# Top 50 Wellness Angel Investors in Asia in October 2023

## Tim Lee
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Wellness, Mobile

Timothy Lee, Former Sequoia Partner.

## Lim Der Shing
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## Joel Neoh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Mobile, Wellness

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

## 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

## Hiroaki Kitano
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Debt Financing
- Focus: Health Care, Information Technology, Fitness

Hiroaki Kitano is the SVP at Softbank Mobile. He attended Waseda University.

## Esther Dyson
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Medical, Software

Esther Dyson - Founder @ Way to Wellville

## Anjan Bhojarajan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Wellness, Health Care

Anjan Bhojarajan is a Chief Business Officer at HealthifyMe.

## Tomohito Ebine
- Type: Angel
- Location: Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Home Services, Information Technology, Consulting

Tomohito Ebine is non-executive Director at Owls Co., Ltd.

## 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.

## Stan Kuruvilla
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care

Stan Kuruvilla ex-PayPal.

## Ron Sim
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Beauty, Fitness, Genetics

Ron Sim

## Emili Nirmala
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Mobile Apps

Emili Nirmala is the manager at LingoAce.

## Senu Sam
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care

Senu Sam Building Mykare Health

## Antonio Mazza
- Type: Angel
- Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Fitness, Internet

Antonio Mazza is the Co-Founder of WeNetwork.

## Akshit Goyal
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Shoes, Retail, Fashion

Akshit Goyal

## 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.

## Phillip Tjipto
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Wellness, Health Care

Phillip Tjipto of Impack Ventures.

## Jonathan Tan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Internet, Software, Wellness

Jonathan Tan is the Founder & Managing Director, PRISM+. He attended Temasek Polytechnic.

## Ivan Lee
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Beauty, Wellness, Lifestyle

Ivan Lee - Founder @ Raging Bull

## Joel Leong
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Medical, Internet

Joel co-founded Shopback in 2014. Shopback is now the biggest cashback app in Southeast Asia, driving $400M in sales to partners like Lazada, Shopee, Grab and Expedia. Shopback has raised over $40M from Softbank Ventures, Singtel and Credit Saison.

## Sudheer Nair
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care

Sudheer Nair Chairman, Navio Group.

## Iwan Kurniawan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Mobile Apps, FinTech, Fitness

Iwan Kurniawan is the Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer at Modalku.

## Vijay Seshadri
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care

Vijay Seshadri ex-Board Member, Chargebee.

## Sudi Navile
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care

Sudi Navile ex-Divisional CIO, Oracle.

## Robin Tan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Wellness, Information Services

Robin Tan is the Founding Member - Tech & Marketing Founding. Attended Nanyang Technological University Singapore.

## Shadab Farooqui
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Wellness, Health Care

Founder of CrystalMD.

## 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

## Alexander Sie To
- Type: Angel
- Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Mobile Apps

Angel Investor focusing on Technology company. Experienced Senior Business System Analyst, System Architect, Technology Integrator, IT Security Architect with a demonstrated history of working in the professional industry related to Operational Instances as well as Security Instances. Skilled in In-depth System Analyst, Security System, CiscoNetworking OS, SCADA, Databases, and Web and Mobile Application Development. Strong business development professional with a Master of Science (MS) focused in Cyber Security - Computer Science from University of Southern California.

## Sagi Shorrer
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Digital Entertainment, Gaming, Mobile

Sagi Shorrer is an Entrepreneur, advisor and angel investor in the digital media and technology space, with 15 years of strategic and operational experience across large companies and startups (including: Google, BBDO, i-Touch, Brainbow).
Strong focus on mobile apps, monetization and Internationalization.

## 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.

## Royston Tay
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Artificial Intelligence

Royston Tay is Co-Founder & CEO at Zopim. He is GM of Chat at Zendesk.

