# Top 40 Sports Angel Investors in Singapore in May 2026 ## 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 ## David Ng - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: eSports, Media and Entertainment David Ng is the CEO & Founder of goGame. ## Juha Paananen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Wellness, Video Games Juha Paananen - CEO & Co-Founder @ Soba ## Poh Kam Wong - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, Wearables, Rehabilitation Poh Kam WONG is a Professor at the Business School of National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Director of NUS Entrepreneurship Centre. Through the centre, he oversees the university's entrepreneurship education programs, as well as the university's incubator, seed funding programs and mentoring scheme for nurturing spin-offcompanies by the university's professors and students. He has published extensively in leading academic journals on high tech entrepreneurship and innovation policy in Asia, and has consulted frequently for technology companies in Asia, as well as international organizations such as the World Bank. He is an active angel investor in technology start-ups in Singapore, Asia and Silicon Valley, and is the founding Chairman of Business Angel Network Southeast Asia (BANSEA) and chairman and partner of BAF Spectrum Pte Ltd, a business angel fund based in Singapore. He is the initiator of StartUp@Singapore, the annual national business plan competition in Singapore since 1999. ## 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 ## Ron Sim - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Beauty, Fitness, Genetics Ron Sim ## Vijay Seshadri - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care Vijay Seshadri ex-Board Member, Chargebee. ## Shishir Bharti - Type: Angel - Location: Bangkok, Krung Thep, Thailand - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Sports, eSports, Internet With 18+ years’ experience of working for large multinational companies, Shishir brings his expertise in all areas of Human Resources and has a proven track record of working with Senior Management Level Executives to integrate the People Strategy in the overall Business Strategy. Prior to aCommerce, Shishir worked with global companies likeHewlett Packard, Coca-Cola, Volvo Buses, as well as global start-ups such as LinkedIn and Uber. ## 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. ## Roshan Rajappa - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Gaming, Software, Marketplace Roshan Rajappa ## Harsha Bhogle - Type: Angel - Location: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Gaming, Sports, Blockchain Harsha Bhogle is an Indian cricket commentator and journalist ## Naishadh Udeshi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Gaming, Mobile Apps, Casual Games Naishadh Udeshi ## Dr. Rohitha De Silva - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Gaming, Mobile Apps, Casual Games Dr. Rohitha De Silva ## Rob Gilby - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: eSports, Media and Entertainment Rob Gilby ## Rahul Nambiar - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care Rahul Nambiar was the CEO, Board Member, and Co-Founder of iProspect. He has a master's degree in Digital Marketing at IE Business School. ## Kin-Wai Lau - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Retail, Fashion, eSports A well recognised serial tech-entrepreneur in Southeast Asia, Mr Lau founded his first tech company when he was 23. Since then, Mr Lau has took 3 tech companies public .At the start of his career Mr Lau was the co-founder and Managing Director of Viztel Solutions Berhad (Viztel), a telecom and mobile internet software startup that grew into amajor regional player. Mr Lau was, at the time, one of the youngest ever managing directors of a publicly traded company in Malaysia.Mr Lau has also led a group of investors to a successful take-over of the Oriented Media Group Berhad (Omedia), a publicly traded digital media company, of which he was later appointed, Executive Chairman. In 2007, Mr Lau co-founded Cellsafe Biotech Group, a regional biotechnology business group that focuses on non-controversial technologies for harvesting and cryogenic preservation of stem cells. Cellsafe has since become a leading stem cell bank network in Southeast Asia, with operations across four different countries.Mr Lau frequently supports and plays active role in entrepreneurial campaigns in colleges and universities. He is a regular judge at major business plan competitions in Singapore.Mr Lau was a scholar of a Malaysian government-controlled corporation and graduated first class honours in engineering from the University of Manchester, UK. He was also a faculty research staff and PhD candidate at the Imperial College London, UK. ## Lev Leviev - Type: Angel - Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, Apps, E-Commerce Lev Leviev is the Founder of LVL1 Group. Before founding LVL1 Group, he was an internet entrepreneur and investor, a co-founder of Russia's largest social network VK.com (originally