# Hemant Kanakia

> Hemant Kanakia is a Series B investor backing Semiconductor and Wireless. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Sep 2015
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/hemant-kanakia/0/40/484
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/hemkanakia

Hemant Kanakia is a Chairman at EtaCompute. Hemant previously worked at Columbia Capital as a Partner. He attended Stanford University.Kanakia has over 20 years of experience in the communications industry as an entrepreneur, executive, and most recently as an investor in early stage startups in India. Previously, Kanakia was a General Partnerwith Columbia Capital, a well-known U.S.-based venture capital firm. Kanakia has been on the Board of Directors of Enpirion, Teranetics, WiNetworks, and Tilera. He was previously founder and CEO of Torrent Networking Technology (acquired by Ericsson) and co-founder of Photuris (acquired by Meriton) and Gemplex, Inc. (acquired by Tata Telesystems). Prior to joining Columbia Capital, Hemant served on the Board of Directors of Photuris, Viagate, Price Hawk, Gemplex, and Torrent Networking Technology. Prior to founding Torrent, Hemant worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories and Tata Consultancy Services, India. Hemant received his B.Tech. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, his M.S. degree from Case Western Reserve University, and his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. Kanakia is a member of the board of Trustees at Case Western Reserve University. He also has been a trustee at Virginia Polytechnic, and on several other non-profit boards in past.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series B | $11M–$20M |
| Series C | $19M–$20M |
| Series D | $8M–$45M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Semiconductor | 3 | 21% |
| Wireless | 2 | 14% |
| Electronics | 2 | 14% |
| Events | 1 | 7% |
| Mobile | 1 | 7% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 3 | 21% |
| Series C | 3 | 21% |
| Series D | 3 | 21% |
| Seed | 2 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 14% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 29% |
| India | 3 | 21% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WedMeGood | WedMeGood is an online platform that allows its users to connect to each other and create a plan for a wedding. Its platform enables its clients to create accounts and browse for a photographer. The company utilizes vendors, marketing collaborations, and wedding submissions. Wed Me Good was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Haryana, India. | $407.2K | Seed | Sep 16, 2015 |  |
| Skillenza | Skillenza is the optimum gap filler between required market-ready skills and the current college student skillset. We directly address the growing concerns of students & job seekers while connecting the right person with the right opportunity. | $270K | Seed | May 15, 2015 |  |
| Vitas Pharma | Vitas Pharma is a drug discovery company. | $357K | Angel | Jan 17, 2015 |  |
| Tilera | Tilera Corporation, a fabless semiconductor company, designs multicore embedded processors for networking, digital multimedia, and wireless infrastructure markets. The company offers multicore processors for processing and power requirements, multicore software development tools, and boards. Its products include TILEPro, a multicore processor,which delivers the performance computing for embedded applications, such as networking, wireless infrastructure, and digital multimedia processing; multicore development environment, a multicore programming solution; and TILExpress PCIe production cards. Tilera Corporation was founded in 2004 and is based in San Jose, California. It has locations in Westborough, Massachusetts and Beijing, China. | $45M | Series D | Jan 17, 2011 |  |
| Teranetics | Teranetics is a leading mixed-signal IC company that develops silicon products for the most advanced communication applications. The company's core development team has a strong track record of successful product development efforts in advanced communication systems and silicon. Teranetics is backed by a strong consortium of venture investorswith in-depth experience and success in the semiconductor and communication markets. | $7.8M |  | May 27, 2010 |  |
| Enpirion | Enpirion manufactures a growing line of Switch-mode DC-DC converters with integrated inductor, which sets their products apart from the competition. The layout and placement of the inductor is one of the most common reasons for power IC related failures and Enpirion solves this problem and reduces foot print, part count, and noise associated withswitch-mode power conversion. Applications include high volume consumer products such as mobile phones, portable game players, MP3, and personal media players, as well as data networking, telecoms, user terminal equipment, and notebook/desktop PCs. | $16M |  | Mar 16, 2009 |  |
| WiNetworks | WiNetworks, Inc. engages in the development and integration of WiMAX network technologies. The company provides Win-Max systems that offer a range of products, including compact base stations, customer premise equipment, and relay stations. It also offers multi-service gateways that integrate with home wiring, which include telephone and coaxlines, power lines, and wireless. The company serves broadband wireless access providers, and residential and small office/home office end-users. WiNetworks, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is based in New York, New York with regional offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia.WiNetworks designed its Win-Max products using a SoC based approach to achieve the smallest, best price Compact and Pico base station in the market today. These base stations are designed for quick and easy installations, using all outdoor fixtures for installations on walls, poles, and buildings. | $8M | Series D | Mar 05, 2009 |  |
| WiNetworks | WiNetworks, Inc. engages in the development and integration of WiMAX network technologies. The company provides Win-Max systems that offer a range of products, including compact base stations, customer premise equipment, and relay stations. It also offers multi-service gateways that integrate with home wiring, which include telephone and coaxlines, power lines, and wireless. The company serves broadband wireless access providers, and residential and small office/home office end-users. WiNetworks, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is based in New York, New York with regional offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia.WiNetworks designed its Win-Max products using a SoC based approach to achieve the smallest, best price Compact and Pico base station in the market today. These base stations are designed for quick and easy installations, using all outdoor fixtures for installations on walls, poles, and buildings. | $19M | Series C | Mar 05, 2008 |  |
| Teranetics | Teranetics is a leading mixed-signal IC company that develops silicon products for the most advanced communication applications. The company's core development team has a strong track record of successful product development efforts in advanced communication systems and silicon. Teranetics is backed by a strong consortium of venture investorswith in-depth experience and success in the semiconductor and communication markets. | $25M | Series D | Feb 22, 2008 |  |
| Tilera | Tilera Corporation, a fabless semiconductor company, designs multicore embedded processors for networking, digital multimedia, and wireless infrastructure markets. The company offers multicore processors for processing and power requirements, multicore software development tools, and boards. Its products include TILEPro, a multicore processor,which delivers the performance computing for embedded applications, such as networking, wireless infrastructure, and digital multimedia processing; multicore development environment, a multicore programming solution; and TILExpress PCIe production cards. Tilera Corporation was founded in 2004 and is based in San Jose, California. It has locations in Westborough, Massachusetts and Beijing, China. | $20M | Series B | Feb 18, 2007 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Hemant Kanakia invest in?

Hemant Kanakia invests primarily in Semiconductor, Wireless and Electronics startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Hemant Kanakia's check size?

Hemant Kanakia typically joins rounds of $11M–$20M at Series B, $19M–$20M at Series C and $8M–$45M at Series D. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Hemant Kanakia participates in.

### How do I contact Hemant Kanakia?

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### When did Hemant Kanakia last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hemant Kanakia closed in Sep 2015. Shizune tracks 14 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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