# Ben Mathias

> Ben Mathias is a Series A investor at Vertex Ventures (Bengaluru) backing Software and SaaS. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Vertex Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vertex-ventures)
- Location: Bengaluru, India
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 59%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathiasben
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ben_mathias
- Website: https://x.com/ben_mathias

Ben Mathias is a Managing Partner at Vertex Ventures.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 24% |
| SaaS | 3 | 18% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 18% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 18% |
| Travel | 2 | 12% |

31 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 6 | 35% |
| Seed | 2 | 12% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 12% |
| Series D | 1 | 6% |
| Series E | 1 | 6% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 8 | 47% |
| United States | 2 | 12% |
| Singapore | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BigEndian | BigEndian is a platform for fabless semiconductor development in surveillance vertical. | $6M | Seed | May 06, 2026 |  |
| BigEndian | BigEndian is a platform for fabless semiconductor development in surveillance vertical. | $3M | Seed | Sep 03, 2024 |  |
| IVF Access | IVF Access is a healthcare company which is setting up clinics in India providing in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatments. | $5M | Series A | Jun 04, 2020 |  |
| Active.ai | Active.Ai has built an advanced, proprietary conversational AI platform that can be easily deployed for financial institutions, insurance companies and capital markets. Triniti, their artificial intelligence engine, has been built to create meaningful, intuitive engagement for the end user across multiple apertures like messaging, voice and IOTdevices. Built from the ground up to specifically meet the needs of financial institutions, insurance companies and capital markets—utilizing Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing and Natural Language Generation—Triniti has an industry context that is unmatched for intuitive connection with the end user. Moreover, this solution is underpinned with the knowledge and expertise of an executive team with over 60 years of senior-level industry experience, and the deep understanding of the strategic and operational challenges their clients are working to address. Active.ai is arriving just in time for financial institutions, insurance companies and capital markets who are evolving quickly to remain relevant to changing customer expectations. Using advanced conversational AI, we see an exciting opportunity to create a natural dialogue and more meaningful connections with people in their everyday micro-conversations. | $3M | Series A | Jun 12, 2019 |  |
| Hotelogix | Hotelogix is the WORLD's EASIEST SYSTEM to get started with. Just take the trial now, and you will be amazed with simplicity of their unique sign-up process that will let you setup your property ;for a full blown trial; in less than 10 minutes flat. You will experience a revolutionary system that is well suited for independent hotels, hotelchains, resorts, inns, lodges, bed & breakfast, and other mid sized hospitality setups. Further, based on Software as a Service, Hotelogix presents a simple pay-as-you-go option that lets you start enjoying its benefits without the prohibitive upfront deposits, and absolutely no additional cost of infrastructure. | $5M |  | Mar 06, 2018 |  |
| Active.ai | Active.Ai has built an advanced, proprietary conversational AI platform that can be easily deployed for financial institutions, insurance companies and capital markets. Triniti, their artificial intelligence engine, has been built to create meaningful, intuitive engagement for the end user across multiple apertures like messaging, voice and IOTdevices. Built from the ground up to specifically meet the needs of financial institutions, insurance companies and capital markets—utilizing Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing and Natural Language Generation—Triniti has an industry context that is unmatched for intuitive connection with the end user. Moreover, this solution is underpinned with the knowledge and expertise of an executive team with over 60 years of senior-level industry experience, and the deep understanding of the strategic and operational challenges their clients are working to address. Active.ai is arriving just in time for financial institutions, insurance companies and capital markets who are evolving quickly to remain relevant to changing customer expectations. Using advanced conversational AI, we see an exciting opportunity to create a natural dialogue and more meaningful connections with people in their everyday micro-conversations. | $8.3M | Series A | Nov 13, 2017 |  |
| Synup | Synup's automated platform managed facts about businesses at scale. The company's technology powers the data layer for popular services including Google Search, Apple's Siri, Microsoft's Cortana, Here Maps, Facebook, Whatsapp and Amazon Alexa. | $6M | Series A | Sep 24, 2017 |  |
| Ace Turtle Omni Pvt Ltd | Ace turtle is a vertically integrated tech platform disrupting retail through technology. It’s at the forefront of new-age commerce bringing efficiency and scalability through the digital transformation of traditional Brands and Retailers. Ace turtle, with its proprietary platform – Rubicon, integrates online and offline retail channels enhancingefficiency and scalability through omnichannel transformation by intelligent use of data. Rubicon is used by large Global Brands as a SAAS Platform and is also leveraged by ace turtle for its licensed Brands portfolio. Its Licensed Brands portfolio includes long-term licenses of marquee brands Lee, Wrangler, Toys"R"Us, and Babies"R"Us.For more information please click on www.aceturtle.com | $5M | Series A | May 08, 2017 |  |
| Flutura | Flutura is an AI Solutions company focused on improving two core business objectives of "Asset Uptime" and "Operational Efficiency". Flutura does this with Cerebra, their AI Platform tuned for IIOT in Oil & Gas, Process Manufacturing, and Heavy machinery manufacturing industries, powering connected asset and connectedoperations use cases. | $7.5M | Series A | Feb 13, 2017 |  |
| FirstCry | FirstCry is an online portal for baby products and toys. They have over 20000+ items from 250+ top International and Indian brands like Mattel, Ben10, Pigeon, Funskool, Hotwheels, Nuby, Farlin, Medela, Pampers, Disney, Barbie, Gerber, Zapak, Mee Mee, and so on.The company provides best of the products and brands at the best prices with qualityonline shopping experience, fast and reliable delivery service, and a prompt customer care. FirstCry was founded in 2010 and is based in Pune, India. | $34M | Series D | Oct 17, 2016 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vertex-ventures-southeast-asia-india) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [Chiratae Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/idg-ventures-india) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Valiant Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/valiant-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [SAIF Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saif-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [CE Innovation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/creditease-fintech-investment-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Elevation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elevation-capital-6e8a) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Vertex Ventures

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

Vertex Ventures is a global network of operator-investors who manage portfolios in the U.S., China, Israel, India and Southeast Asia. The firm is a trusted partner to some of the world’s most innovative entrepreneurs, supporting them with unmatched operating experience and deep access to the capital, talent, partners and customers they need tobuild truly global businesses.

5 contacts available at Vertex Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aviad Ariel | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aviad-ariel |
| Hanming Wang | Senior Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hanming-wang-4337 |
| Jeff Chang | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeff-chang-tw |
| Kanika Mayar | Partner, Investment | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kanika-mayar |
| Puiyan Leung | Partner, Investment | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/puiyan-leung-70f9 |

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## FAQ

### What does Ben Mathias invest in?

Ben Mathias invests primarily in Software, SaaS and E-Commerce startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 17 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ben Mathias last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ben Mathias closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 17 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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