Vertex US

Vertex US is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California, with a focus on early-stage investments, particularly in enterprise and deep technology companies. Founded in 2015, the firm adopts a unique approach by making a limited number of selective investments each year, allowing it to partner closely with startups from their inception through various growth stages. As part of a global network of operator-investors, Vertex US manages portfolios across multiple regions, including the U.S., China, Israel, India, and Southeast Asia. This extensive reach enables the firm to provide entrepreneurs with valuable operating experience and access to essential resources such as capital, talent, and strategic partnerships.

Abhijit S. Gupta

Senior Associate, Investment

Vitavin Ittipanuvat

Executive Director, Investment

Nabila Dhia Izza

Senior Investment Associate

Puiyan Leung

Partner, Investment

Pui Yan Leung

Executive Director

Kanika Mayar

Partner, Investment

Benedict Tan

Analyst

Khushbu Topandasani

Senior Associate, Investment

Past deals in Indonesia

TipTip

Seed Round in 2022
TipTip enables content creators to earn revenue from creating personalized video sessions, selling digital content, and interacting with their followers. It provides on-platform tipping features, including integration with payment providers.

Aruna

Series A in 2021
Aruna is an Indonesian integrated fishery platform. Aruna helps to create a fair fish trading, improve the livelihood of local fishermen, also bring an affordable and high-quality seafood for communities.

Aruna

Series A in 2021
Aruna is an Indonesian integrated fishery platform. Aruna helps to create a fair fish trading, improve the livelihood of local fishermen, also bring an affordable and high-quality seafood for communities.

Gredu

Series A in 2021
Gredu is an Indonesian edtech company established in 2016, focused on enhancing the educational experience for teachers, parents, and students through digital solutions. The company's platform includes the Gredu School Management System, Gredu Teacher, Gredu Parent, and Gredu Student, which together create a centralized management system aimed at streamlining school operations. By reducing teachers' workloads, facilitating parental access to information, and guiding students based on their individual potential, Gredu fosters a collaborative educational environment. The company aims to increase engagement within the school community, ultimately improving the overall schooling experience for all stakeholders involved.

Gredu

Series A in 2021
Gredu is an Indonesian edtech company established in 2016, focused on enhancing the educational experience for teachers, parents, and students through digital solutions. The company's platform includes the Gredu School Management System, Gredu Teacher, Gredu Parent, and Gredu Student, which together create a centralized management system aimed at streamlining school operations. By reducing teachers' workloads, facilitating parental access to information, and guiding students based on their individual potential, Gredu fosters a collaborative educational environment. The company aims to increase engagement within the school community, ultimately improving the overall schooling experience for all stakeholders involved.

Warung Pintar

Series B in 2021
Warung Pintar is a micro retail technology company with a mission to enable digitalization for the grassroots population to improve the community around them. With data processing and analysis, Warung Pintar enables data point for the underserved bottom of the pyramid which forms the bulk of the population in Indonesia, opening new windows of opportunity for financial inclusion, social security, behavior analysis, community engagement and impact monitoring.

TaniHub

Series B in 2021
TaniHub is a B2B agriculture marketplace that connects farmers with food, hotel, restaurant, and catering business people. It offers an e-commerce platform for agricultural products and empowers local farmers by providing market access and financial access. Through TaniHub, local farmers can sell their crops to individuals as well as micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in various regions. Headquartered in Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, co-founders Ivan Arie Sustiawan, Eka Pamitra, Michael Sugianto, Miftahul Choiri, Wahyu Setyo Nugroho, Wawan B. Setyawan, and William Setiawan founded it in 2015.

Manuva

Series A in 2020
Tjetak is an end to end packaging platform that helps businesses get the best packaging development and procurement. We help our clients to fulfill all of their packaging needs while reducing their packaging costs through advanced pricing engine and better supply chain management.

TaniHub

Series A in 2020
TaniHub is a B2B agriculture marketplace that connects farmers with food, hotel, restaurant, and catering business people. It offers an e-commerce platform for agricultural products and empowers local farmers by providing market access and financial access. Through TaniHub, local farmers can sell their crops to individuals as well as micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in various regions. Headquartered in Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, co-founders Ivan Arie Sustiawan, Eka Pamitra, Michael Sugianto, Miftahul Choiri, Wahyu Setyo Nugroho, Wawan B. Setyawan, and William Setiawan founded it in 2015.

