VC  Walden Catalyst

https://waldencatalyst.com/




     Office Locations:

1 California Street, Suite 1750
San Francisco, CA 94111
Phone: 415-765-7100
 
Stages:

  • Early
 
Industries:

  • Financial Services
  • Information Technology
  • Life Sciences & Healthcare
  • Semiconductor


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    Description:

    Walden Catalyst is led by two icons of deep tech: Lip-Bu Tan and Young Sohn. They are founders, collaborators, and creative spirits for over thirty years and are joined by pathbreakers in their own right: Shankar Chandran, Roni Hefetz, Francis Ho, and Andrew Kau. With $550 million under management, Walden's focus is data, deep tech, AI, cloud, fintech, and digital biology. The firm invests across the US, Europe, and Israel.


     
    Funds:


      Fund Name
      Amount
      Date
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    Investment Firm Key

       VC = Venture Capital
       PE = Private Equity
       A = Angel
       I = Incubator
       MB = Merchant Bank
       VD = Venture Debt
       FI = Family Investment Office
       FOF = Fund of Funds
       ED = Economic Development Office   
       TT = Technology Transfer Office
       CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
       SEC = Secondary Purchaser
       HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)    		No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    Revenue
    Growth Stage
    (also called Mid-stage)    		$2M-$7M
    Expansion Stage
    (also called Late-stage)    		$7M and greater
    Private Equity
    Lower Middle Market$10M-$249M
    Middle Market$250M-$499M
    Upper Middle Market$500M-$1B
    Large Cap>$1B
       
       
     
    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
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    Andrew Kau Partner
    Francis Ho Partner
    Lip-Bu Tan Founding Managing Partner
    Nicolas Autret Partner
    Roni Hefetz Partner

     
    Recent Funding Events (trailing 12 months):


      Date
      Name
      State
      Amount
      Stage

      04/24/2026
      NeoCognition
      CA
      $40,000,000
      Seed

      02/13/2026
      Opaque Systems
      CA
      $24,000,000
      Series B

      11/18/2025
      Amperesand
      NV
      $80,000,000
      Series A

      09/26/2025
      Empower Semiconductor
      CA
      $140,000,000
      Series D

     
    Portfolio companies include:


      3D Glass Solutions
        web link


      Amperesand
        web link


      Artera
        web link


      Empower Semiconductor
        web link


      MindsDB
        web link


      NeoCognition
        web link


      Opaque Systems
        web link


      Rivos
        web link


      Voltron Data
        web link


     
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