Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Singapore.
CEO of addlight Inc. / Director of some tech start-ups / Angel Investor
Founded Opening Bell Investments ('04), Advisor for Avarice Investments (since '06), BA PoliSci '09 Waterloo, 10+ yrs VC/Angel exp
Advisor, entrepreneur, storyteller.
http://oznog.com
General Partner at HAXLR8R, accelerator for hardware startups, in the "Silicon Valley for Hardware" (SZ). Asia Expert since 2000 (mostly China, Japan, Korea).
http://www.plus8star.com
Founder @viki, @vingle-inc
Founder @99-co • Founder/CEO @tencube (Exit: McAfee)
Technology entrepreneur and angel investor. Co-founded @facebook.
Partner at Innovation Works (IW), China's leading incubator / early stage VC. Director of Eudaimonia Capital, his personal angel investments vehicle.
Managing Partner, Jungle Ventures;
Co-Founder Sony Entertainment Television
Founding Partner @500startups. previous: @paypal, Facebook fbFund, Founders Fund, @mint.com, SimplyHired. Geek, entrepreneur, marketer, investor, Sith Lord.
http://500hats.com/
Investor in several start-ups.
Founder of GSF Accelerator, GSF Superangels and GSF Forum. Co-host of Founders Forum India. Angel investor in 12 companies including @viki, @mobstac, @biosense, @Chhotu, @autowale, @brandidea, @pokkt, @serialinnovations
http://www.gsfindia.com/blog/
CFO Asia Pacific at Omnicom Group
In 22nd year of venture and growth investing. Invested in the US, Asia and Europe. Multiple IPOs and trade sales. Focused on tech and tech-enabled cos.
http://www.ramanan.com
Venture partner at G2V accelerator and Angel investor in Tech & Software. Experienced exec investing in very early stage companies that will make a difference.
https://www.rebelmouse.com/harkawat/
Internet entrpreneur + Angel. Founded Sublime IP. Managed Australia's first ISP; >20 years Internet experience. @insead-1 MBA. IP Attorney
Co-Founder/Partner Monk's Hill Ventures. Recently CEO, Infocomm Investments. Ex-founder, early employee, sales-bus dev guy. Asia, US.
Former Head of Engineering at @skype. Mix of CS/MBA skills. I value practical progress, planning and released software. Based in Tallinn, occasionally in SG.
In the US, started pobox.com, SPF, and karmasphere.com. In Singapore, started Hackerspace.SG and now JFDI.Asia, bringing @techstars-1 to Southeast Asia.
i'm just happy to be here
Founder of Asian Food Channel (AFC), an Asia-wide cable television food channel.
Founder Kelkoo (sold to @yahoo), Investor PropertyGuru, @ixigo-com.com. MBA INSEAD
http://www.tigriscapital.com.sg
Sales Manager APAC @fiksu
http://thesiliconroad.com
Loves technology. Loves investing. Loves people. Feel free to get in touch with start-up ideas or just wanted to chat about building businesses!
Founder & CTO @travelmob • Led Mobile & Video Engineering at @yahoo • Studied at @veermata-jijabai-technological-institute
Investor & Entrepreneur
M.S. & B.A. @stanford-university University
Serial entrepreneur. Microsoft Alumni. Partner at Medra Capital. Interested in Social, Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Distributed Manufacturing and Robotics.
Currently Product Manager @songkick. Previously Employee #1 @tencube, sold to McAfee, . Early stage investor @leap-motion @benchling @mutewatch
Founder @adventure-capital, @aurelius-digital, @yorkbutter, @equiem. Founding Investor @axiflux, @121cast BEng(Aero), MBA & @stanford-university GSB - AU/US/Asia
Founder @Infinite Monkeys/@AppMakr the #1 Drag-and-Drop Mobile App platform, prev:Founder @blue (acquired by @wpp), The Muskoka Foundation (NUS MBA '98)
Founder @man-goes-mobile, @green-and-red-technologies • Worked at @google, @admob • Investor @caplinked, @tigertrade • Studied at @columbia-university
http://www.slideshare.net/nasheetislam
Mobile gaming entrepreneur and investor.
