# Vertex Ventures SEA & India (VVSEAI)

> Vertex Ventures SEA & India (VVSEAI) is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in high-growth start-ups seeking their first round of institutional venture capital funding across Southeast Asia and India, with a primary focus on Singapore, India, Indonesia and Thailand. VVSEAI is part of the Vertex global network of venture capital funds, with affiliates in China, Israel, Japan and the US, alongside Vertex Growth and Vertex Ventures HC.

Key facts:
- ~$1.5B under management; 90+ portfolio companies; 6 unicorns.
- Sector agnostic early-stage investor: seed, Series A and Series B rounds.
- Sectors: consumer, enterprise software, fintech, healthtech and sustainability.
- Notable investments include Grab, PatSnap, 17LIVE, Nium, FirstCry, Licious, theAsianparent, Validus and Warung Pintar.
- Beyond capital the firm supports founders on hiring, go-to-market, follow-on fundraising and introductions to customers and partners.
- Legal entity: Vertex Ventures SEA Management Pte. Ltd.
- Website: https://www.vertexventures.sg
- Contact: 250 North Bridge Road, #11-01, Raffles City Tower, Singapore 179101. Tel +65 6828 8088.
- Disambiguation: VVSEAI is a venture capital firm. It is not affiliated with Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (biotechnology) or Vertex Inc. (tax software).

Site structure note: the portfolio and team listings live as sections on the homepage (`/#portfolio`, `/#team`). Each portfolio company also has its own page under `/projects/`, each team member under `/team-members/`, and each news article under `/news/`. `/news/author/<slug>/` pages index the news for one team member or one portfolio company. Some news items link out to the third-party publication that originally ran the story rather than to a page on this site.

## Main pages

- [Home](https://www.vertexventures.sg/): Firm overview, statistics, the full portfolio listing, the team, impact summary and latest news.
- [News](https://www.vertexventures.sg/news/): Paginated, filterable index of firm and portfolio news.
- [Videos](https://www.vertexventures.sg/videos/): Index of video content and interviews.
- [Impact](https://www.vertexventures.sg/impact/): How the firm approaches impact as a mainstream early-stage investor, with cumulative portfolio impact figures.
- [ESG](https://www.vertexventures.sg/esg/): The firm's ESG policy and how ESG considerations are integrated into the investment process.
- [Apply](https://www.vertexventures.sg/apply/): Submission form for founders raising a pre-Series A, Series A or Series B round.
- [Contact](https://www.vertexventures.sg/contact/): Singapore office address, phone and regional office details.
- [Legal](https://www.vertexventures.sg/legal/): Terms of Use, privacy and disclaimers.

