Top 50 Sports Angel Investors in Asia (September 2026)

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

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

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• 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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• ego AI — ego is an applied AI research lab building personal agents indistinguishable from humans.
• Hyperspell — The self-improving company brain for agents
• Sentra — Sentra is the company brain: it records what your teams know, resolves it into one queryable memory, and gives every person and AI agent the same context.

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

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• Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.

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• 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 — X on X

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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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.
• Supermonkey — Supermonkey develops and operates a mobile based application that offers fitness services.
• 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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• Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.

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

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

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

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• eyes3 — eyes3 is a provider of Fair Play technologies such as VAR, Challenge systems, for tournament organisers, Real-time analytics for spectators, athletes, coaches. ITF (International Tennis Federation) Approved system.

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• Fondo — Fondo is an all-in-one accounting platform for startups. We'll handle your bookkeeping, tax, and tax credits so you can focus on building your startup.
• Zoe Studios — Zoe Studios is a mobile gaming company specialising in unique puzzle games, with a goal of making chess more accessible and enjoyable for casual players.
• Campfire (YC W22) — Start having fun with your remote friends with Campfire.

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

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

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• 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.