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Top 50 Sports Angel Investors in Asia (October 2026)

The most active angel investors investing in Asia Sports startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Asia Sports startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Angel round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Kevin Lin
Angel
4 United States, India, Taiwan Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Gaming, Software, Information Technology $228k–$25M
Tom Varkey
Angel
3 India, Singapore Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed EdTech, Education, E-Learning $150k–$1.5M
Shubhrendu Koche
Angel
3 India, Singapore, United Kingdom Pre-Seed, Seed E-Commerce, Sports, eSports $43k–$1.5M
David Ng
Angel
3 Singapore Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A eSports, Media and Entertainment, Sports
Mamoru Taniya
Angel
2 Japan, Singapore, Spain Seed, Series A, Angel Apps, Content, FinTech $134k–$10M
Yoshinori Fukushima
Angel
2 Japan, Singapore Seed, Angel, Series A Internet, Software, Marketing $222k–$12M
Makoto Takano
Angel
2 Japan, Philippines Seed, Series B, Angel Apps, Sports, Content $134k–$13M
Kentaro Uryu
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel Beauty, Soccer, Sports $49k–$4.3M
Kevin Chou
Angel
2 United States, Japan, Israel Seed, Series A, Angel Gaming, Video Games, Blockchain $800k–$14M
Seiji Kurokoshi
Angel
2 Japan, Myanmar Angel, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Soccer, Sports, Travel $200k–$11M
Murakami Hiroki
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel Soccer, Sports, Internet
Siqi Chen
Angel
2 United States, United Kingdom, India Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Gaming $300k–$23M
Yu Akasaka
Angel
2 Japan, Australia, Hong Kong Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown Content, Food and Beverage, Internet $28k–$6.2M
Gabby Dizon
Angel
2 United States, Singapore, Hong Kong Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Gaming, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency $195k–$25M
Yuto Nagatomo
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown Health Care, SNS, Sales $457k–$26M
Kenji Narushima
Angel
2 Singapore Seed, Pre-Seed Internet, Apps, Sports $1.3M–$4.3M
Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Angel
2 Japan, Singapore Seed, Angel, Series A Finance, Content, Internet $177k–$40M
Dai Tamesue
Angel
2 Japan Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed Apps, Sports, Health Care
Yasuyuki Kin
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Media and Entertainment, Information Technology, Recruiting $90k–$7.1M
Hidetoshi Takano
Angel
2 Japan, United States Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown Internet, Information Technology, Content $255k–$30M
Hiroaki Kitano
Angel
2 Japan, United States Seed, Angel Medical, Health Care, Fitness $2.7M–$7.1M
Ayataro Nakagawa
Angel
2 Japan, Hong Kong, United States Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown Internet, Software, Content $29k–$36M
Kensuke Furukawa
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel Content, Internet, Media and Entertainment $63k–$36M
Tomohito Ebine
Angel
2 Japan, United States Seed, Angel, Series A Consulting, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $493k–$24M
Lijie Wang
Angel
2 China, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Aerospace, Manufacturing, Big Data $150k–$8.3M
Daniel Shin
Angel
2 South Korea, United States, Malaysia Seed, Angel, Series A Software, Internet, Education $1.9M–$5M
Ishikawa Ryo
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel Soccer, Sports, Internet
Sudheer Nair
Angel
1 Singapore Seed Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
Faisal Nasimuddin
Angel
1 Singapore Seed eSports
Rahul Nambiar
Angel
1 Singapore Seed Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
Michael Broda
Angel
1 Singapore Seed eSports
Other Lenders
Angel
1 Singapore Convertible Note Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
Metha Trisnawati
Angel
1 Indonesia Seed Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
Sudi Navile
Angel
1 Singapore Seed Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
Minoru Moriya
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Series A Health Care, Nursing and Residential Care, Internet $5.7M–$14M
Shuji Honjo
Angel
1 Hong Kong Seed Gaming, Sports, Video Games
Yuki Sato
Angel
1 Japan Seed Sports, Internet, Recruiting
Dr. Rohitha De Silva
Angel
1 Singapore Pre-Seed Gaming, Mobile Apps, Casual Games
Harri Manninen
Angel
1 Finland, United States, Turkey Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Gaming, Video Games, PC Games $405k–$30M
Manit Parikh
Angel
1 India, Singapore Angel B2B, Sports, eSports $25k–$750k
Shunsuke Oyu
Angel
1 Japan, Singapore, United States Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown Content, Internet, E-Commerce $320k–$36M
Jonathan Shipman
Angel
1 United States, Nigeria, Singapore Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding eSports, Beauty, Internet $1.9M–$2.7M
Kung Sing Cheng
Angel
1 Hong Kong Pre-Seed Sports, Software, Analytics
Francis Plaza
Angel
1 Philippines, United States Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel Software, Education, Gaming $125k–$228k
Allen DeBevoise
Angel
1 United States, Canada, Finland Seed, Series A, Convertible Note Video, Media and Entertainment, Mobile $625k–$6M
Kenji Endo
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel Apps, Fitness, Internet
Otomi Tomohiro
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown Travel, Tourism, Recruiting $377k–$8.5M
Yitz Applbaum
Angel
1 Hong Kong Seed Gaming, Sports, Video Games
Shoji Kodama
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel, Series B Internet, Software, Real Estate $925k–$14M
Michael Chow
Angel
1 Philippines, United States Seed, Pre-Seed Gaming, eSports, Education
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Kevin Lin
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 4 investments in Asia Sports startups

