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Top 50 Financial Services Angel Investors in Asia in October 2023

A list of 50 angel investors that invest in Financial services startups based in Asia. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Financial services companies from Asia. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Financial Services Angel Investors in Asia in October 2023

Investor Financial Services Asia investments
Balaji Srinivasan 8
Kotaro Chiba 7
Nobuhiro Ariyasu 7
Sandeep Nailwal 7
Kotaro Chiba 7
Amrish Rau 6
Boon Hwee Koh 6
Ishara Yusdian 5
Yusuke Sato 5
Toivo Annus 5
Edward Ismawan Chamdani 5
Shintaro Yamada 4
Sanjay Uppal 4
Tianwei Liu 4
Yu Akasaka 4
William Hockey 4
Ayataro Nakagawa 4
Tiang Lim Foo 4
Wing Vasiksiri 4
Gokul Rajaram 4
Kensuke Furukawa 4
Jaynti Kanani 4
Do Kwon 3
Eduardo Saverin 3
Budi Handoko 3
Owen Van Natta 3
Rohit Mulani 3
Chinmay Chauhan 3
Yoshinori Fukushima 3
Pierre Lorinet 3
Lisa Gokongwei 3
Eric Kwan 3
Tascha Punyaneramitdee 3
Adam Malik 3
Shunsuke Oyu 3
Masaru Sunagawa 3
Kain Warwick 3
Kazuma Ieiri 3
Mohandass Kalaichelvan 3
Oliver Jung 3
Ana Andrianova 2
Christy Choi 2
Robby Hilkowitz 2
Ajeet Khurana 2
Hidetoshi Takano 2
Mamoru Taniya 2
Girish Mathrubootham 2
Andreas Ehn 2
Yusuke Tanaka 2
George Godula 2

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Balaji Srinivasan
Angel · San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States · 43 investments in the past 12 months

Balaji S. Srinivasan is the Co-Founder and Board Member of Coin Center. He was the CTO of Coinbase and cofounder of Counsyl, Earn, Teleport, and Coin Center. He was previously CEO at Earn.com, which was recently sold to Coinbase. Prior to taking the CEO role at Earn.com, Dr. Srinivasan was a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Prior to joininga16z, he was the cofounder and CTO of Founders Fund-backed Counsyl, where he won the Wall Street Journal Innovation Award for Medicine and was named to the MIT TR35. Dr. Srinivasan holds a BS, MS, and PhD in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University. He also teaches the occasional class at Stanford, including an online MOOC in 2013 which reached 250,000+ students worldwide.

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Investment focus

  • Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • United States, India, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

  • Induced AI — Induced AI works to automate browser tasks. It runs a cloud to complete manual tasks on a browser with human-like reasoning capabilities.
  • Parallax — Receive money as if you were abroad. Save big with best rates and lowest fees. Withdraw instantly.
  • Proof of Play — We are a team of veteran game developers and entrepreneurs creating onchain games and open source technology. Our vision is simple: to create generation-defining games that fundamentally grant power and ownership to the players who play them.
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Kotaro Chiba
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Kotaro Chiba is the founder of ChibaDojo Fund. Kotaro Chiba attended Keio University.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investment in the past 12 months

Nobuhiro Ariyasu is the CEO at Coach United.

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Investment focus

  • Content, Internet, Finance
  • Seed, Angel, Funding Round
  • Japan, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
  • Todoker — Todoker is a baggage delivery convenient service providing company.
  • Seibii, Inc. — Transforming traditional car maintenance, repair, after-parts installation, road service industry of Japan by leveraging Technology.
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Sandeep Nailwal
Angel · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · 24 investments in the past 12 months

Sandeep Nailwal is the Co-Founder of Polygon. He is a former Co-Founder and CEO of Scopeweaver. He attended the National Institute of Industrial Engineering.

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Investment focus

  • Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • United States, India, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

  • Rep3 — Rep3 is a Web3 community management application. Rep3 uses gamification methods to assist lps encryption projects in managing communities, members, and contributions.
  • Orb — A community-focused social app for people to connect, interact, and transact in their daily lives on web3 built with Lens Protocol.
  • Lens Protocol — Lens Protocol is a composable and decentralized social graph, ready for you to build on so you can focus on creating a great experience, not scaling your users.
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Kotaro Chiba
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Kotaro Chiba is the founder of ChibaDojo Fund. Kotaro Chiba attended Keio University.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Amrish Rau
Angel · 4 investments in the past 12 months

Amrish Rau is the CEO of Pine Labs.

