Venture Fund Member Profile
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Founded in 1987, Walden International is an established global venture capital firm.
With committed capital of over US$1.6 billion, we strive to invest in entrepreneurs and companies that demonstrate an ability to gain a competitive advantage in the markets they serve. Our investments are focused on four key industry sectors: communications, electronics/digital consumer , software & IT services, and semiconductors.
Headquartered in San Francisco, and with offices around the globe, our team of multicultural investment professionals provide the capital, technical expertise, industry knowledge, operating experience, and global resources to launch early stage companies into successful businesses. We value honesty and integrity and foster a work environment of diversity, teamwork, creativity, and opportunity.
We pride ourselves on having the courage to back first-mover companies and attribute much of our continued success to a passion for detailed assessment of market viability and team credentials. Our global team brings the business expertise and resilience needed to support investments through the challenges of taking products from concept to market, and fueling growth.
We are committed to providing superior returns to our investors. We forge long-term partnerships, sharing our expertise in business growth and global markets, and seek to develop the next generation of business leaders.
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Lip-Bu Tan
Chairman
Walden International |
Lip-Bu Tan is Chairman and founder of Walden International and has been active in the venture capital industry for the past two decades. Additionally, he introduced and pioneered the U.S. venture capital concept in Asia and contributed towards the promotion of early-stage technology investing in the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to WI, he was Vice President at Chappell & Co. and held management positions at EDS Nuclear and ECHO Energy.
Lip-Bu is a board member of Cadence Design (NASDAQ: CDNS), Creative Technology (NASDAQ:CREAF), Flextronics (NASDAQ: FLEX), ISSI (NASDAQ: ISSI), MindTree Consulting (BSE: MTCL IN; NSE: NMTCL IN), Sina (NASDAQ: SINA), SMIC (NYSE:SMI / HKSE:981), the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), A member of the VC Advisory Board of Fabless Semiconductor Association (FSA), a member of the Visiting Committee for the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a trustee of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, and a member of the Committee of 100. He also served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of San Francisco for 9 years.
Lip-Bu holds a B.S. in Physics from Nanyang University in Singapore, an M.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an M.B.A. from the University of San Francisco.
Representative Investments
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Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment, Inc. (AMEC) is an Asia-based global semiconductor equipment company with a portfolio of advanced, high-performing wafer fabrication solutions that enable the world's semiconductor manufacturers to increase productivity and reduce their manufacturing costs. |
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Inphi Corporation is a privately held fabless electronic components company located in Westlake Village in Southern California. By applying its unique strengths in high-speed analog IC design and packaging, Inphi strives to set new standards of performance for computing, communications and instrumentation systems. |
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Beceem Communications Inc. was founded in October, 2003, as a fabless semiconductor company specializing in the emerging WiMAX marketplace. We offer baseband & RF chipsets as well as complete hardware & software solutions. |
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Tilera Corporation is the first to introduce a family of tiled processors, combining, on a single chip, large numbers of C-programmable cores connected through the iMesh™ Multicore Technology. |
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