Kevin Lin is the Co-Founder and CEO of Metatheory. He previously worked at Everyday Ventures as an Owner and Manager. Kevin Lin attended Yale University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India, Taiwan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 134
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$9M; Pre-Seed $228k–$4.7M; Series A $6M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Origin Lab — Origin Lab licenses premium content from game studios and 3D universes - delivering structured, multimodal data for AI training.
  • Catena Labs — Catena is a product studio where we transform complex computing advancements into accessible, practical tools for users and developers. Leveraging AI and web3 technology our aim is to turn innovative ideas into real-world applications that are easy to use.
  • Asterix — Hybrid is the future
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Tom Varkey
Angel · Westfield, New Jersey, United States · 3 investments in Asia Sports startups

Tom is a veteran in financial markets and is Principal at Stonehill Capital. Prior to this he has held positions with Lazard Asset Management & Fidelity Investments focusing on emerging markets and corporate debt. Tom is an MBA from Harvard Business School & has a MA in Quantitative Economics from Tufts University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: EdTech, Education, E-Learning
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: India, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $250k–$1.5M; Angel $150k–$750k
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Fando — Sports & eSports : Fan Engagement Platform
  • Knocksense — Explore hyperlocal news, lifestyle & food guides, and upcoming events across Lucknow, Kanpur, Indore, Mumbai, and beyond with Knocksense.
  • Clever Harvey — Complete one-stop study abroad solution by Ivy League alumni. Get expert, end-to-end assistance for profile building, admissions & scholarships.
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Shubhrendu Koche
Angel · 3 investments in Asia Sports startups

Shubhrendu Koche

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Sports, eSports
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: India, Singapore, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $450k–$600k; Pre-Seed $43k–$1.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Fando — Sports & eSports : Fan Engagement Platform
  • Epic Impact — Epic is the app that rewards you for buying ethical products that are better for the planet, and empowers you to do more good, from offsetting your carbon footprint to donating to good causes.
  • BazaarNXT — BazaarNXT is an e-commerce company that optimizes the packaging procurement for Businesses using technology. It is a modern, futuristic, and extended version of the local bazaar. BazaarNXT was founded by Gaurav Badharkhe and Dhananjaya S. in 2017 and is headquartered in Karnataka, India.
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David Ng
Angel · 3 investments in Asia Sports startups

David Ng is the CEO & Founder of goGame.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: eSports, Media and Entertainment, Sports
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ampverse — Ampverse is a creator-first gaming marketing and interactive media company connecting brands and publishers across Southeast Asia.
  • Movel AI — Movel AI provides modern robotic navigation solutions with a tightly integrated user interface. Make every robots smart, autonomous and multipurpose. Powering Robots of Tomorrow, Today.
  • Fando — Sports & eSports : Fan Engagement Platform
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Mamoru Taniya
Angel · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 2 investments in Asia Sports startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Content, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 28
  • Round size: Seed $134k–$3M; Angel $137k–$1.3M; Series A $1.8M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • abillion — Find tips for plant-based food & products near you. Join the community to share reviews of restaurants & brands. Raise funds & drive sustainability!
  • Amateras Space — Amateras Space is a startup driven by the mission to “expand the realm of human activity,” aiming to establish a next-generation spacesuit business by developing advanced, practical technologies that enable humans to work, explore, and thrive in space and other extreme environments.
  • RIMM Sustainability — RIMM Sustainability provides a SaaS platform that enables companies of all sizes to optimise their sustainability management effort. It builds tools for sustainability management, reporting and optimisation.
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Yoshinori Fukushima
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Asia Sports startups

