Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Singapore.
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
Founder @viki, @vingle-inc
Managing Partner, Jungle Ventures;
Co-Founder Sony Entertainment Television
Founded Opening Bell Investments ('04), Advisor for Avarice Investments (since '06), BA PoliSci '09 Waterloo, 10+ yrs VC/Angel exp
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
Technology entrepreneur and angel investor. Co-founded @facebook.
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.
CEO of addlight Inc. / Director of some tech start-ups / Angel Investor
Advisor, entrepreneur, storyteller.
http://oznog.com
Investor in several start-ups.
CFO Asia Pacific at Omnicom Group
Partner at Innovation Works (IW), China's leading incubator / early stage VC. Director of Eudaimonia Capital, his personal angel investments vehicle.
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.
Founding Partner @500startups. previous: @paypal, Facebook fbFund, Founders Fund, @mint.com, SimplyHired. Geek, entrepreneur, marketer, investor, Sith Lord.
http://500hats.com/
Co-Founder/Partner Monk's Hill Ventures. Recently CEO, Infocomm Investments. Ex-founder, early employee, sales-bus dev guy. Asia, US.
i'm just happy to be here
Internet entrpreneur + Angel. Founded Sublime IP. Managed Australia's first ISP; >20 years Internet experience. @insead-1 MBA. IP Attorney
Founder @99-co • Founder/CEO @tencube (Exit: McAfee)
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/
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/
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 & CTO @travelmob • Led Mobile & Video Engineering at @yahoo • Studied at @veermata-jijabai-technological-institute
Sales Manager APAC @fiksu
http://thesiliconroad.com
Serial entrepreneur. Microsoft Alumni. Partner at Medra Capital. Interested in Social, Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Distributed Manufacturing and Robotics.
Founder Kelkoo (sold to @yahoo), Investor PropertyGuru, @ixigo-com.com. MBA INSEAD
http://www.tigriscapital.com.sg
Co-founder of @tencube, the company behind WaveSecure, which was acquired by @mcafee in 2010. Now founder of @sent-ly - http://sent.ly
Founder @adventure-capital, @aurelius-digital, @yorkbutter, @equiem. Founding Investor @axiflux, @121cast BEng(Aero), MBA & @stanford-university GSB - AU/US/Asia
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
Co-Founder & CEO of @redmart. Co-founder of Integro Insurance Brokers. Skilled in assembling and leading talented team members. PENN. INSEAD MBA
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
Loves technology. Loves investing. Loves people. Feel free to get in touch with start-up ideas or just wanted to chat about building businesses!
Entrepreneur and angel investor. Co-founder @bioserie, @yoyo and @artapot.
Founder of Asian Food Channel (AFC), an Asia-wide cable television food channel.
Director at PayPal, wrote 3 Ruby books (including 1 with O'Reilly), frequent tech conference speaker, lead and managed multi-site engineering teams
Currently Product Manager @songkick. Previously Employee #1 @tencube, sold to McAfee, . Early stage investor @leap-motion @benchling @mutewatch
Worked at @ebay, @yelp • Studied at @duke-university, @stanford-graduate-school-of-business
Investor & Entrepreneur
M.S. & B.A. @stanford-university University
Entrepreneur & Investor
Multiple Angel / Co-Founder @one-fibre / Worked @digicel / Director @leotech-singapore / Proud New Zealander / Singapore based / SE Asian focus
Enterprise tech leader in Singapore, running startup program at SAP, mentoring at FI and JFDI
Co-founder mixi • Co-founder @east-ventures
- Co-founder: @memsaver, @edreams, @asani-technologies
- Investor: @dagn, @myswapsee, @GoTracklander...
- Stanford MBA, Harvard BA
Formerly at ABB, F5, BEA, Juniper/PAL, Mobile Streams, Yahoo!, VISA.
B. Eng (Hons), MBA. Asia, APAC.
Cheers!
Writer, Hacker and Investor • Writes @techcrunch • Invested @general-catalyst-partners • Worked @google on Google+ • Applied Math @stanford-university
http://www.dannycrichton.com/blog/
Investor in @chorus, @hootsuite, @isocket, @nolio, @revionics. Advisor to BugHerd, @irl-gaming.
Partner at @8capita Work at @facebook, @google Studied at @stanford-university
Managing Partner at IncuVest Pte Ltd, entrepreneur, investor, mentor and ecosystem builder.
Entrepreneur and angel investor.
MBA INSEAD.
Co-Founder & CTO: @social-rewards, Inc.
Founder & CEO: Global Micro Solutions, Inc.
