Top 50 Artificial intelligence Angel Investors in Asia in October 2023
Top 50 Artificial intelligence Angel Investors in Asia in October 2023
| Investor | Artificial intelligence Asia investments |
|---|---|
| Wei Guo | 4 |
| Kotaro Chiba | 4 |
| Kotaro Chiba | 4 |
| Sanjay Uppal | 4 |
| Serguei Netessine | 3 |
| Mamoru Taniya | 3 |
| Mark Cuban | 3 |
| Hidetoshi Takano | 3 |
| Yao Song | 2 |
| Bala Chandra | 2 |
| Pawoot Pom Pongvitayapanu | 2 |
| Binny Bansal | 2 |
| Masao Ito | 2 |
| Shigeru Urushibara | 2 |
| Ritesh Agarwal | 2 |
| Fabrice Grinda | 2 |
| Jefriyanto Guang | 2 |
| JJ Chai | 2 |
| Alex Solomon | 2 |
| Ayataro Nakagawa | 2 |
| Anand Chandrasekaran | 2 |
| Roger Allen | 2 |
| Lei Ming | 2 |
| Tony Fadell | 2 |
| Royston Tay | 2 |
| Chinmay Chauhan | 2 |
| Ravi Trivedi | 2 |
| Kiyoshi Nishikawa | 2 |
| Shuichi Takenaga | 2 |
| Solomon Hykes | 2 |
| Chen Zhu | 2 |
| Suresh V Shankar | 2 |
| Rohit Mulani | 2 |
| Nina Alag Suri | 2 |
| Tom Preston-Werner | 2 |
| Qi Lu | 2 |
| Takaya Shinozuka | 2 |
| Budi Handoko | 2 |
| Güimar Vaca Sittic | 2 |
| Hirofumi Miki | 2 |
| Matsuo Koichiro | 2 |
| Pramodh Rai | 2 |
| Fabio Cannavale | 2 |
| Abhishek Sharma | 2 |
| Koki Yabu | 2 |
| Yutaka Matsuo | 2 |
| Wanqiang Li | 2 |
| Stein Jakob Oeie | 2 |
| Ricky Winata | 2 |
| Thanapol Kongboonma | 2 |
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Wei Guo, the founding partner of UpHonest Capital, is an active angel investor in Silicon Valley, focusing on early-stage cross-sector investments. He founded Wei Fund in 2015 and UpHonest Capital Fund I in 2016, invested in well-known companies such as Hims&Hers(NYSE: HIMS), Vicarious Surgical(NYSE: RBOT), Knightscope (NASDAQ: KSCP), Checkr,Lime, Boom, Rescale, Dialpad and more. Since 2015, he has invested in over 400 Silicon Valley startups, over 76 companies with valuations greater than 100 million USD, and 23 portfolio companies that have successfully exited.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, China, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Golden — Golden is a developer of a self-constructing knowledge database used to accelerate discovery and education. The company uses and leverages human effort by using machine intelligence to make the process of gathering and communicating knowledge simpler.It combines a powerful search across several entities with fine-grain alerts to stay on top ofchanges, and semi-automatic research assistance for gaps in knowledge that enable people in organizations to stay current, understand and leverage the latest trends in their industry.
- Playbook — Playbook gives creators the opportunity to build and grow a subscription business. Fans get an all-access pass to a curated health and wellness content.
- Crossing — Crossing Media is a live broadcast e-commerce service company that builds awareness, engagement, and sales through live-stream shopping.
Kotaro Chiba is the founder of ChibaDojo Fund. Kotaro Chiba attended Keio University.
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- Internet, Drones, Software
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan, United States
Portfolio highlights
- MI-6 — MI-6 is a research, development, consulting, and project management for material development using IT. We will promote materials informatics in the field of material development with our technological capabilities and a wealth of project knowledge that challenge the world's most advanced technologies .
- ELESTYLE — ELESTYLE are promoting mobile payments and providing high value-added services for users to realize a cashless society.
- Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
Kotaro Chiba is the founder of ChibaDojo Fund. Kotaro Chiba attended Keio University.
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- Internet, Content, Software
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Japan, United States
Portfolio highlights
- MI-6 — MI-6 is a research, development, consulting, and project management for material development using IT. We will promote materials informatics in the field of material development with our technological capabilities and a wealth of project knowledge that challenge the world's most advanced technologies .
- ELESTYLE — ELESTYLE are promoting mobile payments and providing high value-added services for users to realize a cashless society.
- Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
Sanjay Uppal is the Founder & CEO of Singapore-based AI-envisioned fintech, Finbots.AI (www.finbots.ai). Founded in 2017, the firm was recognised among ‘Top 10 FinTechs in Singapore’ at the MAS Fintech Awards 2020. Finbots.AI’s Vision is to “Develop transformational products that accelerate Innovation in Financial Institutions”. The firm’sfounders bring together their extensive global experience in financial services & leading technologies such as AI, ML & advanced analytics to develop innovative solutions that overcome complex challenges facing FIs globally.Sanjay brings over 25 years' experience in financial services with global and regional banks in leadership and board roles & in advising bank boards & management in achieving strategic transformations.In November 2019, Sanjay was recognised by the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SICCI) for “Entrepreneurial Excellence & Outstanding Leadership”.Banking Career – key roles : Group Chief Financial Officer – EmiratesNBD (UAE), Group CFO – Hong Leong Bank (Malaysia), CFO roles in Taiwan, Philippines & UAE at Standard Chartered Bank, and Global Head of Strategy – Wealth Management, Standard Chartered.Education : MBA, MS Physics (IIM Bangalore, India), BE Electrical & Electronics Engineering (BITS Pilani, India), Strategic Financial Leadership Programme (The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania)
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- B2B, SaaS, Banking
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- finbotsAI — A singapore based AI envisioned fintech certified by Singapore Fintech Association Finbots.AI builds innovative AI-powered products & solutions to help financial institutions become AI-first.
Serguei Netessine is Vice-Dean for Global Initiatives and Dhirubhai Ambani Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Operations, Information and Decisions Department at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He lived and worked in Russia, USA, France and Singapore., author and speaker on innovation.Prof. Netessine receivedBS/MS degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology and, after working for Motorola and Lucent Technologies, he also received MS/Ph.D. degrees in Operations Management from the University of Rochester. His current research focuses on business model innovation and operational excellence and he worked on these topics with numerous organizations including Federal Aviation Administration (USA), Lockheed Martin, Procter & Gamble, McDonald’s, Rolls Royce, Comcast, Expedia, ABB and US Air Force. He serves on advisory boards of multiple startup companies and regularly speaks on Innovation and Entrepreneurship.Professor Netessine has been the recipient of several teaching awards for delivering classes to MBA and Executive MBA students at the Wharton School and INSEAD, and he frequently teaches in Executive Education Programs. Prolific academic writer, professor Netessine holds senior editorial positions at several leading academic journals and he co-authored dozens of publications in prominent management journals, including Management Science, Operations Research, Harvard Business Review and other. His work has received extensive media coverage in CIO Magazine, the Economist, Forbes, Multichannel Merchant, New York Times, US News and Strategy & Business and other press. He regularly blogs about innovation on http://www.renaissanceinnovator.com and HBR Network. His latest book on Business Model Innovation is forthcoming with Harvard Business Press in 2014.
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- E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence, Fashion
- Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Singapore, United States, Malaysia
Portfolio highlights
- TabSquare — Look to the future of the F&B industry - Tabsquare's POS integrated online restaurant system increases hospitality profitability through AI Technology.
- Comedywire — Comedywire offers an online platform that enables its users to find, share, and create posts of comedic content. Comedywire enables its users to connect with each other and share ideas. Comedywire was founded by Preston Gitlin in December 2014.
- Alltius Inc. — Alltius is an AI-driven platform for conversational assistance in software products primarily to help and guide users in their product journeys.
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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- Apps, Content, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Japan, Singapore, Spain
Portfolio highlights
- Revorf — Revorf analyzes data and develops AI-related to infectious diseases and healthcare.
- abillion — Find tips for plant-based food & products near you. Join the community to share reviews of restaurants & brands. Raise funds & drive sustainability!
- 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.
Mark Cuban is the founder of Fireside, Chairman and Founding partner of AXS TV, and the Owner of Dallas Mavericks. Prior to that, he was the Co-Founder of Broadcast.com. Mrk attended the Indiana University Bloomington.
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- Software, Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Leverage — Answering the Fundamental Question: "Where
- Regent — We build all-electric, passenger-carrying, wing-in-ground-effect vehicles to service coastal routes with technology available today.
- Bequest Finance — Succession and protection for digital assets. Trusts, Wills, Payable on Death, LLCs, tax efficient structuring for Crypto, Documents, Email data, and more.
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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- Internet, Information Technology, Media and Entertainment
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Japan, United States
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 .
Yao Song
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- Software, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Angel
- China
Portfolio highlights
- VirtAI Tech — VirtAI Tech’s Orion AI computing platform helps customers build datacenter class AI accelerator resource pools so that user applications can transparently share and use AI accelerators on any server in the data center without modification, which can not only help customers improve resource utilization and can greatly facilitate the deployment ofuser applications. A bunch of artificial intelligence, Internet and public cloud companies have begun to use the Orion AI computing platform.
Bala Chandra is the Founder and CEO of Propel Technology Group Inc. He previously worked at BRAG (Ragtagger Lifestyle Pvt Ltd) as an Angel Investor. Bala Chandra attended Harvard Business School.
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- Credit, Events, Software
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Singapore, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Maroo — The smartest way to pay for your wedding
- Easy Eat — Easy Eat is a tech solution for such consumers. Using our solution in-dining guests can browse menus online, search for items, and review description and nutrition value. They can also place and track orders, make payments through an integrated interface and keep a record of their dining history.Restaurants can save time and money and bettermanage the footfall. They will also have access to advanced user analytics, something like Google Analytics. It will gives a fillip to their marketing intelligence, customer strategy and business efficiency.
