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Lip-Bu Tan

North America, California, United States, San Jose

Description

Lip-Bu Tan is Chairman and Founder of Walden International and has been active in the venture capital industry for the past two decades. Add...

Investor Profile

Lip-Bu Tan has made 26 investments, with 2 in the past 12 months and 8% as lead.

Stage Focus

  • Seed (50%)
  • Series A (19%)
  • Series B (12%)
  • Series Unknown (8%)
  • Series C (8%)
  • Series D (4%)

Country Focus

  • United States (81%)
  • Israel (8%)
  • India (4%)
  • Indonesia (4%)
  • Canada (4%)

Industry Focus

  • Artificial Intelligence (Ai)
  • Software
  • Machine Learning
  • Semiconductor
  • Information Technology
  • Generative Ai
  • Embedded Systems
  • Big Data
  • Internet
  • Analytics
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Who does Lip-Bu Tan frequently co-invest with?

Bain Capital Ventures
Bain Capital Ventures
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 2
AV
AMD Ventures
North America, California, United States, Sunnyvale
Co-Investments: 3
SCB 10X
SCB 10X
Asia, Krung Thep, Thailand, Bangkok
Co-Investments: 2
Wing Venture Capital
Wing Venture Capital
North America, California, United States, Palo Alto
Co-Investments: 2
Dell Technologies Capital
Dell Technologies Capital
North America, California, United States, Palo Alto
Co-Investments: 2
SV Angel
SV Angel
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 3
Amplify Partners
Amplify Partners
North America, California, United States, Menlo Park
Co-Investments: 3
Intel Capital
Intel Capital
North America, California, United States, Santa Clara
Co-Investments: 3
Koch Disruptive Technologies
Koch Disruptive Technologies
North America, Kansas, United States, Wichita
Co-Investments: 3
Fidelity
Fidelity
North America, Massachusetts, United States, Boston
Co-Investments: 4

Which angels does Lip-Bu Tan often collaborate with?

DH
Drew Houston
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 2
BA
Bernard Arnault
Europe, Ile-de-France, France, Paris
Shared Deals: 2
DF
Dylan Field
North America, California, United States, Penngrove
Shared Deals: 2
AG
Amarjit Gill
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 6
SG
Sarah Guo
North America, California, United States
Shared Deals: 3
RC
Rob Cohen
North America, New York, United States, New York
Shared Deals: 2
AN
Andrew Ng
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 2
Gary Gannot
Gary Gannot
Asia, Israel
Shared Deals: 2
AB
Alex Balkanski
North America, California, United States, Redwood City
Shared Deals: 2
AK
Andrej Karpathy
North America, California, United States, Palo Alto
Shared Deals: 2

What are some of recent deals done by Lip-Bu Tan?

Celestial AI

Santa Clara, California, United States

Celestial AI develops an optical interconnect technology platform for data center and AI computing solutions.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Data CenterMachine LearningSemiconductorSoftware
Series CMar 11, 2025
Amount Raised: $250,000,000
Contextual AI

Mountain View, California, United States

Contextual AI offers a pioneering approach to generative AI for the workplace.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Generative AISoftware
Series AAug 1, 2024
Amount Raised: $80,000,000
SiMa.ai

San Jose, California, United States

SiMa.ai is a developer of machine learning technology to deliver a software-centric platform.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Embedded SystemsMachine LearningSemiconductorSoftware
Series CApr 4, 2024
Amount Raised: $70,000,000
Lamini

Palo Alto, California, United States

Enterprise AI platform for Expert AI, enabling every enterprise to safely, quickly, and cost-effectively build their own Expert AI.

Series AApr 1, 2024
Amount Raised: $25,000,000
Lamini

Palo Alto, California, United States

Enterprise AI platform for Expert AI, enabling every enterprise to safely, quickly, and cost-effectively build their own Expert AI.

SeedApr 1, 2024
Guardrails AI

Menlo Park, California, United States

Guardrails AI empowers humanity to harness the unprecedented capabilities of foundation AI models.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
SeedFeb 15, 2024
Amount Raised: $7,500,000
Asato

Saratoga, California, United States

Asato is developing an AI-powered enterprise copilot platform for CIOs.

Information TechnologyInternet
SeedDec 5, 2023
Amount Raised: $7,500,000
Gravel

Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia

Gravel is a technology company that makes it simple for you to find qualified and trustworthy construction workers.

Internet
Series UnknownDec 4, 2023
Amount Raised: $13,949,281
Alcion

Santa Clara, California, United States

Alcion secure data protection from ransomware, malware, accidents, and outages using an AI-driven strategy.

Information TechnologySoftware
Series ASep 19, 2023
Amount Raised: $21,000,000
Contextual AI

Mountain View, California, United States

Contextual AI offers a pioneering approach to generative AI for the workplace.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Generative AISoftware
SeedJun 7, 2023
Amount Raised: $20,000,000
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