# Top 50 SaaS Angel Investors in Asia in June 2026 ## Ayataro Nakagawa - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 30 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, Software, Content 2011 At university, participated in the founding period as a director of Atcole Co., Ltd., and started the web service experience.2012 Founded Peroli Co., Ltd., which operates a curation platform for women "MERY" .2014 Founded Peroli Co., Ltd. Sold to DeNA 2015 Jointly established Tokyo Founders Fund as an angel investor and startedinvesting in startups in Japan and overseas 2019 Appointed outside director of FIREBUG Co., Ltd. ## Nobuhiro Ariyasu - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 23 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Finance, Content, Internet Nobuhiro Ariyasu is the CEO at Coach United. ## Hidetoshi Takano - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 22 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, Information Technology, Content Joined Intelligence in 1999. Established Key Players Inc. in 2005. Consultation with more than 3,000 managers and career counseling for more than 10,000 individuals. In addition, we have invested in more than 55 outside directors, advisors and angels in Silicon Valley and Bangladesh in Japan. Over 100 lectures on careers, entrepreneurship andstartups. ## Kensuke Furukawa - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 22 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Content, SNS, Software Kensuke Furukawa was born in June 2, 1981. He graduated Waseda University majoring Political Science and Economics, and in 2000, he launched "Milkcafe", a student community, which has grown to a site with 10 million PV per month. In 2004, he became the CEO of Media Clip, which operates a rental bulletin board service "ShitarabaBBS". After that year, he had transfer "Shitaraba BBS" to Livedoor, and took charge of starting up the Consumer Generated Media sector. In 2006, he joined Recruit, and took charge of starting up a new business at Business development sector. In June of 2009, he left Recruit, and became the CEO of nanapi （formerly Rocket Start), which operates the How-to Site "nanapi". ## Kotaro Chiba - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 22 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Drones, Travel Kotaro Chiba is the founder of ChibaDojo Fund. Kotaro Chiba attended Keio University. ## Yu Akasaka - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 21 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Content, Food and Beverage, Apps During Hosei University student, and intern at Hakuhodo C & D. After joining the Image-net, I do media monetization of EC site as a media planner. Then, new business, engaged in Alliance. Launched a crowdsourcing site "MILLION DESIGNS" of design in the individual, sold to Ransazu Corporation. Established the Eureka Co., Ltd., wasappointed Representative Director CEO. ## Yusuke Sato - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 20 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Content, Internet, Food and Beverage Yusuke Sato is the Co-Representative and Co-Founder of Pulit. ## Hirofumi Miki - Type: Angel - Location: Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan - Relevant deals: 20 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Content, Internet, Software After JTB Co., Ltd. and CYBIRD Co., Ltd. as an initial member of Glee Co., Ltd. is responsible for business development. Currently, he is mainly engaged in venture support in the Internet area, investing in venture and venture capital, and served as management advisor for dozens of companies. Hands-on business development, growth strategydevelopment, financing advice, HR organization design support, partner referral and Recruit Support. He is also engaged in business support for ventures in the healthcare and university venture fields. He served as Digital Health Meetup Advisor, NEDOTCP Mentor and Future 2016 Mentor. ## Boon Hwee Koh - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 19 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services Boon Hwee is the founding partner of Credence and Chairman of the investment committee. Concurrently, Boon Hwee is a member of Agilent Technologies Inc, Chairman of AAC Technologies, Yeo Hiap Seng Limited, and Sunningdale Tech Limited.Boon Hwee began his career in 1977 at Hewlett Packard ("HP") and rose to become its Managing Directorin Singapore, a position he held from 1985 to 1990. Boon Hwee's other previous positions include:Chairman of Singapore Telecom Group ("SingTel") and its predecessor organisations for 17 yearsChairman of Singapore Airlines Limited ("SIA") for 4 yearsChairman of Development Bank of Singapore ("DBS") for 4 yearsDirector on the Board of Temasek Holdings Private Limited for 15 years (Boon Hwee also served as a member of the Executive Committee from January 1997 to September 2010)Chairman of the Wuthelam Group for 10 yearsBoon Hwee was named the Outstanding Manager of the Year in 1991 by Business Times