# Nicolas Sauvage

> Nicolas Sauvage is a Series B investor at TDK Ventures (San Jose) backing Energy and Electronics. See 26 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [TDK Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tdk-ventures)
- Location: San Jose, United States
- Total investments: 26
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 58%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nsauvage
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/nicolas_sauvage

Nicolas Sauvage is a Series B investor at TDK Ventures in San Jose focused on Energy and Electronics. Nicolas Sauvage President of TDK Ventures, with $350M AUM. TDK Ventures has invested in over 35 startups, including unicorns like Groq, Ascend Elements and Silicon Box. Recognized on the Global Corporate Venturing Powerlist for five consecutive years, Nicolas has authored articles on Corporate Venturing and hosts the Corporate Venturing Insiderpodcast. Nicolas serves on the boards of Analog Inference, AutoFlight, Faction, Mach49, Metalenz, Virewirx, and TDK Ventures. Nicolas has been awarded the Corporate Director Certificate from Harvard Business School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 5 | 19% |
| Electronics | 5 | 19% |
| Manufacturing | 5 | 19% |
| Software | 4 | 15% |
| Semiconductor | 4 | 15% |

52 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 6 | 23% |
| Seed | 5 | 19% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 5 | 19% |
| Series A | 4 | 15% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 15% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 11 | 42% |
| India | 5 | 19% |
| China | 1 | 4% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |
| Israel | 1 | 4% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| C2i Semiconductors | C2i Semiconductors is a stealth-mode fabless semiconductor design business that focuses on analogue and mixed-signal designs. | $1.7M | Series A | May 27, 2026 |  |
| pH7 | pH7 is a cleantech firm that develops and implements methods for the sustainable extraction and refining of strategic metals, which are required for the transition to renewable energy. This pilot project will offer the industry a solution for the sustainable extraction of Platinum Group Metals from secondary and primary resources using green,biodegradable, and recyclable solvents rather than smelting methodologies. | $25.6M | Series B | Dec 04, 2025 |  |
| Ultraviolette Automotive | Ultraviolette Automotive is a technology startup working on electric two-wheelers and energy infrastructure. The startup develops products and systems that reflect a progressive ideology, as well as builds an electric vehicle ecosystem for this urban environment. They synthesize design and technology to create new dimensions in advanced engineeringand seamless user experiences.Ultraviolette Automotive new product F77, an urban sports/commuter bike that allows both seasoned riders, as well as, enthusiasts to do more with just one motorcycle. It goes beyond daily commuting to actually deliver high levels of performance and unparalleled user experience across the usage and ownership experience cycles.The startup was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. | $21M |  | Aug 12, 2025 |  |
| Tulum Energy | Tulum Energy is a cutting-edge energy business developing a unique methane pyrolysis approach for low-cost, scalable clean hydrogen production that does not require CCS infrastructure. | $27M | Seed | Jul 07, 2025 |  |
| Peak Energy | Peak Energy is on a mission to speed grid decarbonization by substantially cutting the cost of energy storage and establishing the United States as a global leader in the sodium-ion sector. | $55M | Series A | Jul 17, 2024 |  |
| INERATEC | INERATEC provides sustainable fuels, gas-to-liquid, power-to-gas and power-to-liquid application products. | $128.4M | Series B | Jan 16, 2024 |  |
| Silicon Box | Silicon Box is an advanced OSAT (outsourced semiconductor assembly and testing) services provider, specializing in semiconductor integration. The company is capable of delivering full execution for semiconductor packaging, from initial design to final manufacturing of standard single chip packages to the most sophisticated chiplet-based systems,enabling applications that include AI (artificial intelligence), HPC (high performance computing), EV (electric vehicles), automotive, power management, mobile chipsets and processors, applications processors, radiofrequency, and more. | $200M | Series B | Jan 04, 2024 |  |
| Fasal | Fasal, an agri-tech platform, developed by Wolkus Technology Solutions, is an AI-powered platform for the Agriculture ecosystem that records a variety of growing conditions on the farm. It then uses artificial intelligence and data science to make on-farm predictions, before delivering the insights anywhere on any device including (iOS, Android,Tablet, and web).Its data-driven precision agriculture solution recommends real-time agronomic solutions to growers using on-farm and micro-climate data collected through agnostic sensors that helps farmers with cost savings in terms of water, energy, fertilizers, and pesticides. | $12M | Series A | Dec 22, 2023 |  |
| Exponent Energy | Exponent Energy focuses on developing fast charging technology for electric vehicles.Exponent Energy's energy stack can speed up and simplify energy and charging for their client's electric vehicles which ensures the least amount of impedance buildup and results in a continuous flow of energy.The company also offers customers abattery management system, battery pack, and charger that all function in concert.Exponent Energy was established in 2020 by Arun Vinayak and Sanjay Byalal Jagannath in Bangalore, Karnataka. | $26.4M | Series B | Dec 14, 2023 |  |
| Nubis Communications | Nubis Communications is a cloud startup company providing services to the electrical and electronic manufacturing industries. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in New York City Metropolitan Area. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 07, 2023 |  |

10 of 26 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Eclipse](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eclipse-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Doral Energy-Tech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/doral-energy-tech-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [3one4 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/3one4) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BASF Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/basf-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Maverick Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maverick-capital-6d16) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Pangaea Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pangaea-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About TDK Ventures

VC Fund · San Jose, United States

TDK Ventures is a technology-focused venture fund based in San Jose, California. We invest globally in Seed to B-round startups that leverage fundamental material science to unlock an attractive and sustainable future for the world. We believe in a sustainable world where digital and energy transformation will improve billions of lives for thebetter. Our mission is to help accelerate learnings and contributions to society, investing in start-ups with similar idealism. We aim to find meaningful opportunities in early-stage technology, especially in Health & Wellness, next Generation Transportation, Robotics & Industrial, Mixed Reality, and the wider IoT market segments. Dielectrics, magnetics, MEMS, neuro-electricals, organic materials, piezoelectrics, semiconductors, and many other types of materials, TDK Ventures is looking for the hardest problems where we have a proven track record of solving since 1935 and are passionate to continue solving these challenges together with our global innovation partners.

3 contacts available at TDK Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anil Achyuta | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anil-achyuta |
| Nicolas Sauvage | President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nicolas-sauvage |
| David Delfassy | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-delfassy |

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## FAQ

### What does Nicolas Sauvage invest in?

Nicolas Sauvage invests primarily in Energy, Electronics and Manufacturing startups, most often at Series B and Seed stage. Most of the 26 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 Nicolas Sauvage last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nicolas Sauvage closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 26 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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