Silicon Catalyst actively works with over 400 investors, from large VCs to smaller firms, multiple angel groups, tier-one corporate VCs and individual angels, including:
Silicon Catalyst Ventures launched to support Early-stage Semiconductor Startups
Silicon Catalyst's Strategic Investment Partner raises another $1B
Silicon Catalyst Portfolio Company Ayar Labs Secures $35M Series B Funding Round
Silicon Catalyst Angels
EXPERIENCE … THE DIFFERENCE
Silicon Catalyst Angels was spawned from Silicon Catalyst, the world’s only incubator focused exclusively on accelerating solutions in silicon. Silicon Catalyst, named UBM/Canon’s Startup Company of the Year, is now in its sixth year of operations and has engaged with over 300 startups.
What makes Silicon Catalyst Angels unique is not only our visibility into an exclusive deal flow pipeline, but our membership is comprised of seasoned semiconductor veterans who bring with them a wealth of knowledge along with their ability to invest. Driven by passion and a desire to ‘give back’, our members understand the hardware space thanks to a lifetime of engagement in the industry. When you couple our members enthusiasm, knowledge, and broad network of connections with companies that have been vetted and admitted to Silicon Catalyst, you have a formula that is to date, non existent within the investment community.
Sand Hill Angels Understands Entrepreneurs
Sand Hill Angels (SHA) makes seed-stage investments in disruptive, scalable technologies to build profitable businesses. Our 120+ members are experienced technology entrepreneurs, business leaders, and angel investors who are interested in investing and mentoring. Our members are active in the startup ecosystem — many are active in organizations like StartX and belong to other angel groups, and several are venture capitalists.
Our sweet spot is companies that value patient capital and the long-term support that our extensive networks can provide. Through our network, entrepreneurs can leverage our members’ relationships to access customers, channels, service providers, and other connections needed by growing startups.
We’re a venture capital firm with a 50+ year track record of investing at the inception stage in iconic enterprise, consumer and human & planetary health companies.
We’re guided by our People First philosophy and are proud to have served as early investors to over 500 companies leading to 120 IPOs and over 200 M&As.
Our investment team operates from a shared set of beliefs and partners for the long term with entrepreneurs pursuing big ideas. We invest at the inception stage of companies at Seed and Series A, with selective investments in companies at Series B and beyond. We are currently investing out of our sixteenth early-stage fund, the $475M Mayfield XVI for inception stage companies, and our Select funds, the $400M Select and Select II funds for companies at Series B and beyond.
We currently have $2.2 billion under management and since our founding in 1969 have raised 20 funds.
We know that company building is a marathon, not a sprint, and we’re here to help.
We designed the Mayfield Velocity Platform, or MVP, to cater to the unique needs of early-stage companies, providing support in three key areas of talent, marketing and business development. We follow a unique approach that is consultative, custom, and delivered by a senior team. MVP is a custom-designed immersion process to help jumpstart the journey from inception to becoming an iconic company.
Learn more about our promise to entrepreneurs.
We are the Early seed stage go-to place for money
Silicon Catalyst Ventures was formed as an extension of Silicon Catalyst, the world’s only incubator + accelerator focused on semiconductor solutions, including Photonics, MEMS, sensors, IP, materials and Life Science. It was formed primarily, but not exclusively, to fund and foster Silicon Catalyst Portfolio Companies. This close association between the Venture Fund and the Silicon Catalyst incubator affords investors unique access to entrepreneurial teams whose technology and businesses are accelerated and de-risked throughout a rigorous screening process and two year incubation.
“At Sand Hill Angels (SHA) we are always looking for great startups with innovative solutions to challenging problems. The deals that come to SHA from Silicon Catalyst are innovative and technically strong. They have been thoroughly vetted by some of the best experts in the industry and they enjoy a competitive advantage in terms of getting their solutions to market as a result of the in-kind services that Silicon Catalyst provides to its portfolio companies.”
Drue Freeman, Board Director of Sand Hill Angels
Let's build Companies, Invented for life
We invest in entrepreneurs with the vision to shape the future of human living space, whether at home, at work or on the road
With offices in Europe, Silicon Valley, China and Israel, we are working with Deep-tech companies worldwide. Having our investment sweet spot in early stage we are also looking into later stage companies, as well as seed stage in selected cases. We prefer to syndicate our investments with existing or new investors in the company and can take the lead, co-lead or follow as necessary. Beyond the financial commitment, startups receive access to our vast network and support in commercial collaborations
Company Overview
Cirrus Logic is a leading supplier of low-power, high-precision mixed-signal processing solutions for mobile applications including smartphones, wearables, tablets, digital headsets, as well as other segments such as consumer, smart home and automotive. The company has a strong intellectual property portfolio with over 3,450 pending and issued patents worldwide. These patents have driven the development of a wide range of components for industry leading global brands that differentiate their products, in part, through our innovative custom, semi-custom and general-market ICs.
