# Protégé Ventures

> Protégé Ventures is a VC fund in Singapore backing Apps and Artificial Intelligence. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Nov 2023
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/protege.vc

Protégé Ventures is a VC fund in Singapore focused on Apps and Artificial Intelligence. Southeast Asia's largest student-led fund

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | $77k–$350k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 2 | 40% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 40% |
| B2B | 1 | 20% |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| Internet | 1 | 20% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Singapore | 4 | 80% |
| Taiwan | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ZOLO | ZOLO is an 1 AI partner for food suppliers streamlining sales, orders and payments through e-mail into ERP. | $350K | Pre-Seed | Nov 29, 2023 |  |
| JiPay | JiPay is an app that allows anyone, no matter where they are, to manage their home spending. The JiPay app and prepaid Mastercard enable helps and their employers to manage household spending while also fostering trust in the home. | $1.3M | Seed | Mar 31, 2022 |  |
| Usertip | Usertip is a no-code digital adoption platform for creating and managing product tours and tooltips for SaaS platforms, through automating user onboarding, training, and support by providing product information at a personalized pace. Usertip is the complete package for managing digital touchpoints and crafting ideal user experiences. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| Joni.AI | Joni.AI is an e-learning app. | $77K | Pre-Seed | Jan 07, 2020 |  |
| XO (former Rooit) | Rooit is an internet company that provides a gamified application that specializes in communication guided by chatbots to facilitate interaction between two users by providing fun games. The company is driven by its mission is to disrupt the way young people communicate and make friends.Rooit was founded in 2016 and headquartered in Taipei City,Taiwan. |  | Pre-Seed | Nov 01, 2018 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Accelerating Asia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accelerating-asia) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [East Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/east-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Expara IDM Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/expara-idm-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GHARAGE](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gharage) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Manila Angel Investors Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/manila-angel-investors-network) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Protégé Ventures invest in?

Protégé Ventures invests primarily in Apps, Artificial Intelligence and B2B startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Protégé Ventures's check size?

Protégé Ventures typically joins rounds of $77k–$350k 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 Protégé Ventures participates in.

### When did Protégé Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Protégé Ventures closed in Nov 2023. Shizune tracks 5 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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