http://www.henricsuuronen.com/blog
Worked at @ebay, @yelp • Studied at @duke-university, @stanford-graduate-school-of-business
Co-Founder & CEO of @redmart. Co-founder of Integro Insurance Brokers. Skilled in assembling and leading talented team members. PENN. INSEAD MBA
Co-founder of @tencube, the company behind WaveSecure, which was acquired by @mcafee in 2010. Now founder of @sent-ly - http://sent.ly
Director at PayPal, wrote 3 Ruby books (including 1 with O'Reilly), frequent tech conference speaker, lead and managed multi-site engineering teams
Entrepreneur and angel investor. Co-founder @bioserie, @yoyo and @artapot.
Managing Director @singtel-innov8 Ventures. 33 angel investments since 2004, 29 in China. Steering Committee Angelvestgroup.com largest angel group in China
http://williambaobean.com
Co-founder mixi • Co-founder @east-ventures
Entrepreneur and angel investor.
MBA INSEAD.
Shopper marketing expert & independent advisor. Worked for 9 years with TESCO, incl. Marketing Strategy Director at TESCO Thailand & Marketing Director at TESCO Taiwan
Enterprise tech leader in Singapore, running startup program at SAP, mentoring at FI and JFDI
http://[email protected]/in/kmandel
Fund Manager - Farallon Capital Management (Noonday)
Multiple Angel / Co-Founder @one-fibre / Worked @digicel / Director @leotech-singapore / Proud New Zealander / Singapore based / SE Asian focus
Formerly at ABB, F5, BEA, Juniper/PAL, Mobile Streams, Yahoo!, VISA.
B. Eng (Hons), MBA. Asia, APAC.
Cheers!
Managing Partner at IncuVest Pte Ltd, entrepreneur, investor, mentor and ecosystem builder.
Investor in @chorus, @hootsuite, @isocket, @nolio, @revionics. Advisor to BugHerd, @irl-gaming.
Co-founder/CEO SpeakUp • Former MD at @research-in-motion, Worked at @verizon-wireless • Investor at @jfdiasia, @canyon-creek-capital
http://blog.getspeakup.com
Writer, Hacker and Investor • Writes @techcrunch • Invested @general-catalyst-partners • Worked @google on Google+ • Applied Math @stanford-university
http://www.dannycrichton.com/blog/
Co-Founder & CTO: @social-rewards, Inc.
Founder & CEO: Global Micro Solutions, Inc.
Apple Japanese OS (Kanjitalk) Engineer
IBM Japanese Support Engineer
Entrepreneur & Investor
Founder Strategia Ventures , Startup Jobs Asia • Entrepreneur, Business Owner and Investor
http://benchew75.wordpress.com
- Co-founder: @memsaver, @edreams, @asani-technologies
- Investor: @dagn, @myswapsee, @GoTracklander...
- Stanford MBA, Harvard BA
Awarded Angel of the Year in Europe 2013 by EBAN
Partner at @8capita Work at @facebook, @google Studied at @stanford-university
13 years in APAC in the ICT sector with strong interest in ecommerce, connectivity and tech start ups
Co-Founder, Optus Innov8 Seed. Mentor @startmate-exploration-fund Tech M&A for SingTel Group Digital Life.
Global Serial Entrepreneur, CEO @unified-inbox, President @viva-lite, Consultant/Advisor to Startups/Corp./Govt. and Musician.
http://www.tobyruckert.com
Entrepreneur -- TechStars Boulder Alumni
Co-managed a $35bn global equity fund at Fidelity Investments. Now a social entrepreneur and angel investor.
Co-Founder & CEO @smartkarma
We are creating a whole new way to read, write and publish robust Investment Insights.
I ♥ Entrepreneurs, Technology, Investing
Run Intl business for Twitter-VP International Operations. VP @ Google who built 3 businesses over 7 years - Local Search, India, YouTube & DIsplay for APAC.
Biz Dev @oozou, Founder at @dojothreads, @jajoop & @startup-watches Love Growth Hacking & online to offline models.
