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 $22.9M (across 40 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
31
Fund Size
$541M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
2
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
42 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Wishlink | Series B | $17.5M | Feb 2026 |
 Karkhana.io | Series A | $6.3M | Jan 2026 |
 MyFirst | Series A | $8M | Jan 2026 |
 GreatAsic | Series A | $6.9M | Jan 2026 |
 Ace Turtle | Series B | $34M | Dec 2025 |
 Kazam | Series B | $6.2M | Jun 2025 |
 Metafin | Series A | $10M | Apr 2025 |
| Kazam | Series A | $8M | Jan 2025 |
 Validus | Unknown | $50M | Sep 2024 |
| Metafin | Series A | $10M | Apr 2024 |
| KKarkhana | Series A | $6.3M | Jan 2024 |
| Karkhana.io | Series A | $6.3M | Jan 2024 |
 Certa | Series B | $50M | Jan 2023 |
| FFairatmos | Seed | $4.5M | Dec 2022 |
 Speedoc | Series A | $28M | Nov 2022 |
| SStoreHub | Series B | $13.5M | Sep 2022 |
 Propseller | Series A | $12M | Aug 2022 |
| DDailybox Group | Series B | $24M | Jun 2022 |
 Licious | Series F | $150M | Mar 2022 |
 Kapiva | Series D | $60M | Jan 2022 |
| Licious | Growth | $150M | Jan 2022 |
 ChattyBao | Seed | $5M | Jan 2022 |
 Aruna | Series A | $35M | Jul 2021 |
| KKarkhana | Seed | $1.5M | Jan 2021 |
| Karkhana.io | Seed | $1.5M | Jan 2021 |
Page 1 of 2
Top Co-Investors
India Quotient19 shared
Vertex Growth Fund13 shared
3one4 Capital10 shared
Bertelsmann India Investments5 shared
Susquehanna Asia Venture Capital4 shared
British International Investment4 shared
Hustle Fund2 shared
FMO2 shared
360 ONE Asset2 shared
Endeavor2 shared
InnoVen Capital2 shared
Norwest Venture Partners2 shared
500 Global2 shared
Hyphen Capital2 shared
Corazon Capital1 shared
Iterative1 shared
Partech Africa1 shared
Redbadge Pacific1 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026