Here are all the individuals from Singapore who made the 2025 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list

Forbes has just released the 10th edition of its 30 Under 30 Asia list today (May 15), which features entrepreneurs, innovators, and rising stars—all under the age of 30—in the Asia Pacific region.

This year, a total of 20 countries and territories are represented in this list. India leads with an astonishing 94 honorees, followed by Australia with 32, and China in third, following close behind with 30. Japan comes in fourth, boasting 25 honorees, and South Korea rounds out the top five with 23.

Singapore, this time around, is tied with Indonesia for sixth, with 19 honorees each. That’s a dip from last year’s 35 honourees—but still a noteworthy achievement for the nation’s young changemakers.

Here is the full list of Singaporean entries featured on the list (including non-Singaporeans who are based and operate here).

1. Shareefa “Shazza” Aminah, Singer-songwriter

Category: Entertainment

Shareefa Aminah, who goes by Shazza, launched her music career while studying at Singapore’s Ngee Ann Polytechnic, releasing 14 songs before completing her mass communications diploma.

Since her TikTok video with Canadian songwriting duo Crash Adams went viral, Shazza has performed for Singapore’s National Day Parade in 2024, landed a billboard at Times Square and most recently performed with American rock band Click Five at their concert in Singapore last week.

She is currently co-managed by Warner Music Singapore and indie label Cross Ratio Music Entertainment.

2. Craig Choy, Evan Chow, and Matthew Wu, founders of Quest

Category: AI

Launched in 2021, Quest is an AI-powered platform that matches gig workers with freelance jobs, from wedding hosts to part-time content creators.

The startup touts itself as the number one AI-powered services marketplace in Singapore, the Philippines and the USA, with over 450,000 “heroes”—a term they refer to gig workers, and over US$6 million of income earned by their heroes.

Quest’s Forbes bio also states that it has raised more than half a million dollars from investors, including Antler and Oneness Holding.

3. Wang Guan, co-founder of Sapient Intelligence

Category: AI

Through much has yet to be revealed about Wang Guan, other than he previously graduated from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, more can be said about his company.

First launched in 2024, Sapient Intelligence is a Singapore-based startup attempting to create artificial general intelligence (AGI). Essentially, AI that can match or even surpass human intelligence.

The company aims to address the limitations of traditional GPT-style models, which generate predictions based on sequential outputs, by combining technology from mathematics, neuroscience and machine learning to train its AI models. As a result, these models can even solve extremely complex puzzles such as Sudoku.

The company has raised US$22 million in seed funding from investors including Vertex Ventures and Sumitomo Group, giving it a valuation of over US$200 million.

4. Suwira Teo, co-founder of Aleph Technologies

Category: AI

Born and raised in a small town in Indonesia, Suwira came to Singapore to pursue a Master’s Degree in Management at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Since graduating, he has worked at Shopee for over a year before co-founding Aleph Technologies in 2022.

According to its website, the company aims to “redefine process optimisation” by using advanced AI and digital twin technologies to improve manufacturers’ performance and efficiency. Aleph also integrates machine learning to create virtual replicas of physical systems to reduce costs and save energy.

In January, Aleph Technologies raised US$750,000 in seed funding from Cocoon Capital and Graiden Gorge Investments to support the development and roll-out the company’s flagship product: the Aleph AI Co-Pilot.

5. Kevin Yee, co-founder of Betterdata

Category: AI

Upon graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from the Singapore University of Technology & Design (SUTD), Kevin Yee co-founded Betterdata in 2021—an AI synthetic data platform that transforms sensitive user data into data sets with enhanced privacy protection.

The company told Forbes that its model allows AI engineers to develop products and train models while complying with privacy laws.

Betterdata had previously raised US$1.7 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round in 2023, backed by investors such as venture firm Investible and global investment firm Franklin Templeton.

6. Hardik Dobariya and Alexandra Zhang, founders of Factorem

Category: Consumer & Enterprise Technology

NUS alumni Hardik Dobariya and Alexandra Zhang both had stints in the manufacturing and engineering industried before founding Factorem in 2020.

The company touts itself as an AI-driven fulfilment platform for on-demand manufacturing—it matches companies with manufacturers capable of producing and delivering custom parts on demand.

The startup leverages AI to scan designs uploaded by users, vet manufacturers best suited for the job and provide instant quotes.

The company claims that it works with over 150 manufacturers in Southeast Asia, and has raised an undisclosed seed funding round led by Seeds Capital in October 2023.

7. Jon Ho, co-founder of Homeez

Category: Consumer & Enterprise Technology

Having worked in marketing, brand strategy and content creation for over eight years, Jon is a multi-disciplinary professional before becoming the Chief Marketing Officer and co-founder of Homeez.

Homeez is a Singaporean renotech platform that connects homeowners directly to suppliers and contractors.

The free-to-use platform lets homeowners design their homes online through its Design Now tool and receive instant quotations on their selected renovations from the comfort of their own homes.

8. Chong Ing Kai and Huh Dam, founders of Stick ‘Em

Category: Consumer & Enterprise Technology

Ing Kai and “Adam” Huh Dam first started Stick ‘Em as students in a bid to make STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Mathematics) education accessible and affordable for everyone.

