Singapore's Vertex Holdings taps Japanese investors to widen reach

Singapore's Vertex Holdings taps Japanese investors to widen reach

Vertex Ventures. Photographer: Sam Kang Li/Bloomberg

The venture capital arm of Singaporean sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings is diversifying its sources of funding by tapping an unusual group of Japanese companies and government agencies to fuel its global expansion at a time when many other investors feel skittish about cooling tech valuations.