## Boon Hwee Koh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech

Boon Hwee is the founding partner of Credence and Chairman of the investment committee. Concurrently, Boon Hwee is a member of Agilent Technologies Inc, Chairman of AAC Technologies, Yeo Hiap Seng Limited, and Sunningdale Tech Limited.Boon Hwee began his career in 1977 at Hewlett Packard ("HP") and rose to become its Managing Directorin Singapore, a position he held from 1985 to 1990. Boon Hwee's other previous positions include:Chairman of Singapore Telecom Group ("SingTel") and its predecessor organisations for 17 yearsChairman of Singapore Airlines Limited ("SIA") for 4 yearsChairman of Development Bank of Singapore ("DBS") for 4 yearsDirector on the Board of Temasek Holdings Private Limited for 15 years (Boon Hwee also served as a member of the Executive Committee from January 1997 to September 2010)Chairman of the Wuthelam Group for 10 yearsBoon Hwee was named the Outstanding Manager of the Year in 1991 by Business Times and DHL Worldwide. He was conferred The International Herald Tribune Visionary and Leader Honour in January 2003.Boon Hwee contributes actively to non-profit organisations, and is the current Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Nanyang Technological University and a Director of the Hewlett Foundation in the United States.Boon Hwee obtained his Bachelor's Degree (First Class Honours) in Mechanical Engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London in 1972 and his MBA (Distinction) from the Harvard Business School in 1976.

## Natasha Foong
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Wellness, Health Care

Natasha began her career in the Venture Capital (VC) Group of the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB). She rose to become Head of the EDB VC Group and was concurrently Vice President of EDB Investments, which had $4 billion under management.She was a Co-Founder and Executive Director of Valuair Ltd, Singapore's first budget airline,which was acquired by Jetstar. She has consulted for various companies in different industries, including most recently the COMO Group, comprising Club 21 and COMO Hotels and Resorts.She was a former Mulberry PLC Board member and is currently an Executive Advisor and Mentor with NUS Enterprise.Natasha graduated from the University of London with a BSc Economics from Queen Mary College, and an MSc Management Science from Imperial College.

## Jeffrey Tiong
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Apps, Medical

Jeffrey is passionate about leveraging technology to help companies innovate more successfully. Since founding PatSnap fresh out of college, Jeffrey’s unique ability to merge technology, product design, strategy and marketing has helped it become the fastest-growing company in the industry, with operations across Singapore, China and London.Jeffrey sets the vision for the company and its products, and drives relentless execution across all fronts. Jeffrey earned a Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from the National University of Singapore.

## Quek Siu Rui
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Education, Information Technology

Siu Rui is a co-founder of Carousell and oversees Product and Marketing. Since the launch of Carousell in May 2012 together with co-founders Marcus Tan and Lucas Ngoo, Siu Rui has been deeply involved in product strategy, international expansion and capital strategy. He is passionate about technology and has been buying and selling online since hewas 13. This has been a driving force behind Siu Rui’s commitment to building a product-focused company, focused on solving meaningful problems for people globally.Prior to Carousell, Siu Rui spent some time in marketing and product management at VSee, Ogilvy & Mather and DBS Vickers. Siu Rui read Business Administration and Entrepreneurship at National University of Singapore and Stanford University (Under the NUS Overseas College Program in Silicon Valley, California), and dropped out of his Honours year to start Carousell.

## Makoto Takano
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Content, Sports, Apps

Makoto Takano is CEO of atomixmedia, inc., publisher and editor-in-chief of Forbes Japan and Rolling Stone Japan since June, 2014. Prior to joining Atomixmedia, Inc., he was Managing Director and President of PIMCO Japan Ltd. Before joining PIMCO in 2001, he was head of marketing at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Makoto's prior experiencealso includes work at Daiwa Securities where he was head of the strategists team at Daiwa Institute of Research. He has published extensively on the capital markets. In 1992, he was awarded Securities Analysts Journal Prize by the Securities Analyst Association of Japan. He has also given lectures on asset management at Waseda University and Kyoto University. He holds master’s and undergraduate degrees in engineering from Waseda University. Makoto serves as Director of Nippon Finance Association and Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation.

## 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 .

## Matilde Giglio
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech

Matilde Giglio is the Co-Founder of Even and an angel investor in over 30 companies globally
https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/10/even-healthcare-lands-additional-capital-to-advance-primary-care-adoption-in-india/

## Abhinay Peddisetty
- Type: Angel
- Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Information Technology, Financial Services, E-Commerce

Abhinay Peddisetty is the Co-Founder of BukuWarung. He was an Angel Investor at Go Swift and the Head of Enterprise Business of APAC at Carousell before that.

