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Top 50 Sports Angel Investors in Asia (August 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, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Gaming, Information Technology, Video Games $228k–$25M
Tom Varkey
Angel
3 India, Singapore Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed EdTech, Education, E-Learning $150k–$1.5M
David Ng
Angel
3 Singapore Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A eSports, Media and Entertainment, Sports
Shubhrendu Koche
Angel
3 India, Singapore, United Kingdom Pre-Seed, Seed E-Commerce, Sports, eSports $46k–$1.5M
Ishikawa Ryo
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel Soccer, Sports, Internet
Hidetoshi Takano
Angel
2 Japan, United States Seed, Angel Internet, Information Technology, Content $455k–$30M
Kevin Chou
Angel
2 United States, Japan, Israel Seed, Series A, Angel Gaming, Video Games, Blockchain $625k–$14M
Yuto Nagatomo
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown Health Care, SNS, Sales $4.3M–$33M
Kenji Narushima
Angel
2 Singapore Seed, Pre-Seed Internet, Apps, Sports $1.3M–$4.3M
Mamoru Taniya
Angel
2 Japan, Singapore, Spain Seed, Series A, Angel Apps, Content, FinTech $2.1M–$47M
Dai Tamesue
Angel
2 Japan Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed Apps, Sports, Health Care
Tomohito Ebine
Angel
2 Japan, United States Seed, Angel, Series A Consulting, SaaS, Home Services $881k–$24M
Yu Akasaka
Angel
2 Japan, Australia, Hong Kong Seed, Angel Content, Food and Beverage, Apps $425k–$43M
Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Angel
2 Japan, Singapore Seed, Angel, Series A Finance, Content, Internet $420k–$354M
Yoshinori Fukushima
Angel
2 Japan, Singapore Seed, Angel, Series A Internet, Software, Marketing $2.5M–$41M
Makoto Takano
Angel
2 Japan, Philippines Seed, Series B, Angel Apps, Sports, Content $735k–$221M
Kentaro Uryu
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel Beauty, Soccer, Sports $765k–$7.1M
Daniel Shin
Angel
2 South Korea, United States, Malaysia Seed, Angel, Series A Software, Internet, Legal Tech $1.6M–$5M
Yasuyuki Kin
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Media and Entertainment, Recruiting, Career Planning $1.4M–$14M
Gabby Dizon
Angel
2 United States, Singapore, Hong Kong Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Gaming, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency $195k–$25M
Kensuke Furukawa
Angel
2 Japan Seed, Angel Content, SNS, Internet $690k–$33M
Lijie Wang
Angel
2 China, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Aerospace, Manufacturing, Big Data $150k–$8.3M
Ayataro Nakagawa
Angel
2 Japan, Hong Kong, United States Seed, Angel Internet, Software, Content $425k–$26M
Hiroaki Kitano
Angel
2 Japan, United States Seed, Angel, Debt Financing Health Care, Fitness, Medical $3.3M–$43M
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
Patrick Lee
Angel
1 United States, Taiwan, Philippines Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Blockchain, Media and Entertainment, Comics $1.1M–$9M
Harri Manninen
Angel
1 Finland, United States, Turkey Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Gaming, Video Games, PC Games $345k–$30M
Manit Parikh
Angel
1 India, Singapore Angel B2B, Sports, eSports
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
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1 United States, Singapore, Brazil Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Big Data $50k–$6M
Pieter Walraven
Angel
1 Singapore, United States Seed, Pre-Seed SaaS, Sports, Software $775k–$1.2M
Alexander Rusli
Angel
1 Indonesia Seed, Pre-Seed Apps, Finance, Fitness
Hironao Kunimitsu
Angel
1 Japan, United States Seed, Angel Virtual Reality, Content, Internet $320k–$26M
Luis Sia
Angel
1 Philippines Pre-Seed Apps, SaaS, Beauty $228k–$500k
Yitz Applbaum
Angel
1 Hong Kong Seed Gaming, Sports, Video Games
Shoji Kodama
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel, Series B Internet, Real Estate, Fashion $925k–$14M
Shukri Shammas
Angel
1 Finland, Hong Kong, United Kingdom Seed EdTech, Gaming, Mobile
Ryuji Terada
Angel
1 Japan Seed, Angel Education, Consulting, Human Resources $411k–$479k
Shunsuke Oyu
Angel
1 Japan, Singapore, United States Seed, Angel Content, Internet, E-Commerce $480k–$11M
Michael Chow
Angel
1 Philippines, United States Seed, Pre-Seed Gaming, eSports, Education
Khailee Ng
Angel
1 Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, Software, E-Commerce $300k–$10M
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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, Information Technology, Video Games
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, India, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 132
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$10M; 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–$200k
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Fando — Sports & eSports : Fan Engagement Platform
  • Knocksense — A local news and recommendations platform.
  • 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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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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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 $46k–$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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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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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
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 42
  • Round size: Seed $455k–$14M; Angel $4.3M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • CAREER BIJIN — Career bijin is a total support company.
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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 $625k–$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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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 $4.3M–$33M; Angel $7.1M–$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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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: 26
  • Round size: Seed $2.1M–$28M; Angel $2.1M–$20M; Series A $2.3M–$47M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • On the Trip — On The Trip is an iOS app that turns your iPhone into an GPS-enabled audio travel guide. It was launched last week and is now available on the iTunes AppStore.
  • 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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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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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, SaaS, Home Services
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $881k–$7.6M; Series A $1.7M–$24M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ookami — Ookami provides Player, a sport media application. It is a startup that creates new value of sports by harmonizing individuals and IT technology. The company offers technology solutions, with a particular focus in financial services software, application and communication software, software as a service, and online social networking services.
  • Mign — Mign offers a generative AI-related SaaS solutions for the construction and real estate fields.
  • CAREER BIJIN — Career bijin is a total support company.
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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, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Australia, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$43M; Angel $425k–$7.4M
  • 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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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 $628k–$43M; Angel $420k–$7.1M; Series A $1.3M–$354M
  • 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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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 $3.3M–$41M; Angel $7.1M–$11M; Series A $2.5M–$14M
  • 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 $1.4M–$14M; Angel $735k–$2.1M; Series B $5.2M–$221M
  • 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 $765k–$7.1M
  • 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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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, Legal Tech
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: South Korea, United States, Malaysia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$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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Yasuyuki Kin
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Asia Sports startups

