Top 15 Publishing Angel Investors in Asia (June 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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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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Neeraj Bhargava
Angel
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1 | United States, Singapore, India | Series A, Seed, Angel | Mobile, Artificial Intelligence, CRM | |
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Vijay Sharma
Angel
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1 | India, United States, Singapore | Seed, Angel | Internet, News, Software | $127k–$3.2M |
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Nihal Mehta
Angel
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1 | United States, India, Singapore | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Mobile | $500k–$22M |
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Kiyoshi Nishikawa
Angel
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1 | Japan, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | News, Social Media, Big Data | $680k–$2.8M |
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Janneke Niessen
Angel
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1 | The Netherlands, Sweden, Philippines | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Fashion | $250k–$9.4M |
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Arthur Hayes
Angel
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1 | United States, Singapore, India | Seed, Pre-Seed | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services | $1.7M–$9M |
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Hellmut Schutte
Angel
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1 | Singapore | Series A | Content, Publishing, Advertising | |
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Kazuhiko Ishikura
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Beauty, Content, Fashion | $329k–$28M |
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Oskar Hartmann
Angel
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1 | Germany, India, Russian Federation | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Internet, Automotive | $300k–$52M |
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Kazuhiro Ishikura
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Beauty, Content, Fashion | $2.8M–$28M |
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Eduardo Saverin
Angel
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1 | Singapore, United States, India | Seed, Series A, Series C | Internet, Financial Services, Mobile | |
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Alan Rutledge
Angel
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1 | United States, India, Mexico | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $600k–$8M |
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Yuling Lin
Angel
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1 | China | Seed | Publishing, Content Creators, Media and Entertainment | |
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Neil Cunha-Gomes
Angel
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1 | Singapore, Switzerland, United States | Seed, Series C, Series D | Finance, Blockchain, Web3 | $1.7M–$450M |
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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.
Neeraj Bhargava is the Founder, Chairman, and Group CEO of Rainshine Global Inc. He previously worked at Allygrow as a Director. Neeraj Bhargava attended NYU Stern School of Business.
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- Industry: Mobile, Artificial Intelligence, CRM
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Singapore, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Juno Clinic — Juno Clinic is an online platform that helps people get online counseling for emotional and psychological problems from our therapists.Inhibition to approach and lack of access to experienced mental health care providers in India is a massive growing problem with most cities in India lacking mental health therapists. The total number of mentalhealth care providers in India is less than the number of cardiologists in Delhi and Mumbai. More than 80% patients with mental health issues don’t ever see a trained therapist; Juno Clinic is there to address this problem.
- 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.
- Kinsane Entertainment — Kinsane Entertainment, Inc., a US corporation, and its India subsidiary, Kinsane Digital LLP, has a simple mission: to create great content for kids, and, in so doing, create brands that are globally recognized. On this page is some of the press/media coverage Kinsane has received.
Vijay Shekhar Sharma is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Paytm. He previously worked at India Today Group Online as a Tech head. Vijay Shekhar attended Delhi College of Engineering.
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- Industry: Internet, News, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: India, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 76
- Round size: Seed $127k–$3.2M; Angel $150k–$415k
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- NORI — NORI is a travel products company that provides fashionable solutions for travelers, such as luggage bags and packing cubes.
- Temple — A wearable that measures Brain Flow and everything else.
- Presentations.AI — Create stunning PowerPoint presentations in seconds with Presentations.AI - the ultimate AI presentation maker. Just type your idea and watch as we craft a professional PPT for you. Perfect for all: businesses, educators, and hobbyists. Dive in now, start for free!
Nihal Mehta is a Co-Founder at Eniac Ventures. He was an Angel Investor at Uber. He attended the University of Pennsylvania.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 56
- Round size: Seed $500k–$5.3M; Series A $3.6M–$22M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Rocean — Rocean makes smart appliances to change how we consume water. Our first product the Rocean One is a seamless, reusable water ecosystem with best-in-class filtration that carbonates, flavors and enhances tap water. The Rocean One gives consumers more choice and convenience than they will find in their local supermarket.
- Street FC — 100+ Street soccer games every month. Join a club or build one with us.
- Buildstock — Buildstock is a B2B construction materials marketplace & Fintech software company, focused on connecting buyers of materials directly with materials suppliers for bulk purchasing of base building materials, in the high rise & industrial market. While also offering access to real time lending for procurement & factoring for PurchasingOrders of suppliers; improving, cost of materials, time efficiency, data accuracy & cashflow innovation.
