Vertex Ventures US Fund III, L.P.
Late investment period
Late investment period: confirmed active, new first check Dec 2025
- Vintage
- 2021
- Fund size
- $170.1M to $200M (Form D)
- Stages
- Seed, Series A
- Sectors
- Enterprise SaaS
- Regions
- US
01 · Thesis
Vertex Ventures US Fund III has invested in Cleric, a company reinventing SRE with AI. The fund's investment was part of a seed round alongside Zetta Venture Partners.
Based on the firm's overall focus, not this specific fund.
02 · Initial check
$500K to $10M (stated by the firm)
Stated by the firm (firm-level)
03 · Who to approach
Named on this fund's Form D
- In Sik Rhee, Managing Director of the General Partner of the Issuer
- Jonathan Heiliger, Managing Director of the General Partner of the Issuer
- Sandeep Bhadra, Managing Director of the General Partner of the Issuer
04 · Deals
- Cleric: Reinventing SRE with AI source
05 · Evidence
Invested in Cleric
Vertex Ventures US has led a new $5.5M seed round in Cleric, bringing total funding to $9.8M alongside our friends at Zetta Venture Partners.
https://vvus.com/news/announcing-our-investment-in-cleric/Firm-wideVertex Ventures US partners with and invests in early-stage founders building infrastructure and SaaS companies.
We partner with and invest in early-stage founders building infrastructure and SaaS companies.
https://vvus.com/Firm-wideChecks of $500000 to $10000000
Check sizes $500k - $10M
https://vvus.com/
06 · Sources
Last verified: Oct 25, 2026