# Tyche Partners

> Tyche Partners is a VC fund in Menlo Park backing Software and Hardware. See 47 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, United States
- Total investments: 47
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 17%
- Fund size: $110M
- Last fund: Sep 2017
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tychepartners
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/TychePartners
- Website: http://www.tychepartners.com

Tyche Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on investments in early and early growth stage companies with disruptive technologies. We thrive to invest in and work with entrepreneurs with big dreams and drive to change the world. We look for companies with products that can achieve 10X performance improvement and have the potential ofredefine the industry landscape. We invest primarily in HardTech sectors. Some of the sectors where we have invested include: * Cloud and enterprise infrastructure * Internet of Things (IoT) and wearable devices * 3D printing and robotics * Autonomous driving and AR/VR * Semiconductors * SpaceTechWe invest and collaborate with tier-one VCs. Our team work closely with entrepreneurs offering strategic and operational support and guidance and helping them to building great and exciting companies.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 8 | 17% |
| Hardware | 6 | 13% |
| Semiconductor | 6 | 13% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 13% |
| Robotics | 4 | 9% |

49 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 9 | 19% |
| Series B | 9 | 19% |
| Series C | 8 | 17% |
| Seed | 4 | 9% |
| Series D | 4 | 9% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 21 | 45% |
| Taiwan | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tony Chao | Partner | 17 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tony-chao |
| Weijie Yun | Founder, Managing Partner | 23 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/weijie-yun |
| Fang Li | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fang-li |
| Michael Wishart | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-wishart |
| Michael Wishart | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-wishart-2 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tacta Systems | Tacta Systems develops robotics with human-like tactile abilities with Dextrous Intelligence, the nervous system for robots. | $64M | Series A | Jun 26, 2025 |  |
| ElastixAI | ElastixAI is developing an AI inference platform designed to optimize how large language models are run. |  |  | May 14, 2025 |  |
| ElastixAI | ElastixAI is developing an AI inference platform designed to optimize how large language models are run. | $18M | Seed | May 14, 2025 |  |
| VEIR | VEIR is a company developing a new approach to using high-temperature superconductors for electricity transmission. Its passive evaporative cryogenic cooling delivers 20 times the cooling power per kilogram of nitrogen flow compared to mechanical subcooling. | $75M | Series B | Jan 28, 2025 |  |
| Celestial AI | Celestial AI is a machine learning accelerator company developing an optical interconnect technology platform for data centers and AI solutions. It utilizes the advantages of photonics, mixed-signal ASICs, and advanced packaging to offer a sustainable improvement in computing performance that helps clients deliver superior AI acceleration hardwareand software alternatives. The company's Photonic FabricTM provides the foundational technology for optically scalable, disaggregated data center computing and memory to unleash advancements in AI with sustainable and profitable business models. | $175M | Series C | Mar 27, 2024 |  |
| Lightforce Orthodontics | LightForce Orthodontics, founded in 2015, makes the world’s first and only fully customized 3D-printed bracket system that is based on the anatomy and tooth morphology of each patient. The company’s mission is to apply modern technology and mass-customization to improve the orthodontic experience for both patients and doctors. LightForce’s platformunites the latest in digital treatment capabilities with cutting-edge, on-demand, 3D manufacturing to offer clinicians the first significant advancement in bracket-based treatment protocol in the past 50 years. A first-of-its-kind in the orthodontic space, Lightforce offers an unparalleled platform for orthodontists and LightForce technicians to collaborate on treatment plans for each individual patient. The company’s solution significantly reduces patient visits to the orthodontist and time spent wearing braces by providing 100 percent fully-customized solutions that improve both convenience and quality, ensuring patients receive the gold standard of care. | $80M | Series D | Aug 02, 2023 |  |
| Lightforce Orthodontics | LightForce Orthodontics, founded in 2015, makes the world’s first and only fully customized 3D-printed bracket system that is based on the anatomy and tooth morphology of each patient. The company’s mission is to apply modern technology and mass-customization to improve the orthodontic experience for both patients and doctors. LightForce’s platformunites the latest in digital treatment capabilities with cutting-edge, on-demand, 3D manufacturing to offer clinicians the first significant advancement in bracket-based treatment protocol in the past 50 years. A first-of-its-kind in the orthodontic space, Lightforce offers an unparalleled platform for orthodontists and LightForce technicians to collaborate on treatment plans for each individual patient. The company’s solution significantly reduces patient visits to the orthodontist and time spent wearing braces by providing 100 percent fully-customized solutions that improve both convenience and quality, ensuring patients receive the gold standard of care. | $80M | Series D | Aug 02, 2023 |  |
| Celestial AI | Inorganic Intelligence is a Neuromorphic Photonic AI Computing solution that serves as deep learning and machine learning applications. The company was founded in 2020 by David Lazovsky, Michelle Tomasko, and Preet Virk and is based in San Jose, California, United States. | $100M | Series B | Jun 28, 2023 |  |
| Celestial AI | Celestial AI is a machine learning accelerator company developing an optical interconnect technology platform for data centers and AI solutions. It utilizes the advantages of photonics, mixed-signal ASICs, and advanced packaging to offer a sustainable improvement in computing performance that helps clients deliver superior AI acceleration hardwareand software alternatives. The company's Photonic FabricTM provides the foundational technology for optically scalable, disaggregated data center computing and memory to unleash advancements in AI with sustainable and profitable business models. | $100M | Series B | Jun 28, 2023 |  |
| Ayar Labs | Ayar Labs develops a monolithic in-package optical I/O (MIPO) solution for applications that require high bandwidth, low latency, and power-efficient short-reach interconnects.The company disrupts the traditional performance, cost, and efficiency curves of the semiconductor and computing industries by driving improvement in interconnectbandwidth density at lower power. Its patented approach uses industry-standard cost-effective silicon processing techniques to develop high speed, high density, low power optical-based interconnect “chiplets” and lasers to replace traditional electrical-based I/O. Ayar’s flagship product is a chip called TeraPhy that implements its optical technology on compact silicon die. The chip can be integrated directly into a central processing unit, graphics card, or another processor to give it optical data transmission capabilities.The Emeryville, California-headquartered company was established in 2015 by Alex Wright-Gladstein, Vladimir Stojanovic, Chen Sun, and Mark Wade. | $25M | Series C | May 24, 2023 |  |

10 of 47 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Tyche Partners invest in?

Tyche Partners invests primarily in Software, Hardware and Semiconductor startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 47 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 Tyche Partners?

The team at Tyche Partners includes Tony Chao (Partner), Weijie Yun (Founder, Managing Partner) and Fang Li (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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