Yoshinori Fukushima - CEO @ LayerX

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, Marketing
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Seed $222k–$12M; Angel $457k–$716k; Series A $880k–$6.6M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Jizai — Jizai is a provider of artificial intelligence technology, offering AI solutions, software-as-a-service products powered by AI, and robots that utilize AI capabilities for businesses across various industries. The company focuses on generative AI, large language models (LLMs), and robotics, offering customizable AI platforms and automation tools.It also engages in AI consulting and research collaborations.
  • Amptalk — Amptalk is a software development firm specializing in operating automatic transcription and analysis of online business negotiations.
  • Media Aid — Media Aid is an advertising agency that provides recruitment, marketing, web creation, and SNS management services
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Makoto Takano
Angel · 2 investments in Asia Sports startups

Makoto Takano is CEO of atomixmedia, inc., publisher and editor-in-chief of Forbes Japan and Rolling Stone Japan since June, 2014. Prior to joining Atomixmedia, Inc., he was Managing Director and President of PIMCO Japan Ltd. Before joining PIMCO in 2001, he was head of marketing at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Makoto's prior experiencealso includes work at Daiwa Securities where he was head of the strategists team at Daiwa Institute of Research. He has published extensively on the capital markets. In 1992, he was awarded Securities Analysts Journal Prize by the Securities Analyst Association of Japan. He has also given lectures on asset management at Waseda University and Kyoto University. He holds master’s and undergraduate degrees in engineering from Waseda University. Makoto serves as Director of Nippon Finance Association and Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Sports, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Philippines

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $134k–$3.3M; Angel $137k–$735k; Series B $1.9M–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CAN EAT — CAN EAT is an information-intensive web service that can be expected to prevent allergic accidents.
  • Progrit — PROGRIT is an English-related media management company.
  • Luup — Luup is Japan's #1 e-scooter and e-bike sharing service provider. Luup currently operates in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Yokohama, while planning to expand to other cities all over Japan. The service is based on a high-density port network, where anyone can rent and return to their original fleets.
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Kentaro Uryu
Angel · 2 investments in Asia Sports startups

Kentaro Uryu - Legal advisor @ Adot

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Beauty, Soccer, Sports
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $950k–$4.3M; Angel $49k–$457k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Adot — Adot specializes in product development, service growth, branding, and PR. Its services include Branding business and sales promotion business. It also supports the challenges and reforms of companies. It is not only in the field of advertising but also in a professional team in business development and development. It aims to promote"Aesthetic-conscious management" and focus on "social significance," such as "whether the whole society will be enriched," rather than the conventional business of "just do it."It was founded on July 26, 2012, and is headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo.
  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
  • SISI — SISI company provides beauty products made from natural ingredients. They also offer a skin analysis program led by a skin expert, allowing customers to take care of their body and skin after a thorough examination. They also sell beauty products online and provide delivery.
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Kevin Chou
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Asia Sports startups

Kevin Chou is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of SuperLayer. He previously worked at Kabam as a Co-Founder and CEO. Kevin Chou attended UC Berkeley, Haas Business School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Video Games, Blockchain
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Japan, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $800k–$11M; Series A $12M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Forge — Playtest, market and sell great Steam Games
  • Key AI — Unlock new networking and career opportunities with Key, the leading AI-powered professional networking platform. Build and manage communities, host and join exclusive events, and create meaningful connections to supercharge your growth all in one place.
  • YieldClub — Earn up to 12% APY with real-time interest and no lock-ups.
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Seiji Kurokoshi
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Asia Sports startups

Seiji Kurokoshi (黒越誠治) is an angel investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Soccer, Sports, Travel
  • Stage:Angel, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Myanmar

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $4.3M–$11M; Angel $200k–$457k
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ezay — Ezay provides a mobile platform that connects rural 'mom-and-pop' shops with B2B market place and provide financial and logistics services.
  • CURBON — CURBON is a Japan's largest photo learning site for C2C,Provides learning content such as video lectures and photography classes, Lightroom presets, etc.
  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
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Murakami Hiroki
Angel · 2 investments in Asia Sports startups

Murakami Hiroki

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Soccer, Sports, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
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Siqi Chen
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Asia Sports startups

Siqi Chen is the Chief Financial Officer of Runway. He previously worked as an Advisor at Laserlike Inc. Siqi attended UC San Diego, where he obtained a BA in Mathematics and Computer Science.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 52
  • Round size: Seed $2.1M–$12M; Pre-Seed $300k–$5M; Series A $7M–$23M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ego AI — ego is an applied AI research lab building personal agents indistinguishable from humans.
  • Hyperspell — The self-improving company brain for agents
  • Sentra — Sentra is the managed organization memory: it records what your teams know, resolves it into one queryable memory, and gives every person and AI agent the same context.
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Yu Akasaka
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Asia Sports startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Food and Beverage, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Australia, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $302k–$4.3M; Angel $28k–$474k; Venture - Series Unknown $538k–$6.2M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
  • RE — RE specializes in smartphone application design and development.
  • Vitalogue Health — Vitalogue Health is a hormone testing service intended to provide access to hormones and medical care. They allow users to self-check the physical condition for pregnancy and how hormones affect it, whether the symptoms are related to menopause, and provide personalized test results, commented on by physicians.
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Gabby Dizon
Angel · Pasig, Rizal, Philippines · 2 investments in Asia Sports startups

