# Top 50 Social Network Angel Investors in Asia in October 2023 ## Shubhrendu Koche - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Sports, eSports Shubhrendu Koche ## Kensuke Furukawa - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Content, Media and Entertainment, Software Kensuke Furukawa was born in June 2, 1981. He graduated Waseda University majoring Political Science and Economics, and in 2000, he launched "Milkcafe", a student community, which has grown to a site with 10 million PV per month. In 2004, he became the CEO of Media Clip, which operates a rental bulletin board service "ShitarabaBBS". After that year, he had transfer "Shitaraba BBS" to Livedoor, and took charge of starting up the Consumer Generated Media sector. In 2006, he joined Recruit, and took charge of starting up a new business at Business development sector. In June of 2009, he left Recruit, and became the CEO of nanapi （formerly Rocket Start), which operates the How-to Site "nanapi". ## Tom Varkey - Type: Angel - Location: Westfield, New Jersey, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Media and Entertainment, E-Learning, Education Tom is a veteran in financial markets and is Principal at Stonehill Capital. Prior to this he has held positions with Lazard Asset Management & Fidelity Investments focusing on emerging markets and corporate debt. Tom is an MBA from Harvard Business School & has a MA in Quantitative Economics from Tufts University. ## Hironao Kunimitsu - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Content, Media and Entertainment, Virtual Reality Hironao Kunimitsu was born in Hyogo, Japan. After graduating from Okayama High School, he spent several years traveling around the world. He visited over 30 countries including the US, China, India, Canada, and others in Central and South America.In 1996 he entered Fudan University in China, and then later went on to study at Santa MonicaCollege in the US. In 2004 he entered Atmovie Inc. where he produced movies and televised dramas, and was appointed company director in the same year. In 2007 he founded gumi Inc., and it started listing on first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in December, 2014. ## Xin Yan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Software, Electronics Xin Yan is the Founder of EthSign. ## Wu Dekan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Lifestyle, Communities, Social Network Wu Dekan is the CEO of Ningbo Mizhi Game Co., Ltd. ## David Ng - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: eSports, Media and Entertainment David Ng is the CEO & Founder of goGame. ## Kasit Rochanakorn - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Social Media, Social Network, Content Delivery Network Kasit Rochanakorn is the Legal Director at Atomico. ## Cecilia Bratt - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Social Media, Social Network, Content Delivery Network Cecilia Bratt ## Liang Xinjun - Type: Angel - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Software, Information Technology Liang Xinjun is the Founder of the Fosun fashion group. He previously worked at Shanghai Guangxin Technology Development Co as a VP; Deputy GM. Liang Xinjun attended Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business. ## 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. ## Yasuyuki Kin - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Media and Entertainment, Information Technology, Career Planning Yasuyuki Kin ## Yusuke Sato - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, Content, Food and Beverage Yusuke Sato is the Co-Representative and Co-Founder at Pulit. ## O.D. Kobo - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Internet, Broadcasting, Video O.D. Kobo is an accomplished entrepreneur with over twenty-years of demonstrated history working in the financial services and technology sector. ## Manit Parikh - Type: Angel - Location: Bangkok, Krung Thep, Thailand - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: B2B, Sports, eSports Manit Parikh ## Fiona Pathiraja - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Wellness Fiona is Managing Partner at Crista Galli Ventures, an early stage healthtech VC fund based in London and Copenhagen. ## Hiroaki Kitano - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Debt Financing - Focus: Health Care, Information Technology, Fitness Hiroaki Kitano is the SVP at Softbank Mobile. He attended Waseda University. ## Magda Lukaszewicz - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Dating, Dental, Health Care Magda joined Balderton in 2018. Prior to Balderton, Magda spent three years at Goldman Sachs, where she first worked in the financing group covering Nordics and later moved to the Consumer, Retail & Healthcare M&A team, where she was an associate and worked on a number of Nordic transactions. Before joining Goldman Sachs, Magda was involvedin