# Michael Gryseels

> Michael Gryseels is a Series A investor backing Software, Energy and Information Technology. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 44%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://sg.linkedin.com/in/michaelgryseels
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/mgrys?lang=en

Michael Gryseels is a Series A investor focused on Software and Energy. Dr. Michael Gryseels is the President of True Digital Group, the innovation unit set up by True Corporation, part of the Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group. True Digital was set up to capture new growth opportunities from digital, analytics, IoT, robotics, and related technologies. True Digital is headquartered in Thailand but has subsidiaries inIndonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines, and investments in China, Myanmar, and Cambodia. Michael is also the Group Chief Digital Officer and a member of the Executive Committee of True's parent shareholder Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group, Thailand's largest private corporation and one of the largest conglomerates globally, operating across 13 industries and 20+ countries, employing over 300,000 people.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.8M–$3M |
| Series A | $4.8M–$17M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 33% |
| Energy | 2 | 22% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 22% |
| Water | 1 | 11% |
| Drones | 1 | 11% |

26 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 44% |
| Seed | 3 | 33% |
| Series B | 1 | 11% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Singapore | 3 | 33% |
| India | 2 | 22% |
| Canada | 1 | 11% |
| Philippines | 1 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HydroLeap | Hydropleap provides advanced environmental-friendly technological water treatment solutions based on cutting-edge electrical processes. | $4.8M | Series A | Jul 30, 2025 |  |
| IONATE | IONATE is creating the hardware-software system for smart grids. Its Hybrid Intelligent Transformer (HIT) replaces traditional transformers with a smart version, integrating data and control of voltages, harmonics, and reactive power into one unit. The HIT helps stabilize power distribution across grids, power generation, industrial facilities, anddata centers, while also supporting real-time control nodes. | $17M | Series A | Feb 05, 2025 |  |
| The ePlane Company | ePlane aims to tackle urban road traffic congestion by introducing innovative flying solutions. Their flagship product aims to provide a safe, sustainable, and affordable flying experience, contributing to a future of urban mobility that is efficient and eco-friendly. | $14M | Series B | Nov 13, 2024 |  |
| Open Ocean Robotics | Open Ocean Robotics collects ocean data with its solar-powered autonomous boats. They operate USVs with sensors, cameras, and communication devices to capture information from anywhere in the ocean. The company's contact modes are by phone, mail, and physical address. Information that can be used to protect endangered whale species, allowships to travel on more fuel-efficient routes, combat illegal fishing, and help us better understand the effects of climate change. Its boats are outfitted with sensors, cameras, and communication devices, allowing us to collect data from anywhere on the ocean and access it instantly.Open Ocean Robotics was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Victoria, British Colombia. | $2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 23, 2024 |  |
| VFlow Tech | VFlow Tech uses its unique IP to build safe, long-lasting, high performing low-cost flow batteries for large scale energy storage application. Our modular design allows our batteries to be highly scalable which fits in perfectly from households, micro-grids to grid level storage applications. We use a unique approach of industry focused research todeliver a long lasting and reliable storage solution based on user feedback and industry trends. In addition, our in-house expertise in renewable energy technologies means that we provide you with a complete “energy + storage” solution. | $10M | Series A | Feb 07, 2023 |  |
| PixCap | PixCap is a web-based editor for designers to find, create and export 3D designs - for images, videos and more. Our mission is to unlock 3D for design and the internet. Customise 3D assets and export image, videos or 3D formats in minutes without requiring any 3D experience - www.pixcap.com | $2.8M | Seed | Aug 22, 2022 |  |
| ZAP Group | ZAP has helped over 800 merchants launch their own customized loyalty program. Merchants have the option for a card or mobile based loyalty program where they are able to customize their mechanics, build a database of members, and use data to create specific promotions for customers. |  | Series A | Mar 07, 2022 |  |
| VFlow Tech | VFlow Tech uses its unique IP to build safe, long-lasting, high performing low-cost flow batteries for large scale energy storage application. Our modular design allows our batteries to be highly scalable which fits in perfectly from households, micro-grids to grid level storage applications. We use a unique approach of industry focused research todeliver a long lasting and reliable storage solution based on user feedback and industry trends. In addition, our in-house expertise in renewable energy technologies means that we provide you with a complete “energy + storage” solution. | $3M | Seed | Oct 05, 2021 |  |
| Ackcio | Ackcio builds real-time, reliable, wireless, monitoring solutions for industrial applications. |  | Seed | Jun 29, 2020 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Seeds Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seeds-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Wavemaker Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wavemaker-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Entrepreneurs First](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/entrepreneurs-first) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [UntroD Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/real-tech-holdings) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sing Fuels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sing-fuels) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alacrity Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alacrity-canada) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Michael Gryseels invest in?

Michael Gryseels invests primarily in Software, Energy and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Michael Gryseels's check size?

Michael Gryseels typically joins rounds of $2.8M–$3M at Seed and $4.8M–$17M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Michael Gryseels participates in.

### When did Michael Gryseels last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Michael Gryseels closed in Jul 2025. Shizune tracks 9 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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