VP International Operations @plug-and-play-tech-center • Investor @thoughtbuzz-2, @first-meta • Studied at @national-university-of-singapore
CEO & Co-Founder of Wego.com. Director at Triperna.com, Director at Valadoo.com. Started Yahoo! Southeast Asia in 1998. Part-time angel investor/advisor.
Lucky and happy. Based in Singapore, British at heart, but lucky to be a citizen of the world.
Head of AdX - India & SEA; Strategy - APAC at @google • Studied at @iit-kanpur, @indian-school-of-business-hyderabad
Corporate Lawyer, Start-up Advisor, Closet Entrepreneur, Trivia Buff.
fintech entrepreneur, co-founder of @amiando (WEF Global Technology Pioneer, exit to @xing) and @usgang-ch (exit to Axel Springer), finance 2.0 & banking 2.0
http://www.ifyoucandreamityoucandoit.com
I co-founded e27 in 2007, a venture backed media company. I also angel invest in early stage tech startup funds and tech startups.
Founder @calcus-publishing-group, @tael-group • Investor @transfluent, @tribe-studios • Studied at @university-of-jyvaskyla
Reg. head and GM. 15+ yrs in healthcare w/ leading brands. Global leader w/ cross-cultural mindset. Advisor to startups & incubators in healthcare & technology.
Investor @eatads @dropmysite @playmoolah @milaap-social-ventures @apexpeak @telr-com @Kluje @inzen-studio @Folr @Hatcher
Building Asia's first digital media venture studio
CEO of Crystal Horse Investments, an angel investment company based in Singapore. MSc Maths, Software Engineer and Investor.
Founder @asia-cleantech-capital
Investor. Hedge fund quant and trader. Actuary. CFA. Computer Scientist. MS CS Stanford '04
I am an airline pilot an small business owner who likes to invest in crowd lending and small startups.
20 yrs of international experience, mainly subsea/offshore construction projects in upstream oil & gas sector
Founder @pollenizer, Founder of Spreets (sold to @yahoo!7). Ex-CTO @kazaa.
http://pollenizer.com/author/phil-morle
Startup BD at Amazon Web Services, focused on Enterprise / SaaS, Msc & MBA, ex-Nokia, ex-Cisco
Worked at @hermes-gpe, @l-e-k-1
Investor @calm, @proof-company
3x founder with successful exits. IPOs and M&A. Enterprise tech products and services. Focused on enterprise s/w, big data and mobile markets.
Precious Metals Trading / Commodities Risk Management
Deal professional at TPG Growth. Managing Partner at @xplorer-capital. Former head of International M&A at @yahoo Inc.
Last start up was acquired by Groupon. Served as CEO for Groupon Singapore for 3 years. I am fast, pragmatic and bring deep operational expertise to the table.
Co-Founder & CTO at Asia online payments Paidy.com, P2P lending Aqush.jp, credit reporting MyCredit.jp, Wavecell SMS aggregator
Working as Vice President @ Nomura Singapore
Past @ Lehman Brothers Tokyo/Hong Kong
Studied @ IIT Kanpur
Founded 2 startups @socialwok, @voiceroute. Work @google. China experience. Angel investor in gaming, mobile and web services
Co-Founder & CEO of Kathrein Ventures.
Author of Design for Hackers (Debuted at #18 on @amazon) Mentor at 500 Startups. Changing the way you see design.
Technology and startup lawyer. US and Asia experience, currently based in Singapore.
Worked at @paypal, @boston-consulting-group • Studied at @university-of-california-berkeley, @kellogg-school-of-management
I am Founder/CEO of Ayannah. Ayannah aims to be the leading provider of digital commerce and payment services to the unbanked in emerging markets and unbanked migrants in OECD countries
We enrich the lives of our communities by allowing them to send and
Founder at Yarden Ventures
Building out @eatads global platform for Out-of-Home Media. Based in Singapore & India. EatAds is my third venture. ** Hiring https://angel.co/eatads/jobs **
Founder CEO of Angaros Group, Singapore. Serial entrepreneur. Started 1st company in 1996.
