Singapore, 11 November 2025 – H3 Zoom, a Singapore-based deep tech startup specialising in AI-powered inspection and asset management for critical infrastructure, today announced a USD$1.8M (approximately SGD$2.3M) first close in its Series A funding. The round was led by JRE VENTURES – the Corporate Venture Capital of JR East (9020:TYO), with participation from SGInnovate and M7 Holdings.
The funding will enable H3 Zoom to expand its Asian footprint – prioritising Japan and Hong Kong while deepening operations in Singapore, accelerate product research and development, and strengthen engineering and go-to-market teams.
Scaling AI-driven Infrastructure Inspection
Founded in 2016, H3 Zoom combines proprietary vision language models and robotics-enabled data capture to help asset owners and operators reduce costs, improve safety, and extend the lifespan of critical infrastructure. Its technology has already been deployed across multiple high-rise buildings, transport assets, and critical infrastructure in Singapore, helping clients move from manual, labour-intensive inspections to scalable, data-driven solutions.
“This funding allows us to turn building data into actionable maintenance decisions at scale—shortening inspection cycles, reducing rectification costs, and improving public safety,” said Shaun Koo, CEO & Founder of H3 Zoom. “With JRE Ventures, SGInnovate, and M7 Holdings, we’re doubling down on high-precision AI, seamless enterprise integrations, and regional expansion.”
“H3 Zoom embodies the next generation of social infrastructure transformation through the power of AI. For the JR East Group, ensuring the safe and sustainable operation of diverse assets — including railways, stations, commercial facilities, and hotels — is a shared priority across our businesses. H3 Zoom’s technology directly contributes to addressing these challenges. Through this investment, we aim to accelerate H3 Zoom’s business expansion and proof-of-concept activities in the Japanese market, while exploring broader collaboration opportunities across Southeast Asia. We strongly believe that H3 Zoom’s data-driven approach to infrastructure management will play a vital role in building a safer and more sustainable society,” said Junichi Eto, Managing Director, JRE VENTURES.
“SGInnovate is committed to supporting Singapore-based deep tech startups as they scale beyond our shores. H3 Zoom is a strong example of how AI-powered innovations can effectively address critical global challenges in infrastructure safety, resilience and sustainability. We are excited to back their journey as they expand into new markets and continue to strengthen their technological capabilities,” said Hsien-Hui Tong, Executive Director – Investments, SGInnovate.
“Shaun’s vision to transform the entire building lifecycle to a more sustainable, efficient and safer process aligns with M7’s goal to support companies and founders that create sustainable solutions for some of the world’s most pressing problems,” said Anthony Manna, Chairman, M7 Holdings.
Case Study: Transforming Building Inspections in Singapore
H3 Zoom’s AI-powered inspection platform has already enabled faster, safer, and more consistent façade inspections across CapitaLand properties, including Raffles City Singapore, Plaza Singapura, IMM, Bukit Panjang Plaza, 31 International Business Park, Techplace I and II, Nordic European Centre and Corporation Place. Through the use of drone capture and automated defect analytics, the asset management team at CapitaLand was able to:
H3 Zoom’s platform underscores how AI solutions can deliver tangible efficiency gains while supporting Singapore’s broader push towards smart, sustainable infrastructure management.
Looking Ahead
With fresh capital, H3 Zoom will accelerate SaaS growth and market expansion in Japan, and Hong Kong. The company will fast track its AI roadmap – launching the AI Engineering Co-Pilot, deepening multimodal workflows (360° imagery with voice notes), and strengthening enterprise-grade APIs – while piloting robotics-assisted inspections to surface latent defects faster and more safely. H3 Zoom’s long-term ambition is to become APAC’s operating system for inspection intelligence, where partners collaborate, data compounds, and actions convert to measurable outcomes – setting a new benchmark for safety, quality, and operational efficiency.
About H3 Zoom
H3 Zoom builds AI-powered inspection and asset-intelligence software for the built environment. Since 2016, our Façade and Interior Inspector products have helped asset owners move from manual checks to data-driven, standards-aligned reporting and portfolio analytics across Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. We reduce inspection cost and time while improving safety and compliance.
Connect with us at https://www.h3zoom.ai
About JRE Ventures
JRE VENTURES is the corporate venture capital arm of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Headquartered in Singapore, the firm drives startup investments and business co-creation across Asia. Leveraging JR East Group’s extensive assets — including railway networks, station spaces, commercial facilities, and digital platforms — JRE VENTURES partners with innovative startups in sectors such as retail, logistics, and advertising to create new value and business opportunities.
Connect with us at https://jreventures.com/
About SGInnovate
SGInnovate is a Deep Tech ecosystem builder and investor, backed by the Singapore Government. Our expertise and approach combines investments, talent development and community-building to catalyse the translation of emerging technologies into tomorrow’s opportunities. Through our flagship Deep Tech Central platform, we connect individuals, founders and companies to specialised resources and opportunities across all technological domains and stages of growth. Our portfolio of emerging tech startups comprises some of the most promising companies leading the commercialisation of research developed from Singapore’s RIE ecosystem.
Connect with us at www.sginnovate.com
About M7 Holdings
M7 Holdings, LLC (“M7”) is a family investment office based in Akron, Ohio, US. Through our venture capital arm, M7 Ace Neo, we focus on early-stage investments in five sectors: (1) agricultural technology (“AgTech”), (2) clean technology (“CleanTech”), (3) deep technology (“DeepTech”) , (4) Robotics, and (5) artificial intelligence (“AI”). We believe that these five sectors hold enormous potential to create sustainable solutions for some of the world’s most pressing problems, such as food security, environmental sustainability, and technological advancement.
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