Top 5 EdTech Angel Investors in Hong Kong (October 2023)

Michael’s responsible for strategic growth in the Asia Pacific region of Zendesk. An IT sales veteran, Michael has more than 20 years experience in a variety of sales and marketing roles spanning the U.S., Europe, Asia and Australia.Prior to becoming Zendesk’s first employee, Michael was selling help desk projects in Australia. Michael is anarmy officer who has studied at the Danish Technical University.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Art, SaaS
Stage:Seed
Geography: Germany, Hong Kong

Investor stats

Total investments: 3
Round size: Seed $500k–$600k
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

ChartMogul — SaaS & subscription reporting, analytics & metrics for Stripe, Braintree, Chargify, Recurly and PayPal. In one click get your MRR, LTV, churn rate, cohort analysis and more.
Soundbrenner — Innovative music tools that remove the hassle from your practice. Master your craft with the Core, Pulse or our app The Metronome.

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Tom James - Advisor @ OneLogin

Investment focus

Industry: SaaS, Software, Artificial Intelligence
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Investor stats

Total investments: 10
Round size: Seed $500k–$900k; Pre-Seed $457k–$1M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Cargofy — Cargofy it's a mobile assistant, kind of a "Siri" but for truck drivers. We help truckers access to high paying loads through our app, and receive discounts on fuel, maintenance, and truck parts.
seedata.io — Using deception technology, our platform enables customers to deploy decoys quickly, automatically rotate them, and detect potential attackers early, reducing the chances of a security incident going unnoticed.
MONET — Embedded finance for agencies and B2B platforms. Frictionless access to white-labelling B2B credit, global payments and new revenue streams. Offer white-label invoice finance to your network, driving growth for you and your suppliers.

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Yat Siu is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Outblaze a messaging communications company that services over 40 million users today based out of Hong Kong.Yat has previously worked for Atari Germany, served as Director and Head of East Coast Operations for Lexicor, established Hong Kong Cybercity (the first free web page and e-mail providerin Asia, later renamed Freenation), as well as AT&T Solutions System Integration practice.He has been named a Global Leader of Tomorrow and a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.It has been reported that Yat Siu sold Outblaze messaging to IBM to become Lotus iNotes.Yat is also responsible FON's operations in China.

Investment focus

Industry: Blockchain, Gaming, Software
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: United States, Hong Kong, Singapore

Investor stats

Total investments: 76
Round size: Seed $1M–$10M; Series A $4M–$32M
Lead/follow: 66% lead, 34% follow

Portfolio highlights

Mocaverse — Mocaverse is the Animoca Brands membership NFT collection of 8,888 unique beings: The Mocas. Join the Mocas in the realms to Learn, Play, Do Good, and Build together as we champion our Web3 values!
Gusto Collective — First brandtech group using the latest technology to help brands create content and experiences across the physical and virtual worlds.
OneFootball — OneFootball covers over 100 international soccer leagues and competitions live and in incomparable detail.

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Antoine is a technology entrepreneur and an investor in technology companies in California and China. He has 20 years of leadership experience in technology marketing worldwide, as CEO, senior officer and director/advisor in listed companies, start-ups, turnarounds and midsize-to-large companies. Antoine has traded in the currency and stockmarkets for 10 years. Antoine's career highlights include working with the Tokyo representation of the French Prime Minister's DATAR unit to negotiate the setup of Mitsubishi Electric, Canon, Toshiba and Sony's industrial facilities in France, and a 4-year stint at Nortel Networks where he headed the OEM and Asia/Pacific unit of the company's digital wireless terminals business. Antoine was also president & COO of Zi Corporation, a developer of intelligent user interface software listed on the NASDAQ Main Board, and CEO of Dejima, Inc., a developer of distributed artificial intelligence software, which he sold to Sybase, Inc. In addition, Antoine worked at salesforce.com, the leader in on-demand enterprise applications, as vice-president, and at Good Technology, the last independent challenger to RIM Blackberry, as senior vice president. He is an investor, board member and advisor in a number of companies in California, Greater China and Japan. He is the author or co-author of 5 patents. Antoine holds a MBA from the Paris Graduate School of Management (ESCP) and has studied at the faculties of Economics and Commerce of Chuo University in Tokyo.

Investment focus

Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Health Care
Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
Geography: United States, Hong Kong, United Kingdom

Investor stats

Total investments: 8
Round size: Seed $1.2M–$1.3M; Series A $6M–$6M
Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow

Portfolio highlights

GoShare — Moving, hauling, and delivery help is just a tap away with GoShare's easy app. Get a truck or cargo van in less than an hour.
LogicInk — LogicInk is developing bio-chemical signals that can be worn daily, to support your wellbeing with increased knowledge about your health and daily peace of mind.
Pathship — Pathship is an education platform that leverages AI and ML. An alternative to today’s higher education, connecting people with jobs they’re passionate about.

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