Top 25 Automotive Angel Investors in Asia in October 2023
Top 25 Automotive Angel Investors in Asia in October 2023
| Investor | Automotive Asia investments |
|---|---|
| Daisaku Harada | 2 |
| Frank Li | 2 |
| Adil Nurgozhin | 2 |
| Jinbo Yao | 2 |
| Ross Veitch | 1 |
| Michaelangelo Moran | 1 |
| Shintaro Tabata | 1 |
| Yumi Tsuda | 1 |
| Hidetoshi Takano | 1 |
| Padmasree Warrior | 1 |
| Fangyi Chen | 1 |
| Yasuyuki Kin | 1 |
| Prijono Sugiarto | 1 |
| Suzuki Tamon | 1 |
| Wei Tao | 1 |
| Yang Jichao | 1 |
| Nagatsuka Masayoshi | 1 |
| Toru Yoshikawa | 1 |
| Nobuyuki Idei | 1 |
| Xiaopeng He | 1 |
| Wenwen Niu | 1 |
| Kevin Diao | 1 |
| Yuya Taketani | 1 |
| Shen Peng | 1 |
| Andree Susanto | 1 |
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Daisaku Harada is the Director of Management Strategy at Mercari. Daisaku attended Chuo University.
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- Finance, Tourism, Automotive
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Carstay — Carstay Comfortable Overnight in car or tentdo itCar tripWith guests who want to enjoy.
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.
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- B2B, Retail, Internet
- Series A, Angel, Seed
- China
Portfolio highlights
- ROM — ROM provides fire safety, health security, management security, and personal safety services.
- Dianjia — Dianjia is an IT company specialized in developing retail service platform to provide O2O solutions.
- Pumpkin Coach — Pumpkin Coach is an O2O platform that helps users to make online appointments with hairstylists at Pumpkin Coach locations in Shanghai and Hangzhou. The company directly connects hairdressers to customers, facilitating communications, payment, and CRM while maximizing revenues for each hairdresser. Each Pumpkin Coach location features all necessarymachinery, equipment, and supplies.
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.
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- EdTech, FinTech, Lending
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Singapore, Kazakhstan, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- UvU Shuttle — UvU is a ride-sharing platform which connects parents with licensed vetted care-drivers on 4-seaters providing first-class transportation service for their kids to travel to school or extraclasses.
- CTOgram — CTOgram is a Kazakhstan-Based Automotive Start-up.
- Kilde — Hands-off regular income with up to 11.5% returns per year. Invest in consumer and SME loans with the leading lending firms.
Jinbo Yao is the President, Founder and CEO at 58.com.
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- Marketing, Logistics, Automotive
- Angel, Series A, Seed
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Chaboshi — Chaboshi offers vehicle conditions, vehicle inspection, car warranty and used car valuation services.
- Xiongmao Kuaishou — Xiongmao Kuaishou is a provider of delivery, logistics and supply chain management services.
- Cbeidou Supply Chain — Canbeidou is a food catering logistics service provider in China.
Ross is CEO & Co-Founder at Wego, an online travel marketplace (aka travel metasearch) operating across APAC and MENA backed by top-tier investors including Tiger Global, Crescent Group, Square Peg Capital, MNC Group and MEVP. Ross is a veteran of the Asian internet industry having established Yahoo!s Southeast Asian operations in Singaporeback in 1998 and leading product development efforts across the region for 6+ years. He is also Singapore Co-Chair of H2, the premier global leadership network for the digital industry. Ross has been an active angel investor in the technology sector for a decade and enjoys working with other passionate entrepreneurs. He has worked in Sydney, Melbourne, London, Kuala Lumpur and is now splits his time between Singapore and Dubai. He travels frequently for business but not nearly enough for leisure.
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- Real Estate, Internet, E-Commerce
- Seed
- Singapore, Thailand, United States
Portfolio highlights
- PropertyScout — PropertyScout is a proptech startup that builds an end-to-end rental and sale platform for owners, agents, buyers, and tenants. The startup is connecting over 1,800 agents and agencies with buyers, renters, and owners, servicing thousands of satisfied customers every month. PropertyScout leverages its database of more than 200,000 properties, itstechnology platform, and its centralized operations to digitize and automate 90% of the real estate transaction. This frees up agents’ time to professionally and efficiently communicate with buyers, renters, owners and co-agents to deliver outstanding service and close transactions faster. Providing a transparent and trusted experience, PropertyScout has quickly become the favorite go-to place for buying, selling, and renting real estate in Thailand, as proven by hundreds of five-star reviews.
- Light — Light is a radically different technology company. We design beautiful tools that respect and empower our users and our first product is The Light Phone.
