Vertex Ventures
Bengaluru, India
Joined May 2009
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"In a time when #VC firms have been shying away from making investments, we think it is a great time for capital deployment."
Our Managing Partner Ben Mathias was recently interviewed by the Business Standard. Read business-standard.com/amp/co…
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3/ The #VC firm raised its latest fund, Fund V, amounting to $541 million last year, aiming to expand its #investments in India and enter new segments.
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1/ Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India (@vertexventures), since its entry in 2013-14, has steadily invested in the Indian #startup ecosystem, with around 30 investments and notable exits including #FirstCry, #Licious, and #Xpressbees.
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Awesome chatting with industry peers @ben_mathias
@rohini_c @anitarehman and interacting with several today at the @bhiveworkspace on #ChurchStreet - lovely to share our experiences over a nearly 2 hour session.
Several things I learnt from my peers too - notably the appreciable rise in women founders, the fact that we now have a strong early-stage deep-tech ecosystem of founders, the depth of the domestic Indian market, the perfect storm of cloud+AI+data+IOT, the "re-shoring opportunity" in the US for B2B Supply Chain solutions...
Time well spent - thanks #bHive for being such amazing hosts!
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🚨 @_AceTurtle, a retail tech startup, raises $34M in its Series B funding.
The round was led by new investors @vertexventures, SBI Investment, Farglory, Lesing Nine, @VenturesStride, @TuscanVentures & @TrifectaCap.
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StartUp Central | Ben Mathias, Managing Partner, Vertex Ventures, SEA & India speaks about the Indian startup ecosystem and his investment plans. Watch!
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Managing Partner @ben_mathias shares with @ForbesIndia that the #innovation required is around business models and it’s about the execution in India. Portco Ace Turtle is a prime example - executed well and now counts Wrangler, Lee and @ToysRUs as clients. forbesindia.com/article/star…
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In this episode of Startup Fridays, @ben_mathias of @vertexventures, talks about what investors did to startups over the last two years, distracting them with too much money from the real purpose of building lasting businesses | By @ArakaliHari
forbesindia.com/audio/the-st…
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It's been an incredible year at Kuku FM!
We've seen tremendous growth, going from 257k to 2.3 Mn active paid subscriptions in 2022, a 9x increase in the last 12 months.
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Loved this chat w/ @ben_mathias (Managing Partner, @vertexventures SEA & India) on EP58 @thevcpreneur_ podcast🎙️
In this ep, Ben talks about the nuances of growth stage investing, backing capital efficient businesses, some outlier founders at Vertex & more...
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So cool to see 2 Indian products at the top of product hunt!!! 🚀🚀🚀
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Heartiest congrats to my colleagues Puiyan @piyolpy and @KanikaMayar for promotion to Partner! #vc #promotions #invest #investor #venturecapital
We are extremely pleased to announce the promotions of Kanika Mayar and Pui Yan Leung to Partners!
That makes 1 female GP and 2 partners in our VVSEAI fund! Join us to congratulate them 🥳
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#womaninfinance #womenleaders #femaleleaders #vc
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#FundingAlert | @HerProactive, a digital clinic for women's outpatient healthcare gets $5.5M in Series A funding led by @vertexventures & @NexusVP.
The funds will be used to expand digital product offerings, grow customer base & launch flagship clinic in Bengaluru by Mar 2022.
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Very happy to welcome Onato into the Vertex Ventures portfolio and to be partnering with @OmnivoreFund
Vedant and Ashish have chosen an enormous mission of disrupting the B2B agri value chain in India. Do DM if you’d like to know more and join them! @vertexventures
#Onato, a data driven B2B platform for fresh produce, emerged out of stealth and announced a seed financing of $2.2 million. The round was led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India with participation from @OmnivoreFund.
@vertexventures @KanikaMayar
yourstory.com/2021/10/fundin…
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Excited to share that @IncRecko has joined hands with @stripe! Privileged to have worked with @saurya_sinha and @prashantborde_ and the entire team at Recko, many thanks for giving us an early seat at the table.
stripe.com/newsroom/news/rec…
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PSA for founders: Asking a VC to sign a NDA before your 1st meeting is a red flag. Unless you have really hardcore IP, its unnecessary and signals that you are either 1) super litigious, 2) don't trust VCs or 3) are afraid others are going to beat you. We back people, not ideas.
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I do think the ecosystem is evolving. So many more women leading startups and entering the tech and VC ecosystem.
At Vertex SEA & India, 50% of the team is women with presence across all levels and that really brings in so much new perspective! @ramesh_rashmi @vertexventures
What do startups backed by venture capital cos and the Vatican City have in common, besides the VC initials? Barely any #women in leadership roles, of course.
A deep dive into the 'unconscious' gender bias in the venture capital world, written by yours truly with @binu_t_paul.
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#D2C meat delivery has picked up in India with #startups like @LiciousFoods and @myfreshtohome competing to gain the market share.
More insights on top D2C companies in our latest report! synaptic.com/resources/2021-…
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