Meet Southeast Asia’s top angel investors

Many founders want their startups to take off, and angel investors provide the first lift.

Unlike VCs bound by rigid term sheets, angel investors back startups early, even before a product exists. Typically seasoned entrepreneurs themselves, they bring empathy, mentorship, and capital to the fundraising process.

That’s why we’ve compiled a list of angel investors in Southeast Asia. With this, we hope to help founders find potential backers and mentors.

Fintech, AI, and ecommerce have drawn the most angel investors in the region over the past two years. This also reflects VCs’ top picks. 

  

We’ve also included detailed funding rounds from the past two years that involve angel investors. This is to let you see who’s been active recently and where they’re placing their bets.

Angel investments are notoriously hard to track, so we know our database isn’t complete. Drop us a note at research@techinasia.com if you spot something missing. 

With fundraising in the region becoming tougher than ever, we hope our list of angel investors can make the process a bit easier for entrepreneurs. You can also check out our list of Asia’s top 20 angel investment networks, which is updated monthly, here.

Here are some caveats about the data:

• We track angel investors using publicly reported funding news, as well as data from platform Tracxn, PitchBook, and Handshakes.
• Only investors who made at least two deals in Southeast Asia’s startups are included.
• Many deals are sourced from company registration records in Singapore, so data on angel investors outside the city-state may be less complete.

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