Top 45 Music Angel Investors in Asia (October 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Yat Siu
Angel
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2 | United States, Hong Kong, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Blockchain, Gaming, Software | $100k–$32M |
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Nirmal Silwal
Angel
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2 | Nepal | Seed, Series A | Music, Music Label, Media and Entertainment | |
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Kotaro Chiba
Angel
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2 | Japan, United States | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Information Technology, Content, Software | $215k–$18M |
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Michael Hansen
Angel
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2 | Germany, Hong Kong | Seed | Software, Art, SaaS | $500k–$1.5M |
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Ken Soga
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series D | Music, Content, E-Commerce | $134k–$6M |
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Kazuomi Kaneto
Angel
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2 | Japan, United States | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Music, Energy | |
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Masaru Sunagawa
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown | Finance, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $608k–$1.2M |
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Shuhei Yamashita
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Music, Generative AI, Content Creators | |
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Takejiro Kamei
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | B2C, Music, Consulting | |
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Tom James
Angel
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | SaaS, Software, Information Technology | $341k–$1.5M |
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Andy Zain
Angel
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1 | Indonesia | Seed, Angel, Series B | Retail, Music, Events | $15k–$8.2M |
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Oleg Semenov
Angel
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1 | Indonesia | Pre-Seed | Music, Music Label, Digital Entertainment | |
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Evgenii Dar
Angel
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1 | Indonesia | Pre-Seed | Music, Music Label, Digital Entertainment | |
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Masahiro Yamashiro
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | B2C, SaaS, Music | $695k–$740k |
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Johan Lidström
Angel
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1 | Hong Kong | Pre-Seed | Music, Big Data, Mobile Apps | |
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Adam Lindemann
Angel
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1 | Hong Kong, United States | Seed, Post-IPO Debt, Post-IPO Equity | Apps, Art, Music | $425k–$4.2M |
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Kento Kawabata
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Artificial Intelligence, Music, Sales | |
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Takuya Kitagawa
Angel
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1 | Japan, United States | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Music, EBooks, Gaming | |
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Yasumasa Yamamoto
Angel
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1 | Japan, United States | Seed, Convertible Note | Music, EBooks, Gaming | |
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Kazunori Saito
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Music, Content, Video Games | |
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Satoshi Aoyagi
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | B2C, Music, Consulting | |
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Max Loong
Angel
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1 | Singapore | Pre-Seed | Music, Media and Entertainment | |
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Takao Kiyota
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Music, EBooks, Gaming | |
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Yuki Yamada
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Music, EBooks, Gaming | |
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Ajit Prasad Rijal
Angel
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1 | Nepal | Series A | Music, Music Label, Media and Entertainment | |
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Masanori Sugiyama
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Series A | Internet, Software, Web Design | $380k–$18M |
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Maksim Ovtin
Angel
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1 | Indonesia | Pre-Seed | Music, Music Label, Digital Entertainment | |
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Takashi Shibayama
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Music, EBooks, Gaming | $35k–$774k |
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Saito Taro
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | B2C, Music, Tourism | |
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Takuma Kudo
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | B2C, Music, Consulting | |
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Wanqiang Li
Angel
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1 | China | Angel, Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Art | $2.8M–$50M |
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Sato Hirohisa
Angel
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1 | Japan | Angel | Music, Internet, Animation | |
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Hongyu Zhang
Angel
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1 | China | Series A | Art, Apps, Music | |
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Tatsuo Sakamoto
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, Content, Education | $90k–$14M |
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Katsuaki Sato
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Apps, Music, Content | |
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Takeshi Natsuno
Angel
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1 | Japan, United States | Angel, Series A | Financial Services, Marketing, Digital Marketing | $1.7M–$15M |
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Atsushi Fukuda
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Music, Generative AI, Content Creators | |
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Minhong Yu
Angel
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1 | China | Seed, Angel, Series A | Education, Social Media, Apps | $471k–$4.5M |
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Masashige Obara
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Education, E-Learning, Language Learning | $496k–$5.8M |
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Soga Takeshi
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Music, Mobile, Content | $609k–$6M |
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Paul Rosenberg
Angel
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1 | Japan, United States | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Music, Apps, Logistics | $20M–$22M |
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Haiquan Hu
Angel
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1 | China | Angel, Post-IPO Equity | Music, Content, E-Learning | |
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Daiki Ichikawa
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed | Music, EBooks, Gaming | |
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Ashraf Sinclair
Angel
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1 | Indonesia | Seed | Music, Events, Concerts | |
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Bunga Citra Lestari
Angel
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1 | Indonesia | Seed | Music, Events, Concerts | |
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Yat Siu is the Strategic Direction of Daydaycook. and also Strategic Advisor of DigitalX. Yat Siu is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Outblaze a messaging communications company that services over 40 million users today based out of Hong Kong.Yat has previously worked for Atari Germany, served as Director and Head of East Coast Operationsfor Lexicor, established Hong Kong Cybercity (the first free web page and e-mail provider in Asia, later renamed Freenation), as well as AT&T Solutions System Integration practice.He has been named a Global Leader of Tomorrow and a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.It has been reported that Yat Siu sold Outblaze messaging to IBM to become Lotus iNotes.Yat is also responsible FON's operations in China.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Gaming, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Hong Kong, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 131
- Round size: Seed $1M–$10M; Pre-Seed $100k–$7M; Series A $5M–$32M
- Lead/follow: 61% lead, 39% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 0G — The First Decentralized AI Operating System
- BeraTone — BeraTone is a farm life simulation game developed on Berachain technology.
