Top 50 Sports Angel Investors in Asia (June 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Kevin Lin
Angel
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4 | United States, India, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Gaming, Information Technology, Video Games | $228k–$25M |
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Tom Varkey
Angel
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3 | India, Singapore | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | EdTech, Education, E-Learning | $250k–$1.5M |
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Juha Paananen
Angel
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3 | United States, Finland, Singapore | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Gaming, Health Care, Wellness | $424k–$3.4M |
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David Ng
Angel
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3 | Singapore | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | eSports, Media and Entertainment, Sports | |
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Shubhrendu Koche
Angel
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3 | India, Singapore, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Sports, eSports | $46k–$1.5M |
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Hidetoshi Takano
Angel
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2 | Japan, United States | Seed, Angel | Internet, Information Technology, Content | $4.3M–$30M |
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Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Angel
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2 | Japan, Singapore | Seed, Angel, Series A | Finance, Content, Internet | $420k–$354M |
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Yasuyuki Kin
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Media and Entertainment, Recruiting, Career Planning | $1.4M–$14M |
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Kevin Chou
Angel
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2 | United States, Japan, Israel | Seed, Series A, Angel | Gaming, Video Games, eSports | $625k–$14M |
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Makoto Takano
Angel
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2 | Japan, Philippines | Seed, Series B, Angel | Content, Sports, Human Resources | $1.4M–$221M |
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Yoshinori Fukushima
Angel
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2 | Japan, Singapore | Seed, Angel, Series A | Internet, Software, Marketing | $2.5M–$1B |
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Kentaro Uryu
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Beauty, Sports, Internet | $765k–$68M |
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Kensuke Furukawa
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Content, SNS, Software | $497k–$41M |
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Gabby Dizon
Angel
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2 | United States, Singapore, Hong Kong | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Gaming, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency | $1M–$25M |
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Yuto Nagatomo
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel | SNS, Video, Beauty | $7.1M–$68M |
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Dai Tamesue
Angel
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2 | Japan | Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed | Apps, Sports, Health Care | |
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Yu Akasaka
Angel
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2 | Japan, Australia, Hong Kong | Seed, Angel | Content, Food and Beverage, Apps | $425k–$68M |
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Hiroaki Kitano
Angel
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2 | Japan, United States | Seed, Angel, Debt Financing | Health Care, Fitness, Medical | $3.3M–$43M |
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Ishikawa Ryo
Angel
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2 | Japan | Seed, Angel | Sports, Internet | |
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Lijie Wang
Angel
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2 | China, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Aerospace, Manufacturing, Big Data | $150k–$8.3M |
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Mamoru Taniya
Angel
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2 | Japan, Singapore, Spain | Seed, Series A, Angel | Apps, Content, FinTech | $2.1M–$47M |
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Ayataro Nakagawa
Angel
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2 | Japan, Hong Kong, United States | Seed, Angel | Internet, Software, Content | $425k–$28M |
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Daniel Shin
Angel
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2 | South Korea, United States, Malaysia | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, Internet, Financial Services | $1.6M–$5M |
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Tomohito Ebine
Angel
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2 | Japan, United States | Seed, Angel, Series A | Consulting, SaaS, Home Services | $4.9M–$35M |
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Pieter Walraven
Angel
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1 | Singapore, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Sports, Computer, Software | $775k–$1.2M |
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Shoji Kodama
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Angel, Series B | Internet, Real Estate, Fashion | $14M–$14M |
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Kenji Narushima
Angel
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1 | Singapore | Pre-Seed, Seed | Apps, Sports, eSports | |
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Robert Chew
Angel
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1 | Singapore, United States | Series B, Seed, Series C | Software, SaaS, Sports | $997k–$35M |
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Kin-Wai Lau
Angel
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1 | Singapore | Seed | Retail, Fashion, eSports | |
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Minoru Moriya
Angel
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1 | Japan | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Nursing and Residential Care, Internet | $5.7M–$14M |
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Sicong Wang
Angel
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1 | China | Series A | eSports, Software, Online Games | |
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George Godula
Angel
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1 | United States, China, Algeria | Seed, Series A, Series B | Health Care, Information Technology, Mobile | $970k–$150M |
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Murat Abdrakhmanov
Angel
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1 | United States, Kazakhstan, Ukraine | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Mobile Apps, Artificial Intelligence | |
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Sudheer Nair
Angel
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1 | Singapore | Seed | Fitness, Wellness, Health Care | |
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Alexander Rusli
Angel
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1 | Indonesia | Seed | Apps, Fitness, Wellness | |
