Independent financial advisor · AI and frontier technology
Two capital markets, one advisor.
Luminainsight Capital works with AI and deep-tech companies built in Singapore, raising from international USD funds and from Chinese state and industrial capital — frequently in the same round.
International USD capital
- Global venture and growth funds
- Singapore government-linked platforms
- Regional strategics and family offices
China RMB capital
- Local government guidance funds
- State-backed industrial funds
- Corporate venture and CVC arms
About
Luminainsight Capital is an independent financial advisor founded in 2026, focused on the Singapore market and on companies working in AI and frontier technology.
We run the whole arc of a raise: deciding the strategy, building the materials, selecting and reaching the right investors, then negotiating terms and coordinating through to close.
Our work is finding what is actually remarkable about a company, recognising the window when it matters, and translating a technical story into the language capital understands.
Founding partner
Sofit Pan 潘若辰
Founding Partner
BA, Renmin University of China. MSc, King's College London. Previously with a Chinese state-backed fund and with the corporate venture arm of a major internet group.
Over ten years in private equity and venture capital, more than five of them working in Southeast Asia. She works hands-on across China–Singapore cross-border transactions, dual-currency fund structures, and investment committee process, and brings the institutional relationships to match.
What sets us apart
We raise in both currencies
Most Singapore advisors can only reach USD funds. Most China advisors don't understand the Singapore ecosystem. We have run live processes on both sides — international USD funds, and Chinese state and local industrial capital.
Real access to Chinese state capital
Government guidance funds and industrial funds do not decide the way financial investors do. They arrive with industrial parks, production lines, clinical resources and supply chains attached. We understand how those committees reach a decision, and how to structure a transaction that satisfies reinvestment and local-presence requirements.
Southeast Asia on the ground
Direct coverage of Singapore's government-linked investment platforms, the leading local venture firms, and the strategics and family offices active across the region. Introductions go direct, without a chain of intermediaries.
We can judge the technology
We assess the technical moat, the commercialisation path and the competitive position ourselves, then turn that into an argument an investor can independently verify — rather than putting a better surface on a thin case.
Bilingual, end to end
Fundraising materials in English and Chinese, investor Q&A libraries, financial models and valuation support, diligence coordination, term sheets, and negotiation on the definitive-agreement clauses that actually matter.
Selected work
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A Singapore AI cell-therapy company
Strategic and industrial capital, China RMB 100M -
A Singapore AI education company
Series A, USD fund US$5M
Client names are withheld. References available to prospective clients on request.
How we work
- Raise strategyWhat to raise, from whom, at which moment, and on what story.
- MaterialsDeck, financial model, data room and investor Q&A library — in both languages.
- Investor selection and introductionsA named target list mapped to fit and mandate, then worked directly.
- TermsTerm sheet, valuation defence, and negotiation of the clauses that carry real consequence.
- CloseDiligence coordination through signing and funds received.
Get in touch
If you are building in Singapore and raising, we should talk.
Send a short note about the company, the round you have in mind, and where you are in the process. Sofit reads every message.
Sofit@luminainsight.xyz