Gabby Dizon is the Chairman and co-founder of Alto.io, a Singapore-based game platform that connects games to the blockchain. He helped pioneer the Philippine game industry as part of the team that released the first Filipino-made game in 2003. Gabby is also CEO of game developer Altitude Games and former President of the Game DevelopersAssociation of the Philippines. Gabby helps champion the game development industry in Southeast Asia and is an active member of the Philippine startup community.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 65
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$9M; Pre-Seed $195k–$5M; Series A $5M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • GLHF — GLHF is a crypto-native game studio founded by industry veterans. The studio is known for its deflationary NFT collection, GLHFers, on the Ethereum mainnet, and for its Gigaverse ROM collection on Abstract.
  • Delabs Games — At Delabs Games, we want to create fun games that last a thousand years.
  • SuperGaming — At SuperGaming, we are putting India on the global gaming map.
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Yuto Nagatomo
Angel · 2 investments in Asia Sports startups

Yuto Nagatomo - President, CEO, and Founder @ Cuore

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, SNS, Sales
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $2.2M–$4.3M; Angel $457k–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MIL — MIL is a marketing company it can be used for a wide range of video marketing such as video commerce , O2O measures , recruitment videos , and landing videos.
  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
  • Saurus Japan — SAURUS JAPAN is an online store that sells sports supplements. They provide athletes with protein and amino acids. They provide quality raw materials and formulations with a focus on safety and security. Their nutrients serve the purpose that professionals need.
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Kenji Narushima
Angel · 2 investments in Asia Sports startups

Kenji Narushima is a Chief Strategy Officer / Chief Of Staff at CARRO

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Apps, Sports
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$4.3M; Pre-Seed $1.3M–$1.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MindFi — Supercharge workplace wellbeing with next-day access to therapy and coaching across 60+ countries and 70+ languages. Set custom budgets and pay as you go.
  • Anyone AI — We invest in talent from Latam.
  • Fando — Sports & eSports : Fan Engagement Platform
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Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Asia Sports startups

Nobuhiro Ariyasu is the CEO at Coach United.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Content, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 52
  • Round size: Seed $330k–$8.2M; Angel $177k–$626k; Series A $1.4M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Grafto — Grafto operates “Mylo Magazine,” a platform dedicated to sharing and promoting trend culture, where readers can explore the latest developments in lifestyle, fashion, art, and emerging cultural movements through engaging and curated content.
  • FLASH — FLASH is an entertainment and technology startup.
  • OPERA TECH — OPERA Lead is a sales-focused AI web chatbot service from Opera Technology that turns websites into 24/7 "exhibit booths" for lead generation.It deploys AI sales assistants on existing sites (via simple tag embedding, no redesign needed) to engage the 99% of visitors who don't convert via inbound methods alone. Key capabilitiesinclude direct booking of meetings, guiding users to whitepapers/webinars, and targeted lead qualification for efficient deal progression.
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Dai Tamesue
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Asia Sports startups

Dai Tamesue is the Chief Marketing Officer of Miekuru.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Sports, Health Care
  • Stage:Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MIL — MIL is a marketing company it can be used for a wide range of video marketing such as video commerce , O2O measures , recruitment videos , and landing videos.
  • Vivid Garden — vivid garden is an Agriculture company.
  • SAMURAI Security — SAMURAI Security is a best support tech company.
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Yasuyuki Kin
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Asia Sports startups

Yasuyuki Kin

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  • Industry: Media and Entertainment, Information Technology, Recruiting
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $90k–$7.1M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Onepair — Onepair is a job consulting and recruiting company. Onepair is to co-creating careers by talking about real-world ace with active ace.
  • Strainer — Strainer Co., Ltd. is an information distribution platform that conveys corporate information centered on financial data. Although there are not a few media to deliver financial information, the company's strengths are strong to be easily viewed, including financial information of overseas companies.
  • LAMILA — LAMILA develops system that improves the creation of retail stores.
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Hidetoshi Takano
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Asia Sports startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Information Technology, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 42
  • Round size: Seed $255k–$5.7M; Angel $493k–$30M; Venture - Series Unknown $461k–$3.8M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kaimak — Kaymak is a recruitment platform that focuses on creating a recruitment website, planning a recruitment strategy, and managing candidates.
  • D-Chain — D-Chain offers services related to IT development and production in the Web3 and Web2 fields.
  • Rayout — Rayout is a business consulting company that provides creative content development, recruitment videos, and web production services.
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Hiroaki Kitano
Angel · 2 investments in Asia Sports startups

