# Top 50 Photography Startup Investors in Asia in June 2026 ## MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital (MSIVC) - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care MSIVC is a venture capital firm that invests in Japanese and global startups scaling to IPO. It focuses on startups in verticals of Fintech, SaaS, Healthcare, AI, E-Commerce, Foodtech, and Environment etc. ## Semir Garment - Type: VC Fund - Location: Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series B, Series C, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Food and Beverage Zhejiang Semir Garment is a Wenzhou-based local apparel company with two leading casual wear brands, Semir for young casual wear & Balabala for kidswear.Semir opened its first store in 1997 in Jiangsu Province, selling leisurewear. Semir is now one of China's largest clothing retailers, with more than 7,500 stores.Semir ownsBalabala, which is China's leading children's clothing brand. ## Frees Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Biotechnology By adopting revolutionary mechanisms, FREES FUND is devoted to change the long-established rules in the venture capital. By leveraging the cutting-edge technologies and resources, FREES FUND aims at investing in great startups and helping them grow into great enterprises that are valuable to our society. We mainly invest in early-stagestartups, and hope to become their first-round institutional investor. Our primary interested areas are broad-sense TMT (Technology, Media, Telecom), B2B and deep technology. ## BEENEXT - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services BEENEXT is a Venture Capital fund managed by serial entrepreneurs that focuses on assisting founders with its operational experience, network, trust, unique perspectives, and the capital. The team invests in early-stage tech start-ups that are focused on building the new digital platforms driven by the data network. BEENEXT aims to establish aplatform of founders, by the founders and for the founders across the globe, primarily in South East Asia, India and Japan. Since its establishment in 2015, the team has invested in over 180 companies globally. ## Mizuho Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Internet Mizuho is the venture capital firm affiliated to Mizuho Bank, the second-largest Japanese bank in terms of assets. The firm has headquarters in Tokyo.The firm has ¥49.6 billion JPY under management, focusing on information technology and biotechnology investments. Over 600 Mizuho companies have gone public. According to Nikkei, Mizuho is thefifth-largest venture capital firm in Japan.Mizuho Capital was formed in 2002 by the merger of Fujigin Capital, Tokyo Venture Capital and IBJ Investment. Three firms were subsidiaries of Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan respectively. ## Share Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology Share Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, start-up, early, middle, growth capital, and Pre-IPO investments. it primarily invests in big living, medical healthcare, and internet innovation. In medical healthcare, it seeks to invests in pharmaceuticals, innovative equipment, biotechnology, diagnostic testing equipment andreagents, anti-infectives, drug discovery, medical health service, mobile medical services, and informatization. ## IDG Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce IDG Capital is a global investment firm partnering with founders to build enduring businesses through capital, expertise, and long-term support. ## Quest Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology Quest Ventures is a top venture capital firm in Asia. For entrepreneurs: venture capital. For enterprises: applied innovation. For ecosystems: accelerate. ## GDP Venture - Type: VC Fund - Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software GDP Venture is a venture builder focusing on commerce, consumer product, media & entertainment and solution companies ## Seiko Electric - Type: VC Fund - Location: Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Photography, Digital Media, Artificial Intelligence Seiko Electric has contributed to society with the best products and services. They have continued to develop technologies that usher in new eras based on sound management and human resource development. They will work to develop new products and businesses using original information and control technology and contribute to the construction ofenvironmentally friendly, safe, and comfortable social infrastructure. ## ANOBAKA - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence ANOBAKA is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm with rich group resources to add value to seed-stage startups. ANOBAKA actively invests in and supports startups aiming to be a global leader in the innovative Internet business and promising to greatly grow up in the future. ANOBAKA's investment focuses on fledgling seed-stage startups. Inaddition to investment financing, ANOBAKA provides founders with a variety of business support such as development consulting by our engineers, sales support, and international marketing support. ## Chiratae Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce Chiratae Ventures is a global network of venture capital funds with approximately $3.6 billion under management and a portfolio of over 220 companies built over the last 15 years. The Chiratae Ventures network is comprised of five independent partnerships managing funds in North America and Asia. Each partnership makes investments on behalf of itslimited partners, including International Data Group (IDG), the world's largest IT media company. By combining the IDG platform – an unparalleled combination of global publishing, market research (IDC), and conferences and exhibition