Vantage | December 2025

Vertex Portfolio News

Here are the latest updates on our portfolio companies across the Vertex network. Stay connected by signing up for our monthly newsletter here.

• Apono (Israel) raises $34M Series B to tackle cloud privilege sprawl with a Zero Standing Privilege model
• Attentive AI (SEA & India) secures $30.5M Series B to accelerate AI innovation in construction
• BlinkOps (Israel & Growth) raises $50M Series B to fuel platform expansion
• Coolmate (SEA & India) closes Series C round to power global push
• Estie (Growth) secures ¥2.2B in debt financing
• Matsuri Technologies (SEA & India) Secures Backing from Top Institutional Investors Amid Japan’s Tourism Boom
• Nagish (Israel) acquires Sign.mt to advance AI-powered sign language solutions

• Tulip Interfaces (US) acquires Akooda in a multimillion-dollar deal

• Fairatmos (SEA & India) and South Pole Sign Landmark Offtake LOI
• Geekplus Robotics (China & Growth) partners with Maersk on robot-based system integration
• Harbour BioMed (China) teams with Evinova China to drive AI-enabled biologics discovery
• Nium (SEA & India, Growth) joins Visa’s stablecoin settlement pilot to support cross-border payments
• Nium (SEA & India, Growth) expands partnership with Digit9 for real-time cross-border payouts
• Nium (SEA & India, Growth) deepens strategic partnership with MOIN to enhance global remittance and settlement services

• Septerna (SEA & India, Growth) advances its Novo Nordisk partnership

• Ace Turtle (SEA & India) appoints Alok Dubey as Chief Business Officer for Lee & Wrangler in select South Asian markets
• Databricks (China) to boost partner growth further after tenfold expansion
• Databricks (China) unveils new tool tackling PDF parsing for agentic AI
• Hms Infotech (Hotelogix) (SEA & India) cloud PMS helps Thai resort enhance service quality and expand guest capacity
• PALMONAS (SEA & India) opens first store in Rajasthan at Urban Square Mall, Udaipur
• Sonoma Biotherapeutics (Healthcare) appoints Stephen Dilly as President & CEO; Jeff Bluestone transitions to advisor

• Unitree Robotics (Healthcare) reports 30% revenue increase amid robotics shift

• Axonius (Israel) ranked on Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ 2025
• Cyberhaven (US) ranked among North America’s fastest-growing companies on Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ 2025
• Cymulate (Israel & Growth) named a Gartner® Customers’ Choice for 2025 in Security Posture Management
• Sonoma Biotherapeutics (Healthcare) awarded a ScaleReady G-Rex grant to support T-cell therapy development
• Quantum Art (Israel) featured in Forbes for its ultra-compact million-qubit QPU architecture and breakthroughs in faster, denser quantum computation