# Top 50 Legal Startup Investors in Asia in October 2023

## Pierre Lorinet
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Hotel, Legal, Software

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

## SMBC Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Health Care, Information Technology, Software

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and its group companies offer a broad range of financial services centered on banking. They are also engaged in the leasing, securities, credit card, investment, mortgage securitization, venture capital and other credit related businesses. The following lists the activities of SMBC, its subsidiaries andaffiliates in the various business segments.

## UB Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Task Management

UB Ventures is venture capital firm.

## Monex Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Minato, Chiba, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology

Monex Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Japan that finances seed and early stage investments in startup companies.

## Iflytek
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hefei, Anhui, China
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Angel
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software

Anhui USTC iFLYTEK Science and Technology Co., Ltd. (科大讯飞) is a software enterprise focused on the research of intelligent speech and language technologies, development of software and chip products, provision of speech information services, and integration of e-government systems.As a key supplier of intelligent speech technologies, USTCiFLYTEK holds long-term research experience in the field of intelligent speech technologies, and reputed achievements in a variety of technologies such as speech synthesis, speech recognition and spoken language evaluating.

## Linear Venture
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Internet

Linear Capital (Linear Venture) was founded by Jingdong, Lynx former executives and early Facebook employees Chuan Wang Huai, attention Pan smart, technology-driven big data early in the project area. Has invested horizon robot, Rokid, with shield, melting point, etc. more than 30 start-up team, and is trying to become China's best intelligentapplication data Fund (Applied-Data-Intelligence). Our existing limited partners from Asia's top hedge funds, but also from Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, the public comment, go, people network, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and other well-known Internet company founders or executives and Xue Manzi, Mr Leung and other aspect of capital investment sector for decades veterans. We strive to use industry expertise and resources to help the investment company move fast and break fewer things, and ultimately the linear path and nonlinear growth.

## Nissay Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Internet, Medical

Nissay Capital is a venture capital Company specializing in seed, start-up, growth capital, middle stage, and later stage investment.

## Sequoia Capital China
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence

We help founders build enduring companies.

## 500 Startups Japan
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Software, Internet of Things

500 Startups is the most active seed VC in the world. 500 Startups Japan is a $35M regional fund focusing on Japan.

## ANOBAKA
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Content, Food and Beverage

ANOBAKA is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm with rich group resources to add value to seed-stage startups. ANOBAKA actively invests in and supports startups aiming to be a global leader in the innovative Internet business and promising to greatly grow up in the future. ANOBAKA's investment focuses on fledgling seed-stage startups. Inaddition to investment financing, ANOBAKA provides founders with a variety of business support such as development consulting by our engineers, sales support, and international marketing support.

## Investible
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

Investible is an early-stage venture capital firm backing the visionaries advancing humanity through technology in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and globally.

## Wedo Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Legal

Wedo Capital is an investment firm, focuses on the biomedical, energy, and intelligent manufacturing companies.

## F&G Venture
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Robotics

Established in September 2012 by the former rotating CEO of Huawei and partner of Fidelity Asia, F&G Venture is a venture capital fund focusing on companies with exponential growth in IT industries, like IT infrastructure, cloud computing, internet of things, SaaS, big data, microchip, and semi-conductor etc. F&G Venture also targetshigh-end manufacturing businesses, including modules, intelligence devices and equipment, robots, and drones.

## CPE
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Health Care, Manufacturing, Biotechnology

CPE is a leading alternative asset manager, with asset classes spanning private equity, mezzanine and the public market. Founded in 2008 by a world class team of investment professionals and supported by over 200 domestic and international investors, CPE knows China like no one else and is a globally minded long-term value investor. The firm usesits sector expertise to generate deal flow and drive the value creation work during the post-investment stage. CPE follows a disciplined investment approach to preserve and grow its investors’ capital. The firm’s private equity portfolio of more than 100 companies is highly diversified by sector and stage of investment. CPE takes pride in its forward-looking investment philosophy and works hard to create value over the long-term for its investors and a better world. For more information, please visit www.citicpe.com.

## Yiyi
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chongqing, Heilongjiang, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Electronics

Yiyi focuses on the investment in the internet, IoT, enterprises services, consumption upgrading industry and so on.

## Future Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Manufacturing, Health Care

Future Venture Capital Co., Ltd. is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage investment. The firm invests in diversified investment in a broad range of industrial sectors. It seeks to invest in Japan. The firm prefers to be the lead investor in its portfolio companies. Future Venture Capital Co., Ltd. was founded in 1998 and is based inKyoto, Japan with offices in Tokyo, Aomori, Iwate, Yamagata, Kanazawa, Mie, Sakai, Kobe, and Ehime.

## Source Code Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chaoyang, Liaoning, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence

Founded in 2014, Source Code Capital is a leading China VC focused on the broad TMT sectors and investing in both early stage start-ups and growth stage companies. With $1.5 billion and RMB 3.5 billion under management, Source Code Capital has been successfully partnering with close to 150 leading Chinese technology founders since inceptionincluding Bytedance, Meituan, Homelink, among many others. Source Code is focused on the “Big 3” fundamental drivers, which are Internet+, AI+, and Global+ , and invests along sectors such as media and entertainment, consumer services, enterprise, finance, retail, transportation, housing, education, and healthcare.

