# Matthew Tan

> Matthew Tan is a seed investor at Etherscan (Kuala Lumpur) backing Web3 and Internet. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Etherscan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/etherscan)
- Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-tan-4a3021a7/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/Etherscan
- Website: https://x.com/Etherscan

Matthew Tan is a seed investor at Etherscan in Kuala Lumpur focused on Web3 and Internet. Matthew Tan is the creator of Blockchain 2.0 Explorer, API & Analytics Platforms Etherscan.io (Ethereum Smart Contracts Platform), Blockscan.com (Counterparty Tech) and also a Co-Founder of a 20 person internet and web software related services development company. More than 15 years in the IT industry with experience in managing, operating anddeveloping technical solutions for clients from various industries.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | $1.2M–$5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Web3 | 4 | 40% |
| Internet | 4 | 40% |
| Blockchain | 4 | 40% |
| Cryptocurrency | 3 | 30% |
| Ethereum | 2 | 20% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 30% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 30% |
| Angel | 1 | 10% |
| Initial Coin Offering | 1 | 10% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Singapore | 3 | 30% |
| United States | 1 | 10% |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Treehouse Labs | Treehouse Labs is an IT firm. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 15, 2025 |  |
| Nodepay | Nodepay is a network infrastructure that offers decentralized bandwidth for AI training. |  | Seed | Oct 02, 2024 |  |
| OneBalance | OneBalance is a new framework for credible accounts - combining chain abstraction, gas abstraction and permission management to solve the fragmented Web3 user experience. | $5M | Angel | Aug 26, 2024 |  |
| Nirvana Labs | Our mission is to make blockchain infrastructure economical and accurate, ultimately lowering the barriers to entry for Web3 engineers. |  | Seed | Mar 07, 2024 |  |
| Candlestick.io | Permissionless copy trading platform on the blockchain | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Dec 04, 2023 |  |
| Metagood | Metagood is a for-profit company that empowers communities to be catalysts for positive collective action.Founded by crypto veterans Danny Yang who created the largest crypto currency exchange in Taiwan, Amanda Terry who was an Twitter and NBC executive, and Bill Tai who was the first investor in Zoom, Canva, and 20 other publicly tradedcompanies, Metagood launched OnChainMonkey, the historic PFP collection all on chain in a single transaction on Sept 11, 2021. OnChainMonkey has been consistently ranked as one of the most profitable NFTs collections globally. Metagood was awarded Fast Company's 2022 20 Best World Changing Ideas for Impact Investing. | $5M | Pre-Seed | Dec 08, 2022 |  |
| Gomu | Gomu helps Web3 builders build the best experiences for their users by simplifying the creation of Web3 applications and services for every possible use case. | $5M | Seed | Oct 12, 2022 |  |
| Headquarters | Headquarters automates financial activities and reporting, which helps Web3 teams be responsible. Combine personal and CeFi wallets. Take advantage of how simple it is to view all of your cash in a single location across wallet types, multi-sig wallets, exchanges, and custodians. Headquarters was established in 2022 in Singapore, Central Region. | $5M | Pre-Seed | Sep 21, 2022 |  |
| Headquarters | Headquarters automates financial activities and reporting, which helps Web3 teams be responsible. Combine personal and CeFi wallets. Take advantage of how simple it is to view all of your cash in a single location across wallet types, multi-sig wallets, exchanges, and custodians. Headquarters was established in 2022 in Singapore, Central Region. | $5M | Pre-Seed | Sep 21, 2022 |  |
| Aurigami | Aurigami Company is a decentralized, non-custodial liquidity protocol. Customers may easily lend, borrow, and earn interest with their digital assets according to this. In exchange for passive income, depositors offer liquidity to the protocol, which allows users to borrow money with excessive collateral. Aurigami, in contrast to similar protocols,places a strong emphasis on gamification. Depositors contribute liquidity to the protocol in order to earn a passive income, whereas borrowers can borrow in an over-collateralized fashion. | $12M | Initial Coin Offering | Jul 28, 2022 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Saison Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saison-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Animoca Brands](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animoca-brands-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DWF Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dwf-labs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Forge Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/forge-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Jump Crypto](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jump-crypto) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Etherscan

VC Fund · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Etherscan is a block explorer and analytics platform for Ethereum, a decentralized smart contracts platform.Etherscan hosts a collection of web-based tools for exploring the public Ethereum network, based on the transactions that have been confirmed on the Ethereum blockchain. As a blockchain explorer, Etherscan can only provide and displayinformation on transactions that occur on the Ethereum blockchain. Etherscan does not process transactions and is unable to troubleshoot transaction failures.

4 contacts available at Etherscan.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Matthew Tan | CEO & Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-tan |
| Ming Lee Hiuw | BD Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ming-lee-hiuw |
| Wee Chuan Tan | Product Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wee-chuan-tan |
| Kaven Choi | Community Support | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kaven-choi |

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## FAQ

### What does Matthew Tan invest in?

Matthew Tan invests primarily in Web3, Internet and Blockchain startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Matthew Tan's check size?

Matthew Tan typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$5M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Matthew Tan participates in.

### When did Matthew Tan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Matthew Tan closed in Apr 2025. Shizune tracks 10 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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