About Tin Men
Tin Men is a venture capital firm founded in 2018. It is primarily based out of Singapore, Singapore. As of Oct 2026, Tin Men is an active investor, having invested in 17 companies, with 3 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series A round in Singapore based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Retail. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of Ai Lytics Overall, Tin Men portfolio has seen 2 acquisitions, namely Ai Palette and iVS. A lot of funds co-invest with Tin Men, with names like Aurum Land sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Tin Men has team of 6 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Rounds of Entry
Series A, Seed & 1 more
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Soonicorns
Tin Men's List of Top Investments
Tin Men has a portfolio of 17 companies. Their most notable investments are in GlobalTix and Glife.Their portfolio spans across Singapore, Australia, India and 2 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Retail and 12 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Tin Men:1. Ai Lytics
AI-driven construction analytics software for site monitoring. Its video analytics tool detects and reports incidents and information. Its productivity module facilitates site efficiency, site monitoring, and project tracking. The safety module provides managers with safety, compliance, and document storage.
Key facts about Ai Lytics
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Singapore
- Annual Revenue: SGD 1M - 10M as on Dec 31, 2024
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $10.1M
- Employee Count: 56 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: SEEDS Capital, Tin Men and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Oct 26, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Graas
AI-based analytics solutions for e-commerce businesses. The platform provides proprietary AI engine that connects data sources and generates recommendations across marketplaces, D2C websites, CRM, marketing, and the last mile. It also provides insights into product categories, sizes, stock availability, shipping, and exchanges and returns.
Key facts about Graas
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: Singapore (Singapore)
- Annual Revenue: SGD 1M - 10M as on Dec 31, 2022
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $66M
- Employee Count: 258 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: 500 Global, Yuj and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Aug 12, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. SixSense
Developer of AI platform automating defect inspection for semiconductor manufacturing. The platform provides solutions for automating visual inspection, lot disposition, and root cause analysis. It offers tools for training, deployment, and model maintenance. The platform classifies defects, highlights high-risk wafers, and flags parameters drifting out of specification.
Key facts about SixSense
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Singapore (Singapore)
- Annual Revenue: SGD 0 - 1M as on Dec 31, 2023
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $12M
- Employee Count: 75 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Apsara Capital, Canopus Advisors and 13 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jul 31, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
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4. GlobalTix
Globaltix is a SaaS-driven end-to-end ticketing & distribution solution for the travel industry. It provides a booking management system to suppliers, an e-commerce platform to get bookings from their websites & a ticketing system to agents to print electronic tickets on the inventory of suppliers. It also provides a marketplace where resellers package multiple offerings & book directly from their website.
Key facts about GlobalTix
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Singapore (Singapore)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $19.9M
- Employee Count: 128 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: SEEDS Capital, 500 Global and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Oct 11, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Ai Palette
AI-powered platform for CPG innovation, trend discovery, and product development. It is a SaaS platform that helps consumer packaged goods brands discover emerging trends in real-time, create new product concepts, and virtually validate them. The platform offers solutions for marketing, R&D innovation, and consumer insights, catering to various industries like flavor and fragrance houses, and ingredient companies. It provides tools like Foresight Engine, Concept Genie, Screen Winner, FoodGPT, and Brand SAY to monitor brand equity and accelerate innovation. The platform uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to provide data-driven insights for faster, cost-effective brand discovery, launch, and growth. It helps in innovation, renovation, and optimizing product portfolios. The platform offers resources like blogs, reports, webinars, and case studies. It is a cloud based platform that offers subscription based services.
Key facts about Ai Palette
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Singapore (Singapore)
- Annual Revenue: SGD 1M - 10M as on Dec 31, 2024
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $12.7M
- Employee Count: 66 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Innoven Capital, Exfinity Venture Partners and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jun 24, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Tin Men's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Tin Men has invested in 17 companies over the last 8 years, with an average of 2 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 3 investments, while as of Oct 2026, it has made 5 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in nSWX AI and most recent follow-on round was in Ai Lytics.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 3 | 2 | 5 |
2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2024 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Tin Men's Investments by Stage
Tin Men has made 10 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $5.05M, 5 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $3.05M and 2 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $13M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 10 |
Seed | 5 |
Series B | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Tin Men's Investments by Sector
Tin Men has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Vertical SaaS, High Tech, Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications and Real Estate and Construction Tech. Notably, it has invested in 17 Tech companies, 15 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 13 Software companies and at least 11 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 13 |
Vertical SaaS | 9 |
High Tech | 6 |
Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications | 4 |
Real Estate and Construction Tech | 4 |
Others | 23 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Tin Men's Investments by Geography
Tin Men has made most investments in Singapore (13), followed by Australia where it has made 2 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Singapore | 13 |
Australia | 2 |
India | 1 |
Indonesia | 1 |
Malaysia | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Tin Men's recent investments
Tin Men has made 5 investments in 2026 so far. Ai Lytics and nSWX AI are the latest among them.Here are the most recent investments by Tin Men:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Oct 26, 2026 | Singapore | Series A | 4170 | [+2] | |
Sep 02, 2026 | Malaysia | Seed | 4845 | - | |
Aug 12, 2026 | Singapore | Series B | 4618 | [+4] | |
Jun 15, 2026 | Singapore | Seed | 9293 | ||
Apr 08, 2026 | Singapore | Seed | 7664 | - |
Acquired companies in Tin Men's Portfolio
2 companies from Tin Men's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Ai Palette in Mar 2025 by GlobalData for $*****.Here are Tin Men's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 11, 2025 | Mar 05, 2024 | Series A | 9503 | |
Apr 25, 2023 | Sep 22, 2021 | Series A | 7834 |
Team profile of Tin Men
Tin Men has a team of 6 members including 1 Partner and 1 Principal located in Singapore. Tin Men's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Tin Men
Over the past 8 years, 55 investors have co-invested in Tin Men's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Tin Men: Entrepreneurs First, Shao-Ning Leigh Huang and 21 others have invested in rounds before Tin Men. There are 2 companies where Entrepreneurs First has invested before Tin Men and 1 company where Shao-Ning Leigh Huang has invested before Tin Men.
- Top Co-investors of Tin Men: 16 investors entered a company along with Tin Men. These include investors like Aurum Land (1 company).
- Invested after Tin Men: A total of 16 investors have invested in Tin Men's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include SEEDS Capital (3 companies), Safie (1 company) and SG Growth Capital (1 company).
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