Have been an active investor in start-ups in China and looking to expand the range of opportunities
Angel investor, Equities investment manager, SVP @ GIC. Stanford BA + MSc
co-CEO of Deutsche Ventures • ESCP Professor • co-Founder @airtag @dhl Globalmail @index Europe
I have been investing for 30 years. These days I am based in Singapore. 1/3 of my focus is internet related and 2/3 natural resources.
Founder @tda-tech • Worked at @idealab, @airwave-wireless • Studied at @university-of-waterloo, @carleton-university
EiR at VC Fund Majuven
CxO through We Are CxO (www.wearecxo.com)
Co-Founder of @flocations
Invested up to E1.3bn in listed entrepreneurs with AXA IM - Talents
http://floriancornu.blogspot.com/
Founder of JF2.co. JF2 is an early stage investor and incubator of Finance, Mobile, digital marketplaces and SaaS startups.
Partner at @elevation-capital. Director at @pollenizer, @brandscreen, @mmgn.com and @getlisted. Advisor to @wooboard, @flikgift, @coachy and @pygg.
http://wp.me/15bBr
Worked at @admob, @google • Investor @tigertrade
Gadgets that go oooh. Cars that go vroom.
Co-founder & Product Designer @burpple . Former Lead Designer @qik (acquired by @skype). Went to @stanford-university, NUS, NJC, Chinese High.
Founded tenCube (acquired by McAfee), then founder Zimplistc which is building the world's first flat bread maker called Rotimatic
Managing Director at @zumata
Co-Founder & Chairman of Ardent Capital. He is a Thai- American serial entrepreneur who has successfully exited three companies in S.E. Asia in the last year.
Chairman at VML Qais. Chairman at Stanley St Labs. Chair Innovation Committee, IAB Singapore. Advisory Board, Ad:Tech ASEAN.
Vice President Commercial at Abacus
http://bretthenry.posterous.com
Established in 2000. A listed company. Focus on providing mobile contents to consumer, apps, email decoration, e-commerce. Offices in Tokyo, Fukuoka, Singapore.
CEO of Oozou, we handcraft beautiful web applications using Ruby on Rails
CoFounder DPMENG Pty Ltd
CEO of Jehzlau Concepts. Deployment & Integration Specialist and Extension Developer @magento. Digital Marketing Strategist and Angel Investor @lifebit.
http://www.jehzlau-concepts.com/
More than 25 years in Technology - Semiconductors/Software/Systems - Technical and Commercial Management roles worldwide..
Founder @buddy-drinks, @instacarte • Worked at @livecliq, @odpiralni • Studied at @university-of-ljubljana, @lulea-technical-university
http://www.ivanturkovic.com
CEO of LM3LABS • Technology management roles @accenture, @nortel-networks @gartner • Engineering + MBA education.
Founder Juke • Studied at @massachusetts-institute-of-technology, @new-york-university Founder Thinking Pictures. Patent holder (Digital Content and Wearable Video). Digital Rights Mngt, AI and Human Interface
Entrepreneur / Angel Investors
@acommerce.asia
TNF is founded by a group of high profile ICT industry veterans who brings extensive experience in founding and mentoring start-ups from start to exit.
Mobile marketing expert. Marketeer with Samsung, Amex, Bertelsmann. Founder @AppStrategyLabs, @QualityTimeLab.
MBA from INSEAD, Trader at Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore
Serial Entrepreneur with varied business interests in Southeast Asia & North America. Start-up experience as founder and/or seed investor.
Began career as a corporate lawyer focused on advising technology firms on business formation, venture funding, M&A and licensing transactions. Entrepreneur who has started 2 companies and also been an advisor to several. Spent the last 8+ years at Goog
Investor @carbon-conservation, @carbon-agro, @cvmail, @elevate-education, @asiagroove, @joosed.
Emerging market start-ups since 2003
Started and built a biofuels plant, sold; Started a digital agency, won emmy, sold; invested early stage into high-risk alternative energy projects
General Partner @pix-vine-capital-pixvc-1.
I invest in Technology Start-ups.
http://www.RutledgeVC.com
German. Almost 20 years in Asia. Lives in Bangkok and Singapore, but has stayed in almost every Asian Country. Leads Global IT Strategy at a global bank...
http://www.axelwinter.com
Venture Builder.