- BLIFE Protocol — Bringing Web3 to Bitcoin with the backing of Animoca Brands. Merged with @Portalcoin
Nirmal Silwal
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- Industry: Music, Music Label, Media and Entertainment
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Nepal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MiNP Records — MiNP Records, established in 2016, is a forward-thinking record label dedicated to revolutionizing the music industry. With a focus on innovation and artist development, the label has introduced initiatives such as The Musician's Vault—a platform designed to nurture emerging talent and encourage creative exploration. Additionally, MiNP Recordsleverages its expertise by providing music consultancy at SoundHouse Music Studio, where industry-leading insights shape dynamic soundscapes and creative projects.The label is actively seeking strategic investments to accelerate growth, enhance technology integration, and expand its global reach. MiNP Records remains committed to driving excellence and setting new benchmarks in the music landscape, forging pathways for both established and emerging artists.
Kotaro Chiba is the founder of ChibaDojo Fund. Kotaro Chiba attended Keio University.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Content, Software
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 78
- Round size: Seed $215k–$18M; Series A $841k–$14M; Venture - Series Unknown $947k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% 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.
Michael’s responsible for strategic growth in the Asia Pacific region of Zendesk. An IT sales veteran, Michael has more than 20 years experience in a variety of sales and marketing roles spanning the U.S., Europe, Asia and Australia.Prior to becoming Zendesk’s first employee, Michael was selling help desk projects in Australia. Michael is anarmy officer who has studied at the Danish Technical University.
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- Industry: Software, Art, SaaS
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Germany, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $500k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ChartMogul — SaaS & subscription reporting, analytics & metrics for Stripe, Braintree, Chargify, Recurly and PayPal. In one click get your MRR, LTV, churn rate, cohort analysis and more.
- Soundbrenner — Innovative music tools that remove the hassle from your practice. Master your craft with the Core, Pulse or our app The Metronome.
Ken Soga is an individual investor.
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- Industry: Music, Content, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series D
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $134k–$6M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tooon — Tooon Inc. is a technology company that deals with development and operations of business management tools .
- Kids Snack Lab — Kids Snack Lab is a food manufacturing firm that produces and sells nutritional sweets for children.
- Volve Creative — Volve Creative is a media company that provides virtual artist management, events, advertising video, and music production services.
Kazuomi Kaneto is the Founder & CEO of Dream Project Incubators. He previously worked at Pacifico Energy as a Founder, President & CEO. Kazuomi Kaneto attended Tsinghua University.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Music, Energy
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sustainable Lab — SusLab is a data bank that uses AI technology to support SDG and ESG development goals and investments.
- SOUNDRAW — Your personal AI music generator.
- Persistent Energy Partners — Africa's Climate Venture Builder - We believe in the power of climate-positive economic development in Africa. For the last decade, we have been working hand in hand with exceptional entrepreneurs, investing both financial and human capital to build successful climate ventures on the continent. Our companies offer competitive financial returns required to drive lasting impact.