resources – with years of hands-on experience in early-stage company building, each Chiratae Ventures fund helps companies understand their markets better and penetrate them faster than their competition.With partnerships in the USA, Korea and multiple locations throughout China, India and Vietnam, the IDG Ventures network offers the international perspective and the local market expertise to help companies grow from start-ups to global success stories. ## Skystar Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services We are Skystar Capital, an early-stage VC firm committed to supporting tech entrepreneurs to create a lasting and profound positive difference in Southeast Asia and Indonesia. ## GGV Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Menlo Park, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence We believe the talent to build great companies comes from anywhere. A global venture capital firm that invests in local founders. As a multi-stage, sector-focused firm, GGV focuses on seed- to growth-stage investments across Social/Internet, Enterprise Tech, and Smart Tech sectors. ## Nippon Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Medical Nippon Venture Capital ("NVCC"), established in 1996 as one of the few largest Japanese independent venture capital firms, is destined to undertake the unprecedented task of providing full-range venture capital services in cooperation with major Japanese business leaders and leading companies, which have supported and nurtured various newbusinesses on their own, as well as proactively developing new venture enterprises. ## James Tan - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Internet, Social Media, SaaS James is the Founder and Managing Partner of Quest Ventures – China’s leading seed to angel fund for technology companies that have scalability and replicability in large internet communities. He is also the Co-Founder and former COO of 55tuan (NASDAQ: WOWO), one of the largest social e-commerce site in China with a presence across more than onehundred cities. James was recognised as a finalist in the Telstra Sensis Australia China Alumni Award for ICT and New Media. He has been guest speaker at China-centric and entrepreneurship events such as Global Entrepreneurship Week and Venture Lab. He is a regular guest lecturer at IE Business School and Tsinghua SEM. ## Kenji Endo - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Apps, Fitness, Internet Kenji Endo - Director @ Japan Business Systems ## Kazuhiro Ishikura - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Beauty, Content, Fashion Kazuhiro Ishikura served as the head of the Akatsuki Business Management Department in 2013 and as a corporate auditor of Akatsuki in 2014, contributing to the company's listing on the TSE Mothers and TSE 1st sections. Appointed 3minute CFO in 2015, engaged in business start-up and organizational design, and succeeded in large-scale M & Adeal with Glee. After leaving the company, he became a WARC director in November 2018. Certified public accountant. ## Shanda Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Series A - Focus: Mobile, Software, Manufacturing Shanda Capital is the private equity and venture capital arm of Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd. specializing in start ups, early and mid-stage investments. The firm does not invest in online game developers and operators. It seeks to invest in the mobile internet, TMT (technology, media, and telecommunication), and culture sector. and alsofocuses on new media as well as applications based on the Android operating system of Google Inc. Shanda Capital was founded on February 17, 2011 and is based in China ## Mercari - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Finance, Internet, E-Commerce Mercari is your marketplace. It's the perfect place to declutter and discover items that are uniquely you. Say 'goodbye' to your old go-tos and 'hello' to one-of-a-kind treasures. ## Toivo Annus - Type: Angel - Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, FinTech Active individual investor in flying drones, also looking at payments and ecommerce. ## Dark Horse Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Haidian, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Education Dark Horse Venture is a venture capital firm that invests at early-stage startups in industrial internet and technology. ## Jungle Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services Jungle Ventures is one of Southeast Asia's largest independent venture capital firms based in Singapore. We invest in early and growth-stage startups in Southeast Asia and India, focused on building category-defining businesses that stand the test of time. ## Burda Principal Investments - Type: VC Fund - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Retail Burda Principal Investments (BPI) is a division of Hubert Burda Media which provides long term growth equity for fast growing digital technology and media companies. ## Monex Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Minato, Chiba, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology Monex Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Japan that finances seed and early stage investments in startup companies. ## Jinbo Yao - Type: Angel - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Series A, Seed - Focus: Logistics, Marketing, Automotive Jinbo Yao is the President, Founder and CEO at 58.com. ## JAFCO Asia - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet Since its establishment in 1990, JAFCO Asia has grown to become a leading brand in the venture capital industry in the Asia Pacific region. Currently, JAFCO Asia has offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei, Seoul and Beijing.With more than US$1.2 billion funds under management