# Ashok Melwani

> Ashok Melwani is a seed investor at Sumida backing Hotel and Hospitality. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Sumida
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashok-melwani-7a1471196

Ashok Melwani is a seed investor at Sumida in Singapore focused on Hotel and Hospitality. Ashok Bhagwandas Melwani served as the Chief Executive Officer of A. B. Melwani. Melwani has been an Outside Director of Sumida Corp since April 2003. He served as a Non-Executive Director of Insas Bhd since November 29, 2004 until Marhc 2009. Melwani has very wide experience in marketing lifestyle products in both retail and restaurant operations,corporate planning and strategy and joint-venture start-up in regional markets

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hotel | 1 | 100% |
| Hospitality | 1 | 100% |
| Rental Property | 1 | 100% |
| Vacation Rental | 1 | 100% |
| Travel Accommodations | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MetroResidences | MetroResidences is a digital apartment rental service providing a fuss-free and transparent way to lease a home. Our approach relies on technology and human-centered customer service to make leasing simple, legal and paperless. | $702.7K | Seed | Jan 04, 2016 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Sumida

VC Fund



1 contacts available at Sumida.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ashok Melwani | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ashok-melwani |

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## FAQ

### What does Ashok Melwani invest in?

Ashok Melwani invests primarily in Hotel, Hospitality and Rental Property startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Ashok Melwani last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ashok Melwani closed in Jan 2016. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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