Walden International
VC Fund
San Francisco, United States
Walden International is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Manufacturing and Semiconductor. Walden International is unique among US venture firms through its focus on cross-border investments that leverage global markets and talent to grow industry-leading companies. For more than 30 years, their integrated team has brought extensive added value to help companies through capital, relationships and expertise.They look to partner with thebest of the best – entrepreneurs with a strong appreciation for the benefits of leveraging talent and markets independent of geography to gain unfair advantage.Their team brings both extensive venture expertise together with in-depth operating experience to help you grow your company.They invest in early and expansion stage companies across sectors such as Semiconductors, Clean Tech, Internet & Digital Media and Software.
- Total investments:
- 215
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 20%
- Fund size:
- $123M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
For AI agents: llms.txt
Industries Walden International invests in
Stages Walden International invests in
Countries Walden International invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 17 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Series A
- $1.6M–$100M
- Series B
- $6.5M–$50M
- Series C
- $10M–$250M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Manufacturing 36 (17%)
- Semiconductor 35 (16%)
- Software 28 (13%)
- Artificial Intelligence 21 (10%)
- Electronics 17 (8%)
Stage
- Series B 53 (25%)
- Series A 48 (22%)
- Series C 41 (19%)
- Seed 15 (7%)
- Series D 14 (7%)
Country
- China 60 (28%)
- United States 57 (27%)
- Singapore 12 (6%)
- India 2 (1%)
- Israel 2 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Andrew Kau
Managing Director
|
Managing Director | Total investments: 10 | Find email | |
Brian Chiang
Managing Director
|
Managing Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Carson Chen
Venture Partner
|
Venture Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Cliff Higgerson
Venture Partner
|
Venture Partner | Total investments: 7 | Find email | |
Donald Shumka
President and Managing Director
|
President and Managing Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 17 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Noin Intelligence
|
Angel / Sep 29, 2026 | ||
| Semidrive is a car smart driving chip developer specializing in automotive applications, providing users with products such as ADAS and autonomous driving. It is dedicated to helping users solve the problem of smart driving chips. It also provides research and development services for intelligent core processors. The company's main researchand development of car processor chip products, providing smart car core chips and high-performance industrial microprocessors and other semiconductor products and system-level turnkey solutions. Its chip's main application areas include: intelligent cabin and in-car entertainment systems, ADAS and L2.5 and below, and automatic controllers | $50M / Series C / Sep 21, 2026 | ||
|
SiliconFlow
|
Silicon Mobile Technology is an AI infrastructure company that specilaizes in large models inference and deployment system to reduce the cost in the AIGC and LLM industries. | $295.8M / Series B / Jun 16, 2026 | |
| Pengxi Semiconductor is a developer of CIM systems for semiconductor integrated circuit manufacturing. The company focuses on CIM systems for semiconductor integrated circuit manufacturing and is committed to realizing the localization and intelligentization of core software for semiconductor manufacturing. Its core technologies cover multiple keyaspects such as manufacturing execution, equipment automation, yield management, and data platform. | $146.6M / Series A / Apr 16, 2026 | ||
| North Ocean Photonics is a Smart Hardware Company. | $58.6M / Series C / Apr 15, 2026 | ||
| BrainCo was founded in 2015, transforming the most advanced technologies from Center for Brain Science at Harvard, and Mcgovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT into research and development of wearable wireless EEG brain wave detector. we recently raised $5 million from several outlets. | $286.4M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 06, 2026 | ||
| Looki is building the next generation of human-centric ai platforms - emotionally aware, and deeply embedded in the physical world. | $20M / Series A / Jan 05, 2026 | ||
| FastForm is committed to the market-oriented application of 3D printing technology, offering complete 3D printing solutions for industrial businesses, academic research, and public education. They provide services for the fields of aerospace, the car industry, medicine, and education. | $13.9M / Series A / Aug 01, 2025 | ||
| Intecells, Inc., is the groundbreaking, VC-funded startup reshaping battery manufacturing technology. By developing solid-state production methods to improve electrodes, the company produces batteries using less energy, materials, and equipment. Intecells is breaking manufacturing out of its decades-long stasis toward a future full of new productsand capabilities. Founded in 2018, Intecells invented solid-state printing techniques leveraging cold plasma to fundamentally change the way electrodes are shaped and built into flexible cell formats. The company is revolutionizing what is possible not only for manufacturing and environmental impact but also for consumer product creation for years to come. Partnering with leading battery makers, OEMs, and academic institutions, Intecells plans to bring its innovations from lab to production in 2022. The startup is the brainchild of Dr. Shawn Gayden, a Chinese American inventor, and business executive, who led battery manufacturing research for more than a decade, and Christian Buske, a German entrepreneur whose company first commercialized cold plasma technology decades ago. Intecells’ technologies eliminate binders and solvents for a cleaner electrode-making process, thereby opening new paths for a wide range of cell chemistries and applications across sectors at low production costs. This game-changing endeavor is a rising tide that lifts everyone in the value chain. For materials and equipment suppliers, collaborating with Intecells adds value to products; for cell manufacturers, applying Intecells’ technology means they can write the rules for future battery production; and for OEMs, Intecells innovations eliminate many traditional and costly design constraints. By adapting proven cold plasma technology to solve new problems, Intecells’ technology allows the battery to follow product form, not the other way around. The company’s new technology shrinks battery size, with limitless possibilities for shape, while retaining the same power output for less money. In the short term, Intecells is working to demonstrate its flexible batteries that offer personalization for a new wave of consumer products. The company’s long-term goal is to revolutionize the electric vehicle battery industry and accelerate renewable energy storage. Today, the company creates bespoke technology for customers seeking to improve manufacturing processes and economic outcomes. | Jun 04, 2025 | ||
| BankBazaar.com offers neutral online marketplace that gives you instant customized rate quotes on Loans, Mutual Funds and Insurance products. You can instantly search for, compare and apply for these products on the site or mobile app. It is designed with smart technology capabilities, and over 50 of India's leading financial companies andinsurance firms have chosen to integrate themselves with the platform.BankBazaar's services are available through the web-portal, made-for- mobile web service, or the BankBazaar app available on the Android play store and iOS app store. We help consumers compare the best offers across various banks and NBFCs. Apart from these, we also give the consumer the latest news/trends and insights into managing his finances better. Consumers can track their application and troubleshoot issues in the process through a host of channels like the BankBazaar app, WhatsApp, Email, or Voice support. | $6.4M / Series D / Apr 23, 2025 | ||
| See all 215 investments → | |||
Co-Investors
Access 48,091 investors
822 industries, 177 countries. Updated daily. Emails and phones included.
Browse database — It's Free!
Find investors for your startup
Search 48,091 investors by industry and country. Emails and phones included.
Similar Investors
Similar industry
Similar stage
Similar country
Featured in Investor Lists
Recommended lists
FAQ
What does Walden International invest in?
Walden International invests primarily in Manufacturing, Semiconductor and Software startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 215 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Walden International's check size?
Walden International typically joins rounds of $1.6M–$100M at Series A, $6.5M–$50M at Series B and $10M–$250M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Walden International participates in.
How do I contact Walden International?
Public channels for Walden International include 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 Walden International?
The team at Walden International includes Andrew Kau (Managing Director), Brian Chiang (Managing Director) and Carson Chen (Venture Partner), among 17 team members tracked by Shizune. 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
Contact your first 100 investors today
Find who invests in your industry, stage, and country. Download investor list with emails in 5 minutes.
Find investors — It's Free!
Continue with Google
Continue with LinkedIn