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Francis Plaza
Angel
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1 | Philippines, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | Software, Education, Gaming | $125k–$228k |
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Shunsuke Oyu
Angel
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1 | Japan, Singapore, United States | Seed, Angel | Content, Internet, Media and Entertainment | $320k–$33M |
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Hironao Kunimitsu
Angel
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1 | Japan, United States | Seed, Angel | Content, Virtual Reality, Gaming | $320k–$38M |
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Faisal Nasimuddin
Angel
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1 | Singapore | Seed | eSports | |
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Rahul Nambiar
Angel
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1 | Singapore | Seed | Fitness, Wellness, Health Care | |
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Michael Broda
Angel
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1 | Singapore | Seed | eSports | |
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Other Lenders
Angel
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1 | Singapore | Convertible Note | Fitness, Wellness, Health Care | |
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Metha Trisnawati
Angel
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1 | Indonesia | Seed | Fitness, Wellness, Health Care | |
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Kung Sing Cheng
Angel
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1 | Hong Kong | Pre-Seed | Sports, Software, Analytics | |
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Shuji Honjo
Angel
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1 | Hong Kong | Seed | Gaming, Sports, Video Games | |
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Lev Leviev
Angel
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1 | Israel, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Series C | Software, Apps, E-Commerce | $2M–$3.5M |
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Jonathan Shipman
Angel
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1 | United States, Nigeria, Singapore | Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding | eSports, Beauty, Internet | $1.9M–$2.7M |
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Yitz Applbaum
Angel
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1 | Hong Kong | Seed | Gaming, Sports, Video Games | |
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Luis Sia
Angel
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1 | Philippines | Pre-Seed | Apps, SaaS, Beauty | $228k–$500k |
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Patrick Lee
Angel
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1 | United States, Taiwan, Philippines | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Media and Entertainment, Comics | $1.1M–$9M |
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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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- Industry: Gaming, Information Technology, Video Games
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, India, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 121
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$11M; Pre-Seed $228k–$4.7M; Series A $6M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Origin Lab — Origin Lab provides rights-cleared multimodal datasets, 3D environments, and custom AI training services for reasoning and AI models.
- 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 — Asterix offers digital ownership and unlocks new possibilities.
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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- Industry: EdTech, Education, E-Learning
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: India, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $250k–$1.5M
- 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.
Juha Paananen - CEO & Co-Founder @ Soba
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- Industry: Gaming, Health Care, Wellness
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Finland, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $424k–$3.4M; Pre-Seed $1.2M–$2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kasaz — Buying and selling properties in Spain is a daunting task. Low-quality listings, inaccurate location and painful visits-scheduling combined with dated portals makes for a bad user experience.Kasaz' one-stop real-estate portal reduces time to purchase by connecting buyers and sellers in a platform where the quality of the experience is key.The company was founded by Sebastien Marion, a serial entrepreneur who sold his previous startup Comufy to king.com.
- Speechly — Real-time automatic speech recognition and natural language understanding tools in one flexible API.
- Revery — The team at Revery is on a mission to make access to wellness affordable and accessible to anyone with a mobile phone, through the medium of gaming.
David Ng is the CEO & Founder of goGame.
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- Industry: eSports, Media and Entertainment, Sports
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ampverse — Ampverse is a creator-first gaming marketing and interactive media company connecting brands and publishers across Southeast Asia.
- Fando — Sports & eSports : Fan Engagement Platform
Shubhrendu Koche
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Sports, eSports
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: India, Singapore, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- 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.
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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- Industry: Internet, Information Technology, Content
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $5.7M–$21M; Angel $4.3M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cocoach — Cocoach provides online education service.
- Data Viz Lab — Data Viz Lab is a platform that offers data analysis, visualization consulting, and data human resource development support.
- ElevationSpace — ElevationSpace offers high quality & well equipped workspaces giving tenants a nurturing environment .
Nobuhiro Ariyasu is the CEO at Coach United.
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- Industry: Finance, Content, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 51
- Round size: Seed $973k–$70M; Angel $420k–$7.1M; Series A $1.3M–$354M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Grafto —
- Tsunagari AI — Tsunagari specializes in developing and providing AI-powered consultation services tailored for local governments, aiming to enhance administrative efficiency, support citizen engagement, and streamline public service delivery.
- OPERA TECH —
Yasuyuki Kin
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- 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 Co., Ltd. — 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.
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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- Industry: Gaming, Video Games, eSports
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: United States, Japan, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $625k–$14M; 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 — YieldClub is a mobile app that helps you grow your savings with higher returns than a traditional bank.
