Top 5 Travel Angel Investors in Singapore in October 2023

David Ko is the Co-founder and CEO of Ripple Health Group (RHG), an early stage healthtech startup focused on helping people experience healthier lives by connecting them to the care, support, and community they need. Prior to RHG, David was the President, COO and Board Member of Rally Health, a digital health company that develops online andmobile solutions that make it easy for consumers to take charge of their health and health care. Rally’s solutions are currently available to nearly 55 million people through health plans, care providers, and more than 200,000 employers.Prior to joining Rally, David oversaw all strategy, planning and operations as COO at Zynga, which he helped take public in December 2011. At the time of its IPO, Zynga was the largest social gaming company in the world with over 100 million daily active users. Prior to his work at Zynga, he spent 10 years at Yahoo! in various senior executive roles, including SVP of Yahoo!’s audience, mobile, and local businesses.David serves on the board of overseers at his alma mater New York University Stern School of Business where in 2016 he established the NYU Stern Venture Fellows program for aspiring entrepreneurs. He also works as an advisor and investor to a number of companies in Silicon Valley including Calm, the number one app for Sleep, Meditation and Relaxation.

Investment focus

Apps, Information Technology, Software
Seed, Angel, Series A
United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

GetSetUp — GetSetUp is an online community of people who want to learn new skills, connect with others and unlock new life experiences.
Exer Labs — Motion intelligence software for healthcare providers, powered by our custom, next-generation AI that runs on any device with a camera.
Single Origin — Single Origin is a cloud platform where cross-functional teams define, manage, discover and consume metrics and ML features in a singular web portal. There are some use cases that Single Origin can be applied to:* Smarter Catalog - standardize data definitions across systems in multi-cloud: Single Origin's semantic management identifiesduplicate or similar data pipelines/SQLs running in single/multi-cloud and loops in corresponding users to review and standardize data definitions. * Better Collaboration - empower operators to collaborate over data in one place for Data Quality, Governance and more without going to several tools. * Seamless Orchestration - orchestrate vertical data stacks: stitching fragmented vertical solutions (catalog, semantic management, computation, governance, quality and lineage) is a formidable challenge. Single Origin provides all-in-one package or modular components that are missing and can “plug and play” in your data stacks.We are a group of engineers and product people, who founded, led and scaled uMetric and Databook of Uber and multiple ML platforms at Snap, Reddit, Amazon and Microsoft. Please reach out to us and find out how Single Origin can power "metrics and ML features as a service" for you.

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Benjamin Ball is a Founding Partner of Francisco Partners Management, LLC, which is a leading private equity firm focused exclusively on investing in the information technology market. Benjamin focuses primarily on investments in the communications and hardware systems sectors. Benjamin was appointed to our board of directors on October 23,2007. He also serves on the board of directors of Data Connection, Electrical Components International, WatchGuard and WebTrends.Prior to founding Francisco Partners, Benjamin was a Vice President with TA Associates where he led private equity investments in the software, semiconductor and communications segments. Earlier in his career, Benjamin worked for AEA Investors, a New York-based private equity firm, and also for the consulting firm of Bain & Company.Benjamin holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Investment focus

SaaS, Communities, Enterprise Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series C
United States, Singapore, Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Bevy — Bevy is a community event engine fueling virtual, hybrid, and in-person events. Our platform powers your events, allowing you to focus on converting your audience into a community. Bevy is the only platform that can scale your events through enterprise integrations and insightful analytics.
TribeHired — TribeHired is an online social recruitment platform that connects job seekers and employers. Hiring managers use its system to schedule interviews and make offers to shortlisted candidates, with interviews and offers being made within 2 weeks of talent getting featured. The future versions of TribeHired will allow talent to select engagements thattake up to 3 hours, 3 months or 3 years tenure, with the ability to prioritize work for a higher salary, social impact or up-skilling opportunities.The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur.
OurHealthMate — Enterprise Healthcare Management platform which focuses on increasing engagement and providing ease in healthcare reimbursements and benefits to the corporates in India. The company was founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. It has offices in Singapore and Bangalore (India)

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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.

Investment focus

Real Estate, Internet, E-Commerce
Seed
Singapore, Thailand, United States

Portfolio highlights

PropertyScout — PropertyScout is a proptech startup that builds an end-to-end rental and sale platform for owners, agents, buyers, and tenants. The startup is connecting over 1,800 agents and agencies with buyers, renters, and owners, servicing thousands of satisfied customers every month. PropertyScout leverages its database of more than 200,000 properties, itstechnology platform, and its centralized operations to digitize and automate 90% of the real estate transaction. This frees up agents’ time to professionally and efficiently communicate with buyers, renters, owners and co-agents to deliver outstanding service and close transactions faster. Providing a transparent and trusted experience, PropertyScout has quickly become the favorite go-to place for buying, selling, and renting real estate in Thailand, as proven by hundreds of five-star reviews.
Light — Light is a radically different technology company. We design beautiful tools that respect and empower our users and our first product is The Light Phone.
PropertyScout — PropertyScout is building a real estate transaction platform enabling a trusted renting, buying, and selling experience. Our mission is to enable consumers (tenants or buyers) to find the most suitable home at the best available price and help owners to earn more, effortlessly by employing the latest technologies and eliminating hassles involvedin renting processes.Founded in 2019, we are venture-funded and now expanding quickly in Bangkok with plans to further expand across South East Asia.

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Meng Xiong Kuok - Founder & Managing Partner @ K3 Ventures

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Transportation
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
Singapore, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

Cicil — Dapatkan akses pinjaman pendidikan untuk kebutuhan mahasiswa dan juga institusi pendidikan. Solusi pembiayaan yang sudah berizin dan diawasi oleh OJK.
SimplyGood — SimplyGood supplies environmentally friendly cleaning and personal care products.
Lottery.com — Lottery.com is the internet's top source for official lottery results, numbers, games, jackpots, winners and news.

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