politics and worked in startups. Magda has an MSc in Business & Economics from Lund University, where she was admitted to the Venture Lab for a one-year entrepreneurship programme. She also studied Business at Copenhagen Business School. ## Kenji Narushima - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, Wellness, Health Care Kenji Narushima is a Chief Strategy Officer / Chief Of Staff at CARRO ## Masao Ito - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Content, Social Media, Information Technology Masao Ito is a Founder & CEO at User Local. ## Ayataro Nakagawa - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, Software, Information Technology 2011 At university, participated in the founding period as a director of Atcole Co., Ltd., and started the web service experience.2012 Founded Peroli Co., Ltd., which operates a curation platform for women "MERY" .2014 Founded Peroli Co., Ltd. Sold to DeNA 2015 Jointly established Tokyo Founders Fund as an angel investor and startedinvesting in startups in Japan and overseas 2019 Appointed outside director of FIREBUG Co., Ltd. ## Madeleine Magnerius - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: B2B, Dating, Recycling Madeleine Magnerius is a Vice President at EQT Partners. ## Mark Pincus - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Internet, Software, FinTech Mark Pincus is the founder and Executive Chairman of the Board of Zynga. He has served as our Chairman from April 2007 to March 2016 and the company's Executive Chairman since March 2016. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer from April 2007 to July 2013 and from April 2015 to March 2016, and as Chief Product Officer from April2007 to April 2014. In 2014, he founded superlabs, a San Francisco-based product lab focused on developing products that connect and empower people, which was acquired by Zynga in 2015. Pincus also founded Zynga.org in 2009, a non-profit organization dedicated to using social games for social good.From 2003 to 2007, Pincus served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Tribe.net, a company he launched and one of the first social networks in the industry. From 1997 to 2000, he served as Chairman of Support.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPRT), a help desk automation software company he founded, and he served as Chief Executive Officer and President from December 1997 to July 1999. From 1996 to 1997, he served as Chief Executive Officer of FreeLoader, Inc., a web-based news company he founded.Pincus also made founding investments in Napster, Twitter, and Facebook.Pincus graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is an angel investor in multiple Silicon Valley startups and regularly gives lectures to aspiring entrepreneurs. ## Josh Hannah - Type: Angel - Location: Oakland, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology Josh Hannah is a general partner with Matrix Partners. His entrepreneurial career began in 1999 when he cofounded Flutter.com in London and later led a merger with his biggest competitor, Betfair.com. The combined entity revolutionized the gaming industry by building the world’s first online marketplace for sports betting. Josh returned to theStates in 2004. Soon after, he and a partner purchased eHow, an ailing, Web 1.0, how-to directory. Josh and his partner outsourced content creation to the community and employed then-new advertising and search engine optimization techniques. They increased revenue and traffic 30-fold before selling the company to Demand Media in 2006 for a 400-X return. As a partner at Matrix, Josh has invested in Huddle, Inflection and Taulia. Prior to joining Matrix, Josh invested in successful startups such as Aardvark (acquired by Google), Blingo (acquired by Publishers Clearing House), Designer Apparel (acquired by Sugar Media), Friendster (acquired by MOL Global), Minted, uShip and Wetpaint. ## Balaji Srinivasan - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software Balaji S. Srinivasan is the Co-Founder and Board Member of Coin Center. He was the CTO of Coinbase and cofounder of Counsyl, Earn, Teleport, and Coin Center. He was previously CEO at Earn.com, which was recently sold to Coinbase. Prior to taking the CEO role at Earn.com, Dr. Srinivasan was a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Prior to joininga16z, he was the cofounder and CTO of Founders Fund-backed Counsyl, where he won the Wall Street Journal Innovation Award for Medicine and was named to the MIT TR35. Dr. Srinivasan holds a BS, MS, and PhD in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University. He also teaches the occasional class at Stanford, including an online MOOC in 2013 which reached 250,000+ students worldwide. ## Sebastian Knutsson - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Apps, Music, Public Transportation Sebastian Knutsson is one of our founders and has served