Gredu

Seed Round in 2020
Gredu is an Indonesian edtech company established in 2016, focused on enhancing the educational experience for teachers, parents, and students through digital solutions. The company's platform includes the Gredu School Management System, Gredu Teacher, Gredu Parent, and Gredu Student, which together create a centralized management system aimed at streamlining school operations. By reducing teachers' workloads, facilitating parental access to information, and guiding students based on their individual potential, Gredu fosters a collaborative educational environment. The company aims to increase engagement within the school community, ultimately improving the overall schooling experience for all stakeholders involved.

RoomMe

Series A in 2019
RoomMe is the largest virtual kost operator that has undergone 2000+ rooms in 100+ buildings throughout Greater Jakarta. RoomMe has been running for more than 2 years. What RoomMe runs is unit / boarding, operational and sales acquisition. RoomMe is the first operator that runs new Living ecosystem where user can call our unit as their home. 55% millenials prefer to live at kost and we embraces the market changes in Indonesia.

SOCASH

Series B in 2019
SoCash is a digital platform that sits at the intersection of cash and digital payments. Its platform enables cash circulation without the need for ATMs, Cash logistics and branches. SoCash product roadmap covers the spectrum of cash - Withdrawal, Deposits, and conversion. The company was founded in 2016 and is operational in Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia.

HappyFresh

Series C in 2019
HappyFresh is an online grocery platform operating in Southeast Asia, specifically in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Founded in 2014, it enables customers to shop for a variety of grocery products from local supermarkets with ease. The company employs its own delivery fleet and staff, who are responsible for selecting and delivering fresh groceries directly to consumers' doorsteps. By partnering with established grocery stores, HappyFresh provides a convenient service that allows users to order their essential items efficiently.

Validus

Series B in 2019
Validus Capital Pte. Ltd. operates an online lending marketplace that connects small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with accredited and institutional investors. Founded in 2015 and based in Singapore, Validus is the largest SME financing platform in the country, focusing on providing short-term and medium-term financing to underserved SMEs. The platform facilitates early approval for loans, offers competitive interest rates, and allows for revenue growth. Investors benefit from a range of options without onboarding fees and can minimize risk through fractionalization and portfolio management. Validus employs data analytics and artificial intelligence to enhance its services and aims to promote inclusive growth for SMEs across the ASEAN region, with operations also in Indonesia, Vietnam, and Thailand. The company is regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and has received necessary registrations in its regional markets.

Warung Pintar

Series A in 2019
Warung Pintar is a micro retail technology company with a mission to enable digitalization for the grassroots population to improve the community around them. With data processing and analysis, Warung Pintar enables data point for the underserved bottom of the pyramid which forms the bulk of the population in Indonesia, opening new windows of opportunity for financial inclusion, social security, behavior analysis, community engagement and impact monitoring.

PAYFAZZ

Venture Round in 2018
PT Payfazz Teknologi Nusantara operates an online payment wallet that provides a range of financial services in Indonesia, targeting individuals who may not have access to traditional banking. Founded in 2016 and based in Jakarta, the company offers solutions for utilities, money transfers, e-commerce, and retail transactions. Its agency-based platform enables users to conduct secure financial activities, including bill payments and money management, through a network of bank agents. PAYFAZZ partners with various financial institutions and service providers to enhance its offerings and ensure security through advanced measures like GeoTrust SSL. The company aims to facilitate digital financial services and improve accessibility for unbanked populations, contributing to the broader financial inclusion and digital transformation in Southeast Asia.

Fazz

Series A in 2018
Fazz Financial is a digital financial services group.

