtHearth — AtHearth is a real estate agency offering specialized services for expats in Tokyo. Find Out More.
- 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.
Founder Acrobator Ventures, Tech Investment Fund. Founder Acrobator.com, growth hack and marketing advisory firm. Co-Founder Netherlands for Ukraine Foundation (NL4UA.org) supporting Ukrainians affected by the war since 2022. Digital Dutchman, entrepreneur-turned-investor. eCommerce expert, growth hacker and marketeer since 2000. Assisted 100+companies worldwide as CMO, MD, board advisor, consultant. Ranked #1 Foreign Angel Investor in Russia (EWDN); Top 10 Angel Investor (Firrma.ru/SLON), Crunchbase: #1 Dutch (2019) & Top 50 EU angel investor. Techcrunch / Crunchbase: "Bas Godska is one of the most prolific Western investors in Eastern Europe." Bas' Angel Fund (>EUR 100mn AUM) ranked by PitchBook as #2 in success by IRR (2021). Top 50 SuperAngel worldwide (Arete Index, 2024-25)Roles Europe/Russia/CIS (2003-2019): CMO lastminute.com ; Country Manager Sportingbet ; CMO Europe Ebookers.com / Orbitz.com ; MD Gogol Media. CMO / dep. CEO Ozon.ru ; VP Marketing Gloria Jeans ; CMO Lamoda.ru (Rocket Internet) ; CMO Digital KupiVIP.ru ; eCommerce Director a.i. Enter | Svyaznoi ; MD myThings.com ; Guest Lecturer Digital Marketing at Skolkovo MSM MBA (2013), Guest lecturer Stanford IGC Exec MBAAngel investor in decacorn Miro, Harver (exit to Rubicon PE), Chocofamily, Piano. Bas' angel investments (~50) have helped founders raise over $1 billion from investors like Iconiq, Accel, Insight, Salesforce, Google, YC, and Techstars. The combined market cap of these companies, based on their latest funding rounds, is ~$20 billion. As a VC/LP Bas invested in 400+ companies including 20+ unicorns.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, The Netherlands, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 51
- Round size: Seed $300k–$2M; Angel $90k–$110k; Pre-Seed $85k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Carv.com — Carv's AI recruiting platform is designed to take over repetitive admin tasks related to intakes and interviews, for a renewed focus on the candidate.
- Helio AI — Automated AI-powered recruiting platform with ATS and gamified personality test. Reduce daily workload by 60% and hire top talents in a few clicks.
- knopka — knopka - is an advanced automated nurse calling system that ensures help is provided on time. One-hour installation. Completely wireless. Compatible with cardiac monitors, fitness trackers, and smartwatches.
Teruhide Sato is based out of Singapore, Central Region and is the CEO and Founder of BEENEXT. Teruhide previously worked at BEENOS Partners as a Managing Partner. Teruhide Sato attended the Keio University.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: India, Japan, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $360k–$1.7M; Series A $2.1M–$8.5M; Series B $5.5M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Zilingo — Zilingo was founded in 2015 by Ankiti Bose and Dhruv Kapoor with a vision to use technology to put fair and efficient business within everyone’s reach. Up until now, the fashion industry has favored a select few - if you had social, human and financial capital, you could get anything done. But we believe the future of fashion belongs to everyone.By using smart, technology-led solutions to bridge the gap between creators and producers, we’re re-imagining the fashion industry to make it accessible, connected and transparent for all. Find out more on business.zilingo.com.
- InnerChef — InnerChef is an Indian food tech company that offers a mobile app for online food discovery and delivery. It allows users to order their favorite dishes which can be delivered within 20 minutes. The company offers ready-to-eat meals, gourmets do-it-yourself recipe kits (InnerChef DIY gourmet), detox cleanses, and healthy eats (InnerChef+) as wellas decadent desserts (Indulge by InnerChef). InnerChef has beverages ranging from cold coffees to thick shakes to fruit juices, all freshly prepared. The company also operates Indulge, a hyperlocal dessert marketplace where home bakers and neighborhood bakeries can offer their products to customers.