Yasuyuki Kin

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Media and Entertainment, Recruiting, Career Planning
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$14M
  • 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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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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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, SNS, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $690k–$33M; Angel $1M–$7.1M
  • 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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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: 67% lead, 33% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dowsure — Dowsure - Cross-border e-commerce loan, cross-border e-commerce seller's exclusive cross-border e-commerce one-stop funding solution (Amazon seller loan Program partner)
  • Origin Protocol — Origin Protocol is bringing NFTs and DeFi to the masses
  • Particle Fever — Particle Fever is a “sportswear test field” and a designer of high-end sports brand China. Particle Fever's products emphasize the double breakthrough in aesthetics and craftsmanship, substituting the concept of haute couture into the design of sportswear, and trying to explore the possibilities of sportswear from a multi-dimensionalperspective of technology, culture, and art.
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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
  • Geography: Japan, Hong Kong, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 43
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$24M; Angel $425k–$26M
  • 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 engages in the development and operation of fantasy sports.
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Hiroaki Kitano
Angel · 2 investments in Asia Sports startups

Hiroaki Kitano is the SVP at Softbank Mobile. He attended Waseda University.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $3.3M–$43M
  • 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.
  • Epistra — Epistra accelerates research and development in life sciences.
  • Activaid — Activaid owns and operates a social data platform for patients with inflammatory bowel disease. It allows patients to support and exchange information within the patient community with the same disease; provide information necessary for new drug development and matching to clinical trials that suits them; and improve medical treatment. YasuakiHasebe founded Activaid in 2018. It has its headquarters in Tokyo in Japan.
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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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Patrick Lee
Angel · Millbrae, California, United States · 1 investments in Asia Sports startups

Patrick Lee is the Co-Founder and CEO of Fanverse. He previously worked at PKO Investments as a Co-Founder and Managing Partner. [NAME] attended the University of California, Berkeley.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Media and Entertainment, Comics
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Taiwan, Philippines

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$9M; Pre-Seed $1.1M–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Metagood — Metagood is the operating layer for tokenized assets across their full lifecycle: compliance, transfer rules, entitlements, corporate actions, and audit.
  • Nest Wallet — A Wallet Built for Traders
  • Jubilee Media — Media company for positive, purpose-driven millennials.
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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: 32
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$8.7M; Pre-Seed $345k–$3.2M; Series A $8.1M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% 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
  • 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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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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Angel · 1 investments in Asia Sports startups

