# Top 50 Impact Angel Investors in Asia in October 2023

## Edward Ismawan Chamdani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Debt Financing
- Focus: Agriculture, Waste Management, Lifestyle

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

## Ishara Yusdian
- Type: Angel
- Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Debt Financing
- Focus: Agriculture, Waste Management, Lifestyle

Investor | Storyologist | Builder

## 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

## Shintaro Yamada
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Finance, Information Technology

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.

## Naruhisa Nakagawa
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Manufacturing, Beauty, Environmental Consulting

Naruhisa Nakagawa is a Founder & Chief Investment Officer at Caygan Capital.

## Yuzuru Honda
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: SNS, Internet, Software

Yuzuru Honda is a Founder & Global CEO of FreakOut.

## Boon Hwee Koh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Thibault Villet
- Type: Angel
- Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Organic, Organic Food, Sustainability

Thibault Villet

## Sunghwan Choi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

Sunghwan Choi

## Shintaro Tabata
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Sharing Economy, Audio, Content

Shintaro Tabata - Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Sales @ Line

## Mamoru Taniya
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Content, FinTech

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.

## Daisaku Harada
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Finance, Tourism, Automotive

Daisaku Harada is the Director of Management Strategy at Mercari. Daisaku attended Chuo University.

## Freny Firoze Irani
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Robotics, CleanTech, Marketing

Freny Firoze Irani

## Seio Nagami
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Task Management, SaaS, Information Technology

Seio Nagami

## Gang Wang
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Angel, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Transportation, Last Mile Transportation

Gang Wang

## Liu Xiaosong
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Series B
- Focus: Robotics, Manufacturing, Semiconductor

Liu Xiaosong

## Hongjia Zhang
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Solar, Energy, Recycling

Hongjia Zhang

## Alan Wong
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Recycling, Sustainability, Waste Management

Alan has spent over half his career at Amazon building out next-generation distributed systems in Supply Chain, Catalog and Search. After three subsequent years at early stage startups, he built and led the engineering team at Booking.com, focusing on its B2B business.

## Kotaro Chiba
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Content, Software

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

## William McClelland
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Retail

Will McClelland is the Co-Founder & General Partner of Elizabeth Street Ventures. He is also Co-Founder of Bambike. He was a Partner at Grace Beauty Capital and Managing Director of Ironwood Capital Management. He attended Yale University.

## Yoshinori Fukushima
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Marketing, Media and Entertainment

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.

## Sotaro Karasawa
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Blockchain, Art, Travel

Sotaro Karasawa - Chief Technology Officer @ STAR FESTIVAL

## Jasper Lau
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Computer

Jasper Lau is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of 8090 Partners, a private partnership of 20 industry-leading families and entrepreneurs. Seeded by a multi-billion dollar family office, he launched 8090 to invest in growth-stage technology companies and other opportunistic transactions. Today, he directs 8090’s strategy and investment decisionsfor the firm’s families, representing $160 billion dollars of wealth across 25 industries.Prior to founding 8090, he was a founding member and first hire of Class 5 Global, a SF-based venture capital fund that invests in emerging markets. Investments include Beam Mobility, Ziina, TrueHome, Homebase, Nomad, and others. He became a Venture Partner in 2020. Jasper is currently an Advisor at Ozmen Ventures, the private investment office for the Nevada-based Ozmen family that owns Sierra Nevada Corporation (“SNC”), a global multi-billion dollar national security contractor in aerospace, space, and defense. Prior to that, he built a private investment office for one of Asia's leading families in construction building materials.

## Paco Sandejas
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Training, Semiconductor

Paco Sandejas currently works as the Founder, Chairman, and CEO at Xepto Education, Stratpoint Technologies, and Narra Ventures. He is Chairman of the Philippine S&T Development Foundation and an Independent Director serving on the boards of Sunlife of Canada (Philippines), Sunlife Asset Management, Maya Bank, and Medical Doctors Inc (MakatiMed). He sits on the board also of Ostrea Mineral Laboratories, Diversified Holdings. He assisted UnionBank of the Philippines in its digital transformation as Independent Board Member until 2021. Paco completed his Ph.D. and MS In Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1995 and was the first summa cum ladue graduate in Applied Physics from the University of the Philippines. Paco loves to compete in tennis, football (soccer), and recently golf…ideally as teammate of his children and wife.

## Nir Eyal
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Wellness, Psychology

Nir Eyal is a writer at Nir and Far, a blog that cover aspects of psychology, technology, and business in relation to user experience design, behavioral economics, and neuroscience. On Nir and Far, Eyal writes to help companies create behaviors that benefit their users, while educating people on how to build healthful habits in their own lives. Healso writes for TechCrunch, Forbes, and Psychology Today, and is also a frequent speaker at industry conferences and Fortune 500 companies.Eyal is the author of “Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products” and lectures at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Design School. His prior work experience includes his time in the video gaming and advertising industries.Eyal holds a degree from Harvard University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

## Benson Tam
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Fashion, Textiles, Smart Cities

Benson Tam is the Founder and CEO of Venturous Group.

