# Vertex Ventures (slim)

> Vertex Ventures's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Docker, Kite AI, Catamorphic, Co. (dba LaunchDarkly), Northflank and 1 more, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/vertex-ventures/index.md (~1,450 tokens) · this version ~1,280 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/vertex-ventures/index.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/vertex-ventures/
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp · Updated: 2026-11-13
- Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)

Venture firm.

Vertex Ventures US is a Palo Alto venture firm that partners with early-stage founders building infrastructure and SaaS companies.

Website: https://vvus.com

## 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](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/docker-agent.md), graded BB, 77.4/100
  - [Docker Model Runner](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/docker-model-runner.md), graded C, 57.6/100
  - Source: https://www.docker.com/press-release/accelerate-investments-in-developer-productivity-trusted-content-and-ecosystem-partnerships/
- **Kite AI**
  - [Kite Agent Passport](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kite-agent-passport.md), graded D, 52.9/100
  - Source: https://newsroom.paypal-corp.com/2025-09-02-Kite-Raises-18M-in-Series-A-Funding-To-Enforce-Trust-in-the-Agentic-Web
- **Catamorphic, Co. (dba LaunchDarkly)**, Series B, December 2017, through Vertex, valued at $3B post-money, Series D, August 2021
  - [LaunchDarkly](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/launchdarkly.md), graded BB, 73.8/100
  - Source: https://launchdarkly.com/blog/launchdarkly-1-feature-management-platform-gets-21m-in-series-b-funding/
- **Northflank**, Series A, November 2024, led a round, through Vertex Ventures US
  - [Northflank](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/northflank.md), graded C, 56.5/100
  - Source: https://northflank.com/blog/northflank-raises-22m-to-make-kubernetes-work-for-your-developers-ship-workloads-not-infrastructure
- **Orkes**, Seed, February 2022, Series A, February 2024, Series B, April 2026, through Vertex Ventures US
  - [Orkes Conductor Human tasks](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/orkes-conductor.md), graded C, 55.5/100
  - Source: https://orkes.io/blog/orkes-has-raised-a-20m-series-a-to-power-our-next-phase-of-growth

## 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](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/solomon-hykes/), Docker
- [Kamel Founadi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/kamel-founadi/), Docker
- [Sebastien Pahl](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sebastien-pahl/), Docker
- [Chi Zhang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/chi-zhang/), Kite AI
- [Scott Shi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/scott-shi/), Kite AI
- [Edith Harbaugh](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/edith-harbaugh/), Catamorphic, Co. (dba LaunchDarkly)
- [John Kodumal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/john-kodumal/), Catamorphic, Co. (dba LaunchDarkly)
- [Will Stewart](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/will-stewart/), Northflank
- [Frederik Brix](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/frederik-brix/), Northflank
- [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

## In its own words

- Based in Palo Alto, United States (https://vvus.com/faq/)
- Invests in Seed, Series A · Infrastructure, SaaS (https://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 https://vvus.com/team/, read 2026-11-13.

## Connections

### Who at the firm is named on which company

- **Jonathan Heiliger**: Catamorphic, Co. (dba LaunchDarkly) (https://launchdarkly.com/blog/launchdarkly-1-feature-management-platform-gets-21m-in-series-b-funding/)

### Invests beside

- [Bain Capital Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bain-capital-ventures/), 2 companies: Docker, Northflank
- [Insight Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/insight-partners/), 2 companies: Docker, Catamorphic, Co. (dba LaunchDarkly)

Every link here comes from a source.

## Questions

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

Anchor Terminal lists Docker, Kite AI, Catamorphic, Co.

### 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).

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.