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

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

     

    Portfolio companies include:


      3D Glass Solutions
        web link


      Artera


      Empower Semiconductor
        web link


      MindsDB
        web link


      Opaque Systems
        web link


      Rivos
        web link


      Voltron Data
        web link


     

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