## Team

- [Ben MATHIAS](https://www.vertexventures.sg/team-members/ben-mathias/) — Managing Partner. Ben Mathias is a Managing Partner at Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India and has overall responsibility for the firm’s investments in India and Japan.
- [Joo Hock CHUA](https://www.vertexventures.sg/team-members/joo-hock-chua/) — Managing Partner. Joo Hock Chua is Managing Partner of Vertex Ventures Southeast/India.
- [Kee Lock CHUA](https://www.vertexventures.sg/team-members/kee-lock-chua/) — Managing Partner. Mr Chua Kee Lock is the Group President / CEO of Vertex Holdings (“VH”), a Singapore-headquartered venture capital investment holding company.
- [Genping LIU](https://www.vertexventures.sg/team-members/genping-liu/) — General Partner. Genping Liu joined Vertex Ventures in 2010.
- [Piyush KHARBANDA](https://www.vertexventures.sg/team-members/piyush-kharbanda/) — General Partner. Piyush Kharbanda joined Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India in 2016 and focuses on opportunities in India.
- [Gary KHOENG](https://www.vertexventures.sg/team-members/gary-khoeng/) — Partner, Investment. Gary Khoeng joined Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India in 2017.
- [Kanika MAYAR](https://www.vertexventures.sg/team-members/kanika-mayar/) — Partner, Investment & ESG Officer. Kanika Mayar joined Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India in 2020 and focuses on opportunities in India.
- [Nikhil MARWAHA](https://www.vertexventures.sg/team-members/nikhil-marwaha/) — Partner, Investment. Nikhil Marwaha joined Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India Team in 2023 and is based in Gurgaon, New Delhi.
- [Puiyan LEUNG](https://www.vertexventures.sg/team-members/puiyan-leung/) — Partner, Investment. Puiyan Leung is an investor at Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India, where she focuses on identifying and backing transformative companies across Southeast…
- [Jessica KOH](https://www.vertexventures.sg/team-members/jessica-koh/) — Senior Executive Director, Investment. Jessica Koh joined Vertex Ventures in 2018 and is part of the team focusing on opportunities in SEA. Jessica has invested across consumer and enterprise…
- [Chan Yip PANG](https://www.vertexventures.sg/team-members/chan-yip-pang/) — Executive Director, Investment. Chan Yip Pang joined Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India in 2022 and primarily focuses on opportunities in Singapore and Malaysia.
- [Benedict TAN](https://www.vertexventures.sg/team-members/benedict-tan/) — Associate Director, Investment. Benedict Tan joined Vertex Ventures in 2020 and focuses on opportunities in Southeast Asia, across Fintech and Property tech sectors.
- [Jiaxi GONG](https://www.vertexventures.sg/team-members/jiaxi/) — Associate Director, Investment. Jiaxi joined Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India and focuses on early- to growth-stage investment opportunities in Southeast Asia, with an emphasis on…
- [Khushbu TOPANDASANI](https://www.vertexventures.sg/team-members/khushbu-topandasani/) — Associate Director, Investment. Khushbu Perkash Topandasani joined Vertex Ventures in 2020 and focuses on opportunities in Southeast Asia.
- [Shradha NIGAM](https://www.vertexventures.sg/team-members/shradha-nigam/) — Lead Counsel (Associate Director). Shradha Nigam who joins the Vertex Ventures SE Asia and India team as Legal Senior Associate (Investment Support) and is based in India.
- [Abhijit S GUPTA](https://www.vertexventures.sg/team-members/abhijit-s-gupta/) — Director, Investment. Abhijit S Gupta joined Vertex Ventures in 2021 and focuses on opportunities in India.
- [Rahul THAYYALAMKANDY](https://www.vertexventures.sg/team-members/rahul-thayyalamkandy/) — Director, Communications & Community. Rahul Thayyalamkandy joined the SEA/India team as the Director of Communication & Community in 2024 and is based in Singapore.
- [Rohit AGARWAL](https://www.vertexventures.sg/team-members/rohit-agarwal/) — Director, Finance. Rohit brings over 14 years of diverse experience across leading organisations such as EY, Grant Thornton, TruKKer, and BeepKart.
- [Vania Yobeli MEGHAN](https://www.vertexventures.sg/team-members/vania-yobeli-meghan/) — Director, Investment Support. Vania Yobeli Meghan is a Director of Investment Support at Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India, based in Jakarta.
- [Veenu Choudhary](https://www.vertexventures.sg/team-members/veenu-choudhary/) — Director, Investment. Veenu Choudhary joined Vertex Ventures in May 2026 and focuses on opportunities across India.
- [Darsa JHANWAR](https://www.vertexventures.sg/team-members/darsa-jhanwar/) — Senior Associate, Investment. Darsa joined Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India in 2024 and focuses on opportunities in the India market.
- [Isaac KWA](https://www.vertexventures.sg/team-members/isaac-kwa/) — Senior Associate, Investment. Isaac Kwa joined the SEA/India team as an Associate, Investment.
- [Jirapat SUVIDEJKOSOL](https://www.vertexventures.sg/team-members/jirapat-suvidejkosol/) — Senior Associate, Investment. Jirapat Suvidejkosol joined Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India in 2023 and is based in Bangkok, Thailand.
- [Alex NGUYEN](https://www.vertexventures.sg/team-members/alex-nguyen/) — Associate, Investment. Alex Nguyen joined the SEA/India team as an Associate, Investment in 2023.
- [Clarissa KARTIKA](https://www.vertexventures.sg/team-members/clarissa-kartika/) — Associate, Investment. Clarissa joined Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India in 2022 and focuses on opportunities in Indonesia.
- [Rohit Dhingra](https://www.vertexventures.sg/team-members/rohit-dhingra/) — Legal Associate, Investment Support. Rohit Dhingra joined Vertex Ventures SEA & India in 2026 as a Legal Associate, Investment Support, based in Bengaluru and reporting to Piyush.

