# Top 40 Software Angel Investors in Philippines in June 2026

## Aaron Kemmer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Clearwater, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Gaming, FinTech

A serial entrepreneur and advisor, Mr. Kemmer co-founded Made In Space when Singularity University offered the challenge of creating a project that would affect 1 billion people. Aaron’s belief is that off-world manufacturing will dramatically change the way we look at space exploration, commercialization and mission design today. He has workedwith several startup companies, including Heritage Cross, SUpost, Movis and YouTip. Aaron is an alumnus from the University of Florida and Singularity University and served as the Team Project Advisor for Singularity University and the Business Plan Advisor for New Space in 2012.Aaron’s publications include “3D Printing in Space: Enabling New Markets and Accelerating the Growth of Orbital Infrastructure,” which was featured at NASA’s Space Studies Institute 14th Space Manufacturing Conference in October 2010.

## Suresh Thiru
- Type: Angel
- Location: Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Human Resources

Suresh Thiru, ex-CEO of JobStreet.

## Moses Lo
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, Information Technology, Software

Founder and CEO at Xendit

## Rostin Javadi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, FinTech

Rostin Javadi is the COO at ZALORA Group. Rostin Javadi attended University of Cambridge.

## Jean Henri Lhuillier
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Mobile, Banking, FinTech

Jean Henri Diago Lhuillier (born March 24, 1969) is a Filipino businessman, diplomat and sportsperson. He is the son of the Philippine Ambassador to Portugal Philippe Jones Lhuillier and Edna Diago Lhuillier. Jean Henri is the President and CEO of PJ Lhuillier Group of Companies, which operates and manages Cebuana Lhuillier Pawnshop, a largepawnshop chain in the Philippines, as well as related businesses.

## Mert Mumtaz
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Financial Services, Cryptocurrency

Mert Mumtaz, Co-founder & CEO at Helius.

## Willy Arifin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, B2B, Apps

Will Arifin is a co-founder and chairman of KoinWorks. He has a dream to make financial inclusion soon to be happened in Indonesia. Through KoinWorks, he create products that makes everyone has the same chance to get financial access.

## Ryon Nixon
- Type: Angel
- Location: Miami, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, Financial Services, FinTech

Ryon Nixon is a General Counsel at PrestigeXP. He attended UCLA.

## Roland Navarro de Ros
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Audio, Coffee, Gaming

Roland Ros is the founder of Kumu, a digital entertainment company for fans of Filipino creativity. With over 15 million users, Kumu has reached the #1 Grossing Social App in the Philippines. It has also cracked the Top 10 in Canada, Hong Kong, Kuwait, UK and Norway, as well as Top 20 in several other markets like the United States, Saudi Arabia,Italy, and Australia.  He also currently serves as an investor and advisor for several start-ups; and is passionate about helping others.Prior to KumuMedia Technologies, Roland was Vice President of Spark Revenue, an Inc. 500 listed performance marketing & growth acquisition platform. Prior to Spark Revenue, Roland was VP Business Development for MediaTrust, an online performance advertising exchange and technology company. Prior to MediaTrust, Roland was Partner & VP Business Development at Tracking202, up until the company was acquired by Bloosky Interactive.  Roland started his career as a Business Development Associate with GE Money Bank, where he oversaw a $400 million dollar book of business.Roland serves as a Trustee for the Ros Foundation.  He has a BA in Asian American Studies from UC Santa Barbara, and studied as an Executive Scholar at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.

## Miguel Encarnacion
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Miguel Encarnacion

## Peter Hoang
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Gaming, FinTech, Software

Peter Hoang is the Founder & CEO of Finblox - the easiest place to earn yield on the crypto assets and grow your wealth.He previously Co-Founded Gotrade - a commission-free stock trading platform enabling anyone in the world to invest in fractional US stocks. He is also a former Founder | Product Designer & App Developer at Space JumpStudios and Co-Founder of VietLinked Global Group.

## Blaine Vess
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

Blaine Vess is the Founder of Immeasurable. He previously worked at Solve as a Co-Founder and CEO. Blaine Vess attended San Jose State University.

## Luis Sia
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, SaaS, Beauty

Luis Sia - Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer @ PayMongo

## Jussi Salovaara
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech

Jussi Salovaara is based out of Singapore and currently works as a Co-founder and Managing Partner Asia of Antler. Jussi previously worked at Nokia as a Vice President, Global Services Commercial Management. Jussi Salovaara attended the London School of Economics and Political Science.

## Amrish Rau
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments

Amrish Rau is the CEO of Pine Labs.

## Jitendra Gupta
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments

Jitendra Gupta is the Founder of Jupiter.

## Ryan Selkis
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech

Ryan Selkis is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Messari. He was the Managing Director CoinDesk before that. After discovering bitcoin, Ryan became obsessed with the technology’s social and economic potential. That obsession, along with finance and startup experience, helps him lead DCG's investing efforts.