With a robust portfolio of sophisticated low-power products including smart codecs, boosted amplifiers, haptic and sensing solutions and DSPs that are coupled with the essential tools, software and associated algorithms, Cirrus Logic is well positioned to drive innovation and growth in the evolving markets for audio, voice and other signal processing technologies.
Founded in 1984, Cirrus Logic was a pioneer of the “fabless” semiconductor model. In the early 1990’s Cirrus Logic acquired Crystal Semiconductor, a supplier of analog and mixed-signal converter ICs, and became a leading supplier of PC graphics chips, audio converters and chips for magnetic storage products.
In 2007, Jason Rhode was named president and chief executive officer. Under his leadership the company refocused toward developing highly innovative custom, semi-custom and general-market ICs for the world’s leading consumer OEMs. With the acquisition Wolfson Microelectronics in August 2014 and several smaller technology companies, Cirrus Logic broadened its footprint in audio and accelerated key investments in compelling voice technology. Today, with a well-established audio, voice and haptics business, the company is expanding into adjacent mixed-signal markets that are expected to drive growth opportunities in the coming years.
Cirrus Logic Today and Tomorrow
The desire to deliver a compelling user experience is becoming increasingly important in today’s connected world and Cirrus Logic is uniquely positioned as a leading supplier of audio, voice and other signal-processing components – including smart codecs, boosted amplifiers, haptic and sensing solutions, and DSPs. The company also develops highly sophisticated embedded software and the associated algorithms that help customers to differentiate their products by enabling cutting-edge audio features, such as always-on voice recognition, noise reduction, echo cancellation, voice enhancement and high-performance boosted audio amplification. The combination of Cirrus Logic’s best-in-class hardware with complex software algorithms is a compelling value proposition for our customers.
Portable Products
Cirrus Logic’s ultra-low-power smart codecs, boosted amplifiers and haptic drivers are used in a variety of portable applications including smartphones, tablets, wearables, and digital headsets. The company is uniquely suited to address the increasing demand for audio, voice other signal-processing components as OEMs strive to differentiate their products with features and functions that enable a compelling and consistent user experience. With products that incorporate ultra-low-power with smaller, smarter and more complex signal processing, Cirrus Logic is a premier supplier in the portable audio, voice and other adjacent mixed-signal markets.
Non-Portable and Other Products
Cirrus Logic provides a wide range of products for the non-mobile consumer, smart home, automotive, energy and industrial markets. Within non-mobile consumer and automotive, the company’s ICs are utilized in such applications as home theater systems, laptops, automotive entertainment systems, musical instruments, and satellite radio systems. Building upon its mixed-signal design expertise, Cirrus Logic’s industrial products are also used in applications that contribute to lower energy consumption, such as digital utility meters.
Walden International is unique among US venture firms through its focus on cross-border investments that leverage global markets and talent to grow industry-leading companies. For more than 30 years, our integrated team has brought extensive added value to help companies through capital, relationships and expertise.
We look to partner with the best of the best – entrepreneurs with a strong appreciation for the benefits of leveraging talent and markets independent of geography to gain unfair advantage.
Our team brings both extensive venture expertise together with in-depth operating experience to help you grow your company.
We invest in early and expansion stage companies across sectors such as Semiconductors, Clean Tech, Internet & Digital Media and Software.
Silicon Catalyst Portfolio Company SigmaSense Closes $22M Series A Funding Round
“Silicon Catalyst is a great resource for deal flow in the semiconductor space and for expert insights.”
Dr. Yvonne Lutsch, Investment Principal at ROBERT Bosch Venture Capital
We've founded 8 companies and invested early in startups now worth over $40B. We can help you build a company from the ground up.
We help you lay the foundations of a defensible, category-defining company.
Building a category-defining company is daunting. We know how to get through the “0 to 1” journey.
