# Wayne Cantwell

> Wayne Cantwell is a Series C investor at Decathlon Capital Partners backing Consulting. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Decathlon Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/decathlon-capital-partners)
- Location: Park City, United States
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Apr 2023
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wayne-cantwell-ba3b505

Wayne Cantwell is a Series C investor at Decathlon Capital Partners in Park City focused on Consulting and Electronics. Wayne Cantwell is the Co-Founder & Managing Director of Decathlon Capital Partners. He attended DeVry Institute of Technology.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Consulting | 1 | 10% |
| Electronics | 1 | 10% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 10% |
| Semiconductor | 1 | 10% |
| Industrial Design | 1 | 10% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 2 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 20% |
| Series B | 1 | 10% |
| Series D | 1 | 10% |
| Series E | 1 | 10% |

8 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Talentism | Talentism is a strategic consulting firm that approaches key questions of business strategy and performance from a rigorous leadership perspective. |  |  | Apr 16, 2023 |  |
| Talentism | Talentism is a strategic consulting firm that approaches key questions of business strategy and performance from a rigorous leadership perspective. |  | Debt Financing | Apr 16, 2023 |  |
| eASIC | eASIC, a fabless semiconductor company, manufactures eASIC platforms that reduce the cost of ownership and time to production of customized silicon devices. It develops Nextreme family of devices that reduce development cost and turn-around times compared to standard cell ASICs, while reducing power consumption and unit cost for designs,Nextreme-3, a fourth generation eASIC platform, and Nextreme-2, a third generation eASIC platform. eASIC also provides easicopy ASIC that provides OEMs with a path from Nextreme-3, Nextreme-2, or Nextreme devices to a cell-based easicopy ASIC, which thereby helps OEMs reduce device cost and power consumption further, or increase performance, and eZ-IP alliance program to bring a wealth of verified eASIC-ready IP cores to help customers get to market faster. Its products are used in various applications that span from wireless infrastructure to consumer handheld devices. eASIC serves customers worldwide. Zvi Or-Bach founded eASIC in 1999, with its headquarters in Santa Clara in California with additional offices worldwide. | $23.5M | Private Equity | Sep 11, 2013 |  |
| eASIC | eASIC, a fabless semiconductor company, manufactures eASIC platforms that reduce the cost of ownership and time to production of customized silicon devices. It develops Nextreme family of devices that reduce development cost and turn-around times compared to standard cell ASICs, while reducing power consumption and unit cost for designs,Nextreme-3, a fourth generation eASIC platform, and Nextreme-2, a third generation eASIC platform. eASIC also provides easicopy ASIC that provides OEMs with a path from Nextreme-3, Nextreme-2, or Nextreme devices to a cell-based easicopy ASIC, which thereby helps OEMs reduce device cost and power consumption further, or increase performance, and eZ-IP alliance program to bring a wealth of verified eASIC-ready IP cores to help customers get to market faster. Its products are used in various applications that span from wireless infrastructure to consumer handheld devices. eASIC serves customers worldwide. Zvi Or-Bach founded eASIC in 1999, with its headquarters in Santa Clara in California with additional offices worldwide. |  | Series E | Jun 14, 2010 |  |
| eASIC | eASIC, a fabless semiconductor company, manufactures eASIC platforms that reduce the cost of ownership and time to production of customized silicon devices. It develops Nextreme family of devices that reduce development cost and turn-around times compared to standard cell ASICs, while reducing power consumption and unit cost for designs,Nextreme-3, a fourth generation eASIC platform, and Nextreme-2, a third generation eASIC platform. eASIC also provides easicopy ASIC that provides OEMs with a path from Nextreme-3, Nextreme-2, or Nextreme devices to a cell-based easicopy ASIC, which thereby helps OEMs reduce device cost and power consumption further, or increase performance, and eZ-IP alliance program to bring a wealth of verified eASIC-ready IP cores to help customers get to market faster. Its products are used in various applications that span from wireless infrastructure to consumer handheld devices. eASIC serves customers worldwide. Zvi Or-Bach founded eASIC in 1999, with its headquarters in Santa Clara in California with additional offices worldwide. | $48M | Series D | Mar 13, 2008 |  |
| eASIC | eASIC, a fabless semiconductor company, manufactures eASIC platforms that reduce the cost of ownership and time to production of customized silicon devices. It develops Nextreme family of devices that reduce development cost and turn-around times compared to standard cell ASICs, while reducing power consumption and unit cost for designs,Nextreme-3, a fourth generation eASIC platform, and Nextreme-2, a third generation eASIC platform. eASIC also provides easicopy ASIC that provides OEMs with a path from Nextreme-3, Nextreme-2, or Nextreme devices to a cell-based easicopy ASIC, which thereby helps OEMs reduce device cost and power consumption further, or increase performance, and eZ-IP alliance program to bring a wealth of verified eASIC-ready IP cores to help customers get to market faster. Its products are used in various applications that span from wireless infrastructure to consumer handheld devices. eASIC serves customers worldwide. Zvi Or-Bach founded eASIC in 1999, with its headquarters in Santa Clara in California with additional offices worldwide. | $17M | Series C | Oct 06, 2005 |  |
| eASIC | eASIC, a fabless semiconductor company, manufactures eASIC platforms that reduce the cost of ownership and time to production of customized silicon devices. It develops Nextreme family of devices that reduce development cost and turn-around times compared to standard cell ASICs, while reducing power consumption and unit cost for designs,Nextreme-3, a fourth generation eASIC platform, and Nextreme-2, a third generation eASIC platform. eASIC also provides easicopy ASIC that provides OEMs with a path from Nextreme-3, Nextreme-2, or Nextreme devices to a cell-based easicopy ASIC, which thereby helps OEMs reduce device cost and power consumption further, or increase performance, and eZ-IP alliance program to bring a wealth of verified eASIC-ready IP cores to help customers get to market faster. Its products are used in various applications that span from wireless infrastructure to consumer handheld devices. eASIC serves customers worldwide. Zvi Or-Bach founded eASIC in 1999, with its headquarters in Santa Clara in California with additional offices worldwide. |  |  |  |  |
| NextIO | NextIO, Inc was an information technology company based in Austin, Texas. |  | Series F |  |  |
| NextIO | NextIO, Inc was an information technology company based in Austin, Texas. | $18.8M | Series C |  |  |
| NextIO | NextIO, Inc was an information technology company based in Austin, Texas. | $10M | Series B |  |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Khosla Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/khosla-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Evergreen Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evergreen-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kleiner Perkins](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kleiner-perkins-caufield-byers) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Seagate Technology](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seagate) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [VentureTech Alliance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venturetech-alliance) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Decathlon Capital Partners

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

Decathlon Capital Partners provides growth capital for companies seeking alternatives to traditional equity investment. Through the use of highly customized revenue-based financing solutions, Decathlon provides long-term growth capital without the dilution, loss of control and operational overhead that often comes with equity-based funding.

2 contacts available at Decathlon Capital Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Wayne Cantwell | Co-Founder and Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wayne-cantwell |
| John Borchers | Co-Founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-borchers |

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## FAQ

### What does Wayne Cantwell invest in?

Wayne Cantwell invests primarily in Consulting, Electronics and Manufacturing startups, most often at Series C and Funding Round stage. Most of the 10 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 Wayne Cantwell last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Wayne Cantwell closed in Apr 2023. Shizune tracks 10 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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