# Top 50 Software Angel Investors in Hong Kong in May 2026

## Yat Siu
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Software

Yat Siu is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Outblaze a messaging communications company that services over 40 million users today based out of Hong Kong.Yat has previously worked for Atari Germany, served as Director and Head of East Coast Operations for Lexicor, established Hong Kong Cybercity (the first free web page and e-mail providerin Asia, later renamed Freenation), as well as AT&T Solutions System Integration practice.He has been named a Global Leader of Tomorrow and a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.It has been reported that Yat Siu sold Outblaze messaging to IBM to become Lotus iNotes.Yat is also responsible FON's operations in China.

## Carman Chan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS

Carman Chan is one of the top 5 Women to watch in Asia Tech (Nikkei Asian Review). She is a veteran in the technology industry with decades of experience as an entrepreneur with multiple exits, a tech columnist and a globally recognized venture capitalist.Carman is the founder of Click Ventures, a global early stage venture capital firm. ClickVentures has grown into a leading investment manager, and two of its funds are featured as Top 5 Seed Fund (Vintage 2003-2015) in the world and Top 4 Funds to Watch by Preqin respectively. Click Ventures' investments include Spotify (ipo), Docusign(ipo), Palantir, Memebox and Youappi.

## Donald Tang
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Human Resources, Information Technology

Donald Tang

## Chryseis Tan
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Beauty, Fashion

Ms. Chryseis Tan serves as Director at Cardiff Asset Limited.

## Roger Allen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

Roger Allen, director and co-founder of A&B, has practical credentials directly relevant to the Fund based upon over thirty years as a chief executive of a major Australian IT services company with worldwide operations, then 13 years as an active investor in private companies in the ICT industries.Roger grew shareholder value in ComputerPower from $250k in 1978 to $170m in 1995 (at the time of his retirement) and also grew the annual revenue to over $300m and staff to more than 3,000. Roger obtained private equity from News Corporation, through the direct involvement of Rupert Murdoch, prior to taking Computer Power public on the ASX in 1987. He has direct personal experience in selling Australian information technology products and services in the USA, Europe, Asia, as well as Australia.He served for six years until 1997 as deputy chairman of Austrade and is very well known throughout the information technology industry in Australia and internationally. He was the first chief executive from an Australian company to be elected chairman of the Australian Information Industries Association, has represented Australia at the World Computer Services Forum and was vice-president of the Asia-Pacific industry organisation. He has also served on two advisory councils to the Prime Minister and has chaired state advisory boards in both NSW and Victoria. He has been an adjunct professor in the School of Entrepreneur-ship of Swinburne University and regularly lectures at INSEAD in the School of Entrepreneurship. Roger was recently awarded the 2007 Pearcey Medal for Lifetime Achievement in recognition for his outstanding contribution to the ICT industry.

## Fabio Cannavale
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Information Technology, Software

Fabio Cannavale - Founder @ Siamosoci

## Stein Jakob Oeie
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Fashion, Internet, Shopping

Stein Jakob Oeie is the Founder & Managing Director, Indonesia at Rocket Internet GmbH.
Before joining Rocket Internet as Managing Director Indonesia, Stein worked for J.P. Morgan as Associate.
Stein holds a Master's degree from the HEC School of Management / HEC Paris.

## Michael Hansen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Art, SaaS

Michael’s responsible for strategic growth in the Asia Pacific region of Zendesk. An IT sales veteran, Michael has more than 20 years experience in a variety of sales and marketing roles spanning the U.S., Europe, Asia and Australia.Prior to becoming Zendesk’s first employee, Michael was selling help desk projects in Australia. Michael is anarmy officer who has studied at the Danish Technical University.

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

Sunghwan Choi

## Andrew Riddick
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Education, E-Learning, Recruiting

Andrew Riddick - Head of Research @ CLSA

## Julien Chabe
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Search Engine, Developer Tools

Founder & Director of WiiiWaaa.