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Investment focus

  • Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • India, Singapore, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

  • KUmar Pradeep — Cart Abandonment Rate is the percentage (%) of online visitors who add items to their shopping cart but then abandon it without making a purchase. It shows the rate at which your potential customers are leaving without buying.
  • 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.
  • CoinCRED — CoinCRED allows users to buy, sell, and trade cryptocurrencies.
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Boon Hwee Koh
Angel · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 2 investments in the past 12 months

Boon Hwee is the founding partner of Credence and Chairman of the investment committee. Concurrently, Boon Hwee is a member of Agilent Technologies Inc, Chairman of AAC Technologies, Yeo Hiap Seng Limited, and Sunningdale Tech Limited.Boon Hwee began his career in 1977 at Hewlett Packard ("HP") and rose to become its Managing Directorin Singapore, a position he held from 1985 to 1990. Boon Hwee's other previous positions include:Chairman of Singapore Telecom Group ("SingTel") and its predecessor organisations for 17 yearsChairman of Singapore Airlines Limited ("SIA") for 4 yearsChairman of Development Bank of Singapore ("DBS") for 4 yearsDirector on the Board of Temasek Holdings Private Limited for 15 years (Boon Hwee also served as a member of the Executive Committee from January 1997 to September 2010)Chairman of the Wuthelam Group for 10 yearsBoon Hwee was named the Outstanding Manager of the Year in 1991 by Business Times and DHL Worldwide. He was conferred The International Herald Tribune Visionary and Leader Honour in January 2003.Boon Hwee contributes actively to non-profit organisations, and is the current Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Nanyang Technological University and a Director of the Hewlett Foundation in the United States.Boon Hwee obtained his Bachelor's Degree (First Class Honours) in Mechanical Engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London in 1972 and his MBA (Distinction) from the Harvard Business School in 1976.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Financial Services, FinTech
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Singapore, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

  • Faarms — FAARMS is a new age digital platform catering to the needs of farmers.
  • Summer — Summer International is a next generation Beauty, Health & Wellness Lifestyle company, headquarted in Los Angeles and South Korea.
  • Lyte Ventures — Built for creators, designed for the future of work. We do the hustling so that you can focus more on what matters to you.
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Ishara Yusdian
Angel · Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia

Investor | Storyologist | Builder

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Investment focus

  • Agriculture, Waste Management, Lifestyle
  • Seed, Convertible Note, Debt Financing
  • Indonesia, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

  • Foom — We are an Indonesian-based tech-enabled consumer product startup with mission to aid adult sm*krs move away from combustible sm*kng and encourage people to shift to safer way of consuming nic. No Hassle, No Worries! Switch Now!
  • PasarMIKRO — PasarMIKRO, aplikasi perdagangan komoditas pertanian dan hasil laut. Solusi inovatif untuk petani, nelayan dan pedagang mikro indonesia!
  • Gayo Capital — Investing Tomorrow's Winner
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Yusuke Sato
Angel

Yusuke Sato is the Co-Representative and Co-Founder at Pulit.

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Investment focus

  • Internet, Content, Food and Beverage
  • Seed, Funding Round, Angel
  • Japan, Indonesia, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • AirX — AirX is a management service company specializing in air transportation agency business and travel arrangement business. The company leverages technology to transform the notion of mobility into an unprecedented experience. It also provides services such as CodeShare, AIROS Skyview, and AIROS Air Loss. AirX will create the movement of the futuresociety, sightseeing and the way of life of helicopter, Empty MaaS, Flying taxi, eVTOL, and Next-generation traffic.AirX was established on February 23, 2015, and is based in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
  • yup — yup is providing services to support freelance people's funding.The freelance population in Japan has been shown to continue to increase in many Chosa. While working styles are diversified, they are not able to respond to the development of the working environment, and they will develop their business to change the situation where problemssuch as funding, credit, sexual harassment, and power harassment are accumulated.
  • 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.
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Toivo Annus
Angel · Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia

Active individual investor in flying drones, also looking at payments and ecommerce.

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Investment focus

  • E-Commerce, Software, FinTech
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • Singapore, United States, Estonia

Portfolio highlights

  • Salv — Smart AML solutions. Detect and mitigate money laundering risks through advanced transaction monitoring, sanction screening, and KYC risk scoring.
  • Enview — Enview offers the next generation of Geospatial Analytics Software and GEOINT technology for energy companies and governments to protect their critical infrastructure.
  • GOSU Data Lab — Try the World`s first game voice assistant to master the game effortlessly. Learn more - how it works and how can it help you.
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Edward Ismawan Chamdani
Angel · Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia

Managing and Founding Partner of Ideosource Venture Capital, an Indonesia focused venture capital firm dedicated on early-stage to later-stage investments.

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Investment focus

  • Agriculture, Waste Management, Lifestyle
  • Seed, Convertible Note, Debt Financing
  • Indonesia, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

  • Foom — We are an Indonesian-based tech-enabled consumer product startup with mission to aid adult sm*krs move away from combustible sm*kng and encourage people to shift to safer way of consuming nic. No Hassle, No Worries! Switch Now!
  • PasarMIKRO — PasarMIKRO, aplikasi perdagangan komoditas pertanian dan hasil laut. Solusi inovatif untuk petani, nelayan dan pedagang mikro indonesia!
  • Gayo Capital — Investing Tomorrow's Winner
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Shintaro Yamada
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in the past 12 months

During his years at Waseda University, Shintaro worked at Japan’s biggest e-commerce mall, Rakuten, Inc. On August 1st 2001, Shintaro established “Unoh Inc.” after graduating university. At Unoh he was responsible for designing and developing several web services, one of which was the online magazine subscription . Services provided by Unohinclude planning, development and management of the film enthusiast community site “Movie Life” (acquired by PIA Corporation) as well as “Sugu.CC” , “NeoAd” (both acquired by GMOAP) and the photo sharing site “Photozou” (acquired by Digital Garage).In 2009 Unoh entered into social gaming, creating multiple successful social games. Among these games, “Machitsuku!” has been its biggest hit with over 5 million users. On August 3rd 2010, Unoh joined Zynga and Shintaro became General Manager of Zynga Japan. He resigned on January 2012. After traveling around the world, He established the new company “Mercari, Inc.” on February 2013 and released the resale shopping app “Mercari” on July 2013 in Japan.He is a true Internet geek, spending a lot of time on the Internet and boasts around 180,000 followers on Twitter.