and DHL Worldwide. He was conferred The International Herald Tribune Visionary and Leader Honour in January 2003.Boon Hwee contributes actively to non-profit organisations, and is the current Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Nanyang Technological University and a Director of the Hewlett Foundation in the United States.Boon Hwee obtained his Bachelor's Degree (First Class Honours) in Mechanical Engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London in 1972 and his MBA (Distinction) from the Harvard Business School in 1976. ## Mamoru Taniya - Type: Angel - Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 15 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Apps, Content, FinTech After graduating from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo, he joined Solomon Brothers, where he became the youngest managing director in Asia, where he was in charge of Asian investment. After that, he created one of the largest independent Asuka assets. He also launched Japan's first independent online life insurance company,LifeNet Life Insurance, and inspired Japan's first International. ## Pawoot Pom Pongvitayapanu - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 14 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Marketing, Internet Pawoot is like an icon of Thailand online business. Many people call him "the godfather of E-Commerce" ## Balaji Srinivasan - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 13 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software Balaji S. Srinivasan is the Co-Founder and Board Member of Coin Center. He was the CTO of Coinbase and cofounder of Counsyl, Earn, Teleport, and Coin Center. Dr. Srinivasan holds a BS, MS, and PhD in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University. He also teaches the occasional class at Stanford, including anonline MOOC. ## Masao Ito - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 13 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Content, Social Media, Information Technology Masao Ito is a Founder & CEO at User Local. ## Toru Shimada - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 12 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, Task Management, Content Toru Shimada is a Senior Executive Officer and Director of Rakuten. Mr. Shimada is a Director of Rakuten Baseball, Inc., and Head of Asia Regional Headquarters Office of the Company.Mr. Shimada joined Rakuten in 2004. Prior to joining Rakuten, Mr. Shimada was founder and Director of INTELLIGENCE, LTD from 1989 to 2004. Prior to INTELLIGENCE, LTD.Mr. Shimada worked at RECRUIT CO., LTD. from 1987 to 1989. ## Tatsuo Sakamoto - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 12 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Content, Education Tatsuo Sakamoto is a Head of Sales, Japan at MOLOCO. He Attended The University of Tokyo. ## Yoshinori Fukushima - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 12 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Internet, Software, Marketing Yoshinori Fukushima - CEO @ LayerX ## Sandeep Nailwal - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services Sandeep Nailwal is based out of United States and is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Polygon. Sandeep previously worked at Scopeweaver as a Co-Founder and CEO. Sandeep Nailwal attended the Indian Institute of Management. ## Royston Tay - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence Royston Tay is Co-Founder & CEO at Zopim. He is GM of Chat at Zendesk. ## Shunsuke Oyu - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Content, Internet, Media and Entertainment Shunsuke Oyu is the co-founder of Connehito Inc. Started an online Q&A platform “mamari” which is the largest platform for moms in Japan. Connehito was acquired by one of the telecom giant KDDI in 2016. Selected as a “Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia” at consumer technology department. Angel-investing 50+ companies globally. ## Toivo Annus - Type: Angel - Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, FinTech Active individual investor in flying drones, also looking at payments and ecommerce. ## Amrish Rau - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Amrish Rau is the CEO of Pine Labs. ## Yasuyuki Kin - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Media and Entertainment, Recruiting, Career Planning Yasuyuki Kin ## Jia Chai - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Internet Jia Jih Chai is the CEO & co-founder at Rainforest. He attended National University of Singapore. ## Fumiaki Koizumi - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Information Technology Fumiaki Koizumi - Executive Director @ Mercari ## Soichiro Kawai - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, Mobile Apps, Human Resources Soichiro Kawai - CEO @ ReBoost ## Lijie Wang - Type: Angel - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Aerospace, Manufacturing, Big Data Leo Wang is recognized as an active angel investor and leading proponent of Mobile Internet, Blockchain, and Angel Investment in China. Boasting over twenty years in mobile internet and tech, he has invested in 300 startups, spanning healthcare to fintech and blockchain, including 2 NASDAQ-listed companies and 5 unicorns. ## Masanori Sugiyama - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Internet, Software, Web Design He graduated from Kansai University in 1988. He was enrolled in Ljoma while he was in college. 