Founder @keyless-io • Worked at @google, @deutsche-bank • Studied at @stanford-university, @queensland-university-of-technology
http://blog.keyless.io
Venture professional with experience in the US, India and Southeast Asia. A unique combination of medical, legal and business experience and qualifications.
Founded Keep Essentials Network.
CEO of @daylight-partnership, a digital mktg agency and tech incubator. Worked at @cisco @redback-networks @waggener-edstrom. Grad of @hong-kong-polytechnic-university University.
An entrepreneur at Heart. Tinkerer by nature. Geek
http://www.alidarwish.co
Founder Flatsoft Displays Company Limited • Worked at @toshiba • Studied at @massachusetts-institute-of-technology, @national-university-of-singapore
VP & General Manager @inmobi, Mentor @founder's Institute, @google, @nokia, @McKinsey | @HarvardHBS, @mit
Worked at @goldman-sachs, @elliott-management
http://longgamma.co
Worked @Oaktree, @Cerberus, @McKinsey, @ml. 3x Entrepreneur. MBA @Wharton.
Entrepreneur, Sales, Investor, Hustle
http://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanpatrickwhittle
Kevin Legg is Director at Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG). He built, and heads the firm's business development offices in India, Australia, and Singapore.
Enterprise software executive; 10 years experience building businesses in Asia. 3x founder with successful exits, incl. @aqayo & @edgilis.
Director Technical Programs @facebook, Sr Engineering positions previously @yahoo!, @cybercash, @infosys.
Extensive experience building and running large-scale applications and Online infrastructure.
Cofounder at Trulymadly.com; Founder & ex-Ceo at Letsbuy.com (acquired by Flipkart in 2012); Cofounder at Tyroo (Largest ad network in India)
Work at Google. Responsibilities across global technical infrastructure, advocacy, wireless, and internet access in emerging markets. Based in Singapore.
Leadership Executive, Technopreneur, Strategy (Analytics, Big Data, Cloud Computing, XaaS, Mobility, Social Media, Information Security, Business Acceleration)
Senior Marketing and General Manangement Executive with over 25 years of experience at HP and Kodak
Founder and co-founder in several heathcare related startups. Investor in other selected startups.
GM @ GITPX. Angel Investor. Technopreneur. French “Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Merite’’ medal award.
Investment enthusiast. Commodity trading and marketing for a Fortune 100 company. Seeking opportunities in startups, equities, bonds and forex. NUS/Yale/UBC.
Keen interest in investing in startups. Work at Rothschild Singapore.
Helping tech companies generate new business and acquire market share in Asia. Former COO for online travel startup, GM at AirAsia iVentures & VP at BlackBerry.
Co-Founder of @aqayo ★ Entrepreneur ★ Social Recruiting Enthusiast. Over 10 years in Asia in management roles. Strong background in cloud computing.
Invested in listed shares while at Capital Group, Stewart Asia and now Fullerton Asset Management.
Serial Entrepreneur & Angel Investor. Global Business Transformation Leader in Medical Device and Healthcare.
VC with Asiatech1999-2010 in Silicon Valley, HK and Sing. Experienced in turnarounds with nack for difficult boards. Founder Sky Pilates. MIT geek "Gadgetgirl"
Techno-entrepreneur for small and medium business. Strong technical background and rising tech-ventures from east.
Founder of FindaCounsel. Investor.
Healthcare Marketing & Sales leader at Philips in Asia. Previously strategy consultant at BCG. Engineer by training. Graduated from Cambridge.
Investor. Trader at @credit Suisse. Studied at @tufts-university
CTO/Growth Hacker/Angel. Currently Travelogy.com. Was JobsCentral (sold to CareerBuilder).
Founder webscape
Cyclist venture capitalist // Blogger since the 90s // Collect beer bottles // Ex-Perl coder (and I know that dates me)
Life sciences tools and medical devices entrepreneur, CEO, product developer and investor. Deep Asian network. Wharton.