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Investment focus

  • Internet, Finance, Information Technology
  • Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Japan, United States, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

  • Autify — Autify - Revolutionizing Software Testing with the most advanced AI-powered Software Testing Tool
  • Peach Cars — Peach Cars building a solution for those looking to buy and sell vehicles whole information on vehicles and hassle-free transactions.
  • AnotherBall — AnotherBall = Digital + Entertainment + Token economy
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Sanjay Uppal
Angel

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Tianwei Liu
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States

Founder & CEO @ Xfers

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Investment focus

  • Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
  • Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Indonesia, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

  • Finblox — Finblox is a platform that helps crypto investors buy and earn rewards on their crypto assets like Bitcoin, USDC, Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, Axie Infinity
  • Suberra — Payment protocol for Web 3.0
  • Headquarters — Headquarters (HQ.xyz) helps Web3 teams be automate their financial activities and reporting. Aggregated balance overview, Payments and Payouts, book-keeping tailored for Web3/Crypto.
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Yu Akasaka
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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.

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Investment focus

  • Food and Beverage, Content, Internet
  • Seed, Angel, Funding Round
  • Japan, Australia, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
  • RE — RE specializes in smartphone application design and development.
  • Vitalogue Health — Vitalogue Health offers Canvas, a home-based hormone testing service for women.
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William Hockey
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 5 investments in the past 12 months

William Hockey is the Co-CEO of Column. He previously worked at Bain & Company as an Associate. William Hockey attended Emory University.

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Investment focus

  • Software, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, Singapore, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

  • Boom — Boom is the easiest way to build credit credit with your rent. With Boom, report your rent payments to all three credit bureaus for as little as $2 per month. Enroll in minutes.
  • Maza — Maza is a mobile app that offers financial products and digital banking services.
  • Slash — Tens of thousands of online businesses use Slash to track their profits, earn cash back, and get faster payouts from platforms like GOAT and Amazon. No LLC required, no account fees, no minimum balance, and no credit checks.
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Ayataro Nakagawa
Angel

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Tiang Lim Foo
Angel · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore

Tiang Lim Foo is a Partner and co-founder of Forge Ventures. He currently serves as a Venture Partner at Next Billion Ventures. He was also a partner at SeedPlus, a leading seed fund in Southeast Asia backed by SGInnovate, Jungle Ventures, Cisco, and IFC. Previously, he launched and managed Evernote's operations in Asia. Tiang has invested incategory-leading startups in the region and currently serves as a board member of Qoala, a Sequoia-backed insurance tech company in Indonesia. Tiang graduated from Stanford with a degree in Management and Engineering and holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering with Honors from the National University of Singapore.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Information Technology, FinTech
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

  • GajiGesa — GajiGesa is the preferred financial wellness partner for employers in Indonesia. GajiGesa's powerful fintech platform is built to help millions of hardworking Indonesians take control of their financial lives with dignity. The GajiGesa app provides member employees with earned wage access, financial education, and other financial managementtools to improve their long-term financial health responsibly. It also empowers employer partners with an enterprise-grade HR analytics platform to improve employee productivity, engagement, and retention by reducing financial stress for their teams. The company has seen 12x growth since January with more large enterprises keen to embrace this financial wellness solution. And we have doubled our overall enterprise customer base in the last quarter and now partner with 60+ companies, serving tens of thousands of employees. Based on GajiGesa’s most recent survey, for employers that partner with GajiGesa, over 75% of their employees have stopped using informal lenders for short term needs because our EWA solution gives them the financial security they need under the purview of the employer. GajiGesa is also increasingly popular for employees that have micro-businesses at home. They often use GajiGesa and use their salary as working capital rather than turning to informal lenders. Health related expenses is another common reason for GajiGesa usage. In early May, the company launched GajiTim, Southeast Asia’s first employee management app for MSMEs and SMEs to manage their workforce efficiently bringing transparency in income tracking and salary calculation. The app is aimed at businesses with between 5 to 100 workers and has gained more than 50,000 active users since it was launched in mid-March. This latest product innovation supercharges GajiGesa’s effort to expand financial resilience - establishing greater transparency in employee management as well as creating a holistic and meaningful integrated employee benefits solution for businesses of all sizes and their employees.The company was founded in 2020 by Martyna Malinowska (formerly Product Lead at Standard Chartered Bank, Product Director at LenddoEFL) and Vidit Agarwal (formerly Head of Business Development APAC at Stripe, COO at CARRO, and first employee at Uber in Asia). The company is Headquartered in Jakarta with a distributed team also based in India and Singapore. GajiGesa announced a US$2.5 million Seed round in February (led by Defy.vc and Quest Ventures) and an undisclosed growth round in early May from additional strategic investors including OCBC NISP Ventura, the Founders of Kopi Kenangan, and other Indonesian investors and family offices.
  • Finantier — Developer-friendly Open Finance and Open Banking APIs for use cases like lending, payments, and personal finance.
  • Arrow — Arrow is the best checkout experience for your online businesses that drastically increases your conversions rates. Arrow supports the all major payment gateways and is pre-built with the latest and greatest payment methods in Southeast Asia (SEA).
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Wing Vasiksiri
Angel · 6 investments in the past 12 months