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Big Data
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Brazil

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $60k–$6M; Pre-Seed $50k–$500k
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • RSight — RSight offers each customer, candidate, and partner with a one-of-a-kind and best-in-class recruitment, onboarding, and working experience. The company, above and beyond the current industry possibilities in providing enhanced service to recruiting organizations and individuals. The company is elevating the recruitment experience and interaction byproviding recruitment experience for each client, candidate, and partner.
  • Acropolis — Acropolis redefines the way organizations are overcoming the challenges of information governance and integrity in every space of decision . With graph modeling, machine learning, and computer vision, the solution automatically scores , labels, and categorizes every piece of unstructured data within the framework of open source information . Thesolution locates necessary data insights ,appropriately assessing , qualifing them by relevance and objective, providing instant feedback -allowing clarity and precision ,in every context of assessment , choice. Data integrity ,clarity ,precision are significantly enhanced, vulnerability and overheads are minimized while the diligent tasking effort of decision is optimised
  • Kronos Fusion Energy Incorporated — Kronos Fusion Energy designs and builds compact, low-neutron fusion generators — dispatchable, fuel-secure power for industrial, defense, and AI-compute demand. Operating from Los Angeles and Switzerland, the company develops two product lines on its S.M.A.R.T. architecture: MetroVolt, for commercial urban-grid power, and AEGIS, for defense. Kronospairs a high-field, compact spherical-tokamak design with direct energy conversion and a rigorous, simulation-first engineering program, targeting commercialization by 2032.
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Pieter Walraven
Angel · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 1 investments in Asia Sports startups

Pieter Walraven - Product Manager @ Google

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Sports, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Singapore, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $775k–$1.2M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Saleswhale — Stop marketing leads from slipping through the cracks. Automate your conversion of neglected leads into sales meetings. No favors from your sales team required.
  • Wrangle — Wrangle organizes requests in your Slack team channel. Automatically assign approvals and tasks for your team to follow up and track their status.
  • Mighty Bear Games — The Singapore-based AI product studio behind SecretSauce.
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Alexander Rusli
Angel · Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia · 1 investments in Asia Sports startups

Alexander Rusli, 45, assumed the role of President Director and CEO of Indosat in November 2012 after serving as an Independent Commissioner since January 2010. Before November 2012, Mr. Rusli was a Managing Director in Northstar Pacific, a private equity fund which focuses on Indonesian and Southeast Asian opportunities. Prior to his role inNorthstar Pacific, Mr. Rusli served the Government of Indonesia for nine years. In his first six years in government, he was an Expert Advisor to the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, where he was involved in the formulation of policy and regulation in the Telecommunication, Media and Postal industries. In his last three years in government services, he was an Expert Staff to the Minister of State-Owned Enterprises, overseeing approximately 140 state-owned enterprises with more than 500 subsidiaries. During that period, he also held various positions at certain state-owned companies including serving as commissioner of PT Krakatau Steel (Persero), a steel producer, PT Geodipa Energi, a geothermal company and PT Kertas Kraft Aceh, a paper manufacturer. Prior to his posts in the Government, Mr. Rusli was Principal Consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers Management Consulting in Indonesia.Mr. Rusli completed all his formal tertiary education in Curtin University, Western Australia. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Information Systems.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Finance, Fitness
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • DOOgether — DOOgether is Indonesia’s number one leading healthy lifestyle application that gives easier access and solution to your healthy lifestyle, in booking workout classes (offline and virtual) and in purchasing healthy caterings.
  • Bengkel Mania — Established in 2021, Bengkel Mania strives to solve the problems faced by many Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the Workshop sector in Indonesia. As the first tech-startup for workshop MSMEs, Bengkel Mania wants to digitize and develop the automotive MSME business scale in Indonesia with its various products to create economic inclusion forMSME workshop entrepreneurs.Bengkel Mania provides working capital financing, supply chain services, bookkeeping, and Payment Point Online Bank (PPOB) for workshop MSMEs, all in one application and service.
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Hironao Kunimitsu
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Asia Sports startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Virtual Reality, Content, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $2.6M–$11M; Angel $320k–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 1SEC — 1sec is a virtual influencers in Japan,develop in-house and management. IMPACT to CEKAI in 1 second. Based on the concept of making CEKAI happy in one second, US based in Los Angeles and Japan, based in Tokyo, virtual influencers × AI, fashion & music & The company will develop a number of CEKAI's first and first projects in Japan inthe field of enter teignment.
  • Gatari — Gatari specializes in the planning, development, and operation of XR services. Auris, a futuristic audio guide, and Vismuth, a camera app that transforms reality into a story, are two of Gatari's services.
  • Thirdverse — Thirdverse is a web3 and virtual reality game studio that develops and operates multiplayer virtual reality games. The company combines the technology of blockchain to create an economic zone and a virtual world, enabling customers to experience seamless gameplay in a virtual environment.Thirdverse was founded in 2016 and is headquartered nTokyo, Japan.
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Luis Sia
Angel · 1 investments in Asia Sports startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, SaaS, Beauty
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Philippines

