Texas Instruments
VC Fund
Dallas, United States
Texas Instruments is a Dallas, Texas-based company that specializes in developing and commercializing semiconductor and computer technology for cellular handsets, digital signal processors, and analog semiconductors. Other focus areas include chips for emerging medical electronics, energy (including Low Power/No Power, LED Lighting, &Solar Technologies), RFID, and telecommunications infrastructure. The venture arm of Texas instruments is [TI Ventures].
- Total investments:
- 24
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 21%
Last updated:
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Industries Texas Instruments invests in
Stages Texas Instruments invests in
Countries Texas Instruments invests in
Contacts
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Andy Smith
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Kent Novak
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Ruth Simmons
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Andreas Dannenberg
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 6 (25%)
- Wireless 4 (17%)
- Semiconductor 4 (17%)
- Electronics 3 (13%)
- Manufacturing 3 (13%)
Stage
- Series B 6 (25%)
- Funding Round 6 (25%)
- Series C 5 (21%)
- Series D 3 (13%)
- Grant 1 (4%)
Country
- United States 16 (67%)
- Israel 2 (8%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Andy Smith
Director, Giving and Volunteering, Executive Director, and TI Foundation
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Director, Giving and Volunteering, Executive Director, and TI Foundation | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
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Kent Novak
Senior Vice President
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Senior Vice President | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
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Ruth Simmons
Board of Directors
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Board of Directors | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Andreas Dannenberg
Firmware Development Manager, Battery Management Solutions
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Firmware Development Manager, Battery Management Solutions | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Anil Tammineedi
Product Engineer
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Product Engineer | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
| See all 12 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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North Texas Food Bank
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North Texas Food is a domestic hunger-relief group in the country, Feeding America, purchases food and groceries from local vendors and distributes them. | $1M / Grant / Jun 11, 2025 | |
University of North Texas at Dallas
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University of North Texas at Dallas is a public university that offers education services. | $651K / Grant / May 16, 2023 | |
Calxeda
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Calxeda provides revolutionary efficiency to the data center. Leveraging ultra-low power technology from ARM, servers built on Calxeda’s silicon and software platform consume a fraction of the power and space of today’s best-in-class servers, enabling data centers to realize significant reduction in capital and operating expenses. The Calxedaplatform scales efficiently to thousands of server nodes, with unique network and storage acceleration, and is enhanced with management technology to deliver true “energy-proportional” computing. The result is a stunning breakthrough in performance efficiency, density, and scalability. | $55M / Series C / Oct 09, 2012 | |
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Calxeda
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Calxeda provides revolutionary efficiency to the data center. Leveraging ultra-low power technology from ARM, servers built on Calxeda’s silicon and software platform consume a fraction of the power and space of today’s best-in-class servers, enabling data centers to realize significant reduction in capital and operating expenses. The Calxedaplatform scales efficiently to thousands of server nodes, with unique network and storage acceleration, and is enhanced with management technology to deliver true “energy-proportional” computing. The result is a stunning breakthrough in performance efficiency, density, and scalability. | $20M / Series B / May 01, 2012 | |
Extreme Reality
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Extreme Reality enables a future where people interact with computing devices by their body motion, without touch, through any 2D camera.It is the only company to provide full-body, software-based, motion analysis and control to any computing device or operating system via a standard camera. Offered as a software development kit (SDK) and with17 patents granted worldwide, the company’s Extreme Motion product enables developers to create a wide range of experiences (applications, games, security solutions and more) that pioneer Natural User Interfaces (NUI) while breaking the physical barriers of current hardware-based technologies. Extreme Reality was founded in 2005 and is based in Herzliya, Israel. | $8M / Series C / Nov 11, 2011 | |
Cymbet
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Cymbet develops market eco-friendly, biocompatible rechargeable solid state batteries that provide electronic systems designers with new embedded power capabilities.Cymbet’s EnerChip batteries allow new concepts in energy storage application for ICs and new products for medical, sensor, RFID, industrial control, communications, and portableelectronic devices. Their new single chip Power Management Real-Time Clock (PMRTC) device is a world class device and among the lowest power RTCs in the industry. | $31M / Series C / Jan 25, 2010 | |
iBiquity Digital Corporation
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IBiquity Digital develops and licenses a digital HD Radio technology for AM and FM audio and data broadcasting in the United States and internationally. Its HD radio technology allows digital radio signals to ride the same airwaves as analog AM and FM radio broadcasts. The company provides a Gigaware Navigation Control HD Radio Receiver accessoryand a Gigaware HD Radio application for iPhone and iPod touch users to receive HD Radio FM broadcasts. iBiquity Digital Corporation was formerly known as USA Digital Radio, Inc. The company was founded in 1991 and is based in Columbia, Maryland, with additional offices in Basking Ridge, New Jersey; and Pontiac, Michigan. | $42.5M / Private Equity / Jul 20, 2009 | |
Zonare Medical Systems
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ZONARE Medical Systems, Inc. develops, manufactures, and commercializes compact ultrasound systems that are used for diagnostic imaging in a range of clinical applications and settings. Its product platform, the z.one ultrasound system, is based on its unique data acquisition and image formation technology, Zone Sonography. Zone Sonographytechnology enables customers to maintain an ultrasound system, and add new clinical applications and advanced image processing capabilities. ZONARE Medical sells its systems through direct sales force in the United States, and through a combination of distributors and direct sales personnel in approximately 40 international markets. The company, formerly known as NovaSonics, Inc., was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California. | $30M / Feb 21, 2008 | |
GENBAND
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GENBAND is a global supplier of IP gateways, session border controllers and FMC security solutions. These high-performance, high-security gateway solutions are at the center of fixed and mobile networks around the globe, evolving, securing and improving communications networks. | $18M / Mar 01, 2005 | |
RF Magic
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RF Magic is a fabless semiconductor company providing a diversified portfolio of radio frequency (RF) Systems on a Chip integrated circuits (ICs) for the next generation of consumer electronics applications. The company’s experienced engineers combine RF and digital communications systems experience with RF silicon design expertise to develophighly advanced ICs for cost-effective integration into high-volume consumer platforms.RF Magic’s RF Systems on a Chip technology is well suited to meet extreme broadband challenges facing the expanding Digital Home, Consumer Mobility and High Performance Networking markets, such as high-throughput communications, wide bandwidth channels, multiple video channels, multi-function radios and high-interference environments. More than two million of the company’s award-winning products have been shipped to customers for use in Digital Broadcast Satellite (DBS) Out Door Units (ODUs), digital broadcast set top boxes (STBs) and televisions, home media centers, and fixed wireless access modems.Employing patented design techniques, RF Magic’s broadband RF Systems on a Chip ICs offer premium performance, efficient design, lower cost, diverse functionality, and simplicity of use to Deliver the Next RF Generation. | $24M / Series C / Oct 24, 2003 | |
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FAQ
What does Texas Instruments invest in?
Texas Instruments invests primarily in Software, Wireless and Semiconductor startups, most often at Series B and Funding Round stage. Most of the 24 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 Texas Instruments?
The team at Texas Instruments includes Andy Smith (Director, Giving and Volunteering, Executive Director, and TI Foundation), Kent Novak (Senior Vice President) and Ruth Simmons (Board of Directors), among 12 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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