## Taiyou Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Electronics, Manufacturing

The fund owns a series of funds in Thailand and establishes parallel funds overseas. Based on domestic and foreign famous universities, research institutes, entrepreneurial parks, incubators and other entrepreneurial projects, it seeks high-tech entrepreneurial projects with investment potential and entrepreneurship. They will grow together andstrive to become a first-class angel investment fund that is specialized, standardized, and international.

## 8 Decimal Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

8 Decimal Capital is a multi-strategy investment firm focused on both token and equity investment. We currently have more than 30 portfolio companies, and an AUM of 60M USD. Our investment team consists of more than 10 venture capital veterans, researchers, and trading professionals. We thematically invest in core infrastructure layer projects thataddress security, scalability, and privacy, provide a full suite of post-investment value-add to our portfolio companies.

## kaniz Almas khan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Legal, FinTech, Legal Tech

Ceo

## Walden International
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Manufacturing, Software, Semiconductor

Walden International is unique among US venture firms through its focus on cross-border investments that leverage global markets and talent to grow industry-leading companies. For more than 30 years, their integrated team has brought extensive added value to help companies through capital, relationships and expertise.They look to partner with thebest of the best – entrepreneurs with a strong appreciation for the benefits of leveraging talent and markets independent of geography to gain unfair advantage.Their team brings both extensive venture expertise together with in-depth operating experience to help you grow your company.They invest in early and expansion stage companies across sectors such as Semiconductors, Clean Tech, Internet & Digital Media and Software.

## Starquest Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing

Starquest Capital is a venture capital firm based in France that helps accelerate the growth of entrepreneurs.

## Deep30
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kuramae, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Content

Deep30 is specializing in AI technologies such as deep learning that consists of individuals connected to the University of Tokyo’s Matsuo Lab, which is famous for AI research.

## BWB Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Legal, EdTech, Software

BWB is an early stage fund headquartered in Singapore.

## Fosun International
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Health Care, Information Technology, Manufacturing

Fosun International Limited is a Hong Kong-based investment holding company engaged in financial, property, steel, and healthcare businesses. The Company has nine segments. Insurance operates and invests in insurance businesses. Investment is engaged in strategic investment, private equity investment, venture capital investment, and secondarymarket investment.Fosun International Limited was founded in 1992.

## K3 Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

K3 Ventures provides venture capital for technology startups in various sectors such as finance, education, healthcare, food and agriculture and others. The firm is headed by Kuok Meng Xiong.

## Thomson Reuters
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

The intelligence, technology, and human expertise you need to find trusted answers.

## Tengxun Touzi
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Angel
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Education

Tengxun Touzi is a investment firm.

## VOYAGE VENTURES
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, Content

Voyage Ventures is the venture capital arm of Voyage Group specializing in seed and early-stage investments. The firm seeks to make investments in the internet and mobile internet industry. It invests from JPY1 million ($.01million) to JPY to 10 million ($.12 million) in its portfolio companies. The firm typically invests in Japan, China, and othergrowing Asian markets. Voyage Ventures, Inc., formerly known as EC Navi Ventures Company, was founded on March 25, 2011, and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

## Mizuho Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Internet

Mizuho is the venture capital firm affiliated to Mizuho Bank, the second-largest Japanese bank in terms of assets. The firm has headquarters in Tokyo.The firm has ¥49.6 billion JPY under management, focusing on information technology and biotechnology investments. Over 600 Mizuho companies have gone public. According to Nikkei, Mizuho is thefifth-largest venture capital firm in Japan.Mizuho Capital was formed in 2002 by the merger of Fujigin Capital, Tokyo Venture Capital and IBJ Investment. Three firms were subsidiaries of Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan respectively.

## Shanghai Fuli Investment Management
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Jingan, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Legal, Software

Shanghai Fuli Investment Management is an investment firm that provides asset management and investment management.

## DT Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Health Care, Medical, Software

DT Capital Partners is a private equity investment firm that provides growth capital to early and expansion stage companies. They invest in dynamic businesses that have high growth potential, strong management teams, and demonstrated revenue models in both technology-based and traditional industries. DT Capital Partners currently manages overUSD$500 Million in capital across multiple US dollar and RMB funds, and also has a close affiliation with Madrone Capital in the US, the investment entity for members of the Walton family.In addition to funds, the invested company also benefits from their extensive experience in operating capital markets across the country, close relationships with local governments and companies, and synergies with other investment companies.DT Capital Partners was awarded the “Top 10 China's Best Return Venture Capital Institution” in 2016, and the founding partners of Detong Capital, Shao Jun and Tian Lixin. DT Capital Partner was founded in 2006 and is based in Shanghai, China.