Senior Executive Vice President and CTO at Sony Group Corporation and President & CEO at Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.. He attended Waseda University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical, Health Care, Fitness
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $2.7M–$7.1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • GPx — GPx is a biotech company that revolutionizes remote chronic disease management with bloodless blood tests. It is dedicated to transforming the standard of care of cardiorenal diseases and enabling patients to better understand their condition, much like the continuous glucose monitor has transformed diabetes care.The company was founded in 2020and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
  • AnotherBall — AnotherBall is a blockchain startup that combines entertainment and blockchain.
  • SBX Corporation — AI R&D: Deep learning, Machine learning, Automation, Text mining. Development, customization and maintenance of software platforms for drug discovery and life science research.
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Ayataro Nakagawa
Angel · 2 investments in Asia Sports startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Hong Kong, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 43
  • Round size: Seed $151k–$1.8M; Angel $29k–$4.3M; Venture - Series Unknown $200k–$36M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mepple — Mepple is planning, developing, and operating internet services.
  • For you — For you is a comprehensive Advertising agency business specializing in SNS.
  • SPORTS CROWN — SPORTS CROWN is a fantasy sports developer that introduces a new type of game where the players can earn prize money by predicting the players who will play an active role in soccer and baseball.
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Kensuke Furukawa
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Asia Sports startups

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".

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Internet, Media and Entertainment
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 42
  • Round size: Seed $63k–$2.6M; Angel $64k–$457k; Venture - Series Unknown $537k–$36M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • iiba — Iiba is a geospatial platform that specializes in providing location information related to child-rearing.
  • Tohakusha — Tohakusha is a creative agency that offers design, production and sale of digital content and EC websites, and content creation services.
  • Neighbor — Neighbor is a metaverse game developer that specializes in Fortnite.
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Tomohito Ebine
Angel · Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan · 2 investments in Asia Sports startups

Tomohito Ebine is non-executive Director at Owls Co., Ltd.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Consulting, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $493k–$4.9M; Series A $1.7M–$24M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mign — Mign offers a generative AI-related SaaS solutions for the construction and real estate fields.
  • Smartround — Smartround is a specialized finance management platform for startups and their investors. For start-ups, for entrepreneurs who are not familiar with finance, simply enter the necessary information according to the guide, prepare appropriate financing round, and prepare a function that can simulate and execute a capital increase. Support informationsharing and communication with shareholders even after the capital increase.
  • CAREER BIJIN — Career bijin is a total support company.
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Lijie Wang
Angel · Shanghai, Shanghai, China · 2 investments in Asia Sports startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Aerospace, Manufacturing, Big Data
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: China, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $300k–$8.3M; Angel $300k–$300k; Pre-Seed $150k–$500k
  • Lead/follow: 62% lead, 38% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Hesai Technology — Hesai Technology is a global leader in lidar solutions for ADAS and autonomous mobility. As an expert in lidar technology, we empower the next generation of robotics with reliable, high-performance lidar sensors. Our solutions improve reliability for ADAS, autonomous vehicles, trucking, robotics, and industrial applications. We strive to improve safety and performance for the future of the automotive industry with advanced lidar technology that delivers high-resolution 3D perception. Learn more about the work Hesai does as a leading lidar manufacturer by visiting our website or contacting our team today.
  • Huma Finance — Huma is an Income backed DeFi.
  • Huojianpai — Huojianpai is a commercial aerospace company providing earth-moon space economy and future-oriented deep space exploration.
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Daniel Shin
Angel · 2 investments in Asia Sports startups

