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(From https://vvus.com/ and https://vvus.com/faq/, read 2026-11-13.)\n\nWebsite: https://vvus.com\n\n## Companies on Anchor Terminal\n\n- **Docker**, Series C, March 2022, valued at $2.1B as announced (the source doesn't say pre- or post-money), Series C, March 2022\n - [Docker Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/docker-agent.md), graded BB, 77.4/100\n - [Docker Model Runner](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/docker-model-runner.md), graded C, 57.6/100\n - Source: https://www.docker.com/press-release/accelerate-investments-in-developer-productivity-trusted-content-and-ecosystem-partnerships/\n- **Kite AI**\n - [Kite Agent Passport](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kite-agent-passport.md), graded D, 52.9/100\n - Source: https://newsroom.paypal-corp.com/2025-09-02-Kite-Raises-18M-in-Series-A-Funding-To-Enforce-Trust-in-the-Agentic-Web\n- **Catamorphic, Co. (dba LaunchDarkly)**, Series B, December 2017, through Vertex, valued at $3B post-money, Series D, August 2021\n - [LaunchDarkly](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/launchdarkly.md), graded BB, 73.8/100\n - Source: https://launchdarkly.com/blog/launchdarkly-1-feature-management-platform-gets-21m-in-series-b-funding/\n- **Northflank**, Series A, November 2024, led a round, through Vertex Ventures US\n - [Northflank](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/northflank.md), graded C, 56.5/100\n - Source: https://northflank.com/blog/northflank-raises-22m-to-make-kubernetes-work-for-your-developers-ship-workloads-not-infrastructure\n- **Orkes**, Seed, February 2022, Series A, February 2024, Series B, April 2026, through Vertex Ventures US\n - [Orkes Conductor Human tasks](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orkes-conductor.md), graded C, 55.5/100\n - Source: https://orkes.io/blog/orkes-has-raised-a-20m-series-a-to-power-our-next-phase-of-growth\n\n## Where they invest\n\n- Agent frameworks \u0026 SDKs, 1\n- Local AI, 1\n- Agent wallets \u0026 spending controls, 1\n- Product analytics \u0026 experimentation, 1\n- GPU \u0026 serverless compute, 1\n- Human approval \u0026 handoff, 1\n\n## Founders they backed\n\n- [Solomon Hykes](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/solomon-hykes/), Docker\n- [Kamel Founadi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/kamel-founadi/), Docker\n- [Sebastien Pahl](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sebastien-pahl/), Docker\n- [Chi Zhang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/chi-zhang/), Kite AI\n- [Scott Shi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/scott-shi/), Kite AI\n- [Edith Harbaugh](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/edith-harbaugh/), Catamorphic, Co. (dba LaunchDarkly)\n- [John Kodumal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/john-kodumal/), Catamorphic, Co. (dba LaunchDarkly)\n- [Will Stewart](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/will-stewart/), Northflank\n- [Frederik Brix](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/frederik-brix/), Northflank\n- [Jeu George](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jeu-george/), Orkes\n- [Viren Baraiya](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/viren-baraiya/), Orkes\n- [Dilip Lukose](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/dilip-lukose/), Orkes\n\n## In its own words\n\n- Based in Palo Alto, United States (https://vvus.com/faq/)\n- Invests in Seed, Series A ยท Infrastructure, SaaS (https://vvus.com/)\n\n## Investing team\n\n- In Sik Rhee, General Partner\n- Jonathan Heiliger, General Partner\n\nThe people who invest, with the titles the firm gives them, from https://vvus.com/team/, read 2026-11-13.\n\n## Connections\n\n### Who at the firm is named on which company\n\n- **Jonathan Heiliger**: Catamorphic, Co. (dba LaunchDarkly) (https://launchdarkly.com/blog/launchdarkly-1-feature-management-platform-gets-21m-in-series-b-funding/)\n\n### Invests beside\n\n- [Bain Capital Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bain-capital-ventures/), 2 companies: Docker, Northflank\n- [Insight Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/insight-partners/), 2 companies: Docker, Catamorphic, Co. (dba LaunchDarkly)\n\nEvery link here comes from a source. \"Invests beside\" counts the companies two investors both backed. How the connections are made: https://www.anchorterminal.com/graph/\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which AI tools has Vertex Ventures invested in?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Docker, Kite AI, Catamorphic, Co. (dba LaunchDarkly), Northflank and Orkes backed by Vertex Ventures.\n\n### How are Vertex Ventures's companies graded?\n\nOn 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).\n\nInvestors 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. An investor isn't a sign of quality, and nobody can pay to be listed or to change a grade. 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