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TDK Ventures portfolio
TDK Ventures has 11 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding, with 2 investments in the last 12 months.
About this page
It is a corporate venture investor based in San Jose, US, founded in 2019. It led 3 of the 12 rounds it joined. Its most recent investment on record is Ultraviolette Automotive's $85M Series B+ round in September 2026, which it led, alongside Lip-Bu Tan and Yali Capital. By category, its portfolio leans toward Manufacturing and industrial (7) and Climate and energy (5). It has co-invested with Foothill Ventures, Xora Innovation and Walden Catalyst, most often Foothill Ventures (4 rounds).
About TDK Ventures
What TDK Ventures invests in
- Manufacturing and industrial · 7 · 64%
- Climate and energy · 5 · 45%
- Robotics and hardware · 5 · 45%
- AI infrastructure and compute · 3 · 27%
- Developer tools and cloud · 2 · 18%
- Logistics and mobility · 1 · 9%
- Sales and marketing · 1 · 9%
- Commerce and retail · 1 · 9%
TDK Ventures recent investments
| Company | Round | Date | Alongside |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series B+ · $85M · lead | Lip-Bu Tan, Yali Capital (lead) | ||
| Series A · $80M | Walden Catalyst (lead), SG Growth Capital, Foothill Ventures +5 | ||
| Series B+ | Export Development Canada (lead), BDC Capital Cleantech Practice, Cycle Capital | ||
| Series B+ · $60M | Qualcomm Ventures (lead), Walden Catalyst, NGP Capital +5 | ||
| Series A · $55M | Doral Energy-Tech Ventures, Eclipse, Lachy Groom +4 | ||
| Seed · $12.45M | Foothill Ventures, Material Impact (lead), Xora Innovation (lead) | ||
| Seed · $29M · lead | TRIREC, Doral Energy-Tech Ventures (lead), VAHOCA +8 | ||
| Series B+ · $30M | Global Brain Corporation, OUP, Foothill Ventures +6 |
How TDK Ventures invests
TDK Ventures portfolio companies
UUltraviolette Automotive$85MSeries B+ · Sep 2026
AAmperesand$80MSeries A · Nov 2025
VVueRealSeries B+ · Feb 2025
AAnybotics$60MSeries B+ · Jan 2025
PPeak Energy$55MSeries A · Jul 2024TType One Energy$29MSeed · Mar 2023
MMetalenz$30MSeries B+ · Oct 2022
SStarship$42MSeries B+ · Mar 2022
EExponent Energybacker
EEthereal Xbacker
IInfinite Uptimebacker
| Company | Round with TDK Ventures | Total raised | Latest raise |
|---|---|---|---|
Climate and energy |
Series B+ · $85M · lead | $159.73M | Sep 23, 2026 Series B+ |
AI infrastructure and compute |
Series A · $80M | $92.45M | Nov 19, 2025 Series A |
AI infrastructure and compute |
Series B+ | $24.5M | Feb 5, 2025 Series B+ |
Robotics and hardware |
Series B+ · $60M | $110M | Jan 9, 2025 Series B+ |
Climate and energy |
Series A · $55M | $163M | Oct 21, 2026 Series B+ |
Climate and energy |
Seed · $29M · lead | $316M | Oct 6, 2026 Series B+ |
AI infrastructure and compute |
Series B+ · $30M | $70M | Mar 25, 2026 Series B+ |
Sales and marketing |
Series B+ · $42M | $281.2M | Oct 15, 2025 Series B+ |
Climate and energy |
backer | $26.1M | Jun 10, 2026 Series A |
Robotics and hardware |
backer | undisclosed | — |
Manufacturing and industrial |
backer | $59M | Mar 11, 2025 Series B+ |
Most frequent co-investors
FFoothill Ventures4 shared rounds · last Nov 19, 2025
XXora Innovation3 shared rounds · last Nov 19, 2025
WWalden Catalyst2 shared rounds · last Nov 19, 2025
MMaterial Impact2 shared rounds · last Nov 19, 2025
DDoral Energy-Tech Ventures2 shared rounds · last Jul 17, 2024
IIntel Capital2 shared rounds · last Oct 1, 2022
MM Ventures2 shared rounds · last Oct 1, 2022
GGoodyear Ventures2 shared rounds · last Mar 1, 2022
LLip-Bu Tan1 shared round · last Sep 23, 2026
YYali Capital1 shared round · last Sep 23, 2026
IIndustry Ventures1 shared round · last Nov 19, 2025
TTemasek1 shared round · last Nov 19, 2025
How this is counted
Firm profile: Fundraising Fox Open Dataset v2026-11, CC BY 4.0. Track-record counts are theirs, not Recent Funding's.
Share is of the 12 rounds on Recent Funding that name TDK Ventures. Rounds with no announced date are left out of the year split, and "round" is a round whose stage is not on file.
Portfolio companies are the companies on Recent Funding with a round that lists TDK Ventures, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/tdk-ventures (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.