At SGInnovate, we launch, prove and scale 'deep tech' products borne out of science research
Our Leadership
STEVE LEONARD Founding CEO
HENG SOON PANG Head – Venture Building
TONG HSIEN-HUI Head – Venture Investments
JULIANA LIM Head - Talent Networking
SZEKI SIM Head - Brand
Our Team
We are driven by our passion to work with ambitious and capable men and women to build deep tech companies which can positively impact lives around the world. If you share this same passion and want to make a difference, join us.
Our Board
Ms Yong Ying-I
Chairman
Dr Beh Swan Gin
Board Member
Mr Jean-Luc Butel
Board Member
Mr Foo Jixun
Board Member
Mr Jeremy Kranz
Board Member
Mr Gabriel Lim
Board Member
Dr Robert JT Morris
Board Member
Mr Png Cheong Boon
Board Member
Mr Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara
Board Member
Ms Yong Ying-I
Chairman
Ms Yong Ying-I is currently the Permanent Secretary (Public Service Division) of the Prime Minister's Office. She guides the Public Service to be future-ready and better prepared for longer term challenges and risks. She also leads the National Research Foundation as the Permanent Secretary (National Research and Development). In this role, Ms Yong leads the organisation in driving Singapore's research innovation and enterprise strategies, funding research programmes nation-wide, and catalysing new capability development.
Dr Beh Swan Gin
Board Member
Dr Beh Swan Gin is presently the Chairman of the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB). He also chairs the Boards of EDB Investments and EDBI. Dr Beh joined EDB in 1992 and held various positions before being appointed Managing Director from 2008 to 2012. Before he returned as Chairman of EDB, Dr Beh served as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Law. Dr Beh also had concurrent appointments at the Agency for Science, Technology & Research, as well as the Ministry of Trade & Industry at different points in his career. Dr Beh currently serves on the boards of several organisations including Singapore Technologies Engineering and Ascendas-SingBridge. He is also a member of the Young Presidents' Organisation and the Advisory Board for the University of St. Gallen.
Mr Jean-Luc Butel
Board Member
After more than 30 years working for major US healthcare companies, Mr Jean-Luc Butel is now a global healthcare advisor, providing guidance, support and expertise in broad areas of healthcare. He serves as a Senior Advisor to McKinsey's Health Care practice, and is an advisor to several other organisations. In addition, Mr Butel serves on the boards of several organisations such as Singapore Economic Development Board, Singapore ETPL (A*STAR) and several healthcare startups globally. He was on the steering committee for Singapore government's CFE (Committee for the Future Economy) and was previously Corporate Vice President and President of Baxter's international operations, and had held leadership positions in various global medical corporations.
Mr Foo Jixun
Board Member
Mr Foo Jixun is currently the Managing Partner at GGV Capital, having joined the firm in 2006. He has more than 15 years of experience in venture capital investing focusing on the online travel, mobile transportation, and on-demand service sectors. Mr Foo has led key GGV's investments such as Qunar, Youku-Tudou and UCWeb. Prior to joining GGV Capital, Mr Foo was a Director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson ePlanet Ventures, where he led investment efforts in Asian companies such as Baidu.
Mr Jeremy Kranz
Board Member
Mr Jeremy Kranz is the Senior Vice President & Head of GIC's Technology Investment Group, a specialised team that executes private and public investments across the global technology market. He is responsible for venture capital and growth stage investments in over 40 leading technology companies such as Alibaba, Airbnb, Snapchat, Momo, JD.com & Flipkart. Mr Kranz is based in San Francisco and his current focus areas are next generation e-commerce, decision sciences, fintech for investment management, drones and having fun. Prior to GIC, Mr Kranz served as Strategic Investment Manager at Intel Capital and also served as a Strategic Planner for Intel's semiconductor factories. Prior to Intel, he worked as a Process Innovation Analyst at Harley Davidson. Mr Kranz currently serves on the boards of several technology companies, universities and nonprofits.
Mr Gabriel Lim
Board Member
Mr Gabriel Lim is currently the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Communications and Information. Prior to this, Mr Lim was the CEO of the Infocomm Media Development Authority, where he oversaw the establishment of the TechSkills Accelerator and preparations for Singapore's fourth Mobile Network Operator. Mr Lim had also previously served at the Prime Minister's Office and various public sector agencies.
Dr Robert JT Morris
Board Member
Dr Robert JT Morris is a Professor at Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. In this role, he works closely with Singapore's Ministry of Health and has an advisory role at the National Research Foundation in the Prime Minister's Office. His current focus is on application of computer and information sciences, including AI, to transform healthcare.
Dr Morris' previous roles include leading all of IBM Research's Global Laboratories, and various R&D roles at IBM including Director of the IBM Almaden Research Center, Silicon Valley. Originally from Australia, he began his career at Bell Laboratories, New Jersey, USA.
Mr Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara
Board Member
Dilhan Pillay joined Temasek International Pte. Ltd. in September 2010. He is currently Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Joint Head, Enterprise Development Group, Joint Head, Investment Group, and Joint Head, Singapore and Head, Americas. He is dual-based in Singapore and New York.
Prior to joining Temasek, he was Managing Partner of Singapore law firm WongPartnership LLP.
Dilhan serves on the boards of the Singapore Management University, Singapore Institute of Legal Education, Changi Airport Group (Singapore) Pte Ltd, the National Research Foundation in Singapore, Singapore Innovate Pte. Ltd. and certain subsidiaries of Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited. He is also a member of the Future Economy Council and the Financial Centre Advisory Panel of the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
He graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Laws and obtained a Master of Law from the University of Cambridge.
Mr Png Cheong Boon
Board Member
Png Cheong Boon is the Chief Executive Officer of Enterprise Singapore since 1 Apr 2018. He is also presently Second Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Trade and Industry.
Cheong Boon is a member of the boards of Economic Development Board, Enterprise Singapore Holdings Pte Ltd, Growth Enterprise Fund Pte Ltd, Singapore Cooperation Enterprise and Spring Equity Investments Pte Ltd.
Cheong Boon began his career with the Economic Development Board in 1993. He joined SPRING Singapore in 2003 as Deputy Chief Executive and was appointed as Chief Executive from 2008 to 2013. He then served as Chief Executive of JTC Corporation from 2013 to 2017, where he led JTC to provide innovative industrial infrastructure solutions to support the growth and transformation of industries and enterprises.
Our Friends
Henry Ford once said, “If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself”.
We support, work with, and are part of a myriad of organisations and initiatives that make up the community - all of which we are proud to call friends of SGInnovate.
Our Locations
SGInnovate's collaborative spaces help empower deep tech founders to launch, prove and scale technology intensive products borne out of science research.
Spread over 12,000 square feet of collaborative space at 32 Carpenter Street, SGInnovate will work with people who pursue the creation and building of research based deep technology products and companies from Singapore for the world.
Located at LaunchPad @ one-north, BASH brings together a curated community committed to support and create impact, alongside with entrepreneurs pursuing and tackling hard problems that matter to people around the world.
If you are interested to join BASH, please register your interest here.
