Top 15 Recruiting Startup Investors in Hong Kong in September 2025
A list of 15 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Recruiting startups based in Hong kong. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Recruiting companies from Hong kong. We update this investor list every month.Top 15 Recruiting Startup Investors in Hong Kong in September 2025
Investor | Recruiting Hong Kong investments |
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Fabio Cannavale | 2 |
27V (Twenty Seven Ventures) | 2 |
Stein Jakob Oeie | 2 |
SmartHub | 2 |
Khailee Ng | 1 |
Loyal VC | 1 |
John Lindfors | 1 |
Rancilio Cube | 1 |
Welight Capital | 1 |
Donald Tang | 1 |
Boost Heroes | 1 |
SOSV | 1 |
Donald Skinner | 1 |
Sofia Liang | 1 |
Kate Choyce | 1 |
Twenty Seven Ventures (27V) is a VC fund investing in global EdTech & Future of Work startups at Pre-Seed / Seed stage
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Investment focus
- Software, Education, E-Learning
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Canada, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Byteboard — A technical interview redesigned to be more effective, efficient, and equitable for all. Request a demo today!
- Offered.ai — Use AI to find a new job with easy. We handle all the automation so you can focus on the interviewing.
- Out Of The Box Education — Out Of The Box is a complete learning solution for parents who want to help their child learn better. Get our patent pending classroom-in-a-box to transform any space into an early childhood education environment, and visit our learning platform for personalized curriculum.
Stein Jakob Oeie is the Founder & Managing Director, Indonesia at Rocket Internet GmbH.
Before joining Rocket Internet as Managing Director Indonesia, Stein worked for J.P. Morgan as Associate.
Stein holds a Master's degree from the HEC School of Management / HEC Paris.
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Investment focus
- Fashion, Internet, Shopping
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Singapore, Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
- Talkpush — Talkpush is the leading conversational CRM for recruitment. Automate the repetitive stuff and focus on the right talent.
- Propseller — Sell, buy and rent property smarter with Propseller. Get premium service and full transparency for a fair commission. Sell for only 1%.
- Lazada Group — Lazada is the number one online shopping and selling destination in Southeast Asia – present in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Lazada helps more than 100,000 local and international sellers, as well as 2,500 brands, serve the 560 million consumers in the region through its marketplace platform, supportedby a wide range of tailored marketing, data, and service solutions. Lazada offers an excellent customer experience through a wide network of logistics partners and it's own first- and last-mile
SmartHub is a funding and service platform which connects the best start ups to investors, and supports at every investments.Service solutions for investors – tailor made venture portfolios: focused pipeline, extensive analysis and research of investment options, deal structuring, legal paper work, quarterly reporting, investment rightsprotection till exit.Service solutions for startups – fast communications and feedback, mutually beneficial deal making, strategic development support, networking and consulting at fundraising stage.
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Investment focus
- Internet, SaaS, Software
- Seed, Convertible Note, Series A
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- TransferGo — Move and manage money between borders quickly and affordably with TransferGo.
- Damon Motors — Damon is unleashing the full potential of personal mobility for the world’s commuters. With its proprietary electric drivetrain, the company has developed the world’s safest, smartest, fully connected electric motorcycle platform employing radical innovations in battery propagation resistance, sensor fusion and AI. Designed as a platform forworldwide line extension, Damon motorcycles will ship direct to consumer on subscription plans to drive scale. Based in Vancouver, Canada, Damon is a Techstars Mobility company founded by serial entrepreneurs Jay Giraud and Dom Kwong. Damon’s investors include Round 13 Capital, Techstars, Fontinalis, Extreme Venture Partners and Pallasite Ventures.
- EWA Learn — Start learning English, French and Spanish with EWA: conversational vocabulary, interactive exercises, modern examples and fun tasks are waiting for you!
Khailee Ng is Managing Partner at 500 Startups. Prior to that, he was the Co-founder and CEO of SAYS. He graduated from the University of Technology Sydney, the University of California, Berkeley, and San Francisco State University.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
- Talkpush — Talkpush is the leading conversational CRM for recruitment. Automate the repetitive stuff and focus on the right talent.
- YogaTrail — YogaTrail connects yoga providers with their yogis. Get everyone's classes in one simple place and always know what's up in your yoga world.
- Call Levels — Don't let the markets drive you crazy - we watch the markets so you don't have to.
Loyal runs a global venture fund with quarterly redemptions and a proprietary gate-stage process, reducing investment bias and unlocking greater returns. Partnered with INSEAD, Founder Institute, and 500+ advisors, we are Loyal to the world with 250+ investments in 50+ countries.
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- Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- WASTETIDE — We cut the costs and carbon footprint of waste.
- Bagel AI — Bagel AI is a product intelligence platform that automates product management, helping product teams turn data into insights, streamline GTM, and drive growth
- Aisel Health — Aisel Health provides AI that imitates psychiatrists for psychiatric clinics and hospitals to ensure efficient patient access to care.
<p>Stoic Venture Capital is an early-stage venture fund investing in emerging science and deep technology.
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- Artificial Intelligence, Education, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Finland, South Korea, Sweden
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- Sana — Sana is an AI company building the next generation of knowledge tools. Designed and engineered in Stockholm, Sweden.