After joining Mitsubishi Corporation, he studied at Harvard Business School. After graduating, he joined Globespan Capital Partners, an independent United States VC, and worked as a director of investment. He started LocationValue after the company's representative in Japan. Joined Google after selling the company to NTT DOCOMO. He served asDirector of Product Development for Google Maps and General Manager for Android. He left Google in February 2018 and started Smartround Co., Ltd. in May.
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- Industry: Finance, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $608k–$1.2M
- 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.
- Sustainable Lab — SusLab is a data bank that uses AI technology to support SDG and ESG development goals and investments.
- Paytner — Paytner is providing services to support freelance people's funding. The freelance population in Japan has been shown to continue to increase in many Chosa. While working styles are diversified, they are not able to respond to the development of the working environment, and they will develop their business to change the situation whereproblems such as funding, credit, sexual harassment, and power harassment are accumulated.
Shuhei Yamashita - Representative Director @ CRE
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- Industry: Music, Generative AI, Content Creators
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Takejiro Kamei
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- Industry: B2C, Music, Consulting
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Recri — Recri works for the entertainment industry and specializes in operations management tasks like ticketing for stage, film, and music shows.
Tom James - Advisor @ OneLogin
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- Industry: SaaS, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $500k–$1.5M; Pre-Seed $341k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cargofy — Cargofy it's a mobile assistant, kind of a "Siri" but for truck drivers. We help truckers access to high paying loads through our app, and receive discounts on fuel, maintenance, and truck parts.
- seedata.io — Seedata.io's automated deception platform plants, maintains and monitors honeypot traps throughout your estate, catching attackers before damage is done.
- MONET — Embedded finance for agencies and B2B platforms. Frictionless access to white-labelling B2B credit, global payments and new revenue streams. Offer white-label invoice finance to your network, driving growth for you and your suppliers.
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Browse database — It's Free!Andy Zain is one of the pioneers in the mobile industry in Indonesia. He helped launch some of the first and most successful mobile start-ups in the country. He also established digital services and go-to market strategies for global brands such as Disney, Yahoo!, Cartoon Networks and advised several successful startups in social media, mobilevideo platform and social gaming.Andy is a founder of MobileMonday Indonesia, a networking forum for mobile industry professionals in Indonesia and a Director of the Jakarta Founder Institute, a mentorship and incubation program for startups.Andy oversees the growth and marketing strategy for 8vilages and manages relationship with carriers and key distribution partners.
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- Industry: Retail, Music, Events
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series B
- Geography: Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $15k–$8.2M
- Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Laku6 — Laku6 helps emerging middle class own and upgrade smartphones affordable through recommerce and financing.
- GDILab — Togel singapore pools hari ini berisi pengeluaran toto sgp beserta keluaran sgp prize dan data sgp yang menunjukkan angka final setelah hasil tersedia.
- Konserku — Konserku is an online demand forecast platform that allows music fans to bring their favourite artists to perform in their cities.
Oleg Semenov
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- Industry: Music, Music Label, Digital Entertainment
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Demuzo — Demuzo is a digital marketplace where individuals can buy shares of music copyrights. Demuzo transforms music enthusiasts from passive consumers into active contributors within the music industry. This shift signifies a future where the connection between artists and fans is more interwoven, fostering mutual benefits and a collective dedication topropelling the industry forward. Demuzo goes beyond merely a platform; it embodies a movement towards a more inclusive and financially sustainable music sector where fans play a pivotal role in shaping its future.
With 15 years as an entrepreneur, he currently serves as the General Director of a consulting firm specializing in anti-crisis business management. Having been a board member of a major manufacturing company, he transitioned to private investing eight years ago, accumulating a track record of over a dozen successful cases. Recognized as a qualifiedinvestor in the Russian stock market, he also has a passion for cats and appreciates high-quality music.
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- Industry: Music, Music Label, Digital Entertainment
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Demuzo — Demuzo is a digital marketplace where individuals can buy shares of music copyrights. Demuzo transforms music enthusiasts from passive consumers into active contributors within the music industry. This shift signifies a future where the connection between artists and fans is more interwoven, fostering mutual benefits and a collective dedication topropelling the industry forward. Demuzo goes beyond merely a platform; it embodies a movement towards a more inclusive and financially sustainable music sector where fans play a pivotal role in shaping its future.
Masahiro Yamashiro is the Co-Representative of Growth Camp.