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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- Industry: Content, Sports, Human Resources
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Angel
- Geography: Japan, Philippines
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$48M; Series B $5.2M–$221M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BeatFit — BeatFit is a fitness-tech startup based in Japan.
- CAN EAT —
- Progrit — PROGRIT is an English-related media management company.
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- Industry: Internet, Software, Marketing
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $3.5M–$225M; Angel $7.1M–$11M; Series A $2.5M–$1B
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Manabie — Manabie is an Education Technology start-up company on a mission to provide a new style of online & offline merged learning around the world. We provide students with everything they need for efficient learning; high-quality learning materials, great learning environments, personal coaches and more! We believe that our new method of learning,integrating online and offline will dramatically innovate the way students learn.
- Enechain — enechain provides liquidity in Japan’s energy market by brokering OTC transactions of energy.
- Media Aid — Media Aid is an advertising agency that provides recruitment, marketing, web creation, and SNS management services
Kentaro Uryu - Legal advisor @ Adot
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- Industry: Beauty, Sports, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $14M–$68M; 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.
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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- Industry: Content, SNS, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $497k–$41M; 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.
- Plott — Plott producing youtube animation platform under Vision “Become a Content holder from YouTube”. In August 2019, the company name was changed from Fabo to Plott. Plott, the new company name, is derived from the plot that you make before writing novels, etc., and the idea that “I want to make content all the time” is put in the company name.
- Neighbor — Neighbor is a metaverse game developer that specializes in Fortnite.
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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- Industry: Gaming, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Singapore, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 63
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$8M; Pre-Seed $1M–$5M; Series A $5M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Delabs Games — At Delabs Games, we want to create fun games that last a thousand years.
- Edgen — A multi-chain, modular and open-source protocol providing the tools for developers to create the next generation of social apps.
- SuperGaming — At SuperGaming, we are putting India on the global gaming map.
Yuto Nagatomo - President, CEO, and Founder @ Cuore Co., Ltd.
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- Industry: SNS, Video, Beauty
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $33M–$68M; 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.
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Dai Tamesue is the Chief Marketing Officer of Miekuru.
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- Industry: Apps, Sports, Health Care
- Stage:Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan
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- 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 —
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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- Industry: Content, Food and Beverage, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan, Australia, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $4.3M–$68M; 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 offers Canvas, a home-based hormone testing service for women.
Hiroaki Kitano is the SVP at Softbank Mobile. He attended Waseda University.
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- 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.
Ishikawa Ryo
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- Industry: 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.
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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- 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
- 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.
- Westwell Lab — Westwell Lab is a commercial lab specializing in neuromorphic circuits and systems. Through innovative algorithms, custom silicon, and a biology-inspired approach, the company aims to bring neuromorphic systems to big data, embedded systems, and industry. The company was established in 2015 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.
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Browse database — It's Free!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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- Industry: Apps, Content, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $2.1M–$43M; Angel $2.1M–$20M; Series A $2.3M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Revorf — Revorf analyzes data and develops AI-related to infectious diseases and healthcare.
- Space Walker — SPACE WALKER specializes in design, manufacture and sale of peripheral components.
- 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.
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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- Industry: Internet, Software, Content
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan, Hong Kong, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 43
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$28M; 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.
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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- Industry: Software, Internet, Financial Services
- 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.
Tomohito Ebine is non-executive Director at Owls Co., Ltd.
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- Industry: Consulting, SaaS, Home Services
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $4.9M–$17M; Series A $24M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- HOMMA — Inspired Modern Living. Homes to elevate healthy urban lifestyles. Design. Build. Technology.
- 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.
Pieter Walraven - Product Manager @ Google
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- Industry: Sports, Computer, 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 — Mighty Bear is a Singapore-based studio building the next generation of massively multiplayer online mobile games. The team is a collective of games industry vetarans from the likes of King, Ubisoft, EA, Lucasarts, Disney, Gameloft, and Jagex. Mighty Bear make games that combine the depth of desktop gaming with the accessibility of mobile -"Mobile games without compromise".
Shoji Kodama - President @ Laxus Technologies
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- Industry: Internet, Real Estate, Fashion
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series B
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $14M–$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.
Kenji Narushima is a Chief Strategy Officer / Chief Of Staff at CARRO
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- Industry: Apps, Sports, eSports
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- MindFi — MindFi is an employee mental health and well-being app delivering personalized self-care recommendations, support, and behavioral coaches. MindFi enables people to achieve peak mental performance.
- Anyone AI — We invest in talent from Latam.