- Pipa.Bella — Pipa.Bella currently offers custom-made and ready-made fashion jewelry at affordable prices to over 40,000 customers across India through an innovative online platform and aims to reach to 1.5 lakh customers over the next twelve months. With few branded players in the fashion jewelry segment, Pipa.Bella aims to solve a pain point that many womenface while shopping for jewelry - branded jewelry is either overpriced with high mark-ups, or unbranded jewelry is cluttered and lacks any proper curation or style guidance. Pipa.Bella launches approximately 100 new styles every week that are all priced well between INR 500 - 3000. The demand for fashion jewellery has grown significantly in the last few years due to high prices of gold and silver and is estimated to be a $6 billion market. The brand has hit operational profitability in FY 17-18 and is aiming to be cash flow positive in the next twelve months. Pipa.Bella targets the 22-35-year-old urban woman who is fashion-conscious, social media savvy and is quick to adapt to latest trends. Pipa.Bella derives its name from two European words that describe the company's range of products and customers. A typical "Pipa" woman is bold, edgy and always ready to experiment and a typical "Bella" woman is a classicist, graceful, more conservative. The brand celebrates the different styles that exemplify these two aesthetics through its product range, which consist of earrings, necklaces, bracelets and rings, sterling silver jewelry, charms, personalized jewelry, wedding jewelry Pipa.Bella is a recipient of the Google SMB Heroes 2017 Award, Top 25 Startups by Singapore's Javelin Startup-O Victory Fund, and Digital Women in E-Commerce 2017 Award by Shethepeople.tv. The brand has been worn on top Bollywood celebrities and has been featured in International fashion and business publications such as Vogue, Harpers, Femina, Grazia, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Economic Times, and Wall Street Journal.
Justin Kan is the Co-Founder of Stash. He previously worked at Atrium as a CEO. Justin Kan attended Yale University.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 111
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$7M; Pre-Seed $890k–$20M; Series A $7.5M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Convex — All gas, no breakages. Convex is the reactive backend platform that keeps up with you and your agents.
- FLORA — FLORA is an applied AI HCI company building creative tools.
- Samepage — Building your second brain for product leaders
Arun Gupta, the Founder and CEO of MoMAGIC is a technology veteran turned first generation serial entrepreneur, with 25+ years of experience and multiple patents to his credit, while donning the hat of Director MediaTek, for close to a decade. Arun Gupta is credited with being the architect of the 1st version of MediaTek handset MMI.
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- Industry: Shopping, Cosmetics, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: India, Bangladesh
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $198k–$1.2M
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Deciwood — Experience high quality sound, extended bass and your design with Deciwood Portable Bluetooth Speakers.We craft affordable, customisable speakers on etched wood
- Pickaboo.com — Explore a wide range of authentic and quality products, including electronics, smartphones, cameras, kitchen appliances, mobile accessories and more. Get Official warranty, EMI facility and home delivery across Bangladesh.
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- Industry: Content, Social Media, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $661k–$17M; Series A $12M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Illusil — Illusil is a service that makes it easier for anyone to generate slide materials and reduces the amount of time needed to do it. Additionally, presentations can be automatically generated from text input by AI, and over 1,000 design templates can be used to build original slides.
- Alyaum — Aryaum supports "regional revitalization through NFT" by offering local governments all around the nation hometown tax and tourism NFT solutions.
- Driver Technologies — Driver Technologies is a cloud logistics platform provider. It provides a solution for driver matching and cargo vehicle demands.
Ratan Tata is the Founder and Managing Director of RNT Associates.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: India, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 63
- Round size: Seed $416k–$7.2M; Series A $2.5M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- GOQii — GOQii is headquartered in California with offices in Mumbai and Shenzhen. It is dedicated to enabling a permanent shift to a healthier lifestyle with the combination of advanced wearable technology, the world's leading experts, coaches and karma. GOQii focuses on sustained engagement & goal reinforcement and offers a complete ecosystem asa single integrated solution, which is a powerful combination of technology and human connection. GOQii is a collaboration of some of the world's leading experts and an amazing management team who are driven by a passion for healthy sustainable living, and who believe that all of us contain boundless potential. GOQii's goal is to enable millions of people across the world to "be the force" by helping them unleash their untapped potential.
- Repos energy — Repos - AI for Energy Transition | From India. For the World.
- Goodfellows — Goodfellows aims to offer companionship to lonely senior citizens.