in aggregate, JAFCO Asia's experienced investment team hasinvested in over 368 companies in 13 countries (Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Australia, India, Israel and Vietnam) and divested more than 260 companies of which at least 86 have been publicly listed.Since the new millennium, JAFCO Asia has shifted its focus entirely to technology related investments and is now one of the pre-eminent venture capital technology investors in the region. They believe that their existing portfolio in the Asia Pacific region and the worldwide business network offer their portfolio companies significant potential for synergistic partnerships. ## Lenovo - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing Lenovo is one of the world's leading personal technology companies, producing innovative PCs and mobile internet devices. A global Fortune 500 company, Lenovo is the world's largest PC vendor and fourth largest smartphone company.While the Lenovo brand came into existence only in 2004, the company has a much longer history. In 1984,Legend Holdings was formed with 200,000 RMB (US$25,000) in a guard house in China. The company was incorporated in Hong Kong in 1988 and would grow to be the largest PC company in China. Legend Holdings changed its name to Lenovo in 2004 and, in 2005, acquired the former Personal Computer Division of IBM, the company that invented the PC industry in 1981.Today, Lenovo is a US$39billion personal technology company with more than 54,000 employees (including joint ventures) in more than 60 countries serving customers in more than 160 countries. Lenovo is a global company that is incorporated and headquartered in Hong Kong, with operational centers located strategically around the world , with the largest in Beijing and Morrisville, NC. These operational centers drive Lenovo’s global and local business approach.Lenovo has grown faster than the market for more than four years because our exceptionally engineered products are meant for those who do. Our customers use innovation to bring progress to the world, and we design and build our products with this in mind, taking inspiration from the drive and imagination of the people who make things happen. Our technology helps those who do, do better.Whether a PC, smartphone, tablet, smart TV, server, workstation or storage, Lenovo makes the products that customers need for what we call the "PC+ world." Lenovo is creating real differentiation from the competition thanks to its vertically integrated end-to-end business model. This model is unique among major PC makers and is a significant source of competitive advantage, helping us to bring more innovation to market, more efficiently, and aggressively attack the PC+ opportunity.And as Lenovo expands globally, we are establishing even deeper roots in each major market, investing not only in sales and distribution, but also in local domestic manufacturing, R&D and other high-value functions. This global reach with local excellence is enabling us to build a new kind of company - a "global-local" company - and positions us to more deeply implement our protect and attack strategy and build the foundation for long-term success. ## Openspace Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Software Openspace Ventures is a leading venture capital firm finding and backing Southeast Asian companies creating a transformative impact where tech meets life. ## Allin Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Hongkou, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel - Focus: Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Robotics Allin Capital is an investment Firm. ## Seiji Kurokoshi - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Sports, Travel, Fashion Seiji Kurokoshi (黒越誠治) is an angel investor. ## East Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet East Ventures is an early stage venture capital (VC) focused on Southeast Asia, Indonesia & Japan. Success cases include Tokopedia, Traveloka, and Mercari. ## Cenova - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology Cenova Capital is one of the earliest healthcare dedicated funds in China founded in 2010 by Dr Jun WU and is one of the earliest investors in private healthcare services and digital health, with helps to facilitate the transformation of healthcare in China from an exclusively state-owned system to a more efficient, market-oriented system. CenovaCapital is healthcare funds dedicated to early and growth-stage investments in the life sciences and healthcare sector in China. Since inception in 2010, Cenova now has five funds under management with investments in over 50 companies in healthcare services, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and digital heath. Cenova's investors are mainly large domestic and international institutional investors including Asian sovereign wealth funds, government institutions, insurance and financial institutions and multinational companies. ## Yang Shoubin - Type: Angel - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Consumer, E-Commerce, Photography Yang Shoubin is the Founding Partner of FH Capital. ## ByteDance - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics ByteDance creates and operates various content platforms, including TikTok and Douyin, enabling users to connect, create, and consume content. The company focuses on enriching lives through innovative technology and has expanded its offerings to include tools for content creation and collaboration. ## Qingsong Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Angel, Seed - Focus: Manufacturing, Internet, Education Founded in June 2012 by Liu Xiaosong, Dong Zhanbin, and Su Wei, three Internet and investment circle veterans, Qingsong Fund is an early venture capital firm specializing in investment in