# Vinod K. Dham

> Vinod K. Dham is a Series A investor at Indo-US Venture Partners backing Mobile and Semiconductor. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Indo-US Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/indo-us-venture-partners)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Aug 2019
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinod-dham-b07a7935

Vinod K. Dham is a Series A investor at Indo-US Venture Partners in San Francisco focused on Mobile and Semiconductor. As a pioneer in the technology industry, Vinod (Vin) Dham is the acknowledged "Father of the Pentium" microprocessor. He successfully executed on his previous fund, NewPath Ventures, and is building NEA-IndoUS Ventures on similar principles.Prior to NewPath Ventures, Vinod was the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer ofSilicon Spice Inc., which was acquired by Broadcom Corporation. Vin spent 16 years of his career at Intel Corporation where he held the position of Vice President and General Manager of the Microprocessor Products group. After Intel, Vin joined microprocessor start up "NexGen", as its Chief Operating Officer. At NexGen Vin was instrumental in redefining Nexgen's processor direction, and engineering the merger with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). At AMD Vin became the Group Vice President, and oversaw the launch of K6 the world's fastest windows processor at that time.In 1993, Vin was named as one of the top 25 executives in the computer industry in America. In 1999, he was named as one of the top 100 most influential Asian Americans of the decade. In 2000, Vin was appointed to serve on the US President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Currently he serves on the Boards of Satyam, Sasken, Hellosoft, InSilica, Minekey, Nevis, Telsima and Montalvo. Vin has co-authored numerous technical papers and patents.Vin has a Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 3 | 25% |
| Semiconductor | 2 | 17% |
| Content | 1 | 8% |
| FinTech | 1 | 8% |
| Hardware | 1 | 8% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 25% |
| Series B | 3 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 17% |
| Seed | 1 | 8% |
| Series C | 1 | 8% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 42% |
| India | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Orbo.ai | Orbo.ai provide contextual information and become a gateway to the world and not just stay limited to computational photography through our deep learning technology based solutions.Orbo’s face tracking technology can be implemented across devices to identify human emotions, transformative & augmented effects as well as one can build enhancedcamera centric applications. | $1.5M | Seed | Aug 16, 2019 |  |
| ISGN Corporation | ISGN is a leading provider of mortgage technology and services. A fast-growing company with more than 1000 customers, including large global banks and many of the top ten lenders in the country, ISGN’s product line includes a complete range of solutions for lenders, brokers and servicers. ISGN is funded by the highly-regarded growth equity firmNEA Partners, and by the KK Birla Group, one of the largest and oldest business houses. Based in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, ISGN now employs more than 1,500 people across 8 domestic centers and two international facilities. | $30M |  | Aug 10, 2011 |  |
| Minekey | Minekey is a silicon valley based startup with core expertise in personalized search and social collaboration technologies. Minekey’s technology is at the heart of leading edge services mentioned below.Twezr is a personal organizer – the best way to stay in sync with close friends and co-workers. Twezr organizes all the contacts and all thecontent they’ve shared over email, Facebook and Twitter in one place. Twezr is available for free in the iTunes app store. For more information visit: www.twezr.com.Minekey’s discussion network connects real people through real conversations. People from all over the world hang out on Minekey and discuss their opinions on various topics such as relationships, social and political issues, religion, pop culture and more. To date over 2.5 Million people have participated in Minekey community. For more information visit: http://discuss.minekey.com.Minekey’s content discovery service helps online publishers to improve user experience and engagement on their websites by serving the most relevant content based on the user’s interests and browsing history. For more information visit: http://reco.minekey.com. |  | Series A | Aug 01, 2007 |  |
| Telsima | Telsima Corp. develops and markets base station and subscriber station systems and network management software for the WiMAX telecommunications market. The company offers mobile WiMAX, WiMAX certified broadband wireless access, and mobility solutions. Telsima Corp. was formerly known as Kinera, Inc. The company was founded in 1999 and is basedin Sunnyvale, California with offices and facilities in Bangalore, Gurgaon, and Mumbai, India; and Trzin-Ljubljana, Slovenia. |  | Debt Financing | Jul 01, 2007 |  |
| ISGN Corporation | ISGN is a leading provider of mortgage technology and services. A fast-growing company with more than 1000 customers, including large global banks and many of the top ten lenders in the country, ISGN’s product line includes a complete range of solutions for lenders, brokers and servicers. ISGN is funded by the highly-regarded growth equity firmNEA Partners, and by the KK Birla Group, one of the largest and oldest business houses. Based in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, ISGN now employs more than 1,500 people across 8 domestic centers and two international facilities. | $25M |  | Jun 12, 2007 |  |
| Telsima | Telsima Corp. develops and markets base station and subscriber station systems and network management software for the WiMAX telecommunications market. The company offers mobile WiMAX, WiMAX certified broadband wireless access, and mobility solutions. Telsima Corp. was formerly known as Kinera, Inc. The company was founded in 1999 and is basedin Sunnyvale, California with offices and facilities in Bangalore, Gurgaon, and Mumbai, India; and Trzin-Ljubljana, Slovenia. |  |  | Jan 01, 2007 |  |
| inSilica | inSilica, a fabless semiconductor company, provides ASIC and system-on-chip solutions. The company offers multimedia and printing processors for various imaging and printing devices, including digital multimedia, digital printing, and mobile imaging. It has design centers in India and Slovenia. inSilica, Inc. was founded in 2003 and isheadquartered in Santa Clara, California. |  | Series B | Jul 06, 2006 |  |
| Montalvo Systems | Montalvo Systems a fabless semiconductor company, develops low-power system-on-a-chips for mobile devices. Its products include low-power media processors for portable applications. The company is based in Santa Clara, California. It has operations in India and the United States. |  | Series B | Mar 24, 2006 |  |
| Telsima | Telsima Corp. develops and markets base station and subscriber station systems and network management software for the WiMAX telecommunications market. The company offers mobile WiMAX, WiMAX certified broadband wireless access, and mobility solutions. Telsima Corp. was formerly known as Kinera, Inc. The company was founded in 1999 and is basedin Sunnyvale, California with offices and facilities in Bangalore, Gurgaon, and Mumbai, India; and Trzin-Ljubljana, Slovenia. |  | Series C | Dec 14, 2005 |  |
| Montalvo Systems | Montalvo Systems a fabless semiconductor company, develops low-power system-on-a-chips for mobile devices. Its products include low-power media processors for portable applications. The company is based in Santa Clara, California. It has operations in India and the United States. |  | Series A | May 16, 2005 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [New Enterprise Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-enterprise-associates) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Intel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/intel) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CMEA Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cmea-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [JIF Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jafco-asia) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kettleborough VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kettleborough-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Refex Capital Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/refex-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Indo-US Venture Partners

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1 contacts available at Indo-US Venture Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vinod K. Dham | Founder and Executive Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vinod-k-dham |

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## FAQ

### What does Vinod K. Dham invest in?

Vinod K. Dham invests primarily in Mobile, Semiconductor and Content startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Vinod K. Dham last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Vinod K. Dham closed in Aug 2019. Shizune tracks 12 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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