Wing Vasiksiri

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Investment focus

  • Gaming, Social, Payments
  • Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Singapore, Thailand

Portfolio highlights

  • CHOYS — CHOYS is a holistic wellness subscription platform for organizations and employees that strives to offer every employee with access to benefits and impact that are tailored to their individual requirements, with the goal of making work more humanized and meaningful. CHOYS is headquartered in Singapore, Central Region and was founded in 2022.
  • WeGoWhere — Discover things to do with your favorite people. Sync plans with your friends so you never miss out. Know where your friends are doing today, this week or next and join their plans IRL.
  • Beep Technologies — Beep is creating a universal, modular platform bridging the physical and digital divide, powering smart, contextual & interoperable connectivity across physical touchpoints whilst ensuring true customer privacy by leveraging on decentralised technology.
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Gokul Rajaram
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 18 investments in the past 12 months

Gokul Rajaram is the Product and Business Helper at Doordash and currently in Pinterest and Coinbase as board member.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Financial Services, FinTech
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, India, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

  • Mesh — Mesh enables safer, easier crypto transfers and payments from 300+ leading exchanges and wallets, all without leaving your platform
  • Class Companion — Class Companion is a new AI technology that allows professors to provide students with immediate, individualized feedback.
  • Kinetic Automation — Effortless modern vehicle maintenance. Service electric and autonomous vehicles at scale with effortless speed and precision using our all-in-one, in-the-box digital vehicle maintenance solution.
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Kensuke Furukawa
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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".

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Investment focus

  • Content, Media and Entertainment, Software
  • Seed, Funding Round, Angel
  • Japan

Portfolio highlights

  • Plott — Plott producing youtube animation platform under Vision “Become a Content holder from YouTube”. In August 2019, the company name was changed from Fabo to Plott. Plott, the new company name, is derived from the plot that you make before writing novels, etc., and the idea that “I want to make content all the time” is put in the company name.
  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
  • FiNANCiE — FiNANCiE is a social networking service.
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Jaynti Kanani
Angel · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · 3 investments in the past 12 months

Jaynti Kanani - Co-Founder @ Polygon

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Investment focus

  • Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Internet
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • India, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • Nxyz — The most powerful blockchain data APIs for web3 developers. Fast and reliable, web3 indexing for querying networks like Ethereum, BSC, Polygon to get transactions, NFTs and more.
  • Rep3 — Rep3 is a Web3 community management application. Rep3 uses gamification methods to assist lps encryption projects in managing communities, members, and contributions.
  • AnotherBall — AnotherBall = Digital + Entertainment + Token economy
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Do Kwon
Angel

Do Kwon is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Terraform Labs. Do Kwon is the Founder & CEO at Terraform Labs . Do Kwon attended Stanford University.

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Investment focus

  • Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Singapore, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

  • KlayCity — KlayCity is a P2E virtual world where district NFT owners can govern, explore and earn while enjoying the gaming experience.
  • Fractal — Fractal is an in-game asset and virtual world marketplace where users may find, purchase, and sell gaming NFTs. Fractal is headquartered in Solana, United States and was founded in 2021.
  • Treehouse — Hyperion is the most powerful and actionable portfolio management and market intelligence toolset for digital asset traders and investors.
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Eduardo Saverin
Angel · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 2 investments in the past 12 months

Eduardo Saverin is a Co-founder at Meta. Eduardo attended Harvard University.

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Investment focus

  • Internet, Financial Services, Mobile
  • Seed, Series C, Series A
  • Singapore, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

  • Perx Technologies — Redefining Loyalty with Gamification and Behavioral Intelligence
  • Antler — Build your next company with Antler, a global day zero investor enabling exceptional founders to start great companies, from the very beginning. Apply now!
  • Hopscotch — Hopscotch is an online store offering insider access to baby and kids brands from around the world, at unbeatable prices. F
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Budi Handoko
Angel · Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia

Budi Handoko - Co-Founder & COO @ Shipper

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Owen Van Natta
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investment in the past 12 months

