# Steve Melhuish

> Steve Melhuish is a seed investor at Rumah (Singapore) backing Real Estate and Internet. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Rumah](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rumah)
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Mar 2025
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevemel
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/steve.melhuish.79

Steve Melhuish is a seed investor at Rumah in Singapore focused on Real Estate and Internet. Steve Melhuish is the Founder of Rumah, Co-Founder and Board Director at PropertyGuru Group, Founder and CEO at Planet Rise, Founding Partner at Wavemaker Impact, and an Advisor and Investor at Eco-Business and Ampd Energy. He attended the University of Plymouth and the University of Reading.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$7.6M |
| Pre-Seed | $525k–$1.6M |
| Series A | $2.1M–$5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Real Estate | 4 | 20% |
| Internet | 3 | 15% |
| Software | 3 | 15% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 10% |
| Electronics | 2 | 10% |

35 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 30% |
| Series A | 5 | 25% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 15% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 15% |
| Series B | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Singapore | 7 | 35% |
| India | 2 | 10% |
| Philippines | 2 | 10% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 5% |
| Australia | 1 | 5% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Agros | Agros exist to make farming economically viable and environmentally sustainable. The company provides farmers with carbon-reducing and income-increasing products and services, from input to market. Their unique ecosystem approach aggregates different low-carbon technologies, bundled with affordable finance, insurance, advisory and market access.Agros’ mission is to double the income of millions of farmers while reducing 100 megatons of annual carbon emissions. | $4.3M | Series A | Mar 11, 2025 |  |
| Lhoopa | Lhoopa is a property technology venture dedicated to revolutionizing the affordable housing sector in emerging markets. By leveraging data and innovative solutions, the company empowers local partners to provide affordable homes, addressing the significant housing backlog. | $20M | Series B | Jul 16, 2024 |  |
| Refy | Refy is a flexible financing solution for green project developers that combines private lending, blended finance, and advisory services while leveraging scalable technologies to accelerate Asset-as-a-Service. | $525K | Pre-Seed | Feb 27, 2024 |  |
| Circular | Circular is delightful subscription e-commerce, with sustainability at its heart. By focusing on customer experience while reducing waste and underutilization, we provide subscriptions to premium devices at affordable prices and with unmatched flexibility. Our mission is simple: to make subscribing to devices superior to owning them in every way,and thereby to accelerate the transition to a waste-free circular economy.At Circular, being a great place to work is anything but an afterthought. We are serious about crafting a place where adults work and learn together and every day is filled with meaning, collaboration, joy, and (most of all) impact. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Oct 09, 2023 |  |
| Circular | Circular is delightful subscription e-commerce, with sustainability at its heart. By focusing on customer experience while reducing waste and underutilization, we provide subscriptions to premium devices at affordable prices and with unmatched flexibility. Our mission is simple: to make subscribing to devices superior to owning them in every way,and thereby to accelerate the transition to a waste-free circular economy.At Circular, being a great place to work is anything but an afterthought. We are serious about crafting a place where adults work and learn together and every day is filled with meaning, collaboration, joy, and (most of all) impact. | $7.6M | Seed | Oct 08, 2023 |  |
| TablePointer | TablePointer is the AI solution for small and medium commercial facilities to optimize energy efficiency, manage assets, and upgrade profitability right away. | $2.3M | Seed | Apr 10, 2023 |  |
| TablePointer | TablePointer is the AI solution for small and medium commercial facilities to optimize energy efficiency, manage assets, and upgrade profitability right away. | $2.3M | Seed | Apr 10, 2023 |  |
| Agros | Agros exist to make farming economically viable and environmentally sustainable. The company provides farmers with carbon-reducing and income-increasing products and services, from input to market. Their unique ecosystem approach aggregates different low-carbon technologies, bundled with affordable finance, insurance, advisory and market access.Agros’ mission is to double the income of millions of farmers while reducing 100 megatons of annual carbon emissions. | $2.7M | Seed | Mar 14, 2023 |  |
| VFlow Tech | VFlow Tech uses its unique IP to build safe, long-lasting, high performing low-cost flow batteries for large scale energy storage application. Our modular design allows our batteries to be highly scalable which fits in perfectly from households, micro-grids to grid level storage applications. We use a unique approach of industry focused research todeliver a long lasting and reliable storage solution based on user feedback and industry trends. In addition, our in-house expertise in renewable energy technologies means that we provide you with a complete “energy + storage” solution. | $3M | Seed | Oct 05, 2021 |  |
| Aqwire | AQWIRE fully utilizes Smart Contract technology to process cross-border real-estate transactions. The platform is engineered to remove many of the roadblocks endemic with international real-estate. | $2.1M | Series A | Nov 26, 2020 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Wavemaker Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wavemaker-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [AgFunder](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agfunder) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Betatron Venture Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/betatron-venture-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Enterprise Singapore](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enterprise-singapore) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [GAIA Impact Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaia-impact-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Engie](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gdf-suez) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Rumah

VC Fund · Jakarta, Indonesia

Rumah.com provides a search feature for many types of property: residential, commercial, and industrial.

1 contacts available at Rumah.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Steve Melhuish | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steve-melhuish |

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## FAQ

### What does Steve Melhuish invest in?

Steve Melhuish invests primarily in Real Estate, Internet and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Steve Melhuish's check size?

Steve Melhuish typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$7.6M at Seed, $525k–$1.6M at Pre-Seed and $2.1M–$5M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Steve Melhuish participates in.

### When did Steve Melhuish last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Steve Melhuish closed in Mar 2025. Shizune tracks 20 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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