# Top 50 Sports Startup Investors in Singapore in June 2026 ## Quest Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology Quest Ventures is a top venture capital firm in Asia. For entrepreneurs: venture capital. For enterprises: applied innovation. For ecosystems: accelerate. ## Tom Varkey - Type: Angel - Location: Westfield, New Jersey, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: EdTech, Education, E-Learning 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. ## Shubhrendu Koche - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Sports, eSports Shubhrendu Koche ## HSG - Type: VC Fund - Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology, Software HSG is a leading venture capital and private equity firm investing globally in the technology, healthcare, and consumer sectors. ## David Ng - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: eSports, Media and Entertainment, Sports David Ng is the CEO & Founder of goGame. ## Golden Gate Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services Golden Gate Ventures is a venture capital firm investing across Southeast Asia. Since 2011, the firm has launched four funds, managed US$250M AUM, and invested in 60+ companies in over 7 countries in Asia. The firm focuses on investing in technology companies driven by the rising consumer class in Southeast Asia. ## Vickers Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Mobile Funding a Better World: We invest in deep tech sectors globally to help solve real world problems. ## SeedPlus - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS A new kind of seed venture firm, now closed to new investments. ## Antler - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Build your next company with Antler, a global day zero investor enabling exceptional founders to start great companies, from the very beginning. Apply now! ## Seeds Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care Catalysing smart monies into Singapore-based, early-stage technology startups. ## Formation 8 - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Big Data Formation 8 is a venture capital firm. We support top entrepreneurs to build market leading smart enterprise and energy technology companies. We bring operational expertise to help our portfolio companies achieve global scale. ## Juha Paananen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Gaming, Health Care, Wellness Juha Paananen - CEO & Co-Founder @ Soba ## JMS Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Sports, eSports, Internet Early Stage Investor ## Hustle Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Carlos, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Hustle Fund is a seed fund that invests in early-stage startups operating in software, business-to-business, fintech, and digital health sectors. ## Rockets Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Xinggang, Guangdong, China - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence, Energy Rockets Capital is a private equity firm focused on venture and growth stage investments in smart EV industry value chain, clean energy and frontier technology areas. ## ZhenFund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce ZhenFund is a seed fund founded by former entrepreneurs to invest in the most promising innovators. New Oriental co-founders Bob Xiaoping Xu and Victor Qiang Wang established ZhenFund in 2011 in collaboration with Sequoia Capital China. ZhenFund now has a network of over 800 portfolio companies, including over 30 unicorns based in China. Webelieve that great businesses start with exceptional founding teams. We are dedicated to helping our entrepreneurs build successful companies by providing them with mentorship and the best resources available. Some of our services include biannual demo days to top Chinese VCs, ZhenHR services, marketing and PR consulting, as well as fundraising. Our strong and large CEO network also facilitates entrepreneurs helping each other, especially via our WeChat platform. ZhenFund has been ranked as the “#1 Early-Stage Investment Firm” for six years. Bob Xiaoping Xu, Founder of ZhenFund, has been named on the Midas List since 2016 and ranked #11 in 2019. Anna Fang, Founding Partner and CEO of ZhenFund, has been named on the Midas List since 2019 and made her 4th appearance as #12, and #1 on Midas Seed List in 2022. ## Huiyou Investment - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Electronics Huiyou Investment is an investment firm. ## Ruvento - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Hardware, Robotics Investments Driven by Values ## Decasonic - Type: VC Fund - Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency Decasonic is the venture and digital assets fund buidling blockchain innovation. We draw on our decades of experience as both tech investors and operators to help founders in blockchain accelerate product market fit & scale growth. ## Atlas Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Software Atlas Ventures is an early-stage venture fund based in Singapore. Atlas Ventures is affiliated to Atlas Asset Management Pte. Ltd., a diversified asset manager regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore as a holder of a Capital Markets Services licence. ## Harri Manninen - Type: Angel - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Gaming, Video Games, PC Games Harri