Virginia Tan

Virginia Tan

President, Singapore - India Business Council

Virginia Tan

President, Singapore - India Business Council


Virginia Tan is the founding partner of Teja Ventures, the first gender lens venture capital fund for emerging Asia, targeting early stage tech companies for the She Economy. She also founded She Loves Tech, the world's largest startup competition for women and technology which is in more than 30 international locations in 2020. Virginia is the founder of Lean In China, a women's platform with over 100,000 members across more than 25 cities and 100 universities in China, which supports the goals and aspirations of Chinese women. Virginia's background is in law and finance, where she was an experienced finance lawyer for more than 8 years specialising on emerging markets, and has worked in Europe, Middle East, Asia, Africa and South America for 2 magic circle firms, covering more than USD 30 billion of transactions. She moved to Beijing in 2013 to work on strategic investments related to the "One Belt One Road" initiative on behalf of Chinese state owned companies and financial institutions.