Vertex Holdings

Vertex Holdings, established in 1988, is a Singapore-based investment firm with a global presence. It focuses on early-stage technology and healthcare companies, primarily in the United States, Israel, India, and Southeast Asia. The firm, through its Vertex Ventures arm, specializes in seed and Series A investments, particularly in software infrastructure, developer tools, data, security, and vertical SaaS. It is known for its deep operational experience and extensive networks, providing entrepreneurs with access to capital, talent, partners, and customers to build global businesses.

Sandeep Bhadra

General Partner

Jeff Chang

Managing Director

Ran Gartenberg

General Partner and CFO

James Lee

Managing Director

Kanika Mayar

Partner, Investment

Yanai Oron

General Partner

Domenic Perri

Operating Partner

Megan Reynolds

Principal

In Sik Rhee

General Partner

Insik Rhee

General Partner

Chase Roberts

Principal

Gideon Shichman

General Partner

Sin Hui Tham

Managing Director, Fund Operations

Hanming Wang

Senior Associate

Zhijin Xia

Partner

Ying XU

General Partner

Past deals in Singapore

TurnKey Lender

Venture Round in 2022
Turnkey Lender is a global technology company that specializes in developing and marketing cloud-based platforms for automating lending processes. Established in 2014, the company offers modular solutions that cater to various lending sectors, including consumer lending, microfinance, payday loans, and more. Its AI-powered software automates the entire lending process, from origination and underwriting to loan servicing, debt collection, and reporting. Turnkey Lender serves innovative lenders in over 50 countries, with offices in the US, Singapore, Malaysia, Ukraine, and Poland.

TurnKey Lender

Venture Round in 2021
Turnkey Lender is a global technology company that specializes in developing and marketing cloud-based platforms for automating lending processes. Established in 2014, the company offers modular solutions that cater to various lending sectors, including consumer lending, microfinance, payday loans, and more. Its AI-powered software automates the entire lending process, from origination and underwriting to loan servicing, debt collection, and reporting. Turnkey Lender serves innovative lenders in over 50 countries, with offices in the US, Singapore, Malaysia, Ukraine, and Poland.

PatSnap

Series E in 2021
PatSnap is an innovation intelligence platform that specializes in providing insights related to intellectual property (IP) and research and development (R&D). Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Singapore, the company serves over 10,000 customers across more than 50 countries. Its platform utilizes artificial intelligence to deliver comprehensive market, technology, and competitive intelligence, along with detailed patent insights. This allows innovators to identify new opportunities, assess risks, track competitors, and make informed decisions throughout the product development process, from ideation to commercialization.

SOCASH

Series B in 2019
SOCASH Pte Ltd. is a digital platform that facilitates cash transactions through its application, enabling users to withdraw and deposit cash at local merchants or neighborhood shops. By allowing users to place orders for cash, SOCASH enhances cash circulation without relying on traditional ATMs or bank branches. This service not only provides convenience for users but also offers neighborhood shop owners an opportunity to increase foot traffic and earn additional income. Founded in 2016 and based in Singapore, SOCASH has expanded its operations to include markets in Indonesia and Malaysia, positioning itself at the intersection of cash and digital payments.

TurnKey Lender

Series A in 2019
Turnkey Lender is a global technology company that specializes in developing and marketing cloud-based platforms for automating lending processes. Established in 2014, the company offers modular solutions that cater to various lending sectors, including consumer lending, microfinance, payday loans, and more. Its AI-powered software automates the entire lending process, from origination and underwriting to loan servicing, debt collection, and reporting. Turnkey Lender serves innovative lenders in over 50 countries, with offices in the US, Singapore, Malaysia, Ukraine, and Poland.

Validus Capital

Series B in 2019
Validus Capital is a fintech company focused on providing growth financing to underserved small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the ASEAN region, including Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Thailand. The company utilizes data and artificial intelligence to enhance the financing process, facilitating access to secured short-term and medium-term credit. Through its online marketplace, Validus employs a peer-to-peer lending model that connects SMEs with accredited investors, enabling businesses to secure financing efficiently while minimizing costs associated with financial intermediation. Validus is committed to driving inclusive economic growth by partnering with corporations to support SME ecosystems and holds regulatory licenses from authorities such as the Monetary Authority of Singapore and Indonesia's OJK.

