Tin Men Capital

Singapore-based venture capital firm licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Invest in enterprise technology startups that serve large untapped sectors including next-gen retail & commerce; supply chain, transport & maritime; energy, commodities & industrials; media & leisure; and IT infrastructure & productivity.

Need funding for your company? Please contact us here: https://bit.ly/tinmenpitch Would love to hear from you.

Tin Men portfolio companies:
1. Sixsense: https://sixsense.ai/ 
SixSense is a computer vision AI company that serves manufacturers by surfacing product quality issues by examining images from the production line automatically, in real-time and at scale.

2. GlobalTix: https://www.globaltix.com
Software and marketplace that allows tourism attraction operators and travel product distributors to optimise ticket throughput, improve on-site visitor management and efficiently manage business rules and processes

3. Hubble: https://www.hubble.sg
Resource management platform for parties in the construction value chain to track and optimise manpower, safety, quality, money flow and other processes

4. Overdrive: https://www.overdriveiot.com
Autonomous tracking and optimisation of machinery, assets and people while meeting the challenging operating constraints posed by industrial applications

5. Zipline: https://zipline.app/
Australia's #1 workplace management platform for the aged care & health sectors that manages the complex interactions between residents, visitors and employees, all while staying compliant with government regulations

6. Glife https://glifefoods.com
Glife is a technology-enabled food distribution and restaurant operations software company

7. iVS: https://ivs.tv/
iVS turns a cost-centre for video publishers into a profit centre, while helping advertisers reach a network that already spans over 1.2 billion page views per month

Co-Founder

Govt working group on intangible assets & intellectual property

Serving as a bridge between the public and private sectors. Working in collaboration with and facilitated by the dedicated efforts of IPOS, ACRA, SGX and MAS.

Nominee Member

The WDKY podcast

What Doesn't Kill You (And What Just Might!) on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gHzYaU3

On WDKY, we're serious about startup success but we don't take ourselves too seriously. We bring you the people that have made it all happen and ask them to tell us about the many ways they could have failed – and often DID fail. 

We also make beer recommendations ;-)

Listen here:
iOS: https://lnkd.in/g6me6ys
Google: https://lnkd.in/gxAuGWQ
Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gHzYaU3

Creator and Host

INSEAD

Providing on-campus one-on-one 'entrepreneur clinics' to MBA students, guest lecturing and judging business plan pitches. Professors Phil Anderson, Bala Vissa and Xu Hongwei

Entrepreneur in Residence

NUS Business School

Bachelors and Masters level courses taught by Professors Sampsa Samila and Erin Scott.

Guest lecturer and entrepreneur-in-residence

Various start-ups

I occasionally act as an independent board director or advisor to start-ups.

Entrepreneur Advisor

JAFCO Investment (Asia Pacific)

Early-stage technology venture capital across India and SE Asia focusing on deal sizes of ~US$1-5M. Achieved the most profitable exits in the region's history.

Head, South and SE Asian investments

Temasek Holdings

Coverage of the global natural resources sector including mining, agriculture, alternative energy, commodities trading, etc. Also worked on transactions in other sectors including beverages, infrastructure, technology and manufacturing.

Senior Associate

RedPill Solutions

Clients included HP, Nokia, Starhub, Singtel, O2 Mobile, etc

Consultant

Primarily under the charge of Professor Patrick Turner

Research Assistant -- Finance, Entrepreneurship/Venture Capital and Economics

Founded an enterprise tech co, found your first few customers and looking to accelerate?
We might be the right fit: 👇


Running a startup is no cakewalk.

→ Obscenely high failure rates
→ Great products don’t automatically = success
→ Super steep learning curve
→ Heavy commitment of time, headspace, and resources

Yet, here we are. You’re running your own startup now.
Quietly excited, but also anxious and unsure.
Concerns like limited runway, hiring, expansion, legalese flood your waking thoughts.

