Blake Winchell
Professor of Entrepreneurship @ IE Business School
Portola Valley, United States
Blake Winchell is a Series D investor at IE Business School in Portola Valley focused on Semiconductor and Mobile. Blake Winchell has been investing in growing companies for over 30 years; he is the Managing Director of Partner Ventures and Managing General Partner of Fremont Ventures and is on the board of eSilicon Corporation. He began his career at Price Waterhouse in Boston. Blake was an early employee of Bain and Company and helped open the WestCoast office of Bain in 1978. Prior to joining Fremont Ventures, Blake was an investment professional with Leucadia National Corporation, the Channel Investment Group and Generation Ventures.Blake holds an AB degree from Dartmouth College where he graduated with high honors in both English and Economics, was a Rufus Choate Scholar, and won the Henley Economics Award. He has an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and is a Certified Public Accountant. He is on the International Advisory Board of IE Business School in Madrid, Spain, where he is a professor teaching two highly rated courses in entrepreneurship.
- Total investments:
- 8
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 25%
Last updated:
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Industries Blake Winchell invests in
Stages Blake Winchell invests in
Countries Blake Winchell invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Semiconductor 2 (25%)
- Mobile 1 (13%)
- Computer 1 (13%)
- Software 1 (13%)
- Wireless 1 (13%)
Stage
- Series D 2 (25%)
- Series F 1 (13%)
- Funding Round 1 (13%)
- Secondary Market 1 (13%)
Investments
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Atrenta
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Atrenta’s SpyGlass Predictive Analysis software platform significantly improves design efficiency for the world’s leading semiconductor and consumer electronics companies. Patented solutions provide early design insight into the demanding performance, power and area requirements of the complex system on chips (SoCs) fueling today’s consumerelectronics revolution. More than two hundred companies and thousands of design engineers worldwide rely on SpyGlass to reduce risk and cost before traditional EDA tools are deployed. SpyGlass functions like an interactive guidance system for design engineers and managers, finding the fastest and least expensive path to implementation for complex SoCs. SpyGlass from Atrenta: Insight. Efficiency. Confidence. | $2.9M / Series D / Apr 01, 2013 | |
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Atrenta
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Atrenta’s SpyGlass Predictive Analysis software platform significantly improves design efficiency for the world’s leading semiconductor and consumer electronics companies. Patented solutions provide early design insight into the demanding performance, power and area requirements of the complex system on chips (SoCs) fueling today’s consumerelectronics revolution. More than two hundred companies and thousands of design engineers worldwide rely on SpyGlass to reduce risk and cost before traditional EDA tools are deployed. SpyGlass functions like an interactive guidance system for design engineers and managers, finding the fastest and least expensive path to implementation for complex SoCs. SpyGlass from Atrenta: Insight. Efficiency. Confidence. | $4.2M / Series D / Jul 24, 2012 | |
eSilicon
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eSilicon, a pioneering semiconductor Value Chain Producer (VCP), provides a comprehensive suite of ASIC design, productization and manufacturing services, enabling a flexible, low-cost, lower-risk path to volume production of integrated circuits (ICs). The company delivers custom chips (ASICs) to system original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) andfabless semiconductor companies (FSCs) who serve a wide variety of markets including the consumer, computer, communications and industrial segments.eSilicon creates a unique, optimized semiconductor Value Chain for each customer and each design - from design services and tools, to IP and materials suppliers, to test and packaging providers. By integrating this Value Chain with its internal expertise and proven eSilicon Enterpriseâ„¢ infrastructure, the ASIC services and solutions provider produces more than 10 million leading-edge chips per year. | $1.1M / Jul 01, 2012 | |
Sonics
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Sonics is a pioneer of network-on-chip (NoC) technology and today offers SoC designers the largest portfolio of intelligent, on-chip communications solutions for home entertainment, wireless, networking and mobile devices. With a broad array of silicon-proven IP, Sonics helps designers eliminate memory bottlenecks associated with complex,high-speed SoC design, streamline and unify data flows and solve persistent network challenges in embedded systems with multiple cores. As the leading supplier of on-chip communications networks for the embedded market, Sonics has enabled its customers to ship more than 750 million units worldwide. Founded in 1996, Sonics is headquartered in Milpitas, Calif. with offices worldwide. | Secondary Market / Oct 25, 2011 | |
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Atrenta
