Joo Hock Chua has been building Vertex Ventures since 1988, starting from the original Singapore Technologies venture arm and personally shaping the firm's strategy across multiple market cycles and geographies including the US, China, Israel, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and India. Before entering venture capital, he worked in semiconductor manufacturing at GE, corporate development at NatSteel, and at Singapore's Economic Development Board, giving him an unusual combination of hard tech, industrial, and government experience that he brings to backing Southeast Asia and India's leading consumer and fintech platforms like Grab, FirstCry, and Payfazz.