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James Tan<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

Managing Partner<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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James Tan is Managing Partner at Quest Ventures, a top venture capital fund in Asia. Prior to this, James was co-founder and COO of 55tuan, a NASDAQ listed e-commerce group that grew to more than 200 cities and 5,000 employees across China.<\/p>\n

James is a board member or angel investor in top tier startups in Southeast and Central Asia such as 99.co, Billz, Carousell, Carro, Ethis, Glife, and Shopback.<\/p>\n

James serves on several non-profit organisations. He is Chairman of the Social Impact Catalyst \u2013 Southeast Asia\u2019s largest youth network for social impact. He is a board member on the Applied Innovation Institute \u2013 global leaders in industries, government, and academia for business transformation; Intellectual Property Office of Singapore International – supporting Singapore’s future growth as a global hub for IP and Intangible Assets; and Sports Excellence Business \u2013 helping athletes excel with life after sport transition. He is a former Chairman of the Action Community for Entrepreneurship \u2013 Singapore\u2019s national voice for entrepreneurship; and former Chairman of the Business Angel Network of Southeast Asia \u2013 Asia\u2019s oldest angel investment network.<\/p>\n

He has been guest speaker at Asia-focused and private equity events such as Private Equity Insights, Stanford-PARC Digital Cities, SWITCH, and World Islamic Economic Forum. He has guest lectured at universities including Fudan, IE, NTU, Tsinghua, and UC Berkeley.<\/p>\n

James was recognised as an outstanding overseas Chinese by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council of China. He is a recipient of the Lien Ying Chow Legacy Fellowship from the Nanyang Technological University; and the Alumni Award from the University of South Australia. He received scholarships from both Beijing and Singapore governments for his MBA from Tsinghua University in partnership with MIT. During the first dot-com era, he studied and dropped out of computer science at NUS to work on two-sided markets.<\/p>\n

For leisure, James enjoys photography and has been featured in ComputerWorld, Readers\u2019 Digest, and commercially represented by Liaison Agency. He backpacks Asia and volunteers in marine conservation as a PADI scuba-diving instructor.<\/p>\n

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Select Investments<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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42race<\/strong><\/p>\n

99.co<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bank4.me<\/strong><\/p>\n

Billz<\/strong> (exited)<\/p>\n

Carousell<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carro<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cerebra<\/strong><\/p>\n

CTOgram<\/strong> (exited)<\/p>\n

DolbomDream<\/strong><\/p>\n

Egistic<\/strong> (exited)<\/p>\n

ERTH<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ethis<\/strong><\/p>\n

Galactic Roam<\/strong><\/p>\n

Garderob<\/strong><\/p>\n

Glife<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Hatch<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hepmil<\/strong> (exited)<\/p>\n

ION Mobility<\/strong> (exited)<\/p>\n

Oddle<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kamereo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kapital Boost<\/strong><\/p>\n

PostCo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Social Collider<\/strong><\/p>\n

SoundEye<\/strong><\/p>\n

ShopBack<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tictag<\/strong><\/p>\n

Transwap<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vulcan Augmetics<\/strong><\/p>\n

VulcanPost<\/strong><\/p>\n

Xfers<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Ideas<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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