Pawoot is like an icon of Thailand online business. Many people call him "the godfather of E-Commerce"
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- Software, Marketing, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Thailand, Malaysia
Portfolio highlights
- DayWork — People and Part-time marketplace
- PEAK — PEAK (peakaccount.com) is one of the leading online accounting software provider in Thailand. We manage accounting record of almost 100,000 transactions valued over 2 billion bath per month. PEAK is a supported startup from True Incube and is invested by True, GSB, and SET. We won several awards and recognitions including winner prize for Ease ofDoing Business Solution, Design Innovation, True Incube Batch 2. We are not only providing online accounting software but we are building business infrastructure for future data-driven economy. We help SMEs in Thailand have a better accounting system and have a better chance of getting loan or money they need to expand their business.
- Protoss Technology — Technology outsourcing company
Binny Bansal is an Indian software engineer and Internet entrepreneur. In 2007 he co-founded the e-commerce platform Flipkart with Sachin Bansal (not related) and was serving as the Chief Operating Officer until 11 January 2016 and was promoted to Chief Executive Officer. In January 2017 he was promoted to Group CEO of Flipkart. Binny is fromChandigarh and graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi with a degree in Computer Science and Engineering.
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- Software, Internet, Apps
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- India, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Virgio — Women's & Men's Clothing and Accessories | Shop Trendy Fashion Online
- Leela Life — Timeless Indian wellbeing secrets for peaceful and joyful living
- Alltius Inc. — Alltius is an AI-driven platform for conversational assistance in software products primarily to help and guide users in their product journeys.
Masao Ito is a Founder & CEO at User Local.
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- Content, Social Media, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- mikai — mikai is a virtual YouTuber management, VR / AR content development.
- Tokyo — Tokyo provides consistently-designed signage and projector installation, as well as maintenance company support. All customers need is “product selection” considering installation. This is a service that does not take time and effort!
- Graffity — Graffity to provide AR experiences globally and enrich life more conveniently and invent the AR entertainment experience and provide it globally.
Shigeru Urushibara - President & CEO @ UL Systems
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- Task Management, Artificial Intelligence, Social Media
- Series A, Seed, Angel
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- EmbodyMe — Making the unimaginable, imaginable with AI
- SPACE WALKER — SPACE WALKER specializes in design, manufacture and sale of peripheral components.
- SingulaNet Ltd — SingulaNet Ltd provides a total solution using cutting-edge blockchain services.
Aroa Ventures is an investment initiative of Ritesh Agarwal's family office, focused on supporting the startup ecosystem in India. Ritesh is the Founder and Group CEO of OYO Hotels & Homes.
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- Artificial Intelligence, E-Learning, EdTech
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- India, Singapore, Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Vetic — Vetic is a network of cutting-edge clinics with an emphasis on providing comprehensive pet health care.
- Josh Talks — By leveraging our expertise in research and storytelling, we create exclusive content in regional languages to help brands tell their story better and reach their target audience.
- Pepper Content — Pepper is a powerful content marketing stack that helps you create high-quality content at speed and scale. Build your dream team and manage all your content on our platform, designed for champions.
Fabrice Grinda is among the world’s leading Internet entrepreneurs and investors.He has over $300 million in exits and 150 angel investments. Fabrice has served as CEO for three multinational companies and has an impressive track record as an early investor in Alibaba, Lending Club, Delivery Hero and Brightroll.Fabrice is currentlyinvesting in startups and building companies through FJ Labs, which he cofounded with business partner Jose Marin. Fabrice is also co-founder and executive chairman of Beepi, a next generation used car marketplace. Beepi recently raised $60 million in series B funding.Prior to FJ Labs and Beepi, Fabrice was co-founder and co-CEO of OLX, one of the largest websites in the world with over 200 million unique visitors per month. The company operates in 40 countries and has over 1,200 employees. OLX is the largest classifieds site in India, Brazil, Pakistan, Poland, Ukraine, Portugal and many other emerging markets.Before OLX, Fabrice was co-founder and CEO of Zingy, one of the largest wireless media companies in the Americas. Fabrice successfully grew the business to $200 million in sales in four years.Fabrice started his entrepreneurial journey in 1998, at 23, when he co-founded and was CEO of Aucland. Soon after, Aucland grew into one of the largest auction sites in Europe. Before his entrepreneurial endeavors, Fabrice worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company.Fabrice holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University. He graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1996, and was awarded the Halbert White prize, given to the most distinguished economics student, as well as The Wolfe Balleisen memorial prize, awarded for best thesis.In his free time, Fabrice likes to travel the world, kitesurf, play tennis, and blog about his personal and professional life at www.fabricegrinda.com.
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- E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, France, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- OTPless — Experience the future of user authentication with OTPLESS. Our one-tap sign-in solution eliminates the need for passwords and OTPs, offering a secure, convenient, and user-friendly alternative.
- PIXmania.com — PIXmania is a pan-European electrical e-tailer operating in 26 countries. PIXmania has been growing its market positions across Europe while leveraging the benefits of being part of the Dixons Retail Group. Pixmania now serves more than 7 million customers over Europe with a wide range of product categories.
- Le Collectionist — Le Collectionist is a luxury travel brand offering the discerning traveller a selection of exquisite holiday rentals around the world with hotel-like services.