At 0 you have an idea but no product nor customer, and we focus on validating customer demand, market dynamics, and building an MVP. At 0.5 you have gained early customer love and we focus on transitioning t0 structured company building. At 1 you have demonstrated a scalable business model and a large market opportunity, and we ready you to raise a Series A and beyond.
We are company-builders, having founded 8 companies ourselves. We aren’t afraid to roll up our sleeves and help! Through having helped hundreds of companies, we’ve developed a deep understanding of what it takes to transform a mere idea into a high-growth business.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
Canadian entrepreneurial success is all about collaboration and connection.
Over the past 13 years, we have participated in the growth of one of the most vibrant tech communities in the world.
By learning from international examples, honing in on our strengths, and rolling up our sleeves and building impactful programs, networks and resources, we’ve not only seen massive success for the companies we back, we’ve also witnessed the flourishing of the ecosystems in which they thrive.
Founders must develop their mindsets alongside their skillsets.
The success of a high-growth venture-backed business depends as much on the leadership abilities of the founding team as it does on operational excellence.
Our team helps our founders lay enduring foundations, supporting them from pre-seed and standing by them as they scale. We back visionary leaders who will have lasting impacts on the future of society across all industries.
Founders have tremendous power to shape our reality and future.
The next generation of great companies will be conscious about the impact their technology has on the world and deliberate about how they use that power.
They will be led by founders who build their companies on a foundation of self-awareness, appreciation for diversity of thought, authenticity, and continual improvement. The world needs great solutions and mindful founders.
About Social Capital
At Social Capital, our mission is to advance humanity by solving the world’s hardest problems. We believe that empowering entrepreneurs who seek to improve the lives of the people around them is the best way to create more opportunity globally.
At its core, Social Capital is an organization that identifies hard problems and assembles experts, IP and experiments that allow us to learn about these problems deeply. Once we have conviction about a solution, we will then execute — by building, buying, or investing in whatever it takes to solve the problem we identified.
And to better serve the people building these companies, we are building a new kind of organization. Social Capital invests from a balance sheet of permanent capital to fuel entrepreneurship at all stages, all over the world, so that we can partner with entrepreneurs for as long as it takes. We leverage data and machine learning to build great companies and then help them be operationally excellent to drive long term success.
Henkel is the premier materials supplier for the electronics assembly and semiconductor packaging industries. Our advanced formulations include a range of products that facilitate electrical interconnect, provide structural integrity, offer critical protection, and transfer heat for reliable performance.
“It has been a pleasure for Real Ventures to partner with Silicon Catalyst over the past several years. Silicon Catalyst is incubating a fascinating collection of semiconductor hardware startups. As investors in SPARK Microsystems we have experienced how the Silicon Catalyst ecosystem surrounds each startup with support that de-risks our investment.”
Mark E. McDowell, Partner at Real Ventures
Silicon Catalyst Portfolio Company SPARK Microsystems raises $17.5 million
Empowering early-stage companies to shape the future of the world through cutting-edge technology.
We’ve personally carried out all aspects of establishing tech companies, developing innovative solutions, penetrating global markets and scaling up. From design to manufacturing, marketing and sales, we understand the journey, the difficulties and risks along the way and what it takes to achieve success.
This experience provided us with the know-how, channel networks and expertise to support and empower founders throughout this journey, from inception through growth, across strategy and execution.
People first. We believe that People are the heart of every success. Our approach is to treat people with respect, honesty and transparency. This applies to the entrepreneurs we engage with and our partners.
WHO ARE WE?
Viola is Israel’s leading technology-focused investment group with over $3 billion assets under management. We enable Israeli entrepreneurs to build global transformational technology companies.
ABOUT VIOLA
Viola’s mission and passion is to enable Israeli entrepreneurs to build global transformational technology companies.
To do this repeatedly and consistently, we go beyond just funding, and provide value-add services that arm our entrepreneurs with the edge they need to succeed in the global arena:
GLOBAL NETWORK: We leverage our technology and industrial ecosystem to help our portfolio companies access customers, sales channels and strategic partners, as well as sourcing talent.
ACCESS TO THE GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY INVESTORS ECOSYSTEM: From global VC firms to global growth investors, private equity firms, debt providers and strategic and corporate investors.
DATA, INSIGHTS & BEST PRACTICES: The data gathered by our dedicated BI Team on technology and market trends, combined with Viola data infrastructure – is highly valuable when building a global technology company.
COMMUNITY: Our companies benefit from being a part of an extensive, vibrant family of entrepreneurs and executives across the portfolio and our 30+ investment professionals, and from knowledge enrichment via our Viola+ program.