- Yolk.fm — Yolk.fm is a social platform that allows users to chat rather than send text messages.
- IXI — Discover adaptive glasses with autofocus lenses that adjust to your viewing needs, providing seamless clarity at any distance.
Cube is the investment office founded by Rancilio family
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Italy, Germany
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- Convoy — Using technology and automation, the Convoy Platform seamlessly connects carriers with shipments from brokers across the nation.
- FinCompare - Smarter Business Finance — FinCompare was founded by Stephan Heller and is a fintech startup that helps businesses to find, compare, and close the financing solutions. Via the online platform, companies can access a wide range of financing options. They can independently compare offers from well-known banks, fintechs, and alternative financial services providers in Germanyand close the financing. The company also offers a convenient one-stop destination for all financing questions relating to the company.FinCompare financing solutions including corporate loan, factoring, company leasing/hire purchase, warehouse financing, fine trading/purchase financing, and mezzanine capital. It simplifies the financing process with its digital application process and can thus provide your company financing. The company allows SMEs to receive and compare various offers for loans.FinCompare was founded in October 2016 by Stephan Heller and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.
- Finom — Finom is an online payment solution for entrepreneurs that makes it easy to open a business account and securely manage their finances.
Welight Capital is an investment firm that invests in enterprise services, B2B, e-commerce, finance, education, new retail companies.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Information Technology, Education
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- China, Hong Kong, United States
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- iEduGPT — iEduGPT is an AI-powered learning platform based in Singapore that offers personalized, adaptive learning solutions for professional and academic exam preparation. It leverages artificial intelligence to analyze individual learners' strengths and knowledge gaps and create optimized study paths. The platform aims to transform exam preparationby making learning smarter, more efficient, and tailored to each user’s unique needs, covering certifications in finance, academics, and languages.
- ViTai Robotics — ViTai develops hand-eye coordination algorithms and general-purpose tactile sensing modules for robotic end-effectors.
- Lingpao Microelectronics — Lingpao Microelectronics designs and develops solutions for automobile connection chips.
Donald Tang
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Investment focus
- Artificial Intelligence, Human Resources, Information Technology
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Hong Kong, United States
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- Terminal 1 — Terminal 1 is a recruiting firm that combines high quality recruitment consultants with automated tools to improve placement quality and speed.
- Chain of Demand — Uncovering Insights Through Behavioral Analytics - Chain of Demand is the first analytics platform that unveils the connections between events, behavioral patterns that lead to market action.
- Catalyte — Catalyte uses AI to discover high-potential talent, develop them and deploy them directly into client organizations.
Boost Heroes is an Italy-based holding company focusing on seed and early stage investments.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Software, Apps
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Italy, United States, Hong Kong
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- Cosaporto — Cosaporto is a home delivery service bringing users goods from upmarket and premium shops in Rome, Milan, Turin, Bologna, Florence, and London. The startup carefully selects the best independent shops, producers and artisans, delivered directly to the user’s doorstep within hours of ordering. The service can be used to send beautiful gifts, or forevents, as well as surprises. Currently, Cosaporto operates in several Italian cities, including Rome, Milan, Turin, Bologna, Florence and last year it launched a London branch of the business.
- Ricehouse — Ricehouse uses organic residues, such as rice straw, husk and chaff, from the rice industry and creates natural construction materials.
- Babaco Market — Babaco Market is a subscription with which you receive out-of-the-ordinary fruit and vegetables at home. Products that do not exceed the beauty contests organized by traditional channels and which risk being wasted. We deliver them to your home, in a box. Bring all the goodness of nature to the table and reduce food waste!
SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates.
HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
- United States, India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
- unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
- Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.
Donald Skinner - Executive Chairman, CLSA Capital Partners @ CLSA
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Investment focus
- Education, E-Learning, Recruiting
- Seed
- Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
- Pathship — Pathship is an education platform that leverages AI and ML. An alternative to today’s higher education, connecting people with jobs they’re passionate about.
Sofia is the Managing Director and Head of Financial Institutions Group at ICBC International. Sofia has 17 years of investment banking experience. Prior to joining ICBC International, she was Managing Director and Head of Greater China Equity Capital Market at Macquarie Capital. She has an bachelor's degree in International Economics fromPeking University and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management.
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Investment focus
- Software, InsurTech, Blockchain
- Seed
- Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
- JobsLab.io — JobsLab is a Hong Kong-based digital recruitment exchange. We help companies and talent connect through our unique end-to-end recruitment platform quickly and discretely. Our community has exclusive access to rewards and benefits that goes beyond traditional recruitment agencies. We use advanced Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to matchprofessionals with exceptional employers. Find your dream job today. Visit: www.jobslab.io
Kate is a driven and focused leader with a solid understanding of how to create successful businesses from nothing in uncharted territory. Her passion to redefine the traditional recruitment space is reinforced by her grassroots design, build, and in-house experimentation experience.
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Investment focus
- Recruiting, Human Resources, Predictive Analytics
- Seed
- Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
- HR Tech International — Revolutionise your recruitment process with automation saving up to 60% of your time usually spent on interviews, screening and induction.
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