Whale Closes 0M Series C3 Extension, Bringing Total to 00M for Enterprise AI Push
Source: PRNewswire
Singapore-headquartered enterprise AI company Whale has raised a 0 million Series C3 extension, pushing its total Series C funding to 00 million. The round was led by CMB International and SMBC Asia Rising Fund, with participation from Singtel Innov8, Hyundai Motor Group, and others, as the company scales its AI Operating System for enterprise operations across 45+ countries.
Singapore continues to cement its position as Southeast Asia's enterprise AI hub, and Whale's latest fundraise is the kind of signal that investors and founders alike watch closely. The company, headquartered in Singapore, just announced a 0 million Series C3 extension that brings its total Series C round to 00 million — a figure that puts it in rarefied air for B2B AI startups operating out of the region.
Whale builds what it calls an AI Operating System (AIOS) for enterprise operations — a full-stack platform that connects digital workflows with physical environments through a proprietary Business World Model (BWM). Think computer vision for retail stores, voice analytics for sales calls, and automated compliance monitoring, all tied together by a single AI layer. The company says it now serves over 1,600 enterprises across 45+ countries and manages more than 600,000 edge AI nodes globally.
The round saw participation from an impressive cross-section of strategic investors: CMB International, SMBC Asia Rising Fund, Krungsri Finnovate, Singtel Innov8, Hyundai Motor Group, and Charisma Partners, with earlier investors including Bosch Ventures and MTR Lab. That mix — spanning banking, telecom, automotive, and venture capital — speaks to how broadly applicable Whale's thesis has become. Enterprises across retail, manufacturing, automotive, and F&B all face the same challenge: turning messy real-world operational data into something decision-ready.
The funding will go toward scaling global deployments, particularly in North America and APAC, with MENA and Europe on the roadmap. Whale's CEO Jerry Ye framed it as an acceleration of existing momentum rather than a reset, noting that the company's platform is already delivering measurable outcomes in operational efficiency across its customer base.
Why it matters for Singapore: Whale's trajectory matters beyond the company itself. It demonstrates that Singapore-based enterprise AI startups can raise nine-figure rounds from global strategic investors — including major Japanese banks, Korean automakers, and Singapore's own Singtel Innov8. That kind of cross-border confidence in a Singapore-founded AI company reinforces the city-state's credibility as a launchpad for deep enterprise technology targeting global markets.
