Saemin Ahn

Investments & Strategy

📍 Singapore, Singapore🔄 Updated September 2026💼 14 investments📅 13 years investing🗓 Last invested Aug 2018𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Investor & Board Observer
Aug 2018
小黑鱼科技有限公司成立于2017年,是集移动互联网生活方式、消费新生态、消费升级服务于一体的会员制消费服务平台。 基于移动生活方式,打通线上线下消费场景,利用大数据、人工智能和移动支付等科技手段,打造一个“电商+旅行+服务”的业务综合体,为年轻人提供从产品、服务到交易的纵深服务。目前,小黑鱼科技已获得9.5亿元A轮和5000万美元A+轮融资,愿景是成为全球最大的会员制消费服务平台。
early stageInternet
Investor & Advisor(IPO IDX: GOTO)
Aug 2016
GoTo is the largest technology group in Indonesia, combining on-demand and financial services through the Gojek and GoTo Financial brands. It is the first platform in Southeast Asia to host these two essential use cases in one ecosystem, capturing a majority of Indonesian consumer household expenditure. GoTo’s mission is to “Empower Progress” by offering an unparalleled selection of goods and services through a comprehensive merchant and partner network and promoting financial inclusion through its leading payments and financial services business.
Investor & Advisor & Board Member
Aug 2016
Dexter is a bot creation platform targeted at writers, publishers, and business owners. Users can launch templates for the most common use cases like e-commerce, content publishing, and customer service, or build their own—all without a single line of code. If you can write, you can build a bot on Dexter.
Investor & Advisor
Aug 2016
Gojek is Southeast Asia’s leading on-demand platform and a pioneer of the multi-service ecosystem model, providing access to a wide range of services including transportation, food delivery, logistics and more. Gojek is founded on the principle of leveraging technology to remove lifes daily frictions by connecting consumers to the best providers of goods and services in the market. The company was first established in 2010 focusing on courier and motorcycle ride-hailing services, before launching its app in January 2015 in Indonesia. Since then, Gojek has grown to become the leading on-demand platform in Indonesia, with additional operations in Vietnam and Singapore. The Gojek platform now comprises over 2.5 million driver partners across the region. Gojek is part of the GoTo Group, the largest digital ecosystem in Indonesia, consisting of Gojek, Tokopedia and GoTo Financial. Gojek is dedicated to solving the daily challenges faced by consumers, while improving the quality of life for millions of people across Southeast Asia, especially those in the informal sector and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). The Gojek application is available for download via iOS and Android. ......... *IMPORTANT* Gojek is affiliated to the GoTo Group companies, and all authentic jobs/open positions listed by Gojek can ONLY be accessed via our official channels -- Gojek on LinkedIn, Gojek Tech on LinkedIn, Gojek on Glassdoor, and https://www.gojek.io/careers. In case you are contacted by our Talent Acquisition team, please ensure that the communication is coming from a valid Gojek domain - *****@gojek.com. If you are contacted by any third party outside of the authenticated channels highlighted above, please write to us at ethics@gotocompany.com to validate the job/open position. This is to avoid any potential instances of fraud, and to ensure your safety and security during the job application process.
Investor & Board Member(Acquired by Ricoh)
Jul 2016
MakeLeaps is online invoicing software for freelancers and businesses in Japan. Create beautiful invoices and optionally include your company logo and hanko. We can even print and send your invoice anywhere in Japan for only ¥148. Create a free account today.
Investor & Advisor & Board Member(Acquired by Walmart)
Aug 2015
Polymorph is a white label monetization platform for publishers to maximize revenue, reduce costs and deliver better ad experiences. Polymorph allows publishers to define their own branded ad experiences, leverage their data to target users across devices and manage and deliver campaigns from direct and indirect demand sources. We are real-time company giving ML driven revenue decisions (ads and messages) more than 500 million times a day. In a month - we reach roughly 2B unique users over 25K domains in 150+ countries and process over 125TB data. The team is 15 full-time based out of SF and Bangalore. Sample customers - Viber, Mozilla/Pocket, Disqus, Gfycat and the likes. Learn more at ​www.getpolymorph.com
Investor & Advisor & Board Member
Apr 2015
OneSignal is the market-leading customer messaging and engagement solution, offering email, mobile and web push notifications, in-app messaging, and SMS. Our powerful omnichannel platform enables 1M+ businesses to deliver over 12B+ messages daily. Powered by superior architecture, OneSignal is designed to scale with your business and deliver messages more quickly and reliably than the competition. By providing an open API, extensive documentation, free accounts, and intuitive automation, personalization, and analytics tools, we help businesses of all sizes provide a seamless messaging experience to create meaningful customer connections.