- PropertyScout — PropertyScout is building a real estate transaction platform enabling a trusted renting, buying, and selling experience. Our mission is to enable consumers (tenants or buyers) to find the most suitable home at the best available price and help owners to earn more, effortlessly by employing the latest technologies and eliminating hassles involvedin renting processes.Founded in 2019, we are venture-funded and now expanding quickly in Bangkok with plans to further expand across South East Asia.
Michaelangelo Moran - Co-Founder, Brand Director @ Gojek
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- Automotive, E-Commerce, Trading Platform
- Seed
- Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
- BeliMobilGue — BeliMobilGue.co.id is an amazing platform that helps you sell your car immediately and without any hassle. Simply click on free valuation and inspection of your car, and sell your car easy, safe and quick while the money will be transferred to your bank account immediately.Enjoy 3 steps to sell your car with super easy, safe, and free ribet!
Shintaro Tabata - Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Sales @ Line
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- Sharing Economy, Audio, Content
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Voicy — Voicy is a mobile platform that recruits both media personalities and news organizations; the entertainers read the news so users can get the latest info from their favorite voices.
- Carstay — Carstay Comfortable Overnight in car or tentdo itCar tripWith guests who want to enjoy.
- Telework — Telework is a multi-location workspace that utilizes vacant seats and rooms.
Yumi Tsuda
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- Automotive, E-Commerce, 3D Printing
- Seed
- Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
- imajin — Digital Manufacturing Ecosystem for Indonesia. Focus on B2B Manufacturing, partner of Ministry of Industry Indonesia as Manufacturing hub. Help to connect, Supplies raw material until project financing.
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 .
Padmasree Warrior is the Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer at Fable. She is also the Chief Executive Officer of NextEV, U.S. She also serves as the Chief Development Officer of NextEV, as well as a member of its Board of Directors. In these capacities, she is responsible for the brains of NextEV's autonomous, electric vehiclesand the overall user experience. She is based in San Jose, CA where NextEV US is headquartered.Previously, Warrior served as the Chief Technology & Strategy Officer (CTSO) for Cisco until September 2015. In this capacity she was charged with aligning the company's technology and business strategy to business results. She was in charge of corporate strategy, mergers, acquisitions, venture investments, and strategic partnerships. Previous to that she was the GM for Cisco Enterprise segment and co-led Cisco's worldwide engineering organization. Prior to joining Cisco, she was executive vice president and CTO at Motorola. Under her leadership, Motorola was awarded the 2004 U.S. National Medal of Technology.Padmasree Warrior has been widely recognized for her creative, visionary leadership. Forbes has named her one of "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women" for three years running. In 2013, The International Alliance for Women gave her the World of Difference Award. In 2012, Business Insider called her one of the "25 Most Influential Women in Wireless". The Aspen Institute gave her the first Leadership in Science and Technology Award. India's National Association of Software & Service Companies (NASSCOM) named her the Global CTO Award winner. The Wall Street Journal has called her one of "50 Women to Watch." Fast Company included her among the "100 Most Creative People in Business." The Economic Times listed her as "the 11th Most Influential Global Indian."Warrior holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi and a Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University. In addition to NextEV's board, Warrior serves on the board of Microsoft. She previously served on the board of Gap and Box.
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- Apps, Genetics, Automotive
- Series A
- China, United States
Portfolio highlights
- NIO — NIO Inc. is a pioneer in China’s premium smart electric vehicle market. NIO’s mission is to shape a joyful lifestyle by offering premium smart electric vehicles and being the best user enterprise. NIO designs, jointly manufactures, and sells smart and connected premium electric vehicles, driving innovations in next generation technologies inconnectivity, autonomous driving and artificial intelligence. Redefining the user experience, NIO provides users with comprehensive, convenient and innovative charging solutions and other user-centric services. NIO began deliveries of the ES8, a 7-seater high-performance premium electric SUV in China in June 2018, and its variant, the six-seater ES8, in March 2019. NIO officially launched the ES6, a 5-seater high-performance premium electric SUV, in December 2018 and began deliveries in June 2019. NIO officially launched the EC6, a 5-seater smart premium electric Coupe SUV, in December 2019 and plans to commence deliveries in 2020.
