Julien Nguyen
General Partner @ IT-Farm
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Julien Nguyen is a seed investor at IT-Farm in San Francisco Bay Area focused on Internet and Social Media. Julien Nguyen has 30 years of operational, entrepreneurial and early stage investment experience.Prior to NanoDimension, Julien was a Managing Director at Applied Materials Ventures and Concept Ventures. Julien led investments in companies such as Infinera (Nasdaq: INFN), M-Stream (acq’d by Broadcom), Devicescape, Grandis (acq’d by Samsung),Takumi (acq’d by Sagantec), Envis (acq’d by Magma), with co-investors including August Capital, Benchmark, Kleiner Perkins, Matrix Partners, Sevin Rosen, Sigma Partners. Prior to his venture capital activities, Julien founded or was part of the founding team for four startups: Ezlogin (acquired by 724 Solutions), Novita Communications (acquired by Planetweb), E-Motions (acquired by Sigma Designs), Radius (IPO). He holds 21 patents issued in the US.Julien received his postgraduate degree from Telecom Paris (France) and his Master of Science from Ecole Polytechnique (France).
- Total investments:
- 11
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 45%
Last updated:
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Industries Julien Nguyen invests in
Stages Julien Nguyen invests in
Countries Julien Nguyen invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $1.8M–$9.3M
- Series A
- $1.8M–$2.5M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Internet 2 (18%)
- Social Media 2 (18%)
- Music 1 (9%)
- Video 1 (9%)
- Drones 1 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 4 (36%)
- Series A 2 (18%)
- Funding Round 2 (18%)
- Series B 1 (9%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (9%)
Country
- India 1 (9%)
- Latvia 1 (9%)
- Germany 1 (9%)
- Ireland 1 (9%)
- Vietnam 1 (9%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| OQmented is a spinoff from Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology ISIT in Itzehoe (Germany). The founders of OQmented have been the major drivers in the development of Fraunhofer ISIT's MEMS mirror technology for more than 20 years. Thus, founding OQmented was a consequent next step focussing on commercializing this unique and reliablelaser scanning technology. OQmented develops, integrates and sells complete laser scanning solutions composed of MEMS chip, driver electronics, application specific system electronics and software.OQmented is a one-stop-shop for our customers: Based on a tight cooperation with Fraunhofer ISIT and suppliers the services offered by OQmented to our customers cover the full range from feasibility phase to volume production. | $9.3M / Seed / Nov 04, 2021 | ||
| Drivezy (formerly JustRide) is India's largest marketplace for car and two-wheeler sharing. Drivezy helps people turn their vehicles into earning members of their family. Through Drivezy, travelers can book scooters, motorcycles and cars from people living around them. Since commencing services in April, 2015, Drivezy has connected over 1500owners to its marketplace. Drivezy is an alum of Y Combinator's S16 batch and the maiden batch of Google's Launchpad Accelerator. | $20M / Series B / Nov 28, 2018 | ||
| Drivezy (formerly JustRide) is India's largest marketplace for car and two-wheeler sharing. Drivezy helps people turn their vehicles into earning members of their family. Through Drivezy, travelers can book scooters, motorcycles and cars from people living around them. Since commencing services in April, 2015, Drivezy has connected over 1500owners to its marketplace. Drivezy is an alum of Y Combinator's S16 batch and the maiden batch of Google's Launchpad Accelerator. | $10M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 06, 2017 | ||
| Drivezy (formerly JustRide) is India's largest marketplace for car and two-wheeler sharing. Drivezy helps people turn their vehicles into earning members of their family. Through Drivezy, travelers can book scooters, motorcycles and cars from people living around them. Since commencing services in April, 2015, Drivezy has connected over 1500owners to its marketplace. Drivezy is an alum of Y Combinator's S16 batch and the maiden batch of Google's Launchpad Accelerator. | $3M / Seed / Nov 07, 2016 | ||
| We build smart robots that bring unprecedented value to its owners. | $2.5M / Seed / Mar 19, 2015 | ||
| Studio POWWOW is a transmedia and Animation Production company based in Dublin, Ireland. We specialize in the creation, development and production of entertainment content solutions across multiple platforms, including mobile, web and TV. Studio POWWOW is currently in development of its first major cross platform entertainment IP ‘The World ofShipAntics.’ The World of ShipAntics is an animated comedy adventure game being developed for iOS & Android devices. We will be developing The World of ShipAntics into Appisodes, a TV series, and more. | $2.5M / Series A / Sep 24, 2014 | ||
| SBA Materials is dedicated to the development of functional porous inorganic and inorganic/organic hybrid materials for a wide range of technologies. Different synthesis and processing conditions allow for a variety of material compositions, structures, and applications. They can be fabricated as thin and thick films, powders, fibers, and evenoptically clear solid monoliths all consisting of highly ordered mesoporous networks. The resulting surface area is extraordinarily high and can be chemically functionalized, e.g. with organic dyes, quantum dots, magnetic materials, or biomaterials enabling applications ranging from electronics and optics to sensors, catalysts.SBA Materials is located in Albuquerque, NM, at the Science and Technology Park, adjacent to the University of New Mexico and the Sandia National Laboratories Materials Research Center. The facility includes R&D laboratories, offices, and meeting space. | $5.2M / Jan 06, 2010 | ||
| POPS Worldwide is the leading digital entertainment company in Southeast Asia. With over 4 billion monthly views of its music and entertainment content, POPS is the fastest growing digital entertainment media company with hundreds of artists, content creators and partners from broadcast television, publishing and production in the POPS Network.POPS also produces a wide variety of original content for its industry-leading owned and operated channels like POPS Music, POPS Kids, POPS TV, Beauty Me, HerVoice and CoolTV that target highly sought after demographics: teens, kids, women and men. | $1.8M / Series A / Jun 30, 2009 | ||
| POPS Worldwide is the leading digital entertainment company in Southeast Asia. With over 4 billion monthly views of its music and entertainment content, POPS is the fastest growing digital entertainment media company with hundreds of artists, content creators and partners from broadcast television, publishing and production in the POPS Network.POPS also produces a wide variety of original content for its industry-leading owned and operated channels like POPS Music, POPS Kids, POPS TV, Beauty Me, HerVoice and CoolTV that target highly sought after demographics: teens, kids, women and men. | $1.8M / Seed | ||
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Co-Investors
About IT-Farm
IT-Farm is a venture capital firm which specializes in seed, start-up, and early stage companies. It primarily invests in mobile, big-data, connected car, IoT, OTT service, Helth care, Bio Tech and other IT industries. The firm actively invests in SF bay area and Japan, as well as other geometries including Asia and Europe. We support portfolio companies, especially on the partnership with Japanese enterprises.
IT-Farm Contacts
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Julien Nguyen
General Partner
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Morio Kurosaki
Founder & President
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Shinya Kasuga
General Partner
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Takehiro Shirai
General Partner
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FAQ
What does Julien Nguyen invest in?
Julien Nguyen invests primarily in Internet, Social Media and Music startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Julien Nguyen invest in?
Julien Nguyen typically joins rounds of $1.8M–$9.3M at Seed and $1.8M–$2.5M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Julien Nguyen's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Julien Nguyen took part in.
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When did Julien Nguyen last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Julien Nguyen closed in Nov 2021. Shizune tracks 11 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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