FOF/VC  Vertex Ventures

http://www.vertexventures.com/





     Office Locations:

345 S. California Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Phone: 650-285-5224

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Stages:

  • Early
  • Expansion
  • Growth
  • Seed


 

Industries:

  • Communications & Networking
  • Energy & Clean Tech
  • Information Technology
  • Life Sciences & Healthcare
  • Semiconductor
  • Software & Internet

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    Description:

    Vertex Venture Holdings is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings, investing in emerging companies and leading venture capital funds throughout Greater Asia and the U.S. Founded in 1988, Vertex has invested in more than 350 start-up companies in the Pan Pacific and other regions, managed 14 funds, achieved 82 IPOs, 76 M&As and deployed over $1 billion in capital. Vertex maintains offices in Singapore, Beijing (China), Taipei (Taiwan), Chennai (India) and Silicon Valley. Vertex also invested in 2 co-managed funds ($80 million) and 86 third-party venture funds. The firm's investment stages range from seed to mezzanine deals with the size of each investment between $1 million to $20 million. Investments span worldwide in the following industries: Clean Technology, Communications, Consumer & Services, Electronics & Semiconductors, Healthcare, and Software/Internet/Media. Investing as a limited partner, the firm seeks primary fund opportunities in emerging leaders, aiming to commit up to $30 million as a strategic or anchor investor. The firm has created over $6 billion in enterprise value.



    Investment Firm Key

       VC = Venture Capital
       PE = Private Equity
       A = Angel
       I = Incubator
       MB = Merchant Bank
       VD = Venture Debt
       FI = Family Investment Office
       FOF = Fund of Funds
       ED = Economic Development Office   
       TT = Technology Transfer Office
       CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
       SEC = Secondary Purchaser
       HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)
    No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    Revenue
    Growth Stage
    (also called Mid-stage)
    $2M-$7M
    Expansion Stage
    (also called Late-stage)
    $7M and greater
    Private Equity
    Lower Middle Market$10M-$249M
    Middle Market$250M-$499M
    Upper Middle Market$500M-$1B
    Large Cap>$1B
       
       
     

    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
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    Ben Mathias Managing Partner
    Carmen Yuen Partner
    Chua Joo Hock Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer
    Chua Kee Lock Group President and CEO
    Domenic Perri Partner

     

    Recent Funding Events (trailing 12 months):


      Date


      Name


      State


      Amount


      Stage


      04/15/2024


      Dot Compliance


      AZ


      $17,500,000


      Series B Extension


      02/21/2024


      Orkes


      CA


      $20,000,000


      


      02/01/2024


      LightBeam.ai


      CA


      $17,800,000


      Series A


      09/07/2023


      Certa


      CA


      $35,000,000


      Series B


      07/10/2023


      SpyGlass Pharma


      CA


      $90,000,000


      Series C


      05/24/2023


      ElevateBio


      MA


      $401,000,000


      Series D


     

    Portfolio companies include:


      Allay Therapeutics


      Astound


      Axonius
        web link


      BlackThorn Therapeutics
        web link


      Boundless Bio
        web link


      Certa
        web link


      Correlsense
        web link


      Cosmonic
        web link


      Cyberhaven


      DataRails
        web link


      DBmaestro
        web link


      Dor


      Dot Compliance
        web link


      ElevateBio
        web link


      Elevation Oncology
        web link


      Epirium Bio
        web link


      Evisort


      Fyde
        web link


      GrowthSpace
        web link


      Guesty
        web link


      Hedvig
        web link


      Indegy


      Interana
        web link


      Ivantis
        web link


      Joonko
        web link


      KSOC
        web link


      LaunchDarkly
        web link


      LeaseLock


      LightBeam.ai
        web link


      Loris


      Nuvaira
        web link


      Obsidian Therapeutics
        web link


      Orkes
        web link


      OwnBackup
        web link


      Palleon Pharmaceuticals
        web link


      Perfecto Mobile
        web link


      PerimeterX
        web link


      Pronto Technology
        web link


      Sayata
        web link


      SES
        web link


      SiteAware
        web link


      SonoThera
        web link


      Spotinist
        web link


      SpyGlass Pharma
        web link


      Taranis
        web link


      Testlio


      TORL BioTherapeutics


      Tulip Manufacturing
        web link


      Upsolver


      Valtix
        web link


      Verbit
        web link


      Very Good Security


      Vintra
        web link


      Visterra
        web link


      Yotpo
        web link


      ZEPL
        web link


     

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