#D2C meat delivery has picked up in India with #startups like Licious and FreshToHome competing to gain the market share. More insights on top D2C companies in our latest report! synaptic.com/resources/2021… Pankaj Makkar Ben Mathias Bertelsmann India Investments Vertex Ventures Vivek Gupta

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! Rashmi Ramesh Vertex Ventures

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.

Very happy to welcome Onato into the Vertex Ventures portfolio and to be partnering with Omnivore 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! Vertex Ventures

Excited to share that @IncRecko has joined hands with Stripe! Privileged to have worked with Saurya Prakash and Prashant Borde and the entire team at Recko, many thanks for giving us an early seat at the table. stripe.com/newsroom/news/…

#FundingAlert | @HerProactive, a digital clinic for women's outpatient healthcare gets $5.5M in Series A funding led by Vertex Ventures & Nexus Venture Partners. The funds will be used to expand digital product offerings, grow customer base & launch flagship clinic in Bengaluru by Mar 2022.

Heartiest congrats to my colleagues Puiyan Leung Pui Yan and Kanika Mayar for promotion to Partner! #vc #promotions #invest #investor #venturecapital

So cool to see 2 Indian products at the top of product hunt!!! 🚀🚀🚀 @ThreadoHQ⁩ ⁦Pramod Rao⁩ ⁦AbhishekNalin⁩

Loved this chat w/ Ben Mathias (Managing Partner, Vertex Ventures SEA & India) on EP58 THE VCPRENEUR podcast🎙️ In this ep, Ben talks about the nuances of growth stage investing, backing capital efficient businesses, some outlier founders at Vertex & more... A quick🧵 1/

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.

In this episode of Startup Fridays, Ben Mathias of Vertex Ventures, 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 Arakali Harichandan forbesindia.com/audio/the-star…

Managing Partner Ben Mathias shares with Forbes India 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 Toys"R"Us as clients. forbesindia.com/article/startu…

StartUp Central | Ben Mathias, Managing Partner, Vertex Ventures, SEA & India speaks about the Indian startup ecosystem and his investment plans. Watch! avanne dubash Ben Mathias Vertex Ventures

🚨 ace turtle, a retail tech startup, raises $34M in its Series B funding. The round was led by new investors Vertex Ventures, SBI Investment, Farglory, Lesing Nine, Stride Ventures, Tuscan Ventures & @TrifectaCap.

Awesome chatting with industry peers Ben Mathias Rohini Chakravarthy anita rehman and interacting with several today at the BHIVE Workspace on #ChurchStreet - lovely to share our experiences over a nearly 2 hour session. Several things I learnt from my peers too - notably the

1/ Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India (Vertex Ventures), 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. Thread 🧵

2/ The company allocates $50 million from its fifth fund to support #women-led startups, reinforcing its commitment to diversity and inclusion.

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. Read More 👇 yourstory.com/2024/04/why-ve….

"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/companies/…

Flew Air India from BLR to BOM. Excellent service and flight experience. Loved it!. #AIFans #FlyAI