That's why I co-founded Tin Men Capital.

To support and accelerate the ambitions of brilliant B2B SaaS founders in South-East Asia at Series A and beyond. Those that have made great sacrifices to bring their best to the world – especially those focused on legacy industries that are now digitising.

Our approach to venture investing differs slightly from most firms:

→ We believe B2B Startups are a team sport. Founders, advisors and investors must all bring something to the table
→ We only invest in a handful of companies each year. We care deeply about each company we back
→ >80% of time spent advising and opening doors for founders
→ We are complementary to other VCs who have a different approach and collaborate to share insights
→ Full-stack team of venture builders with board and corporate experience - that includes some of our LPs!

If that sounds like the type of investor and partner you’d like on your cap table, I’d love to hear from you.

➡️ My background:
I've sat on the boards of more than 25 venture-backed enterprise tech firms since 2008 in various countries (Singapore, India, Australia, and the US), and stages (from pre-revenue startups to 2000+ employee firms)

I've seen the worst side of the economy during the depths of the financial crisis at 28 which was when my career in venture began. My worldview and opinions are also fuelled by previous roles in consulting, research and large-cap investments.

I have lived in and experienced different cultures across Singapore, India, Taiwan, Malaysia, and the US over the years.

Fun fact: I'm also a competitive cyclist 🚴‍♀️ (Singapore gold medal winner at the 2018 Asian Cycling Championships)

➡️ Best way to get in touch:
Email me.

➡️ Need funding for your company?
Apply here: https://www.tinmen.asia/contact/founders

Murli Ravi

Live True Pte. Ltd.

ICF-certified coach with over 14 years' experience empowering purpose-driven corporate leaders and entrepreneurs.
 
Coach female business leaders and/or women to negotiate, invest and navigate money powerfully and joyfully 
- Bring your whole self work and life, TRUE to your brilliance, purpose and values. 
- Source breakthroughs in performance, happiness and money
- Design practical strategies for today's overwhelming, distracting or fast-changing world
- Facilitate powerful self-discovery and clarity

Facilitate CONVERSATIONAL INTELLIGENCE® with individuals and teams to elevate trust, navigate difficult conversations and build cultures of innovation, performance and creativity.

Designed and facilitate COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS About MONEY© workshop series for women to create zen and mastery with their personal and business finances
- A transformational program that enables ease, grace and partnership in an area typically fraught with "difficult" conversations e.g. negotiation, investing
- Participants enjoyed enhanced relationships, power and fulfilment dealing with Money, and created tangible abundance

Certified Coach, Facilitator, Business Advisor, Tedx Speaker

Project Female Founder is a year-long investment readiness program, specifically designed to assist women entrepreneurs in raising early-stage capital for their high-growth companies.

Ultimately, Project Female Founder will provide support in these ways:

●     Education on the fundamentals necessary to attract aligned capital
●     Addressing both the personal and business needs that will lead to sustainable business growth
●     Connections and mentorship to support business leaders
●     Increased access to networks; key influencers in your local ecosystem
●     Connection to a global community for business growth and investment
●     New relationships; the core to business success

UBS has partnered with Fortuna Funding and Coralus to deliver an essential program that provides access to important information, both globally and locally, with resources and content on raising capital with a community of peers, UBS Client Advisors, venture and finance specialists and mentors.  

One of our program participants last year (Kimberley Abbott of Vested Impact) said: “UBS’s Project Female Founder has been one of the most transformative experiences for myself, as a leader, but also for my company.”

I coordinate resources across UBS and my network to deliver value to our cohort of female founders. It's exciting for me to facilitate change within a giant institution, and forward the firm's deeply-rooted strategic commitments to both women and entrepreneurs.

