# Top 50 Transportation Angel Investors in Asia in June 2026 ## Edward Ismawan Chamdani - Type: Angel - Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Lifestyle, Agriculture, Aquaculture Managing and Founding Partner of Ideosource Venture Capital, an Indonesia focused venture capital firm dedicated on early-stage to later-stage investments. ## Ishara Yusdian - Type: Angel - Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Debt Financing - Focus: Agriculture, Lifestyle, Waste Management Investor | Storyologist | Builder ## Gang Wang - Type: Angel - Location: Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series A, Angel, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Transportation, Medical Gang Wang ## Ingo Drexler - Type: Angel - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce Early-stage VC investor since 2005, fund advisor and active business angel with holdings in more than 25 technology companies. Ingo founded Next Level VC in 2019 to bundle his angel and advisor activities. Before, as CIO of Mountain Partners, Ingo reshaped and implemented the direct investment strategy of the group, which led to significant exitsand value creation. In parallel, he initiated and set up the group’s company building activities (Rheingau Founders). As an investment partner at Scail Capital he built up its retail-related investment operations. Ingo is also a co-founder and acted as a chairman of the board of Montredo, a leading online platform for new luxury watches that has recently been sold to Les Ambassadeurs Group. Before joining the VC industry, he served as COO at MovingImage and studied at Technical University of Ilmenau and UFSC in Brazil. ## الياس الجبل - Type: Angel - Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series B, Pre-Seed - Focus: Aerospace, Space Travel, Information Technology الياس is an accredited investor and angel investor with holdings in private equity funds. Much Space experience as Head of Management, Control, and Quality in all walks of Space at the European Space Agency with a real passion for SBX, an angel investment boutique aiming to use Space superpower to further humanity. Faithful to his erratic suite ofinterests, he develops AI applications, holds a master's in Business Administration at the Henley Business School (UK), a master's degree in Chemical engineering from the University of Bologna (IT), and -most recently - studied Development Economics at MITx (US). ## Wes Schwalje - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology Operator at nexus of policy, tech, and dev, investor, advised 8 unicorns on MENAP entry/scale-up, support Big Tech / startups to get along with govt ## Peter Findley - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Logistics, Recycling, Residential Peter Findley ## Jinbo Yao - Type: Angel - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Angel, Series A, Seed - Focus: Logistics, Marketing, Automotive Jinbo Yao is the President, Founder and CEO at 58.com. ## Pawoot Pom Pongvitayapanu - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Marketing, Internet Pawoot is like an icon of Thailand online business. Many people call him "the godfather of E-Commerce" ## Bob Xiaoping Xu - Type: Angel - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Angel, Seed - Focus: Internet, Mobile, Education Bob Xiaoping Xu is the founder of ZhenFund and one of China's most celebrated angel investors. Established in 2011 as a joint fund with Sequoia Capital China, ZhenFund is China’s foremost angel fund. Managing USD 600 million, ZhenFund has 500 portfolio companies and offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Palo Alto. It has played a leading role inChina’s rise as a “startup nation”, and is widely considered a beacon of light in China’s vibrant startup environment. Prior to founding ZhenFund, Mr. Xu co-founded China's largest private English training and test preparation group, New Oriental Education, along with Michael Yu and Victor Wang. New Oriental became listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2006 and currently has a market cap of USD 11 billion. The founders’ endeavors, which helped drive Chinese education toward a new global era, was featured in the box office hit “American Dreams in China”. The movie ranked as the #3 Chinese domestic box office hit in 2013. Mr. Xu’s success as an educator and an entrepreneur led him to angel investing, where he has pioneered a unique investment philosophy of investing in exceptional people. He became one of the most prolific patrons of entrepreneurship, as well as a leading mentor to young business leaders. Forbes Magazine has honored him on the Midas List as one of the World’s Top 100 Venture Capital Investors for two consecutive years (2016 and 2017). Mr. Xu currently serves as the Chairman of China Angel Investment Association. Mr. Xu has more