After working at KDD Corporation (Currently known as KDDI Corporation), Kiyoshi Nishikawa next went to work at Arthur D. Little Inc. in the United States, where he became inspired to start his own company. After returning to Japan, he established a Japanese corporation of the world’s largest Internet company, America On Line, LLC. Later andbased on this experience and the relationships he developed, he founded the first Internet business incubator, NETAGE, Inc. After serving as the President and CEO of NETAGE Group, he later became and still serves as the Chairman of ngi group, inc. Kiyoshi was one of the main entrepreneurs responsible for proposing and realization of “Shibuya Bit Valley Concept†and is well known for his various speeches and writings. He is a graduate of the Department of Education at Tokyo University.
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- Industry: News, Social Media, Big Data
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $680k–$2.8M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PoliPoli — PoliPoli is a next-generation politics co-creation platform where you can participate like a game. Politicians from all over Japan post their policies in an easy-to-understand manner, and those who sympathize can enjoy working on the "missions" necessary to realize the policies.
- Astroscale — Astroscale is one of the few companies in the world proposing to aid in the removal of orbital debris through the provision of End of Life (EOL) and Active Debris Removal (ADR) services. In addition to providing a technical solution, Astroscale is helping to define the business case for this service and are working with national space agencies,international institutions, non-profit organizations, insurance companies and satellite operators to develop norms, regulations and incentives that contribute to the responsible use of space.
- TECHFUND — TechFund is a venture capital firm specializing in incubation and seed stage investments. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
Janneke Niessen is based out of Amsterdam, Noord-Holland and is the Co-Founder of CapitalT. Janneke previously worked at KNVB as a Member Innovation Board. Janneke Niessen attended the Nyenrode Business University. Janneke Niessen has received Most Influential Women in Tech and Harper's Bazaar Woman of the Year - Business award in theircareer.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Fashion
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: The Netherlands, Sweden, Philippines
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $250k–$9.4M; Pre-Seed $2.4M–$3.1M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 7write — 7write B.V. provided book publishing services for writers worldwide.The company enables users to upload a word document, PDF file, and validated e-pub file, or create their book in the writer’s studio; and set the price and select the stores to publish their books. It also provides cover design services. The company offered services to customersfor e-book or print book versions. It publishes client’s books to the Amazon Kindle Store, Google Play, The company was founded in 2012 and was based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
- Closure — Closure provides a day when everyone automatically completes their inheritance in the private sector, just like in the public sector. In order to achieve this, we strive to develop a platform that removes this pain from relatives.
- Polarsteps — Easily create travel itineraries and watch your route unfold on a beautiful world map. Join 20M+ travelers and download the free Polarsteps app.
Arthur Hayes is based out of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island and is the Advisor of Upexi. Arthur previously worked at BitMEX as a CEO. Arthur Hayes attended the University of Pennsylvania.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Singapore, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $1.7M–$9M; Pre-Seed $2.2M–$3M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Oyl — Trade Alkanes tokens, swap on Bitcoin Layer 1, and access DeFi directly on Bitcoin. Non-custodial wallet optimized for Bitcoin smart contracts.
- BSX — BSX is a trading company that offers specializes in options and perpetual futures trading.
- JUICE Finance — Juice Finance empowers you to maximize your yield on Blast by using your Blast ETH as collateral to access 300% USDB and ETH leverage to deploy throughout the Blast ecosystem
Prof. Dr. Hellmut Schütte joined INSEAD's faculty in Fontainebleau, France, in 1981 after a successful career in the areas of marketing and investment banking covering a period of 11 years. As Senior Affiliate Professor of International Management, he teaches and does research in the area of international business and international marketingwith a special focus on Asia. His present work is concerned with markets and consumers in Asia, with the emergence of China and India, and with the regionalisation of the strategies and organisational structures of multinational firms. Professor Schütte studied economics and business administration in Germany and obtained his doctorate from the University of St.Gallen, Switzerland. He was visiting professor at the University of Tokyo, a visiting professor at Boston University, and visiting scholar at Harvard University.Up to the fall of 2006, Professor Schütte was the Dean of INSEAD's fast growing Asia Campus located in Singapore. It comprises of state-of-the-art facilities, a faculty of 40 full-time resident professors, and welcomes 300 MBA participants and 2500 executives per year.Prof. Dr. Schütte has lived and worked in nine different countries, and taught in seminars in about 40 countries all over the world. He is a well-known speaker in conferences and business meetings and is actively involved in various executive programmes, board and advisory roles and consulting assignments. He is a regular contributor to the World Economic Forum in Davos and other places in the world. Professor Schütte is the author of many articles and of five books. The third edition of this bestselling book "Strategies for Asia Pacific" (co-author P. Lasserre) appeared in 2006.Prof. Dr. Schütte is a permanent resident of Singapore and is a devoted offshore yachtsman.
