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Shiyan Koh
InvestorCo-Founder, General Partner at Hustle Fund
Singapore
Writes $50K checks · typically $75K
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About
Shiyan Koh is an early-stage venture capitalist at Hustle Fund, based in Singapore after moving back from San Francisco. Before investing, she spent nearly six years at NerdWallet, where she helped build the business, and earlier held roles at Bridgewater Associates, IVP, and JPMorgan. She writes frequently about the mechanics of venture capital, fundraising, and building startups in Southeast Asia, and is an active community builder — she started a monthly dinner group for women in tech in Singapore that has grown from 6 members to 55 over eight years.
Invests in
Enterprise SoftwareSaaS
Beyond investing
- Boards
- Sits on the board of the Stanford Club of Singapore. Sits on the board of Stanford Rugby. Sits on the board of Q Chamber.
- Communities
- Founded and runs a monthly dinner group for women in tech in Singapore that has grown from 6 to 55 members over eight years.
- Hobbies
- Describes herself as an enthusiastic reader and host of dinner parties.
- Family
- Is a mother and wife.
From Shiyan's own website — common ground for a warm intro.
Investments
Investor
AcadArenaArdiusEquityListHeymaxNerdWalletoDocOthersideAIOyenPrometeoSwarmTripitacaVietcetera
Per curated public sources.
Writing
All posts ↗Shiyan Koh recently wrote about running a long-standing monthly dinner group for women in tech in Singapore, and published a two-part series on how venture capital's structural "shape" fails founders with real traction and what those founders can do about it.
The author reflects on eight years running a monthly dinner group for women in tech in Singapore, covering how it grew to 55 members, pruning inactive members, themed dinners, and helping a Gen Z group start.
The author offers practical steps for founders whose businesses don't fit venture's shape, including diagnosing your shape, matching capital to the problem, and finding investors whose constraints align.
The author explains why founders with real traction struggle to raise, arguing venture capital has a recursive, often mistimed 'shape' derived from institutional portfolio mandates that may not fit a given problem.
Colleagues at Hustle Fund
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Shiyan Koh?
- Shiyan Koh is an early-stage venture capitalist at Hustle Fund, based in Singapore after moving back from San Francisco. Before investing, she spent nearly six years at NerdWallet, where she helped build the business, and earlier held roles at Bridgewater Associates, IVP, and JPMorgan. She writes frequently about the mechanics of venture capital, fundraising, and building startups in Southeast Asia, and is an active community builder — she started a monthly dinner group for women in tech in Singapore that has grown from 6 members to 55 over eight years.
- Where does Shiyan Koh work?
- Shiyan Koh is Co-Founder, General Partner at Hustle Fund.
- What does Shiyan Koh invest in?
- Shiyan Koh invests in Enterprise Software, SaaS.
- What check size does Shiyan Koh write?
- Shiyan Koh typically writes checks of $50K.
- What companies has Shiyan Koh invested in?
- Investments tracked here include AcadArena, Ardius, EquityList, Heymax, NerdWallet, oDoc, OthersideAI, Oyen, Prometeo, Swarm, Tripitaca, Vietcetera.
- What has Shiyan Koh written?
- Shiyan Koh has 3 tracked posts on shiyankoh.com, including "The dinner group, eight years in", "The Map for Illegible Founders (Part 2)", "Your Traction Is Real. The Money Says No. (Part 1)".
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