2012

2012 Oct 29

Studying in China helpful for business

The Straits Times

Veteran Straits Times reporter Grace Chng interviews James Tan. “To take on the giant Chinese market, it might be best for a Singaporean entrepreneur to start as a student. That is the advice of Mr James Tan, 37, co-founder of China’s second largest group-buying site, 55tuan. Today, 55tuan.com has eight-figure US revenue per month, with double-digit growth month-on-month… 55tuan.com sells a variety of things, such as beauty and travel products and clothes. It employs 3,900 workers and has expanded to 150 cities.”

2012 Oct 29

iSTART项目：狮城IDA助初创企业拓展中国市场

中国新加坡经贸合作网

iSTART项目导师之一、求索创投(QuestVC)创始人及管理合伙人陈中先生表示：“希望能够与年轻一辈的初创企业家们分享自己对市场的认知以及相关的创业经验，在为初创企业家们照亮前行道路的同时，也能促进中新两国在资讯通信产业方面更多元的合作和交融。”

2012 Oct 29

新加坡初创企业集体入华：中国是创业重要市场

腾讯科技

CE海外小组委员会兼ACE北京分会主席陈中先生表示，新加坡创业社群的成立为新加坡初创公司提供了一个软着陆平台，增强他们的决策力和执行力，增加他们创业成功的机会。

2012 Oct 25

“资”本携手“智”本，狮城ICT初创企业来华谋求新机遇 – 公司

创业邦

本次iSTART项目的导师之一陈中先生这样评价。陈中在中国和新加坡有着10多年丰富的创业及管理经验，他是求索创投（QuestVC）的创始人及管理合伙人，同时也是窝窝团联合创始人。

2012 Jul 16

17Startup沙龙第9期盘点：本地生活服务如何“接地气”

17startups blog

投资人观点：他们如何看待和选择本地生活服务企业。每次17Startup沙龙，我们都会邀请关注该细分领域的投资人一起参加，分享他们关于这个行业的看法，以及他们会从哪些方面来看待这个领域的创业公司，这次我们邀请了4位投资人，一起来看看：求索创投陈中：1）获取用户的能力；2）获取商户的能力；3）商业的设定和赚钱。

2012 Jun 17

Singapore start-ups in Beijing get fresh government backing

Singapore Business Review

“ACE Beijing provides a ‘by Singaporeans, for Singaporeans’ softlanding platform where mentors and entrepreneurs can sharpen their ideas and execution, thus improving their chances of success. We hope to eventually replicate this model in other cities,” says Mr James Tan, Chairperson of the ACE Overseas Chapter sub-committee.

2012 Jun 17

New initiative by ACE Beijing Chapter to support China-bound entrepreneurs

Tech in Asia

James Tan, managing partner at QuestVC, signed the agreement on behalf of ACE as his role in chairman for internationalization.

“Singapore’s Action Community for Entrepreneurship Overseas Chapter in Beijing (ACE Beijing Chapter) recently announced collaborations… to provide China-bound Singapore entrepreneurs greater access to opportunities in Beijing and China.

James Tan… signed Letters of Intent on 4th July with the Managing Director of HDC, Du Peng, and the Director President of Coway, Dr Tan Hongxin. Singapore’s Minister for Education Mr Heng Swee Keat was also present at the occasion as a Guest-of-Honour.

Alongside him was Singapore Minister of State for Trade and Industry and ACE Chairman, Teo Ser Luck. The signing ceremony was attended by representatives from ACE, Tsinghua University, HDC and Coway, as well as the China and Singapore business communities.”

2012 May 10

Startup event in Spain draws interest from Silicon Valley and China

IE

QuestVC managing partner James Tan joins Jeff Clavier of SoftTech VC and Ali Partovi, co-founder of iLike & LinkExchange and an angel investor in Dropbox; and other notable investors and entrepreneurs at the IE Venture Day held in Madrid, Spain.

2012 Feb 15

Singaporean Startup Scene getting attention from VCs in China

Startup Weekend

This week, we talked to James Tan from QuestVC, a venture capitalist firm based in China. QuestVC is China’s leading seed to angel fund for technology companies that have scalability and replicability in large internet communities. The founders…

2012 Feb 02

Coffee Chat with James Tan: A Singaporean Entrepreneur in China

Tech In Asia

Willis Wee spoke with James Tan, the co-Founder of 55tuan who we have written about before and managing partner at QuestVC. James discussed his own experiences going to China to do business there, and explained that while his experience there has been a fruitful one so far, that it can often be an arduous process for foreign startups to adjust to the market there.