- Fando — Sports & eSports : Fan Engagement Platform
Robert is an active angel investor in the United States, and is the Singapore ambassador for Singularity University, based in Mountain View, California, and a member of the Innovation Board of XPRIZE Foundation.He is currently a board member of Anacle Systems Pte. Ltd., Scanadu Holdings Pte. Ltd., Alexandra Health System Pte. Ltd., IntegratedHealth Information Systems Pte. Ltd., Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital, TOUCH Community Services Limited, Shared Services for Charities Limited, National Council of Social Service, and the Singapore Institute of Directors.He is a Fellow of the Singapore Computer Society (SCS) and was awarded SCS's IT Leader of the Year in 2009, and SCS's President Award in 2014. He chaired the Information Technology Standards Committee from 2005 to 2012, and currently chairs its Cloud Computing Standards Task Force. For his contribution to standards development, he was awarded SPRING's Distinguished Partner Award in 2011. He was conferred the Public Service Medal in 2013.Robert was formerly a partner of Accenture where he led the strategy practice in Southeast Asia and the Communications, Media and High Tech industry practice in Singapore.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Sports
- Stage:Series B, Seed, Series C
- Geography: Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Series B $997k–$35M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SourceSage — SourceSage connects 70,000+ enterprise buyers with 10,000+ suppliers across SAP Ariba, Coupa, Oracle, and other procurement platforms.
- inui Health — Short term financing makes it possible to acquire highly sought-after domains without the strain of upfront costs. Find your domain name today.
- Mighty Bear Games — Mighty Bear is a Singapore-based studio building the next generation of massively multiplayer online mobile games. The team is a collective of games industry vetarans from the likes of King, Ubisoft, EA, Lucasarts, Disney, Gameloft, and Jagex. Mighty Bear make games that combine the depth of desktop gaming with the accessibility of mobile -"Mobile games without compromise".
A well recognised serial tech-entrepreneur in Southeast Asia, Mr Lau founded his first tech company when he was 23. Since then, Mr Lau has took 3 tech companies public .At the start of his career Mr Lau was the co-founder and Managing Director of Viztel Solutions Berhad (Viztel), a telecom and mobile internet software startup that grew into amajor regional player. Mr Lau was, at the time, one of the youngest ever managing directors of a publicly traded company in Malaysia.Mr Lau has also led a group of investors to a successful take-over of the Oriented Media Group Berhad (Omedia), a publicly traded digital media company, of which he was later appointed, Executive Chairman. In 2007, Mr Lau co-founded Cellsafe Biotech Group, a regional biotechnology business group that focuses on non-controversial technologies for harvesting and cryogenic preservation of stem cells. Cellsafe has since become a leading stem cell bank network in Southeast Asia, with operations across four different countries.Mr Lau frequently supports and plays active role in entrepreneurial campaigns in colleges and universities. He is a regular judge at major business plan competitions in Singapore.Mr Lau was a scholar of a Malaysian government-controlled corporation and graduated first class honours in engineering from the University of Manchester, UK. He was also a faculty research staff and PhD candidate at the Imperial College London, UK.
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- Industry: Retail, Fashion, eSports
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Dressabelle — Dressabelle is an online e-tailer with a very clear edge in providing quality clothing that is suitable for work, seamlessly taking a lady from work to play, day to night, at affordable prices. In the span of a few years, it has developed from a fashion house to a lifestyle brand, with capabilities in product marketing, social media, onlinemarketing, content creation and brand endorsements.
- 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.
Minoru Moriya is a director at AuB.
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- 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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- Industry: eSports, Software, Online Games
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
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- Yingxiong Huyu — Yingxiong Huyu is a developer of mobile e-sports games and an organizer of e-sports competitions.
Cross-border angel / early stage investor with portfolio of 40+ startup companies and as of currently 4 exits, 4 unicorns & counting.George invests in companies helping people lead a longer, healthier and happier life - keywords sustainability, ESG, impact investing. In addition to investing he likes to be hands-on in hisportfoliocompanies, either helping China / SEA based teams to internationalize or global teams to break into China / SEA or support them in outsourcing, sourcing and manufacturing. Typically angel, seed and occasional Series A stage investments. Industry focus and selected startups in his portfolio: - E-Commerce e.g. Web2Asia, Grana, Mercato - SaaS e.g. Jimdo, Blush, Anduin Transactions - Marketplaces / crowdfunding Republic.co - Education / Training e.g. Vantage Point, Dexter, - IoT e.g. Mila, Cafe-X, Lyte charging, The Light Phone, Density.io - Fitness e.g. FitXR, Trainersvault, Overhand Fitness, Salut, Guavapass (exit via sale to ClassPass) - Health / Nutrition e.g. NutriSense, Blue Mesa Health (exit via sale to Virgin), Compass Therapeutics (exit via IPO) - Insurtech e.g. The Care Voice - Medtech / Biotech e.g. Life Biosciences, Sequencing.com, MycoWorks - Sustainability / Infrastructure e.g. Blokable, U.S. Bitcoin Corp, Hardt Hyperloop - Deep tech / frontier tech e.g. Rain Neuromorphics, ZaiNar, Massive, Protocol Labs (Filecoin) - On-demand / sharing economy e.g. Yassir, Truck it in, misterbnb, Delivery Hero Austria & China (exit via sale / IPO)
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- Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, China, Algeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $970k–$13M; Series A $6.3M–$49M; Series B $12M–$150M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mila Cares — Mila is the best smart air purifier for home use. Award-winning design, quieter performance, and powerful clean air for every room.