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- Industry: B2C, SaaS, Music
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $695k–$740k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% 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.
- Back Dooor — Back Dooor is an app that provides 1on1 chatting services with favorite player of the users.
- OnlyOne Travel — Only One is a travel agency specialized in Latin American destinations run by Japanese managers.
Johan Lidström - Founding Partner @ Northern Light Capital
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- Industry: Music, Big Data, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Songjam — NUSIC is a social music platform for making mashups and remixes, powered by an AI DJ. It enables everyone to unleash their musical creativity and make their own mashups and remixes. Through a wide and comprehensive selection of creator submitted songs, NUSIC creates new mixing possibilities for the user and new revenue streams for music creators.
Adam Lindemann is an entrepreneur and investor. He is currently the founder and Chairman of imindi.
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- Industry: Apps, Art, Music
- Stage:Seed, Post-IPO Debt, Post-IPO Equity
- Geography: Hong Kong, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $425k–$4.2M; Post-IPO Equity $2.5M–$4.1M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Get Jamn — WHO THEY AREJamn PLAYER is from Johnny Quattro and a Hong Kong-based team. It began after Johnny sold his successful snowboard design consultancy and launched a music business to make music easier and more fun. The first app, Jamn Multi-Tool, featured Johnny’s patent-pending Jamn Wheel and presents complex music theory in a way anyone canunderstand. Under his leadership the app scored over a million downloads and multiple awards. Together since 2012, the core team’s responsibilities span design and coding.WHY THEY'RE DOING THISAs musicians they understand the challenges people encounter when playing music. They want to make discovering and playing music easier for everyone, so they developed a series of Jamn products to break down those barriers. Their latest app, Jamn PLAYER, launched mid-January 2015, garnered over half a million downloads within the first few weeks. It has also attracted enquiries from leading investment firms from across the world, musicians and labels for partnership opportunities.MOST IMPRESSIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTThey bootstrapped and developed a product and business model that generates revenue and can be rapidly scaled. They've also proven themselves as a strong team with more than one successful product. Now they're ready for the next step to make PLAYER bigger and smarter than before!Jamn Multi-Tool - Find chords to any key fast - over a million downloads - features a patent-pending Jamn wheel - Apple iTunes Best of 2013 apps - Hong Kong ICT Awards 2014 Find out more at http://getjamn.com/more-apps
- Imindi — IMINDI is the world's first Thought Engine that helps people to collect their thoughts and share them with like minded people on the web.Imindi is as simple to use as a blog but but brings together sophisticated semantic annotation and thought mapping and recommendation technology under the hood to help people to discover new thoughts andeven create new knowledge by connecting with other liked-minded people.IMINDI is the latest research development in the sixty year old field of augmenting human intelligence via computer science that was pioneered by the likes of Vannever Bush and Douglas Englebart. IMINDI has taken the state of the art a step forward by adding some insights from the field of neuroscience and cognitive psychology to form a new patent-pending technology.The vision of the semantic web and artificial intelligence is ultimately to teach computers to think. IMINDI takes the opposite approach by claiming that we should be using computers to help individual humans think.By capturing a database of thoughts and their associations IMINDI is building a global mind index which is an entirely new resource for building collective intelligence and leveraging human creativity and subjectivity on the web.
- TRLab — TR Lab is a blank slate platform for discovering and collecting NFT art from the artists. The company offers NFT works to collectors and art lovers. TR Lab was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.
Kento Kawabata serves as Representative Director at Vertex Partners.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Music, Sales
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Paradigm AI — Paradigm AI is an entertainment firm that produces songs and creates virtual human idols using generative AI.
- Omega Innovation — Omega Innovation offers people jobs they can do in their free time that is safe and secure.
Takuya Kitagawa
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- Industry: Music, EBooks, Gaming
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FOWD — FOWD is a comprehensive entertainment company in Japan.
- QuEra Computing — QuEra Computing is the leading provider of quantum computers based on neutral-atoms. Our mission is to build the most scalable quantum computers to date to tackle useful but classically intractable problems.
Yasumasa Yamamoto
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- Industry: Music, EBooks, Gaming
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FOWD — FOWD is a comprehensive entertainment company in Japan.
- HOMMA — Inspired Modern Living. Homes to elevate healthy urban lifestyles. Design. Build. Technology.