We are backed by leading global institutional investors from all over the world and provide long-term, world-class returns by identifying and pursuing attractive investment opportunities in Israel’s vibrant tech industry.
Our focused, separate investment arms operate independently with a dedicated investment team, different investors and portfolio companies, but shares access to value-added services and professionals.
Viola was founded in 2000 and has supported over 200 technology companies to date.
EARLY STAGE
Venture Capital
Focused on artificial intelligence, cyber security and data intensive technologies. Strong corporate relationships to help you scale.
INVESTMENT
AREAS
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Decision making, learning, natural language processing, and vision
DATA INTENSIVE/IOT
Companies with deep technologies that handle big data, predictions, analytics and multisignal analysis
MACHINE VISION / SENSING
Algorithms, sensors, projection, virtual and augmented reality
CYBER SECURITY
B2B solutions for Cloud, IoT, and Industry 4.0
ABOUT US
J-Angels is a community and a VC fund of top American investors (Jewish-American & Israeli-born) in Silicon Valley and San Francisco.
With our branches in Palo Alto and San Francisco, we invite you to open the doors to a community of exceptional people with a collective experience in building some of the most important companies in Silicon Valley. We can help you take your company as far as you can dream.
We are a community of members who were early backers in unicorns such as:
Uber, Pandora, Tesla, SurveyMonkey, OutBrain, Palantir, Outbrain, Google
A community of past and current partners in leading funds like:
Lightspeed, Bessemer, Maven, Polaris, NVP, KPBC, BlueRun, Zetta, Storm, Opus, Rhodium, Alloy, USVP, Illuminate, Walden, Tandem, KKR, ICONIC, CRV Playground, IntelCapital among others.
A community of former & current executives in:
Facebook, Intel, Google, Yahoo, Uber, Lyft, Intuit, VMWare, Apple, Amazon, Qualcomm, J&J, Nest, Samsung, TI, Delphi, Linkedin, MS, Solar City...
And a community of serial entrepreneurs who took companies from zero to exits in the hundreds of millions such as:
Otto, AtHoc, Watchdocx , BlazeMeter, Loop
What you get, if you are selected, is a community of the top 150 experts in all different tech sectors. Whether it’s AI or Semi-Conductors, Security or Mobile, Automotive or Healthcare -- our group has the best experts in each field who can provide value way beyond their initial investment.
“Silicon Catalyst has been immensely helpful to one of our portfolio companies Eridan. First, they delivered in-kind engineering tools and resources either for free or at dramatically reduced cost worth millions of dollars. Second, they've provided significant industry-specific advice which is very valuable. Finally, they’ve brought in a strong syndicate of world class investors. We’re really glad to have them as partners.”
Jay Zaveri, Partner & Founder at Social Capital
Venture University Is Designed For Individuals Looking To Gain High Quality Investment Experience In Order To Break Into The VC/PE Industry, Launch Their Own Funds, Or Advance Their Careers
• Develop Key Skill Sets: Deal sourcing, conducting due diligence, investment evaluation, raising LP capital, and increasing the success of portfolio companies
• Time Commitment: Join VU's Investor Accelerator full-time or part-time for 11 weeks or up to 12 months
• Location: Join virtually from anywhere in the world. VU also has offices in San Francisco, NYC, and Hong Kong, and hopes to re-open the offices in the future
• Gain High Quality Work Experience: Become an Analyst, Associate, Principal, Venture Partner, or Emerging Fund Manager as part of the VC/PE Investment Apprenticeship at VU Venture Partners, a multi-stage investment fund, investing across Consumer, Enterprise, Fintech, Frontier, Healthcare, & PropTech
• Mentorship: Work alongside and learn from top performing investors with over 45+ yrs of VC experience who have invested $1.8B+ in 250+ companies & achieved over a 4x+ net cash return as early investors in Beyond Meat, Facebook, Uber, Twitter, Venmo, Oculus, and more
• Partner Meetings: Present your top deals at weekly Partner Meetings
• Investment Committees: Present investment recommendations to the Investment Committee and vote on proposed investment opportunities
• Build A Track Record: Make 2-5 investments per quarter (up to 20 investments over 12 months), each targeting a 10x+ return, and co-invest with top tier investors
• Profit Sharing Agreement: Share in the financial upside on the investments made via a Profit Sharing Agreement
• Career Development: Improve your resume, develop a career strategy, receive career coaching, gain access to VC/PE job opportunities, interview prep, and job recommendation / references
• Networking: Build a deep network within the VC/PE industry and join a powerful tight-knit family of VU alumni investors
• Education: Learn during live sessions and recorded content via The VC/PE Masterclass, The Advanced VC/PE Modules, and Fireside Chats from top tier VC/PE investors, angels, founders, and strategics