## Tamir Triguboff
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Product Management

Tamir Triguboff

## Giulio Xiloyannis
- Type: Angel
- Location: Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Online Games, Apps

Giulio Xiloyannis is the Chief Commercial Officer of ZALORA, the largest online fashion retailer in SEA. Prior to ZALORA, he worked across a number of Rocket Internet Founded Venture in Italy, J.P Morgan and Rabobank. Giulio is an investor and Founding Investor for Omnilytics and an adviser for Musa, Taskomat and Edgar (Italy based ventures).Giulio as a pro-bono advisor for Florence based incubator Nana Bianca and Singapore based Antler as well as having collaborated with the Malaysian state sponsored incubator Magic.

## Kennedy Ekezie-Joseph
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, FinTech

Kennedy Ekezie-Joseph is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Kippa.

## William Kim
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

William Kim is a Chief Executive Officer at Rapha. William previously worked at Samsung Mobile as an Executive Vice President. He attended the University of Colorado Boulder.

## Joe Maristela
- Type: Angel
- Location: Makati, Manila, Philippines
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: SaaS, FinTech, Software

Chairman at JM III Holdings

## Ray Alimurung
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Beauty, Gaming

Ray Alimurung is a CEO (Philippines) at Lazada Group.

## Julia Lipton
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, Cryptocurrency

Julia Lipton is a Founder at Awesome People Ventures. She attended the University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business.

## Markus Bruderer
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Information Technology, Apps

Markus Bruderer is the Partner at Antler. He attended University of St.Gallen.

## Brian Cu
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: B2B, Retail, Software

Brian Cu

## Paulo Campos
- Type: Angel
- Location: Manila, Manila, Philippines
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Apps, Retail, FinTech

Paulo Campos is the Founding Managing General Partner at Kaya Partners.

## Richard Juan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, FinTech

Richard Juan

## Anatoly Yakovenko
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Francis Plaza
- Type: Angel
- Location: Makati, Manila, Philippines
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Education, Gaming

Francis Plaza currently works as an Advisor to the Boards for PayMongo. He attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

## Jayson Dolorito
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Sales, Software, Marketing

Jayson Dolorito

## Nina Teng
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Software, Cryptocurrency

Nina Teng is a helping startups grow. Investor & doctoral researcher.

## David Leechiu
- Type: Angel
- Location: Makati, Manila, Philippines
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Real Estate, Property Management, Information Technology

David Leechiu

## Yaw Yeo
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Software, Cryptocurrency

Yaw Yeo is the Extended Leadership Team at XA Network. Yaw Yeo attended Stanford University.

## Lisa Gokongwei
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mandaluyong, Cavite, Philippines
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Payments, Internet

Lisa Gokongwei-Cheng is a President at Summit Media. Attended Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism.

## Lucas Bruder
- Type: Angel
- Location: Austin, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Web3, FinTech

Lucas Bruder is the Co-Founder and CEO of Jito Labs. He previously worked at Ouster as a Firmware Engineer. Lucas Bruder attended Carnegie Mellon University.

## Justin Mateen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care

Justin Mateen is the Cofounder and former CMO of Tinder, the world's largest dating platform. In 2021, and 2022 Business Insider ranked Mateen as the best early stage investor in the US, placing him at the number 1 spot on the top 100 list of US Seed Investors both years. In 2020, Forbes included Mateen on their list of the decade's top10 tech entrepreneurs. Fast Company has listed him as one of the most creative people in business.Founded in 2012, Tinder is the highest grossing app on Apple's app store since 2017 and was valued at over $40 Billion dollars in 2021.

## Constantin Robertz
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, FinTech, Marketing

Constantin is managing director for Zalora in the Philippines. He has been in the Philippines since 2013 and previously worked with Rocket Internet in Global Venture Development, building its e-commerce ventures around the world in different functions, working with Zalando (Europe's #1 e-commerce company), Lamoda (Russia's leader infashion e-commerce), and Zalora (Asia's #1 online fashion destination). Before Rocket Internet, Constantin co-founded a personalised online shopping mall in Germany. He studied business administration in St.Gallen (Switzerland) and Singapore.

## Paco Sandejas
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Training, Wireless

Paco Sandejas currently works as the Founder, Chairman, and CEO at Xepto Education, Stratpoint Technologies, and Narra Ventures. He is Chairman of the Philippine S&T Development Foundation and an Independent Director serving on the boards of Sunlife of Canada (Philippines), Sunlife Asset Management, Maya Bank, and Medical Doctors Inc (MakatiMed). He sits on the board also of Ostrea Mineral Laboratories, Diversified Holdings. He assisted UnionBank of the Philippines in its digital transformation as Independent Board Member until 2021. Paco completed his Ph.D. and MS In Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1995 and was the first summa cum ladue graduate in Applied Physics from the University of the Philippines. Paco loves to compete in tennis, football (soccer), and recently golf…ideally as teammate of his children and wife.

## Michael Dargani
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: EdTech, Training, Education

Michael Dargani

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