- Color — Color is a population health technology company that focuses on providing large-scale health care programs and clinical testing. It improves the key health infrastructure systems to make health accessible, convenient, and cost-effective, serving health systems, employers, research institutions, and individual consumers.Its Population GenomicsPlatform offers modular and end-to-end solutions that enable organizations to effectively build and scale population health programs. It provides technology, software, and clinical services to help population programs launch and scale quickly. By combining innovative technology, specialized laboratory infrastructure, and clinical health services, Color creates complete and effective programs that include: Program strategy, planning, and implementation; Participant outreach and engagement; participant education and consent about testing and results; sample (blood or saliva) collection and genetic sequencing; data management and clinical reporting; HIPAA compliance and data security; return of results; clinical services, like genetic counseling and clinical pharmacy; personalized care routine; and ongoing population health management. Color’s partners include NorthShore University Health System, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Ochsner Health System, Verily, Visa, Levi Strauss, and Salesforce.Elad Gil, Nish Bhat, Taylor Sittler, and Othman Laraki launched Color in 2015 and is based in Burlingame, California.
Fangyi Chen (陈方毅) is the founder of Fanhuan.com, a shopping platform for major e-shops. He is also the chief executive officer of Lingganfangzhou and Upin. Chen set up the Inspirational Ark Information Technology Ltd in Xiamen. Besides, he has founded websites such as See You Menstruation Helper, ruguoyun.com, and upin.com.
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- Internet, Automotive, Cloud Management
- Seed, Angel
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Caryu — Caryu is an intelligent service platform for the automotive industry through mobile Internet and cloud technology.
- huim.com —
Yasuyuki Kin
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- Media and Entertainment, Information Technology, Career Planning
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Onepair — Onepair is a job consulting and recruiting company. Onepair is to co-creating careers by talking about real-world ace with active ace.
- Strainer Co., Ltd. — Strainer Co., Ltd. is an information distribution platform that conveys corporate information centered on financial data. Although there are not a few media to deliver financial information, the company's strengths are strong to be easily viewed, including financial information of overseas companies.
- LAMILA — LAMILA develops system that improves the creation of retail stores.
Indonesian citizen, served as President Director of PT Astra International Tbk since March 1, 2010. He is fully responsible for all areas of the Astra Group. Previously served as Director of the Company since May 2001 until February 2010. Join Astra since 1990 and currently also serves as President Commissioner of PT United Tractors Tbk, PT AstraOtoparts, PT Astra Honda Motor, Vice President Commissioner of PT Federal International Finance, PT Toyota-Astra Motor and PT Astra Daihatsu Motor. Prior to joining the Company, he was the Sales Engineering Manager at Daimler-Benz Indonesia. Holds a Dipl.-Ing. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of A. Sc. Konstanz, Germany in 1984 and his Dipl.-Wirtschaftsing. in the field of Business Administration from the University of A. Sc. Bochum, Germany in 1986.
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- Software, Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles
- Series A
- Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
- Otoklix — Otoklix is a focused Startup on the Automotive aftermarket domain. Otoklix's mission is to bridge the gap between vehicle owners and Indonesia’s fragmented general workshop industry. Transforming the vehicle maintenance experience for consumers and equipping workshops by increasing their visibility, providing business solutions throughsoftware, and reducing procurement costs.
Suzuki Tamon
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- Internet, Software, Automotive
- Angel
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Seibii, Inc. — Transforming traditional car maintenance, repair, after-parts installation, road service industry of Japan by leveraging Technology.
Wei Tao - Founder @ Z Ventures Group
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- Hardware, Software, Automotive
- Angel
- China
Portfolio highlights
- JDO Auto — JDO Auto is a full-service software and hardware company for internet of vehicles.
Yang Jichao is working as an investment director of Chentao Capital.
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- Automotive, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
- Series A, Series B
- China
Portfolio highlights
- QIANLIMA — QIANLIMA engages in the field of domestic recruitment and selection.
- Eka Smart Car — Eka is a digital transportation platform, manufactures unmanned cars and aims to be the leading intelligent transportation service.
Nagatsuka Masayoshi
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- Internet, Software, Automotive
- Angel
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Seibii, Inc. — Transforming traditional car maintenance, repair, after-parts installation, road service industry of Japan by leveraging Technology.
Toru Yoshikawa - CEO @ mybest Japan
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- Internet, Software, Education
- Angel, Series B
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Seibii, Inc. — Transforming traditional car maintenance, repair, after-parts installation, road service industry of Japan by leveraging Technology.
- Leading Mark — Leading Mark, a rising human resources startup in Japan. Leading Mark is branching out into mid-career and international hiring. It currently has a one-man team in China working to bring the top Japanese-speaking Chinese students to domestic companies. He also touts his startup’s focus on the average job seeker. “We want to make sure that the usersget the info that he or she needs the most,” he says. Large scale, legacy players can sometimes prioritize the needs of the hiring company, and their commission, over the needs of applicants themselves. This leads to frustration and short-circuited careers.
