OneByZero, a Singapore‑based AI company, secured a $20 million Series A led by Jungle Ventures to roll out its forward‑deployed AI platform NEO into additional markets and industry verticals throughout the region.

Singapore‑based AI startup OneByZero has closed a $20 million Series A financing round, led by Jungle Ventures, to expand its forward‑deployed AI platform NEO across the Asia‑Pacific region.

Funding round details

The round attracted participation from Jungle Ventures as the lead investor, alongside existing backers and a handful of strategic angels. The $20 million injection will be used primarily to accelerate product rollout, hire talent, and deepen partnerships with enterprises in new markets.

NEO platform and market expansion

NEO is OneByZero’s flagship AI platform that combines large‑language models with domain‑specific data pipelines, enabling enterprises to deploy custom AI solutions quickly and securely. With the new capital, the company plans to launch NEO in additional Southeast Asian economies such as Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand, and to target verticals including finance, logistics, and healthcare.

The firm also intends to establish regional data centers to address latency and compliance concerns, a critical factor for regulated industries in the region.

Strategic implications

The investment underscores growing investor confidence in Singapore’s AI ecosystem and highlights the region’s appetite for turnkey AI solutions that can be deployed at scale without extensive in‑house expertise.

Analysts note that OneByZero’s approach—offering a modular, forward‑deployed architecture—positions it well against larger cloud AI providers that often require deeper integration efforts.

  • Accelerate NEO rollout in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand
  • Expand industry focus to finance, logistics, healthcare
  • Build regional data centers for latency and compliance
  • Scale engineering and sales teams across APAC
We see a clear demand for AI that can be operationalized quickly and responsibly, and this funding will help us meet that need across the region, said CEO Alex Tan of OneByZero.

OneByZero’s Series A marks one of the larger AI‑focused raises in Singapore this year, reflecting the broader trend of venture capital flowing into generative AI startups targeting enterprise use cases.

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