Daniel Shin is a renowned entrepreneur and investor, with extensive expertise and deep relationships in e-commerce. Daniel Shin is the Founder and CEO of PortOne Global, a leading payment company in Asia and beyond. The company's mission is to empower digital commerce partners across the Asian region. Through PortOne Global, Daniel Shinassists in the growth and development of partner companies and facilitates expansion.Previously, Daniel founded and was CEO of TicketMonster, Korea's leading e-commerce platform with $3.5Bin GMV. He is also a Co-Founder and board member of Fast Track Asia, a company-builder that established and sold multiple businesses including Fast Five (office sharing platform) and FoodFly (food delivery, acquired by Yogiyo).Daniel holds a B.Sc. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Education
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Malaysia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Seed $1.9M–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Bering Lab — Bering Lab provides AI-powered machine translation services for the legal, IP, financial, technology, enterprise markets
  • Port One — Port One provides payment solutions for online businesses.
  • Korea Credit Data — Korea Credit Data provides essential services for merchants in Korea including business management, customer analysis, POS and payment services as well as marketplace platform. KCD and its six subsidiaries currently serve more than two million businesses in Korea. KCD aims to resolve issues a business owner faces from the beginning to end of hisbusiness life. To this end, KCD expands its business areas to include payment(Korea Payment Networks), POS(IMU), and credit bureau(Korea Credit Service) which obtained a CB license for the first time in 17 years.KCD made strong strategic partnerships with industry leading companies and built a high entry barrier; the company raised $220M+ from Temasek(Pavilion Capital), Morgan Stanley(Tactical Value), Kakao(No.1 mobile platform in Korea), KB Kookmin Bank(No.1 retail bank in Korea), Hanwha Life Insurance, Shinhan Card(No.1 credit card company in Korea), Dunamu(No.1 cryptocurrency exchange in Korea 'Upbit'), GS Holdings(No.1 CVS in Korea 'GS25'), Fiserv(the largest non-bank merchant acquirer) and more.
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Ishikawa Ryo
Angel · 2 investments in Asia Sports startups

Ishikawa Ryo

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Soccer, Sports, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
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Sudheer Nair
Angel · 1 investments in Asia Sports startups

Sudheer Nair Chairman, Navio Group.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • hav. — hav. is a rewards-based health-tech platform.
  • NumberOne Academy — Welcome to NumberOne Academy, the ultimate resource for entrepreneurs and business queries. Whether you're a small-scale startup or a large enterprise, discover expert advice, insightful articles, and comprehensive resources tailored to your business needs. Start growing your business with us today!
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Faisal Nasimuddin
Angel · Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · 1 investments in Asia Sports startups

Faisal Nasimuddin

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Investment focus

  • Industry: eSports
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Esports Players League — Esports Players League is a global esports tournament and media network that is developing an integrated and open ecosystem for tournaments, media, brands, publishers, teams and players with a focus on community and digital interactivity.
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Rahul Nambiar
Angel · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 1 investments in Asia Sports startups

Rahul Nambiar was the CEO, Board Member, and Co-Founder of iProspect. He has a master's degree in Digital Marketing at IE Business School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • hav. — hav. is a rewards-based health-tech platform.
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Michael Broda
Angel · Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic · 1 investments in Asia Sports startups

Michael Broda is the Co-Founder and Board Member at Esports Players League.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: eSports
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Esports Players League — Esports Players League is a global esports tournament and media network that is developing an integrated and open ecosystem for tournaments, media, brands, publishers, teams and players with a focus on community and digital interactivity.
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Other Lenders
Angel · 1 investments in Asia Sports startups

Other Lenders

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
  • Stage:Convertible Note
  • Geography: Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • SynPhNe — SynPhNe is a wearable solution that trains brain and muscle as one system. This technology helps individuals with physical disabilities resulting from neurological pathologies like stroke and traumatic brain injury, learning disorders, ageing problems such as memory and functional decline, chronic stress, and pain.It was founded in 2013 and isheadquartered in Singapore with a 100% susidiary and SynPhNe CARE Training center in Mumbai, India.
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Metha Trisnawati
Angel · Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia · 1 investments in Asia Sports startups

Metha Trisnawati is the Co-Founder and COO at Sayurbox.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Yoona — Sebagai startup femtech pertama di Indonesia, Yoona mengeluarkan produk pembalut organik yang ramah lingkungan dan aman untuk menjaga kesehatan reproduksi wanita.
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Sudi Navile
Angel · 1 investments in Asia Sports startups

Sudi Navile ex-Divisional CIO, Oracle.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • hav. — hav. is a rewards-based health-tech platform.
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Minoru Moriya
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Asia Sports startups

Minoru Moriya is a director at AuB.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Nursing and Residential Care, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $5.7M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • M-Box — M-Box provides IT solutions to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries and operates web services.
  • HANOWA — HANAWA is a matching platform between freelance dental hygienists and dental clinics.
  • Willbox — Willbox is an international logistics company providing an international logistics digital platform for shippers and logistics companies. The company's platform "Giho" connects shippers and logistics companies (transportation, packaging, warehousing, customs clearance, etc.) with a direct contract. It visualizes the three elements of[lead time, money, and safety], which have been regarded as a black box, and supports comparative examination and decision making. Willbox digitizes the packing technique of wooden boxes and steel, mandatory for international logistics, and incorporated them into their system. Their mission is to solve the logistics issues focusing on the large cargo of industrial products.The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa.
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Shuji Honjo
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Asia Sports startups