Jefriyanto Guang - Co-Founder & Chief of Product @ PAYFAZZ
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- Software, Developer APIs, Computer Vision
- Seed
- Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
- Verihubs — Kembangkan infrastruktur digital perusahaan dengan sistem keamanan yang otomatis dan terintegrasi di Verihubs untuk kelancaran bisnis Anda.
JJ Chai is the CEO & co-founder at Rainforest. He attended National University of Singapore.
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- Information Technology, Real Estate, Rental Property
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
- NodeFlair — NodeFlair aims to help tech talents make better career decisions through jobs, salaries, reviews, company insights, and more
- Mito Health — An AI-Powered medical team dedicated to optimising your health. Focusing on in-depth diagnostics and evidence-based strategies across 5 key pillars of nutrition, sleep, exercise, supplements and mental well-being.
- Needle — The world's first personal AI marketer for rising brands. It acts like a smart assistant to help you defy the odds. Sign up for early access!
Alex Solomon is the CEO and co-founder of PagerDuty, a SaaS company focused on building the leading IT operations management platform for IT operations engineers and DevOps. The company is funded by Andreessen Horowitz.Previously, Alex consulted for Intersect Inc., building highly customized e-commerce applications.Prior to Intersect, Alexspent nearly 3 years working at Amazon.com as a software engineer in Supply Chain, where he engineered and maintained large scale systems helping Amazon efficiently purchase goods into their network of warehouses from a wide variety of vendors and suppliers.Alex graduated from the University of Waterloo in 2006 with a Bachelor of Software Engineering.
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- Software, Developer Tools, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A
- United States, Canada, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Metrist — Metrist is third-party status monitoring so you can know if it's you or one of your 50+ cloud and/or SaaS that's causing downtime.
- Supabase — The Open Source Alternative to Firebase.
- Reclaim.ai — Reclaim is an intelligent calendar assistant that blocks flexible time on your calendar for anything you want to focus on.
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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- Internet, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Japan, Hong Kong, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Meetscare — Meetscare provides correct information and supports the self-awareness of all people involved in care. The company provides a wealth of information to ensure optimal care and create a mechanism for the realization. Users can make a telephone consultation and web diagnosis and search for free information using the system.Meetscare was founded on2016 and is headquartered in Arakawa, Tokyo.
- SPORTS CROWN — SPORTS CROWN engages in the development and operation of fantasy sports.
- Recipio Japan — Recipio is a service that can suggest recipes just by entering ingredients the user already has at home. The app can also refine suggestions based on the user's mood, the occasion, and how many people the user is eating with, and more.
Anand Chandrasekaran is a Partner at General Catalyst. He previously worked at Facebook and attended Stanford University.
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- Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- India, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Jupiter — Jupiter is a grocery automation service that takes care of the shopping, delivery, and even meal-planning.
- OpsLyft — The only cloud management platform that focuses on providing actionable insights for technology and financial leaders.
- Fold Health — Crafting the building blocks of modern primary care
Roger Allen, director and co-founder of A&B, has practical credentials directly relevant to the Fund based upon over thirty years as a chief executive of a major Australian IT services company with worldwide operations, then 13 years as an active investor in private companies in the ICT industries.Roger grew shareholder value in ComputerPower from $250k in 1978 to $170m in 1995 (at the time of his retirement) and also grew the annual revenue to over $300m and staff to more than 3,000. Roger obtained private equity from News Corporation, through the direct involvement of Rupert Murdoch, prior to taking Computer Power public on the ASX in 1987. He has direct personal experience in selling Australian information technology products and services in the USA, Europe, Asia, as well as Australia.He served for six years until 1997 as deputy chairman of Austrade and is very well known throughout the information technology industry in Australia and internationally. He was the first chief executive from an Australian company to be elected chairman of the Australian Information Industries Association, has represented Australia at the World Computer Services Forum and was vice-president of the Asia-Pacific industry organisation. He has also served on two advisory councils to the Prime Minister and has chaired state advisory boards in both NSW and Victoria. He has been an adjunct professor in the School of Entrepreneur-ship of Swinburne University and regularly lectures at INSEAD in the School of Entrepreneurship. Roger was recently awarded the 2007 Pearcey Medal for Lifetime Achievement in recognition for his outstanding contribution to the ICT industry.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Australia, Hong Kong, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Unleash live — Unleash live is a secure cloud-based software platform which uses A.I. algorithms to track and monitor objects from live video streams from a number of sources including cameras, drones, satellites and IoT sensors. Real-time, live camera feeds can be streamed by multiple users allowing for faster decision making and real-time collaboration.Solutions are provided across multiple industries including infrastructure, pipelines and resources, construction and emergency services.Unique extensions are able to added onto the account, such as: - 2D, 3D modelling and VR immersion - Remote drone and robot operations in real time - IoT sensor integration - Broadcastingand Media Production - Data Analytics and Visualisation / GraphingUnleash live are enabling new experiences and business models through a scalable software platform for the collection, storage and distribution of data from connected intelligent machines. The connected cloud platform is changing the way people interact with networked devices in the field, providing an innovative solution for small and medium sized businesses as well as larger enterprises.
