# Top 50 Food and Beverage Angel Investors in Singapore in May 2026

## Ingo Drexler
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce

Early-stage VC investor since 2005, fund advisor and active business angel with holdings in more than 25 technology companies. Ingo founded Next Level VC in 2019 to bundle his angel and advisor activities. Before, as CIO of Mountain Partners, Ingo reshaped and implemented the direct investment strategy of the group, which led to significant exitsand value creation. In parallel, he initiated and set up the group’s company building activities (Rheingau Founders). As an investment partner at Scail Capital he built up its retail-related investment operations. Ingo is also a co-founder and acted as a chairman of the board of Montredo, a leading online platform for new luxury watches that has recently been sold to Les Ambassadeurs Group. Before joining the VC industry, he served as COO at MovingImage and studied at Technical University of Ilmenau and UFSC in Brazil.

## Serguei Netessine
- Type: Angel
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Focus: E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence, Fashion

Serguei Netessine is Vice-Dean for Global Initiatives and Dhirubhai Ambani Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Operations, Information and Decisions Department at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He lived and worked in Russia, USA, France and Singapore., author and speaker on innovation.Prof. Netessine receivedBS/MS degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology and, after working for Motorola and Lucent Technologies, he also received MS/Ph.D. degrees in Operations Management from the University of Rochester. His current research focuses on business model innovation and operational excellence and he worked on these topics with numerous organizations including Federal Aviation Administration (USA), Lockheed Martin, Procter & Gamble, McDonald’s, Rolls Royce, Comcast, Expedia, ABB and US Air Force. He serves on advisory boards of multiple startup companies and regularly speaks on Innovation and Entrepreneurship.Professor Netessine has been the recipient of several teaching awards for delivering classes to MBA and Executive MBA students at the Wharton School and INSEAD, and he frequently teaches in Executive Education Programs. Prolific academic writer, professor Netessine holds senior editorial positions at several leading academic journals and he co-authored dozens of publications in prominent management journals, including Management Science, Operations Research, Harvard Business Review and other. His work has received extensive media coverage in CIO Magazine, the Economist, Forbes, Multichannel Merchant, New York Times, US News and Strategy & Business and other press. He regularly blogs about innovation on http://www.renaissanceinnovator.com and HBR Network. His latest book on Business Model Innovation is forthcoming with Harvard Business Press in 2014.

## Teng Wen Wee
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Food and Beverage, Apps

Teng Wen Wee - Founder, Managing Partner @ The Lo & Behold Group

## Boon Hwee Koh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech

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.

## Ivan Lee
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Beauty, Wellness, Lifestyle

Ivan Lee - Founder @ Raging Bull

## Henry Soesanto
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Organic Food

Henry Soesanto serves as the Chief Executive Officer at Monde Nissin Corporation.

## Dele Alli
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Retail, Organic Food

Dele Alli

## Toivo Annus
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, FinTech

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

## Chris Yeh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Mobile, Advertising

Chris Yeh was on the founding team of pioneering Internet companies such as United Online Services (Nasdaq: UNTD) and Merrill Lynch’s Intelligent Technologies Group. He has founded, advised, or invested in dozens of startups, including Ustream and PBworks.Chris is a much-quoted thought leader in the field of marketing and entrepreneurship;his research and publications have been incorporated into the Harvard Business School curriculum, while his projects have received press coverage in Fortune, the Financial Times, and the New York Times. He writes a popular blog on entrepreneurship and venture capital, Adventures in Capitalism and contributes to blogs such as TechCrunch and VentureBeat. Chris holds two degrees from Stanford University, and earned his MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was named a Baker Scholar (High Distinction).You can reach Chris by e-mail at chris@wasabiventures.com and follow him on Twitter or AngelList.

## Ryan Bethencourt
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Biotechnology, Food Processing, Food and Beverage

Ryan is a co-founder and CEO at Wild Earth and a co-founder and Partner at Sustainable Food Ventures, bringing years of experience in leading, building and advising high-growth food and biotechnology companies. Ryan is a biotech entrepreneur, investor, and one of the founders of the biohacker movement. He’s a co-founder and former Program Directorat IndieBio and has invested in over 130 early stage biotech startups and served as the head of life sciences at the XPRIZE Foundation. As an ethical vegan, Ryan is passionate about the future of biology as a technology, applied across all industries to solve some of humanity’s most intractable problems. Ryan fosters dogs for Rocket Dog Rescue and is passionate about mindfulness, meditation, and mentoring. His work at the interface of science, food, and business has been covered by many major publications.

## Youcef Oudjidane
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Organic Food

Youcef Oudjidane is the founder of Byld Ventures and co-founder of Bloom (YC W22)

## Bala Chandra
- Type: Angel
- Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Credit, Events, Software

Bala Chandra is the Founder and CEO of Propel Technology Group Inc. He previously worked at BRAG (Ragtagger Lifestyle Pvt Ltd) as an Angel Investor. Bala Chandra attended Harvard Business School.

