# Top 50 Social Network Startup Investors in Asia in October 2023 ## 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". ## FutureCap - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Angel, Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Information Technology Future Capital Discovery Ventures | The best way to predict the future is to create it. ## JAFCO Asia - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology Since its establishment in 1990, JAFCO Asia has grown to become a leading brand in the venture capital industry in the Asia Pacific region. Currently, JAFCO Asia has offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei, Seoul and Beijing.With more than US$1.2 billion funds under management in aggregate, JAFCO Asia's experienced investment team hasinvested in over 368 companies in 13 countries (Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Australia, India, Israel and Vietnam) and divested more than 260 companies of which at least 86 have been publicly listed.Since the new millennium, JAFCO Asia has shifted its focus entirely to technology related investments and is now one of the pre-eminent venture capital technology investors in the region. They believe that their existing portfolio in the Asia Pacific region and the worldwide business network offer their portfolio companies significant potential for synergistic partnerships. ## 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. ## Shubhrendu Koche - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Sports, eSports Shubhrendu Koche ## Antler - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Build your next company with Antler, a global day zero investor enabling exceptional founders to start great companies, from the very beginning. Apply now! ## Worshipper Capital - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Social, Mobile Apps, Social Media Worshipper Capital is an investment firm. ## Horus Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Qingdao Shi, Shandong, China - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Horus Capital is an investment firm that invests in AI, big data, TMT, medical health, and cultural media industries. ## Zenmen - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Angel - Focus: Internet, Big Data, Communities Zenmen is an IT support and service provider company. ## 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. ## D4V - Type: VC Fund - Location: Minato, Chiba, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, Software, Fashion D4V (Design for Ventures) is a Tokyo-based early-stage venture capital firm that invests in disruptive, consumer and enterprise technology startups. ## Redline Blockchain Capital - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Social, Mobile Apps, Social Media Redline Blockchain Capital is an investment firm. ## Peeli Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, FinTech, Media and Entertainment Founded in early 2014, Peeli Ventures is an independent venture capital management consulting company focusing on investments in domestic consumer, education, TMT and fast-growing industries. They are committed to supporting aspiring entrepreneurs and are looking for highly competitive companies with great potential, which, combined with theproactive value-added services provided by Peeli Ventures, will have better development and together create an All-Win situation. ## IDC Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology We actively want to help to transform visions into reality. We strongly believe that disruptive ideas driven by visionary leaders positively impact our world's everyday life. ## Oasis Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Property Development, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services Oasis Capital Ghana Limited was established in February 2009 under the laws of the Republic of Ghana as a growth and venture capital fund manager. We seek to provide risk capital in the form of equity, quasi-equity and profit-sharing facilities to entrepreneurial businesses in Africa. We also offer a business development service to investeecompanies as part of our value proposition. By combining finance and BDS, Oasis is able to leverage its analytical approach to better mitigate risk, improve the business models of our clients and realize sustainable returns for our stakeholders. ## CBC Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology CBC, founded by Dr. Edward Suning Tian in 2006, is a China-based private equity firm focusing on TMT investments. With its extensive industry expertise , CBC has been regarded as one of the most influential investors in the Internet and technology space in China, leading many exceptional investments in both the Enterprise and the Consumer Internetsectors. CBC leverages its operational background to create significant value for its portfolio companies. CBC currently manages multiple USD and RMB funds with a total AUM of over USD 2 billion and has built a strong portfolio consisting of leading industry companies such as 21Vianet, AsiaInfo, Longshine, Qiniu, Fraudmetrix, Dianping, Focus Media, Oriental Pearl, Babytree, Ximalaya, and Wacai. ## B Dash Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Information Technology, E-Commerce B Dash Ventures does seed to late stage tech investments in Japan, Asia Pacific, and the U.S. LPs include Japan's largest technology companies and financial institutions including NTT Docomo, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, GREE, NEC BIGLOBE, Fuji Television, and the Japanese government. B Dash Ventures also operates an incubation space inpartnership with Mori Building Co. and holds the invitation-based B Dash Camp conference. ## Hustle Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Carlos, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Hustle Fund is a seed fund that seeks to invest in early-stage startups operating in software, business to business, fintech, and digital health sectors. ## N7 Labs - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Diego, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Cryptocurrency, Social, Internet N7 Labs is a San Diego-based consulting and retail organization. ## East Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce East Ventures is an early stage venture capital (VC) focused on Southeast Asia, Indonesia & Japan. Success cases include Tokopedia, Traveloka, and Mercari. ## Deep30 - Type: VC Fund - Location: Kuramae, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Alto Partners Multi-Family Office - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Alto Partners is the first Multi-Family Office founded by and for Asia’s entrepreneurs.​​ Since our establishment in 2013, we have invested in dozens of Southeast Asia's leading founders. ​Many entrepreneurs we backed with our financial and strategic capital have become Asia's most celebrated success stories.