Cicil

Series A in 2018
PT CICIL SOLUSI MITRA TEKNOLOGI develops a financing platform which enables students to purchase products to support their study. The company is based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Warung Pintar

Seed Round in 2018
Warung Pintar is a micro retail technology company with a mission to enable digitalization for the grassroots population to improve the community around them. With data processing and analysis, Warung Pintar enables data point for the underserved bottom of the pyramid which forms the bulk of the population in Indonesia, opening new windows of opportunity for financial inclusion, social security, behavior analysis, community engagement and impact monitoring.

SOCASH

Series A in 2018
SoCash is a digital platform that sits at the intersection of cash and digital payments. Its platform enables cash circulation without the need for ATMs, Cash logistics and branches. SoCash product roadmap covers the spectrum of cash - Withdrawal, Deposits, and conversion. The company was founded in 2016 and is operational in Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia.

PAYFAZZ

Convertible Note in 2017
PT Payfazz Teknologi Nusantara operates an online payment wallet that provides a range of financial services in Indonesia, targeting individuals who may not have access to traditional banking. Founded in 2016 and based in Jakarta, the company offers solutions for utilities, money transfers, e-commerce, and retail transactions. Its agency-based platform enables users to conduct secure financial activities, including bill payments and money management, through a network of bank agents. PAYFAZZ partners with various financial institutions and service providers to enhance its offerings and ensure security through advanced measures like GeoTrust SSL. The company aims to facilitate digital financial services and improve accessibility for unbanked populations, contributing to the broader financial inclusion and digital transformation in Southeast Asia.

HappyFresh

Series B in 2016
HappyFresh is an online grocery platform operating in Southeast Asia, specifically in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Founded in 2014, it enables customers to shop for a variety of grocery products from local supermarkets with ease. The company employs its own delivery fleet and staff, who are responsible for selecting and delivering fresh groceries directly to consumers' doorsteps. By partnering with established grocery stores, HappyFresh provides a convenient service that allows users to order their essential items efficiently.

HappyFresh

Series A in 2015
HappyFresh is an online grocery platform operating in Southeast Asia, specifically in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Founded in 2014, it enables customers to shop for a variety of grocery products from local supermarkets with ease. The company employs its own delivery fleet and staff, who are responsible for selecting and delivering fresh groceries directly to consumers' doorsteps. By partnering with established grocery stores, HappyFresh provides a convenient service that allows users to order their essential items efficiently.

Grab

Series C in 2014
Grab Holdings Inc. is a Singapore-based company that offers a comprehensive mobile technology platform providing various online-to-offline services in Southeast Asia. Founded in 2012 by Anthony Tan and Tan Hooi Lng, Grab operates in several countries, including Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar. The platform includes a wide range of services such as transportation options like GrabTaxi and GrabCar, and delivery services, alongside solutions for financial transactions through Grab Financial Group. This group provides services in payments, rewards, lending, and insurance, and features a user-friendly point-of-sale system for merchants, as well as a mobile wallet for convenient transactions. Grab aims to enhance the quality of life for its users by integrating essential services into a single app.

Grab

Series B in 2014
Grab Holdings Inc. is a Singapore-based company that offers a comprehensive mobile technology platform providing various online-to-offline services in Southeast Asia. Founded in 2012 by Anthony Tan and Tan Hooi Lng, Grab operates in several countries, including Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar. The platform includes a wide range of services such as transportation options like GrabTaxi and GrabCar, and delivery services, alongside solutions for financial transactions through Grab Financial Group. This group provides services in payments, rewards, lending, and insurance, and features a user-friendly point-of-sale system for merchants, as well as a mobile wallet for convenient transactions. Grab aims to enhance the quality of life for its users by integrating essential services into a single app.

Grab

Series A in 2013
Grab Holdings Inc. is a Singapore-based company that offers a comprehensive mobile technology platform providing various online-to-offline services in Southeast Asia. Founded in 2012 by Anthony Tan and Tan Hooi Lng, Grab operates in several countries, including Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar. The platform includes a wide range of services such as transportation options like GrabTaxi and GrabCar, and delivery services, alongside solutions for financial transactions through Grab Financial Group. This group provides services in payments, rewards, lending, and insurance, and features a user-friendly point-of-sale system for merchants, as well as a mobile wallet for convenient transactions. Grab aims to enhance the quality of life for its users by integrating essential services into a single app.