VKontakte). ## Robert Chew - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Seed, Series C - Focus: Software, SaaS, Sports Robert is an active angel investor in the United States, and is the Singapore ambassador for Singularity University, based in Mountain View, California, and a member of the Innovation Board of XPRIZE Foundation.He is currently a board member of Anacle Systems Pte. Ltd., Scanadu Holdings Pte. Ltd., Alexandra Health System Pte. Ltd., IntegratedHealth Information Systems Pte. Ltd., Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital, TOUCH Community Services Limited, Shared Services for Charities Limited, National Council of Social Service, and the Singapore Institute of Directors.He is a Fellow of the Singapore Computer Society (SCS) and was awarded SCS's IT Leader of the Year in 2009, and SCS's President Award in 2014. He chaired the Information Technology Standards Committee from 2005 to 2012, and currently chairs its Cloud Computing Standards Task Force. For his contribution to standards development, he was awarded SPRING's Distinguished Partner Award in 2011. He was conferred the Public Service Medal in 2013.Robert was formerly a partner of Accenture where he led the strategy practice in Southeast Asia and the Communications, Media and High Tech industry practice in Singapore. ## Mayank Parekh - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Wellness, Apps Prior to launching M Venture Partners (MVP), Mayank was the Founder of Grange Partners, the brand of a proprietary private investment family office that made investments in the mid-cap and small-cap sector across Southeast Asia, USA, and Sri Lanka. With a ~15-year investment track record (and over 40 angel, venture capital, and privateinvestments), his sector experience includes Financial Services, Healthcare, Education, Telecom, F&B / Retail, and Consumer IoT/Tech. Prior to establishing Grange Partners, he was Partner & Managing Director at Southern Capital Group, a pan-Asian mid-cap leveraged buyout fund. Formerly, Mayank spent close to a dozen years at McKinsey & Company, where he departed as Managing Partner of the Singapore office. He also helmed McKinsey’s Corporate Finance group in Southeast Asia. Out of close to 30 years professional experience, Mayank has spent about 24 years in the Asia-Pacific region. During this time, he has built a broad network of industry leaders, business owners, professional executives, advisors, family offices and financial sponsors. Mayank earned his MBA from the University of Chicago and his BA with Distinction from Hamilton College. ## Axel Wehr - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: eSports, Media and Entertainment Axel Wehr - Partner @ Firestartr ## Akshit Goyal - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Shoes, Retail, Fashion Akshit Goyal ## Michael Broda - Type: Angel - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: eSports Michael Broda is the Co-Founder and Board Member at Esports Players League. ## Shihab Muhammed - Type: Angel - Location: Cochin, Kerala, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fitness, Software, Wellness SaaS Entrepreneur , Growth Leader, Built and scaled multi million dollar SaaS products . Passionate about building user friendly SaaS Products . ## Manit Parikh - Type: Angel - Location: Bangkok, Krung Thep, Thailand - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: B2B, Sports, eSports Manit Parikh ## Michael Patent - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: eSports, Media and Entertainment Michael Patent ## Harri Manninen - Type: Angel - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Gaming, Video Games, PC Games Harri Manninen - Founding Partner @ Play Ventures ## Sudheer Nair - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care Sudheer Nair Chairman, Navio Group. ## Sudi Navile - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care Sudi Navile ex-Divisional CIO, Oracle. ## Senu Sam - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care Senu Sam Building Mykare Health ## Faisal Nasimuddin - Type: Angel - Location: Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: eSports Faisal Nasimuddin ## George Godula - Type: Angel - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Health Care, Information Technology, Mobile Cross-border angel / early stage investor with portfolio of 40+ startup companies and as of currently 4 exits, 4 unicorns & counting.George invests in companies helping people lead a longer, healthier and happier life - keywords sustainability, ESG, impact investing. In addition to investing he likes to be hands-on in hisportfoliocompanies, either helping China / SEA based teams to internationalize or global teams to break into China / SEA or support them in outsourcing, sourcing and manufacturing. Typically angel, seed and occasional Series A stage investments. Industry focus and selected startups in his portfolio: - E-Commerce e.g. Web2Asia, Grana, Mercato - SaaS e.g. Jimdo, Blush, Anduin Transactions - Marketplaces / crowdfunding Republic.co - Education / Training e.g. Vantage