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- Industry: Content, Publishing, Advertising
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- The Parentinc — Suntec Singapore Convention Center 71, Ayer Rajah Crescent, #01-04/05 Singapore 139951
Kazuhiko Ishikura is based out of Tokyo, Tokyo and is the Co-Founder and Director of SDF Capital. Kazuhiko previously worked at 3minute Inc. as a Director. Kazuhiko Ishikura attended Aoyama Gakuin University.
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- Industry: Beauty, Content, Fashion
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $329k–$7.1M; Angel $2.8M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Neith — Neith is a apparel manufacturer, seller and a whoelseller of water absorbing bralette, lingerie and shorts for women.
- WARC — WARC provides hands-on support for business management departments as well as mergers and acquisition advisory services.
- Vitalogue Health — Vitalogue Health offers Canvas, a home-based hormone testing service for women.
Oskar Hartmann currently works as an Angel Investor for YAP. He previously worked at Flaschenpost SE as an Investor. Oskar Hartmann attended WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Automotive
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Germany, India, Russian Federation
Investor stats
- Total investments: 61
- Round size: Seed $300k–$52M; Series A $7.4M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tiggy — 15 minute grocery delivery on a mission to forever change the way we buy everyday essentials. Now live in Vancouver
- Lumaly — Lumaly is a browser extension that automatically tries out and uses all available voucher codes in the cart when shopping online.
- June Homes — June Homes is a network of fully furnished bedrooms in prime spots available on flexible month-to-month terms in major American cities.
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Browse database — It's Free!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.
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- Industry: Beauty, Content, Fashion
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $7.1M–$7.1M; Angel $2.8M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Neith — Neith is a apparel manufacturer, seller and a whoelseller of water absorbing bralette, lingerie and shorts for women.
- WARC — WARC provides hands-on support for business management departments as well as mergers and acquisition advisory services.
- Vitalogue Health — Vitalogue Health offers Canvas, a home-based hormone testing service for women.
Eduardo Saverin is a Co-founder at Meta. Eduardo attended Harvard University.
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- Industry: Internet, Financial Services, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
- Geography: Singapore, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 37
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
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- Antler — Build your next company with Antler, a global day zero investor enabling exceptional founders to start great companies, from the very beginning. Apply now!
- Hopscotch — Hopscotch is an online store offering insider access to baby and kids brands from around the world, at unbeatable prices. F
Alan Rutledge
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, India, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 46
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$8M; Pre-Seed $600k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FlexDesk — FlexDesk is creating a new evolution of the flexible workspace model. Remote workers use the platform to discover and book a dedicated desk or private office by the day. FlexDesk unlocks this inventory by partnering with office landlords and coworking operators that have furnished, underutilized space.
- Fello — Fello is a savings and investment platform that helps to save, invest and earn higher returns than a traditional savings account.
- Double — Double is a software platform that helps users to build, automate, and analyze investment portfolio for retail investors.
Yuling Lin
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- Industry: Publishing, Content Creators, Media and Entertainment
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Yun Yue Wenxue — Yun Yue Wenxue is a novel creation platform.
Neil Cunha-Gomes is SoftBank Investment Advisor.
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- Industry: Finance, Blockchain, Web3
- Stage:Seed, Series C, Series D
- Geography: Singapore, Switzerland, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $1.7M–$5.9M; Series D $450M–$450M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- NF3 — NF3 is a community focused NFT swaps and finance market.
- Atani — Visit ESPN for live scores, highlights and sports news. Stream exclusive games on ESPN and play fantasy sports.
- yoloyolo — In order to match the top NFT IPS with leading brands and uncover growth opportunities and revenue models for both these brands and the NFT IP holders, Yoloyolo is developing new infrastructure.
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