than 11 million followers on Weibo, the Chinese version of Twitter. He is also a prolific author who has published seven books on career growth and education. His writings, speeches and interviews on entrepreneurship, investment and education have had an immense impact on China’s emerging business leaders, and particularly on those who have studied abroad. He is the president of Committee 2005, an institution that gathers the most influential Chinese overseas returnees, including the likes of Robin Li, Neil Shen and Lee Kai-fu. Mr. Xu is deeply committed to philanthropy. He is a founding donor and the Committee Acting President of the Future Science Award, an annual award of USD 1 million for scientists who have made significant contributions to life sciences and physical sciences in Greater China. Mr. Xu graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music, the Chinese equivalent of Julliard School of Music, with a bachelor’s degree in music. He received his master’s degree in music from the University of Saskatchewan. Prior to that he was a counsellor at Peking University for five years. ## Ivan Lee - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Beauty, Wellness, Lifestyle Ivan Lee - Founder @ Raging Bull ## Yu Akasaka - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Content, Food and Beverage, Apps 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. ## Lijie Wang - Type: Angel - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Aerospace, Manufacturing, Big Data 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. ## Takao Ozawa - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Real Estate, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Takao is the former CEO of YJ Capital. He is also the President of Shopping Company at Yahoo Japan. Prior to Yahoo, he founded Bizseek, Inc. in 1999 which was acquired by Rakuten, Inc. in 2001. He joined Rakuten after the acquisition and was the Corporate Officer in charge of auctions. During his career in Rakuten, he was engaged in projects suchas formation of Rakuten Eagles. He left Rakuten in 2006 and founded Ozawa Research Institute where he enhanced business in areas such as investments to start-up companies and consulting. In 2011, he founded Crocos, Inc. which was sold to Yahoo Japan in 2012. As an angel investor, he invested/founded companies like nanapi, Appgrooves, STARFESTIVAL, Crocos, Netage and many others. ## Nobuhiro Ariyasu - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Finance, Content, Internet Nobuhiro Ariyasu is the CEO at Coach United. ## Kevin Aluwi - Type: Angel - Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Blockchain, B2B Kevin is a Venture Partner at Lightspeed. Previously, he was co-founder and CEO at Gojek ## Walid Aradi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Internet, Health Care Entrepreneur, investor. Advising global tech companies navigate through MENA+ regulatory environments, market entry and scaling ## Yusuke Sato - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Content, Internet, Food and Beverage Yusuke Sato is the Co-Representative and Co-Founder of Pulit. ## Frank Li - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Series A, Seed - Focus: B2B, Retail, Internet Frank Li is a former at Ameba Capital. CEO of WaCai. Prior to founding Ameba Capital, Mr. Li worked for Alibaba Group, where he focused on website planning and construction. He developed Alibaba’s biggest paying client base and second biggest income product, 1688 CXT. Mr. Li founded Koubei.com in 2004 and acted as CEO. Alibaba Group acquiredKoubei.com for over 50 million US dollars in 2008. Koubei.com merged with Yahoo China before finally merging with Taobao. ## Siqi Chen - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Gaming Siqi Chen is the Chief Financial Officer of Runway. He previously worked as an Advisor at Laserlike Inc. Siqi attended UC San Diego, where he obtained a BA in Mathematics and Computer Science. ## Ken Soga - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series D - Focus: Music, Content, E-Commerce Ken Soga is an individual investor. ## Xin Xu - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Series A, Series B - Focus: Video, Mobile Apps, Food Delivery Xin Xu ## Yang Bin Kwok - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Apps Yang Bin Kwok ## Tiger Fang - Type: Angel - Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Logistics, Accounting Tiger Fang is Co-Founder and CEO at Kargo Technologies. Before Cargo, Tiger had successfully led various technology companies. He is general manager at Uber Indonesia and China, and managing director at Lazada Thailand. ## Daisaku Harada - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Finance, Tourism, Automotive Daisaku Harada is the Director of Management Strategy at Mercari. Daisaku attended Chuo