## Qingsong Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Angel, Series B
- Focus: Internet, Education, Health Care

Founded in June 2012 by Liu Xiaosong, Dong Zhanbin, and Su Wei, three Internet and investment circle veterans, Qingsong Fund is an early venture capital firm specializing in investment in education, social networking, consumerism, innovation, technology and applications. It manages four RMB funds with a total value of about RMB 2 billion. So far,it has invested in more than 140 companies, including 1 to 1 head, 1 DaDa English, squirrel AI, onion mathematics, wedding calendar, werewolf killing, flystep technology, HomeFacial. Pro and other star projects - 50% exit project returns more than 60 times, multiple project valuation multiples increased nearly 200 times, and educational projects have an average annual value increase of 500%. Among them, the Qingsong Smart Fund, which was newly established in 2018, focuses on the underlying technologies of the underlying AI and Smart Connect, as well as investment in such areas as smart healthcare, enterprise services and intelligent transportation applications. Liu Xiaosong, founding partner of Qingsong Fund, is a Ph.D. student at Tsinghua University. He invested in Tencent in 1999 and has a return on investment of tens of thousands of times. In 2000, he founded A8 New Media Group, which was successfully listed on the main board in Hong Kong in 2008. In 2015, he hatched in November 2018. Listed in Hong Kong stocks in the year. As a leading early investment institution in China, Qingsong Fund and its founding partners have repeatedly won Top 10 of Zero2IPO China's early investment institutions/investors, Top10 of China's education sector, Top100 of Chinese investors, and China's best early venture capital investment. Institution/Investor Top10; 36氪 China's new entertainment sector investment institutions Top10, online education sector investment institutions/investors Top10 and other mainstream awards.

## Sansei Capital Investment
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Koto, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Content, Software, Medical

Sansei Capital provides portfolio management, corporate management support, and financing services.

## Shinsuke Mori
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Legal, Task Management, Artificial Intelligence

Shinsuke Mori - Joint Researcher and Technical Advisor @ LegalForce Japan

## Chong Ping
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Legal, Software, Legal Tech

Chong Chiet Ping

## Jeffrey Khoo
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Legal, Software, Legal Tech

Jeffrey is based in Singapore and is a co-founder of 3V SourceOne Capital. He actively looks at regional cleantech projects and integrated industrial park developments in Greater China and IndoChina. Mr. Khoo has more than 19 years of working experience in varied industries including semiconductor, medical devices, fund management, propertydevelopment, travel and leisure.He has co-founded Erimos Pharmaceuticals, LLC (North Carolina, U.S.A.) which developed small molecule drugs for serious diseases including cancer.His expertise is in the areas of financial planning and control, mergers and acquisitions, business development, strategic planning and fund management.

## Beijing Zhenyun Zhineng Chuangye Touzi Youxian Gongsi
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Apps, Legal, Advice

Beijing Zhenyun Zhineng Chuangye Touzi Youxian Gongsi is an investment firm.

## Ac-Index
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Legal, Advice, Gaming

Ac-Index is an investment company established by Angel Exchange for angel joint investment.

## AngelCrunch
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Information Technology, Employment

Angelcrunch is a pioneering equity crowdfunding platform to interconnect startup companies and business angels in China. Till now, there are over 50,000 entrepreneurs, 10,000 startup companies and 8,000 angel investors (among which, 1200 are accredited) in total registered on the platform, more than 140 of them have raised the amount of moneythey need  (300 million RMB in total) through  the Angelcrunch platform so far.

## PreAngel
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Software, Blockchain

PreAngel is a 30M RMB investment fund focused on early stage internet startups. Investment on each project range from 100K to 1M RMB. In addition to investment, PreAngel plays a key role as "co-founder", providing guidance in startup operation, business model refinement and industry resources.

## Next Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Series A, Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Finance, Medical

Next Capital focuses on projects of new consumer retail, new finance and internet, innovation sector. The investment phase ranges from angels to round A, with investment ranging from RMB 3 million to RMB 30 million.
Next Capital was founded in 2017 and was established by Li Li.

## Sim Hoo
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Legal, Software, Legal Tech

Sim Wong Hoo of C​reative Technologies.

## iSGS Investment Works
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology

iSGS Investment Works is Japan-based venture capital firm.

## Tan Kim Seng
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Legal, Software, Legal Tech

Kim Seng is based in Singapore and is a co-founder of 3V SourceOne Capital. He brings with him over 20 years of venture capital management and banking experience in addition to 5 years of operating experience within the IT and electronics industries. He has previously served as the Chairman of Industry Development Committee of the Singapore VentureCapital & Private Equity Association and the Honorary Treasurer.

## Chandra Mohan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Legal, Software, Legal Tech

Chandra Mohan

## Shanghai Yunxin Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Series A
- Focus: Legal, Rental, Travel

Shanghai Yunxin Venture Capital is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ant Financial (蚂蚁金服).

## SEEYON.COM
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Haidian, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Series A
- Focus: Legal, Events, Human Resources

SEEYON.COM is a management software and cloud service provider company.

## Kelvin Chan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Legal, Software, Legal Tech

Kelvin Chan is a Investment Professional at Partners Group.

## Jungle Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services

Jungle Ventures is one of Southeast Asia's largest independent venture capital firms based in Singapore. We invest in early and growth-stage startups in Southeast Asia and India, focused on building category-defining businesses that stand the test of time.

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