# August Global Partners — Team

## Founding Partners

### Chu Swee Yeok, PBM — Chair & Founding Partner

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).

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/swee-yeok-chu-pbm-16b5715/)

### Dr Basil Lui — Founding Partner and CEO

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 — Partner

Made Partner in 2026. Focus on healthcare and medtech investments.

## Venture Partners

### Shawn Tan — Venture Partner

Axon Alpha Advisors; formerly Novo Tellus, EDBI.

### Ong Jeong Shing — Venture Partner

Formerly EDBI, Venturecraft.

## Investments

### Dr Warren Tan — Investments

### Chris Koh — Investments

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-koh/)

### Jay Tan — Investments

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.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/zhejun-jay/)

## Operations

### Jude Tan — Operations

### Jerlin Ong — Administration