What inspires us
Magnetic teams
We are drawn to teams with a high need to win,
often from humble beginnings
We seek teams with brains, energy, and character that have the power of shared purpose and the drive to see it through
How we work
Follow-on financing
The difference between vision and dilution is execution
Over 200 follow-on rounds have given us insights on fundraising
We help achieve follow-on financing success
Focus
Business technology and services
We invest in companies that help businesses win
We are fascinated by what and who will redefine the future
What to expect from us
Ethos
CLEAR is a constant reminder of our code of conduct:
Collaborative, Levelheaded, Engaged, Accessible, Responsive
Right Fit
We are actively looking for early stage investments
Let's see if we are right for each other
Cantos is a first-round venture capital firm with $25 million under management that invests where the innovation curve casts previously intractable problems in new light –– where new technology might positively impact billions. At a time when venture capital has become synonymous with growth equity, we exist to take the first steps with founders on bold journeys that would have been impossible just years prior. That is, to return venture capital to its roots.
“Silicon Catalyst impresses me by living up to their slogan 'It's about what's next'. Most all the companies that apply are pushing the leading edge of technology. So it is exciting, almost like science fiction. On top of that, the partners and advisors at Silicon Catalyst repeatedly demonstrate to me they have the skills and experiences to turn these new ideas into real products.”
Steve Lamont, angel investor and member of Sand Hill Angels and Silicon Catalyst Angels
OUR FIRM
Microtech Ventures is focused on strategic venture capital, angel investing, and M&A advisory services. Our mission is to accelerate the development of sensors, MEMS, and microtechnologies for the advancement of civilization and creation of market value. Our deep industry knowledge and extensive network, combined with practical hands-on strategy experience, enables us to quickly identify the connections that result in multiple opportunities to maximize ownership value, and ensure successful outcomes.
TEL Venture overview
We support fundamental innovations in wide areas of industries
TEL Venture Capital (TEL Venture) strives to leverage the capabilities of our parent Tokyo Electron — the world's leading semiconductor and display equipment manufacturer — to enable the growth of other foundational technologies — from thin film transistors to nanotechnology. Our approach reflects our understanding of the limitations of both traditional corporate and financial venture capital models. We seek new ways to use our unique resources to transform ideas, talents and technologies into great companies.
We are located in Silicon Valley, USA but we are globally focused since good ideas and fresh perspectives can emerge anywhere.
A partner with common goals — and global assets
At TEL Venture, we consider our investment companies to be partners and we support their activities to secure future success. The TEL Venture team brings global business experience, the deepest technical resources and, most importantly, a collaborative approach.
An investment by TEL Venture provides the endorsement of a market leader, with worldwide sales and distribution channels that reach the leading electronics, display and chip companies. TEL's research and development, engineering, and manufacturing assets also may be leveraged to your benefit in many ways — from a joint partnership to a customer relationship.
Our process uncovers our mutual strengths and common goals
TEL Venture is a US company and the Silicon Valley team conducts its own due diligence. When appropriate we leverage TEL's technological expertise in Japan and worldwide.
We make decisions quickly and invest in companies that have the potential to flourish with our help. Our evaluation process includes:
We begin with the basic business plan, including an overview of the competitive marketplace, your technology, products, and long-term potential.
We work to establish an open dialogue between our groups. The more we talk, the more we can learn about our respective companies and find areas of mutual benefit.
Our Thesis.
Sierra Ventures invests in the future of The Enterprise. We invest early – primarily Seed and Series A – and look for proven product market fit, disruption in the market, and strong IP. We tend to lead investment rounds and reserve capital for follow on rounds to support our entrepreneurs as they grow.
We believe that partnership is paramount.
We work closely with all of the entrepreneurs we invest in, guiding them with expertise and capital to help their companies grow and deliver on their promise. We understand that great companies don’t get built overnight, and we don’t mind rolling up our sleeves and getting our hands dirty. In fact, we enjoy it.
Invest with impact
WE BELIEVE
Advanced materials have the ability to solve the world’s most fundamental challenges.
