# Lance Gokongwei

> Lance Gokongwei is a seed investor at Philrealestates backing Banking and Financial Services. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Philrealestates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/philrealestates)
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Apr 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://ph.linkedin.com/pub/lance-gokongwei/8a/91a/293
- Website: http://www.lancegokongwei.com/

Lance Gokongwei is a seed investor at Philrealestates focused on Banking and Financial Services. Lance Y. Gokongwei, is the President and Chief Operating Officer of JGSHI. He had been Executive Vice President of JGSHI and was elected President and Chief Operating Officer effective January 1, 2002. He is also President and Chief Operating Officer of Universal Robina Corporation and JG Summit Petrochemical Corporation. He is the Vice Chairmanand Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Robinsons Land Corporation. In addition, he is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Cebu Air, Inc., Chairman of Robinsons Bank, Vice Chairman of JG Summit Capital Markets Corporation, and a director of Oriental Petroleum and Minerals Corporation, United Industrial Corporation Limited, and Singapore Land Limited. He is a trustee, secretary and treasurer of the Gokongwei Brothers Foundation, Inc. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Science from the University of Pennsylvania.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$4.9M |
| Series B | $91M–$110M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Banking | 2 | 50% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| Payments | 1 | 25% |
| Logistics | 1 | 25% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Series B | 2 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Singapore | 2 | 50% |
| Philippines | 1 | 25% |
| South Africa | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kraver's Canteen | Kraver's Canteen is a multi-brand cloud kitchen operator in the Philippines, operating online meal plans including The Six Pack Chef, Krave Daily, and Digital Diner. | $1.5M | Seed | Apr 15, 2021 |  |
| Locad | Locad is a cloud-based solution for global e-commerce fulfillment. Access to an international warehousing network. Distributed fulfillment keeps products close to customers, reducing shipping time and cost. | $4.9M | Seed | Mar 17, 2021 |  |
| TymeBank | TymeBank is a fully black-owned and controlled investment company based in South Africa. It is an exclusively digital retail bank that aims to provide every South African accessible and affordable banking so that they can take part in, grow and benefit from the country’s economy. | $91.1M | Series B | Feb 23, 2021 |  |
| Tyme Group | Tyme Group is a digital banking group that designs and operates banks for consumers and small businesses in emerging markets. The platform focuses on accessibility and affordability, serving over 15 million customers across various regions. | $109.9M | Series B | Feb 23, 2021 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Apis Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apis-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Foxmont Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foxmont-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [FEBE Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/febe-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hustle Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hustle-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Surge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/surge-ahead) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Philrealestates

VC Fund · Manila, Philippines

Why Invest in Projects of Robinsons Land Corporation?Robinsons Land Corporation (RLC) was foundest in 1980, honored with the prestigious Overall Best Managed Company in the Philippines award by phpmoney, a leading international financial magazine, for two years in a row, with assets of 1,6 Billion US$ in management. RLC President FrederickGo noted that the company prides itself for managing resources well and its team of energetic and dynamic people who love what they do. With this latest citation, the real estate property arm of JG Summit Holdings Inc. has cemented anew its foothold as a leading player in property development with 35 malls, 8 office buildings, 10 hotels, 61 residential condominium towers and 32 gated subdivisions throughout the country.Leading international magazine euromoney has, once again, named Robinsons Land as winner of the overall best managed company in the Philippines in the phpmoney ‘Best Managed and Governed Companies Asia Poll 2014.’In the 15th Best Managed and Governed Companies Asia Poll 2014, regarded as the benchmark awards for the best country leaders, RLC emerged as the top Philippine choice. A field of 214 major companies in the Asia Pacific region nominated by the largest investment banks and research houses worldwide were included in the selection process.The nomination process shortlists the top 3 listed companies that outperformed across a number of categories such as business strategy, corporate governance, management accessibility, accounting transparency, and increasing shareholder value, among others.The Philippine Real Estate Market:Significant office supply has yet to make its way onto the market, but take-up is improving in most markets.It’s a mixed bag, said Fossick, who noted that whilst rental rates in Singapore and Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City are falling, rents in the Philippines are rising on the back of BPO growth and the expansion of multinational corporations.Property prices in the Philippine

2 contacts available at Philrealestates.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lance Gokongwei | Vice President & Operating Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lance-gokongwei |
| James Go | Chief Strategic Planning | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-go |

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## FAQ

### What does Lance Gokongwei invest in?

Lance Gokongwei invests primarily in Banking, Financial Services and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series B 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.

### What is Lance Gokongwei's check size?

Lance Gokongwei typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$4.9M at Seed and $91M–$110M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Lance Gokongwei participates in.

### When did Lance Gokongwei last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Lance Gokongwei closed in Apr 2021. Shizune tracks 4 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. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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