Assisted successful startup in India, and worked with several while at P&G. Rich experiences across diverse business areas across P&G in US, Singapore and India. IT professional, MBA in Finance and Industrial Engineer.
If you want a friend get a dog....
Designer turned entrepreneur turned angel investor. Co-founder of LELO (sold), co-founder of Dreamler, founder of Criterion Investments.
Individual with strong interest in cycling, running and reading.
B.Eng, MSc, C-Level, Husband, Father, Technologist and History Buff. Able to see around corners when in the right light.
machine learning and computer vision hacker who crunches big data on a daily basis.
After a long career in banking and consulting I just made my first few angel investments.
I have been investing in the financial markets for 8 years now. We are now exploring the world of startups to invest at an angel level.
I am a finance guy. I started as a bond trader in NYC and followed on to own and sell a $400mm hedge fund, a climate change finance firm and now Qranio.com?
Founder & CEO of Vinite. Working on and looking for good start-up ideas and technologies.
Started built, bought and sold half a dozen businesses in a range of industries across two continents. He is the owner of Fitness-Buffet.
Invested in ThinkTank Pte Ltd
Business Development @visa. Founded @o-reilly-s-irish-pub-group. Director, Mobile Money @digicel-pacific, CEO @flexpacific-international
Worked in the finance industry for almost ten years. Now focused on developing my own ideas and investing in other early stage start ups.
Angel Investor
Systems Analyst, Mathematician, MBA in Finance, MBA in Project Management • Founder @ecm-mining, @ecm-capital • Investor @ecm-capital, @ecm-mining
Innovate or die
Angel investor. Exploring options.
Co-Founder & CEO at Antking, an outsourcing company at Vietnam. Entrepreneur, Marketer and Developer.
http://nghiatruong.info
Private Investor with background in Investment Banking & Private Equity
Se Asian focus
Financial Services
Zero investments, zero experience.
Global FX Options trader with JP Morgan. Graduated from IIMA and IITB. Have worked extensively with startups/incubators/investors before as part of non-profit student run organizations
IT Professional | Investor
International business leader and growth advisor. Extensive networks across Asia-Pacific. Looking to support passionate teams and research-backed innovation.
Worked at @fmc-technologies, @worldwide-oilfield-machines
Angel investor seeking opportunities in new product/design/technology.
Commodity Broker, ex FX broker, Childrens book author, father of four, about to start a year long sabbatical to travel with my young family, start a business.
Director in an investment bank
Banking professional - MS Corporate Banking for Asia Pacific with significant corporate and investor connections
Director , Investments with Temasek. Over 10 years experience in areas of investing, private equity, capital markets with leading Global firms
Living in Singapore, dealing with real estate.
Currently working as corporate VC
Oil trader
Regional Director at Azvic Enterprise Singapore
Strategic advisor and mentor with extensive international corporate experience.
Founded Kinla, a premium pre-order and pre-pay service for quick meals.
Current Asian Region head for a Telco SaaS provider. Contacts into the mobile operator, software development and banking arenas.
Previously @ Siemens, Co-Founded Justcomz
Web generalist now working in Singapore. Always looking for pro bono or commerical projects to point some or all of a 70-strong webco at...
Nil
Founded Optimatic
Founded Capstone Analytics, Singapore based consultancy firm to Institutional Investors.
Founder & CEO at 3ClickEMR Corp
Investor & Strategic Adviser at Agrogreen Biofuels
Investor, Entrepreneur & Business Owner
N.A
involved in various reviews and discussions with incubator funds and startups
Extensive market and sales leadership experience in Asia Pacific, established new market entrance in Asia Pacific
Busy Daddy. Foodie. Singaporean. Technophile. Big Oil. Entreprenuer Wannabe. Angle Investor. Adrenalin Junkie.
Former Actimind Inc. CTO, now cofounder and owner of tiberis.ru (leading eshop selling welding equipment in Russia).
Public Relations and Communications Expert
I am the director of Emerald Sunrise Productions
Social media and digital geek. I'm co-founder of La Sambuca (ecommerce) and CEO at juanmarketing.com
co-founder of SGWeb, Managing Director of Asiasoft Malaysia