## Portfolio — current

- [ABACUS Digital](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/abacus-digital/) (Fintech, Thailand): ABACUS digital, previously known as SCB Abacus, is the first fintech spin-off in Thailand’s banking industry, using alternative data and machine learning to enable inclusive digital lending for the underbanked.
- [Ace Turtle](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/ace-turtle/) (Enterprise, India): Ace Turtle is a technology driven SaaS platform company enabling at-scale omni-channel retail for brands focusing on optimising inventory and supply chain.
- [Acrab](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/Acrab/) (Singapore): Acrab is a technology company building agentic AI compute infrastructure for the next generation of intelligent systems.
- [Anveshan](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/anveshan/) (Consumer, India): Anveshan is a premium Indian food brand focused on bringing purity, transparency, and traditional wisdom back into everyday nourishment.
- [Aruna](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/aruna/) (Sustainability, Indonesia): Aruna is an integrated fisheries commerce platform based in Indonesia, serving the B2B domestic and export consumption of fishery products.
- [Attentive](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/attentive/) (Enterprise, India): Attentive offers a first-of-its-kind AI-based sales automation platform for the $200B+ outdoor services industry, which is used by 500+ companies, including the largest commercial landscaping companies in the…
- [Ayu Health](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/ayu-health/) (Healthtech, India): Ayu Health is a branded network of hospitals aiming to provide high quality healthcare to patients at affordable prices
- [BigEndian Semiconductors](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/bigendian-semiconductors/) (India): BigEndian is a Bangalore-based platform specializing in fabless semiconductor development.
- [Certa](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/certa/) (Enterprise, India): Certa is a comprehensive platform to manage all third parties globally, which can be personalized via a no-code studio and an open architecture with 120+ ready-made integrations.
- [ChattyBao](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/chattybao/) (Consumer, India): ChattyBao is an instant messaging shopping platform that empowers small offline merchants to provide their customers with streamlined shopping experiences over WhatsApp.
- [Coolmate](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/coolmate/) (Consumer, Vietnam): Coolmate is a Vietnamese startup focused on transforming men's fashion through a direct-to-consumer (D2C) online model.
- [Cosmart](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/cosmart/) (Consumer, Indonesia): Cosmart is a technology startup with a mission to help users save time, money and mental burden in making recurring expenditures in Indonesia.
- [DailyCo](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/dailyco/) (Consumer, Indonesia): Daily Co is a multi-brand food & beverage company that offers affordable meals across multiple cuisines.
- [Dedoco](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/dedoco/) (Enterprise, Singapore): Decentralised document management & digital signing platform.
- [dtcpay](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/dtcpay/) (Fintech, Singapore): dtcpay is a Singapore-headquartered digital payments company building a globally licensed payment network that delivers real-time settlement, competitive pricing, and premium financial services — Tomorrow's…
- [Elivaas](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/elivaas/) (Consumer, India): ELIVAAS is a leading name in the Indian hospitality industry, specialising in curating luxury villa vacations across the country’s most desirable destinations.
- [Fairatmos](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/fairatmos/) (Sustainability, Indonesia): Fairatmos is a carbon technology platform, enabling communities as project developers to develop carbon sequestration projects and companies to finance or offset in Indonesia.
- [Filmore](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/filmore/) (Healthtech, Indonesia): Filmore Women is a hub-and-spoke maternity and pediatric clinic chain serving Indonesian women and children in Tier 1 and 2 cities.
- [FORMAS.AI](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/formas-ai/) (Singapore): FORMAS.AI is the AI-native creative and design workspace for architecture, engineering, and construction.
- [FusionAP](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/fusionap/) (Malaysia): Founded in 2025, FusionAP is a Malaysia‑based advanced packaging company specializing in next‑generation semiconductor packaging technologies.
- [GreatAsic](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/greatasic/) (Malaysia): GreatAsic Technology Sdn Bhd is a Malaysia-based Custom ASIC and AI SoC Platform IC Design company specialising in hardware & software co-design, Silicon IP platform for the data center, Edge AI and automotive…
- [Hakimo](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/hakimo/) (India): Hakimo is a technology company that builds AI agents for physical security monitoring.
- [Hertzwell](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/hertzwell/) (Enterprise, Singapore): Hertzwell is a radar imaging company that facilitating the autonomous vehicle revolution by building high resolution 3D pont cloud using millimeter radar.
