Vertex Holdings
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Venture capital |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Headquarters | |
Area served | South East Asia, China, India, Israel, United States of America |
| Services | IT, Healthcare |
| Total assets | $6 billion (2024)[1] |
| Parent | Temasek |
| Website | vertexholdings |
Vertex Venture Holdings, also known as Vertex Holdings, is an investment holding company based in Singapore with a group of venture capital funds worldwide. A subsidiary of Temasek Holdings, the company focuses on venture capital investment opportunities in the information technology and healthcare markets through its global family of six direct investment venture funds.
Vertex provides anchor funding[2] and operational support[3] to these funds. Each fund has its own General Partners and investment teams, focusing on different regional markets.[4]
History
Incorporated in 1988, Vertex Holdings started as a corporate venture capital (CVC) under Singapore Technologies.[5]
The company became a full subsidiary[6] of Temasek Holdings in 2004, after the dot-com bubble.
In 2008, a new CEO, Chua Kee Lock, was brought in to manage the company. [7]
In 2015, the company was rebranded to Vertex Holdings. It was transformed to an investment holding company, with direct investments made by a network of six VC funds across the world.[8]
The Vertex Growth fund was the sixth fund[9] added in 2019 to focus on growth-stage[10] opportunities from the other five early-stage Vertex Ventures funds.
In 2019, Vertex Holdings also raised money from foreign investors for its master fund for the first time,[11] receiving $180 million from Japanese investors.[12]
In May 2024, Vertex Holdings launched its first Japan-focused fund.[13]
Some well known investments made by Vertex funds include CyberArk,[14] Grab,[15] Mobike[16] and Waze.[17][18]
References
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- ^ "Vertex Venture gets funds to go global". The Straits Times. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "Singapore's Vertex adds $290 million venture fund for high-growth tech firms". Reuters. 12 September 2019 – via www.reuters.com.
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- ^ "Singapore Technologies | Infopedia". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ Huang, Elaine. "It's all about execution: Chua Kee Lock, CEO, Vertex Venture Holdings". e27. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
- ^ "Disrupting industries, and Vertex Venture's double purpose". Digital News Asia. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
- ^ Aravindan, Anshuman Daga, Aradhana (12 September 2019). "Singapore's Vertex adds $290 million venture fund for high-growth tech firms". Reuters. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Temasek's Vertex adds new $398.7m fund to back growth-stage tech firms". The Straits Times. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "Temasek's Vertex recruits Japan Inc. for $770m unicorn fund". Nikkei Asian Review. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "Temasek tech arm taps 'resilient' Japanese funders to widen reach". Nikkei Asian Review. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ Suruga, Tsubasa (17 May 2024). "Temasek's venture capital arm to launch first Japan-focused fund". NikkeiAsia.
- ^ Demos, Orr Hirschauge And Telis (17 June 2014). "Security Software Maker Cyber-Ark Plotting Possible 2014 U.S. IPO". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ "Vertex Ventures hits $230M first close on new fund for Southeast Asia and India". TechCrunch. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ McSpadden, Kevin. "Eyeing Singapore, MoBike announces strategic investment from Temasek, Hillhouse Capital". e27. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ Goel, Vindu; Miller, Claire Cain (9 June 2013). "Google Close to Acquiring Waze, a Rival in Maps". NYT. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ Chapman, Lizette (12 June 2013). "Waze Investors Find Map to Healthy Exit in Google Acquisition". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 17 September 2020.