Yinglan Tan

About Yinglan Tan

Yinglan Tan built an unusual referee-to-coach-to-player career arc from Singapore's National Research Foundation to Sequoia Capital's first Southeast Asia hire to founding Insignia Ventures Partners, giving him a rare system-level and operator-level view of the region's tech ecosystem. He's known for his extreme selectivity (making only eight investments in 2022 despite managing hundreds of millions), his focus on unstoppable founders using a 3D framework of Drive, Differentiation, and Dynamics, and his hands-on mentoring style including early-morning garden walks where founders tackle hard business problems while hiking.

Focus Areas

Investment Stage