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Tanglin Venture Partners

Venture capital

Singapore · Seed–Series B · 20 people tracked

Also known as TANGLIN VENTURE PARTNERS PTE. LTD.

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Investment thesis

Tanglin Venture Partners partners with entrepreneurs building fast-growing businesses that address large profit pools. The firm follows a concentrated portfolio strategy centered on long-term relationships, patience, and meaningful engagement with founders. Its approach combines deep thematic understanding with on-the-ground research before investing. Tanglin manages two active funds and has backed 20+ companies across sectors such as consumer, B2B commerce, insurtech, and media, primarily in India.

Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.

Stage
Seed–Series B
Check
$8M
HQ
Singapore, SG
Leads rounds
Leads
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2018
Last 12 months
3 investments
AUM
$250M
VC funds
3
Tracked investments
38
Unicorns
1

Team · 20 people

from the firm's website & public directories
Arnold Tan· General Partner
Edwina Yeo· General Partner
Lim Yow· General Partner
Admyra Ramly· Assistant Finance Managerin
Cerlyn Yeo· Office Managerin
Keith Choy· Compliance Managerin
Kelvin Tan· Investment Strategyin
Nikhil Bharadvaj· Office Operations Managerin
Sharada Krishnamurthy· Senior Legal Associatein
Arun Scaria· General Counselin
Teng Rui Loh· Associatein

What they invest in

from 29 of 38 portfolio companies

Consumer ×12SaaS ×11AI & Machine Learning ×9Fintech ×9Direct to Consumer ×6E-commerce ×6Enterprise Software ×4FoodTech ×4

HQs:India×14United States×3Singapore×2United Kingdom×1Indonesia×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 20 portfolio companies
35%
solo founders
7 of 20 mapped founding teams
40%
repeat founders
of 30 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×72 founders×73 founders×54+ founders×1

Where their founders studiedfrom 27 founders with education data

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi ×5Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani ×2Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur ×2Vellore Institute of Technology ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 27 founders with field-of-study data

Engineering ×10Business & Management ×9Computer Science ×9

Where their founders worked beforefrom 30 founders with career history

Freshworks ×3Google ×2

3 founders hold a PhD · 6 hold an MBA (of 31 with degree data)

Investments · 38 tracked

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By year:2026 · 32025 · 12024 · 22023 · 12020 · 12019 · 12018 · 110 dated

abCoffeeabcoffee.inin𝕏Mar 2024 · $3.4M

abcoffee sells specialty roasted coffee, including blends made from single-origin Arabica and Robusta beans developed for the Indian palate.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTechRetail TechMumbai, IN

Abhijeet Anand(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investors100XRandev Ventures Family OfficeStride VenturesNexus Venture Partners

Becoletsbeco.com𝕏Aug 2024 · $10M

Beco is an Indian brand selling eco-friendly household products made from bamboo and coconut, including reusable bamboo kitchen towels, tissues, wipes, and coconut-based homecare liquids such as laundry and dishwash detergents.

Circular EconomyConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceMumbai, IN

Akshay Varma(Founder)inAnuj Ruia(Founder)inAditya

Co-investorsBetter CapitalRukam CapitalTitan Capital

Builtgetbuilt.comin𝕏Jul 2026 · $2M

Built provides a cloud-based platform that connects capital, data, and workflows for real estate finance, enabling lenders, owners, developers, and contractors to fund, manage, and build projects with visibility and control across the entire lifecycle from origination to asset management.

AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechEnterprise SoftwareFintechPropTechSaaSNashville, US

Chase Gilbert(CEO)in

Co-investorsCanapi VenturesCRV (Charles River Ventures)Fifth WallHDS CapitalHighsage VenturesIndex Ventures+10 more

BUILTbuilt.cominJul 2026

Built.com offers Brownie Batter Puffs, a protein-enriched snack bar designed for consumers seeking convenient nutrition with dessert-like flavor.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceFoodTechHealthtech

Co-investorsSummit Peak Ventures

Bukuwarungbukuwarung.comin𝕏

BukuWarung is a financial application that helps Indonesian micro, small, and medium enterprises (UMKM) manage payments, accounting, and access loans.

FintechSaaSJakarta, ID

Abhinay Peddisetty(Founder)in

Co-investorsAC VenturesCapria VenturesGMO VenturePartnersGolden Gate VenturesQuona CapitalRocketship.vc+9 more

Credgenics, Homepagecredgenics.comin𝕏

Credgenics offers an AI-powered debt collection and loan recovery software platform covering digital communications, predictive dialer, legal notices, litigation management, field collections app, payments, and online dispute resolution.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS

Rishabh Goel(Founder)inAnand Agrawal(Founder)in

Co-investorsAccelDMI AIF Sparkle FundTitan Capital

Easyplaneasyplan.inDefunct

Easyplan is an investment platform for beginning investors in India that uses conversational AI to suggest diversified mutual fund portfolios aligned with user goals.