Yoshinori Fukushima - CEO @ LayerX
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- Industry: Internet, Software, Marketing
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $3.3M–$41M; Angel $7.1M–$11M; Series A $2.5M–$14M
- 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
Julian Shapiro is a deeptech seed investor at Julian.capital. He previously worked as the Founder of Demand Curve, a Columnist — Growth Marketing at TechCrunch, and VP of Marketing at Webflow. Julian attended Y Combinator.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Bangladesh, Pakistan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $4M–$11M; Pre-Seed $500k–$4.5M; Series A $14M–$36M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- DealCart — DealCart enables users to buy their favorite products in groups by allowing users to buy in groups and sharing deals on WhatsApp and other social media platforms.
- Agroshift — Agroshift helps farmers sell their produce to businesses and consumers by providing a tech-enabled supply chain.
- Owner — Owner gives you the same tools that major national brands use to drive sales. Online ordering proven to grow sales. Mobile app with rewards. And more.
Anand Chandrasekaran is based out of San Francisco, California and is the President of Crescendo. Anand previously worked at General Catalyst as Partner and Venture Advisor. Anand Chandrasekaran attended the Stanford University and PSG College of Technology, India. Anand Chandrasekaran has been awarded Young Global Leader by the World EconomicForum and was recognized as the #1 seed investor focused on the India – U.S. corridor by the HURUN India Report in their career.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: India, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 72
- Round size: Seed $300k–$7M; Series A $1.6M–$25M; Series B $25M–$42M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Jupiter — Jupiter is a grocery automation service that takes care of the shopping, delivery, and even meal-planning.
- OpsLyft — Automate FinOps with context-led, AI-powered insights and actionable fixes that help engineering teams optimize cloud costs efficiently.
- Fold Health — To build modern, seamless, consumer-friendly services that your practice can deliver without the added administrative hassles, Fold Health combines existing investments in people and resources.Fold is here to help you expand and enhance your healthcare business virtually. Through the coordination of the people, technology, and events that drivecare campaigns, the company's platform assists you in designing, providing, and carrying them out.Fold Health was established in November, 2021 in San Francisco, California.
Sunghwan Choi
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Hong Kong, South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $4M–$5.7M; Series A $5.6M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Stilt — The number one place for financial resources and immigration guidance for students and immigrants in the U.S.
- Pilotly — Gain insight into any video or creative asset by using Pilotly to create and field studies that will help you discover what your consumer really thinks.
- BOOQED — Transform any underutilized areas into co-working spaces with QUBIC booths and software. People can book them as work pods for meeting rooms, office spaces, hot desks, access control system included.
Wing Vasiksiri
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- Industry: Social, Blockchain, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Singapore, Thailand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $850k–$6M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CHOYS — CHOYS is a holistic wellness subscription platform for organizations and employees that strives to offer every employee with access to benefits and impact that are tailored to their individual requirements, with the goal of making work more humanized and meaningful. CHOYS is headquartered in Singapore, Central Region and was founded in 2022.
- WeGoWhere — Discover things to do with your favorite people. Sync plans with your friends so you never miss out. Know where your friends are doing today, this week or next and join their plans IRL.
- Beep Technologies — Beep is creating a universal, modular platform bridging the physical and digital divide, powering smart, contextual & interoperable connectivity across physical touchpoints whilst ensuring true customer privacy by leveraging on decentralised technology.
Masahiko Inada is the Venture Advisor at DNX Ventures. He was Founder and Chairman at Kabuku Inc. He attended The University of Tokyo.
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- Industry: SNS, Content, Finance
- Stage:Angel, Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $553k–$5.8M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Theoria — Theoria is a marketing team that brings together practical knowledge.
- 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.
- Theoria Japan — Theoria Japan is a specialized Q & A service.
Jun Nishikawa - Co-founder, Executive Vice President, COO @ Eureka
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Content, Human Resources
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $968k–$70M; Angel $2.8M–$8.5M; Series A $15M–$71M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FamiOne — FamiOne is creating a society that will support the future of couples who want to receive children.
- Misaky Tokyo — Marine plant-based, handmade Japanese sweets. These crystal treats are individually handcrafted, the perfect gift idea! Vegan, gluten-free, and additive-free confectionery, with stunning flavors such as Yuzu, Matcha, and Rose. Supporting artisans in their craft. Japanese luxury sweets with a surprise inside.