University. ## Xiaopeng He - Type: Angel - Location: Guangzhou, Guangdong, China - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Autonomous Vehicles, Computer, Software He Xiaopeng is the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of UCWeb Inc. and is in charge of the overall product design and R&D of the company. He has extensive working experience in foreign owned enterprises and as an entrepreneur. He and Liang Jie jointly founded UCWeb in 2004. Under their leadership, UCWeb’s product and technology hasgained significant market share in China. In 2011, He and his team developed proprietary U3 engine, being the first proprietary technology developed in the mobile browser industry in China.Before joining UCWeb, He worked as Technology Manager, Testing Manager, and Project Manager at AsiaInfo Technologies (China) Co., Ltd.He received his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from South China University of Technology in 1999. ## David Su - Type: Angel - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series D - Focus: EdTech, Railroad, Logistics David Su is the Founding Managing Partner at Matrix Partners China. ## Masaru Tange - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Food Delivery Masaru Tange graduated from Kyoto University and joined Incs Inc. in 2000 where he started their IT business and strategy consulting group with only 2 members and developed it into the company's main business with a team of 140 consultants with annual revenue of $50M in 5 years. He then founded SHIFT Inc in 2005 in his studio apartment. He wasthe only employee. The business world wasn't very kind to him - he made no revenue for a while but he kept experimenting with the business model listening to the needs of customers. In 2009, he finally found traction in the "software testing industry." In 2014, Masaru successfully IPO'ed the company. Shift now has 500 employees. ## George Godula - Type: Angel - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 2 - 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) ## Royston Tay - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence Royston Tay is Co-Founder & CEO at Zopim. He is GM of Chat at Zendesk. ## Nate Matherson - Type: Angel - Location: Hoboken, New Jersey, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, FinTech, Software Nate Matherson is the Co-founder/CEO of Positional. Positional is a toolset for content teams to scale their content channels faster and drive more traffic from organic search. ## Edward Tirtanata - Type: Angel - Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Supply Chain Management, AgTech, Seafood Edward Tirtanata is the CEO and Co-Founder at Kopi Kenangan. He is also the Founder of Lewis & Carroll Tea. Mr. Tirtanata si a former Managing Partner at iHuntington Consulting. Edward received a bachelor of science in Finance and Accounting at Northeastern University. ## Murat Abdrakhmanov - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Murat Abdrakhmanov is a co-investor at 2C2P. Attended Fuqua Executive school of bussines. ## Adil Nurgozhin - Type: Angel - Location: Astana, Astana, Kazakhstan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, EdTech, FinTech Adil joined I2BF in 2012 as an Investment Director and the Head of the Kazakh office for the Russia-Kazakhstan Nanotechnology Fund. His previous experience is diverse across fields such as law, business development and financial investments. He is a serial entrepreneur and an angel investor with a deep knowledge of the Central Asian market. Priorto joining I2BF, he spent 5 years in various executive positions executing investments for the National Welfare Fund Samruk-Kazyna and the Regional Financial Center of Almaty. Adil holds a degree in International Law, he has an MBA and MPA. ## Masao Ito - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Content, Social Media, Information Technology Masao Ito is a Founder & CEO at User Local. ## Mamoru Taniya - Type: Angel - Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Apps, Content, FinTech 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. ## Märt Kelder - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Transportation founder at Voog. ## Matt Brezina - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Matt Brezina investor and advisor Ford Street Ventures. University of Maryland. ## Kazuma Ieiri - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Content, Fashion, FinTech Born in 1978 and raised in Fukuoka prefecture, Kazuma founded paperboy&co. inc. (currently GMO Pepabo) and went on to become the youngest CEO ever (at the time) to take a company public in Japan by taking paperboy&co. public on the JASDAQ Japanese stock exchange. After leaving paperboy&co, he continued his startup trail by foundingBASE, CAMPFIRE, and XIMERA. Kazuma also dabbled in the food services industry