## David Petraeus
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

General (Ret) David H. Petraeus joined KKR in June 2013 and is Chairman of the KKR Global Institute, which supports KKR’s investment committees, portfolio companies, and investors with analysis of geopolitical and macro-economic trends, as well as environmental, social, and governance issues. He was made a Partner at KKR in 2014. He is also amember of the boards of Optiv (cybersecurity) and OneStream (business software).Petraeus is also a personal venture capitalist, a Visiting Fellow at Yale's Jackson Institute, an Honorary Professor of the University of Birmingham (England), a member of the Trilateral Commission, Senior Vice-President of the Royal United Services Institute, and Co-Chairman of the Global Advisory Council of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, as well as a member of the boards of the Institute for the Study of War and the Atlantic Council and over a dozen veterans service organizations.

## Aakash Degwekar
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Wellness, Health Care

Aakash Degwekar

## Hirofumi Miki
- Type: Angel
- Location: Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Content, Marketing, Internet

After JTB Co., Ltd. and CYBIRD Co., Ltd. as an initial member of Glee Co., Ltd. is responsible for business development. Currently, he is mainly engaged in venture support in the Internet area, investing in venture and venture capital, and served as management advisor for dozens of companies. Hands-on business development, growth strategydevelopment, financing advice, HR organization design support, partner referral and Recruit Support. He is also engaged in business support for ventures in the healthcare and university venture fields. He served as Digital Health Meetup Advisor, NEDOTCP Mentor and Future 2016 Mentor.

## Samvit Ramadurgam
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berkeley, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, Analytics

Samvit went through the Y Combinator program and started his first venture-backed company when he was nineteen years old. Prior to starting Equidate, Samvit co-founded Streem, a cloud storage company which was acquired by Box in 2014. Samvit is an active angel investor and frequently invests in startups through S2 Capital, where he serves asfounding partner. His previous work spans numerous startups,most recently including Asana where he built out distributed systems infrastructure and Livemagic where he developed audio fingerprinting algorithms. In a previous life, he conducted research on high temperature superconductivity at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Samvit holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley.

## Bambos Kaisharis
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mountain View, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Medical, Women's, Wellness

Bambos Kaisharis is a Director, Google Devices & Services Integral Coach at Google. He Attended INSEAD from 2004-2005.

## Henry Chan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Personal Health, Health Care, Medical

Henry Chan - CEO, Co-Founder @ ShopBack

## Aaron Tan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Corporate Round
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Information Technology

A Programmer by training and a Venture Capitalist by profession, Aaron founded his first startup at 13 and has already sold two companies before turning 21. He is currently the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Carro, an automotive marketplace that offers a full-stack service for all aspects of car ownership. Aaron leads the venture-backedcompany with years of experience in the startup scene and is committed to setting new standards for the used car industry, with professionalism at the heart of Carro’s ethos.Aaron was also most recently awarded the ITMA Future IT Leader Award. Aaron graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BSc from Singapore Management University’s School of Information Systems, and subsequently accepted a scholarship from the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore to read Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University where he graduated with an MSc.

## Steven Wongsoredjo
- Type: Angel
- Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Wellness, Health Care

Steven Wongsoredjo is CEO and Co-Founder at Aplikasi Super. He attended Columbia University in the City of New York.

## Mohandass Kalaichelvan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Payments, Health Care

Mohandass Kalaichelvan is the CEO & Founder at Spenmo . Mohandass Kalaichelvan attended Dartmouth College.

## Benedicto Haryono
- Type: Angel
- Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: AgTech, Home Renovation, Information Technology

As the CEO & Co-founder, Ben is responsible for developing the overall strategy and direction of KoinWorks' initiatives, including our product development and strategic partnerships. Ben also takes the lead in recruitment and in liaising with our Legal consultants.Before founding KoinWorks, Ben was mainly involved in a palm oil companyas head of the commercial department. Ben also currently serves as non-executive directors at two small companies; Indoseaweed and Bedec.Ben holds an MBA from IESE Business School and a BSE in Industrial Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

## Lim Qing Ru
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Retail, Computer

Lim Qing Ru - VP Marketing - RainMaker @ Zopim

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