- Reiwa Travel — Reiwa Travel Company Overview Reiwa Travel is a digital travel agency with the mission to "Design New Travel Experiences." We aim to offer innovative experiences and new societal value in international travel. Since April 2022, we have been offering the international travel booking app 'NEWT'. Our goal is to maximize the digitaltransformation (DX) of booking and management tasks in the travel industry, providing unprecedented “easy, affordable, customizable, and secure” package tours. We are committed to creating social value through the experience of international travel.International Travel Booking App 'NEWT' Service Overview 'NEWT' is an international travel booking app designed to create new travel experiences for new era. It offers an easy booking process, achieves cost-effective pricing, creates customizable trips that meet individual needs, and provides the security that makes travelers feel they made the right choice with NEWT.International Travel Booking App 'NEWT': https://app.adjust.com/iidu9wiWeb version 'NEWT': https://newt.net/
Composite work experience of 16+ years with exposure in Telecommunication, Credit Rating, Banking & Development Sector, and now MFS. Have worked in the finance sector with responsibilities in financial & management reporting, budget planning & allocation, accounts, financial feasibility, analyzing market trends within the scope ofbusiness support & planning as well as working as a cost controller. Have proven proficiency in driving bottom-line profitability through cost control and aiding in top-line growth through the implementation of company strategy.Specialties: Financial Reporting, Budgeting & Planning, Finance, Cost Controlling, Financial Analysis, Business Development, Revenue Generation, Market Research, Credit Rating
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- Industry: Wellness, Lifestyle, Health Care
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Bangladesh
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Pre-Seed $38k–$100k
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Relaxy — Professional mental health support, nutrition guidance, and fitness training - all in one confidential platform. Trusted by 120,000+ families across Asia.
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Browse database — It's Free!Nobuhiro Ariyasu is the CEO at Coach United.
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- Industry: Finance, Content, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 52
- Round size: Seed $628k–$43M; Angel $420k–$7.1M; Series A $1.3M–$354M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Grafto — Grafto operates “Mylo Magazine,” a platform dedicated to sharing and promoting trend culture, where readers can explore the latest developments in lifestyle, fashion, art, and emerging cultural movements through engaging and curated content.
- FLASH — FLASH is an entertainment and technology startup.
- OPERA TECH — OPERA Lead is a sales-focused AI web chatbot service from Opera Technology that turns websites into 24/7 "exhibit booths" for lead generation.It deploys AI sales assistants on existing sites (via simple tag embedding, no redesign needed) to engage the 99% of visitors who don't convert via inbound methods alone. Key capabilitiesinclude direct booking of meetings, guiding users to whitepapers/webinars, and targeted lead qualification for efficient deal progression.
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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- Industry: Content, Internet, Marketing
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $764k–$16M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Shiftus — Shiftus is a communication application that can be used in various part-time job sites such as cafes, izakayas, hotels, supermarkets
- Flagellin — Flagellin is a pharmaceutical and medical industry.Development and sales of SaaS that supports sales and marketing of database and analysis services in the pharmaceutical and medical industries
- Giver Take All — Gibber Take All is a Planning, development and management of business sharing platform
"Shin"ichiro joined Yahoo Japan in April 2013. From July 2013, he joined YJ Capital. He has served as COO of YJ Capital since January 2015. Prior to Yahoo! Japan, Shin was General Director of Dream Incubator Vietnam from 2007 to 2012, managing US$50 million private equity funds in Vietnam. He was formerly a Project Manager at DreamIncubator Japan. He started his career at Future Architect as a system engineer.Shin received his bachelor's degree in Policy Management from Keio University.
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- Industry: Tourism, Consulting, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Seed $16M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TakeMe Co., Ltd. — TakeMe aims to provide an “One-stop Inbound destination service” by enabling tourist to easily find, communicate with, and pay with smartphones via QR code at In-Travel destinations. TakeMe, is the country’s largest inbound service platform in Japan, which lets tourists find, communicate with, and pay with QR code at our affiliated shops,restaurants and tourist attractions. Since our launch in 2015 as JapanFoodie, we have expanded our merchant base to tens of thousands beyond food and restaurants, to include travel, lodging, shopping and events, providing every tourist with the best experience as your best local guide and friend.
