Walden Catalyst Ventures

Venture Capital
36investments
8exits
$657Mraised by its portfolio in 12 months
2,756open roles in its portfolio

Overview

Walden Catalyst Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in deep tech companies focused on AI, semiconductors, data and computing infrastructure. It backs early and growth-stage startups in the United States, Europe and Israel that build the foundational technology of the digital economy. The firm was founded in 2021 by Lip-Bu Tan, chairman of Walden International and later CEO of Intel, and Young Sohn, former president of Samsung Electronics.

Investor profile

Venture capital
Investments
36
20 of them startups
Hiring now
15
2,756 open roles
Deals in 12 months
3
3 as the lead
Rounds in 12 months
8
$657M raised
Exits
8
Focusshare of its companies
Artificial Intelligence 45%Hardware 32%Information Technology 19%Cybersecurity 13%Robotics 10%Health Care 6%Biotechnology 6%Telecommunications 6%
Where its companies are
United States 47%Israel 8%United Kingdom 6%Singapore 3%Switzerland 3%India 3%Netherlands 3%
Stage of its companies
Series C and later 40%Pre-seed & seed 40%Series B 20%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 36 investments
HyperbolicSeries A $30M · this month · 20 roles GraphcoreVenture round · 3 mo ago · 188 roles Nearfield InstrumentsSeries D $380M · 4 mo ago · led a round · 55 roles Nace.AISeed $21.5M · 6 mo ago · led a round · 7 roles NACESeed $21.5M · 6 mo ago · led a round RadixArkVenture round $100M · 6 mo ago AmperesandVenture round $80M · 11 mo ago · 28 roles Empower SemiconductorSeries D $140M · 13 mo ago SpeedataSeries B $44M · 17 mo ago Snorkel AISeries D $100M · 17 mo ago · 42 roles Virtue AIVenture round $30M · 18 mo ago Ati MotorsVenture round $17.4M · 22 mo ago · 1 role
2,756 open roles at 15 of its companies
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
Qualcomm291 new roles in 30 days Boston Scientific163 new roles in 30 days Graphcore59 new roles in 30 days Darktrace33 new roles in 30 days IonQ30 new roles in 30 days SambaNova Systems18 new roles in 30 days
New in the portfolioadded to its portfolio page in 6 months
Hyperbolicadded Nov 3 · 20 roles Snorkel AIadded Nov 3 · 42 roles
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
GV 5 shared Celesta Capital 5 shared Mayfield 3 shared Lightspeed Venture Partners 3 shared Coatue 3 shared Battery Ventures 3 shared NEA 3 shared Storm Ventures 3 shared Greylock 2 shared Bessemer Venture Partners 2 shared
Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
ValueAdd VC Celesta Capital Mayfield Prosperity7VC Fusion Fund Playground SAV Eclipse
Sources: its portfolio page, read Nov 3; 5 rounds in the press that name it

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Shared investors1
Cisco InvestmentsVia a fund
210 portfolio companies: FuriosaAI, Futureplay Games, Blackbird and 207 more
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
San Francisco United States
HQ
Portfolio
1 California Street, Suite 1750,, San Francisco, California 94111
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