# Top 15 Fitness Angel Investors in Singapore in May 2026

## Juha Paananen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Wellness, Video Games

Juha Paananen - CEO & Co-Founder @ Soba

## George Godula
- Type: Angel
- Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Health Care, Information Technology, Mobile

Cross-border angel / early stage investor with portfolio of 40+ startup companies and as of currently 4 exits, 4 unicorns & counting.George invests in companies helping people lead a longer, healthier and happier life - keywords sustainability, ESG, impact investing. In addition to investing he likes to be hands-on in hisportfoliocompanies, either helping China / SEA based teams to internationalize or global teams to break into China / SEA or support them in outsourcing, sourcing and manufacturing. Typically angel, seed and occasional Series A stage investments.
Industry focus and selected startups in his portfolio: - E-Commerce e.g. Web2Asia, Grana, Mercato - SaaS e.g. Jimdo, Blush, Anduin Transactions - Marketplaces / crowdfunding Republic.co - Education / Training e.g. Vantage Point, Dexter, - IoT e.g. Mila, Cafe-X, Lyte charging, The Light Phone, Density.io - Fitness e.g. FitXR, Trainersvault, Overhand Fitness, Salut, Guavapass (exit via sale to ClassPass) - Health / Nutrition e.g. NutriSense, Blue Mesa Health (exit via sale to Virgin), Compass Therapeutics (exit via IPO) - Insurtech e.g. The Care Voice - Medtech / Biotech e.g. Life Biosciences, Sequencing.com, MycoWorks - Sustainability / Infrastructure e.g. Blokable, U.S. Bitcoin Corp, Hardt Hyperloop - Deep tech / frontier tech e.g. Rain Neuromorphics, ZaiNar, Massive, Protocol Labs (Filecoin) - On-demand / sharing economy e.g. Yassir, Truck it in, misterbnb, Delivery Hero Austria & China (exit via sale / IPO)

## Stan Kuruvilla
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care

Stan Kuruvilla ex-PayPal.

## Senu Sam
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care

Senu Sam Building Mykare Health

## Madhu Bhaskaran
- Type: Angel
- Location: Ernakulam, Kerala, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care

Madhu Bhaskaran Managing Director at Samagra Progressive Learning Solutions P Ltd

## Shihab Muhammed
- Type: Angel
- Location: Cochin, Kerala, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Fitness, Software, Wellness

SaaS Entrepreneur , Growth Leader, Built and scaled multi million dollar SaaS products . Passionate about building
user friendly SaaS Products .

## Lim Der Shing
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Wellness, Health Care

Der Shing is founder and CEO of the JobsCentral Group. His work scope includes strategic planning and responsibility for the group's P&L. His achievements include creating career media platforms that reach 10 million people in South East Asia. In 2011, he negotiated the acquisition of the group by CareerBuilder. Der Shing has a Bachelor ofEngineering (Summa cum laude) from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is a father of 3 and is an avid share investor and traveller. He is also involved in community work as a Council Member of the South West CDC and is a member of the Entrepreneurs Organisation in Singapore.

## Vijay Seshadri
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care

Vijay Seshadri ex-Board Member, Chargebee.

## Yee How Choong
- Type: Angel
- Location: Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Fitness, Medical, Wellness

Yee How Choong, also known as Raymond, has been Group Chief Executive Officer, Group President and Director at GuocoLand Limited since September 1, 2015. Choong served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad (alternate name HLFG or Hong Leong Credit Bhd) from December 1, 2005 to September 1, 2015. Choongserved as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Citibank Savings Inc., Philippines since 2005. His working experience includes: Branch, Citibank, Malaysia from 1981 to 1984, Head of Credit & Business Development, Citibank, Malaysia from 1984 to 1986, Head of Sales & Marketing & Distribution, Citibank, Malaysia from 1987 to 1997, Head of Retail Banking & Credit Card, Citibank, Malaysia from 1998 to 2004. He served as Portfolio Manager of Hong Leong GEM Resources Strategic Fund, Hong Leong Global Value Fund, and Hong Leong Vietnam Fund. He served as a Portfolio Manager of Hong Leong Asset Management Bhd, Hong Leong GEM Resources Strategic Fund, Hong Leong Global Value Fund and Hong Leong Vietnam Fund. He serves as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of Hong Leong MSIG Takaful Berhad. He serves as a Director of Hong Leong Asset Management Bhd and Hong Leong Investment Bank Berhad. He serves as Non-Executive & Non-Independent Director at Hong Leong Assurance Berhad. He serves as a Director of Hong Leong Islamic Bank Berhad and Hong Leong Assurance Berhad. He served as a Non-Independent & Non-Executive Director of Hong Leong Bank Berhad since March 9, 2006 until September 21, 2015. He served as a Non Independent & Non Executive Director of GuocoLand (Malaysia) Berhad since September 1, 2015 until May 8, 2016. He served as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director at Hong Leong MSIG Takaful Berhad (formerly Hong Leong Tokio Marine Takaful Bhd). Choong served as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of HLG Capital Berhad (Hong Leong Capital Berhad) from December 1, 2005 to September 21, 2015. He served as an Executive Director of Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad from December 1, 2005 to October 2007 and served as its Non Independent Director until September 1, 2015. His qualification includes: In 1975 Bursary Examination of New Zealand from Bayfield High School, Dunedin, New Zealand , Bachelor of Science (Honours) - First Class Major in Biochemistry from University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand from 1976 to 1979. He received Master of Business Administration (MBA) from University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand from 1980 to 1981.

## Sudheer Nair
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care

Sudheer Nair Chairman, Navio Group.

## Rahul Nambiar
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care

Rahul Nambiar was the CEO, Board Member, and Co-Founder of iProspect. He has a master's degree in Digital Marketing at IE Business School.

## Navin Jain
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care

Navin Jain Country Head - Indonesia, Mastercard.

## Ron Sim
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Beauty, Fitness, Genetics

Ron Sim

## Huang Shao Ning
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Marketplace

Co-founder of JobsCentral Singapore, Shao-Ning stayed on as the Singapore MD after the company was acquired. During this period, she oversaw operation integrations with the global business and started the company’s transition to become a SaaS player in its Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia operations. Since 2009, Shao-Ning has been mentoring startups in creative, digital and retail industries.

## Sudi Navile
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care

Sudi Navile ex-Divisional CIO, Oracle.

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