# Aaron Tan

> Aaron Tan is a seed investor at Carro (Singapore) backing Internet and E-Commerce. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Carro](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carro)
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Feb 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aarontan/

Aaron Tan is a seed investor at Carro in Singapore focused on Internet and E-Commerce. A Programmer by training and a Venture Capitalist by profession, Aaron founded his first startup at 13 and has already sold two companies before turning 21. He is currently the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Carro, an automotive marketplace that offers a full-stack service for all aspects of car ownership. Aaron leads the venture-backedcompany with years of experience in the startup scene and is committed to setting new standards for the used car industry, with professionalism at the heart of Carro’s ethos.Aaron was also most recently awarded the ITMA Future IT Leader Award. Aaron graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BSc from Singapore Management University’s School of Information Systems, and subsequently accepted a scholarship from the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore to read Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University where he graduated with an MSc.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $600k–$600k |
| Pre-Seed | $260k–$1.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 3 | 38% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 38% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 25% |
| SMS | 1 | 13% |
| Beauty | 1 | 13% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 13% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Singapore | 6 | 75% |
| India | 1 | 13% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Yolk.fm | Yolk.fm is a social platform that allows users to chat rather than send text messages. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Feb 29, 2024 |  |
| Evo | Social Commerce Software | $600K | Seed | Aug 03, 2022 |  |
| Evo | Evo provides health and wellness direct-to-consumer services. | $600K | Seed | Aug 02, 2022 |  |
| Creative Galileo | Creative Galileo is an Edtech startup that focuses on the early learning of children, plans to use the funds for scaling, product development, and enhancement, creating new engaging content, forging partnerships with leading animation houses, and hiring talent. With its smart tech-driven platform parents can track their child's progressthrough the various educational games and levels. | $7.5M | Series A | Jul 21, 2022 |  |
| uWave | uWave's mission is to reinvent students' life by providing a platform for students to find and stay connected with friends, know what's going on in their community, and share what matters to them. Students can now meet new friends and discuss a wide range of topics, including relationships, careers, and news, in a secure closedcommunity (with anonymity). uWave users can access exclusive perks and convenient services (i.e., travel, discounts, jobs, etc.). | $260K | Pre-Seed | Oct 04, 2021 |  |
| iCommerce Asia | It help businesses do eCommerce, end-to-end, faster and more profitably than anyone else. Any business, small or large, it will help you build a business and manage your backend without the headache. |  | Seed | Dec 14, 2016 |  |
| Airfrov | It all started because Cai Li, the co-founder was always helping his girlfriend to buy beauty products, bags and unique local snacks whenever he travels.So he thought, wouldn't it be awesome if he can help others at the same time?That is why we started Airfrov - to enable shoppers to tap on the burgeoning travellers network to gettheir favourite brands and unique items, from all over the world.No more shipping restrictions. No more hassle of forwarding items. Get your overseas products from Airfrov. |  | Seed |  |  |
| myTukar.com | myTukar.com is a vehicle bidding website that maximize on delivering the best experience through eliminating the complexity of paperwork, errands and haggling involved with the car ownership cycle. With our service, seller gets connected to reputable and potential buyer network throughout the country. |  | Corporate Round |  |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [East Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/east-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Affirma Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/affirma-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Climber Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/climber-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DST Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-sky-technologies-fo) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Forge Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/forge-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kalaari Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kalaari-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Carro

VC Fund · Singapore, Singapore

Carro is an online used car marketplace that offers a wide range of services for buying a car.

5 contacts available at Carro.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aaron Tan | Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aaron-tan |
| Aditya Lesmana | Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aditya-lesmana |
| Annop (Michael) Kettratad | CEO & Chief Branding Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/annop-michael-kettratad |
| Clement Tay | Senior Product Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clement-tay |
| Kelvin Chng | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kelvin-chng |

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## FAQ

### What does Aaron Tan invest in?

Aaron Tan invests primarily in Internet, E-Commerce and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Aaron Tan's check size?

Aaron Tan typically joins rounds of $600k–$600k at Seed and $260k–$1.3M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Aaron Tan participates in.

### When did Aaron Tan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Aaron Tan closed in Feb 2024. Shizune tracks 8 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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