on our Board of Directors since October 2003, as our chief creative officer since June 2004 and as our executive product developer from February 2003 to June 2004. Sebastian has more than 18 years of experience in the Internet industry. As chief creative officer, he leads the productstrategy, games development and service offerings for King. Sebastian has designed more than 100 games for King. ## Fredrik Hjelm - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Pet Fredrik Hjelm co-founded Voi Technology in 2018 with a vision of improving the way people move around congested urban centres by offering fleets of electric scooters as a cleaner, affordable and exhilarating alternative to cars. Prior to Voi, Fredrik founded Guestit, the Nordics’ most successful Airbnb management company, and worked in businessdevelopment for Avito.ru, Russia’s leading - and the world’s third largest – classified advertising site. Fredrik’s entrepreneurial career began at 12 years of age when he ran a number of commercial projects including forestry work (he grew up in rural Sweden), events and website sales.After graduating from high school, he attended the Armed Forces Interpreter Academy, within the intelligence branch of Sweden’s special forces, where he studied Russian and linguistics. He served a total of four years in Moscow in the Defence Attache Office, where he worked as an interpreter and analyst, covering Russia as well as Kazakhstan and Belarus. He went on to study business and economics at the Stockholm School of Economics. ## Wing Vasiksiri - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Gaming, Social, Payments Wing Vasiksiri ## Jussi Salovaara - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Apps, Retail, FinTech Jussi Salovaara - Co-founder and Managing Partner Asia @ Antler ## Ron Zuckerman - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Internet, Video, Marketplace Ron Zuckerman is the Co-Founder and Director of TV Time. ## Kazuhiro Ishikura - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Beauty, Content, Fashion Kazuhiro Ishikura served as the head of the Akatsuki Business Management Department in 2013 and as a corporate auditor of Akatsuki in 2014, contributing to the company's listing on the TSE Mothers and TSE 1st sections. Appointed 3minute CFO in 2015, engaged in business start-up and organizational design, and succeeded in large-scale M & Adeal with Glee. After leaving the company, he became a WARC director in November 2018. Certified public accountant. ## Roger Ehrenberg - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Advertising, FinTech, Software Roger Ehrenberg is the founder and Managing Partner of IA Ventures, a firm that invests in companies creating competitive advantage through data. ## Craig Hewett - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Retail, Coupons, Internet Craig is the Co-Founder of Wego.com. He has more than 15 years experience in the online travel distribution industry, starting out with Holiday Inn Worldwide (now known as InterContinental Hotels Group) back in 1995 when the company launched the world's first online booking engine. He left Holiday Inn Worldwide in 1999 to join the start upteam for Priceline.com in Asia. He then joined the start up team for Zuji in Singapore where his tenure was cut short by the events of September 11th 2001. Craig then rejoined InterContinental Hotels Group at the time when the company was ramping up its online technology investments across key Asia Pacific Markets. He developed the company's online strategy across the region with key local investments in China and Japan, successfully introducing local language capabilities into the group's global reservation system and marketing websites. ## Tang Hongbo - Type: Angel - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Privacy Tang Hongbo is the Co-Founder & CEO of DeBank. ## Brian Ma - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Property Management, Real Estate, FinTech Brian Ma is the Founder and Managing Partner at Iterative Capital. Co-Founder at Decide.com, recently acquired by Ebay. He is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and advisor at various startups. ## Peng T. Ong - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Enterprise Software Peng is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Monk’s Hill Ventures, a leading early-stage tech venture capital firm in Southeast Asia. Peng is an industry veteran with over 25 years of industry as an entrepreneur, founder, and investor in Silicon Valley and in Asia. He is based in Indonesia and is a board member of Glints, ELSA, Intelligent VideoSolutions, STOQO and Escapex.Prior to Monk’s Hill Ventures, he was a Venture Partner at GSR Ventures in China. The firm is known for its successful investments in companies like Didi Chuxing and Qunar. As an entrepreneur, he co-founded a series of successful companies