Firsthand Technology Value Fund
VC Fund
San Jose, United States
Firsthand Technology Value Fund is a VC fund in San Jose focused on Semiconductor and Software. Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Inc. is a publicly traded investment fund that provides private technology and cleantech companies with development funding and working capital, primarily in the form of equity investments. Cleantech companies include those engaged in the sale of goods and services designed to harness renewable energy and materials,eliminate emissions and waste, and reduce the use of natural resources.We are a Maryland corporation and are registered with the SEC as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. This provides the company with certain structural advantages, including public liquidity and a beneficial tax structure.Firsthand Capital Management, Inc. provides investment management services to us. Firsthand is led by Kevin Landis, a seasoned technology and cleantech investor with more than 25 years of experience in technology and investment management. Firsthand's team has been responsible for over $300 million of investments in more than 40 private companies over the past 20 years.
- Total investments:
- 11
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 36%
Last updated:
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Industries Firsthand Technology Value Fund invests in
Stages Firsthand Technology Value Fund invests in
Countries Firsthand Technology Value Fund invests in
Contacts
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Kevin Landis
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Greg Sheppard
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Kelvin Leung
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Phil Mosakowski
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1 more contact available
Investment Focus
Industry
- Semiconductor 4 (36%)
- Software 3 (27%)
- Manufacturing 3 (27%)
- Mobile 2 (18%)
- Electronics 2 (18%)
Stage
- Seed 1 (9%)
- Series A 1 (9%)
- Series B 1 (9%)
- Series C 1 (9%)
- Series D 1 (9%)
Country
- United States 7 (64%)
- Israel 1 (9%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Kevin Landis
Chief Investment Officer
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Chief Investment Officer | Total investments: 5 | Find email | |
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Greg Sheppard
Director of Research
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Director of Research | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Kelvin Leung
General Counsel
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General Counsel | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Phil Mosakowski
Investor Relations
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Investor Relations | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Revasum
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Revasum provides premiere CMP and grinding technology to critical growth markets such as power, RF communications, LED, MEMS, solar, and other mobile applications. Their mission is built on a design philosophy of investing in new product development that is specifically targeted at these global markets, with the purpose of meeting the unique needsof the device makers in this high-tech space. | $1.5M / Post-IPO Debt / Apr 13, 2023 | |
Tempo Automation
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Tempo Automation is transforming the way companies innovate and bring new electronic products to market. Tempo’s breakthrough, software-automated PCBA manufacturing platform delivers unprecedented speed, quality and transparency at the most critical time in a product’s lifecycle – prototype through new product introduction – when fast iteration andtime to market are imperatives. Customers who count on Tempo Automation for this strategic advantage include the leading innovators in aerospace, medical technology, semiconductor, industrial technology, automotive and other key industries. | Post-IPO Equity / Nov 22, 2022 | |
Mosaic AI
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Ask-AI aggregates text-heavy company knowledge & customer communications to reveal pinpointed answers and actionable insights. | $9M / Seed / Oct 25, 2022 | |
Tapad
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Tapad is a global marketing technology company providing a comprehensive suite of identity-based marketing solutions. By leveraging the company’s proprietary and privacy-safe Tapad Graph. Their groundbreaking, proprietary technology assimilates billions of data points to find the human relationship between smartphones, desktops, laptops, tablets,connected TVs, and game consoles. The result: an unprecedented understanding of consumer behavior across related screens and the ability to reach the right people on the right device at the right time. With Tapad, publishers and advertisers can deepen consumer engagement with a more fluid experience while increasing campaign cost-effectiveness. The company is reinventing personalization for the modern marketer through its identity-driven solutions. The Tapad Graph combines the company’s proprietary Device Graph with behavioral signals so marketers can finally see their customers as unique individuals, and ultimately, deliver personalization at scale. | $18.5M / Series B / May 13, 2015 | |
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Tapad
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Tapad is a global marketing technology company providing a comprehensive suite of identity-based marketing solutions. By leveraging the company’s proprietary and privacy-safe Tapad Graph. Their groundbreaking, proprietary technology assimilates billions of data points to find the human relationship between smartphones, desktops, laptops, tablets,connected TVs, and game consoles. The result: an unprecedented understanding of consumer behavior across related screens and the ability to reach the right people on the right device at the right time. With Tapad, publishers and advertisers can deepen consumer engagement with a more fluid experience while increasing campaign cost-effectiveness. The company is reinventing personalization for the modern marketer through its identity-driven solutions. The Tapad Graph combines the company’s proprietary Device Graph with behavioral signals so marketers can finally see their customers as unique individuals, and ultimately, deliver personalization at scale. | $7M / Series B / Jun 30, 2014 | |
Phunware
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Phunware is a multiscreen as a service integrated enterprise software platform for mobile. Its platform provides companies the products, solutions, and data and services necessary to engage, manage, and monetize its mobile application audiences. | $30M / Series E / Mar 18, 2014 | |
Telepathy
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$5M / Series A / Sep 03, 2013 | ||
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Tapad
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Tapad is a global marketing technology company providing a comprehensive suite of identity-based marketing solutions. By leveraging the company’s proprietary and privacy-safe Tapad Graph. Their groundbreaking, proprietary technology assimilates billions of data points to find the human relationship between smartphones, desktops, laptops, tablets,connected TVs, and game consoles. The result: an unprecedented understanding of consumer behavior across related screens and the ability to reach the right people on the right device at the right time. With Tapad, publishers and advertisers can deepen consumer engagement with a more fluid experience while increasing campaign cost-effectiveness. The company is reinventing personalization for the modern marketer through its identity-driven solutions. The Tapad Graph combines the company’s proprietary Device Graph with behavioral signals so marketers can finally see their customers as unique individuals, and ultimately, deliver personalization at scale. | $6.5M / Series B / Mar 21, 2013 | |
Pivotal Systems
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Pivotal Systems provides a gas flow monitoring and control technology platform for the global semiconductor industry. The company’s proprietary hardware and software utilizes advanced machine learning to enable preventative diagnostic capability resulting in an order of magnitude increase in fab productivity and capital efficiency for existing andfuture technology nodes. | $4.6M / Dec 14, 2012 | |
Silicon Genesis
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SiGen developed and demonstrated a core set of leading-edge processes for Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) wafer fabrication using innovations such as plasma activated bonding and room temperature cleaving. The company completed a pilot production facility in 2000 to demonstrate its technology capabilities. After successfully introducing its technologyand completing its first major commercial license in 2004, the Company made the transition to being a fabless IP licensor and equipment provider for its engineered substrate solutions. SiGen is located in San Jose, California and has now moved its R&D wafer IP development lab to its corporate headquarters.SiGen has entered into numerous IP licenses, including equipment suppliers, commercial silicon wafer manufacturers, and other advanced substrate manufacturers. The wafer maker licensees have a total market share of over 45% of the world semiconductor silicon wafer market. The Company expects these semiconductor market licensees to capture at least the same or greater share of the SOI market. With numerous emerging opportunities, SiGen expects to broaden its market applications into the Solar Cell market and thus enable the Company to participate in the high growth segments of four major markets: Semiconductor, Solar, Optoelectronic and Display. | $23M / Series C / Aug 08, 2007 | |
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FAQ
What does Firsthand Technology Value Fund invest in?
Firsthand Technology Value Fund invests primarily in Semiconductor, Software and Manufacturing startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at Firsthand Technology Value Fund?
The team at Firsthand Technology Value Fund includes Kevin Landis (Chief Investment Officer), Greg Sheppard (Director of Research) and Kelvin Leung (General Counsel). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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