An angel investor is an individual who provides capital to a business or businesses, including startups, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity. Angel investors often provide support to startups at a very early stage, once or in a consecutive manner, and when most investors are not prepared to back them. In a survey of 150 founders conducted by Wilbur Labs, about 70% of entrepreneurs will face potential business failure, and nearly 66% will face this potential failure within 25 months of launching their company. A small but increasing number of angel investors invest online through equity crowdfunding or organize themselves into angel groups or angel networks to share investment capital and provide advice to their portfolio companies. The number of angel investors has greatly increased since the mid-20th century.
William Klippgen is a Singapore-based Norwegian entrepreneur and technology venture capitalist who co-founded the price comparison portal Zoomit.com. He served as one of the judges on the television series Angel's Gate, which was broadcast on Channel NewsAsia in 2012. Klippgen is a co-founder and serves as the Managing Partner at Cocoon Capital. He holds an MBA from INSEAD where he is an Entrepreneur in Residence.
Spiking is a social trading platform providing financial information about 10 stock exchange markets in Asia and Australia. By processing the latest disclosures published on the markets, the platform allows investors to track stocks for moves made by company directors and substantial shareholders. It also provides other relevant information, like the main shareholders of companies or the portfolios of sophisticated investors.
Carousell is a Singaporean smartphone and web-based consumer to consumer and business to consumer marketplace for buying and selling new and secondhand goods. Headquartered in Singapore, it also operates in Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Cambodia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Carousell is available on both iOS and Android devices.
Glints is an online job recruitment platform headquartered in Singapore. The company was founded in August 2013 by Oswald Yeo, Looi Qin En and Seah Ying Cong. Through the website, users can apply for internships, full-time, part-time or project based positions with partnered companies.
AC Ventures (ACV) is a Southeast Asian venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups focused on Indonesia and ASEAN, with over US$500 million in assets under management across five funds. The firm's mission is to empower entrepreneurs with more than just capital by combining operational experience, industry knowledge, deep local networks, and resources. ACV's team has invested in over 120 tech companies in the region since 2012. With a team of more than 35 professionals led by Adrian Li, Michael Soerijadji, Helen Wong, and Pandu Sjahrir, it has offices in Jakarta and Singapore.
Vertex Venture Holdings, also known as Vertex Holdings, is an investment holding company with a group of venture capital funds worldwide. A subsidiary of Temasek Holdings, the company focuses on venture capital investment opportunities in the information technology and healthcare markets through its global family of six direct investment venture funds. Vertex provides anchor funding and operational support to these funds. Each fund has its own General Partners and investment teams, focusing on different regional markets. Its six funds are based across Southeast Asia and India, United States of America, China and Israel.
Asia Venture Group Sdn Bhd (AVG) is a private holding company investing in digital businesses. AVG invests in early stage companies, and has since inception, co-founded 4 companies: iMoney, TrustedCompany, iprice and HappyFresh. The company focuses on digitally scalable business models in Southeast Asia.
PT Gojek Indonesia is an Indonesian on-demand multi-service platform and digital payment technology group based in Jakarta. Gojek was first established in Indonesia in 2009 as a call center to connect consumers to courier delivery and two-wheeled ride-hailing services. Gojek launched its application in 2015 with only four services: GoRide, GoSend, GoShop, and GoFood. Valued at US$10 billion today, Gojek has transformed into a super app, providing more than 20 services.
Michael Robert Blakey is a Singapore-based British entrepreneur and technology investor who was named UK Angel Investor of the Year in 2015 by the UK Business Angels Association. Blakey co-founded Avonmore Developments Ltd. in London in 2000, followed by Cub Capital Pte. Ltd. in Singapore in 2013. In 2016, Blakey joined William Klippgen to start Cocoon Capital - a venture capital firm targeting early-stage digital startups in Southeast Asia. The firm has so far raised two funds with an AUM of US$27m.
In Vichet, is the co-founder and CEO of one of Cambodia’s first and most successful forays into e-commerce. He and his three other siblings founded Little Fashion in December 2010. He is also co-founder of Khmerload, also known as Mediaload, the first Cambodian tech startup to receive investment from Silicon Valley investors. It secured seed funding of $200,000 from 500 Startups in 2017. Channel NewsAsia featured Vichet as one of the great disruptors in Cambodia.
Peter Cowley is a tech entrepreneur, angel investor and speaker based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. He is co-founder of Cambridge, UK based VC Martlet Capital. and was President of the European Business Angel Network (EBAN).
Capital Match is a invoice financing platform for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Southeast Asia. Headquartered in Singapore, it operates an online platform for SMEs to seek funds from investors.
Quest Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by James Tan and Wang Yunming in Beijing, China. The firm mainly focuses on digital commerce investments and has an office in Singapore. The firm deploys funds across Asia in countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Indonesia. Quest Ventures is also the largest anchor tenant at JTC Launchpad.
CapBridge is an online investment platform, headquartered in Singapore. It was founded in 2015 and backed by Singapore Exchange. CapBridge was approved by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Government of Singapore to operate both a primary capital raising platform utilizing a Capital Markets Securities License, and a private securities exchange - 1exchange with a Recognized Market Operator license.
SGInnovate is a government-owned innovation platform in Singapore to support entrepreneurship centred on the development of deep technology. It was established in 2016 to consolidate innovation activities in Singapore, and was founded on the belief that deep technology, borne out of scientific research, can tackle some of the "greatest global challenges".
RedDoorz is a Singapore-based hotel company and hospitality brand that operates in Southeast Asia. The company aggregates existing budget hotels, offers staff training, provides access to digital services, and rebrands the hotels as RedDoorz. It was founded in 2015 and, as of October 2019, it maintains 1,500 properties over 100 cities across Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines.
DealStreetAsia is a Singapore-based financial news website, founded in 2014 by Joji Thomas Philip.
Helicap is a Singapore-based fintech and investment company. It specialises in the private credit market in Southeast Asia.
Joseph Phua is a Singaporean entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of the dating app Paktor, co-founder and Chairman of the live streaming platform 17LIVE Group, Chairman of SoundOn Group, and founder of Nextapple News. He is known for his role as Chairman of Turn Capital, a single family office that focuses on value investing in the consumer internet sector.
