PURPOSE

TAIK VENTURES

Entrepreneurship has no expiry date

Invest in people who are ready for their second peak

Where Experience Becomes an Unfair Advantage

TAIK Ventures exists to empower founders over 45, the age group too often overlooked by traditional investors, yet consistently responsible for some of the most resilient, insightful, and impactful companies.

We back people whose ideas are shaped by decades of lived experience, professional depth, and a clearer understanding of what truly matters. Entrepreneurship has no expiry date. In fact, clarity often arrives later in life.

Who We Back

Founders 45+ years building early-stage ventures in:
  • Preventative health and longevity
  • Behaviour and habit-change technology
  • Evidence-based nutrition and functional food
  • Women's health and healthy ageing solutions
  • Connection, mental resilience, and community
  • AI-enabled consumer health and diagnostics
  • East–West inspired wellbeing innovation
Who We Back

Why 45+ Founders

Traditional investing still carries the myth that innovation belongs to the young. But every meaningful study and every clinical observation suggests otherwise.

With age comes:
  • Sharper judgement
  • Greater emotional resilience
  • Stronger networks
  • Clearer purpose
  • Higher execution discipline
  • Lower tolerance for noise and distractions

These aren't soft traits. They are operational advantages. We invest in founders who bring this clarity to their work.

Why 45+ Founders

What We Bring

Our goal is simple:
help you build with strength, not speed.

More than capital, a partnership grounded in wisdom, science, and human-centred thinking.

  • Access to clinical and scientific insight
  • Guidance around health, regulatory, and evidence claims
  • Support to refine purpose, strategy, and narrative
  • A trusted platform and audience that values authenticity
  • A global East–West perspective on wellbeing and ageing
  • A quiet, steady investor who stays with you for the long run
What We Bring

Founding Investors

Professor Hosen Kiat

Professor Hosen Kiat

A global cardiologist, scientist, and professor with four decades of experience across clinical medicine, research, and global academic leadership. Hosen is ranked among the top 1% of most-cited clinical medicine researchers globally and brings a rare integration of scientific rigour and practical insight, shaped by caring for over 100,000 patients and mentoring across five Australian medical schools.

As a founding investor, he focuses on ventures grounded in evidence, with the potential to translate science into meaningful, real-world health impact at scale. His approach prioritises long-term value creation, bridging medical knowledge with accessible, preventative health solutions.

Airing Wang

Airing Wang

An international strategist and operator with extensive experience across FMCG, consumer health, beauty, and technology in the Asia-Pacific region. Airing has led market expansion and brand transformation for organisations including L'Oréal, Swatch Group, and PharmaCare, with a track record of translating scientific innovation into commercially successful products and platforms.

As a founding investor, she brings deep expertise in go-to-market strategy, brand building, and cross-border growth. She is focused on building scalable, human-centred businesses that connect scientific credibility with consumer relevance, enabling sustainable growth across global markets.

Lu Min Yong

Lu Min Yong

An international business leader with decades of experience across infrastructure, engineering, and global trade, alongside a long-standing presence in championship-level sport. Lu has played a key role in the International Championship Committee of the Australian Master of the Amateurs since its inception, contributing to the development of one of the world's premier amateur golf tournaments.

As a founding investor, he brings disciplined operational leadership, a strong global network, and pragmatic commercial judgement. His focus is on supporting founders with long-term vision, ensuring businesses are built on solid foundations with resilience, governance, and enduring value.

TAIK Ventures is part of the broader TAIK ecosystem, a platform rooted in longevity science,
human wellbeing, and cross-disciplinary medical insight.

Our investments reflect the same philosophy: ADD LIFE INTO YEARS, not just years into life.

HOW TO APPLY

If you are 45 or older and building something that helps people live with clarity, resilience, and purpose, we'd love to hear from you.