# Reuben Lai

> Reuben Lai is a seed investor at Grab (Singapore) backing B2B, EdTech and FinTech. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Grab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grabtaxi)
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Oct 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reuben-lai-5aa4293/

Reuben Lai is a seed investor at Grab in Singapore focused on B2B and EdTech. Reuben Lai - Senior Managing Director @ Grab

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 1 | 50% |
| EdTech | 1 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Children | 1 | 50% |
| Payments | 1 | 50% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Doyobi | Doyobi enables educators to teach science and coding in a fun and interactive way. Its guided courses integrate videos, quizzes, and projects to make teaching easy. Doyobi’s courses are used in programs supported by Google and the Singapore government, as well as by educators from different parts of the world.Doyobi aims to help kids grow intooriginal thinkers and develop a sense of purpose. Its programs are designed to nurture curiosity, creativity, and a growth mindset. Doyobi’s pedagogy is built on helping learners develop attitudes and mindsets they would need to thrive beyond 2030, build coding and science fundamentals aligned to K12 standards, learn to use planning and design thinking to create prototype solutions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). | $2.8M | Seed | Oct 20, 2021 |  |
| Spenmo | Spenmo is an expense management platform that empowers smarter financial decisions by helping finance teams manage company expense policies, prevent unauthorised spending with a robust budget management and approval workflow, and effortlessly gain real-time visibility over outgoing funds. | $34M | Series A | Sep 22, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Addition](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/addition-7af4) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alpha JWC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpha-jwc-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Broadhaven Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/broadhaven-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Commerce Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/commerce-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Global Founders Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-founders-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Insight Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/insight-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Grab

VC Fund · Singapore, Singapore

Grab operates a mobile technology platform that integrates city transportation for driver-partners and customers in South East Asia. It offers services like GrabTaxi, GrabCar, GrabHitch, GrabShare, GrabCoach, GrabShuttle, GrabShuttle Plus, GrabFamily, JustGrab, GrabNow, and GrabRental. Grab offers services in Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines,Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar. Anthony Tan and Tan Hooi Lng founded it in 2012 and is headquartered in Singapore. It has additional offices in Seattle, Beijing, Bangalore, Jakarta, and Vietnam.

5 contacts available at Grab.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Hungate | Chief Operating Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-hungate |
| Andy Mills | Advisory Board Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andy-mills-2 |
| Ming Maa | President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ming-maa |
| Protik Roychowdhury | Principal Product Manager, Growth and Engagement | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/protik-roychowdhury |
| Sachin Tewari | Senior Software Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sachin-tewari |

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## FAQ

### What does Reuben Lai invest in?

Reuben Lai invests primarily in B2B, EdTech and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Reuben Lai last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Reuben Lai closed in Oct 2021. Shizune tracks 2 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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