Team
The full August Global Partners team: 10 people across partners, venture partners, investments and operations.
Founding Partners
Chu Swee Yeok, PBM
Former CEO, President, and Executive Director of EDBI. Awarded the Pingat Bakti Masyarakat (Public Service Medal). Pioneered Singapore's first global biotech fund at EDB in the late 1980s; founding CEO of Bio*One Capital (2001).
Dr Basil Lui
Founding Partner and CEO of August Global Partners. Former EDBI colleague of Chu Swee Yeok with deep experience in healthcare, biotech, and cross-border growth investments.
Partners
Davian Sim
Made Partner in 2026. Focus on healthcare and medtech investments.
Venture Partners
Shawn Tan
Axon Alpha Advisors; formerly Novo Tellus, EDBI.
Ong Jeong Shing
Formerly EDBI, Venturecraft.
Investments
Dr Warren Tan
Chris Koh
Jay Tan
AGP Investments team, focused on healthcare and biotech opportunities across Asia. Deal sourcing, due diligence, and cross-border BD support for portfolio companies. Prior: Investment Manager at AID Partners (biotech/healthcare deals across Singapore, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Israel, Indonesia); part-time biotech investment consultant to a Hong Kong venture fund; business development at Aevice Health. BSc (First Class Honours) in Biomedical Sciences and Biobusiness, Nanyang Technological University; attended the Copenhagen Business School BioEntrepreneurship program.
Operations
Jude Tan
Jerlin Ong
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