- [Hotelogix](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/hotelogix/) (Enterprise, India): Hotelogix is a robust cloud based property management system designed to simplify hotel operations, increase market reach, drive more bookings, and maximize revenue.
- [Hubble](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/hubble/) (Japan): Hubble is a cloud service that enhances collaboration between legal and business teams, supporting the establishment and adoption of contract operations.
- [IndiaP2P](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/indiap2p/) (Fintech, India): RBI certified Peer to Peer lending platform (NBFC-P2P).
- [IVF Access](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/ivf-access/) (Healthtech, India): IVF Access is a healthcare company setting up a chain of IVF clinics in India providing in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatments.
- [Janice Wong](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/janice-wong/) (Consumer, Singapore): Janice Wong represents sweet confectioneries pushing the boundaries of taste and innovation
- [Janio](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/janio/) (Enterprise, Singapore): Janio is a cross border logistics platform that provides end-to-end eCommerce logistics solution tailored for the SEA market.
- [K-Life](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/k-life/) (Consumer, Indonesia): K-Life is a one stop solution lifestyle store experience, combining the perfect blend of shopping and dining in one place.
- [Kapiva](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/kapiva/) (Consumer, India): Kapiva is a digital first consumer brand modernizing Ayurveda for nutrition and wellness in India.
- [Karkhana](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/karkhana/) (Enterprise, India): Karkhana is an asset light, tech-enabled B2B platform providing end to end custom manufacturing solutions digitizing manufacturing across India.
- [Kazam](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/kazam/) (Sustainability, India): Launched in 2020, Kazam is a pioneering e-mobility startup that offers device-agnostic solutions to EV charging & battery swapping operators, vehicle OEMs, fleet operators, and electricity grid companies.
- [Kissht](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/kissht/) (Fintech, India): Kissht is a fintech platform that enables instant, seamless credit for consumers at digital points of sale (online and offline).
- [Kiwi](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/kiwi/) (Consumer, Fintech, India): Founded in 2022, Kiwi is a fintech platform that pioneered the concept of Credit-on-UPI in India.
- [Koppiku](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/koppiku/) (Consumer, Malaysia): Koppiku is a home-grown coffee company that aims to make premium coffee accessible to all.
- [KukuFM](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/kukufm/) (Consumer, India): Kuku FM is the largest horizontal audio content platform in India delivering vernacular/local content across multiple categories, re-inventing the traditional radio.
- [Lenity](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/lenity/) (Healthtech, India): Lenity Health aims to offer technology and offshoring services for US healthcare, starting with Medicare which is US Government’s health insurance program for all US citizens aged 65 and above.
- [Licious](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/licious/) (Consumer, India): Licious is a farm-to-fork meat and seafood brand providing locally sourced fresh meat to customers at their doorsteps.
- [Manuva (formerly Tjetak)](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/manuva/) (Enterprise, Indonesia): Manuva, previously known as Tjetak, is a tech-based packaging platform helping businesses get the best packaging development & procurement.
- [Matchmade](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/matchmade/) (Fintech, Indonesia): Match Made is a modern reconciliation platform for enterprises.
- [matsuri technologies](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/matsuri-technologies/) (Japan): matsuri technologies is a pioneer in a new technology-driven real estate model that provides customers with cost-effective vacation rentals and homes that are completed online.
- [Metafin](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/metafin/) (Fintech, Sustainability, India): Metafin is a cleantech financing platform enabling rural India to transition from diesel to solar energy.
- [Metub](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/metub/) (Consumer, Vietnam): MeTub operates a multi-channel network (MCN) business and a brand services business, which works with social and live streaming ecommerce, where it leverages its relationships with KOLs to sell products
- [myFirst ](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/myfirst/) (Consumer, Singapore): myFirst is a Singapore-based kids' tech ecosystem that combines fun devices, safe apps, and connected services to give children a better start to technology.
- [NIUM](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/nium/) (Fintech, Singapore): Leading global payments platform to enable next-generation embedded fintech.
- [Nuuk](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/nuuk/) (Consumer, India): Nuuk is a next-generation home appliance brand with a ‘Design-first, function always’ approach to product innovation.