Dr. Shuji Honjo provides business consulting to Japanese and international companies, focusing on new business development, marketing, technology and innovation. He advises large corporations and investors as well as entrepreneurial companies. He is active in entrepreneurial education and community development, as a mentor with 500 Startups,Founders Institute, Net Service Ventures, Docomo Innovation Village, Fukuoka Prefecture etc.Dr. Honjo is Visiting Professor at Tama Graduate School of Business. He is also a member of the editorial committee for Japan Marketing Association.As a speaker, panelist, moderator, and contest judge, Dr. Honjo is often invited to major events such as New Economy Summit, Slush Asia, ad tech Tokyo, Nikkei, Kyoto University, Infinity Ventures Summit, B Dash Camp, and G1 Summit.Dr. Honjo authored a number of books and articles. He introduced Tony Hsieh’s “Delivering Happiness” to Japan.Dr. Honjo was born and raised in Japan. He has extensive consulting experiences with Boston Consulting Group in Tokyo and Computer Sciences Corporation in California. After BCG and CSC, he was Assistant to Chairman and Group Strategy Manager of CSK/SEGA Group, a leader in enterprise IT solutions and digital entertainment in Japan. In 1999, he founded and represented the Tokyo office of General Atlantic LLC, an IT-focused growth equity firm. Since he left Lehman Brothers Japan as SVP for principal investment in 2008, Dr. Honjo has been Managing Director, Honjo International.Dr. Honjo has Ph.D. in International Studies from Waseda University, an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and a B.S. from the University of Tokyo.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Sports, Video Games
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kek.tv — Kek eSports app. The free app, which is in public beta, is an eSports video aggregation platform that integrates multi­-source livestreams and game video replays, as well as news, statistics and tournament feeds into one socially-curated experience for the growing audience of Asian eSports fans.
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Yuki Sato
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Asia Sports startups

Engineer since 10 years old. Electronics, Mechanical, Web, iOS Android

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, Internet, Recruiting
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Waaq — Waaq is an actively recruiting members who want to change the work environment in Japan.
  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
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Dr. Rohitha De Silva
Angel · 1 investments in Asia Sports startups

Dr. Rohitha De Silva

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Mobile Apps, Casual Games
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Leeg — Play your favorite games on Leeg and win daily. Choose from variety of games & play in Tournaments or 1-vs-1 Battle rooms of your choice! Win Rewards Daily!
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Harri Manninen
Angel · Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland · 1 investments in Asia Sports startups

Harri Manninen - Founding Partner @ Play Ventures

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Video Games, PC Games
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Finland, United States, Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 33
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$8.7M; Pre-Seed $405k–$3.2M; Series A $8.1M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 64% lead, 36% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • FitXR — Enjoy your workout, not just the results. Try FitXR for 7 days free.
  • StarBerry Games — StarBerry Games GmbH is a mobile games company based in Berlin, Germany. The company develops free-to-play casual mobile games and is best known for its games Merge Mayor and Idle Coffee Corp.
  • Mighty Bear Games — The Singapore-based AI product studio behind SecretSauce.
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Manit Parikh
Angel · Bangkok, Krung Thep, Thailand · 1 investments in Asia Sports startups

Manit Parikh

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Investment focus

  • Industry: B2B, Sports, eSports
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: India, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Angel $25k–$750k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Fando — Sports & eSports : Fan Engagement Platform
  • GlocalBazaar — We connect thousands of MSME sellers and buyers and farmers, enabling & creating economic opportunity for all. Our range of Seller & Buyers Services and tools help Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises to start, manage and scale their businesses online.Our mission is to re-define Local and Global B2B and F2B commerce in ways that build amore fulfilling and lasting world. We are committed to empowering businesses while strengthening communities and engaging people.
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Shunsuke Oyu
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Asia Sports startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Internet, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $320k–$3.3M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.5M–$36M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Tohakusha — Tohakusha is a creative agency that offers design, production and sale of digital content and EC websites, and content creation services.
  • Ai-Dounyu.com — Ai-Dounyu.com is a platform that helps organizations looking to integrate AI choose their ideal AI implementation partner for free.
  • Neighbor — Neighbor is a metaverse game developer that specializes in Fortnite.
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Jonathan Shipman
Angel · San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States · 1 investments in Asia Sports startups

Jonathan Shipman is a VP, Strategy (Product & Marketing) at Lantronix.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: eSports, Beauty, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
  • Geography: United States, Nigeria, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $1.9M–$2.7M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • NEWNESS — Newness is focused on building differentiated tools and features that work well for the beauty streamer market in particular.
  • MAKA — MAKA is a community commerce platform for fashion and beauty, enabling everyone to discover their style, feel represented.
  • Riley — Grapevine AI is the first AI powered personal assistant that captures, organizes, and easily retrieves the details that build better relationships. Learn more!
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Kung Sing Cheng
Angel · 1 investments in Asia Sports startups