Apple Japanese OS (Kanjitalk) Engineer
IBM Japanese Support Engineer
http://[email protected]/in/kmandel
Awarded Angel of the Year in Europe 2013 by EBAN
Founder Strategia Ventures , Startup Jobs Asia • Entrepreneur, Business Owner and Investor
http://benchew75.wordpress.com
Fund Manager - Farallon Capital Management (Noonday)
Co-founder/CEO SpeakUp • Former MD at @research-in-motion, Worked at @verizon-wireless • Investor at @jfdiasia, @canyon-creek-capital
http://blog.getspeakup.com
13 years in APAC in the ICT sector with strong interest in ecommerce, connectivity and tech start ups
Shopper marketing expert & independent advisor. Worked for 9 years with TESCO, incl. Marketing Strategy Director at TESCO Thailand & Marketing Director at TESCO Taiwan
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
Co-managed a $35bn global equity fund at Fidelity Investments. Now a social entrepreneur and angel investor.
Global Serial Entrepreneur, CEO @unified-inbox, President @viva-lite, Consultant/Advisor to Startups/Corp./Govt. and Musician.
http://www.tobyruckert.com
Head of AdX - India & SEA; Strategy - APAC at @google • Studied at @iit-kanpur, @indian-school-of-business-hyderabad
Entrepreneur -- TechStars Boulder Alumni
Run Intl business for Twitter-VP International Operations. VP @ Google who built 3 businesses over 7 years - Local Search, India, YouTube & DIsplay for APAC.
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.
Co-Founder & CEO @smartkarma
We are creating a whole new way to read, write and publish robust Investment Insights.
I ♥ Entrepreneurs, Technology, Investing
I co-founded e27 in 2007, a venture backed media company. I also angel invest in early stage tech startup funds and tech startups.
CEO of Crystal Horse Investments, an angel investment company based in Singapore. MSc Maths, Software Engineer and Investor.
Co-Founder, Optus Innov8 Seed. Mentor @startmate-exploration-fund Tech M&A for SingTel Group Digital Life.
Investor @eatads @dropmysite @playmoolah @milaap-social-ventures @apexpeak @telr-com @Kluje @inzen-studio @Folr @Hatcher
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
Corporate Lawyer, Start-up Advisor, Closet Entrepreneur, Trivia Buff.
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.
Building Asia's first digital media venture studio
Lucky and happy. Based in Singapore, British at heart, but lucky to be a citizen of the world.
Precious Metals Trading / Commodities Risk Management
Founder @asia-cleantech-capital
Worked at @paypal, @boston-consulting-group • Studied at @university-of-california-berkeley, @kellogg-school-of-management
Co-Founder & CTO at Asia online payments Paidy.com, P2P lending Aqush.jp, credit reporting MyCredit.jp, Wavecell SMS aggregator
I am an airline pilot an small business owner who likes to invest in crowd lending and small startups.
Working as Vice President @ Nomura Singapore
Past @ Lehman Brothers Tokyo/Hong Kong
Studied @ IIT Kanpur
Author of Design for Hackers (Debuted at #18 on @amazon) Mentor at 500 Startups. Changing the way you see design.
Founder @pollenizer, Founder of Spreets (sold to @yahoo!7). Ex-CTO @kazaa.
http://pollenizer.com/author/phil-morle
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
20 yrs of international experience, mainly subsea/offshore construction projects in upstream oil & gas sector
Co-Founder & CEO of Kathrein Ventures.
Deal professional at TPG Growth. Managing Partner at @xplorer-capital. Former head of International M&A at @yahoo Inc.
3x founder with successful exits. IPOs and M&A. Enterprise tech products and services. Focused on enterprise s/w, big data and mobile markets.
Worked at @hermes-gpe, @l-e-k-1
Investor @calm, @proof-company
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.
Technology and startup lawyer. US and Asia experience, currently based in Singapore.
Founded 2 startups @socialwok, @voiceroute. Work @google. China experience. Angel investor in gaming, mobile and web services
Startup BD at Amazon Web Services, focused on Enterprise / SaaS, Msc & MBA, ex-Nokia, ex-Cisco
Investor. Hedge fund quant and trader. Actuary. CFA. Computer Scientist. MS CS Stanford '04
Founder at Yarden Ventures
Partner at @elevation-capital. Director at @pollenizer, @brandscreen, @mmgn.com and @getlisted. Advisor to @wooboard, @flikgift, @coachy and @pygg.
http://wp.me/15bBr
Have been an active investor in start-ups in China and looking to expand the range of opportunities
Established in 2000. A listed company. Focus on providing mobile contents to consumer, apps, email decoration, e-commerce. Offices in Tokyo, Fukuoka, Singapore.