- [Palmonas ](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/palmonas/) (Consumer, India): Palmonas is India’s leading demi-fine jewellery brand, founded in 2022 by Pallavi Mohadikar, Amol Patwari, and Shraddha Kapoor.
- [Parentinc](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/parentinc/) (Consumer, Singapore): Parentinc.com is the largest content, community, and commerce platform (the Asianparent) for parents in Southeast Asia.
- [Patsnap](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/patsnap/) (Enterprise, Singapore): Combining millions of data points from patents, licensing, litigation and company information with non-patent literature, PatSnap provides the world's most forward-thinking organizations with an intuitive…
- [Pilgrim](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/pilgrim/) (Consumer, India): Pilgrim is a pioneering Indian beauty and personal care brand that has been dedicated to redefining beauty standards and making global beauty ingredients accessible to all Indians.
- [Pintarnya](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/pintarnya/) (Consumer, Indonesia): Pintarnya is one-stop digital platform for blue and grey collar workers to find employment opportunities in Indonesia.
- [Proactive For Her](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/proactive-for-her/) (Healthtech, India): Proactive For Her is a digital platform for women, offering accessible, personalized and confidential healthcare solutions in India.
- [Propseller](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/propseller/) (Consumer, Singapore): Propseller is Singapore’s leading tech-enabled real estate brokerage firm that supports real estate consultants by centralizing and aggregating part of the value chain in-house through standardized processes…
- [Quantified Energy](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/quantified-energy/) (Sustainability, Singapore): Quantified Energy (QE) is a Singapore-based deep-tech company dedicated to advancing solar asset performance through AI-driven inspection and analytics.
- [ReN3](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/ren3/) (Singapore): ReN3 is an Agentic A.I. Work Productivity Platform purpose-built for super secure enterprises that demand accuracy, security, and control.
- [RoomMe](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/roomme/) (Consumer, Indonesia): RoomMe is the largest virtual kost operator with thousands rooms in hundreds buildings throughout Greater Jakarta.
- [RPG Commerce](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/rpg-commerce/) (Consumer, Malaysia): RPG Commerce (RPG) is a multi-brand D2C company that launches, operates and optimizes a suite of D2C brands via a “shared backend infrastructure” approach.
- [Signzy](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/signzy/) (Enterprise, India): Signzy is a no code AI platform for financial services.
- [SIRCLO](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/sirclo/) (Consumer, Indonesia): SIRCLO provides e-commerce brands with ready-to-use templates to easily create official websites, enabling seamless online purchasing experiences.
- [Speedoc](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/speedoc/) (Healthtech, Singapore): Speedoc is a virtual clinic and hospital care provider combining physical-digital services to challenge the traditional facility-based model.
- [Spyne](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/spyne/) (India): Founded in 2020 by Sanjay Varnwal and Deepti Prasad, Spyne started as a merchandising platform serving multiple industries, including automotive, food, eCommerce, real estate, etc.
- [StoreHub](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/storehub/) (Enterprise, Malaysia): StoreHub provides a simple to use POS system that enables SMEs to manage their businesses more efficiently with real time data visualization and enable online/offline commerce.
- [Sunday](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/sunday/) (Fintech, Thailand): Sunday is a digital insurtech startup that provides general insurance to retail customers via partners and directly.
- [Synup](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/synup/) (Enterprise, India): Synup’s SaaS platform enables organizations to manage public facts across search, social, voice, connected-car ecosystems and augmented reality.
- [Tiptip](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/tiptip/) (Consumer, Indonesia): TipTip is the platform of choice for content creators to engage their audience and monetize their interactions.
- [Tortoise](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/tortoise/) (Fintech, India): Tortoise is a “save now, buy later” fintech platform in India that helps users save up for large purchases and be rewarded for it.
- [Validus Capital](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/validus-capital/) (Fintech, Singapore): Validus is a peer-to-business lending marketplace offering SME supply chain finance.
- [Wint Wealth](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/wintwealth/) (Fintech, India): Wint Wealth is a SEBI-regulated online bond platform that enables retail investors to invest in high-quality corporate bonds.
- [Wishlink ](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/wishlink/) (India): Founded in 2022 by Shaurya Gupta, Divyansh Ameta and Chandan Yadav, Wishlink is a creator commerce platform solving product & brand discovery for consumers via creators.