2002 Vice President of Practice (now index lights). In 2004, he became president of zappallas. Listed on the TSE Mothers in the second year of his appointment, and in 2010 he was listed in part of the TSE. In 2011 he became the CEO of enish. Listed on apart of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Thereafter, he served as outside directors such as Nikkatsu and JibannetHD. ## Shogo Kawada - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, SaaS, Apps Shogo Kawada is Co-founder and Adviser of DeNA, a global Internet company focused on a social games platform, social games, e-commerce and other Web services for mobile devices and PCs. ## Jun Nishikawa - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Food and Beverage, Mobile, Content Jun Nishikawa - Co-founder, Executive Vice President, COO @ Eureka ## Shintaro Yamada - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, Finance, Content During his years at Waseda University, Shintaro worked at Japan’s biggest e-commerce mall, Rakuten, Inc. On August 1st 2001, Shintaro established “Unoh Inc.” after graduating university. At Unoh he was responsible for designing and developing several web services, one of which was the online magazine subscription . Services provided by Unohinclude planning, development and management of the film enthusiast community site “Movie Life” (acquired by PIA Corporation) as well as “Sugu.CC” , “NeoAd” (both acquired by GMOAP) and the photo sharing site “Photozou” (acquired by Digital Garage).In 2009 Unoh entered into social gaming, creating multiple successful social games. Among these games, “Machitsuku!” has been its biggest hit with over 5 million users. On August 3rd 2010, Unoh joined Zynga and Shintaro became General Manager of Zynga Japan. He resigned on January 2012. After traveling around the world, He established the new company “Mercari, Inc.” on February 2013 and released the resale shopping app “Mercari” on July 2013 in Japan.He is a true Internet geek, spending a lot of time on the Internet and boasts around 180,000 followers on Twitter. ## Quek Siu Rui - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Education, E-Learning Siu Rui is a co-founder of Carousell and oversees Product and Marketing. Since the launch of Carousell in May 2012 together with co-founders Marcus Tan and Lucas Ngoo, Siu Rui has been deeply involved in product strategy, international expansion and capital strategy. He is passionate about technology and has been buying and selling online since hewas 13. This has been a driving force behind Siu Rui’s commitment to building a product-focused company, focused on solving meaningful problems for people globally.Prior to Carousell, Siu Rui spent some time in marketing and product management at VSee, Ogilvy & Mather and DBS Vickers. Siu Rui read Business Administration and Entrepreneurship at National University of Singapore and Stanford University (Under the NUS Overseas College Program in Silicon Valley, California), and dropped out of his Honours year to start Carousell. ## Jan Hammer - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Health Care, Medical, Medical Device Jan Hammer is the partner at Index and the Board observer of Harmonic. Jan attended Oxford University. ## Charles Xue - Type: Angel - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Angel, Series A, Seed - Focus: Internet, Retail, Information Technology Charles Xue, also known as Xue Manzi, is a Chinese-American angel investor and entrepreneur. He is co-founder of UT Starcom and has invested in Chinese internet startups. ## Bingqiang Gao - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Robotics, Electronics, Manufacturing Bingqiang Gao is the Independent Non-Executive Director of Q Tech. ## Bhavik Bajaj - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Information Technology, Software, FinTech Bhavik Bajaj ## Noguchi Keito - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Marketing, Media and Entertainment, Content Noguchi Keito - Founder @ Vapes ## Ryosuke Matsumoto - Type: Angel - Location: Minato, Chiba, Japan - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Art, Software, Reservations Ryosuke Matsumoto is the Founder / CEO at Kankak. Ryosuke Matsumoto attended Chuo University. ## Yuzuru Honda - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: SNS, Internet, Software Yuzuru Honda is a Founder & Global CEO of FreakOut. ## Kunal Bahl - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce Kunal Bahl is based out of Delhi and is the Co-Founder of AceVector. Kunal Bahl attended the University of Pennsylvania. ## Murat Abdrakhmanov - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Murat Abdrakhmanov is a co-investor at 2C2P. Attended Fuqua Executive school of bussines. ## Mohammad Maaz - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: SaaS, EdTech, Rental Mohammad Maaz ## Kiyoshi Nishikawa - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: News, Social Media, Big Data 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. ## Anatoly Yakovenko - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency Anatoly is the creator of Solana. He led development of operating systems at Qualcomm, distributed systems at Mesosphere, and compression at Dropbox. He holds 2 patents for high performance Operating Systems protocols, was a core kernel developer for BREW which powered every CDMA flip phone (100m+ devices), and led development of tech that madeProject Tango (VR/AR) possible on Qualcomm phones. ## Serguei Netessine - Type: Angel - Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence Serguei Netessine is Vice-Dean for Global Initiatives and Dhirubhai Ambani Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Operations, Information and Decisions Department at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He lived and worked in Russia, USA, France and Singapore., author and speaker on innovation.Prof. Netessine receivedBS/MS degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology and, after working for Motorola and Lucent Technologies, he also received MS/Ph.D. degrees in Operations Management from the University of Rochester. His current research focuses on business model innovation and operational excellence and he worked on these topics with numerous organizations including Federal Aviation Administration (USA), Lockheed Martin, Procter & Gamble, McDonald’s, Rolls Royce, Comcast, Expedia, ABB and US Air Force. He serves on advisory boards of multiple startup companies and regularly speaks on Innovation and Entrepreneurship.Professor Netessine has been the recipient of several teaching awards for delivering classes to MBA and Executive MBA students at the Wharton School and INSEAD, and he frequently teaches in Executive Education Programs. Prolific academic writer, professor Netessine holds senior editorial positions at several leading academic journals and he co-authored dozens of publications in prominent management journals, including Management Science, Operations Research, Harvard Business Review and other. His work has received extensive media coverage in CIO Magazine, the Economist, Forbes, Multichannel Merchant, New York Times, US News and Strategy & Business and other press. He regularly blogs about innovation on http://www.renaissanceinnovator.com and HBR Network. His latest book on Business Model Innovation is forthcoming with Harvard Business Press in 2014. ## Rohit Bansal - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Software Rohit Bansal is based out of Gurgaon and is the Co-founder of AceVector. Rohit previously worked at FICCI as a Chair. Rohit Bansal attended Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. ## Darius Cheung - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Apps, Mobile, FinTech Darius Cheung is co-founder of BillPin and CEO/co-founder of McAfee-acquired tenCube. ## Sujeet Kumar - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Software, E-Commerce Sujeet Kumar - Co- Founder @ Udaan ## Hironao Kunimitsu - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Content, Virtual Reality, Gaming Hironao Kunimitsu was born in Hyogo, Japan. After graduating from Okayama High School, he spent several years traveling around the world. He visited over 30 countries including the US, China, India, Canada, and others in Central and South America.In 1996 he entered Fudan University in China, and then later went on to study at Santa MonicaCollege in the US. In 2004 he entered Atmovie Inc. where he produced movies and televised dramas, and was appointed company director in the same year. In 2007 he founded gumi Inc., and it started listing on first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in December, 2014. ## Wanqiang Li - Type: Angel - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Angel, Seed - Focus: Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Art Wanqiang Li is responsible for the marketing of Xiaomi. He was the General Manager of Kingsoft Dictionary and notable for being one of the earliest UI practitioners in China. Graduated from Xi'an Science & Engineering Institute with a degree in Industrial Design in 2000, he joined Kingsoft’s UI Department and played a key role indeveloping many famous software projects including Kingsoft Antivirus, Kingsoft Dictionary and WPS Office. Wanqiang Li served at Kingsoft in various positions as Chief Designer of UI department, Director of Design Center and Director of Internet Content. Wanqiang Li is also a Co-founder of Xiaomi. ## Narita Shuzo - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Task Management, Media and Entertainment, Content Narita Shuzo is a Executive Vice President/COO, CrowdWorks Inc.