Carman Chan is one of the top 5 Women to watch in Asia Tech (Nikkei Asian Review). She is a veteran in the technology industry with decades of experience as an entrepreneur with multiple exits, a tech columnist and a globally recognized venture capitalist.Carman is the founder of Click Ventures, a global early stage venture capital firm. ClickVentures has grown into a leading investment manager, and two of its funds are featured as Top 5 Seed Fund (Vintage 2003-2015) in the world and Top 4 Funds to Watch by Preqin respectively. Click Ventures' investments include Spotify (ipo), Docusign(ipo), Palantir, Memebox and Youappi.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Hong Kong, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $100k–$3M; Pre-Seed $100k–$250k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Oddup — Trade on real-world outcomes with our unique Yes/No/Maybe model. Crypto, FX, indices, commodities, and more.
- EventX — The EventX Virtual Event Platform is a comprehensive platform for hosting virtual events, meetings, conferences, and webinars that help you attract leads and audiences.
- FutureLeague — FutureLeague is an ed-tech company that teaches kids ages 6-12 engineering and programming with a focus on teamwork, creativity, and design thinking. It specializes in the fields of ed-tech, internet, and education. It was founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Sriram Krishnan is based out of Washington, District of Columbia and is the Senior Policy Advisor of The White House. Sriram previously worked at Andreessen Horowitz as a general partner. Sriram attended the SRM Engineering College.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Developer Tools
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, India, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 56
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$20M; Pre-Seed $1M–$4.5M; Series A $7.5M–$26M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Demox Labs — Demox Labs develops a decentralized, trustless oracle protocol for the connection of smart contracts to any off-chain data source. The company's data bridge from web2 to web3 unlocks all online data for smart contract development. Demox Labs was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Walnut Creek, California.
- Aviator — Avoid broken builds, long code-reviews, cumbersome merge processes and flaky tests. Put your mundane, frustrating workflows on autopilot.
- Lasso Labs — Lasso makes it easy to discover and create utility for digital assets like NFTs.
Shogo Kawada is Co-founder and Adviser of DeNA, a global Internet company focused on a social games platform, social games, e-commerce and other Web services for mobile devices and PCs.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $360k–$14M; Angel $709k–$4M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sunblaze — sunblaze is a android-based smartphone users begin to experience stability issues after one to two years of use. For example, their device may get slower or they encounter unexpected app crashes. These stability issues also lead to security vulnerabilities.SUNBLAZE OS features essential functions only, meaning it does not have any unnecessaryfunctions. This allows the system to be more stable and secure, and users are able to use it for a longer period of time.
- IVA — IVA ensures the safety of the market towards the threat of counterfeit goods.
- Spider Labs — Spider AF is an ad fraud detection tool that detects, blocks, and protects web advertisements from fraudulent clicks and conversions. Advertisers can easily detect fraudulent activity across published ads using centralized fraud management and advanced automation. Spider AF provides complete transparency in digital advertising, allowing advertisersto track ad placement, identify fraudulent behaviors, and analyze clean - fraud-free data.The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
Specialties: Starting companies; strategy; product definition; software design; engineering and services operations. ___ Former statutory board memberships: ACE, SUTD, IDA, NRF, MDA, IE Singapore, IMDA. ___ Please note Monk's Hill Ventures mostly invest in Series A tech founders in Southeast Asia. If you are outside Series A and are stillinteresting in sharing your great ideas, business, or feedback, you can email info@monkshill.com. The best (and fastest way) to reach me is always through a soft intro from our network
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- Industry: Mobile Apps, Artificial Intelligence, Social
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $600k–$1.2M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Raven — Stay close to the people you actually care about. Raven catches the moments that matter and brings your friends together, right when it counts.
- WeGoWhere — Discover things to do with your favorite people. Sync plans with your friends so you never miss out. Know where your friends are doing today, this week or next and join their plans IRL.
- Acceler8 — Acceler8 is an AI workforce intelligence platform that helps enterprises make faster, better talent and succession decisions
Joined Intelligence in 1999. Established Key Players Inc. in 2005. Consultation with more than 3,000 managers and career counseling for more than 10,000 individuals. In addition, we have invested in more than 55 outside directors, advisors and angels in Silicon Valley and Bangladesh in Japan. Over 100 lectures on careers, entrepreneurship andstartups.
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- Industry: Internet, Information Technology, Content
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $455k–$14M; Angel $4.3M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- D-Chain — D-Chain offers services related to IT development and production in the Web3 and Web2 fields.
