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.
- Total investments:
- 489
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 31%
- Fund size:
- $64M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Vertex Ventures invests in
Stages Vertex Ventures invests in
Countries Vertex Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
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Round size
- Series A
- $3M–$40M
- Series B
- $6.3M–$44M
- Series C
- $10M–$100M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 72 (15%)
- Artificial Intelligence 49 (10%)
- Information Technology 48 (10%)
- SaaS 32 (7%)
- E-Commerce 32 (7%)
Stage
- Series A 138 (28%)
- Series B 108 (22%)
- Series C 59 (12%)
- Seed 55 (11%)
- Series D 27 (6%)
Country
- United States 104 (21%)
- China 61 (12%)
- Israel 42 (9%)
- India 22 (4%)
- Singapore 22 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aviad Ariel
General Partner
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General Partner | Total investments: 46 | Find email | |
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Hanming Wang
Senior Associate
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Senior Associate | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Jeff Chang
Managing Director
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Managing Director | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Kanika Mayar
Partner, Investment
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Partner, Investment | Total investments: 8 | Find email | |
Puiyan Leung
Partner, Investment
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Partner, Investment | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
| See all 23 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
HydroSight
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HydroSight uses AI to turn marine data into subsea intelligence for offshore energy and infrastructure. The company automates the processing of complex marine survey data to create detailed, continuously updated seafloor maps. Its B2B enterprise technology helps ports, telecom cable operators, and offshore energy companies safely plan and managecritical underwater infrastructure. | $5M / Seed / Sep 07, 2026 | |
| AI-driven, open-source IT & security platform reducing costs, automating operations, and empowering service providers. | $4.5M / Seed / Sep 02, 2026 | ||
| Zenity is the first and only governance and security platform for low-code/no-code applications. It creates a win-win environment where IT and information security can give business and pro developers the independence they want to move the business forward while retaining full visibility and control. | $115M / Series C / Aug 03, 2026 | ||
| WABO Technology operates as a non-invasive brain-computer interface developer focused on building task-conditioned neural intent models that translate human brain activity into standardized machine instructions. The company's core business model revolves around developing an integrated Hardware, AI, Interface, and Data (HAID) systemarchitecture to capture neural data and power its Neural Intent Data Platform. Their primary value proposition is delivering robust intent-understanding capabilities that allow humans to naturally control, correct, and communicate with embodied robotics, spatial computing setups, and intelligent environments without relying on traditional screens or intrusive surgical implants. | Angel / Jul 29, 2026 | ||
| Hakimo provides a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) system for physical security. The company uses computer vision to analyze camera footage corresponding to every badge event and correlates that with badging data to raise alerts in real-time. | $12M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 08, 2026 | ||
| Anveshan produces food products that focus on traditional processing methods and direct sourcing from agricultural communities. Its product portfolio includes A2 ghee, wood-pressed and cold-pressed oils, honey, flour, spices, sweeteners, and other pantry staples designed for everyday consumption. The company works with farm-based productionnetworks and uses small-batch processing techniques such as bilona churning and cold pressing to prepare selected products. Anveshan also conducts batch testing and traceability checks as part of its food production process while supporting sourcing relationships with farmer communities. | $12.7M / Series B / May 29, 2026 | ||
| SPRX builds TurboTax for the R&D Tax Credit. With the help of system, anyone may quickly and accurately prepare an R&D Tax Credit. To give some context, the R&D Credit is frequently said to as the most intricate and frequently examined tax credit. | $31M / Series B / Feb 17, 2026 | ||
| OLIX designs and manufactures optical processors that use light-based circuits to accelerate artificial intelligence workloads. The company develops Optical Tensor Processing Units that execute matrix and tensor operations for training and running inference on large-scale machine learning models. Its hardware aims to increase performance and reducepower consumption relative to conventional electronic accelerators by processing data in the optical domain. Flux Computing focuses on infrastructure for generative AI and advanced neural networks, targeting data centers and organizations that require intensive model computation. The product stack centers on custom optical chips integrated with supporting electronics, control software, and tools that link into existing AI frameworks. Sales and partnerships primarily address customers building large AI clusters, research environments, and emerging applications that benefit from high-throughput, low-energy computation. | $220M / Series A / Feb 11, 2026 | ||
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Yinshi New Materials
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Yinshi New Materials is a company that focuses on sales, manufacturing and development of electronic special materials and technologies. | Angel / Jan 23, 2026 | |
| SynaXG provides O-RAN infrastructure, merging AI with next-generation wireless technologies. | $20M / Series A / Dec 02, 2025 | ||
| See all 489 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Vertex Ventures invest in?
Vertex Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 489 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Vertex Ventures's check size?
Vertex Ventures typically joins rounds of $3M–$40M at Series A, $6.3M–$44M at Series B and $10M–$100M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Vertex Ventures participates in.
How do I contact Vertex Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Vertex Ventures?
The team at Vertex Ventures includes Aviad Ariel (General Partner), Hanming Wang (Senior Associate) and Jeff Chang (Managing Director), among 23 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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