Owen Van Natta is currently Founder and Managing Partner of Prefix Capital, an early stage investment fund founded in 2019. Owen is also a Founder and Managing Partner at 415 Investments. Previously, Owen was the Executive Vice President of Business at Zynga. He was responsible for the company's revenue strategy, corporate development,international expansion, and brand. Owen was also a member of Zynga's Board of Directors.Before Zynga, Owen served as Chief Executive Officer of MySpace, where he was responsible for all aspects of the company's strategic vision and the execution of its global business initiatives. Owen joined the MySpace team after serving as the Chief Executive Officer of Project Playlist, a music sharing website allowing users to search for music, create custom playlists, and share the content with friends.Prior to Project Playlist, Van Natta was the Chief Operating Officer at Facebook, where he focused on revenue operations, business development, and strategic partnerships.Earlier in his career, Owen was Vice President of Worldwide Business and Corporate Development at Amazon.com, where he managed global marketing programs and strategic partnerships. He was part of the founding team of A9.com, the Amazon.com search company, and was responsible for site operations and sponsored-link advertising.Owen holds a bachelor's degree from the University of California at Santa Cruz.

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Investment focus

  • Mobile, Software, Internet
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, Singapore, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

  • Jiko — Jiko Group, Inc., a bank holding company supervised by the U.S. Federal Reserve, is an innovative financial technology company headquartered in California. Jiko was formed in 2016, with a mission to deploy a platform that gives everyone the opportunity to control and benefit from their money.
  • Bags — Grow your business with access to fair and flexible funding options designed to help you do your thing. Bags is the best place for business owners to get dollars for working capital, inventory, marketing, expansion, or anything else you need to grow.
  • Wheels Up — Wheels Up is a membership-based private aviation company that focuses on reducing the upfront cost to fly privately, providing flexibility, service, and safety. Its mobile app enables members to book flights, manage their accounts, and participate in ride-share opportunities. Its members also have given access to the Wheels Down program.
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Rohit Mulani
Angel

I'm passionate about solving problems and driving impact at scale. Rohit Mulani is the Founder & CEO at Gotrade.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Chinmay Chauhan
Angel · Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Yoshinori Fukushima
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Completed the Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo. He developed the service of “Gunosy” while he was in graduate school. Established Gnosy in 2012 and appointed CEO. In 2013, he was appointed President and CEO. 2012 IPA Unexplored Super Creator. He also served as President of LayerX.

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Investment focus

  • Internet, Marketing, Media and Entertainment
  • Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Japan, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
  • Manabie — Manabie is an Education Technology start-up company on a mission to provide a new style of online & offline merged learning around the world. We provide students with everything they need for efficient learning; high-quality learning materials, great learning environments, personal coaches and more! We believe that our new method of learning,integrating online and offline will dramatically innovate the way students learn.
  • Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
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Pierre Lorinet
Angel

Pierre Lorinet is a Non-Executive Director at Trafigura Group. He attended INSEAD.

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Investment focus

  • Hotel, Legal, Software
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Singapore

Portfolio highlights

  • Sleek — Hassle-free company secretary services and accounting services in Singapore. Register your company in Singapore with our 100% online platform.
  • SensorFlow — Save energy and operational costs with HVAC automation and smart room maintenance.
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Lisa Gokongwei
Angel · Mandaluyong, Cavite, Philippines

Lisa Gokongwei-Cheng is a President at Summit Media. Attended Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism.

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Investment focus

  • FinTech, Payments, Internet
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

  • Edamama — Shop over 75,000 mama, baby, kid and home essentials. Enjoy best prices and deals on your favorite brands. Buy online now!
  • Otis AI — Otis is the first AI-powered virtual assistant that helps run and optimize your digital marketing cross-platform, at scale and at a budget that works for your business.
  • Armada Brands — Armada invests in and partners with e-commerce brands in the Philippines and in SEA.
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Eric Kwan
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States

Eric Kwan - Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ Locus Ventures

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Investment focus

  • Software, FinTech, E-Commerce
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
  • United States, India, Canada

Portfolio highlights

  • Treinta — Treinta is a digital ledger app for Latin American microbusinesses. Through Treinta, users can easily record transactions by assigning products from their inventory and see how their business metrics evolve in real time. The app helps owners save up to 30 minutes a day in bookkeeping related tasks and improve efficiency by over 30%. Out of the 50million microbusinesses in LATAM, today 90% still track their sales and expenses by using pen and paper.
  • Ferveret — Ferveret develops liquid cooling technology for data centers and other infrastructure. Our company is backed by Y Combinator and MIT Media Lab's E14.
  • Kriya AI is now Kalendar AI — Kalendar AI books new revenue on autopilot
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Tascha Punyaneramitdee
Angel · Bangkok, Krung Thep, Thailand

Tascha Punyaneramitdee is the Co-founder of Alpha Finance. Attended University of California Berkeley.