## Portfolio — listed

- [17 Live](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/17-live/) (Consumer, Singapore): 17 Live is a mobile application that offers live video streaming and real-time content sharing services.

## Portfolio — exited

- [Active.AI](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/active-intelligence/) (Enterprise, India): Active.ai delivers conversational banking services that helps banks redefine their future digital strategy. Acquired by Gupshup in 2022.
- [Beepkart](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/beepkart/) (Consumer, India): BeepKart is building a platform to digitize and organize the used two-wheeler market, starting with the India market.
- [Binance Singapore](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/binance/) (Fintech, Singapore): BinanceAsia stems from the globally renowned Binance Exchange, which is the world’s largest crypto asset exchange.
- [Cicil](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/cicil/) (Fintech, Indonesia): Cicil operates a financing platform for university students in Indonesia, offering wide range of products from electronics, to tuition and housing.
- [Cloud Cherry](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/cloudcherry/) (Enterprise, India): CloudCherry is the definitive Real-Time, Omni-channel customer experience management platform that helps customer-facing brands track, measure & improve customer delight – which results in better customer… Acquired by Cisco in 2019.
- [Fairbanc](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/fairbanc/) (Fintech, Indonesia): Fairbanc’s platform enables small and medium-sized enterprises to take out short-term credit to buy fast-moving consumer goods from large consumer brands.
- [FirstCry](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/firstcry/) (Consumer, India): Brainbees Solutions, doing business as FirstCry, is the leading online retailer for baby & kids products in India.
- [Flutura](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/flutura/) (Enterprise, India): Flutura Decision Sciences and Analytics is an Industrial Internet of things company that focuses on machine to machine and big data analytics serving clients from manufacturing, energy and engineering…
- [Get](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/get/) (Consumer, Singapore): SEA's leading Money App & Visa Get Card for Teens.
- [Glowroad](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/glowroad/) (Consumer, India): Glowroad is a leading social commerce platform in India that aims to disrupt the reseller-led Social Commerce market in India by providing a platform for resellers to discover a large inventory of unbranded… Acquired by Amazon in 2022.
- [Grab](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/grab/) (Consumer, Singapore): Grab (fka GrabTaxi) provides taxi & vehicle booking services through its intelligent online & smartphone platform, with an expansive operational footprint and presence throughout SouthEast Asia.
- [Gredu](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/gredu/) (Enterprise, Indonesia): Gredu is a SaaS platform that brings convenience to the day to day schooling activities to promote engagement and transparency for all user within the schooling environment.
- [Hansel.io](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/hansel-io/) (Enterprise, India): Hansel is a product ops platform that enables product teams to customize, experiment and personalize user experiences in real time, without code, at scale. Acquired by Netcore in 2020.
- [HappyFresh](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/happyfresh/) (Consumer, Indonesia): HappyFresh, headquartered in Indonesia, is a mobile-first hyper-local online groceries marketplace that operates with zero-inventory.
- [HouseJoy](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/housejoy/) (Consumer, India): HouseJoy is India’s leading Home Services marketplace providing on-demand residential services such as plumbing, electrical, cleaning, beauty, laundry, appliance repair, automotive, among others.
- [ISE Foods](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/ise-foods/) (Sustainability, Singapore): Singapore's largest high-tech egg production farm.
- [OMO](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/omo/) (Fintech, Singapore): Bringing Crypto to Mainstreet in Southeast Asia.
- [Onato](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/onato/) (Sustainability, India): Onato, headquartered in India, is a data-driven B2B platform linking suppliers of fresh agri-commodities with distributors and enabling transparent and timely commission-based transactions between them.
- [PayFazz](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/payfazz/) (Fintech, Indonesia): Payfazz is a mobile application that enables branchless banking through the creation of a distributed network of agents, who can perform financial transactions on behalf of the unbanked and underbanked…
- [RateS](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/rates/) (Consumer, Indonesia, Singapore): RateS is a reseller-led social commerce platform catering to Indonesia’s underserved retail markets in Tier II/ III cities.
- [Recko](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/recko/) (Fintech, India): Recko streamlines reconciliation flow in the transaction lifecycle and provides accurate gains for fast-growing businesses.
- [Reebonz](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/reebonz/) (Consumer, Singapore): Reebonz is the leading company in online & member-exclusive private sales for luxury fashion merchandise in Asia Pacific.
- [ReturnKey](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/returnkey/) (Enterprise, Indonesia): ReturnKey is a tech and data-enabled recommerce platform to consolidate and streamline overstocked, surplus branded goods, before selling the products in offline bin/ "treasure-hunting" stores.
- [SDiX](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/sdix/) (Fintech, Singapore): SDiX (Singapore Diamond Investment Exchange) is the world’s first commodities exchange in physically settled diamonds, utilising proven exchange technology to create a new marketplace for the global diamond…
- [SoCash](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/socash/) (Fintech, Singapore): SoCash builds Virtual ATM and digital cash management platforms by connecting banks to offline merchant. Acquired by NIUM in 2022.
- [Spacemob](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/spacemob/) (Enterprise, Singapore): Spacemob builds foundations for businesses by providing space, technology, and connections. Acquired by WeWork in 2017.
- [Threado](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/threado/) (Enterprise, India): Threado is the command center for your online community.
- [Turnkey Lender](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/turnkey-lender/) (Fintech, Singapore): Turnkey offers an affordable, end-to-end bank grade solution with “out-of-the-box” modules to aid lending, decision making and risk mitigation solutions for lending providers.
- [Warung Pintar](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/warung-pintar/) (Consumer, Indonesia): Warung Pintar operates a Warung as a Service (WaaS) business with the aim of digitizing Indonesia’s prevalent traditional retail business. Acquired by Sirclo in 2022.
- [XpressBees](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/xpressbees/) (Enterprise, India): Xpressbees Logistics is one of the largest service providers dedicated to the Ecommerce logistics space in India, operating in over 300 cities and enabling industry-leading delivery services for all of the…
- [Yatra](https://www.vertexventures.sg/projects/yatra/) (Consumer, India): Yatra.com is one of India’s leading OTA (online travel agency), also serving its userbase with a proprietary travel search engine – it provides advanced booking capabilities for flights, hotels, and popular…