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $228k–$500k
  • 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!
  • Peddlr — Peddlr is a free POS mobile app for small businesses. Effortlessly track and manage your sales, expenses, inventory, and transactions. Use it anytime, anywhere, and even offline!
  • BeautyBuddy — BeautyBuddy is a SaaS enabled, social-powered marketplace designed to streamline operations and drive discovery for beauty services in SEA.
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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, Real Estate, Fashion
  • 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 human resources, staffing and recruiting 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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Shukri Shammas
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Asia Sports startups

Shukri is a Partner at Initial Capital which he co-founded in 2010 and serves on the boards of several of its portfolio companies. Prior to Initial Capital, Shukri was co-founder, Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Playfish, a leading developer of social games, up to the company's acquisition by Electronic Arts in November 2009. BeforePlayfish, Shukri was co-founder and Managing Director of Macrospace which merged with Sorrent to become Glu Mobile (NASDAQ:GLUU), a global publisher of mobile games. Previously, he was co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Domainia, an Internet services provider, after starting his career at accounting firm Westbury Schotness. He holds a Bachelor's in Business Administration from the American College, London.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: EdTech, Gaming, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Finland, Hong Kong, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% 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.
  • Peak — Challenge your brain with Peak, the No.1 app for your mind. Push your cognitive skills to their limits and use your time better with fun, challenging games and workouts that test your Focus, Memory, Problem Solving, Mental Agility and more.
  • TrapLight Games — A hard-hitting mobile game studio from Finland. Traplight is a premium mobile games studio with 10+ years of game development expertise at the highest level. Our ambition is to create world class, chart topping, scalable game services.
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Ryuji Terada
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Asia Sports startups

Ryuji Terada is the Partner at Persol Innovation Fund. Ryuji Terada attended Shimonoseki City University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Education, Consulting, Human Resources
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $411k–$479k
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Funova — Fanova is a consulting company that provides OMO fitness gyms, direct management of fitness facilities, and media construction.
  • Meetcareer — Meetcareer offers a career programme. The users can understand their strengths and make use of them. The company identifies organizational issues for clients to investigate further, as well as issues based on hidden real intentions. The services help users consult with a professional career counsellor online and offer a text programme that isconducted by email, enabling clients to solve career development problems.
  • noFRAME schools — noFRAME schools is an EdTech startup is a mission to reinvent a textbook.
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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
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $480k–$11M
  • 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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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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Khailee Ng
Angel · Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · 1 investments in Asia Sports startups

Khailee Ng is Managing Partner at 500 Startups. Prior to that, he was the Co-founder and CEO of SAYS. He graduated from the University of Technology Sydney, the University of California, Berkeley, and San Francisco State University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 35
  • Round size: Seed $300k–$4.3M; Pre-Seed $1M–$2.3M; Series A $4.5M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 49% lead, 51% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Talkpush — Talkpush is the leading conversational CRM for recruitment. Automate the repetitive stuff and focus on the right talent.
  • Playbasis — Playbasis provides a cloud-based technology platform which makes it easy for businesses to launch modern applications that are fun, engaging, and rewarding for millennial audiences. Playbasis generates revenue through a B2B, software-as-a-service subscription business model where customers only pay for the services that they use.
  • YogaTrail — YogaTrail connects yoga providers with their yogis. Get everyone's classes in one simple place and always know what's up in your yoga world.
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