## Simon Loong
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Financial Services

Simon Loong is the Founder and CEO of WeLab – Asia’s leading Fintech company – which operates Wolaidai (我来贷), one of China’s largest mobile lending platforms and WeLend, Hong Kong’s leading online lending platform. Founded in 2013, WeLab reinvents traditional financial services with its proprietary risk management technology and seamless mobilelending experiences. WeLab’s investors include Malaysian sovereign wealth fund Khazanah, Chinese provincial government fund Guangdong Technology Financial Group, CK Hutchison’s TOM Group, ING Bank, China Constuction Bank, World Bank’s IFC, and Sequoia Capital. WeLab was named in a KPMG-sponsored report as one of the top 100 fintech companies in the world – #6 in China and #33 globally. Prior to founding WeLab, Simon spent 15 years in retail banking divisions of leading international banks. Most recently, Simon served as the Head of Standard Chartered’s Unsecured Lending business in North East Asia. Prior to that, he was the Marketing Director for Citibank Taiwan and the Regional Risk Officer for Citibank Asia Pacific. Simon serves as an advisor on a number of professional organizations including Shenzhen Consumer Council, Hong Kong Trade Development Council and Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce. Simon has a Master of Science in Management (MSM) from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and he is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). He was awarded “Innovation Leadership Achievement in Hong Kong” by The Asian Banker in 2017, "CEO of the Year" by Capital CEO in 2016 and Silicon Dragon’s "Entrepreneur Achievement Award" in 2014.

## Jude O'Kelly
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: iOS, Apps, Mobile

Jude O'Kelly is Founder and a General Partner at Mount Parker Ventures.

## 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.

## Wei Guo
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care

Wei Guo, the founding partner of UpHonest Capital, is an active angel investor in Silicon Valley, focusing on early-stage cross-sector investments. He founded Wei Fund in 2015 and UpHonest Capital Fund I in 2016, invested in well-known companies such as Hims&Hers(NYSE: HIMS), Vicarious Surgical(NYSE: RBOT), Knightscope (NASDAQ: KSCP), Checkr,Lime, Boom, Rescale, Dialpad and more. Since 2015, he has invested in over 400 Silicon Valley startups, over 76 companies with valuations greater than 100 million USD, and 23 portfolio companies that have successfully exited.

## Jon Oringer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Miami, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce

Jon Oringer is the founder and chairman of Shutterstock.

## Joel Neoh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Mobile, Wellness

Joel Neoh is the Founder and CEO of Fave. He attended Monash University.

## Igor Rybakov
- Type: Angel
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series C
- Focus: Family, Fitness, Women's

Igor Rybakov - Co-Founder @ Larix

## Tom James
- Type: Angel
- Location: Abbotsbury, Dorset, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Artificial Intelligence

Tom James - Advisor @ OneLogin

## Gabriel Fong
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Hotel, Mobile Apps

Gabriel Fong - CEO & Co-founder @ CallFixie

## Sofia Liang
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, InsurTech, Blockchain

Sofia is the Managing Director and Head of Financial Institutions Group at ICBC International. Sofia has 17 years of investment banking experience. Prior to joining ICBC International, she was Managing Director and Head of Greater China Equity Capital Market at Macquarie Capital. She has an bachelor's degree in International Economics fromPeking University and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management.

## Wolfgang Lehmacher
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Marketplace, Food and Beverage, Information Technology

Board member, executive adviser and business angel. Partner to corporates, asset owners and start-ups to accelerate growth and perpetuate technology enabled business transformation. Global thought leader and practitioner in supply chain and logistics, driving innovation, expansion and growth for decades and across continents.

## Khailee Ng
- Type: Angel
- Location: Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Social Media, FinTech

Khailee Ng is Managing Partner at 500 Startups. Prior to that, he was the Co-founder and CEO of SAYS. He graduated from the University of Technology Sydney, the University of California, Berkeley, and San Francisco State University.

## 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.

## Nadav Ben-Chanoch
- Type: Angel
- Location: Miami, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

Nadav Ben-Chanoch - Partner @ Pareto Holdings

## Sandeep Nailwal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

Sandeep Nailwal is the Co-Founder of Polygon. He is a former Co-Founder and CEO of Scopeweaver. He attended the National Institute of Industrial Engineering.

## Guillaume Luccisano
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Mobile Apps

Guillaume Luccisano was the Co-Founder of TripleByte and Socialcam. He attended EPITECH for his degree in computer science.

