Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in high-growth technology startups across Southeast Asia and India. It is part of the Vertex Global Network, backed by Vertex Holdings (a Temasek subsidiary), and has invested in more than 90 startups at the seed, Series A, and Series B stages.
Average disclosed round size is $26.2M (across 18 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
18
Fund Size
$541M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
1
Team
Joo Hock CHUA
Managing Partner
Kee Lock CHUA
Managing Partner
Nikhil MARWAHA
Partner, Investment
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
21 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 GreatAsic | Series A | $6.9M | Jan 2026 |
| KKarkhana | Series A | $6.3M | Jan 2024 |
| FFairatmos | Seed | $4.5M | Dec 2022 |
 Propseller | Series A | $12M | Aug 2022 |
 Licious | Series F | $150M | Mar 2022 |
 Kapiva | Series D | $60M | Jan 2022 |
 Aruna | Series A | $35M | Jul 2021 |
 Validus | Series B | $20M | May 2020 |
| Licious | Series E | $30M | Dec 2019 |
 Kazam | Series A | $8M | — |
 Ace Turtle | Series B | $34M | — |
 Elivaas | Series B | $10.4M | — |
 Threado | Seed | $3.1M | — |
 Wishlink | Series B | $17.5M | — |
| AAnveshan | Series B | — | — |
| Licious | Growth | — | — |
 Rezolv AI Technology Solutions Pvt Ltd | Series A | $12.5M | — |
| AAdret Retail Pvt | Series D | $57M | — |
| KKarkhana | Seed | $1.5M | — |
 Onato | Seed | $2.2M | — |
| MMatsuri | Series D | — | — |
Top Co-Investors
India Quotient9 shared
Vertex Growth Fund7 shared
3one4 Capital7 shared
British International Investment4 shared
Bertelsmann India Investments3 shared
360 ONE Asset2 shared
Corazon Capital1 shared
Iterative1 shared
Partech Africa1 shared
Redbadge Pacific1 shared
Vulpes1 shared
Hustle Fund1 shared
Banana Capital1 shared
Alteria Capital1 shared
J-Ventures1 shared
Openspace Capital1 shared
FMO1 shared
AddVenture1 shared
A.Capital Ventures1 shared
Last updated: 8 September 2026