FintechMH, IN

Sanjay Gandhi(Founder)inManisha Pandita(Founder)in

Co-investorsY Combinator3one4 CapitalMatrixSequoia Capital

EMBexmyb.com

B2B marketplace for IT services

Nishant Behl(Founder)inRohan Raj Barua(Founder)in

Co-investorsAlpha Wave GlobalChiratae Ventures

Ennoventureennoventure.comin𝕏

Ennoventure provides covert, cryptographic authentication signals embedded invisibly into product packaging artwork using standard printing equipment and conventional inks, verifiable via any smartphone.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSCambridge, US

Padmakumar Nair(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inShalini Nair(Co-Founder and Board Director)in

BoardAdrienne Eifler(Director)Abraham George(Director)inChad Kite(Director)Sunil Thamaran(Director)in

Footprintsfootprintseducation.inin𝕏May 2025 · $7.5M

Footprints operates a network of preschools and daycare centers across more than 235 centers in 30 Indian cities, delivering early childhood education based on the US-based HighScope Curriculum.

ConsumerEdTechGurgaon, IN

Raj Singhal(CEO)inAshish Aggarwal(Co-Founder)inPurvesh Sharma(COO)inAmita Bhardwaj(Chief Delivery Officer)in

Good Flippin' Burgersgoodflippin.cominJun 2023 · $4M

Good Flippin' Burgers is a premium quick-service burger chain launched in 2019, serving fresh burgers across outlets in Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Chennai in India.

ConsumerFoodTechMumbai, IN

Sijo Mathew(Co-founder)inSid Marchant(Co-founder)inViren D'Silva(Co-founder)

Greenjetsgreenjets.comin

Greenjets is a company drawing on aerospace and automotive engineering expertise to develop technology in the aviation sector.

CleantechDeep TechHardwareMobility & TransportationLondon, GB

Anmol Manohar(CEO)Guido Monterzino(CTO)in

Co-investors7percent VenturesBlossom CapitalCoalitionExcellis HoldingKern Venture GroupMD One Ventures+3 more

Inshortsinshorts.comin𝕏Sep 2020

Inshorts is a news aggregation app that condenses articles from multiple publishers into 60-word summaries and uses an AI engine to personalize a user's feed based on reading preferences.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerMedia & Entertainment

Azhar Iqubal(Founder)in

Co-investorsRebright PartnersA91 PartnersAdditionTiger Global ManagementVy Capital

Jupiterjupiter.money𝕏

Jupiter is a digital-first money management platform for Indians that provides financial wellness tools for tracking, saving, and investing.

ConsumerFintechSaaS

Jitendra Gupta(Founder)inVirender SinghAvinash K CDhawan MAravind SheshaKeara Bakshi

Co-investorsAlteria CapitalBetter CapitalHummingbird VenturesPeak XV PartnersQED InvestorsRainmatter+7 more

Lifelonglifelongindiaonline.cominMay 2019

Lifelong Online is a digital-first consumer durables brand selling home, kitchen, grooming, and wellness products such as treadmills and massagers at budget to premium price points.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceSports TechNew Delhi, IN

Bharat Kalia(Co-Founder & CEO)inVarun Grover(Co-Founder & COO)inAtul Raheja(Chairman and Managing Director, Lifelong Group (Co-Founder))in

Masterchowmasterchow.in

MasterChow makes restaurant-style Asian cooking products—including sauces, noodles, chilli oils and pantry staples—for home cooks to recreate bold Asian flavours in their own kitchens.

Direct to ConsumerE-commerceFoodTech

Bhavika KapoorVidur Kataria(Founder)inSidhanth Madan(Founder)inRadhika

Co-investorsPeak XV PartnersSpring Marketing CapitalWEH VenturesAnicut Capital

Matiksmatiks.in

Mohan Kumar(Founder)Sudhanshu Bhatia(Founder)Sushant Timmapur(Founder)

Moglixmoglix.comin𝕏

Moglix is an Asia-based B2B e-commerce marketplace for procurement of industrial supplies, including MRO, safety, electricals, lighting, cleaning, office supplies, and power tools.

Advanced ManufacturingB2B MarketplacesE-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainSingapore, SG

Rahul Garg(Founder & CEO)inSandeep Goel(MD & COO)inAmit Kumar(MD & CBO)inSanjeev Arora(Chief Financial Officer)in

Co-investorsAccelJungle VenturesIFCAlpha Wave GlobalNext Billion Capital PartnersPeak XV Partners+6 more

Openopen.money

Bengaluru-based fintech offering a payments management and digital business banking platform for businesses.

Co-investorsBetter CapitalTrifecta Capital AdvisorsYolo Investments

Pepper Contentpeppercontent.ioin𝕏

Pepper is an AI-native marketing services company that provides content creation and marketing solutions to enterprises, positioning itself as an alternative to traditional holding companies.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS

AnirudhRishabh Shekhar(Co-Founder & COO)in

Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersAroa Venture PartnersLightspeed Venture PartnersTitan CapitalZeropearl VCGTMfund+2 more

PingSafepingsafe.com𝕏

PingSafe offers a cloud security platform with an Offensive Security Engine that validates which exposures are actually exploitable, helping security teams prioritize and streamline remediation of real risks.