## John Lindfors
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series D
- Focus: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Artificial Intelligence

John Lindfors is a Co-Founder of DST Global. He previously worked at Goldman Sachs as the head of tech and media investment banking in the EMEA region before transitioning to Digital Sky Technologies in 2010.

## Gabby Dizon
- Type: Angel
- Location: Pasig, Rizal, Philippines
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency

Gabby Dizon is the Chairman and co-founder of Alto.io, a Singapore-based game platform that connects games to the blockchain. He helped pioneer the Philippine game industry as part of the team that released the first Filipino-made game in 2003. Gabby is also CEO of game developer Altitude Games and former President of the Game DevelopersAssociation of the Philippines. Gabby helps champion the game development industry in Southeast Asia and is an active member of the Philippine startup community.

## Owen Van Natta
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Mobile, Software, Internet

Owen Van Natta is currently Founder and Managing Partner of Prefix Capital, an early stage investment fund founded in 2019. Owen is also a Founder and Managing Partner at 415 Investments. Previously, Owen was the Executive Vice President of Business at Zynga. He was responsible for the company's revenue strategy, corporate development,international expansion, and brand. Owen was also a member of Zynga's Board of Directors.Before Zynga, Owen served as Chief Executive Officer of MySpace, where he was responsible for all aspects of the company's strategic vision and the execution of its global business initiatives. Owen joined the MySpace team after serving as the Chief Executive Officer of Project Playlist, a music sharing website allowing users to search for music, create custom playlists, and share the content with friends.Prior to Project Playlist, Van Natta was the Chief Operating Officer at Facebook, where he focused on revenue operations, business development, and strategic partnerships.Earlier in his career, Owen was Vice President of Worldwide Business and Corporate Development at Amazon.com, where he managed global marketing programs and strategic partnerships. He was part of the founding team of A9.com, the Amazon.com search company, and was responsible for site operations and sponsored-link advertising.Owen holds a bachelor's degree from the University of California at Santa Cruz.

## Santiago Roel Santos
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Financial Services, Gaming

Santiago Roel Santos was a Partner at ParaFi Capital.

## Steve Kirsch
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Internet, Software, Digital Media

Steve has been at the forefront of tech innovation for more than three decades. He invented and owns a patent on an early version of the optical mouse, founded Infoseek, one of the first Internet search engines, and helped create FrameMaker, a popular publication tool used by technical writers. Sick of having 357 different usernames andpasswords, Steve founded OneID in September 2011. The company is backed by Vinod Khosla’s Khosla Ventures. He helped rid the world of junk faxes, establishing an organization for businesses and consumers and winning lawsuits and judgments against junk fax operations.Steve holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT.

## Henri Arslanian
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Banking, FinTech, Blockchain

Henri Arslanian is the PwC FinTech & RegTech Lead for China/Hong Kong. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong where he teaches the first FinTech university course in Asia.Henri is a TEDx speaker, a published author, and currently sits on several finance, academic, government, civil society, andFinTech/RegTech related boards and advisory boards in Asia and globally.Henri is a member of the Hong Kong regulator’s SFC FinTech Advisory Group and the Hong Kong government’s FSDC Fintech working group. He also sits on the board of the FinTech Association of Hong Kong and the board of the International RegTech Association.A member of the Milken Institute’s Young Leaders Circle and with over 350,000 LinkedIn followers, Henri has been awarded many industry and academic awards over the years from being named one of the Most Influential Individuals in FinTech in Asia to being awarded the Governor General of Canada Gold Medal for Academic Excellence. Henri was also recently recognized as one of the global 2017 LinkedIn Top Voices in Economy & Finance.Before joining PwC, Henri was with a FinTech start-up and previously spent many years with UBS Investment Bank in Hong Kong. Henri started his career as a financial markets and funds lawyer in Canada and Hong Kong. Henri speaks five languages including English, French, Armenian, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese.He holds a Masters in Chinese Law from Tsinghua University; a joint Global Executive MBA from Columbia Business School, London Business School, and Hong Kong University; a Masters in Transnational Law from the University of Sherbrooke; and a Bachelor of Law from the University of Montreal (Dean’s List of Excellence).