Manninen - Founding Partner @ Play Ventures ## Lev Leviev - Type: Angel - Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, Apps, E-Commerce 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). ## Insignia Ventures Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software Insignia Ventures Partners is a venture capital firm that specializes in startup investment. Insignia Ventures Partners is an investment firm managed by a former Sequoia Asia partner, Yinglan Tan. ## George Godula - Type: Angel - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Health Care, Information Technology, Mobile 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) ## Haitao Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Apps, Education Haitao Capital is the first China-macro driven early stage venture fund. China's story is no longer just a Chinese story. ## Nest Tech - Type: VC Fund - Location: Ho Chi Minh City, NA - Vietnam, Vietnam - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Education, Retail, Soccer Nest Tech is a venture capital firm that invests in and nurtures technology entrepreneurs at the seed and early growth stages. They build trust and mentor start-ups to evolve their strategy and vision and help them to expand and compete at the regional and global levels. ## Gamerforce Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Gaming, Sports, eSports Gamerforce Ventures is one of the first venture capital firms that is set up specifically to create high value companies in the eSports and Gaming scene. Our partners are successful entrepreneurs and high flying executives coming from diverse backgrounds to help our portfolio companies succeed. We typically invest between seed and Series A, but maycome in at later stages should the opportunity arises.We believe that entrepreneurs will be the ones who will revolutionize the scene completely. Because of that, we have brought together the best minds in entrepreneurship to assist entrepreneurs go to the next level, by leveraging on our network of the partners that we have built over the years.We believe in assisting entrepreneurs in every way we can. As such, if you think you need a round of funding, do hit us up at pitch@gamerforce.ventures. ## Pieter Walraven - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Sports, Computer, Software Pieter Walraven - Product Manager @ Google ## Huang Shao Ning - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Advice Co-founder of JobsCentral Singapore, Shao-Ning stayed on as the Singapore MD after the company was acquired. During this period, she oversaw operation integrations with the global business and started the company’s transition to become a SaaS player in its Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia operations. Since 2009, Shao-Ning has been mentoring startups in creative, digital and retail industries. ## SparkLabs Global Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology SparkLabs Global Ventures is a venture capital firm that offers seed-stage investment services to firms in the SaaS, healthcare, education, IoT, fintech, mobile, commerce, HR, gaming, security, and VR industries. It was founded in Dec 2013 and is based in California.Exceptional entrepreneurs, that are building strong, category defining companiesat highly advantageous valuations – can be found anywhere. The company has a team that is highly experienced in finding such talent and helping our entrepreneurs to develop, grow, network, and scale into other markets throughout the world. ## Axel Wehr - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: eSports, Media and Entertainment Axel Wehr - Partner @ Firestartr ## Metaorient - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Blockchain, Sporting Goods Metaorient ## 1kx - Type: VC Fund - Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software 1kx is an early-stage investment firm focused on ecosystem growth. ## Sfermion - Type: VC Fund - Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency Sfermion is a multi-strategy investment firm focused on the immersive internet ## ThinKuvate - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Electric Vehicle, Automotive, Artificial Intelligence ThinKuvate is an early-stage startup investment firm incorporated in Singapore, and with interests and investors in Singapore, India, South Africa, and Australia. Its focus is on B2B + B2B2C Start-Ups including Health-Tech, Fintech, IoT, AI-ML, consumer-tech, and marketing tech. It is open to ideas outside of these industries if the idea passes ourevaluation process.The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Singapore. ## Robert Chew - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Seed, Series C - Focus: Software, SaaS, Sports 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. ## HH VC Investments - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, SaaS We are on a mission to provide smart capital and support founders with a global vision that solve meaningful problems. HH VC Investments is the venture capital arm of a Single Family Office (HH Family) headquartered in Singapore. Founded and supported by entrepreneurs that have started, failed and grown various companies across different regionsand industries. We like Southeast Asia and focus on early-stage (technology) companies that have the potential to grow in to scalable and sustainable