education, social networking, consumerism, innovation, technology and applications. It manages four RMB funds with a total value of about RMB 2 billion. So far,it has invested in more than 140 companies, including 1 to 1 head, 1 DaDa English, squirrel AI, onion mathematics, wedding calendar, werewolf killing, flystep technology, HomeFacial. Pro and other star projects - 50% exit project returns more than 60 times, multiple project valuation multiples increased nearly 200 times, and educational projects have an average annual value increase of 500%. Among them, the Qingsong Smart Fund, which was newly established in 2018, focuses on the underlying technologies of the underlying AI and Smart Connect, as well as investment in such areas as smart healthcare, enterprise services and intelligent transportation applications. Liu Xiaosong, founding partner of Qingsong Fund, is a Ph.D. student at Tsinghua University. He invested in Tencent in 1999 and has a return on investment of tens of thousands of times. In 2000, he founded A8 New Media Group, which was successfully listed on the main board in Hong Kong in 2008. In 2015, he hatched in November 2018. Listed in Hong Kong stocks in the year. As a leading early investment institution in China, Qingsong Fund and its founding partners have repeatedly won Top 10 of Zero2IPO China's early investment institutions/investors, Top10 of China's education sector, Top100 of Chinese investors, and China's best early venture capital investment. Institution/Investor Top10; 36氪 China's new entertainment sector investment institutions Top10, online education sector investment institutions/investors Top10 and other mainstream awards. ## Yi Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, Security, Artificial Intelligence Founded in 2014, YI Capital is a venture capital fund company focusing on TMT innovation. Moreover, it is also dedicated to the innovation in the field of industrial Internet and the investment opportunities in industrial upgrading, with the special attention paid to the innovative application and industrial upgrading of the Internet and ITtechnology in the fields including the living, finance, automotive, logistics, innovative e-commerce, living service, etc. YI Capital has invested in a number of outstanding enterprises in the industrial Internet upgrading fields such as Jiayoubao, 9Beike, Lianjia, Get, Mljr, Xiaoma and so on. ## RiverHill Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Internet, Software RiverHill Fund is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage of investment. The firm prefers to investment in wireless internet, wireless e-commerce, wireless online to offline, wireless community, and culture and entertainment sectors. ## VenturesLab - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Digital Entertainment VenturesLab was founded in 2005 by Mark Mai and legendary venture capitalist Tim Draper. It was China's first internet-business incubator. In 2010, VenturesLab started to mainly focus on early stage investment and became a top name among China entrepreneur community. It incubated and invested in nearly 100 startups since 2005 across many kindsof Internet related fields. VenturesLab shares business expertise, tears and cheers with like-minded entrepreneurs dedicated to developing China’s internet industry. The total portfolios market cap amounts for $ 5 billion including a few M&A and two IPOs in China and US. ## Stone Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Angel, Seed - Focus: Automotive, Electronics, Manufacturing Stone Capital is a venture capital firm that specializes in growth capital investments. ## Mitsubishi UFJ Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Health Care Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on life science, ICT, and high technology investments. ## ShenZhen (SZSE) - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Drones, Robotics, Photography ShenZhen is an online platform that enables individuals to monitor the Shenzhen stock exchange. ## Yichen Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Automotive, Manufacturing, Industrial Automation Yichen Capital is a venture capital firm. ## Chushin Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Retail, Travel, Home Decor Chushin Venture Capital is a venture capital fund established by Kyoto Chuo Shinkin Bank. ## FGN ABBA Lab - Type: VC Fund - Location: Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Aerospace, Information Technology FGN ABBA Lab is an investment fund that mainly supports pre-seed to series A early stage startups. In this FGN ABBA Lab fund, they will support startups with the idea of ​​creating “things and things” that make the world exciting without limiting the genre, investment, training, and social implementation. ## Evershine Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: B2B, ISP, Wireless Evershine Capital is a private Investment Firm. ## Venture United - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Travel, Content Venture United is a provider of venture capital for entrepreneurs, especially for internet-related businesses. ## Gakken Plus Japan - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Art, EdTech, Robotics Gakken Plus is a publishing business offering a catalog of books and magazines. ## Ameba Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Services Ameba Capital is a Chinese venture capital firm that provides early and growth stage investments. Ameba Capital makes investments in the telecommunications, media, and technology industries, focusing on SaaS, AI, Digital Transformation and other disruptive technologies. ## SHiP - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Angel, Series B - Focus: Software, Hardware, Manufacturing SHiP provides management and services for demonstration areas.