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Investment focus

  • Finance, Financial Services
  • Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Singapore

Portfolio highlights

  • PStake — pSTAKE, developed by Persistence, is a liquid staking protocol unlocking the liquidity of staked assets. Stakers of PoS tokens can stake their assets while unlocking liquidity in the form of stkASSETs, which can then be used across DeFi to earn liquid staking rewards.
  • TiTi Protocol — TiTi Protocol always monitors changes in the total value of reserve to calculate the average price of TiUSD in circulation and adjusts the market-making peg price of TiUSD in the primary market through the ReOrders mechanism.
  • Voyage Finance — Voyage Finance provides Web3 firm decentralized loans for gamers and guilds.
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Adam Malik
Angel

The future is, innovation and creativity from imagination. that can be realized and achieved in a measurable manner with the human and natural resources we have - adam.m

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Investment focus

  • E-Commerce, Manufacturing, Fashion
  • Post-IPO Secondary, Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Indonesia, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • 99ninetynine.com — Ringkasan Perusahaan 99ninetynine membangun jaringan arsitektur rantai pasok industri finansial, perdagangan, dan fashion lifestyle. 99ninetynine menciptakan ekosistem terintegrasi dalam rantai pasok bidang fintech perbankan, e commerce perdagangan produk retail, dengan basis pelanggan tenaga kerja manufaktur sektor tekstil dan fashion.99ninetynine untuk mengembangkan ekosistemnya secara mandiri membangun dalam beberapa time line antara lain (a) Membangun e-commerce, (b) Membangun Digital Banking. dan seluruhnya dengan pangsa pasar Tenaga kerja manufaktur tekstil, Garment dan Life style.99ninetynine berupaya menghadirkan e commerce dengan UX (user experience) untuk mampu memberikan manajemen keuangan secara personal kepada usernya, sehingga mampu mengelola kesehatan finasial yang terintegrasi dalam sistem Digital Banking nya.99ninetynine.com, 99ninetynine Android App, Openbank99.com adalah portal website untuk aplikasi yang di bangun untuk menopang integrasi aplikasi ini. untuk aplikasi openbank99.com masih dalam tahap pengembangan yang ketat karena di butuhkan tingkat keamanan yang tinggi sehingga belum dapat di akses secara publik sampai dengan akhir tahun 2022. seluruh ekosistem 99ninetynine akan berfokus untuk memberikan kenyamanan user experience pada segmen market tenaga kerja industri tekstil garment, dan ASN di lingkungan pemerintah. untuk mendoong penguatan posisi 99ninetynine di customer kami membangun roadmap rencana jangka menengah dan jangka panjang untuk memenangkan persaingan di industri ini.99ninetynine memakai referensi dari “ Berkshire Hathaway” dengan merubah lini bisnis tekstil garment menjadi sektor ‘Konglomerasi Perdagangan dan Finansial, untuk masuk dalam tahapan evolusi bisnis rantai pasok digital.Adam Malik, CEOPT Ninetynine Digital Niaga Belanja online terencana, kunci kesuksesan dan kesehatan finansial anda di masa depan.Kode NDINSektor E-commerce - Perdagangan Elektronik TerintegrasiSubsektor Financial Fashion Lifestyle TradingBidang usaha Industri jasa keuangan dan perdagangan
  • 99NINETYNINE — we proud to be the fair seller in the world. our path is always to give integrity to our customers. the better. 99Ninetynine.co.uk under licensed 99Ninetynine, Ltd
  • ADAM MALIK 1989 LTD — ADAM MALIK is a California-based trademark business. Founded in 2020 and is based in London, England, United Kingdom.
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Shunsuke Oyu
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Shunsuke Oyu is the co-founder of Connehito Inc. Started an online Q&A platform “mamari” which is the largest platform for moms in Japan. Connehito was acquired by one of the telecom giant KDDI in 2016. Selected as a “Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia” at consumer technology department. Angel-investing 50+ companies globally.

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Investment focus

  • Content, Internet, Media and Entertainment
  • Seed, Angel, Funding Round
  • Japan, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • Lecto — Lecto provides Saas solutions to eliminate the tedious practices behind financial services
  • yup — yup is providing services to support freelance people's funding.The freelance population in Japan has been shown to continue to increase in many Chosa. While working styles are diversified, they are not able to respond to the development of the working environment, and they will develop their business to change the situation where problemssuch as funding, credit, sexual harassment, and power harassment are accumulated.
  • SPORTS CROWN — SPORTS CROWN engages in the development and operation of fantasy sports.
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Masaru Sunagawa
Angel

After joining Mitsubishi Corporation, he studied at Harvard Business School. After graduating, he joined Globespan Capital Partners, an independent United States VC, and worked as a director of investment. He started LocationValue after the company's representative in Japan. Joined Google after selling the company to NTT DOCOMO. He served asDirector of Product Development for Google Maps and General Manager for Android. He left Google in February 2018 and started Smartround Co., Ltd. in May.

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Investment focus

  • Artificial Intelligence, SNS, Music
  • Seed, Angel, Funding Round
  • Japan

Portfolio highlights

  • Flyle — Flyle provides a cloud based platform for product management helping customers to improve productivity & creativity in product development.
  • Sustainable Lab — SusLab is a data bank that uses AI technology to support SDG and ESG development goals and investments.
  • yup — yup is providing services to support freelance people's funding.The freelance population in Japan has been shown to continue to increase in many Chosa. While working styles are diversified, they are not able to respond to the development of the working environment, and they will develop their business to change the situation where problemssuch as funding, credit, sexual harassment, and power harassment are accumulated.
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Kain Warwick
Angel · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 1 investment in the past 12 months

Kain Warwick is the Co-Founder and CEO at blueshyft

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Investment focus

  • Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Financial Services
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • United States, Australia, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

  • AltLayer — AltLayer is a system of highly scalable application-dedicated execution layers that derive security from an underlying L1/L2.
  • Risc Zero. — RISC Zero is revolutionizing the internet by creating the infrastructure & tooling for Web3 developers around the globe to build zero-proof software.
  • Polynomial — Trade DeFi options with highly efficient liquidity.
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Kazuma Ieiri
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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.

