# TDK Ventures

> TDK Ventures is a VC fund in San Jose backing Manufacturing and Semiconductor. See 84 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Jose, United States
- Total investments: 84
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 38%
- Last fund: May 2023
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tdk-ventures-inc/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/TDKVentures
- Website: http://www.tdk-ventures.com/

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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3M–$29M |
| Series A | $10M–$55M |
| Series B | $20M–$128M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 16 | 19% |
| Semiconductor | 10 | 12% |
| Renewable Energy | 10 | 12% |
| Energy | 9 | 11% |
| Software | 8 | 10% |

85 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 21 | 25% |
| Series B | 18 | 21% |
| Seed | 11 | 13% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 9 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 8 | 10% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 36 | 43% |
| India | 6 | 7% |
| Canada | 2 | 2% |
| Germany | 2 | 2% |
| Singapore | 2 | 2% |

12 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Anil Achyuta | Investment Director | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anil-achyuta |
| Nicolas Sauvage | President | 26 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nicolas-sauvage |
| David Delfassy | Investment Director | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-delfassy |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aston Labs | Aston Labs operates a decentralized utility organization working to build a carbon-free utility network. The company's platform is made to support 100% uptime, equality of access, zero carbon, digital currency, Defi, and metaverse, giving people access to modern life. | $20M | Series A | Jun 16, 2026 |  |
| 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. | $21M | Series B | Jun 10, 2026 |  |
| Amperesand | Amperesand operates as a grid infrastructure solution provider. | $30M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 02, 2026 |  |
| 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 |  |
| Eridu | Eridu is the pioneer advancing the frontier in AI networking, breaking through the network wall with a solution built from the ground up for scale-out and scale-up networks in AI data centers. Eridu’s network switch delivers the order-of-magnitude advance in performance, radix and throughput needed to maximize utilization, throughput andefficiency in AI clusters and data centers. Founded by a team of accomplished technology and business innovators and backed by leading investors with over $200M in funding to date, Eridu is solving the network bottlenecks throttling AI. | $200M | Series A | Mar 10, 2026 |  |
| C2i Semiconductors | C2i Semiconductors is a stealth-mode fabless semiconductor design business that focuses on analogue and mixed-signal designs. | $16.7M | Series A | Feb 16, 2026 |  |
| EtherealX | EtherealX designs develops, and manufactures next-generation launch vehicles and spacecraft. | $20.5M | Series A | Dec 21, 2025 |  |
| NovoLINC | NovoLINC is a pioneering startup that provides thermal interface solutions. It develops a distinctive system of nanostructured materials and a proprietary manufacturing process with the objective of transforming thermal management. | $10.2M | Seed | Dec 18, 2025 |  |
| 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 |  |
| Mixx Technologies | Mixx Technologies is a technology company. | $33M | Series A | Nov 30, 2025 |  |

10 of 84 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does TDK Ventures invest in?

TDK Ventures invests primarily in Manufacturing, Semiconductor and Renewable Energy startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 84 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is TDK Ventures's check size?

TDK Ventures typically joins rounds of $3M–$29M at Seed, $10M–$55M at Series A and $20M–$128M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds TDK Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact TDK Ventures?

Public channels for TDK Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at TDK Ventures?

The team at TDK Ventures includes Anil Achyuta (Investment Director), Nicolas Sauvage (President) and David Delfassy (Investment Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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