## Recent news

The 30 most recent articles. The complete archive — over 500 articles — is browsable at [News](https://www.vertexventures.sg/news/) and listed in the [sitemap](https://www.vertexventures.sg/sitemap-index.xml).

- [What’s stopping Asia’s chip makers from taking on Nvidia?](https://www.vertexventures.sg/news/what-s-stopping-asia-s-chip-makers-from-taking-on-nvidia-/) (2026-08-14)
- [AI for life science: Queen’s Gambit or fool’s wager?](https://www.vertexventures.sg/news/ai-for-life-science-queen-s-gambit-or-fool-s-wager-bt/) (2026-08-11)
- [AI startup Acrab raises $130m in Vertex-backed Series B funding](https://www.vertexventures.sg/news/ai-startup-acrab-raises-130m-in-vertex-backed-series-b-funding/) (2026-08-07)
- [The ₹500 Cr Startup Making Ayurveda Work Like Modern Medicine | Ameve Sharma, Kapiva](https://www.vertexventures.sg/news/the-indianrupee500-cr-startup-making-ayurveda-work-like-modern-medicine/) (2026-08-06)
- [Kissht Q1 Profit Surges 59% YoY To ₹95 Cr](https://www.vertexventures.sg/news/kissht-q1-operating-revenue-rises-45-on-higher-loan-disbursements/) (2026-07-30)
- [The advanced packaging race](https://www.vertexventures.sg/news/the-advanced-packaging-race/) (2026-07-20)
- [Nium acquires Cypher, expanding its fiat-to-on-chain money movement infrastructure](https://www.vertexventures.sg/news/nium-acquires-cypher-expanding-its-fiat-to-on-chain-money-movement-infrastructure/) (2026-07-15)
- [Kissht parent's AUM tops Rs 8,000 crore in Q1](https://www.vertexventures.sg/news/kissht-parent-s-aum-tops-rs-8-000-crore-in-q1/) (2026-07-13)
- [Hakimo, Leader in Physical AI, Secures $12M Round to Reach $32M in Total Funding](https://www.vertexventures.sg/news/hakimo-leader-in-physical-ai-secures-12m-round-to-reach-32m-in-total-funding/) (2026-07-09)
- [MIDA-GreatAsic value chain programme highlights strategic semiconductor collaboration](https://www.vertexventures.sg/news/mida-greatasic-value-chain-programme-highlights-strategic-semiconductor-collaboration/) (2026-07-08)
- [The Parting Shot | What Shark Tank Never Showed Me](https://www.vertexventures.sg/news/the-parting-shot-what-shark-tank-never-showed-me/) (2026-07-02)
- [Reconciling messy financial data across disconnected systems](https://www.vertexventures.sg/news/reconciling-messy-financial-data-across-disconnected-systems/) (2026-06-30)
- [Beyond the assembly line – Can Malaysia climb the semiconductor value chain?](https://www.vertexventures.sg/news/beyond-the-assembly-line-can-malaysia-climb-the-semiconductor-value-chain-/) (2026-06-29)
- [Meet the VVSEAI Team: Veenu](https://www.vertexventures.sg/news/-vvseai-veenu/) (2026-06-25)
- [This startup makes stablecoin transactions usable for retail](https://www.vertexventures.sg/news/this-startup-makes-stablecoin-transactions-usable-for-retail/) (2026-06-23)
- [How Sirclo dodged bankruptcy twice to find financial stability](https://www.vertexventures.sg/news/how-sirclo-dodged-bankruptcy-twice-to-find-financial-stability/) (2026-06-22)
- [Acrab Secures over US$350 Million in Financing to Advance Agentic AI Compute Infrastructure](https://www.vertexventures.sg/news/acrab-secures-over-us-350-million-in-financing-to-advance-agentic-ai-compute-infrastructure/) (2026-06-18)
- [Vertex Views 2026](https://www.vertexventures.sg/news/vertex-views-2026/) (2026-06-16)
- [VVSEAI's Podcast: Hard Truths by Vertex](https://www.vertexventures.sg/news/podcast/) (2026-06-15)
- [Due Diligence Column in The Business Times](https://www.vertexventures.sg/news/bt/) (2026-06-15)