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Investment focus

  • Content, Fashion, Recruiting
  • Seed, Angel, Funding Round
  • Japan

Portfolio highlights

  • Taliki — Taliki is a Coworking Space Operates Social Entrepreneurs Development Support for Intrepreneur Development.
  • ONE NOVA — One Nova (ワンノバ) is a lifestyle brand and online platform that offers a range of innerwear products, such as men's boxers.
  • vivid garden — vivid garden is an Agriculture company.
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Mohandass Kalaichelvan
Angel

Mohandass Kalaichelvan is the CEO & Founder at Spenmo . Mohandass Kalaichelvan attended Dartmouth College.

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Investment focus

  • FinTech, Payments, Health Care
  • Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Singapore, India, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

  • Evo — Social Commerce Software
  • Evo — Evo provides health and wellness direct-to-consumer services.
  • Headquarters — Headquarters (HQ.xyz) helps Web3 teams be automate their financial activities and reporting. Aggregated balance overview, Payments and Payouts, book-keeping tailored for Web3/Crypto.
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Oliver Jung
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom

Oliver is a global investor and entrepreneur based in Tel Aviv. Oliver is investing in US and China based companies and helps them to go international. Previous projects include airbnb, houzz and hoteltonight.

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Investment focus

  • E-Commerce, FinTech, Internet
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, Germany, India

Portfolio highlights

  • Repool — Repool makes it easy to create and manage hedge funds. Save time, delight investors, and focus on what matters.
  • Peakflo — Peakflo offers efficient account payable software, account receivable software, and cashflow management software to streamline your accounting automation. Get Free Trial Now!
  • Pillar Financial Technologies — All-in-one Financial Platform for Small Businesses
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Ana Andrianova
Angel

Ana Andrianova

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Investment focus

  • Analytics, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
  • Seed, Series A
  • Kenya, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

  • Mara — Secure and easy to use crypto wallet, where you can buy, sell, earn, send or withdraw your fiat and crypto assets - including Bitcoin, Ethereum and Mara Token
  • Nansen — The Nansen analytics platform analyzes millions of data points on Ethereum wallets, transactions, and smart contracts.
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Christy Choi
Angel

Christy Choi

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Investment focus

  • Cryptocurrency, Software, Video Games
  • Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Vietnam, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • Ondo Finance — Institutional Grade Finance. On-Chain. For Everyone.
  • Coin98 — Coin98 is a Crypto-focused software company.
  • Syndicate — Syndicate is a decentralized asset management platform and social network.
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Robby Hilkowitz
Angel

Robby Hilkowitz is an angel investor.

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Investment focus

  • Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
  • Series A, Funding Round
  • Israel, Hong Kong, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

  • Neat — Built for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneursAs entrepreneurs our businesses are always in motion: starting from an idea, to making a first sale, to expanding globally. We need a financial experience that evolves with us – an experience that’s still stable and secure, but adaptive too. Banks were built for a different era of business, not for thenew economy – where borders are disappearing and it’s easier than ever to start a global business. Neat believes in making international business a reality for entrepreneurs around the world. Today, Neat is a modern alternative to a bank, designed to support you wherever you go. Tomorrow, we’re a platform for doing business: building a dynamic and frictionless economy.
  • Yoco — Yoco is a point-of-sale payments provider for small businesses in Africa. Yoco helps 100,000 small businesses in South Africa get paid in-store, online, and on the go. Yoco was named one of the top 250 most promising fintech companies by CB Insights for the last 3 years running.The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Cape Town, SouthAfrica.
  • Bambu — Bambu is the next gen B2B robo-advisor platform providing digital wealth solutions that transform traditional wealth processes, globally.
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Ajeet Khurana
Angel · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · 4 investments in the past 12 months

