# Synopsys

> Synopsys is a VC fund in Mountain View backing Semiconductor and Hardware. See 25 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mountain View, United States
- Total investments: 25
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 4%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/synopsys
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/synopsys
- Website: http://www.synopsys.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Synopsys

Synopsys is a VC fund in Mountain View focused on Semiconductor and Hardware. Synopsys is the Silicon to Software partner for companies that develop electronic products and software applications. The software company provides electronic design automation (EDA), semiconductor IP, software quality, and security solutions.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Semiconductor | 8 | 32% |
| Hardware | 7 | 28% |
| Software | 7 | 28% |
| Electronics | 5 | 20% |
| Manufacturing | 5 | 20% |

34 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 7 | 28% |
| Series C | 6 | 24% |
| Series D | 4 | 16% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 16% |
| Series A | 3 | 12% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 15 | 60% |
| China | 1 | 4% |
| Sweden | 1 | 4% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aart Geus | Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO | 0 | — |
| Joe Logan | Executive Vice President, Sales and Corporate Marketing | 0 | — |
| John Keating | Director, Strategic Programs | 0 | — |
| Licinio Sousa | Sr Staff Product Marketing Manager | 0 | — |
| Manoj Gandhi | Executive Vice President and General Manager, Verification Group at Synopsys | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 |  |
| Baya Systems | Baya Systems is a pioneer in chipset-based semiconductor technology for high-performance, modular systems, improving intelligent computing across varied applications. | $36M | Series B | Jan 23, 2025 |  |
| Efabless | efabless connects a global community of chip designers with smart product customers. The company was founded to revive demand-driven innovation in the semiconductor industry.The company brings back the "Garage" to the vocabulary of the semiconductor industry. Efabless builds products that spark from effective customer-centricinnovation, engineered by great talented minds across the globe and manufactured by their dependable foundry partners. | $6.3M | Series A | Oct 10, 2023 |  |
| OXi Technology | OXi Technology is a bio-sensor research and development company based in Shanghai. | $2.8M | Series B | Mar 28, 2017 |  |
| CiraNova | Ciranova, Inc. operates as an electronic design automation company. It focuses on building interoperable tools for custom chip designers to create new and/or migrate legacy analog IP. It offers products, such as PyCell Studio, which helps designers reduce the time and cost of PCell and layout generator creation for deep submicron processes;and PCell Xtreme, which enables the migration of PCells created in proprietary languages into multi-vendor OpenAccess flows. It provides custom layout generator development, Python code development consulting, custom layout consulting, and analog and mixed signal design services. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. | $8.5M |  | Aug 18, 2010 |  |
| Arteris | Arteris is a leading provider of system IP for the acceleration of system-on-chip (SoC) development across today’s electronic systems. Arteris network-on-chip (NoC) IP technology and SoC integration automation software enable higher product performance with lower power consumption and faster time to market, delivering better SoC economics so itscustomers can focus on dreaming up what comes next. Learn more at arteris.com. | $9.7M | Series D | Dec 18, 2009 |  |
| Arteris | Arteris is a leading provider of system IP for the acceleration of system-on-chip (SoC) development across today’s electronic systems. Arteris network-on-chip (NoC) IP technology and SoC integration automation software enable higher product performance with lower power consumption and faster time to market, delivering better SoC economics so itscustomers can focus on dreaming up what comes next. Learn more at arteris.com. | $7.5M | Series C | May 23, 2008 |  |
| Prover Technology | Prover delivers proof engines that enable safety critical systems engineers to achieve 100% exhaustive verification coverage. Its customers include Airbus, GE, New York City Transit, Ericsson, Mathworks and many others. |  |  | May 06, 2008 |  |
| CiraNova | Ciranova, Inc. operates as an electronic design automation company. It focuses on building interoperable tools for custom chip designers to create new and/or migrate legacy analog IP. It offers products, such as PyCell Studio, which helps designers reduce the time and cost of PCell and layout generator creation for deep submicron processes;and PCell Xtreme, which enables the migration of PCells created in proprietary languages into multi-vendor OpenAccess flows. It provides custom layout generator development, Python code development consulting, custom layout consulting, and analog and mixed signal design services. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. | $5.3M | Series D | Mar 24, 2008 |  |
| Arteris | Arteris is a leading provider of system IP for the acceleration of system-on-chip (SoC) development across today’s electronic systems. Arteris network-on-chip (NoC) IP technology and SoC integration automation software enable higher product performance with lower power consumption and faster time to market, delivering better SoC economics so itscustomers can focus on dreaming up what comes next. Learn more at arteris.com. | $8.1M | Series B | Jun 19, 2007 |  |

10 of 25 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Mayfield Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mayfield-fund) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Mohr Davidow Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mohr-davidow-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [TVM Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tvm-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Crescendo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crescendo-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Intel Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/intel-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Tallwood Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tallwood-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Synopsys invest in?

Synopsys invests primarily in Semiconductor, Hardware and Software startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 25 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 Synopsys?

The team at Synopsys includes Aart Geus (Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO), Joe Logan (Executive Vice President, Sales and Corporate Marketing) and John Keating (Director, Strategic Programs), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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