- [Almost Bankrupt Twice. Profitable After 13 Years. | Brian Marshal, SIRCLO](https://www.vertexventures.sg/news/Podcast-with-Brian-Marshal/) (2026-06-12)
- [GreatAsic Technology Raises US$6.9 Million Led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India as Malaysia Moves from Chip Assembly to Chip Design](https://www.vertexventures.sg/news/greatasic-technology-raises-us-6-9-million-led-by-vertex-ventures-southeast-asia-india-as-malaysia-moves-from-chip-assembly-to-chip-design/) (2026-06-10)
- [Unicorn patent intelligence platform PatSnap harnesses GenAI and customer needs for growth](https://www.vertexventures.sg/news/unicorn-patent-intelligence-platform-patsnap-harnesses-genai-and-customer-needs-for-growth/) (2026-06-09)
- [Quantified Energy Completes First Inverter-Fed Autonomous Drone EL Inspection on U.S. Soil at Acciona Energía’s 458 MWp Red-Tailed Hawk Solar Power Plant](https://www.vertexventures.sg/news/quantified-energy-completes-first-inverter-fed-autonomous-drone-el-inspection-on-u-s-soil-at-acciona-energia-s-458-mwp-red-tailed-hawk-solar-power-plant/) (2026-06-09)
- [Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India’s Puiyan Leung on start-up survival](https://www.vertexventures.sg/news/vertex-ventures-southeast-asia-and-india-s-puiyan-leung-on-start-up-survival/) (2026-06-04)
- [The insider: VC backers of early-stage ventures like dtcpay aim to capitalize on the growth of stablecoins](https://www.vertexventures.sg/news/the-insider-vc-backers-of-early-stage-ventures-like-dtcpay-aim-to-capitalize-on-the-growth-of-stablecoins/) (2026-06-02)
- [Anveshan raises ₹150 crore in Series B round led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India](https://www.vertexventures.sg/news/anveshan-raises-indianrupee150-crore-in-series-b-round-led-by-vertex-ventures-southeast-asia-india/) (2026-06-01)
- [Nium and Circle to Connect USDC Settlement With Local Payouts Across 190 Countries](https://www.vertexventures.sg/news/nium-and-circle-to-connect-usdc-settlement-with-local-payouts-across-190-countries/) (2026-05-29)
- [An Afternoon with Vertex Ventures SE Asia and India and Google Cloud: When Your Customer Isn't Human: Founders on the Agentic Shift](https://www.vertexventures.sg/news/an-afternoon-with-vertex-ventures-se-asia-and-india-and-google-cloud-when-your-customer-isn-t-human-founders-on-the-agentic-shift/) (2026-05-23)
- [South-east Asia has never produced an enterprise software giant. AI might change that.](https://www.vertexventures.sg/news/south-east-asia-has-never-produced-an-enterprise-software-giant-ai-might-change-that-/) (2026-05-18)

## Vertex global network

- [Vertex Holdings](https://www.vertexholdings.com): The parent platform behind the Vertex network of venture capital funds.
- [Vertex Ventures US](https://www.vvus.com)
- [Vertex Ventures China](https://vertexventures.cn/)
- [Vertex Ventures Israel](https://www.vertexventures.co.il/)
- [Vertex Ventures Japan](https://vertexventures.jp/en)
- [Vertex Ventures HC](https://www.vertexventureshc.com/): Healthcare — biotech and medtech.
- [Vertex Growth](https://vertexgrowth.com/): Growth-stage fund.

## Optional

- [Sitemap](https://www.vertexventures.sg/sitemap-index.xml): Machine-readable index of all published pages.
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/vertex-ventures-se-asia-india/): Firm updates and announcements.
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/vertexventures_seai/)
- [Medium blog](https://medium.com/vertexventures): Long-form writing from the Vertex Ventures network.