Kung Sing Cheng

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, Software, Analytics
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • eyes3 — eyes3 is a provider of Fair Play technologies such as VAR, Challenge systems, for tournament organisers, Real-time analytics for spectators, athletes, coaches. ITF (International Tennis Federation) Approved system.
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Francis Plaza
Angel · Makati, Manila, Philippines · 1 investments in Asia Sports startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Education, Gaming
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Philippines, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $125k–$228k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AcadArena — AcadArena is the home of campus gaming in the Philippines and Southeast Asia. Join tournaments, earn esports scholarships and meet new friends all for free!
  • Gretel.co — Gretel is a B2B SaaS connecting people with all the in-company information they need to do their jobs through their favourite applications, which can be found in the Gretel Store.
  • NextPay — Receive, manage, and spend your company's finances on a single platform. Save time and costs with a digital financial suite built to empower growing businesses.
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Allen DeBevoise
Angel · Los Angeles, California, United States · 1 investments in Asia Sports startups

Allen DeBevoise is the Founder and Managing Partner of Third Wave Digital. He previously worked at Machinima, Inc. as a Chairman of the Board.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Video, Media and Entertainment, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Finland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 30
  • Round size: Seed $625k–$2.5M; Series A $3.5M–$6M; Convertible Note $2M–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Immortals Gaming Club — Immortals was founded in 2015 as a US-based esports and gaming organization that competes in League of Legends (LCS). At Immortals we aim to entertain, inspire, and be the voice of esports fans in the Great Lakes Region through our exciting players, talented creators and innovative regional experiences.
  • Waggle.tv — Keep your fido safe in your RV/Home with America's most trusted Waggle Pet Monitor. Waggle gives safety to your pets and peace of mind for you. Learn more.
  • Wisecrack — Wisecrack is a collective of academics, comedians and filmmakers who are endlessly curious about the world around us.
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Kenji Endo
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Asia Sports startups

Kenji Endo - Director @ Japan Business Systems

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Fitness, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HANOWA — HANAWA is a matching platform between freelance dental hygienists and dental clinics.
  • Tooon — Tooon Inc. is a technology company that deals with development and operations of business management tools .
  • Address — ADDress is a provider of co-living spaces in both urban and rural areas, enabling people to live in a range of luxurious residences at fixed prices.
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Otomi Tomohiro
Angel · 1 investments in Asia Sports startups

Otomi Tomohiro - CEO @ Tyrus

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, Tourism, Recruiting
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $377k–$8.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CUICIN — Quickin is changing the travel experience with the digital transformation.
  • HANOWA — Hanowa is a matching platform between freelance dental hygienists and dental clinics. It matches dental care workers who want to work in their spare time with dental clinics. It can be used for studying, side jobs, and job change activities.
  • Yondemy — Yondemy is an online platform for children reading books.
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Yitz Applbaum
Angel · 1 investments in Asia Sports startups

Yitz Applbaum

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Sports, Video Games
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kek.tv — Kek eSports app. The free app, which is in public beta, is an eSports video aggregation platform that integrates multi­-source livestreams and game video replays, as well as news, statistics and tournament feeds into one socially-curated experience for the growing audience of Asian eSports fans.
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Shoji Kodama
Angel · 1 investments in Asia Sports startups

Shoji Kodama - President @ Laxus Technologies

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, Real Estate
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $925k–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mepple — Mepple is planning, developing, and operating internet services.
  • Parame — Parame provides assist service for finding jobs. They also provide recruitment information, staffing, human resources, peer evaluations, interview feedback, and interview evaluation services.
  • Fabric Tokyo — FABRIC TOKYO is a Japanese startup provides a direct-to-consumer custom-made apparel brand. (former-company name Lifestyle Design Co., Ltd.). It enables customers to save their sizes, idea fabrics, and favorite designs, allowing them to make their original clothing later.FABRIC TOKYO was founded in 2012 by Yuichiro Mori and is based in Tokyo,Japan.
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Michael Chow
Angel · Los Angeles, California, United States · 1 investments in Asia Sports startups

Michael Chow is the Co-Founder of XRM Media.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, eSports, Education
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Philippines, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AcadArena — AcadArena is the home of campus gaming in the Philippines and Southeast Asia. Join tournaments, earn esports scholarships and meet new friends all for free!
  • Canvas Media Studios — Innovative Storytelling For Every Canvas
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