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    Investing in Technology

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    How we invest

    Investing in Technology

    Technology has disrupted traditional industries, spawning new businesses in its wake. We move with the times, expanding our investing and organisational efforts in this area.

    Investing in Technology

    GIC has been investing in the technology space for over 40 years. Our long-term orientation and flexible capital allow us to invest in all stages of the financing lifecycle, including venture, growth, and IPO/public equity. Our multi-asset experience and global footprint provide ground-level insights, enabling us to invest directly, alongside co-investors, and through funds. Our broad exposure puts us in a strong position to curate purposeful connections between our partners for meaningful value creation.

    Our Technology Business Group comprises specialists from different asset classes and regions. It assesses industry trends and recommends GIC’s overall technology portfolio size, composition, and partnership strategy.

    Within Private Equity, our Technology Investment Group handles most of our early-stage investments through venture capital funds, growth equity funds, co-investments, and direct investments. We also have sector specialists for public and private market investments.

    We leverage our core strengths to invest in technology:

    Long-Term Orientation

    • Apply a long-term, fundamentals-based approach
    • Stay invested for the long term, including post-IPO for newer companies

    Broad Investment Mandate

    • Invest directly and through external fund managers in start-ups, growth companies, pre- and post-listed companies
    • Flexibility in capital structure, investment size, sub-sector, geography, and duration of our investments

    Global Presence

    • Local presence in innovation hubs such as Silicon Valley, New York, and Mumbai, complemented by our global presence and network across eight other offices
    • Able to spot leads and lags across regions, and capture unique opportunities

    Collaborative and Committed Partner

    • Seek to be a lifetime partner and build multiple touch points with our investee companies
    • Share connections and insights with our investee companies and external fund managers

    A Tech-Driven Organisation

    GIC’s technology and data strategy underpins our investment excellence and operational resilience. We work closely with business teams across GIC to co-develop technology solutions that address business needs and priorities. We also harness intelligence from GIC’s wealth of data across public and private markets to generate differentiated insights that sharpen our investment edge.

    The Technology Group provides reliable, secure infrastructure, drives digital transformation across the enterprise, and transforms data into a strategic asset. The Investment Insights Group partners with investment and corporate services teams to apply data science, quantitative research, and advanced analytics to enhance investment decision-making and operational performance.

    Building an AI-Native GIC

    Artificial intelligence (AI) is integral to strengthening GIC’s investment and operating edge. Our AI journey began with tools to enhance productivity and free our people to focus on higher-value work, including ChatGIC, a generative AI chat interface within a protected data environment; an AI Research Assistant for conducting deep research using GIC’s internal knowledge; and a virtual Investment Committee member that evaluates and challenges investment proposals.

    We continue our journey with the ambition to progress from being AI-enabled to becoming AI-native: reimagining our operating models by embedding AI from the outset, and further strengthening how we learn, operate, and invest.

    At the centre of these efforts is our enterprise AI platform—a single, governed environment where leading AI models are integrated with GIC’s internal knowledge and datasets to deliver faster, sharper insights. Built on GIC’s proprietary intelligence and augmented by credible external and real-time sources, it is tailored to our core investment and business workflows and designed to evolve as technology advances.

    As we expand these capabilities, we remain focused on scaling AI securely and responsibly. Our AI Council, co-chaired by GIC’s Chief Operating Officer and Chief Risk Officer, steers GIC’s enterprise AI strategy and priorities, aligning solutions to enterprise architecture while ensuring scale, interoperability, and disciplined deployment across GIC.

    Our Investments in Technology Companies

    Our approach to technology investing is bottom-up and centred on value capture: knowing where value is created and, more importantly, where it is sustained. We back category-defining companies with durable business models and partner with their founders for the long term. One expression of this is Bridge Forum, our platform for convening leading early-stage technology companies with our global partners through curated introductions and year-round events.

    Beyond the Hype: Investing in AI Value

    Explore GIC’s approach to AI investing and the two frameworks we use to identify companies with lasting value across the AI value chain.

    Careers in GIC Technology

    Visit our Careers page to learn more about the work done by our technology departments and other departments.

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