Yinglan Tan
Founding Managing Partner @ Insignia Ventures Partners
Singapore, Singapore
Yinglan Tan is a seed investor at Insignia Ventures Partners in Singapore focused on Information Technology and Financial Services. Tan Yinglan is a founding managing partner at Insignia Venture Partners.Tan Yinglan had previously been the first Director for China, 3i Venturelab, INSEAD, a joint-venture between private equity firm 3i (LSE:III) and INSEAD where he worked closely with Chinese enterprises to develop their growth strategies. He had also been the SeniorAssistant Director at the Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore), where he was the deskhead for Economic Development Board Investments. During graduate school, he had co-founded, raised angel funding and sold an online dating startup (which is still featured as a case study in Stanford).A Kauffman Fellow, Yinglan was educated at Harvard (JFK Fellow), Stanford (M.Sc in Mgmt Sci) and Carnegie Mellon (Dual B.Sc in ECE and Econs). A Certified Risk Analyst, Yinglan is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University and also teaches modules on Entrepreneurial Finance and Entrepreneurial Management at Singapore Management University and at the Advanced Management Programme. He also guest lectures at Fudan University, Shanghai. Yinglan is the author of The Way Of the VC: Having Top Venture Capitalists On Your Board.(Wiley, 2009) and and Chinnovation - How Chinese Innovation is going to Change the World (Wiley 2010). He has been featured on China Central TV (China’s largest TV network), Dragon TV, The Deal, China Daily, Korean Times, Business FM 89.9 (Malaysian), The Edge (Singapore), Innovation Management and Business Lines (India). Yinglan has been a keynote speaker at conferences such as AVCJ Melbourne International Venture Conference and Dow Jones Conference on Corporate Ventures. Yinglan has been named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and selected as one of 100 Leaders Of Tomorrow by the St Gallen Symposium in 2010. Yinglan is married with two children and a member of Rotary Club.
- Total investments:
- 34
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
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Industries Yinglan Tan invests in
Stages Yinglan Tan invests in
Countries Yinglan Tan invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Information Technology 9 (26%)
- Financial Services 6 (18%)
- Software 5 (15%)
- FinTech 4 (12%)
- Apps 3 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 14 (41%)
- Series A 8 (24%)
- Series B 5 (15%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (3%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (3%)
Country
- Singapore 10 (29%)
- Indonesia 8 (24%)
- Vietnam 3 (9%)
- Japan 2 (6%)
- Malaysia 1 (3%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Diaflow
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Diaflow is an agentic automation platform that enables users to automate their business processes using natural language | Seed / Feb 24, 2026 | |
Surfin
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Surfin is a financial services company that offers wealth management and risk management tools through fintech applications. | $12.5M / Series A / Oct 08, 2024 | |
Dr Clear Aligners
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Dr Clear Aligners is a dental care center that offers teeth whitening, dental filling, and root canal treatment services. | $8M / Series A / Jul 18, 2024 | |
Fluid
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Fluid offers fast and secure B2B payment processing, which decreases payment delays and streamlines financial transactions between buyers and sellers. | $5.2M / Series A / Feb 27, 2024 | |
Bloomo Securities
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Bloomo Investment is a software company that specializes in the development of smart and fun investment apps. | $6M / Seed / Apr 18, 2023 | |
Sending Network
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In SendingNetwork, there're numerous nodes spread across different locations. So it becomes nearly impossible for any one to shut down the entire network, censor specific messages, ban user accounts or exclude entire communities. In essence, each user contributes to a robust, unbreakable communication network. | $12.5M / Seed / Feb 16, 2023 | |
Bakool
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Bakool is an app for online food delivery. | Seed / Dec 20, 2022 | |
FishLog
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FishLog is fisheries supply chains ecosystem. Our vision is to transform fragmented fisheries supply chains into an integrated and efficient ecosystem with reliable solutions that create value along fisheries network. Our mission is to be the largest fisheries network in Indonesia. Offer complete fisheries post-harvest management services. Creatinga transparant, fair-trade and sustainable transaction along fisheries ecosystem with all stakeholders in our network. | $3.5M / Seed / Nov 03, 2022 | |
Medici Vietnam
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Medici Vietnam operates as an one-stop healthcare and insurance coverage platform. | Series A / Sep 01, 2022 | |
Intellect
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Intellect is a modern-day mental health company with a mission to make mental healthcare & wellbeing support accessible for everyone. Today, Intellect is the largest and fastest growing mental health tech company in Asia, and serves over 2 million members and leading organisations globally through our mental health platform. Intellect wasalso selected as one of Google’s Best Apps of 2020. Intellect is backed by leading investors including Insignia Ventures Partners, Y Combinator, and an extensive list of family offices, big tech executives & renowned angel investors. | $19.8M / Series A / Jul 11, 2022 | |
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Co-Investors
About Insignia Ventures Partners
Insignia Ventures Partners is a venture capital firm that specializes in startup investment. Insignia Ventures Partners is an investment firm managed by a former Sequoia Asia partner, Yinglan Tan.
Insignia Ventures Partners Contacts
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Samir Chaibi
Principal
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Yinglan Tan
Founding Managing Partner
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What does Yinglan Tan invest in?
Yinglan Tan invests primarily in Information Technology, Financial Services and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 34 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Yinglan Tan last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Yinglan Tan closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 34 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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