Vertex Ventures — 2026 Investments

Anveshan sells farm-sourced food staples direct to consumers, including A2 cow and buffalo ghee, Khapli (emmer) wheat atta, and high-protein multigrain flours.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceFoodTechBengaluru, IN

Aayushi Khandelwal(Founder)inAKAkhil Kansal(Founder)inKPKuldeep Parewa(Founder)in

Co-investorsLOLok CapitalMAMars Shot VenturesTITitan CapitalVEVertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.WEWe Founder Circle Global Angels FundINInternational Finance Corporation

Bangalore-based fabless semiconductor development platform focused on high-performance integrated circuits and microprocessors.

Bengaluru, IN

DADinesh Annayya(Founder)inRenuka Prasad(Founder)in

Co-investorsIAIAN GroupVEVertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.IVIvyCap Ventures

Cyberhaven provides data detection and response (DDR) software that helps security teams investigate incidents involving data exfiltration and insider threats by reconstructing the complete timeline and context of user actions and data movements.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software

VKVolodymyr Kuznetsov(Founder)inCristian Zamfir(Founder)George Candea(Founder)Radu Banabic(Founder)Vitaly Chipounov(Founder)NDNishant Doshi(CEO)in

Co-investorsCOCollective LiquidityCRCrane Venture PartnersCYCyber Mentor FundFOForgePoint CapitalLALaunchBay CapitalRERedpoint Ventures+9 more

GALY develops biocrafted alternatives to conventionally extracted materials like cocoa and cotton, positioning grown products as sustainable replacements for industries reliant on extractive supply chains.

AgTechBiotechCircular EconomyFoodTechNew MaterialsBoston, US

LBLuciano Bueno(Founder)inAmancio Ortega. Known for(Founder)Tim Draper(Founder)

BoardCRCarmichael Roberts(Director)inRPRyan Panchadsaram(Director)

Co-investorsAGAgronomicsARArtesianBABabel VenturesBRBreakthrough Energy VenturesBRBrincMAMaterial Impact+19 more

Malaysia-based custom ASIC and AI SoC platform IC design company for data center and Edge AI applications.

Penang, MY

Co-investorsAEAEF Greater Bay Area FundGOGobi PartnersVEVertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.

Hakimo provides AI-based live security monitoring that acts as a remote alternative to on-site night security guards.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwarePropTechSaaSSan Francisco, US

SHSagar Honnungar(Co-founder)inSJSam Joseph(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsDEDefy PartnersNENeotribe VenturesRORocketship.vcVEVertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.ZIZigg Capital

LaunchDarkly provides a feature management platform that enables development teams to release code changes safely through feature flags, detect production issues in real time, and run experiments without redeploying applications.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSaaSOakland, US

EHEdith Harbaugh(Founder)inJohn Kodumal(Founder)in

Co-investors50500 GlobalALAlchemist AcceleratorBEBessemer Venture PartnersBLBloomberg BetaCECervinCHChemistry+14 more

Locus provides payment infrastructure and financial access controls for autonomous AI agents, enabling them to purchase API services, compute resources, and tools within programmable spending rules.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSan Francisco, US

CDCole Dermott(CEO)inEliot Lee(Founder)inGeet Garg(Founder)Nishith Rastogi(Founder)

Co-investorsEXExfinity VenturesQUQualcomm VenturesSPSpot VCY Y CombinatorBLBlume VenturesCRCrit Ventures+7 more

Olix develops a novel compute architecture integrating SRAM with photonics to enable more efficient AI model deployment, addressing throughput, cost, and latency limitations of current GPU memory systems.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSemiconductorsLondon, GB

JDJames Dacombe(Founder)in

Co-investorsBABackedCRCrane Venture PartnersFOFounder CollectiveHUHummingbird VenturesLOLocalGlobePHPhoenix Court+6 more

Onshore provides tax and R&D credit advisory services for engineers, farmers, and manufacturers.

AgTechEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York City, US

DVDominic Vitucci(Founder)inMark AndrusSNScott Nguyen(Engineering)inAnthony DiFalco(Head of Product)Jake Moross(Director)Lon O'Connor(Vice President of Sales)

Co-investorsCOCounterpart VenturesFIFinancial Venture StudioFPFPVPIPioneerPRPruVen Capital PartnersRERestive Ventures+8 more

ReN3 is a platform combining AI agents, knowledge management, and governance for enterprise automation and intelligent work.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsVEVertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.

Supernova is an AI-powered mobile app focused on teaching spoken English through daily personalized lessons, translation practice from the learner's native language, and conversations with an AI tutor called Nova.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerEdTechEnergyBengaluru, IN

NKNawin Krishna(Founder)inBernard Kiesel(CFO)Christopher Bridwell(President CEO)Arthur Bankston(COO)

Co-investorsKAKae CapitalVEVerlinvest

Wint Wealth is a SEBI-registered online bond platform that lets retail investors buy corporate and other debt securities offering fixed returns.

FintechBengaluru, IN

Anshul Gupta(Founder)inAAAditya Anand(CEO)inAKAjinkya Kulkarni(Founder)inAPAbhik Patel(Founder)inSCShashank Chimaladari(Founder)inSruthi Sivakumar(Founder)

Co-investorsALAll In CapitalARArkam VenturesBEBetter CapitalCACapria VenturesFIFirst ChequeFUFundamentum+7 more

Wishlink is a platform that lets social media creators share shoppable product recommendations from their fashion, beauty, and lifestyle content and monetize it, while helping their audiences shop items seen in creator videos.

Creator EconomyE-commerceMarketing TechSocialGurugram, IN

CYChandan Yadav(Founder)inDADivyansh Ameta(Founder)inShaurya Gupta(Founder)in

Co-investorsELElevation CapitalTRTrifecta Capital AdvisorsVEVertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.FUFundamentum