## Eugene Wong
- Type: Angel
- Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Software, SMS, SaaS

Eugene Wong has almost 4 decades experience as an investment banker, entrepreneur and angel investor both on the East and West Coasts. He has served as an advisor, director and investor to several companies, including First American International Bank (NY,NY), Optimer Pharmaceuticals (SD,CA), Radixx Solutions International (Orlando, FL)., WeeSPINMusic (LA, CA),Veracast Communications (SF, CA), and the Mountainwest Technology Accelerator (NV). He is a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Business with an M.B.A. in Finance , and of Cornell University with a B.S. in Engineering Physics . Mr. Wong is married to his wife Lai of 43 years, with two adult offspring: Byron (40)-married, and Vanessa (38). He divides his time between the Bay Area-San Francisco,CA and Nevada.Mr. Wong was a founding member of The Aslan Group – a national group of angelinvestors to early-stage companies (1998). 1995 – CEO of AmerAsia Parnters. Mr. Wong was the Managing Partner of IHG-a boutique investment bank in New York in 1990 which did the management buyout of Protection One Alarm Services and subsequent IPO; and was also engaged in the recapitalization of Sunbeam Oster, out of bankruptcy. Prior to that he served as a Managing Director of the High Yield Securities Department at Prudential Bache Securities (1987) and served on the Investment Committee of Prudential Bache Merchant Banking Fund- an $800 million private equity fund. He was a Senior Vice President in the High Yield and Convertible Bond Department of Drexel Burnham Lambert (Los Angeles) in 1983, and began his career on Wall Street with Goldman Sachs & Companyin 1973.Mr. Wong co-founded the SF Bay Chinese Entrepreneurs Association Chapter in 2001. He is on the Advisory Board of the UNLV College of Engineering, the Advisory Board of the UNLV Center for Entrepreneurship, and is a member of the Sierra Angels (Incline Village) and the NV Angels (Switch Comm.).

## Seung Yoon Lee
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: B2B, B2C, Apps

Seung Yoon Lee

## Nuseir Yassin
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, B2B, B2C

Nuseir Yassin currently works as the CEO for Nas Academy. He previously worked at Venmo as a Software Engineer. Nuseir Yassin attended Harvard University.

## Kevin Aluwi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: B2B, Restaurants, Social Entrepreneurship

Kevin is the CEO of Gojek.

## Alex Payne
- Type: Angel
- Location: Portland, Oregon, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Data Visualization, Software, Food Processing

Alex Payne the co-founder and CTO of BankSimple, an online banking disruption startup. Previously he was an Engineer at Twitter and led the API team.

## Steve Chen
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Machine Learning

Steve Chen was an internet entrepreneur and the co-founder and previous Chief Technology Officer of YouTube. Born in August 1978 in Taiwan. Raised in Taiwan, Chen and his family immigrated to the United States when he was 15.After graduating from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chen worked at PayPal, where he met Chad Hurley andJawed Karim. In 2005, the three founded YouTube, a website designed to simplify video sharing online.Chen was named one of the "The 50 people who matter now" by Business 2.0 magazine in 2006. That year, he and Hurley sold YouTube to Google, Inc. for $1.65 billion in stock.Chen most recently co-founded AVOS Systems with YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley.

## Cem Garih
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Financial Services, FinTech

Investor

## Prem Pillay
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Health Care, Hotel, Mobile

Dr. Prem Pillay is the Co-Founder at HealthCode.io.

## Meng Wong
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Internet, Finance, Grocery

Meng Wong - Principal Research Fellow @ Singapore Management University

## Kelvin S. L. Chan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Seafood, Organic Food, Food Processing

Kelvin S. L. Chan is a Vice President of Business Development at Trabeya.

## Neil Bearden
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Education, EdTech

Psychologist turned business school professor turned investor turned founder.

## Steve Melhuish
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Real Estate, Information Services

Steve Melhuish is the Founder of Rumah, Co-Founder and Board Director at PropertyGuru Group, Founder and CEO at Planet Rise, Founding Partner at Wavemaker Impact, and an Advisor and Investor at Eco-Business and Ampd Energy. He attended the University of Plymouth and the University of Reading.

## Jani Rautiainen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Internet, Real Estate, Grocery

Jani Rautiainen Founded PropertyGuru, a leading real estate online group in South East Asia founded
in 2006 and grown the company since to 4 countries and over 400 employees. PropertyGuru today serves 14 million property seekers monthly in South East Asia and is used by majority of real estate developers and agents to market their properties.PropertyGuru has also raised S$230m of funding over the lifetime of the company. Prior to PropertyGuru worked with Internet firms since 1996, including founding two start-ups.Jani holds MBA from INSEAD (2005), and M.Sc in Computer Science from
Helsinki University of Technology (2000).

## Fethi Sabancı Kamışlı
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series E
- Focus: B2B, FinTech, Software

Fethi Sabancı Kamışlı is the Founder & Managing Partner at Esas Ventures.He attend to the Tufts University in 2010.

