# Vertex Ventures US (slim)

> Vertex Ventures US's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Northflank and Orkes, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/vertex-ventures-us/index.md (~550 tokens) · this version ~430 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/vertex-ventures-us/index.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/vertex-ventures-us/
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp · Updated: 2026-10-28
- Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)

Venture firm.

Website: https://vvus.com

## Companies on Anchor Terminal

- **Northflank**
  - [Northflank](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/northflank.md), graded C, 61.3/100
  - Source: https://northflank.com/about
- **Orkes**, Seed, February 2022, Series A, February 2024
  - [Orkes Conductor Human tasks](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orkes-conductor.md), graded C, 54.2/100
  - Source: https://orkes.io/blog/orkes-has-raised-a-20m-series-a-to-power-our-next-phase-of-growth

## Where they invest

- GPU & serverless compute, 1
- Human approval & handoff, 1

## Founders they backed

- [Jeu George](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jeu-george/), Orkes
- [Viren Baraiya](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/viren-baraiya/), Orkes
- [Dilip Lukose](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/dilip-lukose/), Orkes

## Questions

### Which AI tools has Vertex Ventures US invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists Northflank and Orkes backed by Vertex Ventures US.

### How are Vertex Ventures US's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Northflank (C, 61.3) and Orkes Conductor Human tasks (C, 54.2).

Investors are named from the companies' own announcements, the investors' own pages, Y Combinator's company pages, public filings and news reports of a round, each with its source.