Ajeet Khurana is a leading name in the cryptocurrency industry. He is the former head of the Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Committee, which as part of IAMAI is India's foremost industry body for cryptocurrency.Presently, as an advisor to several crypto projects, he is seen as a specialist in: * Tokenomics: pools, structure, architecture,flow, utility, value * Market Mechanisms: market making, liquidity, listing, volume In addition he helps with increasing adoption, communication, evangelizing, ambassador programs, and digital outreach. Some crypto founders regard Ajeet as their personal friend, philosopher, and guide.Earlier, in his role as CEO of Zebpay (India’s largest cryptocurrency exchange at that time), he took it from being a one-country exchange to a global exchange. As CEO of the business incubator at IIT Bombay (India’s premier engineering school), he helped commercialise several ideas from concept stage. As an advisor to Venture Capital firms in India, China, US, and Canada, he has an eye for promising founders.Still earlier, Ajeet has authored several books with McGrawHill Education, been an entrepreneur twice, and taught at the University of Texas at Austin.Here is how he characterizes himself:WHAT I HAVE ACHIEVED REPEATEDLY IN MY CAREER Customer focus. Speed. Attracting and empowering the right people. Making hard decisions. Managing chaos and conflict. Smoothly navigating regulations & compliances. High governance standards. Cultivating relationships. Converting markets to communities. Negotiating deals. Continuous process and product improvement.WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR A mandate that requires rapid growth and evolution. A role that requires backbone and heart. A non-bureaucratic system that expects a strong bias for action. An opportunity to learn, and create strong cultural underpinning.HOW I BUILD AND MANAGE TEAMS Single minded focus on the customer. Choose people based on cultural fit and alignment of passion. Impart purpose. Select for potential, but advance for performance. Empower people to work. No busy work. No unending meetings. Don’t be hierarchy-minded. Encourage learning.

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Investment focus

  • Blockchain, Internet, Information Technology
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • India, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

  • Dapps — Keep up to date with all the latest Dapps by signing up for our chrome extension . We'll notify you as soon as it become available!
  • TaxNodes — Simplify your tax obligations with TaxNodes, the best crypto tax service. Ensure accurate reporting of your cryptocurrency transactions and file income tax returns with ease.
  • FastJobs.io — FastJobs.io envisions a world in which job hunting is completely stress-free and convenient.
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Hidetoshi Takano
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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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Investment focus

  • 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 .
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Mamoru Taniya
Angel · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Girish Mathrubootham
Angel · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · 1 investment in the past 12 months

Girish Mathrubootham is the CEO and Founder at Freshworks. Girish Mathrubootham attended University of Madras.

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Investment focus

  • Software, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series A, Angel
  • India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

  • HuddleUp — HuddleUp is an AI-based team culture platform empowering Managers to boost team engagement & productivity using conversational AI, personalised learnings & peer connections. Build engaged, high-performing remote teams with HuddleUp. Book a demo now!
  • NocoDB — Free & Open Source Airtable alternative. Turns any SQL database into a smart spreadsheet. Supports MySQL, Postgres, SQL server, MariaDB & SQLite.
  • PickYourTrail — Personalize your vacation packages online. International trips in 3 easy steps at best rates guaranteed. Experience a hassle-free vacation.
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Andreas Ehn
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investment in the past 12 months

Andreas is working on a service that will connect people, time and places on the web. He also works as an independent consultant helping other startups with product strategy, technical infrastructure, scalability and recruiting as well as financial companies (venture capital and private equity) with technical due diligence and in other advisorroles.He was CTO at Spotify from the launch of the company in August 2006 until November 2009. Before that he worked at Stardoll as an engineer and project manager.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Internet, Financial Services
  • Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • United States, Sweden, Germany

Portfolio highlights

  • Prog.AI — Prog.AI helps to find developers based on their technical proficiency, libraries they have used, or even just the contributions they have made to GitHub projects.
  • Red Flag — Red Flag develops an automated accounting, expenses, and invoicing platform for SMEs.
  • Single Technologies — Founded in Stockholm, Sweden, with its long tradition in fiber optics, ultra-sensitive fluorescence spectroscopy and DNA sequencing, SINGLE’s ambition is to become the instigator of 3-D Sequencing.
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Yusuke Tanaka
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

"Shin"ichiro joined Yahoo Japan in April 2013. From July 2013, he joined YJ Capital. He has served as COO of YJ Capital since January 2015. Prior to Yahoo! Japan, Shin was General Director of Dream Incubator Vietnam from 2007 to 2012, managing US$50 million private equity funds in Vietnam. He was formerly a Project Manager at DreamIncubator Japan. He started his career at Future Architect as a system engineer.Shin received his bachelor's degree in Policy Management from Keio University.

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Investment focus

  • Tourism, Consulting, E-Commerce
  • Seed
  • Japan

Portfolio highlights

  • TakeMe Co., Ltd. — TakeMe aims to provide an “One-stop Inbound destination service” by enabling tourist to easily find, communicate with, and pay with smartphones via QR code at In-Travel destinations. TakeMe, is the country’s largest inbound service platform in Japan, which lets tourists find, communicate with, and pay with QR code at our affiliated shops,restaurants and tourist attractions. Since our launch in 2015 as JapanFoodie, we have expanded our merchant base to tens of thousands beyond food and restaurants, to include travel, lodging, shopping and events, providing every tourist with the best experience as your best local guide and friend.
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George Godula
Angel · Shanghai, Shanghai, China · 2 investments in the past 12 months

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)

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Investment focus

  • Health Care, Information Technology, Mobile
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, China, Algeria

Portfolio highlights

  • Mila Cares — Air breathers, rejoice. Meet Mila, the first air purifier designed with real, air-breathing humans in mind.
  • Yassir — La superapp Yassir propose des services de transport, de livraison et de paiement pour vous simplifier la vie
  • Truck It In — is a platform tech company focused on simplifying road freight for 3.3M+ businesses in Pakistan to unlock 1 Billion dollars in resource potential
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