# Kaixin Tan

> Kaixin Tan is a seed investor at Seeds Capital (Singapore) backing Apps and Sensor. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Seeds Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seeds-capital)
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaixin

Kaixin Tan is a General Manager at SEEDS Capital.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 13% |
| Sensor | 1 | 13% |
| Medical | 1 | 13% |
| Aerospace | 1 | 13% |
| CleanTech | 1 | 13% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 50% |
| Series A | 2 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Singapore | 5 | 63% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 13% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pyxis | Pyxis' mission is to transform the maritime business by leveraging powerful innovations: electricity. | $10.1M |  | Dec 17, 2025 |  |
| Meridian Innovation | Meridian Innovation is a developer of thermal imaging sensor-based solutions for commercial and consumer applications. Its technology utilizes a patented approach in fabricating LWIR sensors based only on CMOS. | $12.5M |  | Oct 08, 2024 |  |
| Mushroom Material | Mushroom Material is a sustainable and home compostable mushroom based packaging material that has the same protective properties as polystyrene/ styrofoam but naturally degrades within months. It is customisable to any shape, size, density, hardness and surface finish of the product. It has a limitless sustainable supply and is also fireresistant and waterproof. We can match the mechanical properties of polystyrene and replace any existing parts with a sustainable Mushroom equivalent. | $5.1M | Seed | Aug 07, 2024 |  |
| XSQUARE Technologies | XSQUARE Technologies is at the forefront of a logistics revolution, rewriting the norms of intralogistics and revolutionizing warehouses with intelligent warehouse automation technologies. | $7.8M | Series A | May 23, 2024 |  |
| Auristone | Auristone Providing actionable clinical insights with our epigenomics based workflows and actionable epigenomic information and analyses from proprietary pipelines and predictive models. | $4M | Seed | Apr 02, 2024 |  |
| Biorithm | Biorithm is a company that creates obstetrics remote monitoring platforms and point-of-care devices for pregnant and postnatal patients. The company combines proprietary data analytics software and medical-grade wearables to monitor a wide range of pregnancy vital data such as fetal heart rate, uterine contractions, and maternal heart rate,allowing clinicians to gain new insights into the health of the mother and baby while also providing expecting mothers with better access to healthcare, convenience, and more information about their pregnancy to identify early signs of complications. | $3.5M | Series A | Dec 18, 2023 |  |
| Equatorial Space | Equatorial Space is a rocket propulsion and launcher startup that aspires to make space launch as safe and affordable as commercial air travel.We will achieve that goal by simplifying the most failure-prone and expensive part of launch vehicles - their propulsion. Our rocket systems are non-explosive, eco-friendly, and halve the componentrequirements while being potentially reusable. This safe and efficient combination is made possible thanks to our proprietary solid fuel composition with a wide range of civilian and military applications.Equatorial Space won the MBRSC Innovation Cup in Dubai in 2018, and graduated from The Hangar by NUS Enterprise programme in Singapore in 2019. We have been featured in a number of regional and international publications including Channel NewsAsia, Nikkei Asian Review and South China Morning Post prior to incorporation of an American C Corporation to foster our growth.In 2021, Equatorial Space secured a place in the inaugural batch of the Q Station Accelerator, backed by the US Space Force and the Air Force Research Lab in Albuquerque, NM, and will soon announce securing a place in a prestigious accelerator programme in California.We are in the process of raising a USD 2m Seed Round to achieve TRL level of 7 with a test vehicle that will prove our rocket fuel in a hypersonic flight regime, which will be ready for launch by mid 2022. We plan to conduct a series of static fire demonstrations in the United States at the NASA Stennis Space Centre around the same time. | $1.5M | Seed | Mar 29, 2023 |  |
| Equatorial Space | Equatorial Space is a rocket propulsion and launcher startup that aspires to make space launch as safe and affordable as commercial air travel.We will achieve that goal by simplifying the most failure-prone and expensive part of launch vehicles - their propulsion. Our rocket systems are non-explosive, eco-friendly, and halve the componentrequirements while being potentially reusable. This safe and efficient combination is made possible thanks to our proprietary solid fuel composition with a wide range of civilian and military applications.Equatorial Space won the MBRSC Innovation Cup in Dubai in 2018, and graduated from The Hangar by NUS Enterprise programme in Singapore in 2019. We have been featured in a number of regional and international publications including Channel NewsAsia, Nikkei Asian Review and South China Morning Post prior to incorporation of an American C Corporation to foster our growth.In 2021, Equatorial Space secured a place in the inaugural batch of the Q Station Accelerator, backed by the US Space Force and the Air Force Research Lab in Albuquerque, NM, and Techstars Los Angeles.The Company maintains presence in Singapore, Australia and the United States | $1.5M | Seed | Mar 24, 2023 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Adaptive Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adaptive-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Elev8.VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elevate-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [K1W1](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/k1w1) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Wavemaker Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wavemaker-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Black Kite Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/black-kite-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Genedant](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/genedant) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Seeds Capital

VC Fund · Singapore, Singapore

Seeds Capital is an investment arm of Enterprise Singapore that co-invests with independent investors in innovative startups. The firm was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Central Region, Singapore.

1 contacts available at Seeds Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kaixin Tan | General Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kaixin-tan-48c8 |

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## FAQ

### What does Kaixin Tan invest in?

Kaixin Tan invests primarily in Apps, Sensor and Medical startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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.

### When did Kaixin Tan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kaixin Tan closed in Dec 2025. 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.

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