## Jack Gillett
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Supply Chain Management

Jack Gillett

## Feng Liu
- Type: Angel
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Apps

Feng Liu is the Co-Founder and Chief Content Officer of Blocks.tech.

## Chris Hitchen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet

Chris is an Australian entrepreneur and investor based in Munich, Germany. He co-founded Australia's largest comparison shopping site Getprice.com.au in 2005 and sold it to News Corp in 2010. He became News Corp's Executive Director of Commerce before leading a management buyout of Getprice in 2012, then repositioned the business asNext Commerce, including acquiring south east Asian price comparison Pricepanda and securing investment from Rocket Internet, Tengelmann Ventures, PLDT and Kinnevik, before selling the group to UK-listed Future plc in 2016.Chris also co-founded programmatic video business Audience TV, native ecommerce advertising company Hynt.com and the autonomous vehicle software company Unleash Aerial.Chris is also the founding investor and chairman of Munich-based vacation rentals business Holidu and an industrial advisor to Swedish private equity group EQT.

## Ruby Lu
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Fashion, Shopping, Software

Ruby Lu is the Founder of Atypical Ventures. She attended the University of Maryland.

## Antanas Guoga
- Type: Angel
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Fitness, mHealth, Software

Antanas Guoga was the Founder of iBus Media Network. He attended the University of Leicester.

## Animoca Brands
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series D
- Focus: Software, Apps, News

Animoca Brands, ranked in the Financial Times list of High Growth Companies Asia-Pacific 2021, is a leader in digital entertainment, blockchain, and gamification. Animoca Brands develops and publishes a broad portfolio of products including the REVV token and SAND token; original games including The Sandbox, Crazy Kings, and Crazy Defense Heroes;and products utilizing popular intellectual properties including Formula 1®, Marvel, WWE, Power Rangers, MotoGP™, and Doraemon. Animoca Brands’ portfolio of blockchain investments and partnerships includes Sky Mavis (Axie Infinity), Dapper Labs (CryptoKitties and NBA Top Shot), OpenSea, Harmony, Bitski, and Alien Worlds. Its subsidiaries include The Sandbox, Quidd, Gamee, nWay, Pixowl, and Lympo.

## Vladimir Soloviev
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Consulting, Information Technology

Vladimir Soloviev

## Edward Lando
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

Edward Lando is the Managing Partner at Pareto Holdings.

## C.Bob Lott
- Type: Angel
- Location: Detroit, Michigan, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Events, Sports, Cycling

C.Bob Lott

## Ryan Holmes
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software

Ryan Holmes is the CEO and Founder of HootSuite. Thought leader, dog lover and serial entrepreneur, he has redefined the face of social media - bringing Twitter, Facebook and other social networks out of the dorm room and into the boardroom.Holmes has grown HootSuite from a lean startup to a global leader in social media with 8 million users,including 79 of the Fortune 100 companies. A college drop-out, he started a paintball company and pizza restaurant before founding Invoke Media, the company that developed HootSuite in 2009.Today, Holmes is an authority on the social business revolution, quoted in The New York Times and Wall Street Journal and called upon to speak at TEDx and SXSW Interactive Conferences. An angel investor and advisor, he mentors startups in Canada and around the world. Through HootSuite University, Holmes partners with major universities to deliver social media coursework to the next generation of business leaders.

## Hugo Barra
- Type: Angel
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

Technology executive & investor

## Justin Kan
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce

Justin Kan is the Co-Founder of Fractal. He attended Yale University.

## Kung Sing Cheng
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Sports, Software, Analytics

Kung Sing Cheng

## Alan Rutledge
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

Alan Rutledge

## Johan Lidström
- Type: Angel
- Location: Umeå, Vasterbottens Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Music, Big Data, Mobile Apps

Johan Lidström - Founding Partner @ Northern Light Capital

## Kate Choyce
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Recruiting, Human Resources, Predictive Analytics

Kate is a driven and focused leader with a solid understanding of how to create successful businesses from nothing in uncharted territory. Her passion to redefine the traditional recruitment space is reinforced by her grassroots design, build, and in-house experimentation experience.

## Donald Skinner
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Education, E-Learning, Recruiting

Donald Skinner - Executive Chairman, CLSA Capital Partners @ CLSA

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