Vantage | December 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.

• Adaptive Shield (Israel) acquired by CrowdStrike to Deliver Integrated SaaS Security Posture Management
• Databricks (Israel) closes in on $55 billion valuation after latest fundraise
• Northflank (US) Raises $22M to Simplify App and Database Deployment in Your Cloud
• Trustero (US) Secures $10M+ Series A Funding Led by Bright Pixel Capital to Revolutionize AI-Driven Security and Compliance

• Geek+ (China & Growth) and Intel launch Vision Only Robot Solution for smart logistics
• Navina (Israel) Expands Florida Footprint Through Partnership with FLAACOs

• Nium (SEA, & India, Growth) and Partior Partner on Real-Time, Cross-Border Payments, Clearing and Settlement

• 17Live (SEA & India, Growth) acquires Japanese VTuber Company Mikai
• Blings (Israel) Launches New Interactive Website
• ElevateBio (Healthcare) appoints Amy Pooler as SVP Research and Development
• Epirium Bio (Healthcare) Presented Late-Breaking Preclinical Data of MF-300 (15-PGDH Enzyme Inhibitor) at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting 2024
• Geek+ (China & Growth) Launches World's Most Powerful Robot Management System to Combat Peak Season Holiday Rush
• Harbour BioMed (China) Appoints Dr. Raymond Zheng as Chief Business Officer
• Harbour BioMed (China) Announces Submission of IND Application for HBM9378/SKB378 in the Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Nium (SEA & India, Growth) Launches Verify for Real-time Account Verification to Eliminate Misdirected Global Payments
• Obsidian Therapeutics (Healthcare) to Present Preclinical Data Supporting OBX-115 and cytoDRiVE® Platform at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Annual Meeting 2024
• Palleon Pharmaceuticals (Healthcare) Presents Results from the Phase 1/2 GLIMMER-01 Trial of E-602 in Combination with Cemiplimab in Patients with Solid Tumors at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Annual Meeting
• SpyGlass Pharma (Healthcare) Completes Enrollment in Phase I/II Study of its Promising Long-Term Drug Delivery Platform for Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension
• SonoThera (Healthcare) Presents New Data at the ASGCT Breakthroughs in Muscular Dystrophy Meeting on Ultrasound-Mediated Gene Delivery (UMGD) to Heart and Skeletal Muscle

• Aporia (Israel) named by TIME as One of the World's Best Inventions of 2024
• Datarails (Israel) Ranked 92nd Fastest-Growing Company in North America on the 2024 Deloitte Technology Fast 500™
• Geekplus (China & Growth) receives two prestigious awards at Supply Chain Asia Awards 2024
• Pilgrim (SEA & India) Wins 'Best Hair Care Brand' at Myntra's Rising Star D2C Summit
• Verbit (Israel) recognized on Fast Company’s 2024 list of the ‘Next Big Things in Tech’
• Vertex Ventures China's Choon Chong Tay ranked 18th in Forbes China's list of 100 Top Venture Capitalist (Article in Chinese)