James Tan Overview

  • Primary Position
  • Co-Founder & Man...

  • Primary Industry
  • B2C

  • Active Board Seats
  • 6

  • Med. Deal Size

  • Med. Valuation

James Tan General Information

Biography

Mr. James Tan is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Quest Ventures. He serves as an Advisor at Haikini. He serves as an Advisor at Spiking and Cloudzen. He serves as a Board Member at Glife. He serves as a Board Member at Billz. He serves as an Advisor at TranSwap and Haulio. He also serves as an Advisor at NodeFlair, 42Race, and Taskulu. He serves as an Advisor at Popsical. Asia. He serves as an Advisor at JustRunLah! He is a Board Member at Burpple. He is a Co-Founder at Beijing Wo Wo Group Information Technology Co. He serves as an Advisor at Meet Boutique. He also serves as an Advisor at PINC Interactive. He serves as an Advisor at PostCo and Kapital Boost. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors at Action Community for Entrepreneurship. He served as an Advisor at Xfers. He served as an Advisor at Big Sky Capital. He served as an Advisor at People's Inc. 360. He served as a Board Member at Ion Mobility, Codesurance. He served as a Board Member and Advisor at Ihram. He co-founded and served as Chief Operating Officer, Board Member, and Advisor at Jetbay. He holds a degree in Computer Science and Information Systems from the National University of Singapore, an MBA degree from MIT (Sloan), Tsinghua University, and a degree in Business Administration from the University of South Australia.

Contact Information

Primary Position
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Quest Ventures
Education
National University of Singapore, Degree
MIT (Sloan), MBA (Master of Business Administration)
Tsinghua University, MBA (Master of Business Administration)
University of South Australia, Degree
Gender
Male
Total Investments
Exits
Email
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Address
  • Block 71, Ayer Rajah Crescent
  • Suite 03-25
  • Singapore, 139951
  • Singapore

James Tan Positions (1)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
Quest Ventures Investor Co-Founder & Managing Partner Singapore, Singapore Venture Capital

James Tan Board Seats (6)

Company Industry Ownership Status Financing Status Location Since
Action Community for Entrepreneurship Consulting Services (B2B) Privately Held (backing) Angel-Backed Singapore, Singapore
BILLZ Business/Productivity Software Privately Held (backing) Venture Capital-Backed Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Burpple Information Services (B2C) Privately Held (backing) Venture Capital-Backed Singapore, Singapore
Carousell Information Services (B2C) Privately Held (backing) Venture Capital-Backed Singapore, Singapore
Codesurance Business/Productivity Software Privately Held (backing) Venture Capital-Backed Singapore, Singapore

James Tan Lead Partner on Deals (29)

James Tan has been the lead partner on 29 deals. Their latest deal was with Kamereo, a distributors/wholesale company. The deal was made for on 26-Mar-2024.

Company Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Deal Status Industry Location
Kamereo 26-Mar-2024 Later Stage VC Completed Distributors/Wholesale Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
DolbomDream 23-Feb-2024 Completed Therapeutic Devices Daejeon, South Korea
Vulcan Augmetics 31-Jan-2024 Completed Therapeutic Devices Singapore, Singapore
Ion Mobility 23-Aug-2023 Completed Automotive Singapore, Singapore
Vitality Foods 26-Dec-2022 Completed Other Commercial Products Singapore
Glife 21-Sep-2022 Completed Distributors/Wholesale Singapore, Singapore
BILLZ 19-May-2022 Completed Business/Productivity Software Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Ion Mobility 10-Mar-2022 Completed Automotive Singapore, Singapore
CTOgram 15-Nov-2021 Seed Round Completed Other Services (B2C Non-Financial) Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Kind Citizen 01-Jan-2021 Early Stage VC Completed Other Commercial Services Singapore, Singapore

James Tan Network (147)

Board Members (37)

Name Company Representing Location From
Peter Severin Carousell Self Singapore, Singapore
Theodora Lai Burpple Self Singapore, Singapore
Carousell Carousell Singapore, Singapore
Ion Mobility Ion Mobility Singapore, Singapore
Action Community for Entrepreneurship Action Community for Entrepreneurship Singapore, Singapore

Portfolio Executives (107)

Name Company Role Deal date Location
Khai Ta Kamereo Chief Operating Officer 26-Mar-2024 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Taku Tanaka Kamereo Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer 26-Mar-2024 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
DolbomDream Founder & Chief Executive Officer 23-Feb-2024 Daejeon, South Korea
Vulcan Augmetics Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer 31-Jan-2024 Singapore, Singapore
Vulcan Augmetics Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer 31-Jan-2024 Singapore, Singapore

Fund Team Members (3)

Name Investor Fund Fund Location
Jeffrey Seah Quest Ventures Quest Ventures Asia Fund I Singapore, Singapore
Jeffrey Seah Quest Ventures Quest Ventures Asia Fund II Singapore, Singapore
Quest Ventures Singapore, Singapore

James Tan Affiliated Funds (2)

Fund Investor Fund Type Status Vintage Size Dry Powder IRR IRR Quartile
Quest Ventures Asia Fund I Quest Ventures Venture Capital - Early Stage Evergreen
Quest Ventures Asia Fund II Quest Ventures Venture Capital - Early Stage Closed 2020

James Tan Advisory Roles (12)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
42Race Company Advisor Singapore, Singapore Information Services (B2C)
Cloudzen Company Advisor Singapore, Singapore Entertainment Software
Haikini Company Advisor Singapore, Singapore Clothing
Haulio Company Advisor Singapore, Singapore Business/Productivity Software
JustRunLah! Company Advisor Singapore, Singapore Information Services (B2C)

James Tan FAQs

  • Who is James Tan?

    Mr. James Tan is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Quest Ventures.

  • How much does James Tan typically invest?

    James Tan's median deal size is .

  • What is James Tan’s main position?

    James Tan’s primary position is Co-Founder & Managing Partner.

  • How many active board seats does James Tan hold?

    James Tan holds 6 board seats including Action Community for Entrepreneurship, BILLZ, Burpple, Carousell, and Codesurance.

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