businesses. Actively looking for deals with exceptional entrepreneurs. Our goal is to have supported 100 companies by 2029. ## Scalar Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency Crypto investment firm. Austin, TX. ## Lim Der Shing - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Wellness, Health Care Der Shing is founder and CEO of the JobsCentral Group. His work scope includes strategic planning and responsibility for the group's P&L. His achievements include creating career media platforms that reach 10 million people in South East Asia. In 2011, he negotiated the acquisition of the group by CareerBuilder. Der Shing has a Bachelor ofEngineering (Summa cum laude) from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is a father of 3 and is an avid share investor and traveller. He is also involved in community work as a Council Member of the South West CDC and is a member of the Entrepreneurs Organisation in Singapore. ## Poh Kam Wong - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, Gaming, Mobile Poh Kam WONG is a Professor at the Business School of National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Director of NUS Entrepreneurship Centre. Through the centre, he oversees the university's entrepreneurship education programs, as well as the university's incubator, seed funding programs and mentoring scheme for nurturing spin-offcompanies by the university's professors and students. He has published extensively in leading academic journals on high tech entrepreneurship and innovation policy in Asia, and has consulted frequently for technology companies in Asia, as well as international organizations such as the World Bank. He is an active angel investor in technology start-ups in Singapore, Asia and Silicon Valley, and is the founding Chairman of Business Angel Network Southeast Asia (BANSEA) and chairman and partner of BAF Spectrum Pte Ltd, a business angel fund based in Singapore. He is the initiator of StartUp@Singapore, the annual national business plan competition in Singapore since 1999. ## zVentures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Gaming, Health Care, Financial Services We typically invest in Seed and Series A start-ups that add strategic value to the Razer ecosystem. ## Sudheer Nair - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care Sudheer Nair Chairman, Navio Group. ## Event Horizon Technologies - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care Event Horizon Technologies is an affiliate of the Nadathur Group ## Roshan Rajappa - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Gaming, Software, Marketplace Roshan Rajappa ## Dr. Rohitha De Silva - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Gaming, Mobile Apps, Casual Games Dr. Rohitha De Silva ## Heritas Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Health Care, Wellness, Education Heritas Capital is a Singapore-based private equity and venture capital investment firm that invests in fast-growing companies across the healthcare, education and technology sectors. ## Tembusu Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Blockchain, CRM Established in 2006, Tembusu Partners is a boutique private equity firm in Singapore dedicated to supporting high growth ventures across Emerging Asia.Leveraging our strategic location at the heart of Asia, we specialise in venture and growth-stage investments in fast-growing markets of Greater China, India, and Southeast Asia. Our deepunderstanding of markets, investment cycles and complex cultural nuances grants us clarity and insight in making our investments. We manage capital from our investors and partners across Asia, Europe, and America. To date, we have completed more than S$300 million worth of private equity transactions.Tembusu invests in disruptive technology that we believe have strong potential to drive innovation in key focus sectors such as financial and business services, consumer services, education and healthcare. With an advisory board and investment committee comprising well-connected corporate leaders and industry veterans ranging from technology to business services, we are committed to supporting founders and companies in their global growth. ## Orbit Startups - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cork, Cork, Ireland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Software Orbit Startups helps companies scaling breakthrough technologies across emerging and frontier markets to the regions with the most aggressive growth. ## Grab - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Corporate Round, Seed - Focus: Health Care, Information Technology, Travel Grab operates a mobile technology platform that integrates city transportation for driver-partners and customers in South East Asia. It offers services like GrabTaxi, GrabCar, GrabHitch, GrabShare, GrabCoach, GrabShuttle, GrabShuttle Plus, GrabFamily, JustGrab, GrabNow, and GrabRental. Grab offers services in Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines,Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar. Anthony Tan and Tan Hooi Lng founded it in 2012 and is headquartered in Singapore. It has additional offices in Seattle, Beijing, Bangalore, Jakarta, and Vietnam. ## Emtek Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Apps Emtek, Elang Mahkota Teknologi # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co