Soo Boon Koh founded iGlobe in December 1999 when venture capital (VC) was experiencing the onset of
globalization. As a veteran in the global VC industry with a specialization in technology investing, she has achieved
consistent top - quartile fund return for her investments. Working alongside prominent VCs such as Sequoia
Capital, IVP, RRE, Tencent and Qualcomm Ventures, she has since established herself as a prominent leader in the
investing community.
Soo Boon led some of the notable exits, including u -blox AG, Telenav Inc. Celestry, Inc. (sold to Cadence), Aicent
Inc. (acquired by TA Associates) and Anacle Systems Ltd.
Currently, Soo Boon serves as board observer of several VC- backed companies based in San Francisco.
This include Nerdwallet Inc., Matterport Inc. as well as Twist Bioscience Inc. Soo Boon is also a board member of The
Great Room (Singapore) and Reach Robotics (Bristol).
Prior to founding iGlobe, she held senior management positions in Vertex Management Inc. (previously the
venture capital arm of Singapore Technologies and now under Temasek Holdings). Soo Boon played a critical role
in establishing the operations of Vertex, based in Redwood City in 1988 and ran the operation until October 1996
when she set up Vertex Europe based in London. During that period, she was closely associated with several companies
based in Silicon Valley, such as Lattice Semiconductor, Quick Logic, Pie (merged with Quickturn), Premisys
Còmmunications, Proxim Inc., and European companies e. g. SCM Microsystems (Germany), Brokat
(Germany), Gemplus (France) and ActivCard (France) etc.
Soo Boon’s ability to nurture founders and connect syndication co-investors across continents came from her
experience in DBS early in her career. Her clients range come from a range of industries, including electronics,
financial services, and petrochemical. With this experience, she has built a network of trusted partners whom she
rode through multiple business cycles with.
Additional achievements
It is with her experience that she is inspired to support women leaders in tech and actively promote board diversity especially in
tech companies. In 2009, she was appointed the Council Member of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry
(SCCCI). She also held the position of the Chairwoman of SCCCI’s Career Women Group from 2009 to 2016. She is currently
a member of the Singapore Chapter of Women Corporate Directors and the International Women Forum, where she mentors
professional women on private and public boards.
It is, therefore, no surprise that she was given the “Honorary Outstanding Women Award” by HRH Princess Maha Chakri
Sirindhorn in celebration of Thai Women’s Day in Honor of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit on 1 st August 2016.
She is currently a Fellow of the Singapore University of Social Science (SUSS), where she provides students with guidance and
serves as a partner in SUSS’s industry outreach and research activities.