# Vertex Ventures

> Vertex Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 448 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 448
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 31%
- Last fund: May 2024
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vertex-ventures
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/vertexventures
- Website: http://www.vertexventures.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vertexventuresofficial

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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $3M–$35M |
| Series B | $6M–$48M |
| Series C | $9.3M–$100M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 66 | 15% |
| Information Technology | 44 | 10% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 31 | 7% |
| SaaS | 29 | 6% |
| E-Commerce | 29 | 6% |

261 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 120 | 27% |
| Series B | 98 | 22% |
| Series C | 52 | 12% |
| Seed | 45 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 26 | 6% |

16 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 90 | 20% |
| China | 58 | 13% |
| Israel | 40 | 9% |
| India | 21 | 5% |
| Singapore | 19 | 4% |

17 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aviad Ariel | General Partner | 44 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aviad-ariel |
| Hanming Wang | Senior Associate | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hanming-wang-4337 |
| Jeff Chang | Managing Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeff-chang-tw |
| Kanika Mayar | Partner, Investment | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kanika-mayar |
| Puiyan Leung | Partner, Investment | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/puiyan-leung-70f9 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zenity | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |  |
| Onshore | 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 | 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 |  |
| Yinshi New Materials | Yinshi New Materials is a company that focuses on sales, manufacturing and development of electronic special materials and technologies. |  | Angel | Jan 23, 2026 |  |
| SynaXG | SynaXG provides O-RAN infrastructure, merging AI with next-generation wireless technologies. | $20M | Series A | Dec 02, 2025 |  |
| Shihang Intelligent | Shihang Intelligent is a company that creates water robots and intelligent unmanned equipment. It requires "the ability to fight in wartime and respond in emergencies, with a focus on independent research and development, production, and sales of water robots and intelligent unmanned equipment. The company focuses on surface/underwaterspecial operation robots and takes "being able to fight in wartime, respond in emergencies, and provide peacetime services" |  | Series A | Nov 21, 2025 |  |
| Apono | Apono helps companies become secure and compliant while maintaining their productivity and agility. The company aims to simplify how teams manage access to critical systems by automating the provisioning and deprovisioning of permissions based on real-time needs, ensuring only the right people have access at the right time. | $34M | Series B | Nov 18, 2025 |  |

10 of 448 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Vertex Ventures Israel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vertex-ventures-israel) — VC Fund, 113 deals together
- [Vertex Ventures China](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vertex-ventures-china) — VC Fund, 66 deals together
- [Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vertex-ventures-southeast-asia-india) — VC Fund, 47 deals together
- [Vertex Ventures US](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vertex-ventures-us) — VC Fund, 20 deals together
- [Intel Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/intel-capital) — VC Fund, 17 deals together
- [Viola Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/violaventures) — VC Fund, 16 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Vertex Ventures invest in?

Vertex Ventures invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 448 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–$35M at Series A, $6M–$48M at Series B and $9.3M–$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?

Public channels for Vertex Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### 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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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