Vantage | August 2024

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.

• Eyebio (Healthcare) completed acquisition by Merck
• SemiDrive (China) raised RMB 1B in strategic funding
• Neuspera Medical (Healthcare) Raises $23 Million in Series D Financing
• Nagish (Israel) Raises $16M in Funding
• Vectara (US) Secures $25 Million Series A Funding to Advance the Trustworthiness of Retrieval Augmented Generation with New Mockingbird LLM
• Zenity (Israel) Receives Strategic Investment Led by M12

• Adaptive Shield (Israel) Partners with Deloitte to Deliver Holistic, Comprehensive SaaS Security for Global Organizations
• Aporia (Israel) partners with Portkey to Bring Secure and Reliable AI Guardrails to Production
• LeaseLock (US) launches risk management alliance

• Vectara (US) and Carahsoft Partner to Accelerate Time to Value in GenAI for Government Agencies

• Axonius (Israel) Continues C-Suite Expansion with Two New Appointments
• Adaptive Shield (Israel) Expands its SaaS Security in France, Appoints Regional Director
• Adaptive Shield (Israel) unveils new AI security features at RSA Conference
• CARV (China) announces the official launch of the Alphanet test network, with $35 million worth of community distributed verification nodes distributed
• D-Fend Solutions (Israel) Upgrades EnforceAir2 C-UAS with User Interface Enhancements, AI-based Mitigation Engine, and New "Disrupted" Environments Mode
• Easymove 铱钼科技 (China) announced groundbreaking ceremony of the intelligent production and delivery center in Qianlishan Industrial Park, Haibowan District, Wuhai City
• Guesty (Israel) Launches AI Messaging Tool to Enable Short-Term Rental Hosts to Deliver Automated Guest Communications
• Harbour BioMed (China) Announces Positive Profit Alert for 2024 Interim Results
• Harbour BioMed (China) to Present the Latest Progress of the First-in-Class Fully Human Anti-B7H7/HHLA2 Monoclonal Antibody HBM1020 at the ESMO Congress 2024
• Neuspera Medical (Healthcare) Reaches Significant Milestone: Final Patient Has Completed Primary Endpoint Visit in the SANS-UUI Pivotal Clinical Trial
• Nium (SEA, India & Growth) Expands Ability for Customers to Receive in More Than 40 Countries and 15 Currencies, Offering One of the Most Extensive Networks
• Patsnap (SEA, India & Growth) prepares to enter Japan
• Obsidian Therapeutics (Healthcare) Announces FDA Fast Track Designation for OBX-115 for the Treatment of Advanced Melanoma
• Taranis (Israel, Growth) Launches Ag Assistant™ to Transform Farm Decision Making
• Validus (SEA, India and Growth) Appoints Chong Khai Siang as Group CFO

• Indapta Therapeutics (Healthcare) featured in Nature Biotechnology Editor's Pick
• Licious (SEA, India & Growth) Founder Vivek Gupta Named Among Top CEOs in India
• Nium (SEA, India & Growth) named by CNBC among World’s Top Fintech Companies 2024