WE INVEST IN
Entrepreneurs who figure out how to go farther and faster with the same resources.
Entrepreneurs who solve the world’s most fundamental problems with advanced materials.
Entrepreneurs who are making a meaningful impact.
We impact entrepreneurs making an impact on the world
Established in 2000, our team has spent decades standing shoulder-to-shoulder with our entrepreneurs, rolling up our sleeves to help them solve problems.
Silicon Catalyst Portfolio Company Adapdix secures $8M Series A funding
+ND Capital (NanoDimension) is a venture capital firm founded in 2002 that invests in disruptive technologies across the life, physical, and data sciences. Our core belief is that scientific disciplines will continue to converge, and that some of the biggest breakthroughs will be based on this convergence. We invest across the United States and Europe, and through our teams in Silicon Valley, Switzerland and the Cayman Islands, we can help our portfolio companies bridge the Atlantic to attract capital, talent, and business partners. We have over $500M under management and are currently investing our $335M third fund.
Company Overview
SK hynix is a multinational company with over three decades of expertise in semiconductor manufacturing. The company’s global presence spans from four production sites in Korea and China (Icheon, Cheongju, Wuxi, and Chongqing) to four R&D centers and ten sales offices across the world. Building on its existing technological prowess, SK hynix is making relentless R&D efforts and investments to develop cutting-edge technology and cost-competitive products to attain leadership in the global semiconductor market.
Semiconductors are the engine that drives the present and the future of the IT industry
In today’s digital world, semiconductors are serving as the critical foundation and enabler of the IT industry.
Semiconductors are more than just components; their performance now determines the performance of numerous IT devices. SK hynix mainly produces memory semiconductors such as DRAM and NAND flash that are essential components of various IT devices such as mobile and computing products, but the company’s portfolio also includes system semiconductors such as CMOS image sensors. Ever since the first pilot production of Korea’s very first 16Kb SRAM in 1984, SK hynix has been reinforcing its technological leadership by introducing a series of world’s first, smallest, fastest, and lowest-power innovations in the semiconductor industry.
Just as smartphones and tablets have become an integral part of modern lifestyle, more and more futuristic IT devices will continue to permeate our everyday lives. The advent of new digital products and the ever-expanding Internet of Things are driving the growth of demand and applications of semiconductors. Bolstered by such market trends, SK hynix has been achieving tremendous financial success and qualitative growth with its cutting-edge technologies.
As IT devices become smarter and more mobile-focused, demand is surging for more advanced semiconductors. In response, SK hynix has been solidifying its technological leadership while improving its product competitiveness in the high value-added premium product sector. In particular, SK hynix is continuously striving to achieve leadership in areas where the importance of semiconductors is rising, including mobile, server, and storage solutions. Meanwhile, the company is preparing next-generation memory technologies beyond DRAM and NAND flash, such as PCRAM, STT-MRAM, and ReRAM, in a bid to lead the future market.
About Us
Anzu Partners is an investment firm that focuses on breakthrough industrial and life sciences technology companies. We team with entrepreneurs to develop and commercialize technological innovations by providing capital and deep expertise in business development, market positioning, global connectivity, and operations.
Anzu manages approximately $350 million in capital commitments, across two venture funds and a revenue-based investing (“RBI”) fund. The venture capital funds focus on investments in early-stage companies, ranging from pre-revenue to post-commercialization, primarily in the US and Canada with selective investments in Europe and Asia Pacific. RBI provides capital through a non-dilutive preferred share vehicle to post-revenue companies, offering an alternative to traditional venture and debt financing, that supports post-revenue companies across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
We have a robust team of investment, technical, and operational professionals to drive results for our portfolio companies and investors. Anzu’s principals have 60+ years of combined experience as global investors and consultants, and have built a commercial support network spanning key industrial markets across the globe.
M Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, one of the leading materials suppliers in the semiconductor industry. As a 400m € evergreen fund, M Ventures focuses on early stage investments in deep tech for next-generation computing and displays.
”As Silicon Catalyst has grown, we have been impressed that many of their startups are developing interesting technologies to address important problems in the world. In addition, the support of the Silicon Catalyst ecosystem, from partners providing tools and services to advisors providing expertise, increases the chance that each of these startups will succeed. Silicon Catalyst is the one of the best places to look for good investments in semiconductor hardware.”