- August Robotics — We automate dirty, dangerous and dull tasks all over the world.
- Fingerprint For Success — AI technology to bring out the best in your team. Start now for free. Trust in more than 1 million coaching minutes, rated 4.4 out of 5 with a 90% success rate.
Lei Ming
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- Artificial Intelligence, Medical, Hardware
- Seed, Series A
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Seengene — Seengene Inc. is an AI company that focuses on Mix Reality technology. The mission of Seengene is to digitize their 3D world and implement interaction between virtual content and the real world by its spatial intelligent engine and high definition visual map for both indoor and outdoor environment.The product system of Seengene consists ofsoftware, hardware and cloud service. In software product line, they customize AR solutions for clients, they also have SDK for user terminals, such as mobile phones, tablets and smart glasses. The hardware product line is consisting of untethered smart glasses with free form curve optics, industrial monocular eyewear and environment 3D visual information scanning device. By scanning device, one can scan both interior and exterior large space very efficiently, such as shopping malls, airports, factories, hospitals and other various buildings. The scanned and processed 3D information can be used for reconstruction and localization. The cloud service hosts all the 3D data and AR interaction content data and provides computing services for SDK on user devices.Seengene has founded a co-research laboratory with renowned Peking University to tackle the hardest computer vision problems relied by most intuitive mixed reality user interactions. The vision of Seengene is to help many clients from various industries such as cultural tourism, marketing, security and industry with its AI technology to improve their efficiency and experience.Since established, Seengene has served many clients from various industries and received plenty of praise from them.
- Changmugu Medical — Changmugu Medicalis an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered healthcare start-up providing AI-powered surgical robot solutions.
Tony Fadell led the team that created the first 18 generations of the iPod and the first three generations of the iPhone. Before Apple, Tony built the Mobile Computing Group at Philips Electronics. Tony has authored more than 100 patents. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelors in Computer Engineering.
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- Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Hardware
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- United States, Canada, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Prenuvo — Prenuvo offers MRI scanning systems that help in early detection of cancer and other diseases.
- bolttech — bolttech is an international insurtech shaping the future of insurance. Our vision is to connect people with more ways to protect the things they value.
- Nothing — Nothing is a London-based company removing the barriers between people and technology to create a seamless digital future.
Royston Tay is Co-Founder & CEO at Zopim. He is GM of Chat at Zendesk.
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- E-Commerce, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Singapore, Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
- Upmesh — Automate your live selling and increase your FB and IG live sales. Capture comments as carts with the Upmesh live selling system.
- Motorist — Motorist is a Singapore-based automotive platform that simplifies vehicle ownership through smart solutions. We help drivers and car owners to manage their vehicle by providing them with a range of auto services. Stay informed with our network of motorists and motor services.
- RaRa Delivery — RaRa Delivery is a e-commerce logistics company located in Selatan.
Chinmay Chauhan is a Co-Founder of BukuWarung. He was the Director of Product at Carousell, an Investor at hoolah, and the Product Lead at Grab.
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- Financial Services, Sales, Banking
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- India, Indonesia, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Upmesh — Automate your live selling and increase your FB and IG live sales. Capture comments as carts with the Upmesh live selling system.
- Verihubs — Kembangkan infrastruktur digital perusahaan dengan sistem keamanan yang otomatis dan terintegrasi di Verihubs untuk kelancaran bisnis Anda.
- Hyperface — Hyperface is a banking-as-a-service startup that helps companies create and launch their own credit cards.
Ravi is the founder of Srijan Capital, which is focused building startups, and angel investing.He is a board observer and board member for few startups in his portfolio. He is a Mentor for IIM-A's iAccelerator, and Microsoft Accelerator. Ravi is also an hands-on Digital Marketer with experience in running online businesses, and currentlylearning the ropes of SAAS business.Prior to this, he worked as a Principal at Southeast Interactive Technology Funds, an early stage technology venture capital fund in North Carolina, USA. Before Southeast Interactive Technology Funds, he worked as Equity Analyst with Bank of America, where he covered companies over $120B in market capitalization. He was part of the team that was ranked runners up in the Alpha Hedge Fund Research rankings.He started his career as a software engineer at Hewlett Packard and has global cross-functional experience in leading and managing technology functions. He worked in marketing, consulting and engineering functions at Hewlett Packard. Ravi co-authored the book Web Services Security, and participated in creating web services standards. He holds a Patent for "System and Methods for Recommending Third Party Services". Ravi completed his MBA from Duke University, Fuqua School of Business and has a Masters in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
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- Mobile, News, SaaS
- Seed, Angel
- India, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Tookitaki — Protect your business against financial crime with Tookitaki's smart AML screening, monitoring and case management solutions. Get in touch to get started.
- Skillenza — Skillenza is the optimum gap filler between required market-ready skills and the current college student skillset. We directly address the growing concerns of students & job seekers while connecting the right person with the right opportunity.
- Mech Mocha — Mech Mocha runs India's first vernacular social gaming platform for the next billion Indians.