- Yassir — Access on-demand daily services like ride-hailing, food and grocery delivery, and payments with Yassir, your super app.
- Truck It In — is a platform tech company focused on simplifying road freight for 3.3M+ businesses in Pakistan to unlock 1 Billion dollars in resource potential
Murat Abdrakhmanov is a co-investor at 2C2P. Attended Fuqua Executive school of bussines.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile Apps, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Kazakhstan, Ukraine
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Beksar — Beksar offers A flexible reporting system for business of the company from its initial days.
- GoDays — AI-driven Continuous passive and active analytical tool, preventing burnout of employees. Continuous well-being based on passive collaboration data, sentiment analytics.
- PLATMA — PLATMA is a workspace for developing low/no-code solutions with ready-made constructors that reduce the need for large resources and decrease time to market
Sudheer Nair Chairman, Navio Group.
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- 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!
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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- Industry: Apps, Fitness, Wellness
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% 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.
Francis Plaza currently works as an Advisor to the Boards for PayMongo. He attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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- 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.
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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- Industry: Content, Internet, Media and Entertainment
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $320k–$33M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Lecto — Lecto provides Saas solutions to eliminate the tedious practices behind financial services
- Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
- Neighbor — Neighbor is a metaverse game developer that specializes in Fortnite.
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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- Industry: Content, Virtual Reality, Gaming
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $11M–$38M; Angel $320k–$26M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Gatari — Gatari is developing an AR audio platform, including the AR camera app Vismuth, which can call avatars in reality.
- Graffity — Graffity to provide AR experiences globally and enrich life more conveniently and invent the AR entertainment experience and provide it globally.
- Thirdverse — Thirdverse (formerly known as Yomuneco Inc) is engaged in Virtual Reality content and services planning, development, sales and management.
Faisal Nasimuddin
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- 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.
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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- Industry: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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Browse database — It's Free!Michael Broda is the Co-Founder and Board Member at Esports Players League.
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- 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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- 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.
Metha Trisnawati is the Co-Founder and COO at Sayurbox.
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- 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.
Kung Sing Cheng
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- 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.
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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- 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.
Lev Leviev is the Founder of LVL1 Group. Before founding LVL1 Group, he was an internet entrepreneur and investor, a co-founder of Russia's largest social network VK.com (originally VKontakte).
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- Industry: Software, Apps, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
- Geography: Israel, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $2M–$3.5M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ClanPlay — Provider of a messaging application platform intended to connect users of the games. The company's messaging application platform offers tools for players to communicate, plan their strategies, recruit newcomers, engage in diplomacy with other clans and share their accomplishments, enabling gamers to discuss brilliant strategies, gloriousbattles and win together.
- Mirror Emoji Keyboard — Mirror is your personal stickers! Take one selfie and get thousands of personal emojis and stickers of you and your friends. Use them in WhatsApp, Facebook, iMessage, Telegram, and other messenger!
- Mighty Bear Games — Mighty Bear is a Singapore-based studio building the next generation of massively multiplayer online mobile games. The team is a collective of games industry vetarans from the likes of King, Ubisoft, EA, Lucasarts, Disney, Gameloft, and Jagex. Mighty Bear make games that combine the depth of desktop gaming with the accessibility of mobile -"Mobile games without compromise".
Jonathan Shipman is a VP, Strategy (Product & Marketing) at Lantronix.
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- 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!
Yitz Applbaum
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- 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.
Luis Sia - Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer @ PayMongo
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- 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.
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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- 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 — Tokenization as a Service for Modern Capital Markets
- Nest Wallet — A Wallet Built for Traders
- Jubilee Media — Media company for positive, purpose-driven millennials.
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