Kirill Kuzmichev, Principal at Nanodimension
GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GF) is the world’s leading specialty foundry. GF delivers differentiated feature-rich solutions that enable its customers to develop innovative products for high-growth market segments. GF provides a broad range of platforms and features with a unique mix of design, development and fabrication services. With an at-scale manufacturing footprint spanning the U.S., Europe and Asia, GF has the flexibility and agility to meet the dynamic needs of clients across the globe. GF is owned by Mubadala Investment Company.
Excell is a VC fund that invests in high-tech high-growth startups in New York State focused on Upstate NY. Excell combines generating returns that rank in the top-quartile of its benchmarks, with supporting regional economic development by providing entrepreneurs with hands-on support as well as investment capital.
Excell’s Portfolio includes investments in Medical Devices, Materials, Energy, Biotech, Agtech, Imaging, and IT/Software ventures across New York State with an added focus of investing in minority and women owned ventures.
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Launched by MIT in 2016, The Engine is a Cambridge, MA-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage Tough Tech companies [in the Boston area]. It provides the long-term capital, knowledge, connections, as well as the specialized equipment, space, and labs these transformative startups need to thrive.
Artiman is an early stage sector agnostic venture fund with offices in Silicon Valley and Bangalore. We are seeking to invest in entrepreneurs building white space companies that have the potential to create or disrupt multi-billion markets. As former entrepreneurs, we bring empathy, curiosity, passion, experience, and (occasionally) patience to the table. As investors, we bring capital plus access to a network that reflects the diversity of the firm and our portfolio. Artiman was founded in 2001 and has over $1 billion under management.
Silicon Catalyst Portfolio Company Owl AI secures $15M Series A funding
Our mission is to fight climate change by supporting companies that are deploying the most impactful climate technologies, mitigating gigatons of greenhouse gases, or delivering sustainable solutions.
We support companies with Octane’s LaunchPad Accelerator and providing coaches and mentors via pairings with industry experts from Sustain SoCal.
At Elevation Ventures, we believe that solving the climate crisis will take a team effort. This is why we leverage the vast networks of Octane and Sustain SoCal to coach and mentor founder teams and connect them with industry and public agencies in our network. These connections create virtuous feedback loops that benefit all involved and achieve meaningful impact.
ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ON) is driving energy efficient innovations, empowering customers to reduce global energy use. The company is a leading supplier of semiconductor-based solutions, offering a comprehensive portfolio of energy efficient connectivity, sensing, power management, analog, logic, timing, discrete, and custom devices. The company’s products help engineers solve their unique design challenges in automotive, communications, computing, consumer, industrial, medical and aerospace/defense applications. ON Semiconductor operates a responsive, reliable, world-class supply chain and quality program, and a network of manufacturing facilities, sales offices and design centers in key markets throughout North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific regions.
We won’t stop until it’s proven
At Lam, we believe you can’t identify an innovator through innovation alone—it’s through collaboration, precision, and delivery. As a fundamental enabler of the fourth industrial revolution and trusted partner to the world’s leading semiconductor companies, we welcome challenges and promise to deliver.
How do we get there? By combining superior systems engineering, technology leadership, a strong values-based culture, and an unwavering commitment to prove our customers’ next big thing.
Key facts
Founded: January 1980
Revenue: $19.0 Billion (CY 2022)
R&D: $1.7 Billion (CY 2022)
Employees: ~19,200 (As of December 25, 2022)
Headquarters: Fremont, California
Stock ticker – Nasdaq: LRCX
Our Mission
Drive semiconductor breakthroughs that define the next generation.
Funding a Better Future
We invest in companies that are aligned with our values of profitability, diversity, care for people, and the planet.
Approach
We provide capital and strategic support for fast growing companies
Focus
Diverse Teams
Innovative Technology
Identifiable and Tested Market
Strong Business Economics
Clear ESG Impact
High VC / M&A Activity
A NEW APPROACH
TO IMPACT
INVESTING
Investing in fundamental scientific breakthroughs by leading innovators to solve industry’s hardest problems in critical impact sectors
We invest in companies with massive impact potential
We work with our portfolio founders to chart the path from scientific breakthrough to commercial success: accelerate technology de-risking, verify product market fit, and reduce time/resource to market. Scaled successfully, these companies will enable us to meet critical climate goals, feed a growing world sustainably, and improve human health globally.
Vista Venture Partners is an early stage venture capital firm dedicated to partnering with passionate entrepreneurs.
We embrace challenges, and work hard for our entrepreneurs.