Investor & Advisor & Board Member
Dec 2014
Designed for unlimited discovery and unmatched safety, Epic is the leading digital reading platform for kids. Reaching more than 50 million children in homes and classrooms, Epic fuels curiosity and reading confidence in kids to explore their interests and learn in a fun, safe, kid-friendly environment. Our award-winning service is built on a collection of 40,000+ popular, high-quality books, audiobooks and videos from 250+ of the world’s best publishers including HarperCollins, Macmillan, Sesame Street, National Geographic Kids and Smithsonian. Epic provides free access to educators and is used by more than 2 million teachers in the classroom. The company was founded by Suren Markosian, founder of several successful technology startups, and Kevin Donahue, former YouTube, Google and Disney executive, with the support of top tier investors and veterans of the children’s publishing industry. It is part of the BYJU’S family of brands, working together to unlock a love of learning around the world. To learn more, visit getepic.com, or follow Epic! on Facebook and Twitter. To learn more about Epic, please visit www.getepic.com.
Investor & Advisor & Board Member
Nov 2014
Pocketmath is a global leading provider of mobile demand-side platform (DSP) and programmatic advertising solutions. Pocketmath PRO, its enhanced self-serve advertising platform, helps media agencies, in-house marketers, and mobile-driven businesses manage mobile campaigns with ease. With no minimum spending and access fee required, measure impact more accurately and make decisions faster. Built on proprietary bidding technology, it takes programmatic trading experiences to greater heights. Enjoy optimized usability, efficiency, performance and connect with consumers in motion. Unleash your campaign’s full potential using powerful UI, KPI-driven metrics, automation Rules, real-time insights, and HD reporting. Try our new product: https://www.pocketmath.com/product
Investor & Advisor
Aug 2014
Algorithmia invented the AI Layer. Our serverless infrastructure is custom built to host scalable AI models and advanced algorithms. Simply add your code and we’ll automatically generate API pipelines for hassle-free deployment and maintenance-free scalability. Any model you add can optionally be monetized in the marketplace. Today more than 55,000 developers have access to a growing library of 4,000 algorithmic microservices. Our team is dedicated to reaching developers on every corner of the earth, we hope you consider joining us.
Investor & Advisor & Board Member
May 2014
Estmob Inc is based in Seoul, South Korea and is the brains behind Send Anywhere. The team started as a few engineers and businesspeople who wanted to revolutionize the way we transfer data and has expanded into so much more than that. Send Anywhere takes an easy, quick, and unlimited approach to file sharing. Easily, we allow you to send any file type, across any platform, all without logging in or signing up. Quickly, given network conditions, we find the optimal transfer path to ensure your data reaches its location in the most efficient way possible. As for unlimited, we allow you to send any size file, as many times as you want, all for free.
Investor & Advisor & Board Member
Feb 2014
ViSenze is the world's smartest search and recommendations platform. Retailers like Rakuten, ASOS, Zalora, John Lewis, Myntra, Mango, Meesho, Target, DFS, and EyeBuyDirect trust ViSenze to power their product discovery for shoppers ViSenze processes over a billion queries a month from retailers, supporting them in-store and on ecommerce sites. The automated AI and ML platform empowers retailers to increase conversions and amplify revenue growth Top AI Companies 2022 Leading Product Recommendation Vendor 2022 Gartner Hype Cycle for Retail Technologies 2021 CB Insights Retail Technology 100
Investor & Advisor
Dec 2013
Coda leads in commerce solutions and out-of-app monetization. Since 2011, we’ve accelerated growth for our partners by expanding their global reach and deepening customer engagement. Trusted by over 300 publishers—including Activision, Electronic Arts, Moonton, and Riot Games—we maximize revenue with solutions like Custom Commerce, Codapay, Codashop, and Distribution. By connecting our partners to more than 90% of the worlds preferred payment methods, we unlock access to over 200M paying customers worldwide. Headquartered in Singapore with a team of 400+, Coda has earned recognition as a 2023 APAC High Growth Company by the Financial Times, one of Granite Asia’s NextGenTech 30 (2024), a payments leader in Fortune’s Fintech Innovation Asia list (2024), and featured in The Straits Times Fastest Growing Fintechs (2024).
