Vertex Venture Holdings

Vertex Venture Holdings (Vertex Holdings) is a Singapore-based venture capital investment holding company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings. Founded in 1988, it is one of Singapore's largest and oldest VC platforms. Originally the corporate venture arm of engineering conglomerate Singapore Technologies, it was acquired by Temasek in 2004 after an earlier fund network unwound following the dot-com bust. Rather than operating as a single fund, Vertex Holdings acts as an anchor investor and operational backbone for a proprietary global network of separately and independently managed VC funds. There are seven network partnerships: Vertex Ventures China, Vertex Ventures Israel, Vertex Ventures SEA & India, Vertex Ventures US, Vertex Ventures Japan, Vertex Ventures HC for healthcare and Vertex Growth. The family of funds invests in early-stage technology opportunities through the Vertex Ventures funds, early-stage healthcare through Vertex Ventures HC, and growth-stage opportunities globally through Vertex Growth. Across these funds, Vertex manages roughly USD 6.8 billion in assets and counts more than 300 active portfolio companies. Notable successes include Grab, PatSnap, Nium, Instarem, FirstCry, XPressBees, Licious, 17LIVE and CyberArk. In 2024 its activity leaned heavily toward India, which accounted for roughly two-thirds of investments amid a surge of capital-efficient startups. The platform is led by Group President and CEO Chua Kee Lock, and it emphasizes value creation beyond capital, helping portfolio companies with cross-border expansion and new-market entry. As Temasek's anchor venture platform, Vertex Venture Holdings underpins a global network of funds backing technology and healthcare founders.