Chin Chao
CEO Singapore and South East Asia @ InnoVen Capital
Singapore, Singapore
Chin Chao is a Series A investor at InnoVen Capital in Singapore focused on Travel and Hotel. Chin Chao brings with him more than 15 years of experience in the venture capital and venture debt industries, including entrepreneurship, company building and business operations and strategy.Chin was most recently the Co-Managing Director at Sirius SME, a venture capital firm he co-founded in the middle of 2008. Sirius SME invested in smalland medium enterprises in SE Asia which are leaders in their respective fields. Notable investments include Reebonz (a leading e-commerce company focused on luxury goods), Heptagon Advanced Micro-Optics (a technology enabler of miniature optical components), Jason Parquet (listed in Singapore) and Ong Joo Joo Food Industries (a leading pork processing company in Singapore).Prior to Sirius SME, Chin was a Managing Director of Venture TDF Singapore and Venture TDF China. Notable investments include AAC Acoustics (listed in Hong Kong), Alibaba (listed on the NYSE), Baidu.com (listed on NASDAQ), DMX Technologies (listed in Singapore), Focus Media (listed on NASDAQ), Mediaring (listed in Singapore), Redback Networks (listed on NASDAQ), Sinosun Technologies (listed in Shenzhen) and Savi Technology (acquired by Lockheed Martin).During his time at Venture TDF in Singapore, Chin also co-founded and served as a key member of the management team of the TechFinancing Centre, a joint-venture between OCBC Bank (formerly, KeppelTatLee Bank), Venture TDF and the Economic Development Board of Singapore. The TechFinancing Center provided innovative debt solutions to growth-oriented companies in Asia.Chin received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. He also received his Juris Doctor degree from Stanford Law School and is the author of three publications on technology and business law. Chin continues to be involved with Stanford Law School and is currently a member of its Board of Visitors.
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 75%
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Industries Chin Chao invests in
Stages Chin Chao invests in
Countries Chin Chao invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Travel 2 (50%)
- Hotel 1 (25%)
- Leisure 1 (25%)
- Wireless 1 (25%)
- Hospitality 1 (25%)
Stage
- Series A 2 (50%)
- Post-IPO Debt 1 (25%)
- Debt Financing 1 (25%)
Country
- Singapore 2 (50%)
- India 1 (25%)
Investments
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| SynaXG provides O-RAN infrastructure, merging AI with next-generation wireless technologies. | $20M / Series A / Dec 02, 2025 | ||
| RedDoorz is a platform offering budget accommodations across key business and tourist destinations in Southeast Asia. The company solutions help partners manage distribution, marketing, technology, customer experience, and pricing solutions offering an end-to-end platform.RedDoorz has grown to over 1,000 employees in five countries, funded byleading investors, such as Jungle Ventures, Susquehanna International Group, International Finance Corporation (the World Bank), 500 Startups, and Innovate Capital. It also operates a marketplace of two-star, three-star and below budget hotels, selling access to rooms to people.RedDoorz was founded in 2015 and is based in Singapore. | $11M / Series A / Mar 06, 2018 | ||
| Yatra provides airline reservation flight ticket booking service online. Book cheap flights tickets, hotels, discount honeymoon holiday packages, cheapest air travel holiday fare with affordable hotel vacation package in India. | $15.6M / Post-IPO Debt / Sep 20, 2017 | ||
| RedDoorz is a platform offering budget accommodations across key business and tourist destinations in Southeast Asia. The company solutions help partners manage distribution, marketing, technology, customer experience, and pricing solutions offering an end-to-end platform.RedDoorz has grown to over 1,000 employees in five countries, funded byleading investors, such as Jungle Ventures, Susquehanna International Group, International Finance Corporation (the World Bank), 500 Startups, and Innovate Capital. It also operates a marketplace of two-star, three-star and below budget hotels, selling access to rooms to people.RedDoorz was founded in 2015 and is based in Singapore. | $1M / Debt Financing / Apr 03, 2017 |
Co-Investors
About InnoVen Capital
InnoVen Capital is Asia's leading venture lending firm with offices in Mumbai, Singapore and Beijing. Started in India in 2008, the platform was re-branded InnoVen Capital following a buyout of the business led by Temasek Holdings and UOB Group in 2015. InnoVen Capital currently has investor commitments of US$200 million. In India, InnoVen Capital is positioned as the first and largest venture debt provider to venture capital backed start-ups in India across stages of growth and sectors. The Company has a credit rating of ‘IND AA-’ for its term borrowing and ‘IND A1+’ for its commercial paper issuances. InnoVen provides debt financing to high growth and innovative tech startups, and has since supported and provided over 190 loans to more than 150 start-ups across India and Southeast Asia. The platform offers multiple debt capital solutions, including venture debt, acquisition finance, growth loans, and syndication.
InnoVen Capital Contacts
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Ben Cheah
Associate Director
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Chin Chao
CEO Singapore and South East Asia
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Darren Chuah
Director of Governance Risk and Compliance
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Jessica Lee
Client Support & Office Administration
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Sujana Ravishankar
Client Support & Office Administration
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What does Chin Chao invest in?
Chin Chao invests primarily in Travel, Hotel and Leisure startups, most often at Series A and Post-IPO Debt stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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