# Rupert Sayer

> Rupert Sayer is a seed investor at GTR Ventures backing Logistics and Blockchain. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [GTR Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gtr-ventures)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://sg.linkedin.com/in/rupert-sayer-180a993

Rupert Sayer is a seed investor at GTR Ventures focused on Logistics and Blockchain. Rupert Sayer is the Co-founder and CEO of GTR Ventures. Rupert Sayer attended the University of Reading.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Logistics | 1 | 50% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 50% |
| Document Preparation | 1 | 50% |
| Supply Chain Management | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vietnam | 1 | 50% |
| Singapore | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dutycast | Dutycast is a browser/app value-added extension that enables customers to purchase goods from selected global e-commerce sites and marketplaces with ease. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 08, 2025 |  |
| XDC Trade Network | XDC Trade Network is a cutting-edge blockchain technology company that provides trade document digitization and liquidity solutions for traders to allows borrowers to raise capital with the trade documents. |  | Seed | Oct 31, 2024 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## About GTR Ventures

VC Fund · Singapore, Singapore

GTR Ventures is the world’s first investment platform dedicated to trade and supply chain.In exclusive partnership with Global Trade Review (GTR), the world’s leader in global trade and trade finance intelligence, publishing, news and events, GTR Ventures enjoys a presence in London, Singapore, and Hong Kong. GTR has a proprietary network of over25,000 decision makers in trade finance, treasury and insurance.Our vision: to pioneer investments in fintechs for trade and champion trade finance as an alternative asset class that has been shown to be low risk, stable, and liquid. Leveraging our trusted brand, influence and global platform of over 20 events across 6 continents, innovative companies in trade finance (or #tradetechs) who join GTR Ventures as our partners and portfolio are able to engage the world’s most powerful trade finance community, as well as investors who appreciate trade finance as an asset class.With this vision in mind, we have defined four promising areas investors can consider looking into, namely: Trade Finance, Trade Insurance, SME Finance and Supply Chain Finance, and Physical Trade.GTR Ventures engages key public and private sector stakeholders in the trade universe. Together we champion trade and trade finance as an asset class and mobilise private capital into trade. Trade just got smarter.

3 contacts available at GTR Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rupert Sayer | Co-founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rupert-sayer |
| Kelvin Tan | CO-FOUNDER & CHAIRMAN OF INVESTMENT COMMITTEE OF GTR VENTURES | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kelvin-tan-acc9 |
| Peter Gubbins | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-gubbins |

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## FAQ

### What does Rupert Sayer invest in?

Rupert Sayer invests primarily in Logistics, Blockchain and Document Preparation startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Vietnam. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Rupert Sayer last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Rupert Sayer closed in Apr 2025. 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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