# Maverick Silicon

> Maverick Silicon is a VC fund backing Semiconductor. See 28 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 28
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 39%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.mavericksilicon.com

Maverick Silicon is a venture capital fund that targets artificial intelligence and infrastructure industries. The fund is managed by Maverick Capital.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Semiconductor | 10 | 36% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 8 | 29% |
| Manufacturing | 6 | 21% |
| Software | 5 | 18% |
| Electronics | 4 | 14% |

34 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 9 | 32% |
| Series A | 5 | 18% |
| Series C | 4 | 14% |
| Seed | 3 | 11% |
| Series D | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 15 | 54% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |
| France | 1 | 4% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Manish Muthal | Senior Managing Director | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/manish-muthal |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Point2 Technology | Point2 Technology develops a dielectric waveguide for high speed interconnect for both datacenter applications. The company is a provider of interconnect technology solutions that delivers ultra-low power, low-latency, point-to-point interconnect and range enhancement SoC solutions specifically designed to fulfill the bandwidth needs of hyperscaleAI/ML datacenters and 5G infrastructure. | $136M | Series B | Aug 10, 2026 |  |
| Point2 Technology | Point2 Technology develops a dielectric waveguide for high speed interconnect for both datacenter applications. The company is a provider of interconnect technology solutions that delivers ultra-low power, low-latency, point-to-point interconnect and range enhancement SoC solutions specifically designed to fulfill the bandwidth needs of hyperscaleAI/ML datacenters and 5G infrastructure. | $136M | Series B | Aug 10, 2026 |  |
| Stathera | Stathera transforms the global timing market from Quartz-based to MEMS-based devices. | $55M | Series B | Jun 30, 2026 |  |
| Upscale AI | Upscale AI is a high‑performance AI networking company accelerating AI democratization with open‑standard and full‑stack turnkey solutions. | $190M | Series A | Jun 22, 2026 |  |
| TensorWave | TensorWave provides cloud infrastructure designed for artificial intelligence workloads, offering access to AMD-powered GPU computing resources for model training, fine-tuning, and inference. The company delivers a full-stack AI platform that combines compute, storage, networking, orchestration, and managed services to support the deployment andscaling of machine learning applications. Its platform is built around AMD Instinct accelerators and supports widely used AI frameworks and tools, including PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, Hugging Face, and Kubernetes-based environments. TensorWave also offers enterprise capabilities such as workload monitoring, security controls, managed Kubernetes and Slurm services, and software layers that help organizations manage AI operations across the model lifecycle. The company focuses on providing open, scalable infrastructure that enables organizations to develop, train, and run AI models without relying on proprietary hardware ecosystems. | $350M | Series B | Jun 10, 2026 |  |
| TensorWave | TensorWave provides cloud infrastructure designed for artificial intelligence workloads, offering access to AMD-powered GPU computing resources for model training, fine-tuning, and inference. The company delivers a full-stack AI platform that combines compute, storage, networking, orchestration, and managed services to support the deployment andscaling of machine learning applications. Its platform is built around AMD Instinct accelerators and supports widely used AI frameworks and tools, including PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, Hugging Face, and Kubernetes-based environments. TensorWave also offers enterprise capabilities such as workload monitoring, security controls, managed Kubernetes and Slurm services, and software layers that help organizations manage AI operations across the model lifecycle. The company focuses on providing open, scalable infrastructure that enables organizations to develop, train, and run AI models without relying on proprietary hardware ecosystems. | $350M | Series B | Jun 10, 2026 |  |
| Point2 Technology | Point2 Technology develops a dielectric waveguide for high speed interconnect for both datacenter applications. The company is a provider of interconnect technology solutions that delivers ultra-low power, low-latency, point-to-point interconnect and range enhancement SoC solutions specifically designed to fulfill the bandwidth needs of hyperscaleAI/ML datacenters and 5G infrastructure. |  | Series B | Apr 21, 2026 |  |
| Kandou AI | KANDOU specializes in the design of high-speed, and pin- and energy-efficient chip-to-chip links, SerDes, and associated technologies.Demand for bandwidth in serial links has increased as industries require both high-quantity and high-quality information. KANDOU BUS has developed a unique approach to serial link design that increases the bit-rateand the reach for a given physical communications link and reduces the power consumption. As a result, more bits can be sent per unit of energy, or less energy can be used to achieve a given bit rate.Less energy means available power can be used for more speed, greater battery life, smaller dies or novel designs that shatter many of today’s constraints.Their team of scientists and engineers, based in Switzerland, the UK, and the US, is pushing the boundaries of serial links. | $225M | Series A | Mar 23, 2026 |  |
| Infinitesima Ltd | Infinitesima is the developer of Rapid Probe Microscopy (RPM). Rapid Probe Microscopy provides nano-scale images with information in less than a second. It is useful in numerous applications and all of the main market segments where nano-scale imaging and metrology is required. |  | Series B | Jan 22, 2026 |  |
| Upscale AI | Upscale AI is a high‑performance AI networking company accelerating AI democratization with open‑standard and full‑stack turnkey solutions. | $200M | Series A | Jan 21, 2026 |  |

10 of 28 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Nexus Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nexus-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [AMD Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amd-ventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Prosperity7 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/prosperity7-ventures-d527) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Atreides Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atreides-management-lp) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [StepStone Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stepstone-group) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Tiger Global Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tiger-global) — VC Fund, 5 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Maverick Silicon invest in?

Maverick Silicon invests primarily in Semiconductor, Artificial Intelligence and Manufacturing startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 28 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 Maverick Silicon?

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