Vertex Ventures SEA & India

Stage focus

Seed

Primary sector

Consumer Internet & Marketplaces

City

Bengaluru

HQ / office

HQ: 250 North Bridge Road, #11-01 Raffles City Tower, Singapore 179101. India offices: (Bangalore) The Leela Palace Colonnade, 23 HAL Old Airport Road, 7th Floor, Bangalore 560008; (Gurugram) Unit 617, Corporatedge, Level 6, Wing B, Two Horizon Centre, Golf Course Rd, DLF Phase 5, Sector 43, Gurugram, Haryana 122002.

Investments on record

90

Corpus (as reported)

~USD 1.5 billion under management (firm-stated on official site); latest vehicle Fund V closed at USD 541M in Sept 2023 (exceeding USD 450M target), ~80% larger than 2019's Fund IV.

Website

vertexventures.sg

LinkedIn

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Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India (VVSEAI) is an early-stage, sector-agnostic venture capital firm investing across Southeast Asia and India, and is part of the Vertex global network whose holding company (Vertex Holdings) became a full subsidiary of Singapore's Temasek Holdings in 2004. It operates from Singapore with India offices in Bangalore and Gurugram, plus offices in Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam. Key partners include Managing Partner Ben Mathias (leads India) and Managing Partner Chua Joo Hock; it manages ~USD 1.5B with its latest Fund V (USD 541M) closed in Sept 2023.

Early-stage (seed / Series A-B), sector-agnostic; concentration in consumer internet, enterprise tech/SaaS, fintech, healthtech/digital health, mobility, and sustainability. Geographic focus: Southeast Asia and India.

Not formally disclosed; early-stage seed and Series A/B focus (typically low-single-digit to ~USD 10M+ cheques)

As compiled from public sources — verify with the investor.

Registration category not stated — reported as “Major VC”

None found from Indian government — no SIDBI FFS / Indian state govt LP verified. Govt-linked/DFI LPs are non-Indian: Japan Investment Corporation (JIC), IFC, and DEG (German DFI), plus sovereign wealth funds, in Fund V. (Parent Vertex Holdings is a Temasek/Singapore-govt-linked group.)

Grab; Nium; FirstCry; XpressBees; Licious; PatSnap; KukuFM; Kissht; Ayu Health; Pilgrim

8 investing partners, ~22 investing staff (total team across 6 offices); led by Managing Partners Ben Mathias and Chua Joo Hock

Managed by Vertex Ventures SEA Management Pte. Ltd. (Singapore); part of Vertex global network (Temasek-linked); multi-fund (Fund I-V); SE Asia + India strategy with India team in Bangalore/Gurgaon investing via the Singapore-domiciled fund vehicles

What does Vertex Ventures SEA & India invest in?

Early-stage (seed / Series A-B), sector-agnostic; concentration in consumer internet, enterprise tech/SaaS, fintech, healthtech/digital health, mobility, and sustainability. Geographic focus: Southeast Asia and India.

What cheque size does Vertex Ventures SEA & India write?

As compiled from public sources: Not formally disclosed; early-stage seed and Series A/B focus (typically low-single-digit to ~USD 10M+ cheques)

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VC fund (Cat II)

021 Capital Trust

Seed · IT / SaaS / Enterprise Software · Bengaluru

USD ~1 Mn (below USD 1 Mn per cheque; up to USD 2 Mn reported for earlier fund); INR ~8-16 CrContact on file

VC fund (Cat II)

247VC Investment Trust

Seed · Deep Tech (AI/ML/Robotics) · Mumbai

INR 4-5 Cr at seed, with follow-on appetiteContact on file

Family office

2am VC

Pre-seed / Idea · Consumer Internet & Marketplaces · Bengaluru

Pre-seed to seed; ~USD 100K-1M initial cheques (instruments: iSafe, SAFE, convertible notes, priced rounds); 60% initial / 40% follow-onContact on file

VC fund (Cat I)

3ONE4CAPITAL TRUST

Seed · IT / SaaS / Enterprise Software · Bengaluru

Early-stage (seed to Series A); per-cheque range not disclosed on siteContact on file

VC fund (Cat I)

888vc Accelerator Fund

Seed · Deep Tech (AI/ML/Robotics) · Bengaluru

INR 2-4 Cr average; first cheques up to USD 500K (Seed to Pre-Series A)Contact on file

VC / investor (non-AIF or offshore)

8X Ventures

Seed · Deep Tech (AI/ML/Robotics) · Noida

Initial cheques INR 2-5 Cr each; up to ~INR 20 Cr total per startup including follow-ons (Fund II)Contact on file

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• ⚑ SOVEREIGN-LINKED PARENT: Vertex is part of the Vertex Holdings global network, which became a full subsidiary of Temasek Holdings (an investment company owned by the Government of Singapore) in 2004 — i.e., state ownership at the parent level, though VVSEAI invests private institutional fund capital and operates as an independent commercial VC. ADDITIONAL: Fund V's LP base includes development finance institutions as limited partners (IFC/World Bank arm and Germany's DEG, plus Japan Investment Corporation) — these are LP backers, not controllers. No fraud, rebrand, or name-collision issues found; official domain vertexventures.com redirects to the genuine vertexventures.sg site.

Compiled from public sources as of 2026-07. iHub India lists investors neutrally and does not endorse, rank, or verify investment terms — confirm all details directly with the investor before transacting.

Sources: https://www.vertexventures.sg/; https://www.vertexventures.sg/news/vvseai-investment-vertex-ventures-sea-and-india-raises-541m-fifth-fund/