Cloud ComputingCybersecuritySaaS

Plumplumhq.comin𝕏Mar 2026 · $20M

Plum provides employee health insurance and healthcare for companies and their staff in India, aiming to make insurance more transparent and trustworthy.

Digital HealthFintechHealthtechHR TechInsurTechBengaluru, IN

Abhishek Poddar(Co-founder)inSaurabh Arora(Co-founder)in

Co-investors100x Entrepreneur FundGemba Capital Venture PartnersGMO VenturePartnersIncubate FundSurgeTracxn labs+1 more

Plumplum.ioin𝕏

Plum offers psychometric-based talent assessments that use its Role Model technology to map behavioral profiles against real-world jobs and predict on-the-job performance.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaS

Caitlin MacGregor(Founder)in

Co-investorsBDC Venture CapitalKeiretsu ForumSWO Angel GroupImpact EnginePeak XV Partners

Plumplum.wine

Plum developed the Plum Wine Preserver, a consumer wine appliance, which the company has decided to discontinue before launch.

ConsumerHardware

Co-investorsBling CapitalLas Olas Venture CapitalPeak XV Partners

Plumhelloplum.com

Plum offers Simplicity LifeLink, a platform that lets insurance advisors run and compare life insurance quotes from multiple providers, research products, and manage the sales process through an online portal.

FintechInsurTechSaaS

Co-investorsManchesterStory Group, LLCMTECH CAPITALA91 PartnersPeak XV Partners

Pocket FMpocketfm.com𝕏

Pocket FM is an audio streaming platform offering audio series and stories across genres like fantasy and fiction.

ConsumerCreator EconomyMedia & Entertainment

Co-investorsFundamentumLightspeed Venture Partnerspeercheque

Rapidboxrapidbox.in

Rapidbox is a direct-to-consumer footwear and apparel brand selling sneakers, casual and sports shoes, clogs, and clothing such as t-shirts, sweatshirts, and performance wear for men and women.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceBengaluru, IN

Co-investorsTitan CapitalTrifecta Capital Advisors

Rupeekrupeek.comin𝕏

Rupeek provides online gold loans in India, offering low-interest loans against gold with door-to-door pickup and return of valuables.

ConsumerFintech

Sumit Maniyar(Founder)in

Co-investorsAccelSequoia Capital9Unicorns Accelerator FundBetter CapitalBlackSoilElevation Capital+8 more

Scenesbuildonscenes.com

Scenes provides an online community platform for course creators and e-learning businesses (CBCs), letting them host their learning community alongside course materials.

Creator EconomyEdTechSaaS

Co-investorsBetter CapitaliSeed VenturesWhiteboard Capital

Sugar Fitsugarfit.comin𝕏

Sugarfit offers a doctor-led diabetes management and reversal program alongside a GLP-1 based weight loss program, combining continuous glucose monitoring, diagnostic tests, personalized meal plans, and doctor and coach consultations.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechBengaluru, IN

Shivtosh Kumar(Founder)in

Co-investorsB Capital GroupB4 CapitalCrane Venture PartnersEndiya PartnersB Capital

SuperOpssuperops.comin𝕏

SuperOps builds an AI-native platform that consolidates device management, service delivery, and client operations for IT teams and managed service providers (MSPs).

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSClaymont, US

Arvind Parthiban(CEO)inJayakumar Karumbasalam(CPTO)in

Co-investorsElevation CapitalMarch Capital PartnersZ47

Trusting Socialtrustingsocial.comin

Trusting Social builds Big Data credit scoring and risk-profiling technology for banks and financial institutions to reach unbanked and underbanked consumers.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureFintech

Nguyen Nguyen(Founder)inTuyen Huynh(Chief Scientist & Chief Technology Officer, Co-Founder)inBharath Vasudevan(Chief Revenue Officer)inSaat Prihartono(Country Director Indonesia)inJohnny Escaler(Country Director Philippines)in

Co-investors500 GlobalAVVCapria VenturesKima VenturesSequoia Capital

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

555 Bryant StreetHousewareiFoodNinjacartPublic & InshortsScapia

Portfolio news

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Tanglin Venture Partners made?
Tanglin Venture Partners has 38 tracked investments, including 4 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Tanglin Venture Partners invest at?
Tanglin Venture Partners invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
What is Tanglin Venture Partners's typical check size?
Tanglin Venture Partners typically writes checks of $8M.
What sectors does Tanglin Venture Partners focus on?
Tanglin Venture Partners focuses on B2B Marketplaces, Consumer, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, InsurTech, Media & Entertainment, Sector Agnostic.
Where is Tanglin Venture Partners located?
Tanglin Venture Partners is headquartered in Singapore, SG.
Does Tanglin Venture Partners lead rounds?
Yes, Tanglin Venture Partners leads investment rounds.
Who does Tanglin Venture Partners co-invest with?
Tanglin Venture Partners most often shares deals with Better Capital, Titan Capital, Peak XV Partners, among 67 tracked co-investors.
What size deals does Tanglin Venture Partners back?
Across 5 deals with disclosed amounts, Tanglin Venture Partners has joined rounds of $3.4M – $20M (median $7.5M).

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