Directors CFO @ Spectee
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- Industry: Music, Content, Video Games
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Univrs — UNIVRS is a popular market and entertainment platform.
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- Industry: B2C, Music, Consulting
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Recri — Recri works for the entertainment industry and specializes in operations management tasks like ticketing for stage, film, and music shows.
Max Loong
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- Industry: Music, Media and Entertainment
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ACE — Get Personalized Video Greeting Messages from Celebrities for Birthdays, anniversaries. ACE is the #1 platform to get video greetings from celebrities.
Takao Kiyota
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- Industry: Music, EBooks, Gaming
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FOWD — FOWD is a comprehensive entertainment company in Japan.
Yuki Yamada
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- Industry: Music, EBooks, Gaming
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FOWD — FOWD is a comprehensive entertainment company in Japan.
Ajit Prasad Rijal
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- Industry: Music, Music Label, Media and Entertainment
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Nepal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MiNP Records — MiNP Records, established in 2016, is a forward-thinking record label dedicated to revolutionizing the music industry. With a focus on innovation and artist development, the label has introduced initiatives such as The Musician's Vault—a platform designed to nurture emerging talent and encourage creative exploration. Additionally, MiNP Recordsleverages its expertise by providing music consultancy at SoundHouse Music Studio, where industry-leading insights shape dynamic soundscapes and creative projects.The label is actively seeking strategic investments to accelerate growth, enhance technology integration, and expand its global reach. MiNP Records remains committed to driving excellence and setting new benchmarks in the music landscape, forging pathways for both established and emerging artists.
He graduated from Kansai University in 1988. He was enrolled in Ljoma while he was in college. 2002 Vice President of Practice (now index lights). In 2004, he became president of zappallas. Listed on the TSE Mothers in the second year of his appointment, and in 2010 he was listed in part of the TSE. In 2011 he became the CEO of enish. Listed on apart of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Thereafter, he served as outside directors such as Nikkatsu and JibannetHD.
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- Industry: Internet, Software, Web Design
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $380k–$18M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% 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 .
- STUDIO — The easiest and quickest way to build your beautiful portfolio website, landing page or anything. No code. All creative freedom.
- STUDIO Japan — STUDIO is a development and operation of the next-generation design tool.
Maksim Ovtin
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- Industry: Music, Music Label, Digital Entertainment
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Demuzo — Demuzo is a digital marketplace where individuals can buy shares of music copyrights. Demuzo transforms music enthusiasts from passive consumers into active contributors within the music industry. This shift signifies a future where the connection between artists and fans is more interwoven, fostering mutual benefits and a collective dedication topropelling the industry forward. Demuzo goes beyond merely a platform; it embodies a movement towards a more inclusive and financially sustainable music sector where fans play a pivotal role in shaping its future.
Takashi Shibayama
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- Industry: Music, EBooks, Gaming
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $35k–$774k
- 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.
Saito Taro - Outside Directors @ for Startups
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- Industry: B2C, Music, Tourism
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Recri — Recri works for the entertainment industry and specializes in operations management tasks like ticketing for stage, film, and music shows.
- OnlyOne Travel — Only One is a travel agency specialized in Latin American destinations run by Japanese managers.
Takuma Kudo is the Branding Director at dof Inc.
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- Industry: B2C, Music, Consulting
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Recri — Recri works for the entertainment industry and specializes in operations management tasks like ticketing for stage, film, and music shows.
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Browse database — It's Free!Wanqiang Li is responsible for the marketing of Xiaomi. He was the General Manager of Kingsoft Dictionary and notable for being one of the earliest UI practitioners in China. Graduated from Xi'an Science & Engineering Institute with a degree in Industrial Design in 2000, he joined Kingsoft’s UI Department and played a key role indeveloping many famous software projects including Kingsoft Antivirus, Kingsoft Dictionary and WPS Office. Wanqiang Li served at Kingsoft in various positions as Chief Designer of UI department, Director of Design Center and Director of Internet Content. Wanqiang Li is also a Co-founder of Xiaomi.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Art
- Stage:Angel, Seed, Series A
- Geography: China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Angel $2.8M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
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- KEYi Tech — ClicBot let you build robot like toy blocks, super easy to use, much fun to play.
- Xiaoyu Zhizao — Xiaoyu Zhizao is an industrial robot manufacturer, focusing on industrial robot manufacturing, intelligent robot research and development.
