Alumni Angel Club
For Alums, by Alums
WE LEVERAGE INSEAD ALUMNI NETWORK
TO SUPPORT PASSIONATE FOUNDERS
Established in 2016, we are an alumni-run angel investment club based in Hong Kong and Singapore.
We are a platform to provide education on angels investing and a bridge linking early-stage capital to high-caliber INSEAD entrepreneurs through syndicates. Startups that have successfully raised funding through us are generally scalable, shown traction, and have connection to Asia
MISSION
EDUCATIONAL PLATFORM FOR ANGELS INVESTING AND STARTUPS
PROVIDE A BRIDGE LINKING FUNDING & MENTORSHIP FOR ENTREPRENEURS
PROMOTE DIVERSITY & INCLUSION IN A TRADITIONAL FIELD
PORTFOLIO
COMMITTEE LEADS
Maximilian Von Poelnitz
MBA'12J
Maximilian is an entrepreneur, investor, and start up advisor. In 2016, his start up NOSH was funded by the Alibaba Entrepreneur Fund and Delivery Hero SE, a publicly traded group out of Germany. He has had two successful exits and founded New Territory Ventures, an early stage food tech angel fund, in 2019. As Managing Partner, Maximilian oversees new investments in the USA as well as Europe.
Pranav Mehrotra
MBA’18J
Management consultant with 6+ years expertise in go-to-market strategy, B2B sales and digital venture building in high technology sectors in APAC. Active startup mentor.
Andrea Tham
Angel Support
Andrea is currently an undergraduate with the Singapore Management University (SMU).. She is passionate about innovation, start-ups, VC and technology. Having worked in the Prudential Innovation department under the CEOs office, she enjoyed startups. Andrea love to support all Angel Investors, entrepreneurs and start-ups in this community.
Helen Wang
MBA'19D
As a tech entrepreneur and business executives, Helen has 15 years global experiences building and advising ventures, as well as driving business development and enabling innovations with public sectors, big corporates and startups, mainly in green tech, health tech, fintech, and digital tech.
Basile Voisin
MBA’18J
Management consultant with ten years experience in the Financial Services industry in Asia and Europe.
Clement Ahiekpor
MBA’12J
Go-To-Market and Partner Development specialist. Origins from Europe and 15+ years in Asia led to Business Angel involvements and investments across these two continents.
David Li
MBA’17J
Experienced venture and community builder. Previously held roles at equity crowdfunding platform AngelHub, startup network WHub, Microsoft, F200 Chinese MNC, and growth-stage startups.
Alex Tham
TIEMBA’15
Alex is an experienced C-level global executive, technopreneur and investor. He founded 3 startups before becoming a partner for a US$200m venture fund and a US$300m private equity fund. Both funds focus in the technology, energy and environment space. He is currently the Regional CEO/Managing Director in Asia for an MNC whose primary business is in industrial automation, life science, robotics and IoT solutions.
Douglas Duncan
MBA’09J
Seasoned int'l manager with 15+ years leading teams and growing businesses in Asia and USA in fields incl. Energy, Automotive, Retail and Payment. Currently in Singapore driving sales and strategy in Battery Systems for electric vehicle and stationary renewable applications. Angel investor and startup mentor since 2015.
Olga Lyudovyk
MBA’07J
Technology entrepreneur and advisor, co-founder of Shophop.me, held leadership roles in retail, technology and analytics. Currently developing innovative products in a digital health startup.
INVESTOR
You should be an INSEAD alum (validation through directory) and are interested to invest at least $5K USD in early-stage ventures through a variety of instruments including KISS/SAFE, convertible note, or equity
Once you become a member, expect quarterly communications from the club on exciting startup investment opportunities & pitch/social events
Contact us for any inquiries at angel@inseadangels.asia
STARTUP
We are founder-focused. We hope to work and grow with you in building the next blue ocean venture
Historically, we have raised up to $250K USD for founders of diverse cultural backgrounds, with half of our portfolio companies led by female founders
We organize pitch events 3-4 times a year, and accept pitches on a rolling basis. Your startup should have at least one INSEAD founder, C-level member, or adviser. Scalable startups with MVP, traction, and Asia connections are highly preferred