Fazz

Series A in 2018
Fazz is a financial technology company based in Singapore and Indonesia, founded in 2016. It focuses on providing digital financial services to enhance financial inclusion across Southeast Asia, particularly targeting underserved segments such as micro and small enterprises. Fazz offers a range of services including payment processing, banking, and investment solutions tailored for small businesses, startups, and large corporations. Its flagship offerings include Fazz Agen, an agent-based financial application designed for micro and small businesses, and Fazz Business, a comprehensive business account that facilitates payments, capital growth, and funding opportunities. The merger of PayFazz and Xfers has strengthened Fazz's position in the fintech landscape, enabling it to deliver diverse financial services to consumers and businesses alike.

CloudCherry

Series A in 2018
CloudCherry is the next generation Experience Management platform that is disrupting the way organizations listen to the Voice of Customer. Through CloudCherry’s flexible, customizable, self-serve solution, businesses today can be present at every step of today’s complex customer journeys, and listen to customers through a variety of ways. Today, leading global organizations deploy and scale their experience management program with CloudCherry quicker than any other solution. The product offers out-of-the-box integrations with existing business applications, delivers predictive, prescriptive insights that enable business leaders to better understand customer needs, and derive tangible business outcomes that can help drive true ROI. CloudCherry is based out of Salt Lake City, with offices in Singapore, India & Dubai. The company is backed by Vertex Ventures, CISCO Investments & IDG Ventures India, The Chennai Angels & Capillary Technologies.

SOCASH

Series A in 2018
SOCASH Pte Ltd. is a digital platform that facilitates cash transactions through its application, enabling users to withdraw and deposit cash at local merchants or neighborhood shops. By allowing users to place orders for cash, SOCASH enhances cash circulation without relying on traditional ATMs or bank branches. This service not only provides convenience for users but also offers neighborhood shop owners an opportunity to increase foot traffic and earn additional income. Founded in 2016 and based in Singapore, SOCASH has expanded its operations to include markets in Indonesia and Malaysia, positioning itself at the intersection of cash and digital payments.

TurnKey Lender

Series A in 2017
Turnkey Lender is a global technology company that specializes in developing and marketing cloud-based platforms for automating lending processes. Established in 2014, the company offers modular solutions that cater to various lending sectors, including consumer lending, microfinance, payday loans, and more. Its AI-powered software automates the entire lending process, from origination and underwriting to loan servicing, debt collection, and reporting. Turnkey Lender serves innovative lenders in over 50 countries, with offices in the US, Singapore, Malaysia, Ukraine, and Poland.

Validus Capital

Venture Round in 2017
Validus Capital is a fintech company focused on providing growth financing to underserved small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the ASEAN region, including Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Thailand. The company utilizes data and artificial intelligence to enhance the financing process, facilitating access to secured short-term and medium-term credit. Through its online marketplace, Validus employs a peer-to-peer lending model that connects SMEs with accredited investors, enabling businesses to secure financing efficiently while minimizing costs associated with financial intermediation. Validus is committed to driving inclusive economic growth by partnering with corporations to support SME ecosystems and holds regulatory licenses from authorities such as the Monetary Authority of Singapore and Indonesia's OJK.

Singapore Diamond Investment Exchange

Series B in 2017
Singapore Diamond Investment Exchange (SDiX) is the world's first commodity exchange dedicated to physically settled diamonds, located in Singapore. The exchange operates an innovative online platform that facilitates the electronic trading of diamonds, allowing transactions based on price or time priority in a continuous market. This platform enables buyers to place indicative price bids according to specific diamond categories, ensuring transparency and accessibility. By integrating proven exchange technology into the diamond market, SDiX enhances liquidity and establishes a true price discovery mechanism, positioning diamonds as a tradable commodity on a global scale. The exchange aims to transform how diamonds are traded, offering a comprehensive marketplace for the global diamond trade.

