# Top 20 Mobile Angel Investors in New Zealand in May 2026

## Alex Rigopulos
- Type: Angel
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Mobile, Mobile Apps, Communities

Alex Rigopulos Co-Founded Harmonix in 1995 with the mission of inventing new ways for non-musicians to experience the joy of making music. He was CEO until 2014. Now, as CCO, Alex is responsible for ensuring the creative excellence of all Harmonix products. Prior to co-founding Harmonix, Alex studied computer music at the MIT Media Laboratory andmusic composition at MIT.

## Maurice Eng
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Video, Facebook

Maurice Eng

## Shane And Vanessa JOHNSTON
- Type: Angel
- Location: Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Video, Facebook

Shane And Vanessa JOHNSTON

## Jonathan Hendriksen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tasman, Nelson, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Apps, Video, Facebook

Jonathan Hendriksen - Founder | CEO @ Shuttlerock

## Alfonso Villanueva
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Health Care, Real Estate


Biography:
Currently...
* Business Angel
* PayPal Executive
* Board Member Europ-Assistance
* Founder Peranakan S.L.
Formerly...
* McKinsey Director (Senior Partner)
* Chief innovation Officer (SingTel)
* Chairman Innoventures (JV SoftBank / SingTel)

## Hamish Edwards
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Mobile, Web Design, Product Design

Hamish Edwards is a co-founder and the CEO of Edwards holds a bachelor’s degreein accounting and marketing from Otago University.

## Rowan Simpson
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Music, Parking

Rowan Simpson - Chairman & Trustee @ Hoku Group

## Rod Drury
- Type: Angel
- Location: Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Mobile, Web Design, Product Design

Rod Drury is the founder and director at Xero.He attended Victoria University of Wellington.

## John Greenslade
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Apps, Video, Facebook

John Greenslade

## Paul Williams
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Mobile, Web Design, Product Design

Paul Williams

## Thomas Larthe
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Initial Coin Offering, Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Energy

Thomas Larthe

## Paul Reeve
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Apps, Video, Facebook

Paul Reeve

## Karl von Randow
- Type: Angel
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Music, Mobile Apps, Mobile Devices

Karl von Randow - Co-Founder @ Letterboxd

## Paula Jackson
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Mobile, Web Design, Product Design

Paula Jackson

## Ben Styles
- Type: Angel
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Mobile, Web Design, Product Design

Ben leads a regional team at Xero that has established new digital customer experiences by working with the financial services industry on customer controlled two-way data share. In the process Xero has established new commercial standards for the industry globally.Driven by a desire to make new ideas a commercial reality, Ben has held leadershiproles in digital innovation, product management, and customer strategy across wholesale banking, business banking, and retail financial services.

## Paul Bingham
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Apps, Video, Facebook

Paul Bingham - Chairman @ Shuttlerock

## Yoshihiro Kawamura
- Type: Angel
- Location: Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Apps, Video, Facebook

Yoshihiro Kawamura - Director @ TJK NZ LIMITED

## 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.

## Rich Chetwynd
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: SaaS, Music, Mobile Apps

Founder/CEO of ThisData, a login intelligence and contextual authentication platform.
Founder/CEO of Litmos.com, a leading SaaS Learning Management System that was acquired by CallidusCloud (NASDAQ: CALD) in 2011.

## Boon Hwee Koh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

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