# Flex

> Flex is a VC fund in Singapore backing Computer and Software. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 14%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/flexintl
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/flextronics
- Website: https://flex.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FlexCorporate

Flex is a VC fund in Singapore focused on Computer and Software. Flex is the Sketch-to-Scale solutions provider that designs and builds intelligent products for a connected world. With approximately 200,000 professionals across 30 countries, Flex provides innovative design, engineering, manufacturing, real-time supply chain insight, and logistics services to companies of all sizes in various industries and endmarkets. It was founded in 1969 and is based in Singapore.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Computer | 3 | 21% |
| Software | 3 | 21% |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 21% |
| Internet | 2 | 14% |
| Robotics | 2 | 14% |

41 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 29% |
| Series B | 4 | 29% |
| Seed | 2 | 14% |
| Series C | 1 | 7% |
| Series D | 1 | 7% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| William Watkins | Member of the Board of Directors | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/william-d-watkins |
| Ahmed Tantawy | Sr. Director Product Solutions and Business Development | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ahmed-tantawy |
| Fei Liu | President, Flex Asia | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fei-liu-e7bb |
| Friedrich Wetschnig | VP & Chief Information Security Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/friedrich-wetschnig |
| Juan Nogueira | Sr. Director, Connectivity Center of Excellence | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/juan-nogueira |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Our Next Energy | Our Next Energy is a Michigan-based developer of innovative energy storage solutions with a vision to rapidly expand the world's access to sustainable power. | $65M | Series A | Mar 01, 2022 |  |
| Our Next Energy | Our Next Energy is a Michigan-based developer of innovative energy storage solutions with a vision to rapidly expand the world's access to sustainable power. | $25M | Series A | Oct 18, 2021 |  |
| Bright Machines | Bright Machines is a manufacturing startup that aims to eliminate manual labor from manufacturing electronic devices by combining robots and new software. Its software-defined manufacturing platform helps customers innovate faster to meet the growing demands of a new era of manufacturing.The company was founded by former Autodesk executive, ArmarHanspal, in 2018. | $179M | Series A | Oct 23, 2018 |  |
| Savari | Savari seeks to make the world’s roadways and vehicles automated and safer by deploying advanced wireless sensor technologies and software. Savari builds software and hardware sensor solutions for automotive car manufacturers, the automotive aftermarket and smart cities. The company pioneered V2X radio technology, which is crucial for vehicles toachieve Level 4 and Level 5 of automation. The technology allows vehicles to share data with other vehicles, traffic lights and smartphones. With more than 150 man-years of V2X learning and development and 15 million-plus miles per year of public testing, Savari is a leader in V2X technology. Savari is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., and has offices in Detroit, Mich., Munich, Germany, Seoul, Korea, Shanghai, China, and Bengaluru, India. For more information, visit savari.net. | $12M | Series B | Apr 24, 2018 |  |
| Kenzen | Kenzen’s Mission is to harness the power of physiology data to predict and prevent industrial workforce injuries and improve productivity. | $5M | Seed | Apr 24, 2017 |  |
| Grabit Inc. | Founded in 2013, Grabit produces game changing productivity solutions for the manufacturing and warehouse logistics industries. Grabit’s Chief Technology and Products Officer, Harsha Prahlad, Ph.D., was the principal inventor of electroadhesion technology. Electroadhesion is an electrically controllable adhesion technology that requires ultra-lowpower consumption. Grabit products provide customers with improved productivity and expanded capabilities. Customers include several Fortune 500 companies in a wide range of industries such as manufacturing automation, warehouse logistics, parcel handling, and consumer products. | $15M | Series B | Sep 01, 2016 |  |
| VIMOC Technologies | VIMOC Technologies, Inc. has developed the world's first open platform for the Understanding of Things (UoT) that enables citizens, businesses and cities to gather knowledge and learn so that they might better understand how to manage and optimize the way by which they work and live. The Internet of Things is about connecting the world;VIMOC's Landscape Computing network is about understanding it. By deploying sensors near the edge of the network, cities, communities and enterprises can gather intelligence to better manage resources based on human behavior.VIMOC Technologies is a developer of an open platform designed to gather knowledge and learn in order to better understand how to manage and optimize the way people work and live. The company's IoT based platform executes deep learning neural networks and cloud component communicates with the embedded computing nodes to authenticate and collect the intelligence produced by this network enabling citizens, businesses and cities with intelligence for smart applications requiring real-time decision making capabilities. |  | Seed | Feb 08, 2016 |  |
| Olio Devices | Olio Devices develops luxury lifestyle products for modern professionals. The company offers smart wearable devices such as wrist-watches alongside associated software, hardware, and a cloud-based platform for third-party services.Their first product, the Olio Model One timepiece, was announced in March, 2015. Olio Devices was founded in 2013and is based in San Francisco, CA. | $10M | Series A | Jul 30, 2015 |  |
| Canary | Canary is a NYC-based company and a subsidiary of Smartfrog & Canary Group, a Consumer IoT SaaS business and one of the fastest-growing Consumer IoT category leaders. The company's mission is to enhance consumer’s lives by making modern technologies useful, easy, affordable and safe – IoT for everyone. | $30M | Series B | Jun 01, 2015 |  |
| Soneter | Soneter, LLC manufactures and provides water flow and leak sensors/ meters that deliver real-time monitoring and alerts to the multifamily housing industry. The meters offers protection against water damage caused by undetected leaks. It offers its products to building owners and tenants. | $6M |  | Sep 09, 2014 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Assembly Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/assembly-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BMW i Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bmw-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Breakthrough Energy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breakthrough-energy-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Coatue](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coatue) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Volta Energy Technologies](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/volta-energy-technologies) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AME Cloud Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ame-cloud-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Flex invest in?

Flex invests primarily in Computer, Software and Manufacturing startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Flex?

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### Who are the partners at Flex?

The team at Flex includes William Watkins (Member of the Board of Directors), Ahmed Tantawy (Sr. Director Product Solutions and Business Development) and Fei Liu (President, Flex Asia), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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