Shiyan Koh

Co-Founder, General Partner at Hustle Fund

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Biography

Shiyan Koh is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Hustle Fund, a pre-seed venture firm, and is based in Singapore. She worked in finance and investing roles at JPMorgan, Institutional Venture Partners and Bridgewater Associates before joining NerdWallet as employee number 10, where over six years she led product teams and ran business operations and corporate development as the company grew from US$1M to US$150M in revenue. She left NerdWallet as Vice President of Business Operations & Corporate Development and returned to Singapore in 2018 to start Hustle Fund's Southeast Asian investing practice.

Education

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

SwarmHeyMax.ai

Career Timeline

2000
Started at Stanford as a freshman alongside future Hustle Fund co-founders Elizabeth Yin and Eric Bahn.
2012
Joined NerdWallet as employee number 10.
2017
Teamed up with Eric Bahn and Elizabeth Yin around the question of why the same type of founders get disproportionate access to seed capital.
2018
Left NerdWallet as Vice President of Business Operations & Corporate Development and returned to Singapore to start Hustle Fund's Southeast Asian investing practice.
2023
Commented as General Partner at Hustle Fund on Swarm's $1.1 million pre-seed round, which Hustle Fund led with Plug and Play.
2024
Named among the angel investors in HeyMax.ai's US$2.6 million seed round.

Sources & References

Hustle Fund - Team ↗Shiyan Koh - personal site ↗Singapore Global Network - Investing in The Right Hustle: How Koh Shiyan Is Tapping into SEA's Potential ↗Forbes - Hustle Fund Raises $33.6 Million To Democratize Access To Pre-Seed Capital ↗TNGlobal - Filipino startup Swarm raises $1.1M in Pre-Seed funding round ↗HeyMax - HeyMax.ai announces US$2.6M seed funding round led by January Capital ↗