Nobuyuki Idei has served as our independent director since June 2007.Being an experienced director, Nobuyuki Idei currently also serves as director of Accenture, director of FreeBit Co, Ltd., director of Lenovo Group, and chairman of the National Conference on Fostering Beautiful Forests in Japan.Nobuyuki Idei is the founder and chief executiveofficer of Quantum Leaps Corporation, a specialist consultancy that advises private and public institutions on the changing role of technology in the 21st century.Nobuyuki Idei is also the founder and chairman of the board of Asia Innovators’ Initiative, a private non-profit organization that he established in 2011 to serve as a catalyst for social innovation in Asia by bringing together a diverse range of individuals and promoting knowledge sharing.Nobuyuki Idei was chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Corporation from 2000 to 2005, chief corporate advisor from 2005 to 2007, and chairman of the advisory board from 2007 to 2012.Prior to that, Nobuyuki Idei held a range of leadership positions at Sony including general manager of the audio division, senior general manager of the home video group, and president and representative director.Nobuyuki Idei has also served in a number of other advisory positions including as counselor to the Bank of Japan, member of Japan’s national IT Strategy Council, and vice-chairman of Nippon Keidanren.Nobuyuki Idei received a bachelor of science degree in economics and politics from Waseda University in Tokyo.
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- Information Technology, Manufacturing, Internet
- Seed, Funding Round, Corporate Round
- Japan, France, United States
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- Pyrenee — Pyrenee is a hardware startup that creates devices that protect people's lives.
- Antescofo — Antescofo is the mariage of world-class R&D and Business endeavours. Their technology is the result of 7+ years of R&D in the world’s largest laboratory dedicated to Music and Technology, IRCAM in Paris, and public experience with the most important musicians and orchestras around the world. The principle? Through Intelligent MachineListening, they recognize how humans perform music in real-time and use that information to synchronize content and provide an immersive experience! Antescofo was incorporated in July 2016 and based in Paris, France.
- Stake Technologies — Stake Technologies is a technology company that provides blockchain solutions to enterprises.
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.
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- Autonomous Vehicles, Computer, Software
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- China
Portfolio highlights
- WeRide — WeRide, A Smart Mobility Company With Leading L4 AD Technologies.
- Xpeng Motors — Xiaopeng Motors is an electric vehicle and technology company that designs and manufactures smart cars.
Wenwen Niu - Founding Partner @ Dark Horse Ventures
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- Fuel, Automotive, Customer Service
- Seed
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Hengdache Shidai — Hengdache Shidai is an automotive fuel O2O platform service provider.
Kevin Diao - Co-Founder @ Mx Federation
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- Internet, Automotive, Cloud Management
- Seed
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Caryu — Caryu is an intelligent service platform for the automotive industry through mobile Internet and cloud technology.
Yuya Taketani - Chief Executive Officer @ Gunosy
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- Apps, News, Mobile
- Seed
- Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Gunosy — Gunosy is a news curation application that covers a wide range of news from entertainment news to political news. The application finds its news from multiple web sources and presents them according to how hot the topic is. Gunosy’s features include categorized tabs; the ability to customize the categories that users need to follow and create theirown personal magazine; instant access to a wide variety of news; and push notifications to remind users of news updates.The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Japan.
- Telescope Japan — Telescope Japan Internet Company
Shen Peng was a co-founder of Meituan meal-delivery unit. In April 2016, he left Meituan and set up Waterdrop Inc., aiming to provide medical funds efficiently to the general public. The company has four major businesses: Waterdrop Mutual Aid, Waterdrop Fundraising, Waterdrop Insurance and Waterdrop Health, and had served more than 20 millionpaying users within one year of its establishment. Based on the different needs of users, Waterdrop Mutual Aid, Waterdrop Fundraising and Waterdrop Insurance provide an effective channel for users to gain access to medical funds, while Waterdrop Health connects the upstream and downstream of the health industry to form an ecological closed loop covering health management, prevention and screening, consultation, treatment, and rehabilitation, so as to provide comprehensive health security services for users.
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- Internet, Automotive, Cloud Management
- Seed
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Caryu — Caryu is an intelligent service platform for the automotive industry through mobile Internet and cloud technology.
Andree Susanto is the Founder at Waresix.
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- Software, Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles
- Seed
- Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
- Otoklix — Otoklix is a focused Startup on the Automotive aftermarket domain. Otoklix's mission is to bridge the gap between vehicle owners and Indonesia’s fragmented general workshop industry. Transforming the vehicle maintenance experience for consumers and equipping workshops by increasing their visibility, providing business solutions throughsoftware, and reducing procurement costs.
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