Venture firm in listed AI tools

Vertex Ventures

Vertex Ventures has backed 5 companies behind 6 listings on Anchor Terminal.

Venture firm

Vertex Ventures US is a Palo Alto venture firm that partners with early-stage founders building infrastructure and SaaS companies. It is one of several independent Vertex funds, with affiliates in Israel, China, Southeast Asia and India and Japan. From vvus.com and vvus.com/faq, read 13 November 2026.

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Companies on Anchor Terminal

Docker Series C, March 2022, valued at $2.1B as announced (the source doesn't say pre- or post-money), Series C, March 2022
- Docker Agent BB · Agent frameworks & SDKs
- Docker Model Runner C · Local AI
Source docker.com/press-release/…
Kite AI
- Kite Agent Passport D · Agent wallets & spending controls
Source newsroom.paypal-corp.com/…
Catamorphic, Co. (dba LaunchDarkly) Series B, December 2017, through Vertex, valued at $3B post-money, Series D, August 2021
- LaunchDarkly BB · Product analytics & experimentation
Source launchdarkly.com/blog/…
Northflank Series A, November 2024, led a round, through Vertex Ventures US
- Northflank C · GPU & serverless compute
Source northflank.com/blog/…
Orkes Seed, February 2022, Series A, February 2024, Series B, April 2026, through Vertex Ventures US
- Orkes Conductor Human tasks C · Human approval & handoff
Source orkes.io/blog/…

Where they invest

Agent frameworks & SDKs 1 Local AI 1 Agent wallets & spending controls 1 Product analytics & experimentation 1 GPU & serverless compute 1 Human approval & handoff 1

Founders they backed

Solomon Hykes Docker
Kamel Founadi Docker
Sebastien Pahl Docker
Chi Zhang Kite AI
Scott Shi Kite AI
Edith Harbaugh Catamorphic, Co. (dba LaunchDarkly)
John Kodumal Catamorphic, Co. (dba LaunchDarkly)
Will Stewart Northflank
Frederik Brix Northflank
Jeu George Orkes
Viren Baraiya Orkes
Dilip Lukose Orkes

In its own words

Based in Palo Alto, United States (vvus.com/faq)
Invests in Seed, Series A · Infrastructure, SaaS (vvus.com)

Investing team

In Sik Rhee General Partner
Jonathan Heiliger General Partner

The people who invest, with the titles the firm gives them, from vvus.com/team, read 13 November 2026. A name and a title, and nothing else about the person.

Connections

Who at the firm is named on which company

Jonathan Heiliger: Catamorphic, Co. (dba LaunchDarkly) (source)

Invests beside

Bain Capital Ventures 2 companies: Docker, Northflank
Insight Partners 2 companies: Docker, Catamorphic, Co. (dba LaunchDarkly)

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Questions

Which AI tools has Vertex Ventures invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists Docker, Kite AI, Catamorphic, Co. (dba LaunchDarkly), Northflank and Orkes backed by Vertex Ventures.

How are Vertex Ventures's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Docker Agent (BB, 77.4), Docker Model Runner (C, 57.6), Kite Agent Passport (D, 52.9), LaunchDarkly (BB, 73.8), Northflank (C, 56.5) and Orkes Conductor Human tasks (C, 55.5).

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