via the founding of On The Corner (a cafe) and is active in the startup investment scene. He also started the Liverty-house project which attempts to create shared housing for young people in need. ## Martin Li - Type: Angel - Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Logistics, Transportation, Apps Entrepreneur and Investor based in Hong Kong. Attended Questrom School of Business, Boston University. ## Sahil Bloom - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Travel, FinTech Sahil Bloom ## Kensuke Furukawa - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Content, SNS, Software 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". ## Wei Tao - Type: Angel - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Hardware, Software, Automotive Wei Tao - Founder @ Z Ventures Group ## Tatsuya Ota - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Medical, Taxi Service, Public Safety Mr. Ota is an International Fencing Federation Director ## Tatsuya Shiga - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Medical, Taxi Service, Public Safety Mr. Shiga is a Part-time lecturer at the University of Tokyo ## Tang Lei - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Software, Logistics, Artificial Intelligence Tang Lei ## Eugene Wong - Type: Angel - Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Software, SMS, SaaS Eugene Wong has almost 4 decades experience as an investment banker, entrepreneur and angel investor both on the East and West Coasts. He has served as an advisor, director and investor to several companies, including First American International Bank (NY,NY), Optimer Pharmaceuticals (SD,CA), Radixx Solutions International (Orlando, FL)., WeeSPINMusic (LA, CA),Veracast Communications (SF, CA), and the Mountainwest Technology Accelerator (NV). He is a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Business with an M.B.A. in Finance , and of Cornell University with a B.S. in Engineering Physics . Mr. Wong is married to his wife Lai of 43 years, with two adult offspring: Byron (40)-married, and Vanessa (38). He divides his time between the Bay Area-San Francisco,CA and Nevada.Mr. Wong was a founding member of The Aslan Group – a national group of angelinvestors to early-stage companies (1998). 1995 – CEO of AmerAsia Parnters. Mr. Wong was the Managing Partner of IHG-a boutique investment bank in New York in 1990 which did the management buyout of Protection One Alarm Services and subsequent IPO; and was also engaged in the recapitalization of Sunbeam Oster, out of bankruptcy. Prior to that he served as a Managing Director of the High Yield Securities Department at Prudential Bache Securities (1987) and served on the Investment Committee of Prudential Bache Merchant Banking Fund- an $800 million private equity fund. He was a Senior Vice President in the High Yield and Convertible Bond Department of Drexel Burnham Lambert (Los Angeles) in 1983, and began his career on Wall Street with Goldman Sachs & Companyin 1973.Mr. Wong co-founded the SF Bay Chinese Entrepreneurs Association Chapter in 2001. He is on the Advisory Board of the UNLV College of Engineering, the Advisory Board of the UNLV Center for Entrepreneurship, and is a member of the Sierra Angels (Incline Village) and the NV Angels (Switch Comm.). ## Guillaume Luccisano - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, Mobile Apps Guillaume Luccisano was the Co-Founder of TripleByte and Socialcam. He attended EPITECH for his degree in computer science. ## Akiyuki Minami - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Freelance, Logistics After graduating from Keio University in April 1999, it joined the Sumitomo Bank (now Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation). After experiencing such as transportation and food service industry analyst business, joined Advantage Partners, a pioneer in corporate acquisition fund in January 2004. Of 5 in charge of the investment projects, managementimprovement activities and as an officer of the investee companies, contributing to the realization of a good investment return. In 2009, it completed the Oxford University School of Management (MBA). I met with local other, who led the Japanese corporation (NPO) the establishment of the blast beat youth social entrepreneurship program with music, such as participating in NPO corporation handsome business cards Oxford of synchronization has been established, individual actively participate in activities to support the independence and autonomy. He left the Advantage Partners in June 2011 in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake, Ltd. was established well self (now Corporation Kokonara) himself as a representative. ## Mari Pangestu - Type: Angel - Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Apps, Mobile, Internet Mari Elka Pangestu was the Minister of Trade of Indonesia.