including Electric Classifieds (today known as Match.com), Interwoven and Eccentuate, which combined today generate over USD$1 billion in revenues annually.Peng is currently the Chairman of SolveEducation! and serves as a board member of the International Advisory Board for the University of Texas at Austin and SEA Founders.Peng earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois. ## Kamata Tomihisa - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Fitness, Medical, Genetics Dr. Kamada earned his Ph.D. at the University of Tokyo. In 1984, he pursued his journey to establish his own business that focused on information appliances and mobile software, namely ACCESS Co., Ltd.. With great success, the company entered the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers Market in 2001. He left ACCESS Co., Ltd. in 2011, and founded TomyK Ltd.in 2012 where he supports startups possessing revolutionary business ideas that revitalize the Japanese economy. ## Otomi Tomohiro - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Health Care, Travel, Content Otomi Tomohiro - CEO @ Tyrus ## Ryo Ishizuka - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: SNS, Beauty, Content Ryo Ishizuka is the co-founder and CEO of Mercari, a hassle-free peer-to-peer mobile marketplace app. After founding the company in Japan and following its successful launch, Ryo leads Mercari's international expansion as the company grows globally. Prior to founding Mercari, Ryo was the Chief Architect at RockYou, a Silicon Valley startupbacked by Sequoia. At RockYou, he was responsible for developing the core infrastructures to support its rapidly growing traffic, serving more than 20 billion PVs per month. He later served as COO at RockYou Asia to lead its Asian expansion. Born in Japan and raised in the US, Ryo has spent his life constantly moving and building bridges between the two countries. ## Alexander Pack - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Cryptocurrency, Financial Services, Blockchain Alex Pack is a Founding Partner on the deal team at AngelList, the largest platform for early-stage tech investing in the world. Previously he was an investor with Arbor Ventures, an early-stage VC firm in Hong Kong, where he focused on opportunities in cross-border FinTech, EdTech, and blockchain technology. ## Reid Hoffman - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, Social Media, Internet Reid Hoffman is a Partner at Greylock and a Co-founder and Board Member at Inflection.AI. He was a Chairman and CEO at Linkedin. Reid attended the University of Oxford and Stanford University. ## 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. ## Sofia Dolfe - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Gaming, Dating, Mobile Sofia joined Index in April 2018. She spends time in the Nordics and The Netherlands, and focuses on investments in consumer internet and marketplace businesses across all stages. Prior to joining Index, Sofia was an investor at EQT Ventures in Stockholm. Sofia is a graduate of the London School of Economics (M.Sc. Management) and of the Universityof Edinburgh (M.A.), where she graduated at the top of her class. ## Kazuma Ieiri - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Content, Fashion, Recruiting Born in 1978 and raised in Fukuoka prefecture, Kazuma founded paperboy&co. inc. (currently GMO Pepabo) and went on to become the youngest CEO ever (at the time) to take a company public in Japan by taking paperboy&co. public on the JASDAQ Japanese stock exchange. After leaving paperboy&co, he continued his startup trail by foundingBASE, CAMPFIRE, and XIMERA. Kazuma also dabbled in the food services industry via the founding of On The Corner (a cafe) and is active in the startup investment scene. He also started the Liverty-house project which attempts to create shared housing for young people in need. ## Nick Gundry - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Retail, Coupons, Internet Nick Gundry is the Partner Development, Asia + Australia at Microsoft. He attended National University of Singapore. ## Yuto Nagatomo - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: SNS, Sports, Content Yuto Nagatomo - President, CEO, and Founder @ Cuore Co., Ltd. ## Kentaro Ruichi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 Ruichi Kentaro is an Angel Investor. ## Yuma Umeda - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Gift, Internet, Software Yuma Umeda ## Siduri Poli - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Social Media, Social Network, Content Delivery Network Siduri Poli is the Founder of CMNTY.XYZ. ## Samarth Sharma - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Social Media, Social Network, Content Delivery Network Samarth Sharma is the Head of Growth, EMEA App Dev at Google. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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