CloudCherry

Series A in 2016
CloudCherry is the next generation Experience Management platform that is disrupting the way organizations listen to the Voice of Customer. Through CloudCherry’s flexible, customizable, self-serve solution, businesses today can be present at every step of today’s complex customer journeys, and listen to customers through a variety of ways. Today, leading global organizations deploy and scale their experience management program with CloudCherry quicker than any other solution. The product offers out-of-the-box integrations with existing business applications, delivers predictive, prescriptive insights that enable business leaders to better understand customer needs, and derive tangible business outcomes that can help drive true ROI. CloudCherry is based out of Salt Lake City, with offices in Singapore, India & Dubai. The company is backed by Vertex Ventures, CISCO Investments & IDG Ventures India, The Chennai Angels & Capillary Technologies.

Singapore Diamond Investment Exchange

Series A in 2015
Singapore Diamond Investment Exchange (SDiX) is the world's first commodity exchange dedicated to physically settled diamonds, located in Singapore. The exchange operates an innovative online platform that facilitates the electronic trading of diamonds, allowing transactions based on price or time priority in a continuous market. This platform enables buyers to place indicative price bids according to specific diamond categories, ensuring transparency and accessibility. By integrating proven exchange technology into the diamond market, SDiX enhances liquidity and establishes a true price discovery mechanism, positioning diamonds as a tradable commodity on a global scale. The exchange aims to transform how diamonds are traded, offering a comprehensive marketplace for the global diamond trade.

The Parentinc

Series A in 2015
The Parentinc is one of Asia’s fastest-growing tech companies headquartered in Singapore. Its flagship brand, theAsianparent, is Southeast Asia’s largest content and community platform for parents, with a reach of over 35 million users monthly and an app store rating of 4.9 stars. The Parentinc also owns and operates direct to consumer brand Mama’s Choice, which manufactures and retails safe, natural, and Halal pregnancy, nursing, baby care, and household products that are designed and tested in Singapore for families in Asia. Also under The Parentinc banner are Webtretho, Vietnam's largest online content and community platform for women, and Bé Yêu, Vietnam's highest downloaded pregnancy and parenting app. The Parentinc investors include: Central Retail Corporation, Fosun International, Global Grand Leisure, JD.com, LINE SEA Corp., Mirae Asset-Naver New Growth Fund, Redbadge Pacific, SCB 10X, Tigris Capital, Vertex Ventures, and WHG Holdings.

PatSnap

Series A in 2014
PatSnap is an innovation intelligence platform that specializes in providing insights related to intellectual property (IP) and research and development (R&D). Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Singapore, the company serves over 10,000 customers across more than 50 countries. Its platform utilizes artificial intelligence to deliver comprehensive market, technology, and competitive intelligence, along with detailed patent insights. This allows innovators to identify new opportunities, assess risks, track competitors, and make informed decisions throughout the product development process, from ideation to commercialization.

Reebonz Holding

Series C in 2013
Reebonz Holding Limited is a Singapore-based company that operates an online marketplace specializing in the buying and selling of new and pre-owned luxury products across Southeast Asia and the Asia Pacific region. Founded in 2009, Reebonz offers a diverse range of luxury goods, including handbags, small leather goods, accessories, shoes, watches, and jewelry. The platform operates on a membership basis, providing exclusive time-limited sales events to its members, featuring over 100 luxury brands. Reebonz ensures the authenticity of its products and supports interest-free installment payments via selected bank credit cards. The company has established a presence in multiple countries, including Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and Australia, among others, enhancing its reach within the luxury market.

Biolidics

Series B in 2013
Biolidics Limited is a medical technology company based in Singapore that specializes in the development of cell enrichment systems for cancer-related applications, including diagnosis, prognosis, treatment selection, and monitoring. Founded in 2009, the company has created the ClearCell FX1 System, an automated in vitro diagnostic device designed to separate and enrich cancer cells from blood samples. Biolidics engages in research, development, and marketing in the fields of biotechnology, life sciences, and medical technology, serving a diverse clientele that includes academic institutions, hospitals, and laboratories across Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Japan, the United States, and European Union countries. The company also collaborates strategically with Sysmex Corporation and generates significant revenue from its laboratory services segment, which provides essential laboratory operations and services to various customers.
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