TEL Venture Capital
Profile and portfolio
TEL Venture Capital is the corporate venture arm of Tokyo Electron, a semiconductor and hardware company. It was founded in 2006 and is based in Fremont, United States. It invests from seed to Series C+. Sectors it names: semiconductors and hardware, industrial technology and robotics.
- Companies backedS1
- 55
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Snapshot
Data behind this graphic
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Stage range | Seed to Series C+ |
| Sectors | Semiconductors and hardware, Industrial technology and robotics |
| Geography | Global |
| Offices | Fremont, United States, Tokyo, Japan |
Sources: S1 TEL Venture Capital home page.
Where it invests and who leads it
Geography
- Headquarters
- Fremont, United States
- Offices
- Fremont, United States
- Tokyo, Japan
Investment regionsS1
LeadersS2
- Koki (Bobby) ShiraiPresidentFind on LinkedInFirm page
- Hidenori SatoVice President & General PartnerFind on LinkedInFirm page
- Tsuyoshi (Todd) MiharaDeputy Vice PresidentFind on LinkedInFirm page
- Tetsuo (Ted) HiroseInvestment DirectorFind on LinkedInFirm page
- Brent ElliotInvestment DirectorFind on LinkedInFirm page
Key facts
| Fact | Value | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parent company | Tokyo Electron | Single source | S1 |
| Parent industry | Semiconductors and hardware | Single source | S1 |
| Founded | 2006 | Single source | S4 |
| Headquarters | Fremont, United States | Single source | S1 |
| Status | Active | Single source | S1 |
| Capital source | Parent company only | Single source | S1 |
| Companies backed | 55 | Single source | S1 |
| Stages | Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C+ (inferred from announced rounds) | Estimate | S1 |
Portfolio
The firm's portfolio page lists 43 companies.S3
The firm also states 55 companies backed. The page list and the stated total measure different things.S1
Every company on the TEL Venture Capital list
43 companies, as listed on the firm's own website: 22 listed, 21 exited.S3 Read the firm's list.
Listed 22
- Adaptive Surface Technologies
- ADTEX
- Advance Composite
- Applied Nanolayers
- Cellid
- ChEmpower
- EN2CORE Technology
- Enthought
- Floadia
- Fortaegis Technologies
- Hinalea Imaging
- INVARIUM
- Liola
- Nanosys
- NexFi Technology
- NuMat Technologies
- Opt Creation
- Phosio
- PML
- Qromis
- Tsukuba Seiko
- Wooptix
Exited 21
- Aledia
- ANMS
- Crystal Solar
- EnerVault
- FMC
- Genalyte
- Hprobe
- Light Polymers
- Luxtera
- MIOX
- Molecular Imprints
- Naidun-tech
- NanoGram
- Nantero
- Pivotal Systems
- Preferred Networks
- PsiQuantum
- Quantum14
- SBA Materials
- Unidym
- Vista Therapeutics
For founders
| Item | What the firm says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Stages | Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C+. Inferred from announced rounds; the firm does not state a range. | S1 |
| Contact form | www.tel.com/rd/telvc/submit/index.html | S1 |
History
- Tokyo Electron launches TEL Venture Capital in Silicon ValleyS4
Official pages
Read the firm's own pages for current information.
Sources
Disclaimer and corrections
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