- Rayout — Rayout is a business consulting company that provides creative content development, recruitment videos, and web production services.
- CAREER BIJIN — Career bijin is a total support company.
Darius Cheung is co-founder of BillPin and CEO/co-founder of McAfee-acquired tenCube.
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- Industry: Software, Apps, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $475k–$800k; Pre-Seed $1.1M–$1.1M; Series A $2M–$6M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Makini — The Makini universal API for industrial maintenance and asset management systems lets you connect hundreds of CMMS and EAM integrations with a single API.
- Homebase — Homebase provides revolutionary products made accessible that empower homeowners to buy, sell, and own homes in ways that work best for themselves. Their vision is to actualize each and every individual's dream of homeownership in southeast Asia. Homebase is backed by leading investors and partners around the world. Their investors andpartners include but are not limited to, large global financial institutions, leading venture capital and private equity funds, and successful entrepreneurs and angel investors.
- Rocket Academy — Selective and comprehensive online software engineering bootcamp in Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia.
Soichiro Kawai - CEO @ ReBoost
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- Industry: Media and Entertainment, Internet, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $278k–$30M
- 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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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Marketplace
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Singapore, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 50
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$8M; Series A $1.8M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Zanadu — ZANADU.CN is a premium online travel agency and community for Chinese travelers
- CU-BX — CU-BX elevates the in cabin experience through unparalleled AI-driven insights and real-time responses through our suite of market-leading sensing solutions for driver and passenger well-being and in-cabin environmental comfort applications.
- Barghest Building Performance — Barghest Building Performance (BBP), Singapore’s leading energy efficiency company,
Matilde Giglio is the Co-Founder of Even and an angel investor in over 30 companies globally https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/10/even-healthcare-lands-additional-capital-to-advance-primary-care-adoption-in-india/
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- Industry: Financial Services, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: India, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$7.2M; Pre-Seed $125k–$125k; Series A $6.5M–$22M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Turno — Turno Finance makes owning EV very affordable. Turno Club is a community around commercial EVs. Turno Battery Future is our solution to keeping batteries on the road for longer.
- KatKin — We design a personalised, fresh and perfectly portioned meal plan for every cat, using their age, weight, activity level and current body shape. We ensure every cat gets the right amount of nutrients and daily calories, just for them.
- Circular — We are making subscriptions the best way to experience tech. Circular aims to accelerate the circular economy and maximise the useful lives of each tech device to its fullest potential.
Kensuke Furukawa was born in June 2, 1981. He graduated Waseda University majoring Political Science and Economics, and in 2000, he launched "Milkcafe", a student community, which has grown to a site with 10 million PV per month. In 2004, he became the CEO of Media Clip, which operates a rental bulletin board service "ShitarabaBBS". After that year, he had transfer "Shitaraba BBS" to Livedoor, and took charge of starting up the Consumer Generated Media sector. In 2006, he joined Recruit, and took charge of starting up a new business at Business development sector. In June of 2009, he left Recruit, and became the CEO of nanapi (formerly Rocket Start), which operates the How-to Site "nanapi".
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- Industry: Content, SNS, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $690k–$33M; Angel $1M–$7.1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- iiba — Iiba is a geospatial platform that specializes in providing location information related to child-rearing.
- Tohakusha — Tohakusha is a creative agency that offers design, production and sale of digital content and EC websites, and content creation services.
- Neighbor — Neighbor is a metaverse game developer that specializes in Fortnite.
Max is part of the executive team of Lazada.com, a leading regional online department store founded by Rocket Internet in Southeast Asia. As CEO, Max is responsible for the performance of all 5 operating countries as well as overseeing regional buying.Max started his career at Morgan Stanley’s Investment Banking division in London. Followinghis MBA, he joined McKinsey & Company in Germany. Over these 4 years at the firm, Max worked largely with Media and Retail clients as a consultant. During his time at McKinsey, he also joined the private equity firm 3i plc for 6 months on a secondment.Max initially joined Rocket Internet in Germany as a regional partner before taking on the role of CEO at Lazada.Max holds a bachelor degree of economics and history from University College London and a MBA degree from Kellogg School of Management in Chicago
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- Industry: E-Commerce, FinTech, Marketplace
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series C
- Geography: Singapore, France, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$40M; Series A $134k–$150M; Series C $80M–$80M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Lummo — BukuKas is a tech startup that provides a digital ledger app designed to assist micro and small businesses in their cash management. It helps Indonesian MSMEs understand and manage their financial flows more effectively with easy-to-use digital bookkeeping that traders can download through their smartphones. Its app digitized the physicalrecord-keeping books by enabling micro and small enterprises to record their sales, expense, and cash transactions at ease using their smart phone. The free app helps micro and small business owners to simplify cash management and help them grow their profits faster.The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia.