## Roger Egan III
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Internet, Food Processing

Roger Egan III

## Farouk Kadous
- Type: Angel
- Location: Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Shipping, Logistics

Farouk Kadous is a Limited Partner of Chapter One.

## Owen Van Natta
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Mobile, Software, Internet

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.

## Alex Wild
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Food Processing, Food and Beverage, Quality Assurance

Alex Wild

## Gerald Li
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Consumer Goods, Food and Beverage

Gerald Li is a Hong Kong entrepreneur with experience in the food and beverage industry.

## Kevin Poon
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Consumer Goods, Food and Beverage

Kevin Poon is a Hong Kong entrepreneur with experience in the food and beverage industry.

## Christian Wiegele
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Food Processing, Food and Beverage, Quality Assurance

Christian Wiegele

## Lawrence Wu
- Type: Angel
- Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Seafood, Organic Food, Food Processing

Lawrence Wu - Program Manager @ Bits x Bites

## Simmarpal Singh
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Convertible Note
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, News

Simmarpal Singh is the CEO of India - COFCO International.

## John Friedman
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: AgTech, Farming, Seafood

John Friedman is the Director of Makana Ventures.

## Lannan Neville Eacott
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: B2B, B2C, Apps

Lannan Neville Eacott

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

Ron Sim

## LoFi Bar
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Food and Beverage

co-founder

## Markus Helms
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Food Processing, Food and Beverage, Quality Assurance

Markus Helms

## Jim Mellon
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Food and Beverage

Jim Mellon is an international investor with interests in several industries. After leaving Oxford, where he studied PPE, (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) he worked in Asia and the United States for two fund management companies, GT and Thornton, before establishing his own business in 1991. His business operations include two components, alisted fund management company called Charlemagne Capital, and an Asian mining group, Regent Pacific.In addition, Mr. Mellon is Co-Chairman of West African Minerals Corporation and Regent Pacific Group. He is on the board of a number of public quoted companies, including Brazilian Gold Corporation, Charlemagne Capital Limited, Manx Financial Group, Plethora Solutions, Polo Resources, Port Erin Biophara Investments Limited, and the Speymill plc. He is the life tenant of a trust which owns the Burnbrae Group, which has substantial assets in the biotechnology, financial services, property, mining and leisure sectors. Mr. Mellon spends most of his time working on startup ideas and investing. His book, “Wake Up!” was published in 2005; his second book "10 Investments for the Ten Years Ahead" was published in 2008. In 2012, he co-wrote "Cracking the Code" which focuses on the biotechnology sector and how to profit from it. Mr. Mellon lives in the Isle of Man, Brussels and Ibiza and is an honorary fellow of Oriel College, Oxford.

## Nicole Brodeur
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Food Processing, Seafood, Restaurants

Nicole Brodeur

## Dr. Cornelius Boersch
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, FinTech

Dr. Cornelius (“Conny”) Boersch is an entrepreneur, business angel and founder of numerous technology companies. Conny is considered one of the bestconnected networkers in the tech and start-up scene. He is the founder of the global company builder Mountain Partners as well as the global co-investment company Conny & Co. Conny initiated theEntrepreneurs Day at the Tegernsee, one of the most exclusive conferences in Europe and regularly holds speeches at universities or tech events all over the world. As a business angel, he has invested in more than 300 companies since 1995 and was voted “European Business Angel of the Year” in 2009. He is a European Investment Fund (EIF) - certified super angel, which means that, subject to certain restrictions, the EIF matches all of his startup investments 1 to 1.As an entrepreneur, Conny previously founded the stock-listed RFID-based companies ACG, Smartrac and Identiv as well as the cashless payment systems provider Sandpiper. For his activities he was named “Entrepreneur of the Year” in 2000. Politically, Conny acted as advisor to Dr. Guido Westerwelle, former president of the German Liberal Party, FDP, Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister of Germany from 2009 to 2012.He studied at the European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Essen with a thesis on venture capital and investing. He later also acted as honorary professor and held lectures at the University of Essen.

## Julia Lipton
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, Cryptocurrency

Julia Lipton is a Founder at Awesome People Ventures. She attended the University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business.

## Rajesh Lingappa
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Internet, Food Processing

Rajesh Lingappa

## Andras Varsanyi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Nutrition, Biotechnology

Andras Varsanyi

## Te Ling Nai
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Food Processing, Waste Management

Te-Ling Nai is an individual investor.

## Evan DiMeglio
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Apps, Mobile Payments

Evan DiMeglio

## Ross Veitch
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Real Estate, Internet, E-Commerce

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.

## Ritesh Agarwal
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, E-Learning, EdTech

Aroa Ventures is an investment initiative of Ritesh Agarwal's family office, focused on supporting the startup ecosystem in India. Ritesh is the Founder and Group CEO of OYO Hotels & Homes.

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