APAC Lead, Project Female Founder

Angels of Impact

"The world of humanity is possessed of two wings: the male and the female. So long as these two wings are not equivalent in strength, the bird will not fly. Until womankind reaches the same degree as man, until she enjoys the same arena of activity, extraordinary attainment for humanity will not be realized; humanity cannot wing its way to heights of real attainment. "

Extractive finance and COVID-19, had led to Inequity and Poverty (impacting women and Indigenous communities the most). Angels of Impact is a vehicle for restorative investing into women-led community-based enterprises, that builds resilient communities without poverty with strong "feminine" and "indigenous" values.

Strategic Advisor

Circulate Capital

Circulate Capital is an investment management firm dedicated to incubating and financing companies and infrastructure that prevent ocean plastic and advance the circular economy. Our aim is to increase capital flows to companies developing waste management and recycling solutions in South and Southeast Asia, regions that contribute disproportionately to ocean plastic pollution primarily because they often lack investment in critical waste and recycling infrastructure to manage the problem.

Our partners include several of the world’s leading companies interested in investments that generate both financial returns and social and environmental impact.

Investment Committee Member

SheEO™ 

SheEO is a global initiative to radically transform how we finance, support, and celebrate female entrepreneurs who are building new mindsets, models and new solutions that benefit humanity.

The SheEO model brings together 500 women (called ‘Activators’) who contribute $1100 each into a pooled fund which is then loaned out at low interest to 5 female-led ventures selected by the Activators. All ventures are revenue generating with export potential. Loans are repaid within 5 years and then loaned out again, creating a perpetual fund. The 500 Activators form a great community and network of women that are passionate about innovation, entrepreneurship and supporting other women.

Looking for women eager to be involved in this new economic model. Get ready to activate your buying power, your network, and your capital!

Activator (for Australia), Singapore Lead

Her Capital

Her Capital is a seed fund in Singapore investing in female-founded, scalable businesses of impact across Southeast Asia. 

We are on a mission to tap into overlooked female founders in the region, addressing the 3% of global venture funding that currently goes to female-led companies, and capture the potential for superior returns. We are driven to harness finance to create a more inclusive world, funding sector-diverse businesses that have women at their core: serving women customers and consumers, and/or employing women in key leadership roles. 

Her Capital is well-positioned to attract and nurture a diversified portfolio of outstanding founders, having founded the region’s only female-focused angel network and built a community of advisors and champions. We are hands-on investors, with a leadership-coach at our helm. Our experience in guiding female founders to access funding and build businesses underpins this unique opportunity of creating returns with impact.   

The times we live in present a critical window to act. Join us to offer fairer capital, fairer opportunity and create a world we want to see.

Managing Partner

Ladies Investment Club (L.I.C.)

L.I.C. is an all-women angel investment club supporting women-led startups in Southeast Asia. As Co-founder, I defined strategic direction and oversaw core activities: investment sourcing, deal evaluation, community engagement, member recruitment, knowledge exchange and portfolio management.

An invited speaker to international conferences, I generated thought leadership on gender-lens investing and alternative investment paradigms.

Sloan Capital Pte. Ltd.

Trusted partner and steward to diverse portfolio of companies: 
- Source and evaluate venture-stage investments across social enterprises; travel; financial technology; clean energy; commodities; marine services.  
- Collaborate closely with management, providing advice on long-range strategy and business operations to maximise success and profitability. 
- Develop network of funding sources; represent/guide management in positioning their business to investors.

Resourceful project manager who generates shareholder value: 
- Optimised a portfolio business’ structure, generating annual $20,000 in savings for a 2-person SME.
- Managed a diverse team on a 3-year long real estate development project, that completed 20% under budget.

