# John Tan > John Tan is a seed investor at Controlled Commodity backing Travel and Internet. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Controlled Commodity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/controlled-commodity) - Total investments: 7 - Last investment: Oct 2021 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: http://sg.linkedin.com/in/therealjohntan John Tan is a seed investor at Controlled Commodity focused on Travel and Internet. John Tan - Founder @ Controlled Commodity ## Round sizes | Stage | Round size | | --- | --- | | Seed | $153k–$590k | ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Travel | 2 | 29% | | Internet | 2 | 29% | | Software | 2 | 29% | | Marketplace | 2 | 29% | | EdTech | 1 | 14% | 28 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 6 | 86% | | Pre-Seed | 1 | 14% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Singapore | 4 | 57% | | United States | 2 | 29% | | Japan | 1 | 14% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Rocket Academy | Rocket Academy has developed two courses to date: Coding Basics, an introductory course for beginners to learn the basics of coding; and Software Engineering Bootcamp (SEB), which prepares students for a career in software engineering. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Oct 07, 2021 | | | NewCampus | NewCampus is a Singapore-based education and professional development company that offers cohort-based online courses, workshops, and training programs focused on business, technology, entrepreneurship, and career growth. The company collaborates with industry practitioners and organizations to deliver interactive learning experiences for students,professionals, and startup founders. Its programs typically include live sessions, mentorship, community networking, and practical projects designed to support skill development and workforce readiness across Asia and other international markets. | $500K | Seed | Aug 18, 2019 | | | Glints | Glints is Southeast Asia’s largest talent platform for career development and recruitment. Founded in 2013 in Singapore, Glints has empowered more than 1.5 million professionals and 30,000 organizations to realize their human potential. Every day, we are helping organizations build great teams and pairing talent up with great opportunities, onematch at a time. | $475K | Seed | Feb 11, 2015 | | | Voyagin | Voyagin is the tours and activities marketplace in Asia with a mission to help travelers discover and book the best travel experiences across Asia. Its website features over 1,800 things to do including tickets to museums and shows, cultural activities, romantic dinners, adventure experiences, and private guides bookable in English, Japanese, andChinese in over 50 destinations in Asia, in advance or in destination via its mobile optimized website. The Voyagin team believes that "travel in Asia is broken." Guests end up sightseeing because unique experiences are hard to find and insecure to book; hosts end up spending time and money on websites which are hard to update and mostly out of date. They also believe that an "experience is more than just an activity; it's about meeting people, trying something new and seeing the world from a different perspective." In hopes to differentiate themselves, they traveled around Asia to find and curate the best experiences and hosts.Launched in 2012, Voyagin provides a trusted platform for tours and activities providers (hosts) in Asia to list their experiences; its team of community managers work with each host to curate their activities both online and during the experience, ensuring their quality. Backed by its 100% satisfaction guarantee, multilingual customer support, and verified reviews from actual guests, Voyagin is the best place for travelers visiting Asia to discover and book their next local experience.Voyagin was founded in 2011 as FindJPN, a marketplace for authentic activities in Japan. FindJPN changed its name to Voyagin in December 2012 when they expanded into Asia. | | Seed | Mar 20, 2014 | | | CrowdHall | A CrowdHall is a crowd-sourced town hall built on the idea that public discourse with high-profile people & organizations doesn't have to be one-sided. It empowers the crowd to organize its thoughts, articulate its questions, and voice its perspective in a democratic way. | | Seed | May 09, 2013 | | | FlightCar | Launched in early 2013 and based in San Francisco, California, FlightCar connects visitors who need cars at the airport with locals looking to park them. By making it convenient and enjoyable for anyone to experience traveling in an original way at a great value, FlightCar saves travelers money, creates a more interesting experience, and offers apractical and novel new option for a collaborative community of travelers. | $590K | Seed | Feb 15, 2013 | | | Drive.SG | Drive.SG was conceived in 2010 by its founders, Adrian, Bryan and Paul. Being car renters themselves, they saw first-hand on how the lack of transparency in the car rental industry can be utterly confusing and intimidating to car renters. Thus, they decided to take it upon themselves to deliver a radically new experience for first-timers (and otherrenters) to rent a car. The founders created a system whereby consumers can rent directly from local rental companies in REAL-TIME; no calling required to check on the availability of the car.We are setting up bases all over Asia (currently in Malaysia and Indonesia) to bring this convenience and price-saving to the local residents and travellers. | $153K | Seed | Jan 07, 2013 | | 7 of 7 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [The Brandery](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-brandery) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Vine St. Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vine-st-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Aurum Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aurum-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Digital Garage](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-ga) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Hustle Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hustle-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Infocomm Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/infocomm-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About Controlled Commodity VC Fund 1 contacts available at Controlled Commodity. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | John Tan | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-tan-2 | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [Adam Nash](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-nash) — Angel Investor - [Dream Maker Ventures (DMV)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dream-maker-ventures-dmv) — VC Fund - [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Seeds Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seeds-capital) — VC Fund - [Wavemaker Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wavemaker-partners) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [SaaS Angel Investors in Singapore](https://shizune.co/investors/saas-angel-investors-singapore) - [Celebrity Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/celebrity-investors) - [Celebrity Angel Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/celebrity-angel-investors) - [Payments Angel Investors in Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/payments-angel-investors-japan) - [Celebrity Investors in United States](https://shizune.co/investors/celebrity-investors-united-states) - [Celebrity Angel Investors in United States](https://shizune.co/investors/celebrity-angel-investors-united-states) ## FAQ ### What does John Tan invest in? John Tan invests primarily in Travel, Internet and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### What is John Tan's check size? John Tan typically joins rounds of $153k–$590k at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds John Tan participates in. ### When did John Tan last invest? The most recent investment recorded for John Tan closed in Oct 2021. Shizune tracks 7 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. 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