- Reebelo — Reebelo operates as an online marketplace specializing in refurbished and pre-owned electronics. The company offers a selection of certified devices, including smartphones, tablets, and laptops, aiming to provide alternatives to new products through a sustainable approach. Reebelo manages quality assurance processes to ensure device functionalityand condition. The platform facilitates buying and selling while providing warranties and customer support related to its products. The company serves both individual consumers and businesses seeking refurbished technology solutions.
- Sona — The employee 'super' app for frontline teams. Sona combines the power of modern workforce management software with an unparalleled mobile user experience.
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.
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- Industry: Internet, Task Management, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $453k–$14M; Angel $553k–$6.2M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- COELU — COELU wants to be at the forefront of organizations that decide to take on obstacles in order to become a "core of growth."
- Ixyas — Ixyas offers internet service planning, operation, marketing support, and sales services.
- CAN EAT — CAN EAT is an information-intensive web service that can be expected to prevent allergic accidents.
Michael Cassau founded his company Grover with a simple goal in mind: give people more freedom and help them derive more value by offering a flexible and affordable way of accessing technology. Built on a circular economy business model, Grover makes the most out of the lifecycle of tech products, reduces waste, and brings the philosophy of accessover ownership to the huge consumer electronics market. Michael has a background as an Investment Professional at Goldman Sachs and is fascinated by the intersection of retail and finance. He is motivated by a personal conviction that there must be a flexible and efficient way to access consumer goods.
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- Industry: Hardware, Software, CleanTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Embea — Embea takes Embedded Insurance to Life & Health. Our easy-to-understand plans protect families against the most severe life risks of critical illnesses, accidents, and death. Companies of every size embed our simple and transparent insurance products into their apps and services. Embea removes complexity, paperwork, and pushy sales from theworld of life insurance. Our vision is a world where fair and affordable insurance is accessible to everyone.
- Reebelo — Reebelo operates as an online marketplace specializing in refurbished and pre-owned electronics. The company offers a selection of certified devices, including smartphones, tablets, and laptops, aiming to provide alternatives to new products through a sustainable approach. Reebelo manages quality assurance processes to ensure device functionalityand condition. The platform facilitates buying and selling while providing warranties and customer support related to its products. The company serves both individual consumers and businesses seeking refurbished technology solutions.
- NOVUS GmbH — NOVUS revolutionises the world of motorbikes and creates the first urban premium electric motorbike.The automotive industry is since 2018 in the process of an unstoppable transformation towards electric vehicles. The motorbike industry, on the other hand, is now at the tipping point of this transformation. Urban premium mobility must ensuresustainability and satisfy the need for individualisation. With NOVUS, we are driving the necessary change in the motorbike industry and urban mobility.We use our high-tech and design expertise to develop a unique concept that combines the advantages of bicycles and motorbikes. We unite the lightness and agility of an eBike with the performance and sovereignty of a motorbike. Based on an electric engine and futuristic design, we create the architecture of tomorrow's two-wheeler.NOVUS will be the new premium supplier for urban electric mobility. We focus on direct distribution and subscription models, completing our D2C portfolio with vehicle individualisation and customer-oriented after-sales service. Our central intelligence – the NOVUS-OMNI system and the My NOVUS app – integrates seamlessly into the digital lives of our customers. We thus create the foundation for digital business models and enable sharing & fleet solutions for B2B customers as well.NOVUS is the promise of driving the future today.BE AHEAD
Yasuyuki Kin
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- Industry: Media and Entertainment, Recruiting, Career Planning
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Onepair — Onepair is a job consulting and recruiting company. Onepair is to co-creating careers by talking about real-world ace with active ace.
- Strainer — Strainer Co., Ltd. is an information distribution platform that conveys corporate information centered on financial data. Although there are not a few media to deliver financial information, the company's strengths are strong to be easily viewed, including financial information of overseas companies.
