# James Chan

> James Chan is a seed investor at Neoteny Labs backing Automotive and Manufacturing. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Neoteny Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neoteny-labs)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Oct 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

James Chan is a seed investor at Neoteny Labs focused on Automotive and Manufacturing.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Automotive | 1 | 100% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 100% |
| Energy Storage | 1 | 100% |
| Electric Vehicle | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ion Mobility | ION Mobility is a tech and automotive OEM on a mission to create and deliver aspirational and sustainable mobility and energy solutions for everyone. We are committed to creating great products and seamless user experiences for our customers. Our products combine advanced hardware and software technology with human-centred design to deliver smartelectric motorbikes and energy charging and storage solutions that are for everyone to use. Our vision is to be Southeast Asia’s top technology company leading our region’s transition towards a low-carbon economy across Southeast Asia, starting with the ION M1-S. For more information, please visit www.ionmobility.com and ionmobility.substack.com. | $3.5M | Seed | Oct 14, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [500 Southeast Asia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-durians-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gan Kapital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gan-kapital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GDP Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gdp-venture) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Monk’s Hill Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/monk-s-hill-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Quest Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/questventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [R2 Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/r2-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Neoteny Labs

VC Fund · Singapore, Singapore

Neoteny Labs is an early stage fund focused on consumer Internet startups in Asia and the Middle East.

2 contacts available at Neoteny Labs.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Huang | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-bunnie-huang |
| James Chan | Co-Founder & Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-chan |

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## FAQ

### What does James Chan invest in?

James Chan invests primarily in Automotive, Manufacturing and Energy Storage startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did James Chan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for James Chan closed in Oct 2021. Shizune tracks 1 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?

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