- Keyi Technology — We bring AI robots closer to humans.
Sato Hirohisa
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- Industry: Music, Internet, Animation
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Japan
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- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- TableCheck — TableCheck empowers restaurant operators worldwide to maximize guest engagement, reservations, and table utilization.We analyze and evaluate data from restaurants and use this information to create a more vibrant dining experience for their customers.Our team of creative minds is continuously seeking to drive innovative solutions to support ourrestaurant partners. TableCheck’s restaurant management tools give restaurants the power and flexibility to provide seamless customer experiences for every guest from the moment they make reservations. "
- Dream Link Entertainment — DLE is a Japanese animation studio based in Tokyo. The mission of DLE is to turn people's dreams and imaginations into an experience.
The founder of PPS, the leading peer-to-peer streaming video network software in China. After PPS was purchased by Baidu for USD 370m, Mr. Zhang served as the co-CEO of Iqiyi, one of the largest online video platform. Hongyu has extensive knowledge in the fields of internet and content streaming in China.
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- Industry: Art, Apps, Music
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: China
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Artand — Artand is a community business platform and an online gallery for artists.
Tatsuo Sakamoto is a Head of Sales, Japan at MOLOCO. He Attended The University of Tokyo.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Content, Education
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $90k–$14M; Pre-Seed $272k–$622k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- bgrass — bgrass is a consultation support platform for women working in the IT industry.
- Kids Snack Lab — Kids Snack Lab is a food manufacturing firm that produces and sells nutritional sweets for children.
- Metaverse Creators — Metaverse Creators is a feature-rich virtual platform providing gamers with a wide range of games, creation tools, and avatar editing tools.
Katsuaki Sato Founded Metaps Inc. in September, 2007, following entrance of university and assumed a position of president. Embarked on mobile SEO business and its monetization in 2008, and flash marketing business as well in 2010. Founded Metaps Pte. Ltd. in Singapore in 2011. Specialized in proposal of business models, establishment, operationand marketing.
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- Industry: Apps, Music, Content
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Toremoro — toremo is a music platform app that targets sounds from all over the world such as ASMR and natural sounds.
Mr. Takeshi Natsuno serves as the Chairman of Japan Operations at Great Wall Club. Mr. Natsuno is a Professor of KEIO University. He served as a General Manager of Consumer Services Division and Manager of Distribution Platform Business Development Division at Pia Corporation since April 2012 and served as its Chief of Sales Promotion Bureau sinceApril 2010. He joined DoCoMo in 1997. He served as the Managing Director of Multimedia Services, Products & Services Division for NTT DoCoMo Inc. until June 23, 2009 and served as its General Manager of i-Mode Planning Division since July 2001, Senior Vice President from June 21, 2005 to June 23, 2009, Executive Officer and General Manager Multimedia Service Division since June 2005. At NTT DoCoMo, he developed the business strategy of all of NTT DoCoMo’s multimedia-related services, including i-mode strategic alliances with global application/content providers and key Internet players. He served as Vice President of Hyper Net Co., Ltd. since June 1996. He started his career with Tokyo Gas. He held key executive positions with HyperNet. He has been a Director of Dwango Co. Ltd., since December 1, 2008. He has been a Outside Director at Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. since June 2008. He has been a Director at Pia Corporation since April 2010. He serves as a Director of D.L.E Co. Ltd. He has been a Director of Gree, Inc. since September 2009 and Trans Cosmos, Inc. since 2008. He serves as a Director of GREE Ventures, Inc. He serves as a Member of Advisory Board at Great Wall Club. He served as an Independent Non-Executive Director of SBI Holdings Inc. from June 27, 2008 to June 28, 2012. He served as a Director of Hyper Net Co., Ltd. since June 1996. He is the Author of i-mode Strategy, published in 2000, a la i-mode, published in 2002, Keitai-no-Mirai, published in 2006, Iccho-yen kaseida otokono shigotojutu, and Google ni izonshi Amazon wo maneru bakakigyou published in 2009. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and Economics from Waseda University, Japan in 1988 and an Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1995.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Marketing, Digital Marketing
- Stage:Angel, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Angel $1.7M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ZUU — ZUU is a Japan-based company that supports financial advisors with related consultancies and manages monetary websites. It also supports the asset management and asset advisor business of executives with finance and IT.