Chairman at VML Qais. Chairman at Stanley St Labs. Chair Innovation Committee, IAB Singapore. Advisory Board, Ad:Tech ASEAN.
Co-founder & Product Designer @burpple . Former Lead Designer @qik (acquired by @skype). Went to @stanford-university, NUS, NJC, Chinese High.
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/
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.
Founder @tda-tech • Worked at @idealab, @airwave-wireless • Studied at @university-of-waterloo, @carleton-university
Gadgets that go oooh. Cars that go vroom.
Founder of JF2.co. JF2 is an early stage investor and incubator of Finance, Mobile, digital marketplaces and SaaS startups.
Founder CEO of Angaros Group, Singapore. Serial entrepreneur. Started 1st company in 1996.
Worked at @admob, @google • Investor @tigertrade
co-CEO of Deutsche Ventures • ESCP Professor • co-Founder @airtag @dhl Globalmail @index Europe
Vice President Commercial at Abacus
http://bretthenry.posterous.com
Founded tenCube (acquired by McAfee), then founder Zimplistc which is building the world's first flat bread maker called Rotimatic
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.
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 **
Angel investor, Equities investment manager, SVP @ GIC. Stanford BA + MSc
CEO of Jehzlau Concepts. Deployment & Integration Specialist and Extension Developer @magento. Digital Marketing Strategist and Angel Investor @lifebit.
http://www.jehzlau-concepts.com/
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.
CEO of LM3LABS • Technology management roles @accenture, @nortel-networks @gartner • Engineering + MBA education.
Emerging market start-ups since 2003
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
Serial Entrepreneur with varied business interests in Southeast Asia & North America. Start-up experience as founder and/or seed investor.
@acommerce.asia
Investor @carbon-conservation, @carbon-agro, @cvmail, @elevate-education, @asiagroove, @joosed.
Started and built a biofuels plant, sold; Started a digital agency, won emmy, sold; invested early stage into high-risk alternative energy projects
More than 25 years in Technology - Semiconductors/Software/Systems - Technical and Commercial Management roles worldwide..
MBA from INSEAD, Trader at Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore
General Partner @pix-vine-capital-pixvc-1.
I invest in Technology Start-ups.
http://www.RutledgeVC.com
Founder @buddy-drinks, @instacarte • Worked at @livecliq, @odpiralni • Studied at @university-of-ljubljana, @lulea-technical-university
http://www.ivanturkovic.com
CoFounder DPMENG Pty Ltd
Mobile marketing expert. Marketeer with Samsung, Amex, Bertelsmann. Founder @AppStrategyLabs, @QualityTimeLab.
CEO of Oozou, we handcraft beautiful web applications using Ruby on Rails
Entrepreneur / Angel Investors
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, 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.
Worked at @goldman-sachs, @elliott-management
http://longgamma.co
Cofounder at Trulymadly.com; Founder & ex-Ceo at Letsbuy.com (acquired by Flipkart in 2012); Cofounder at Tyroo (Largest ad network in India)
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
Director Technical Programs @facebook, Sr Engineering positions previously @yahoo!, @cybercash, @infosys.
Extensive experience building and running large-scale applications and Online infrastructure.
Leadership Executive, Technopreneur, Strategy (Analytics, Big Data, Cloud Computing, XaaS, Mobility, Social Media, Information Security, Business Acceleration)
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
Venture Builder.
Work at Google. Responsibilities across global technical infrastructure, advocacy, wireless, and internet access in emerging markets. Based in Singapore.
VP & General Manager @inmobi, Mentor @founder's Institute, @google, @nokia, @McKinsey | @HarvardHBS, @mit
Founder Flatsoft Displays Company Limited • Worked at @toshiba • Studied at @massachusetts-institute-of-technology, @national-university-of-singapore
Venture professional with experience in the US, India and Southeast Asia. A unique combination of medical, legal and business experience and qualifications.
Founder @keyless-io • Worked at @google, @deutsche-bank • Studied at @stanford-university, @queensland-university-of-technology
http://blog.keyless.io
Senior Marketing and General Manangement Executive with over 25 years of experience at HP and Kodak
Founded Keep Essentials Network.
Worked @Oaktree, @Cerberus, @McKinsey, @ml. 3x Entrepreneur. MBA @Wharton.
Enterprise software executive; 10 years experience building businesses in Asia. 3x founder with successful exits, incl. @aqayo & @edgilis.
Co-Founder of @aqayo ★ Entrepreneur ★ Social Recruiting Enthusiast. Over 10 years in Asia in management roles. Strong background in cloud computing.
