# Esco Ventures

> Esco Ventures is a VC fund in Singapore backing Health Care and Biotechnology. See 4 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jan 2023
- Lead investor: 75%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.escoventures.com/

Esco Ventures is a VC fund in Singapore focused on Health Care and Biotechnology. Esco Ventures is the life science investment arm of Esco Group, focused on early stage investments in life science tools & diagnostics, women's health/reproductive medicine and first-in-class biotech venture creation.Backed by the parent Esco Group, a leading Singapore-based life science and medical equipment company with globaloperations, Esco Ventures is an evergreen fund.In life sciences tools & diagnostics and women's health/reproductive medicine, Esco Ventures invests at Seed/Series A stage globally, with capacity for follow up funding, and aims to find synergies where applicable with the Esco Group (mainly in relation to market access, development of diagnostic content, etc.)In Venture Creation, Esco Ventures is positioned as a leading biotech venture builder in Asia, leveraging the world class biomedical research infrastructure in Singapore, to build first-in-class biotech ventures addressing unmet medical needs. We employ a science-first, highly disciplined approach, titrating capital in a disciplined fashion to reduce scientific risk for highly novel technologies. We support our companies with the funding, human resources and wet lab facilities to get to the first meaningful value inflection point.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Esco Ventures. Shizune tracks 1 team members at Esco Ventures. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/lin-xiang-qian?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 3 | 75% |
| Biotechnology | 3 | 75% |
| Health Diagnostics | 2 | 50% |
| Therapeutics | 1 | 25% |
| Pharmaceutical | 1 | 25% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 50% |
| China | 1 | 25% |
| Singapore | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Yann Chong Tan | Vice President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yann-chong-tan |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Insyce | Inces is an innovative high-tech enterprise focusing on bio-separation technology. | $21.8M | Series B | Jan 04, 2023 |  |
| Carmine Therapeutics | Carmine Therapeutics develops a novel type of gene therapy that utilizes extracellular vesicles produced in the laboratory. | $3.4M | Seed | Aug 29, 2019 |  |
| Nanoview Biosciences | nanoView Diagnostics Inc. (dba NanoView Biosciences), is developing proprietary products that support research, translation and delivery of precision medicine. The Company was founded on a novel technology platform that uniquely identifies and characterizes exosomes. Our high-throughput, cost-effective analysis solutions enable life scienceresearchers to better understand the biological role of exosomes and how to utilize them as biomarkers to provide improved insight for how diseases are diagnosed, treated and monitored. | $5M | Series A | May 04, 2017 |  |
| Carmentix | Carmentix is a venture backed startup company developing a novel biomarker prognostic panel for pre term birth. | $3.5M |  | Jun 24, 2015 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Qiming Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qiming-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Addor Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/addor-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Jintou Zhiyuan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jintou-zhiyuan) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Lucion](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lucion) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Matrix Partners China](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matrix-partners-china) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Shenzhen Qianhai Infrastructure Investment Fund Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shenzhen-qianhai-infrastructure-investment-fund-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Esco Ventures invest in?

Esco Ventures invests primarily in Health Care, Biotechnology and Health Diagnostics startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Esco Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Esco Ventures?

The team at Esco Ventures includes Yann Chong Tan (Vice President). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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