# Quek Tong Boon

> Quek Tong Boon is a startup investor at CAP Vista. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [CAP Vista](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cap-vista)
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Quek Tong Boon is a startup investor at CAP Vista. Quek Tong Boon is currently the Chief Defence Scientist and the Chief Research & Technology Officer of the Singapore Ministry of Defence (MINDEF).From Jan 2004 til l Dec 2008 , he was the Deputy Secretary (Technology and Transformation) of MINDEF. Before that , he was the Chief Executive Officer of the DSO National Laboratories from Jan1998 to Dec 2003 and Director of the Defence Materiel Organisation from Jun 1994 to Dec 1997.He also serves on several boards. Currently he is Chairman of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) and sits on the Boards of the DSO National Laboratories(DSO), the Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA), the Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR), and the Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd.In the higher education sector, he chairs the Temasek Laboratories at NUS(National University of Singapore), the Temasek Laboratories at NTU(Nanyang Technological University), and the Temasek Defence Systems Institute(TDSI) at NUS. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Singapore University of Technology and Design(SUTD), the Tropical Marine Science Institute(TMSI) Management Board at NUS, the Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing (CRISP) Management Board, the Scientific Advisory Board(SAB) of the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Centre (SMART), and the SAB of the Institute for Mathematical Sciences(IMS).He is a n Adjunct Professor at the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering of the NUS. His professional interests include defence technology and management of technology.His honours and awards include the following:Public Administration Medal (Silver), Singapore, 1996Public Administration Medal (Gold), Singapore, 2011Honorary Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES), 2009Chevalier (Knight) of Légion of Honour of the French Republic, 2011

## About CAP Vista

VC Fund · Singapore, Singapore

Cap Vista is the strategic investment arm of Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA), a statutory board of the Singapore Ministry of Defence.Cap Vista invests in innovative technologies that can serve the defence and security needs of Singapore.Cap Vista is the strategic investor of choice for young companies seeking to develop theirbusinesses in the Asian defence and security market.

5 contacts available at CAP Vista.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chua Sock Koong | Senior Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chua-sock-koong |
| Eunice Ooi | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eunice-ooi-398b |
| Quek Gim Pew | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/quek-gim-pew |
| Quek Tong Boon | Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/quek-tong-boon |
| Yen Yen Tan | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yen-yen-tan |

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