Investor & Advisor & Board Member
Nov 2013
At Carousell, we believe in more than just buying and selling. We believe in the power of possibilities that people bring to the process. Through every buyer, seller and listing, we believe there’s opportunity beyond the transactional. Our mission is to inspire every person in the world to start selling and buying to make more possible for one another. Carousell was founded by Siu Rui, Lucas and Marcus back in August 2012 - whereby the focus is to give our users the tools to solve problems- whether it’s decluttering or earning side income- there are possibilities for everyone. We believe that technology is an enabler to solve meaningful problems at scale. We are crafting the most seamless user experience for people to sell what they don’t need and find what they need. Carousell Group is the leading multi-category platform for secondhand in Greater Southeast Asia on a mission to inspire the world to start selling, and to make secondhand the first choice. Founded in August 2012 in Singapore, the Group has a leading presence in seven markets under the brands Carousell, Cho Tot, Laku6, Mudah.my, OneShift, and Refash, serving tens of millions of monthly active users. Carousell is backed by leading investors including Telenor Group, Rakuten Ventures, Naver, STIC Investments, 500 Global and Peak XV Partners (formerly known as Sequoia Capital India). We have offices across Southeast Asia, India, Taiwan and Hong Kong. As a team of passionate individuals working together to solve meaningful problems, there is so much more for you to discover in a career with Carousell.
Experience · 20 entries
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Investments (14)
Board (2)
2025
Managing Partner
Feb 2025
Rakuten Capital is the CVC arm of Rakuten, a global leader in internet services headquartered in Tokyo. Launched in 2014, Rakuten Capital provides investment funding, sector experience and operational support to its portfolio companies from around the world. Globally, Rakuten Capital has invested in more than 60 companies including Lyft, Cabify, Carousell, GoJek and Pinterest. Rakuten’s broad range of online and off-line services include e-commerce, travel, FinTech, digital contents and communications, as well as credit cards, banking, securities, insurance, electronic money and professional sports.
2023
Partner
Jan 2023
500 Global is a venture capital firm with over $2.7B in Assets Under Management that invests early in founders building fast-growing technology companies. We focus on markets where technology, innovation, and capital can unlock long-term value and drive economic growth. 500 Global has backed over 5,000 founders representing more than 2,600 companies operating in 80 countries. Our portfolio includes 51 companies valued at over $1 billion and 140 companies valued at over $100 million. Our 140+ plus team members are located in more than 15 countries and bring experience as entrepreneurs, investors, and operators from some of the world’s leading technology companies.
2018
Investor & Board Observer
Aug 2018
小黑鱼科技有限公司成立于2017年,是集移动互联网生活方式、消费新生态、消费升级服务于一体的会员制消费服务平台。 基于移动生活方式,打通线上线下消费场景,利用大数据、人工智能和移动支付等科技手段,打造一个“电商+旅行+服务”的业务综合体,为年轻人提供从产品、服务到交易的纵深服务。目前,小黑鱼科技已获得9.5亿元A轮和5000万美元A+轮融资,愿景是成为全球最大的会员制消费服务平台。
early stageInternet
2016
Investor & Advisor(IPO IDX: GOTO)
Aug 2016
GoTo is the largest technology group in Indonesia, combining on-demand and financial services through the Gojek and GoTo Financial brands. It is the first platform in Southeast Asia to host these two essential use cases in one ecosystem, capturing a majority of Indonesian consumer household expenditure. GoTo’s mission is to “Empower Progress” by offering an unparalleled selection of goods and services through a comprehensive merchant and partner network and promoting financial inclusion through its leading payments and financial services business.
Investor & Advisor & Board Member
Aug 2016
Dexter is a bot creation platform targeted at writers, publishers, and business owners. Users can launch templates for the most common use cases like e-commerce, content publishing, and customer service, or build their own—all without a single line of code. If you can write, you can build a bot on Dexter.
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