Elise Tan Yee Ling

At-a-Glance

Founder & CEO of Asia Startup Network, growing its community to over 3,000 founders, operators, investors, and partners.
Co-founded Mentor For Hope, facilitating 525 mentoring hours for 300 founders affected by COVID-19.
Led communications & community at Vertex Ventures SE Asia & India, an early-stage fund with AUM of $1.5B.
Served as an investment manager at NUS Enterprise, securing initial funding for Shopback.
Co-led the Singapore chapter of Startup Leadership Program, a non-profit accelerator program.
Holds an MBA from INSEAD.

Biography

Elise Tan Yee Ling is the Founder and CEO of Asia Startup Network, which she co-founded with Andrew Tan in 2020. The network aims to unite the venture and tech community across Southeast Asia for knowledge sharing, networking, and giving back. Under her leadership, Asia Startup Network has grown to over 3,000 founders, operators, investors, and partners, impacting more than 1,000 entrepreneurs and organizing over 520 mentoring hours.