- LAMILA — LAMILA develops system that improves the creation of retail stores.
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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- Industry: Aerospace, Manufacturing, Big Data
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: China, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $300k–$8.3M; Angel $300k–$300k; Pre-Seed $150k–$500k
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dowsure — Dowsure - Cross-border e-commerce loan, cross-border e-commerce seller's exclusive cross-border e-commerce one-stop funding solution (Amazon seller loan Program partner)
- Origin Protocol — Origin Protocol is bringing NFTs and DeFi to the masses
- Particle Fever — Particle Fever is a “sportswear test field” and a designer of high-end sports brand China. Particle Fever's products emphasize the double breakthrough in aesthetics and craftsmanship, substituting the concept of haute couture into the design of sportswear, and trying to explore the possibilities of sportswear from a multi-dimensionalperspective of technology, culture, and art.
Julian Farrior
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- Industry: Mobile, Film, Comics
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$2.8M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- HOOKED — HOOKED (formerly Telepathic) is redefining entertainment for the Snapchat generation. We’ve pioneered a new media format called chat fiction, which has become a phenomenon among teens and millennials in the past year. Hooked has reached 50MM readers and has hit the #1 spot in the App Store in 25 countries, including the U.S., U.K., France, Germany,Italy, Japan, and S. Korea. We’re building the media company of the future - the next Netflix, the next Disney. Hooked has raised venture funding from top investors in Silicon Valley and Hollywood, including Ashton Kutcher, Jamie Foxx, Snoop Dogg, Mariah Carey, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, William Morris Endeavor, SV Angel, Founders Fund, Cowboy Ventures, Greylock and many more.
- Instawork — Instawork connects local businesses with proven hourly workers for temp, temp-to-hire shift work.
- Graphic India — Graphic India Pte. Ltd. is a character entertainment company focused on creating leading characters, comics and stories through mobile and digital platforms. Founded by media entrepreneurs Sharad Devarajan, Gotham Chopra and Suresh Seetharaman, Graphic India is owned by U.S. comic book Company, Liquid Comics and CA Media LP, the Asian investmentarm of The Chernin Group, LLC (TCG). The company’s partners and investors bring together decades of experience in building businesses in character entertainment, media and India. Graphic believes that India is home to some of the most creative talent in the world, with more than 500 million people under the age of 25 and more than 850 million mobile phone users in the country. The Company’s mission is to create enduring stories and heroes that foster the imaginations and fuel the inspirations of a new globalized generation of youth in both India and around the world. Graphic’s stories include, Ramayan 3392A.D., The Leaves and The Sadhu, in development as Hollywood films; 18 Days, a reimagining of the great eastern epic, the Mahabharata, by acclaimed graphic novel creator, Grant Morrison which was launched as an animated digital series in partnership with YouTube India; Devi, a female superhero from acclaimed filmmaker, Shekhar Kapur; Chakra The Invincible, the first superhero for India from legendary creator Stan Lee; and numerous other heroes and stories.
At Yamanouchi and Astellas, engaged in drug discovery research in the areas of inflammation and bone metabolism, and created osteoporosis treatment minodronate and overactive bladder treatment solifenacin. After serving as Director of the Chemical Research Laboratory, Astellas Pharma Research Division, Executive Officer, Research PromotionDivision, and General Manager of the Research Management Division, he became Senior Executive Officer, External Relations Director. In addition, he has been involved in a wide range of industry activities, serving as the Research and Development Committee of the Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, the chairman of the Industrial Policy Committee, and the Vice Chairman of the Regenerative Medicine Innovation Forum. He also studied at the University of Pennsylvania (Professor Amos B Smith III) for one year from 2001. Graduated from Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University Graduate School of Pharmacy. Lecturer at Seminar on Advanced Drug Discovery Science sponsored by the Pharmaceuticals Promotion Association
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- Industry: Information Technology, Mobile, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $11M–$326M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Flyle — Flyle provides a cloud based platform for product management helping customers to improve productivity & creativity in product development.
- Reiwa Travel — Reiwa Trave is a digital travel agency intended that optimizes overseas travel. The company's platform uses online travel booking tools that provide digitalized contracts along with trip management, thereby enabling its customers' vacation and leisure experiences.
- Linkage — Linkage is a Online health support business and Online specific health guidance.
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