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Singtel Innov8
Corporate VC · Singapore, Singapore · Asia Pacific
Singtel Innov8 is the corporate venture capital fund of Singtel Group, established in 2010. It invests in and partners with start-ups whose innovations can be applied to the Group's business needs, helping them expand through Singtel's international footprint.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningCybersecurity
In its own words5genterprise softwarecybersecurityaigreen techsoutheast asia
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Or find every investor that fitsSingtel Innov8 lists 86 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 11 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 40% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (28%), Cybersecurity (17%) and Enterprise Software (14%). 46% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Samsung NEXT, Comcast Ventures and K3 Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Singtel Innov8, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Singtel Innov8's whole history. Rounds on record name 11 companies; its own site lists 86. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 10% |
| Series A | 40% |
| Series B | 20% |
| Growth | 30% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 1 | 0 |
| '25 | 3 | 1 |
| '26 | 7 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 94th | 86 companies |
| Recent activity | 91th | 7 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 55th | 10% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 75th | 9% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 45th | 28% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 91th | 8 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 28% | 18% |
| Cybersecurity | 17% | 4% |
| Enterprise Software | 14% | 8% |
| Fintech | 8% | 12% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 6% | 7% |
| Media & Entertainment | 5% | 4% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 5% | 15% |
| Space & Defense | 4% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Samsung NEXT | 5 |
| Comcast Ventures | 4 |
| K3 Ventures | 4 |
| Lightspeed Venture Partners | 4 |
| Qualcomm Ventures | 4 |
| Acrew Capital | 3 |
| Bessemer Venture Partners | 3 |
| Cisco Investments | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers7790%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company910%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Singtel Innov8 head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
as stated on its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Singtel Innov8| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Sept 2026 | Series A | |
| 27 Aug 2026 | Series A | |
| 15 Jul 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 9 Jul 2026 | Seed | |
| 19 May 2026 | Series B | |
| 13 Mar 2026 | Round | |
| 18 Feb 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 1 Oct 2025 | Series A |
Round details for Singtel Innov8
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Singtel Innov8's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
86 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AiCure develops and provides AI-powered clinical trials software and medication adherence verification platforms | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides industrial 5G network solutions and related products for various industries | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Airalo sells eSIMs for international travel | ConsumerE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Arista Networks provides cloud networking solutions for next-generation data centers and cloud networks. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Armada provides ruggedized modular data centers and edge computing hardware and software for deploying GPU infrastructure in remote and demanding environments. | Enterprise SoftwareIndustrial & Manufacturing | May 2026Series B | Page + round | |
| August builds an AI platform to help law firms with legal tasks | Legal & ComplianceAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
Cybersecurity | Portfolio page | |||
| The company provides a platform for multi-agent collaboration and governance, enabling real-time interaction between agents and humans. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| BlackPanda provides cyber emergency response solutions and services, including incident response, cyber insurance, and security scans. | CybersecurityFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Cardlytics leverages first-party purchase data from partners to engage consumers and deliver measurable impact to advertisers. | FintechMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Cato Networks provides a single-vendor SASE platform | CybersecurityEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Crowdbotics uses AI to help speed through the hardest part of modernization and maintenance: understanding how systems actually work. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| CTERA manages unstructured data from files to AI agents for enterprises. | Enterprise SoftwareCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| DataHunter provides enterprise data governance, knowledge governance, and AI development and delivery services. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| DataMesh connects live data, spatial twins, and AI reasoning in one platform so operations teams can simulate, validate, and execute with confidence. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Dataplor provides location intelligence, point of interest and foot traffic data solutions | Real Estate & ConstructionConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Demystdata manages external data | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| DramaBox provides movies and drama content for users to browse and watch. | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Eclypsium provides security for enterprise and national infrastructure, including software, firmware, and hardware protection. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 10 Nov 2026- Site
- singtel.com
- Last read
- 10 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 23 Jan 2024
- Companies checked
- 86
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