Singtel Innov8
VC Fund
Singapore, Singapore
Singtel Innov8 is a VC fund in Singapore focused on Software and Cyber Security. Singtel Innov8, the venture capital arm of the Singtel Group, invests in and partners with innovative tech start-ups worldwide. It has a fund size of US$250 million and its own set of decision making, approval and funding processes. Beyond funding, Singtel Innov8 is a gateway for start-ups to tap on the resources and expertise of the Singtel Group,while enabling the Group to gain access to emerging technologies. Singtel Innov8 focuses its investments on technologies and solutions that can lead to quantum changes in network capabilities, next generation devices, digital services and enablers to enhance customer experience. Headquartered in Singapore, Singtel Innov8 also has offices in San Francisco and Tel Aviv.
- Total investments:
- 158
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 18%
- Fund size:
- $350M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Singtel Innov8 invests in
Stages Singtel Innov8 invests in
Countries Singtel Innov8 invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series A
- $4M–$27M
- Series B
- $8M–$60M
- Series C
- $11M–$70M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 37 (23%)
- Cyber Security 19 (12%)
- Mobile 18 (11%)
- Information Technology 18 (11%)
- Artificial Intelligence 18 (11%)
Stage
- Series A 33 (21%)
- Series C 27 (17%)
- Series B 26 (16%)
- Seed 16 (10%)
- Series D 14 (9%)
Country
- United States 52 (33%)
- Singapore 23 (15%)
- China 9 (6%)
- Israel 9 (6%)
- Australia 6 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alex Neo
Associate
|
Associate | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Danny Su
Head of China Investments
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Head of China Investments | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Edgar Hardless
CEO & Founder
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CEO & Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Gil Prashker
Head of Israel and Director, Investments and Partnership
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Head of Israel and Director, Investments and Partnership | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Michael Kim
Senior Director of Investments
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Senior Director of Investments | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 10 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Whale
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Whale provides an omnichannel marketing platform that transforms marketing operations, digitalizes store operations and unifies offline & online brand experiences leveraging AI + IoT + Big Data to “Connect Brands with Customer”.Founded in 2017, Whale has since empowered 400+ global FMCG, F&B, Fashion and Automotive brands includingP&G, Unilever, Starbucks, UNIQLO, ARMANI, Watsons, Xiaomi, Midea, Lotus, POP MART etc. with over 150,000 stores across APAC, enabling brands to embrace the full potential of digital transformation.Equipped with AI capabilities, patented ReID technology and enterprise-grade security, Whale platforms comprising of Space Data Platform (SDP), Whale Marketing Cloud (WMC), Whale Open Platform (WOP) and Whale Analytics, serve as the end-to-end digitalization engine that enables brands to seamlessly engage with each customer.Whale is backed by Temasek Holding, NIO Capital, Source Code Capital, Linear Capital, Alpha Commune, BAI Capital and The Jiangmen, with 6 offices across Singapore, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen. | $40M / Series C / Jul 15, 2026 | |
QIZ Security
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QIZ Managing the new obstacles in cryptography and getting ready to switch to post-quantum cryptography | $17M / Seed / Jul 09, 2026 | |
Armada
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Welcome to the new edge. Armada is the world’s first full-stack edge computing platform, revolutionizing connectivity, compute, and AI solutions where they’re needed most - anywhere on Earth. | $230M / Series B / May 19, 2026 | |
Eclypsium
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Eclypsium protects organizations from the foundation of their computing infrastructure upward, controlling the risk and stopping threats inside firmware of laptops, servers, and networking infrastructure. | $25M / Series C / Mar 19, 2026 | |
Selector
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Selector AI is a platform for operational intelligence of multi-cloud infrastructure and performance-sensitive managed services. By adopting an AI/ML-based data analytics approach, Selector AI provides actionable multi-dimensional insights to network, cloud, and application operators. Their customers can meet their service KPIs throughseamless collaboration on messaging platforms, search-driven querying with a conversational user experience, and automated data engineering pipelines. | $32M / Series B / Feb 18, 2026 | |
WIZ.AI
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WIZ is a fast growing startup deploying cutting edge conversational voice AI technology into large corporations throughout Southeast Asia. Backed by globally leading venture capital funds, we are rapidly expanding our humanistic AI conversational solutions across industries. With offices in Singapore, Nanjing and Jakarta, our diverse team ofscientists, researchers, linguists, dialogue designers have cross-functional expertise, and are constantly pushing the boundaries of humanistic AI conversation for ASEAN languages. | Series B / Nov 05, 2025 | |
CoreStory
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Crowdbotics makes it faster than ever to build complete, scalable apps for business. With Crowdbotics any product manager can turn ideas into real code using a matched library of components and a network of on-call experts. Crowdbotics references a library of millions of production-grade software packages to identify the most effective componentsand workflows for a given project. Crowdbotics then handles infrastructure, implementation, maintenance, operations, monitoring, and security for the life of the project. | $32M / Series A / Oct 28, 2025 | |
Glide Identity
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Glide Identity provides SIM-based cryptographic authentication and verification systems using telecom network APIs. It replaces traditional methods like passwords and SMS-OTP by using SIM-anchored cryptographic verification, carrier-network intelligence, and biometrics. Its flagship product, MagicalAuth, verifies users silently via their SIM cardswith no codes or clicks, helping prevent SIM swap attacks, phishing, and other common fraud vectors. | $20M / Series A / Oct 13, 2025 | |
Red Access
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Red Access develops a SaaS platform that offers secure browsing solutions. Founded in 2021, Red Access has been protecting organizations from the mounting threats posed by the ongoing bowdlerization of modern app architecture. Their platform protects every desktop and mobile web app session across all browsers and user devices. | $17M / Series A / Sep 10, 2025 | |
|
Whale
|
Whale provides an omnichannel marketing platform that transforms marketing operations, digitalizes store operations and unifies offline & online brand experiences leveraging AI + IoT + Big Data to “Connect Brands with Customer”.Founded in 2017, Whale has since empowered 400+ global FMCG, F&B, Fashion and Automotive brands includingP&G, Unilever, Starbucks, UNIQLO, ARMANI, Watsons, Xiaomi, Midea, Lotus, POP MART etc. with over 150,000 stores across APAC, enabling brands to embrace the full potential of digital transformation.Equipped with AI capabilities, patented ReID technology and enterprise-grade security, Whale platforms comprising of Space Data Platform (SDP), Whale Marketing Cloud (WMC), Whale Open Platform (WOP) and Whale Analytics, serve as the end-to-end digitalization engine that enables brands to seamlessly engage with each customer.Whale is backed by Temasek Holding, NIO Capital, Source Code Capital, Linear Capital, Alpha Commune, BAI Capital and The Jiangmen, with 6 offices across Singapore, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen. | $60M / Series C / May 20, 2025 | |
| See all 158 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Singtel Innov8 invest in?
Singtel Innov8 invests primarily in Software, Cyber Security and Mobile startups, most often at Series A and Series C stage. Most of the 158 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Singtel Innov8's check size?
Singtel Innov8 typically joins rounds of $4M–$27M at Series A, $8M–$60M at Series B and $11M–$70M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Singtel Innov8 participates in.
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Who are the partners at Singtel Innov8?
The team at Singtel Innov8 includes Alex Neo (Associate), Danny Su (Head of China Investments) and Edgar Hardless (CEO & Founder), among 10 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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