After working at KDD Corporation (Currently known as KDDI Corporation), Kiyoshi Nishikawa next went to work at Arthur D. Little Inc. in the United States, where he became inspired to start his own company. After returning to Japan, he established a Japanese corporation of the world’s largest Internet company, America On Line, LLC. Later andbased on this experience and the relationships he developed, he founded the first Internet business incubator, NETAGE, Inc. After serving as the President and CEO of NETAGE Group, he later became and still serves as the Chairman of ngi group, inc. Kiyoshi was one of the main entrepreneurs responsible for proposing and realization of “Shibuya Bit Valley Concept†and is well known for his various speeches and writings. He is a graduate of the Department of Education at Tokyo University.
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- News, Social Media, Big Data
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Japan, United States
Portfolio highlights
- PoliPoli — PoliPoli is a next-generation politics co-creation platform where you can participate like a game. Politicians from all over Japan post their policies in an easy-to-understand manner, and those who sympathize can enjoy working on the "missions" necessary to realize the policies.
- Astroscale — Astroscale is the first private company with a vision to secure the safe and sustainable development of space for the benefit of future generations, and the only company solely dedicated to on-orbit servicing across all orbits.
- TECHFUND — TechFund is a venture capital firm specializing in incubation and seed stage investments. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
Takenaga Shuuichi is an individual investor.
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- Information Technology, Management Consulting, Marketing
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Morght — Morght is an information technology service company.
- Tagpic — Tagpic offers influencer marketing targeting services such as influencer casting, SNS branding, and talent production.
- H&H Group Japan — H&H Holdingsis a Professional Services company.
Solomon Hykes is the Founder, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Architect of Docker and the creator of the Docker open source initiative. In his role at Docker, Solomon is focused on building a platform for developers and system administrators to build, ship, run and orchestrate distributed applications. A Forbes 30 under 30 and YCombinatoralumni, Solomon led dotCloud as Chief Executive Officer through five years of fundraising, business operations and product launches before focusing entirely on Docker. Prior to dotCloud, Solomon held engineering, IT infrastructure management and software development roles at CEIS and SmartJog.
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- Software, Cloud Computing, Developer Tools
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, France, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- cubzh — cubzh is a new free-to-play video game that is all about user-generated content through a cube system.
- Gladia.io — 1 stop shop AI API hub for developers
- Depot — The fastest place to build Docker images.
Chen Zhu is the Product - Head of Matching at Poshmark. Attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
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- Artificial Intelligence, Software, Real Estate
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Synyi — The Senyi team is composed of elites from well-known universities and well-known companies at home and abroad. It integrates experts in areas such as artificial intelligence, medicine, medical informatics, and medical informationization. The core team's technical achievements have been applied to a number of national and municipal projects. Hehas published more than 20 papers in international top journals and has spoken at top international medical conferences.
- 17zuoye — 17zuoye is an online learning platform for students K-12, as well as teachers and parents. The name means “homework together” in Chinese, and the site aims to serve as a nexus for all three groups to facilitate the educational experience, focusing on English and Math classes.17zuoye offers a multi-platform homework solution that is in sync withthe textbook curriculum and enhanced by big data analytics. 17zuoye provides the teachers with good teaching tools and comprehensive statistics, the students with interesting learning apps and individualized adaptive learning content, and the parents with immediate study reports. 17zuoye also acts as a social network for these users, having the largest real-name based online teachers’ forum and Wechat parent’s community in the country.
- Hui'an Jinke (Ahi Fintech) — Hui'an Jinke designs and develops software for enterprises using artificial intelligence technology.
Suresh V Shankar is the Founder and CEO at Crayon Data.
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- Software, Analytics, Machine Learning
- Seed, Angel, Convertible Note
- India, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- boxx.ai — Boxx.ai democratizes analytics: Boxx uses Artificial Intelligence to build products that enable enterprises solve their most critical analytics problems quickly and at affordable costs.
- Crayon Data — Singapore-based AI and Big Data company helping enterprises with revenue acceleration, personalization, and marketplaces through their maya.ai platform.
I'm passionate about solving problems and driving impact at scale. Rohit Mulani is the Founder & CEO at Gotrade.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
- Seed
- Indonesia, Philippines
Portfolio highlights
- Verihubs — Kembangkan infrastruktur digital perusahaan dengan sistem keamanan yang otomatis dan terintegrasi di Verihubs untuk kelancaran bisnis Anda.
- 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.
Nina Alag Suri is a Founder and CEO at X0PA AI. He attended Pune University.
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- SaaS, Big Data, Analytics
- Seed
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- X0PA AI — X0PA AI is an intelligent B2B hiring platform / software that simplifies and expedited talent acquisition and recuirment process. From sourcing, screening, interviewing and offering, XOPA does it all!
Tom Preston-Werner - Cofounder @ Preston-Werner Ventures
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- Software, Information Technology, Developer Tools
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- SigNoz — SigNoz is an open-source observability tool to help you find issues in your deployed applications & solve them quickly. It provides logs, metrics, and traces under a single pane of glass. Built with ClickHouse as datastore, it is designed to handle enterprise scale.
- KittyCAD — Infrastructure for hardware design tools.
- MoneyHash — MoneyHash provides access to payment and fintech services across the Middle East & Africa with one simple integration.
