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We're Protégé Ventures
South East Asia’s First and Singapore’s Only Student Venture FundWe help student entrepreneurs build scalable ventures and train the brightest young minds to be VC-ready.Join UsGet Funded

What We Do for Student Entrepreneurs
We help Student Founders build scalable ventures. We offer Founders hands-on support for fundraising, access to a strong network of investors and an investment capital of S$25,000 to S$50,000.

What We Do for Students
We invite all students from polytechnics and university nationwide to join us for a fully immersive experience for at least 1 year commitment. Selected students will gain a deeper understanding of the responsibilities and scope of venture capitalists.
What We Do for Student Entrepreneurs
We help Student Founders build scalable ventures. We offer Founders hands-on support for fundraising, access to a strong network of investors and an investment capital of S$25,000 to S$50,000.

What We Do for Students
We invite all students from polytechnics and university nationwide to join us for a fully immersive experience for at least 1 year commitment. Selected students will gain a deeper understanding of the responsibilities and scope of venture capitalists.

Our Portfolio
To date we have invested in 10 amazing student-founded startups serving industries such as AI, HR, agri-tech, consumer products, F&B and more! We are dedicated to empower our portfolio companies beyond the initial investment capital. We build your startup together with you.






Why Venture with Us?

Juggling between school and entrepreneurship? Don’t worry, we will guide you through.
We understand the challenges of being a student founder and we are here to support you every step of the way.

Personalised network of professionals for you to tap on.
As Southeast Asia’s first and Singapore’s only student Venture Fund, we have a comprehensive network of experts, investors and entrepreneurs to connect you with.

Easy and personalised investment process facilitated by our capable analysts.
Your startup will be tagged to one of our analysts specialising in your operating sector giving you personalised and undivided attention.

May not need an investment but in need of some advice?
We are happy to chat and connect with no strings attached! Just reach out!

Why Join Us?

Quality VC training prior to induction
Before joining as an analyst, you get to go through a 4 weeks academy training built by PV analysts and industry experts.

Opportunity to work and connect with our esteemed partners.
As a PV analyst, you have the opportunity to connect with investors on your deals and work closely with our partners on events and competitions.

Hands-on deals experience.
We give out actual checks to early-stage startups and you can be the centrepiece of it!

Exclusive events just for you.
PV members attend exclusive Masterclasses and sharing sessions by industry veterans and join events with other VCs as representative of PV

Testimonial
Sherwin Ng (NTU)
PV has possibly the best student VC network around. I have forged lasting relationships while working hand in hand with motivated individuals towards our common goal. It has allowed me to form a network of like-minded individuals whom I can connect with outside of school.
Sherwin Ng ,AssociateProtégé Ventures
Leong Pei Lin (SMU SCIS’21)
I found this (diversity) extremely value-adding as Protege Ventures consists of students from other universities beyond SMU. I believe that the diversity stimulates rich discussions. This expands my horizon and helps me increase my ability to make robust recommendations. PV is an operating venture capital fund which provides a unique environment to build and test my competencies in the real world. It is extremely rewarding to play an active role in ventures and the world of start-ups.
Leong Pei Lin ,AssociateProtégé Ventures
Jarod Hong (SMU SCIS,’22)
From improving my soft skills, like networking, to the hard skills of analysing and evaluating start-ups, I have witnessed my growth in the way I approach early stage companies. To my surprise and delight, there are many companies out there led by young founders with crazy ideas to reshape and improve lifes.
Jarod Hong ,PrincipalProtégé Ventures
Nicholas Koh (Yale-NUS‘22)
In the past year and a half, I was able to build my own network, broaden my horizons, and create some solid friendships along the way! I am grateful for all the mentorship opportunities Protégé Ventures has provided me and I’m looking forward to meeting new start-ups and new members in the coming semester!”
Nicholas Koh ,Managing PartnerProtégé Ventures
Justin Quek
Since joining Protégé Ventures, my understanding of Venture Capital has accelerated. The industry mentors, case studies and hands-on work with student ventures have pushed me to be more critical yet collaborative. Helping student founders learn about fundraising, hiring, launch and growth strategies have been a value add for me.
Justin Quek ,Former PartnerProtégé Ventures
Grace Fun
It has been inspiring, meeting and working alongside some really smart people in the team, as well as passionate founders who have been courageous enough to take the first step in building something to solve problems they perceive in society.
Grace Fun ,Former PartnerProtégé Ventures
Gerard George
SMU is excited to partner with Kairos ASEAN on this innovative initiative. The multi-sector collaboration will enable us to share SMU IIE's knowledge with more students through the Kairos ASEAN network, and together bring more value to VCs and young entrepreneurs.
Gerard George ,Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Business Lee Kong Chian Chair Professor of Innovation and EntrepreneurshipSMU
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