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

GreenCrew

Green Crew connects customers with Crewsaders, while Crewsaders discover rewarding opportunities and set their own rates.

Mr. Whatever it takes

Studio Mutiny

We take brave ideas to market, constantly rethinking the future from a hybrid perspective. With an incredibly hungry team, we help shape their narrative leaving a mark on their growth story.

There's no time to settle for the ordinary.

Stuck in outdated ways? 

Goodbye.

Roll No. 2 

Fenice Energy 

*Putting strategy and building cross functional team  from scratch to enter Gurgaon as BU
*Building playbook for branding, marketing, sales & operations for a 1000 plant ~ 5MW for 2023 
*Built, managed & retained 200+ freelancer network of engineers in 81 cities across India. 
*Introduced & sold annual maintenance package & products to customers. 
*Setting up customer experience platform & content for existing users to address issues within 1 hr.

Business Unit Head

Reqip

We are on the mission to create awesome & seamless "buying & owning" solar experience.
*Built an annual maintenance business of ~ 15 MW in commercial segment. 
*Built a network of 50+ freelance engineers pan India. 
*Launched MVP "Reqip Store" to sell solar systems online post online consultation with experts.

Co-Founder | Reqip ( acqui-hired by Sunedison )

MeraNews

Co-founded MeraNews ( Gujarati ) with the vision to bring local news mainstream.

Co-Founder | MeraNews

Fitso by Zomato

Conceptualized & planned strategy to make swimming company Fitso into all sports enterprise.

* Single pass for all sports was conceptualized & executed.  
* Hired & trained a cross-functional team of 70 people at all echelons to execute a 5-year plan.
* Negotiated and closed deals with schools, colleges, and real estate developers to partner.
*Gave business inputs to the technology team for the supply side/partner's use cases.
*Defining SOP, KPI & putting up processes for quick scaling in 10 cities within 3 months

Vice President - Business Strategy & New Initiatives | Fitso ( acquired by Zomato )

goSporto

* Building & training high-impact teams for partnering with schools, colleges, real-estate developers & clubs to use our technology platform.
* Maintaining & nurturing relationships with partners for delving deeper into other business prospects, cross-selling & references. 
* Meeting & pitching our business idea to HNIs & angel investors.
* Meeting media/journalists to let the word out on our venture & plan.
* Meeting & convincing the government sports bodies including the sports ministry to digitize & monetize underutilized sports facilities in India through our tech platform. Sports Authority of India partnered with us.
* Contributed & consulted in the policy-making process of state & center at DIPP & other available forums.

Co-Founder | goSporto

SportsWave

Turned a whiteboard "pure-passion-for-sports" idea into an enterprise of 30 people in a year.

* Partnered with 50 universities & schools to get into a revenue-sharing model with our company as our partners.
* Meeting & pitching our business idea to HNI & other angel investors. Raised our seed round. 

* Brand activation & partnership with media/journalists to let the word out about our venture & plans, at no cost. 

* Did a project with the state government of Kerala to digitize & monetize their sports facilities.

* Served 100+ companies to make sports part of their employee engagement program.

* Managing end-to-end operations of 20+ sports centers in Delhi NCR.

* Vendor management, Operations & Logistics of all the sporting events. 

* Managed 10 sports academies in Gurgaon.

Co-Founder | Sportswave

I love new ideas, passionate about converting ideas into enterprises. 

I have been a sports technology, media & clean tech entrepreneur from 2010 to 2022, building four startups SportsWave, goSporto, MeraNews & Reqip from scratch. 

0 to 1 excites me. 

Fixated - almost paranoid about building a great culture in startups. 

Building a team, leading partnerships, new initiatives, marketing, and branding intrigues me.

Always in search of new ideas, people & skills. Passionate about sports, clean energy & philosophy.

I write about startups, branding & growth. 

Believe in "I know that I know nothing" - Socrates.

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