Dr. Qi Lu works for Microsoft as president of the Online Services Group. Dr. Lu leads Microsoft’s efforts in search and online advertising and all the company’s online information and communications services. Dr. Lu reports directly to Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer.Dr. Qi Lu has also served as executive vice president ofengineering for Search and Advertising Technology Group at Yahoo where he leads development efforts around Yahoo's Web search and monetization platforms. Prior to joining Yahoo in 1998, Dr. Lu was a Research Staff Member at IBM Almaden Research Center. Before that, Dr. Lu worked at Carnegie Mellon University as a Research Associate, and at Fudan University in China as a faculty member. He holds 20 U.S. patents, and received his B.S. and M.S. in computer science from Fudan University and his Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University.
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- Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Information Technology
- Series A, Pre-Seed, Seed
- China, United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- AiMall — AiMall develops artificial intelligence technology designed to transform the traditional mall experience.
- Cloudera — Cloudera delivers a hybrid cloud platform for any data, anywhere, from the Edge to AI.
- Jacobi Robot — Jacobi Robot creates generic artificial intelligence and cross-embodiment control methods for robots. It applies AI/AGI to the physical environment, allowing intelligent robots to assist a variety of sectors and households.
Takaya Shinozuka is the President, CEO, and Founder at Reiwa Travel.
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- Internet, Local, Advertising
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Japan
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- Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
- KAUCHE — X Asia creates enjoyable shopping experience.
- Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
Budi Handoko - Co-Founder & COO @ Shipper
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
- UpBanx — Upbanx helps to manage money, get financing, grow commercial partnerships, launch digital assets and raise investments.
- Verihubs — Kembangkan infrastruktur digital perusahaan dengan sistem keamanan yang otomatis dan terintegrasi di Verihubs untuk kelancaran bisnis Anda.
Güimar is a tech entrepreneur and angel investor as well as Venture Partner at FJ Labs.
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- E-Commerce, Software, Marketplace
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Rintin — rintin is a B2B marketplace that connects small independent retailers with curated emerging brands.
- Lara AI — Helping leaders maximize the employee experience in a personalized manner
- Thingtesting — Explore thousands of new online brands and share your honest reviews so everyone on the internet can shop better. Discover the best brands in personal care, home decor, clothing, food, tech and more.
After JTB Co., Ltd. and CYBIRD Co., Ltd. as an initial member of Glee Co., Ltd. is responsible for business development. Currently, he is mainly engaged in venture support in the Internet area, investing in venture and venture capital, and served as management advisor for dozens of companies. Hands-on business development, growth strategydevelopment, financing advice, HR organization design support, partner referral and Recruit Support. He is also engaged in business support for ventures in the healthcare and university venture fields. He served as Digital Health Meetup Advisor, NEDOTCP Mentor and Future 2016 Mentor.
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- Content, Marketing, Internet
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- AceRNA — AceRNA contributes to regenerative medicine and drug discovery through the discovery of novel miRNA functions. It began operation in April 2018, with its headquarters in Kyoto in Japan.
- Epicbase — Epicbase is an AI-based automatic voice transcription service based on voice recognition technology.
- Go Visions — Go Visions engages in the edutainment tech for children and human resources services.
Matsuo Koichiro - Director @ Kokopelli
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- Robotics, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Kokopelli — Kokopelli is a Fintech start-up company that develops the management support platform "SHARES" for small and medium-sized businesses and the AI loan screening engine "FAI" (* 2) that enhances credit for financial institutions.
Pramodh Rai is the Co-Founder at Cyber Sierra. He attended Nanyang Technological University Singapore.
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- Rental, Internet, Software
- Seed, Convertible Note
- Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
- Flokq — Get Room for Rent in Jakarta from Flokq. Looking to Share apartment or monthly rental Coliving Space in Jakarta? Connect with us today!
- Verihubs — Kembangkan infrastruktur digital perusahaan dengan sistem keamanan yang otomatis dan terintegrasi di Verihubs untuk kelancaran bisnis Anda.
Abhishek Sharma is the Co-Founder and CEO of CoffeMug. He previously worked at Dineout as a COO. Abhishek Sharma attended Delhi University and Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies.
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- AgTech, Software, Machine Learning
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Singapore, India
Portfolio highlights
- Terraview — At Terraview we are building a Climate SaaS OS for the wine industry, providing intelligence & certainty and helping with production, distribution and capital needs of wineries & vineyards.
- TerraviewOS — At Terraview we are building a Climate SaaS OS for the wine industry, providing intelligence & certainty and helping with production, distribution and capital needs of wineries & vineyards.
- gogoBus — gogoBus is redefining intercity travel in India with buses having ultra luxury seats, premium onboard services.
Koki Yabu is Founder, President & CEO at Mobcast inc.
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- Content, Finance, Data Mining
- Angel, Pre-Seed
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Mobcast group — mobcast is a sports entertainment company that operates a mobile entertainment platform for smartphones and feature phones. It supports customers with social game and social media services. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. Currently, it operates as a subsidiary of mobcast Inc.