The Singapore-based edtech startup makes chopsticks kits containing enough geometric connectors, wooden chopsticks and plug-and-play electronics to build numerous experiments and robot designs.

It also provides over 40 self-guided lessons for teachers through its Stick ‘Em Academy website. The founders say they have trained 770 schoolteachers in 11 countries, including Malaysia, Uganda and Vietnam.

9. Fathurrahman Faizal, co-founder of Ranger Labs

Category: Finance & Venture Capital

Fathurrahman is the co-founder of Ranger Labs, which operates a decentralised, multi-asset trading platform on the Solana blockchain.

In January, Ranger Labs raised US$1.9 million in a funding round led by RockawayX, a Web3 VC firm, to build new AI-powered products.

As a university student, Faizal co-founded blockchain explorer SolanaFM, which was acquired by decentralised exchange aggregator Jupiter Exchange in September 2024.

10. Han Zhong Liang, Vice President of BlackRock

Category: Finance & Venture Capital

Zhong Liang previously graduated from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, and prior to BlackRock, worked for Standard Chartered and HSBC in Singapore.

A chartered financial analyst as well as an alternative investment analyst, Han has also delivered lectures at the Singapore University of Social Sciences and Nanyang Polytechnic.

11. Victoria Kongoasa, Principal of Blackstone

Category: Finance & Venture Capital

Born in Indonesia and raised in the Philippines, Victoria joined Blackstone in 2017 before relocating to Singapore in 2022. She is currently a principal on Blackstone’s real estate team in the city-state.

According to her Forbes bio, Victoria said that she was involved in some of Blackstone’s landmark deals, including the firm’s acquisition of Australian data centre group AirTrunk.

The A$24 billion (US$15.2 billion) deal was one of the largest data centre transactions globally and Blackstone’s largest investment in the region.

12. Ryan Teo, co-founder and CEO of Dr Clear Aligners

Category: Healthcare & Science

Ryan Teo is the co-founder and CEO of Singapore-based healthcare company Dr Clear Aligners.

First launched in 2020, the company has expanded its presence and opened dental clinics in Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the U.K. and elsewhere within a span of four years.

The company has raised US$8 million in series A funding from Insignia Ventures Partners last July.

13. Zhang Jiaheng, Assistant Professor at NUS

Category: Healthcare & Science

Zhang Jiaheng is an assistant professor of computer science at the National University of Singapore. He focuses on privacy and security-related issues in his research on AI, as well as the application of blockchain technologies.

A/P Zhang’s research has been published in scientific journals, including Advances in Cryptology, earning him more than 1,000 citations to date.

He holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley, and previously worked as a research scientist intern at Meta.

14. Carlo Charles, co-founder of Flint

Category: Industry, Manufacturing & Energy

A passion project turned business, Flint is a Singapore-based deep-tech climate startup that develops rechargeable paper batteries made of renewable materials.

In January 2025, Flint raised US$2 million in seed funding from investors including Hatcher+, which will be used for a pilot project and to speed up commercial production.

15. Kang Hui Lim, co-founder of CRecTech 

Category: Industry, Manufacturing & Energy

Fresh from receiving his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from NUS, Dr. Lim co-founded CRecTech, a deep-tech climate startup whose technologies turn biowaste into fuel products faster, thereby helping to reduce costs.

Dr. Lim, who is also a fellow with Breakthrough Energy, an energy conglomerate founded by Bill Gates, has also raised S$1.8 million in funding for CRecTech, including grants from Enterprise Singapore.

16. Lee Ray Sheng and Ye Anran, co-founders of A Hot Hideout

Category: The Arts (Art & Style, Food & Drink)

Lee Ray Sheng and Ye Anran were studying at NTU when they launched Raydy Beehoon in 2020 in the campus canteen.

While they’ve since closed their canteen stall, they went on to launch A Hot Hideout in 2023, a restaurant chain specialising in mala dishes.

A Hot Hidout currently has seven outlets in Singapore, and the duo has expressed ambitions to open five more stores in 2025.

17. Haris Ahmad, co-founder of Kulon

Category: The Arts (Art & Style, Food & Drink)

With seven years of F&B experience under his belt, Haris is a restaurateur behind three Indonesian-Japanese fusion concepts in Singapore: Indo Java (closed in 2020), Kulon and Ono Ramen.

Haris is also the president of Rasa Indonesia Singapura, which is a community initiative by Indonesia’s Ministry of Trade under the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, Singapore.

18. Sim Yan Ying, Artist

Category: The Arts (Art & Style, Food & Drink)

Yan Ying, also known as “YY,” is a Singaporean writer, performer and theatre director.

She has made her mark on stages in Singapore and New York, and was selected to join the Esplanade’s TRIP program for early-career directors in 2022.

19. Woo Qiyun, Content Creator

Category: Social Media, Marketing & Advertising

Qiyun first created ‘The Weird and Wild’ Instagram page in 2018 while pursuing her Bachelor’s degree in environmental studies at NUS, to share tips with friends on how to go green.

Eight years later, it has since grown into an educational platform with almost 25,000 followers through short videos and illustrations.

Qiyun currently works as a senior communications manager at the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and also co-hosts the Climate Cheesecake podcast, which discusses sustainability issues, on the side.

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