Richard Sanquini
Angel Investor · at LiteCap
Saratoga, United States
Richard Sanquini is a seed investor at LiteCap in Saratoga focused on Mobile and Software. One of the few technology executives to have played a key role in the birth of the semiconductor industry and the consumer electronics revolution in the 21st century. Today, Mr. Sanquini works as an industry consultant, investor and board director with a strong reputation for helping to build young companies and prepare them for public offeringand/or acquisition.Mr. Sanquini currently serves on the boards of Validity, LitePoint, Synaptics, R2 Semiconductor, and WaveConnex, and is the Chairman of Pixelworks. He also served as Chairman of PortalPlayer, the company that developed the silicon and operating system firmware for the Apple iPod.Prior to becoming a consultant and director, Mr. Sanquini worked at National Semiconductor, initially as vice president of microprocessors, microcontrollers, and peripherals with subsequent roles as senior vice president of the consumer and commercial division and as the company's chief technology officer. Mr. Sanquini's career began in 1959 at RCA's Solid State Electronics Division, where he designed the company's first commercially available integrated circuits, and eventually served as general manager and director of memories and microprocessors.Mr. Sanquini holds a BSEE degree from the Milwaukee School of Engineering, Wisconsin.
- Total investments:
- 2
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- Lead investor:
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Industries Richard Sanquini invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Mobile 1 (50%)
- Software 1 (50%)
- 3D Printing 1 (50%)
- Electronics 1 (50%)
- Mobile Devices 1 (50%)
Stage
- Seed 1 (50%)
- Series A 1 (50%)
Country
- Denmark 1 (50%)
- United States 1 (50%)
Investments
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| Kuprion’s™ revolutionary, copper based nanotechnology is a highly electrically conductive material enabling a new generation of printable electronics and integrated circuit chips. Connections between chip-to-chip or chip-to-board are up to 10 times the electrical and thermal conductivity of existing materials - perfect for smaller and more powerfulproducts from phones to electric cars.Our nanoCopper technology is based on work that began at Lockheed Martin in 2008. They were researching ways to replace traditional solder with a high-performance, RoHS- compliant alternative for high-power, high-reliability applications. With widespread interest from the commercial sector, all rights and patents were transferred to Kuprion in 2019 to commercialize the family of pastes and inks. Since then, Kuprion has garnered Fortune 100 customers, 20 patents, and VC funding with offices and manufacturing in San Jose, CA | $5M / Series A / Mar 29, 2019 | ||
| The Eye Tribe develops software that enables eye control on mobile devices and computers, allowing hands-free control, eye activated log in, and enhanced gaming experiences.Our software is based on infrared technology to achieve high accuracy and responsiveness. Unlike other infrared eye tracking systems that are expensive and proprietary, oursoftware works with low-cost hardware components that can be integrated into the next generation of smartphones and tablets. | $2.2M / Seed / Jan 08, 2014 |
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What does Richard Sanquini invest in?
Richard Sanquini invests primarily in Mobile, Software and 3D Printing startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Denmark. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Richard Sanquini closed in Mar 2019. Shizune tracks 2 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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