Managing Director

Rubicon Associates LLC

Evaluated and executed investments on behalf of a firm dedicated to partnering with and growing small- to medium-sized companies 
Collaborated closely with management teams of portfolio companies to drive operational improvements
Developed investment thesis behind acquisition of a nationally-accredited post-secondary vocational school. Formulated ‘First 100 Day’ initiatives; established ‘best practice’ ccounting/budgeting/CRM system to enhance transparency, efficiency and strategic flexibility

Principal

Morgan Stanley

Completed 5 mergers/ acquisitions, 2 IPOs and 6 other capital market offerings (a total of >US$10Bn in value) across Asia, US and European markets, through market peaks and troughs.
Clients include Temasek Holdings, DBS Bank, CIMB Group, Great Eastern, BlackRock, Legg Mason, Netezza, TechTarget and Siemens.
 
High performer with keen attention to detail and entrepreneurial spirit: 
- Vetted complex financial models, legal transaction documents and presentations under adverse conditions, with limited resources 
- Identified growth opportunities and won the trust of new clients, resulting in multi-million-dollar institutional relationship with repeat business  
- Promoted twice, drawing praise as an invaluable team member from supervisors and clients

Mentorship/Advisory skills: 
- Advised senior management on market conditions, deal issues and financial insights around the clock, expediting time-sensitive management decisions 
- Coached C-level executives to effectively position and market their company to institutional investors 
- Actively identified and nurtured junior talent within an industry of high turnover and churn, addressing a shortfall in divisional recruitment

Versatile and adaptable with global exposure: 
- Sought out dynamic challenges, building industry experience across demanding verticals (e.g. financial services; technology) while delivering consistent, top-ranked service and product 
- Relocated (at company’s expense upon my request) 3x, developing meaningful appreciation for multiple cultures and economies
- Served diverse clients: financial sponsors, venture capitalists, blue-chip conglomerates, SMEs and startups 

Analytical/numerical skills: 
- Appraised companies/ investments using various corporate finance techniques, supporting senior management in strategic decisions that maximised shareholder value

Project management and leadership: 
- Coordinated international, cross-functional teams across clients and advisors under tight timelines

I care most about building a sustainable and equitable world for all. I’ve created opportunities for women in corporates, NGOs and entrepreneurship from day 1, and constantly appreciating new intersectional barriers overdue for dismantling. Parenting a type-A girl and neuro-divergent boy bolsters my lifelong advocacy for the marginalised. 

“Money flowing to what matters, money as medicine.” 
Such a systems change requires a reconnection of money to our humanity and spirituality. Facilitating this awakening is my work: a coach and financial healer to individuals, a conscious investor, and advisor to regenerative capital allocators.

I did not anticipate this career path when I graduated from Wharton Business School and joined Morgan Stanley. I advised financial services and technology firms in USA, UK and Southeast Asia on >$10Bn of M&A and capital-raises, and was promoted twice in a recession. I coached my first purposeful leader in 2010 and founded my independent practice, Live True, in 2016.

I guide my coachees to integrate money with what matters to them as human beings. With me, they begin investing; upgrade their careers; negotiate financial divorces (life or work); recover from burnout; fundraise for their business; and navigate other high-stakes life decisions… while honouring their experience and values.

Trained in multiple coaching disciplines, my approach is both practical and trauma-informed. I bring  compassion and safety to difficult conversations, which sparks profound healing and powerful insight. I have a knack for reading both financial statements/ Excel and the unspoken stirrings of one’s inner world. My lived experience - purpose-seeking corporate escapee; whole-brained yogi; musician; painter; depression survivor; recovering perfectionist, over-worker and people-pleaser - expand capacity to hold space. 

With my support, my clients take transformative actions that create breakthroughs and sustained behaviour change, building rich lives they love and elevating their self-leadership. 

As a gender-lens investor in Southeast Asia, I have led angel syndicates and founded a venture capital firm investing in diverse founders. My portfolio is >75% women-led and/or impact-driven, which reflects a thesis of decolonised and reimagined capitalism. I prioritise investment in ventures that heal systemic injustices, build a sustainable and equitable world and return in multiple dimensions. 

I am proud to advise and champion Angels of Impact, Circulate Capital and Coralus (fka SheEO), organisations that live by the principles of their work.

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