Our third fund will be much more active in India: Vertex Ventures MD

We will allocate follow-on dollars so that we continue to back the companies through their life-cycle: Vertex Ventures MD Ben Mathias

Vertex Ventures SEA/India, the venture capital firm backed by Temasek Global, raised $210 million for its third fund. Ben Mathias, managing director and head of India, shares the fund’s investment philosophy with Ranju Sarkar.

How will the third fund be different than the first two?

Our investment strategy will be similar to the first two funds in that we will look for disruptive technology companies in India and Southeast Asia (SEA) and back them early. Our investments will be mostly in the Series-A and Series-B stage and our initial cheque size will remain at the $2-$5m range. In addition, we