# Enspire Capital

> Enspire Capital is a VC fund in Singapore backing Software and SaaS. See 40 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Total investments: 40
- Last investment: Feb 2019
- Lead investor: 13%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.enspire-capital.com

Enspire Capital is a VC fund in Singapore focused on Software and SaaS. Enspire is one of the largest Singapore family office fund that makes fund and direct investment in Greater China and Silicon Valley. Our main office is in Taipei with presence in Hong Kong, Singapore, China and Bay Area. We focus our direct investment in early stage technology companies in the area of Telecommunication, Media and Technology (TMT),Internet and Mobile. Through fund investment, we also seek to invest in expansion stage companies from the fund portfolio. We bring deep sector expertise, operational excellence, Asia insight and network to our portfolio companies and funds.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 8 | 20% |
| SaaS | 5 | 13% |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 10% |
| Machine Learning | 4 | 10% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 10% |

76 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 11 | 28% |
| Series B | 11 | 28% |
| Series C | 4 | 10% |
| Series A | 3 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 8% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 23 | 57% |
| China | 2 | 5% |
| Taiwan | 2 | 5% |
| Singapore | 2 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CHAY Kwong Soon | Founder & Chairman | 1 | — |
| Chia-Hung Huang | Investment Manager | 0 | — |
| Kathy Ku | Investment Manager | 0 | — |
| Lung YEH | Managing Director | 2 | — |
| Philip M. Lau | CFO | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ViSenze | ViSenze is an artificial intelligence startup that develops advanced visual search and image recognition solutions to help businesses in eCommerce, mCommerce and online advertising.Using R&D in machine learning and computer vision technology, ViSenze can recommend visually similar items to online shoppers, either on e-commerce platforms whenthey browse or search by uploading a picture or on content publishers platforms like social media and video networks.The company is a spin-off from NExT, a leading research center jointly established between National University of Singapore and Tsinghua University of China. ViSenze is invested by Rakuten Ventures, Walden International and UOB Venture Management. | $20M | Series C | Feb 19, 2019 |  |
| Datatron | Datatron provides an automated Enterprise scale model monitoring and model governance platform for all of your ML, AI, and Data Science models in Production. We are entirely Vendor, Language, and Framework agnostic, including, SAS, H20, Python, R, Sckit Learn, Tensor Flow, and more, via a user-friendly UI. Our offerings primarily include:- ModelDeployment - Model Monitoring - Model Governance - Model ManagementAnd many more features automated to make AI model management easy. | $1.4M | Seed | Jan 29, 2018 |  |
| Tangdou | Tangdou is a Chinese Senior Citizen Dance Video FirmTangdou Guangchangwu conducts dance lessons. The firm is headquartered in China.. | $20M | Series B | Nov 25, 2016 |  |
| ContextSmith | ContextSmith is an Account-Based Sales and Management platform that helps manage and grow enterprise accounts. We break down the silos between revenue teams and use company-wide relationship to help sell more to new and existing businesses. | $685K |  | Nov 07, 2016 |  |
| Flowcast | Flowcast leverages its patented machine learning methodologies to create high-performing predictive models that assess risk and enable lenders to unlock credit to all size businesses at scale. Flowcast’s models offer unparalleled explainability in understanding the root cause of a business’ creditworthiness, the risk of delinquency, the timelinessof repayment, and the likelihood of dilution of their transactions. Unlike traditional risk assessments, the API-based solution updates and monitors the risk assessment of the borrower in real-time based on alternative data and Flowcast’s proprietary data. | $2.3M | Seed | Nov 07, 2016 |  |
| ViSenze | ViSenze is an artificial intelligence startup that develops advanced visual search and image recognition solutions to help businesses in eCommerce, mCommerce and online advertising.Using R&D in machine learning and computer vision technology, ViSenze can recommend visually similar items to online shoppers, either on e-commerce platforms whenthey browse or search by uploading a picture or on content publishers platforms like social media and video networks.The company is a spin-off from NExT, a leading research center jointly established between National University of Singapore and Tsinghua University of China. ViSenze is invested by Rakuten Ventures, Walden International and UOB Venture Management. | $10.5M | Series B | Sep 16, 2016 |  |
| Thinair | At ThinAir They are building the future of data security--and it's wrought with exciting engineering challenges!As a cloud-based SaaS product, ThinAir is the first data security solution that allows everyone—administrators and employees alike—to take control over their most sensitive data in a way that enhances, not hinders theirproductivity. They were the 2014 DEMO Enterprise's DEMOGod Winner and they completed Y Combinator as part of W15. |  | Seed | Aug 01, 2016 |  |
| Vela | Through integrations, automation, and design, Vela enables merchants to drive growth while reducing the time and effort involved.Vela gives you the tools to manage and grow your business like never before, save hours of time bulk editing your listings and focus on what’s most important, manage your business, across multiple sales channels,through one platform, set up a sale in seconds, grab a coffee and sit back while the orders roll in, and perfect your photos in just a few clicks and let your products shine. |  | Seed | Jul 07, 2016 |  |
| MegaBots | MegaBots, Inc., uses cutting-edge robotics technology to create the giant piloted fighting robots of science fiction, videogames and movies. These robots fight in epic-scale arena combat the likes of which the world has never seen before.MegaBots are 15-foot-tall, internally piloted humanoid robots that fire cannonball-sized paintballs at eachother at speeds of over 120 miles per hour. As the robots battle, armor panels chear off and litter the field, smoke and sparks pour out of the chassis, massive robotic limbs tear off, and robots crumple to the ground until only one is left standing. | $2.4M | Seed | May 10, 2016 |  |
| The Bouqs Company | The Bouqs Company is an online flower delivery service founded by college classmates John Tabis and Juan Pablo Montúfar that delivers flowers fresh from eco-friendly, sustainable farms around the world to doorsteps across the country. Tabis, a brand and strategy executive formerly with Disney, and Montúfar, a third-generation farmer, started TheBouqs Company in late 2012 to radically disrupt the $100B global floral industry through a modern brand, responsibly-sourced flowers and a vertically-integrated supply chain. Headquartered in Venice, CA, The Bouqs Company connects farms and a curated network of artisan florists directly to consumers, and disrupts the traditional supply chain by eliminating overhead costs like warehouses, importers, distributors, auctioneers and more. In turn, this model enables a superior product and redefines the experience and economics for both consumers and producers alike. | $12M | Series B | Feb 03, 2016 |  |

10 of 40 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [UOB Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/uob-venture) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [AME Cloud Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ame-cloud-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Enspire Capital invest in?

Enspire Capital invests primarily in Software, SaaS and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 40 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at Enspire Capital?

The team at Enspire Capital includes CHAY Kwong Soon (Founder & Chairman), Chia-Hung Huang (Investment Manager) and Kathy Ku (Investment Manager), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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