# Quest Ventures

> Quest Ventures is a Singapore-based venture capital firm founded in 2011 by James Tan and Wang Yunming. It invests in early-stage digital economy companies across Southeast and Central Asia, runs market-entry and accelerator programmes with public and private partners, and supports enterprise innovation through the Applied Innovation Institute.

- **Founded:** 2011
- **Headquarters:** Singapore, Singapore
- **Founders:** James Tan (Founder and Managing Partner), Wang Yunming (Co-founder)
- **Products:** Super Angel Fund, Asia Fund, Future of Food Fund, Metaverse Fund, Kazakhstan Digital Accelerator
- **Notable:** Quest reports more than US$80 million in assets under management as of 31 December 2025., Quest reports 150+ portfolio companies, operations across more than 150 Asian cities, and more than 11,000 portfolio employees by end-2025., Quest reports more than US$2.5 billion in follow-on capital raised by portfolio companies after its investments, as of end-2025.

## Products & services

- **Super Angel Fund** — Retrospective holding of more than 50 early angel investments, financed by James Tan’s own capital and Singapore public institutions.
- **Asia Fund** — Institutionally backed early-stage digital economy investment strategy spanning Southeast Asia and Central Asia.
- **Future of Food Fund** — Investment strategy covering food manufacturing, supply chains and consumption in Asia. Public fund size and launch date were not established.
- **Metaverse Fund** — Investment strategy for Web3 and technologies supporting a new generation of the internet.
- **Kazakhstan Digital Accelerator** — Historically operated with QazTech Ventures; the first 2020 cohort received $50,000 per startup alongside three months of mentoring and a global demo day.
- **Sustainable Impact Accelerator** — Programme launched with raiSE for social impact enterprises preparing for institutional fundraising; the 2022 launch offered up to US$40,000 per participant.
- **Vietnam Global Innovation** — Market-entry programme under Enterprise Singapore’s Global Innovation Alliance for companies expanding into Vietnam.
- **Scale Next** — Programme with Vietnam’s NACENTECH and NSSC to turn scientists’ technologies into commercially viable businesses.
- **Enterprise innovation** — Applied Innovation Institute partnership providing discovery, horizon scanning and implementation support for corporations.
- **Quest Ventures Academy** — Venture capital and entrepreneurship education, including Venture Capital Accelerated, Global Venture Capital, and intangible asset and IP courses.

## Achievements

- Quest reports more than US$80 million in assets under management as of 31 December 2025.
- Quest reports 150+ portfolio companies, operations across more than 150 Asian cities, and more than 11,000 portfolio employees by end-2025.
- Quest reports more than US$2.5 billion in follow-on capital raised by portfolio companies after its investments, as of end-2025.
- First Kazakhstan Digital Accelerator cohort in 2020 deployed US$500,000 across ten startups.
- raiSE reports eight social enterprises completed the first Sustainable Impact Accelerator cohort and collectively pitched to more than 2,000 investors, companies, agencies and stakeholders.
- Firm history records Champion of Good recognition in 2024 and Social Enterprise Advocate recognition in 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — James Tan discussed applied AI, the early Carousell investment, and Vietnam’s startup market in an interview with The Long Conversations with Thu Huong Le.
- **2026-08** — Senior analyst Linh Ha told TNGlobal that valuation expectations, cash-flow demands, legal structures and audit readiness complicate Vietnam technology exits.
- **2026-05** — Investment Director Ruslan Rakymbay discussed domestic capital and global investor networks at DAVAS 2026 in Da Nang.
- **2026-02** — Quest’s press archive records a 24 February meeting between James Tan and Vietnam’s Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Hoang Minh concerning venture investment and innovation cooperation.

## Links

- Website: https://www.questventures.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/questventures
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/questventures01
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- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quest.ventures/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/QuestVentures/

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