## Shahjahan Jewel
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: B2B, B2C, Grocery

Md Shahjahan Jewel Chief Executive Officer at WPMangeNinja LLC

## Jahangir Alam
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: B2B, B2C, Grocery

Jahangir Alam COO of eFoli.

## Martin Li
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Transportation, Logistics, Freight Service

Entrepreneur and Investor based in Hong Kong. Attended Questrom School of Business, Boston University.

## Albert Wenger
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Analytics

Albert Wenger is the Managing Partner at Union Square Ventures.

## Shailesh Rao
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services

Shailesh Rao

## Tak Wai Chung
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Food Processing, Waste Management

Tak Wai CHUNG joined EQT Partners in February 2009 as a Vice President.Tak Wai holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and Mathematics-Economics from Wesleyan University (High Honors, Phi Beta Kappa), and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.Prior to joiningEQT Partners, Tak Wai was with Lehman Brothers for over six years. While at Private Equity in Hong Kong, he focused on making direct investments into China. Before that, he was in the Investment Banking division covering primarily telecommunications, financial institutions and natural resources in both New York and Hong Kong.Tak Wai is a member of the Mid Market Partners Investment Committee and the Greater China II Internal Investment Committee.

## 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.

## Naoki Aoyagi
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Fashion, Software

Naoki Aoyagi is a Senior Vice President at GREE, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer of GREE International, Inc. He joined GREE, Inc. in March 2006 from Deutsche Bank, where he had specialized in tech and media sector IPOs and M&A advisory work. At GREE, Aoyagi oversaw the Company's partnership with KDDI and its IPO before leading thedevelopment of GREE’s global operations, a role he continues today. Aoyagi earned a bachelor's degree in policy management from Keio University in 2002.

## Suzuki Tatsuya
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Internet, Agriculture, Information Technology

1985. Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University. In 2008, he engaged in new business support and venture support for large companies at Inspire Co., Ltd. In 2011, he was appointed director of UXConsulting company wacul. In 2012, he was appointed director of giftee.

## Andreas Penna
- Type: Angel
- Location: Miami Beach, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Mobile Apps, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence

Andreas Penna - Co-Founder & General Partner @ West Quad Ventures

## T. Chen Fong
- Type: Angel
- Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology

Dr. Fong is a Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary. He was formerly the Head of the Department of Radiology at the University of Calgary and the Calgary Health Region. Dr. Fong is active in funding and nurturing start-up companies. Over the past two decades, he funded over 50 companies in diverse technology sectors,with an emphasis in medical devices. Dr. Fong is the co-founder and board member of Calgary Scientific Inc. and is also on the board of Clarius Mobile Health, Cohesic Inc. and Innovere Medical. In addition to seed investing, Dr. Fong is active in the Calgary community sitting on six charitable boards and foundations.In 2015, Dr. Fong joined the Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) at the University of Toronto business school as a mentor. CDL helps young entrepreneurs to shape or pivot their nascent ideas. He is widely credited with launching CDL at the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary, bringing together seasoned business leaders from Alberta, Canada and the US to grow budding companies. Dr. Fong is on the Strategic Advisory Board of CDL and a Fellow of CDL in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver. In 2017, Dr. Fong was named to the Order of Canada for his contribution to medical technology innovation and philanthropy.

## Richard Eldridge
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Recycling, Sustainability, Waste Management

Richard Eldridge is the current CEO and Chairperson of Infinit-O. He previously worked at LenddoEFL as a Co-Founder. Richard Eldridge attended the University of Warwick.

## Hiromi Watase
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Rental, E-Commerce

Hiromi Watase

## Lim Tai Tian
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Manufacturing, Sustainability

Lim Tai Tian

## Bin Ge
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: CleanTech, Architecture, Environmental Engineering

Bin Ge

## Soichiro Kawai
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Media and Entertainment, Information Technology, Internet

Soichiro Kawai - CEO @ ReBoost

## Le Hoang Lan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Manufacturing, Sustainability

Le Hoang Lan

## Tomoya Hirota
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Rental, Sharing Economy

Tomoya Hirota - Director @ CLASS, Inc.

## Fiona Xie
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Waste Management, Food and Beverage

Fiona Xie

## Jaewoong Lee
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: News, SaaS, Software

Jaewoong Lee is the founder of Daum Communications Corp. which is one of the leading Internet portal service companies in Asia. He also served as CEO of Lycos Inc., which was acquired by Daum in 2004 and also served as CEO of Daum for 12 years since he founded the company in 1995. He is currently a partner at "sopoong" which is asocial venture incubating company focusing on social ventures. Jaewoong also founded and served as CEO of Daum Foundation which is a non-profit focusing on solving media divide problems. He is an entrepreneur interested in social ventures and internet/media industry and he has served as board member of various internet/media companies and non-profits. Jaewoong holds B.S. and M.S. degree in Computer Science from Yonsei University. He is also one of Young Global Leader from World Economic Forum.

## Michael Diekmann
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series C
- Focus: mHealth, CleanTech, Smart Home

Michael Diekmann is Supervisory Board Member at Siemens.

## Gerard George
- Type: Angel
- Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Forestry, Internet

Gerard George

## Sagar Achanta
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Recycling, Sustainability, Waste Management

Sagar Achanta

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

Te-Ling Nai is an individual investor.

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