- SmartApp Japan — Smart Apps is a developer of a blockchain services application designed for smartphones. The company's application uses cryptocurrency technology to offer token issuance, initial coin offering and dApps design support, providing a launchpad for start-up blockchain-related businesses.
1997 Graduated from Tokyo University, Department of Electronic and Information Engineering. In 2002, he completed the doctoral program at the same graduate school. Ph.D. (Engineering) He was a researcher at the Institute of Industrial Science and Technology since the same year. After working as a visiting researcher at Stanford University in August2005, Associate Professor of Technology Management Strategy, Institute of Research, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo in 2007. Co-Representative, Associate Professor, Global Consumption Intelligence Donation Course, Department of Technology Management Strategy, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University. Professor from 2019, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Engineering, Department of Technology Management Strategy. He specializes in artificial intelligence, web mining, big data analytics. The Society of Artificial Intelligence received the Paper Award (2002), the 20th Anniversary Project Award (2006), the Field Innovation Award (2011), and the Merit Award (2013). At the Society of Artificial Intelligence, he has been a student editorial committee and an editorial committee, and vice chair/director since 2010. Chairman of Ethics from 2014 to 2018. Chairman of Japan Deep Learning Association since 2017.
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- Artificial Intelligence, Neuroscience, Machine Learning
- Seed
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- DeepX — DeepX is an AI startup company based in Tokyo that was founded in 2016 by graduates from the University of Tokyo, Japan’s leading institution of higher education. After three strong years of establishing ourselves, we continue to grow and are ready to make an impact on society through our work. Our core mission is to ‘automate any machinery’ andsupported by our successful projects, we believe that Deep Learning and its real-world implementations will bring an unprecedented breakthrough to solve current and future societal problems. A key challenge that Japan is currently facing is a super-aging society and a shrinking labor population leading to shortages. We develop software to automate machines ranging from small industrial robots to big heavy equipment. Our control models can achieve flexible operation for various environments and conditions using cutting-edge technology such as Deep Reinforcement Learning.
- MinD in a Device — MinD in a Device Co., Ltd. is a university-launched venture that aims to port human consciousness to devices (machines and computers) in the medium to long term based on long-term research results on consciousness. As the first step toward realization, we will evolve and deepen the "generation model" considered to be the source ofconsciousness, and promote the development of next-generation AI and social implementation.
Wanqiang Li is responsible for the marketing of Xiaomi. He was the General Manager of Kingsoft Dictionary and notable for being one of the earliest UI practitioners in China. Graduated from Xi'an Science & Engineering Institute with a degree in Industrial Design in 2000, he joined Kingsoft’s UI Department and played a key role indeveloping many famous software projects including Kingsoft Antivirus, Kingsoft Dictionary and WPS Office. Wanqiang Li served at Kingsoft in various positions as Chief Designer of UI department, Director of Design Center and Director of Internet Content. Wanqiang Li is also a Co-founder of Xiaomi.
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- Artificial Intelligence, Art, Apps
- Angel, Series A, Funding Round
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Dayou — Dayou is a metaverse digital space service provider.
- reddoon.ai — reddoon.ai creates professional-quality product images.
- Optimist — Optimist is a private consumer brand that creates gear for artificial intelligence. It manufactures AI hardware products.
Stein Jakob Oeie is the Founder & Managing Director, Indonesia at Rocket Internet GmbH. Before joining Rocket Internet as Managing Director Indonesia, Stein worked for J.P. Morgan as Associate. Stein holds a Master's degree from the HEC School of Management / HEC Paris.
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- Fashion, Internet, Shopping
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Singapore, Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
- Talkpush — Talkpush is the leading conversational CRM for recruitment. Automate the repetitive stuff and focus on the right talent.
- Propseller — Sell, buy and rent property smarter with Propseller. Get premium service and full transparency for a fair commission. Sell for only 1%.
- Lazada Group — Lazada is the number one online shopping and selling destination in Southeast Asia – present in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Lazada helps more than 100,000 local and international sellers, as well as 2,500 brands, serve the 560 million consumers in the region through its marketplace platform, supportedby a wide range of tailored marketing, data, and service solutions. Lazada offers an excellent customer experience through a wide network of logistics partners and it's own first- and last-mile
Ricky Winata is the Co-Founder at PAYFAZZ.
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- Software, Developer APIs, Computer Vision
- Seed
- Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
- Verihubs — Kembangkan infrastruktur digital perusahaan dengan sistem keamanan yang otomatis dan terintegrasi di Verihubs untuk kelancaran bisnis Anda.
Thanapol Kongboonma
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- Text Analytics, Computer Vision, Machine Learning
- Seed
- Thailand
Portfolio highlights
- iApp Technology Co., Ltd. — Artificial Intelligence Developers (AI) Focused on Natural Language Processing (NLP). Web Development, Software Development, Mobile Development, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Natural Language Processing (NLP), Thai language, Name Entity Recognition (NER), Thai Machine Comprehension (QA), Information Processing, DatabaseSystem, Elastic Search, Deep Learning, Face Detection, Machine Translation, Sentimental Analysis, Big Data, Data mining, Speech Recognition, Wakeword Detection, Speech Synthesis,
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