- Zuu Online — ZUU online is a Tokyo-based financial media which provides original insights on financial market news,the latest business trend and personal finance advice
- Confidence — Confidence provides temporary staffing, recruitment, and outsourcing solutions for the gaming and entertainment industries. They also provide services such as QA to ensure quality, multilingual localization to support overseas expansion, and customer support.
Atsushi Fukuda is the president of Speedy.
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- Industry: Music, Generative AI, Content Creators
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
New Oriental Education & Technology Group provides a comprehensive range of educational services and products to address the needs of students of all ages.New Oriental operates in five segments: language training and test preparation courses, primary and secondary school education, content development and distribution, online education, andoverseas studies consulting.The company offers a variety of educational programs, services, and products that include English and other foreign language training programs; test preparation courses for admissions and assessment tests in the United States, China, and Commonwealth countries; primary and secondary school educational services; development and distribution of educational content; software and other technologies; and online educational programs.As of May 31, 2013, the company offered educational programs, services, and products to students through a network of 57 schools and 669 learning centers, approximately 32 own and 5,000 third-party bookstores in 50 cities.New Oriental Education & Technology Group was established in 1993 in Beijing, China. It went public on the New York Stock Exchange on September 7, 1996, becoming the first Chinese education company to go public in the U.S.
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- Industry: Education, Social Media, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $471k–$4.5M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bottomsup — Bottomsup engages in the production of online education content.
- Kuaipeilian — Kuaipeilian is an online piano training platform
- Pingo Space — Pingo Space is a mobile platform that connects locals to expats through in-person experiences.
Masashige Obara
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- Industry: Education, E-Learning, Language Learning
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $904k–$1.3M; Venture - Series Unknown $496k–$5.8M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Lang-8 — Lang-8 is the best place for learning and practicing foreign languages. Post an entry in the language you are learning, then a native speaker will correct your entries. Currently there are more than 80 languages available on Lang-8.
- LanCul — LanCul is an education based start up.
- TIGALA — TIGALA is deployed M & A services
Soga Takeshi
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- Industry: Music, Mobile, Content
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $609k–$6M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Univrs — UNIVRS is a popular market and entertainment platform.
- SAKELOGY — SAKELOGY is a platform enables restaurants and retailers to easily create cloud-based sake menus.
- Best Beer Japan — Best Beer Japan provides a barrel tracking software for craft beer and barrel sharing. The company was founded in 2018.
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- Industry: Music, Apps, Logistics
- Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States
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- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Series A $20M–$22M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Cargo — Ara Screens is a digital out of home network solution provider, DOOH smart signage operator, and the world's leading car-top and in-car advertising placement provider for Rideshare & Taxi.
- SOUNDRAW — Your personal AI music generator.
- Sound — Sound is a suite of music and economic tools powering the next generation of artists and their communities, starting with listening parties for new releases
Haiquan Hu
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- Industry: Music, Content, E-Learning
- Stage:Angel, Post-IPO Equity
- Geography: China
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- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Xueyinyue.com — Xueyinyue is an online music teaching platform that focuses on solid teaching content. The largest company is opening offline parks like the Musical Instrument Museum Experience Hall. They offer expert online instruction and training for all genres of voice music, instrumental music, and broadcast hosting.
- Pop Culture Group — Pop Culture Group Co., Ltd is a hip-pop culture company. The Company aims to promote hip-hop culture and its values of love, peace, unity, respect, and having fun, and to promote cultural exchange with respect to hip-hop between the United States and China. With the values of hip-hop culture at core and the younger generation as our primary targetaudience, the Company hosts entertainment events, operates hip-hop related online programs, and provides event planning and execution services and marketing services to corporate clients.
Daiki Ichikawa
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- Industry: Music, EBooks, Gaming
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- FOWD — FOWD is a comprehensive entertainment company in Japan.
Ashraf Sinclair is based out of Malaysia and currently works as a Venture Partner for 500 Global.
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- Industry: Music, Events, Concerts
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Indonesia
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Konserku — Konserku is an online demand forecast platform that allows music fans to bring their favourite artists to perform in their cities.
Bunga Citra Lestari is an indonesian female singer & multi-talented actress.
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- Industry: Music, Events, Concerts
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Konserku — Konserku is an online demand forecast platform that allows music fans to bring their favourite artists to perform in their cities.
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