​​As we achieve exitsalongside founders, we become the family office of choice for new entrepreneurial wealth, which is often re-invested into next generation start-ups. ​This entrepreneur-focused cycle of venture funding, exits and re-investment underpins the growth of our family office, which today includes the founders of Gojek, Bank Jago, Kopi Kenangan, ​Jobstreet, Northstar and others from Asia's venture ecosystem. ​​ ## Skywater Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Honolulu, Hawaii, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Social, Mobile Apps, Social Media Skywater Capital is a cryptocurrency digital asset index fund. ## Waterdrip Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Initial Coin Offering - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology Waterdrip capital invests in blockchain industries. ## gumi Cryptos Capital (gCC) - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services gCC (gumi Cryptos Capital) is a blockchain and cryptographic asset fund that invests in the crypto native stack from L1 to the application layer, as well as in traditional businesses supporting the ecosystem. ## Momentum 6 - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Initial Coin Offering - Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency Building momentum for ideas in WEB3. ## Meridian Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Angel, Series B - Focus: Internet, Software, Information Technology Meridian Capital is the leading TMT field of venture capital institution in China. They have a wide range of investment layout in the mobile Internet and media entertainment field and they have a vibrant and experienced investment team.Meridian Capital’s investment area is relatively concentrated, and its investment can be regarded as investmentwithin the industry. They have a wide range of layout-oriented investments in the core areas of industry such as culture and entertainment, consumption upgrades, Internet finance, and enterprise services, with the flow of inputs and realization methods. It has a clear view of development in the industry and sub-industries. Social, online-business, education, health care, real-estate, car business, digital reading, digital marketing, music, film and television, games, entertainment community and etc, industrial cluster effect is obvious.Since its inception in 2008, Meridian Capital is committed to focusing on investment in culture new media fields, currently it is mainly concerned with culture entertainment, consumption upgrading, Internet finance, and corporate service fields, it has issued 5 RMB funds, and 2 Singapore currency funds, whose total management size topped RMB 5 billion yuan, more than 100 Internet startup enterprises are its beneficiaries. Meridian Capital’s concern for culture new media field is consistently prominent. ## Quest Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Marketplace Quest Ventures is a top venture capital firm in Asia. For entrepreneurs: venture capital. For enterprises: applied innovation. For ecosystems: accelerate. ## Sinovation Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Mobile Sinovation Ventures is a full-service venture capital firm that actively invests in the Chinese technology market. ## Hashkey - Type: VC Fund - Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services Hashkey they offers investment opportunities and solutions to institutions, family offices, funds, and professional accredited investors across the digital asset and blockchain ecosystem. ## Angel One Network - Type: VC Fund - Location: Burlington, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, SaaS Angel One Network Inc. is a member-based, not-for-profit organization. ## ZhenFund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce ZhenFund is a seed fund founded by former entrepreneurs to invest in the most promising innovators. New Oriental co-founders Bob Xiaoping Xu and Victor Qiang Wang established ZhenFund in 2011 in collaboration with Sequoia Capital China. ZhenFund now has a network of over 800 portfolio companies, including over 30 unicorns based in China. Webelieve that great businesses start with exceptional founding teams. We are dedicated to helping our entrepreneurs build successful companies by providing them with mentorship and the best resources available. Some of our services include biannual demo days to top Chinese VCs, ZhenHR services, marketing and PR consulting, as well as fundraising. Our strong and large CEO network also facilitates entrepreneurs helping each other, especially via our WeChat platform. ZhenFund has been ranked as the “#1 Early-Stage Investment Firm” for six years. Bob Xiaoping Xu, Founder of ZhenFund, has been named on the Midas List since 2016 and ranked #11 in 2019. Anna Fang, Founding Partner and CEO of ZhenFund, has been named on the Midas List since 2019 and made her 4th appearance as #12, and #1 on Midas Seed List in 2022. ## 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. ## Lotus Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Gaming, Blockchain, Mobile Apps Lotus Capital Investments ## JMS Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Sports, eSports, Internet Early Stage Investor ## 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. ## Coinbase Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services Coinbase Ventures is an investment arm of Coinbase that aims to invest in seed-stage cryptocurrency and blockchain startups. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California, United States. ## 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. ## OKX Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Video Games OKX Blockdream Ventures is a fund focused on exploring high-quality blockchain projects with great potential. ## Formless Capital - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Software Formless Capital is a cross-border investment fund that invests in the future of blockchain and technologies. ## Luno Expeditions - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Blockchain Luno Expeditions is a global early-stage investor supporting fintech & crypto founders on their journeys to build the next generation of financial services. ## 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. ## Huobi Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Initial Coin Offering - Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency Huobi Ventures is a venture capital firm which focuses on projects related to blockchain technology, crypto assets, and digital currency. ## Evernew Capital - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B, Initial Coin Offering - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services Evernew Capital is a web3 investment fund backing seed to growth stage crypto companies and protocols. We are developer focused and on a mission to build the blockchain multiverse. ## GeekFounders - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Travel, Information Technology GeekFounders is an early stage investor focused on mobile SaaS, gaming entertainent and hardware. ## Kraken Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services Kraken Ventures is a global VC fund investing in the economies of the future. Learn more today. ## 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. ## SNZ Holding - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology SNZ Holding was founded by a group of engineers, blockchain evangelists. ## Ferry Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Angel, Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Manufacturing, Internet Ferry Venture Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on building companies in the new technology industry. The firm invests in early-stage companies in three broad areas, mainly in Information Technology & Artificial Intelligence (IT & AI), Enterprise Services & Technology, and Consumer & Entertainment.FerryVenture Capital was founded in 2010 and is based in Shanghai, China. ## Shangshi Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Angel, Series B - Focus: Information Technology, Hardware, Software Shangshi Fund is an investment firm. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co