Point, Dexter, - IoT e.g. Mila, Cafe-X, Lyte charging, The Light Phone, Density.io - Fitness e.g. FitXR, Trainersvault, Overhand Fitness, Salut, Guavapass (exit via sale to ClassPass) - Health / Nutrition e.g. NutriSense, Blue Mesa Health (exit via sale to Virgin), Compass Therapeutics (exit via IPO) - Insurtech e.g. The Care Voice - Medtech / Biotech e.g. Life Biosciences, Sequencing.com, MycoWorks - Sustainability / Infrastructure e.g. Blokable, U.S. Bitcoin Corp, Hardt Hyperloop - Deep tech / frontier tech e.g. Rain Neuromorphics, ZaiNar, Massive, Protocol Labs (Filecoin) - On-demand / sharing economy e.g. Yassir, Truck it in, misterbnb, Delivery Hero Austria & China (exit via sale / IPO) ## Jonathan Shipman - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: eSports, Beauty, Software Jonathan Shipman is a VP, Strategy (Product & Marketing) at Lantronix. ## Yee How Choong - Type: Angel - Location: Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Fitness, Medical, Wellness Yee How Choong, also known as Raymond, has been Group Chief Executive Officer, Group President and Director at GuocoLand Limited since September 1, 2015. Choong served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad (alternate name HLFG or Hong Leong Credit Bhd) from December 1, 2005 to September 1, 2015. Choongserved as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Citibank Savings Inc., Philippines since 2005. His working experience includes: Branch, Citibank, Malaysia from 1981 to 1984, Head of Credit & Business Development, Citibank, Malaysia from 1984 to 1986, Head of Sales & Marketing & Distribution, Citibank, Malaysia from 1987 to 1997, Head of Retail Banking & Credit Card, Citibank, Malaysia from 1998 to 2004. He served as Portfolio Manager of Hong Leong GEM Resources Strategic Fund, Hong Leong Global Value Fund, and Hong Leong Vietnam Fund. He served as a Portfolio Manager of Hong Leong Asset Management Bhd, Hong Leong GEM Resources Strategic Fund, Hong Leong Global Value Fund and Hong Leong Vietnam Fund. He serves as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of Hong Leong MSIG Takaful Berhad. He serves as a Director of Hong Leong Asset Management Bhd and Hong Leong Investment Bank Berhad. He serves as Non-Executive & Non-Independent Director at Hong Leong Assurance Berhad. He serves as a Director of Hong Leong Islamic Bank Berhad and Hong Leong Assurance Berhad. He served as a Non-Independent & Non-Executive Director of Hong Leong Bank Berhad since March 9, 2006 until September 21, 2015. He served as a Non Independent & Non Executive Director of GuocoLand (Malaysia) Berhad since September 1, 2015 until May 8, 2016. He served as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director at Hong Leong MSIG Takaful Berhad (formerly Hong Leong Tokio Marine Takaful Bhd). Choong served as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of HLG Capital Berhad (Hong Leong Capital Berhad) from December 1, 2005 to September 21, 2015. He served as an Executive Director of Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad from December 1, 2005 to October 2007 and served as its Non Independent Director until September 1, 2015. His qualification includes: In 1975 Bursary Examination of New Zealand from Bayfield High School, Dunedin, New Zealand , Bachelor of Science (Honours) - First Class Major in Biochemistry from University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand from 1976 to 1979. He received Master of Business Administration (MBA) from University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand from 1980 to 1981. ## Lim Der Shing - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Wellness, Health Care Der Shing is founder and CEO of the JobsCentral Group. His work scope includes strategic planning and responsibility for the group's P&L. His achievements include creating career media platforms that reach 10 million people in South East Asia. In 2011, he negotiated the acquisition of the group by CareerBuilder. Der Shing has a Bachelor ofEngineering (Summa cum laude) from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is a father of 3 and is an avid share investor and traveller. He is also involved in community work as a Council Member of the South West CDC and is a member of the Entrepreneurs Organisation in Singapore. ## Marcus John - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: eSports, Media and Entertainment Marcus John ## Navin Jain - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care Navin Jain Country Head - Indonesia, Mastercard. ## Madhu Bhaskaran - Type: Angel - Location: Ernakulam, Kerala, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care Madhu Bhaskaran Managing Director at Samagra Progressive Learning Solutions P Ltd ## Stan Kuruvilla - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care Stan Kuruvilla ex-PayPal. ## Pieter Walraven - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Sports, Computer, Software Pieter Walraven - Product Manager @ Google # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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