Investment enthusiast. Commodity trading and marketing for a Fortune 100 company. Seeking opportunities in startups, equities, bonds and forex. NUS/Yale/UBC.
Techno-entrepreneur for small and medium business. Strong technical background and rising tech-ventures from east.
Invested in listed shares while at Capital Group, Stewart Asia and now Fullerton Asset Management.
Keen interest in investing in startups. Work at Rothschild Singapore.
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.
Investor. Trader at @credit Suisse. Studied at @tufts-university
Life sciences tools and medical devices entrepreneur, CEO, product developer and investor. Deep Asian network. Wharton.
Serial Entrepreneur & Angel Investor. Global Business Transformation Leader in Medical Device and Healthcare.
Cyclist venture capitalist // Blogger since the 90s // Collect beer bottles // Ex-Perl coder (and I know that dates me)
CTO/Growth Hacker/Angel. Currently Travelogy.com. Was JobsCentral (sold to CareerBuilder).
Founder webscape
Founder of FindaCounsel. Investor.
VC with Asiatech1999-2010 in Silicon Valley, HK and Sing. Experienced in turnarounds with nack for difficult boards. Founder Sky Pilates. MIT geek "Gadgetgirl"
Healthcare Marketing & Sales leader at Philips in Asia. Previously strategy consultant at BCG. Engineer by training. Graduated from Cambridge.
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.
Individual with strong interest in cycling, running and reading.
Started built, bought and sold half a dozen businesses in a range of industries across two continents. He is the owner of Fitness-Buffet.
Business Development @visa. Founded @o-reilly-s-irish-pub-group. Director, Mobile Money @digicel-pacific, CEO @flexpacific-international
Angel Investor
Systems Analyst, Mathematician, MBA in Finance, MBA in Project Management • Founder @ecm-mining, @ecm-capital • Investor @ecm-capital, @ecm-mining
Worked in the finance industry for almost ten years. Now focused on developing my own ideas and investing in other early stage start ups.
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....
Founder & CEO of Vinite. Working on and looking for good start-up ideas and technologies.
Invested in ThinkTank Pte Ltd
Angel investor. Exploring options.
Designer turned entrepreneur turned angel investor. Co-founder of LELO (sold), co-founder of Dreamler, founder of Criterion Investments.
After a long career in banking and consulting I just made my first few angel investments.
B.Eng, MSc, C-Level, Husband, Father, Technologist and History Buff. Able to see around corners when in the right light.
Innovate or die
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?
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.
Co-Founder & CEO at Antking, an outsourcing company at Vietnam. Entrepreneur, Marketer and Developer.
http://nghiatruong.info
machine learning and computer vision hacker who crunches big data on a daily basis.
Oil trader
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.
Currently working as corporate VC
Financial Services
Regional Director at Azvic Enterprise Singapore
Director , Investments with Temasek. Over 10 years experience in areas of investing, private equity, capital markets with leading Global firms
Director in an investment bank
Private Investor with background in Investment Banking & Private Equity
Angel investor seeking opportunities in new product/design/technology.
Strategic advisor and mentor with extensive international corporate experience.
IT Professional | Investor
Se Asian focus
Zero investments, zero experience.
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
Banking professional - MS Corporate Banking for Asia Pacific with significant corporate and investor connections
Living in Singapore, dealing with real estate.
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
Founded Kinla, a premium pre-order and pre-pay service for quick meals.
N.A
Public Relations and Communications Expert
co-founder of SGWeb, Managing Director of Asiasoft Malaysia
Busy Daddy. Foodie. Singaporean. Technophile. Big Oil. Entreprenuer Wannabe. Angle Investor. Adrenalin Junkie.
Founded Capstone Analytics, Singapore based consultancy firm to Institutional Investors.
Founder & CEO at 3ClickEMR Corp
Investor & Strategic Adviser at Agrogreen Biofuels
Previously @ Siemens, Co-Founded Justcomz
I am the director of Emerald Sunrise Productions
Nil
Investor, Entrepreneur & Business Owner
Extensive market and sales leadership experience in Asia Pacific, established new market entrance in Asia Pacific
involved in various reviews and discussions with incubator funds and startups
Founded Optimatic
Former Actimind Inc. CTO, now cofounder and owner of tiberis.ru (leading eshop selling welding equipment in Russia).
Current Asian Region head for a Telco SaaS provider. Contacts into the mobile operator, software development and banking arenas.
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...
Social media and digital geek. I'm co-founder of La Sambuca (ecommerce) and CEO at juanmarketing.com