Whale
帷幄
Whale (帷幄) is a China-founded enterprise AI company building a full-stack marketing cloud for consumer and retail brands. Founded in December 2017 by CEO Jerry Ye, a former Facebook engineer who led the design of the company's large-scale machine learning data pipelines, Whale operates the Whale Marketing Cloud — a suite spanning marketing automation, in-store digitalization, customer data platforms, and business intelligence, all built on cloud-native and low-code architecture .
The company has raised multiple rounds from a mix of international and Chinese investors. Source Code Capital led its Series A and continued to back subsequent rounds, while its $50 million Series B in 2021 was led by Temasek with follow-on from NIO Capital, Linear Capital, and Alpha Commune . More recently, Whale closed a $40 million Series C3 in mid-2026, bringing total Series C funding past $100 million; this round added CMB International, SMBC's SARF fund, MUFG's Bank of Ayudhya CVC, and returning strategic investors including Singtel Innov8 and Bosch Ventures . Linear Capital, an early backer, has highlighted Whale's progress in embedding AI deeply into enterprise products and pairing product strength with global expansion .
Whale's customer base spans established consumer giants like Midea, Unilever, and Watsons as well as newer brands including Pop Mart and NIO . The founding team draws heavily from Facebook, with CTO Xie Shukun also a former Facebook engineer recognized in Forbes China's 30 Under 30 .
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Whale Raises $40 Million in C3 Round, Bringing Total Series C Funding to Over $100 Million | Linear Portfolio
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will accelerate the global expansion of its enterprise AI product suite.
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Last week, the Chuang Xue Yuan (Hundun Academy) 2023 "One" Thinking Innovation Carnival brought together "half of the AI circle." Jerry Ye, founder & CEO of Whale, was invited to speak, joining guests and attendees for a wide-ranging discussion on the application prospects of AGI.
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At the end of May, Linear Capital co-hosted an AIGC tech salon in Hangzhou with portfolio company Manycore Tech. The event drew an overwhelming number of registrants — our thanks to everyone who signed up. The session ran for roughly three hours. Zeren Bai, Vice President of Investment at Linear Capital, kicked things off with an introduction to the firm, its investment focus, and standout portfolio companies, before diving into Linear Capital's existing AIGC investments and strategic approach to the sector.
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Less than a year after raising 80 million RMB in its Series A last June, marketing technology company JINGdigital has closed an additional 50 million RMB in its Series A+ round, bringing the total raised across both rounds to 130 million RMB.
