# HICO

> HICO is a VC fund in Singapore backing Software and Logistics. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hicoam
- Website: https://hico.one/

HICO is a venture capital investment firm.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for HICO. Shizune tracks 1 team members at HICO. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/hico-1b42?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 20% |
| Logistics | 2 | 20% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 20% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 20% |
| SaaS | 1 | 10% |

29 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 30% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 20% |
| Series A | 2 | 20% |
| Series B | 1 | 10% |
| Series C | 1 | 10% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Israel | 2 | 20% |
| United States | 2 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 20% |
| Ireland | 1 | 10% |
| Singapore | 1 | 10% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Christopher Hartnoll | CEO & MD | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-hartnoll |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kraken Technology Group | Kraken Technology Group is a maritime-technology company that designs and builds high-performance platforms for both civilian and defence use. Their services include composite modular manufacturing, powertrain development, and systems integration, often with autonomous capabilities. They also conduct research into advanced materials and structuraltechnologies for marine vessels. Kraken’s engineering team draws on experience from motorsport, defence, and naval operations to deliver scalable and versatile maritime solutions. | $174.5M | Series B | Jul 09, 2026 |  |
| Final Round AI | Final Round AI is an AI-driven platform designed to fundamentally change the job search process. | $6.9M | Seed | Jan 30, 2025 |  |
| Druid Software | Druid has built its reputation on the development of cellular network products for enterprise and bespoke mobile technology design | $20M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 08, 2025 |  |
| PuriFire Energy | Transforming Waste Water and wet feedstocks into Green Methanol and other sustainable fuels | $3.6M | Seed | Aug 28, 2024 |  |
| Ki Hydrogen | Ki Hydrogen is a deep-tech venture that develops waste-to-hydrogen technology. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Nov 30, 2023 |  |
| Source.ag | Source.ag develops AI-powered software solutions to support commercial greenhouse cultivation. Their product suite includes Source Workspace, a centralized dashboard for greenhouse operational data; Harvest Forecast, AI-driven yield predictions; Cultivation Management, virtual simulation of crop strategies; and Irrigation Control, automated waterand nutrient delivery to help growers increase efficiency and reduce risk. Its proprietary algorithms simulate plant behavior to define and execute optimal cultivation strategies, taking into account millions of data points on climate, biology, and resources. By enabling more growers to operate more facilities more efficiently through pioneering technology, Source is making glasshouse agriculture accessible, profitable, and globally scalable. | $4M | Series A | Jun 07, 2023 |  |
| Humane | Humane is a platform that creates and sells consumer hardware, software, and services that feel familiar, natural, and humane. The company is dedicated to creating cutting-edge technology that is both human and natural-feeling. | $100M | Series C | Mar 08, 2023 |  |
| Wisor | Wisor enables freight forwarders to automatically generate estimates and communicate with clients. It is a plug-and-play solution that offers a global automated quoting solution. It gives freight forwarders and their clients' control over and automates the entire supply chain process.Wisor was established in 2020 in Tel Aviv, Israel by RazRonen. | $8M | Seed | Feb 07, 2023 |  |
| Hoopo | Hoopo enables geolocation for low-power, wide-area networks, and solutions. It helps businesses easily manage and track their logistics operations cost-effectively by providing real-time data and analytics. | $10M | Series A | Aug 11, 2022 |  |
| DQventures | DQventures helps entrepreneurial people to escape the corporate slog and start their own business. Unlike most accelerators and VCs, who believe that "real entrepreneurs have what it takes to go all-in", we believe that risk varies dramatically depending on personal circumstances and time-of-life. Some of the best aspiring entrepreneursnever get started because they don't want to put their families at risk. We work exclusively with people who still have a job, helping them de-risk the startup journey. DQ = don't quit (...yet). | $660K | Pre-Seed | Jan 13, 2022 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Desai Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/desai-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SK Networks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sk-networks) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [theDOCK](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thedock-innovation-hub) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AltaIR Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altair) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SmartCap](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/as-smartcap) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does HICO invest in?

HICO invests primarily in Software, Logistics and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact HICO?

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### Who are the partners at HICO?

The team at HICO includes Christopher Hartnoll (CEO & MD). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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