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Atrenta’s SpyGlass Predictive Analysis software platform significantly improves design efficiency for the world’s leading semiconductor and consumer electronics companies. Patented solutions provide early design insight into the demanding performance, power and area requirements of the complex system on chips (SoCs) fueling today’s consumerelectronics revolution. More than two hundred companies and thousands of design engineers worldwide rely on SpyGlass to reduce risk and cost before traditional EDA tools are deployed. SpyGlass functions like an interactive guidance system for design engineers and managers, finding the fastest and least expensive path to implementation for complex SoCs. SpyGlass from Atrenta: Insight. Efficiency. Confidence. | Secondary Market / Feb 15, 2010 | |
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eSilicon
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eSilicon, a pioneering semiconductor Value Chain Producer (VCP), provides a comprehensive suite of ASIC design, productization and manufacturing services, enabling a flexible, low-cost, lower-risk path to volume production of integrated circuits (ICs). The company delivers custom chips (ASICs) to system original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) andfabless semiconductor companies (FSCs) who serve a wide variety of markets including the consumer, computer, communications and industrial segments.eSilicon creates a unique, optimized semiconductor Value Chain for each customer and each design - from design services and tools, to IP and materials suppliers, to test and packaging providers. By integrating this Value Chain with its internal expertise and proven eSilicon Enterpriseâ„¢ infrastructure, the ASIC services and solutions provider produces more than 10 million leading-edge chips per year. | $15M / Series F / Feb 14, 2005 | |
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eSilicon
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eSilicon, a pioneering semiconductor Value Chain Producer (VCP), provides a comprehensive suite of ASIC design, productization and manufacturing services, enabling a flexible, low-cost, lower-risk path to volume production of integrated circuits (ICs). The company delivers custom chips (ASICs) to system original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) andfabless semiconductor companies (FSCs) who serve a wide variety of markets including the consumer, computer, communications and industrial segments.eSilicon creates a unique, optimized semiconductor Value Chain for each customer and each design - from design services and tools, to IP and materials suppliers, to test and packaging providers. By integrating this Value Chain with its internal expertise and proven eSilicon Enterpriseâ„¢ infrastructure, the ASIC services and solutions provider produces more than 10 million leading-edge chips per year. | $10M / Series D / Oct 03, 2002 | |
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eSilicon
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eSilicon, a pioneering semiconductor Value Chain Producer (VCP), provides a comprehensive suite of ASIC design, productization and manufacturing services, enabling a flexible, low-cost, lower-risk path to volume production of integrated circuits (ICs). The company delivers custom chips (ASICs) to system original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) andfabless semiconductor companies (FSCs) who serve a wide variety of markets including the consumer, computer, communications and industrial segments.eSilicon creates a unique, optimized semiconductor Value Chain for each customer and each design - from design services and tools, to IP and materials suppliers, to test and packaging providers. By integrating this Value Chain with its internal expertise and proven eSilicon Enterpriseâ„¢ infrastructure, the ASIC services and solutions provider produces more than 10 million leading-edge chips per year. | $6M / Feb 21, 2002 |
Co-Investors
About IE Business School
IE Business School is a graduate school that offers educational services to its students.The school’s range of programs consist of master in management, MBAs, masters in finance, doctoral programs, and executive education. Its areas of interests include management, finance, marketing, and research. Furthermore, it offers financial aid servicesto its students.IE Business School was founded in 1973 and is based in Madrid.
IE Business School Contacts
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Aline Gomez Acebo Finat
Part Time Professor
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Luis Villa del Campo
Adjunct Professor
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Alberto Gómez
Professor
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Blake Winchell
Professor of Entrepreneurship
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Cristina Carrascosa
Director Of Academic Affairs - Blockchain Program
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What does Blake Winchell invest in?
Blake Winchell invests primarily in Semiconductor, Mobile and Computer startups, most often at Series D and Series F stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Blake Winchell last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Blake Winchell closed in Apr 2013. Shizune tracks 8 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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