# TDK Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> TDK Ventures is a corporate vc based in United States. 56 investments on record, 22 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026.

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# TDK Ventures

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 56 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $150M, Apr 2025 Corporate VC

Seed Series A Series B Industrial Industrial Revolution Solar

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**85%** of best year **22** **cheques in 12 months**, 56 on record

Since the last cheque **50** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$27M** Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $5.0M** Rounds led **5 of 56** Sole investor **4 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 54%**

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## TDK Ventures highlights

- 01 22 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Venture and Series A: 74% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 4 rounds, median $15M

## What they do

> TDK Ventures is a corporate venture capital firm investing globally in early-stage, impact-scaling, tech startups. From their own website

- **Type:** Corporate VC (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $100K – $5.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** Industrial Industrial Revolution Solar
- **Based in:** San Jose, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **56 appearances**

- **2026** 17 rounds
- **Sept** **[Ultraviolette Automotive](https://millionrounds.com/company/ultraviolette-automotive)** Series E · IN · Inc42 **$39M** *Led*
- **Sept** **[R3 Lithium](https://millionrounds.com/company/r3-lithium)** Series A · US **$15M** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[Type One Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/type-one-energy)** Venture · US **$1.0M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Rodatherm Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/rodatherm-energy)** Grant · US **$8.0M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Aston Power](https://millionrounds.com/company/aston-power)** Series A · US · Building Ventures **$20M** *Led*
- **Jun** **[Amperesand](https://millionrounds.com/company/amperesand)** Venture · SG **$30M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[Silicon Box](https://millionrounds.com/company/silicon-box)** Debt · SG **$78M** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[Peak Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/peak-energy)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Groq](https://millionrounds.com/company/groq)** US · TechCrunch **$650M** With 6 others
- **Apr** **[pH7](https://millionrounds.com/company/ph7)** Debt · CA **$7.5M** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[Edgecortix](https://millionrounds.com/company/edgecortix)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[Eridu](https://millionrounds.com/company/eridu)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$200M** With 11 others
- **Mar** **[Span](https://millionrounds.com/company/span)** Venture · US **$75M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[C2i Semiconductors](https://millionrounds.com/company/c2i-semiconductors)** Series A **$15M** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[Ethereal Exploration Guild](https://millionrounds.com/company/ethereal-exploration-guild)** Series A · IN · TDK Ventures **$21M** *Led*
- **Jan** **[EtherealX](https://millionrounds.com/company/etherealx)** Series A · IN · TechCrunch **$21M** *Led*
- **Jan** **[Type One Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/type-one-energy)** US · TechCrunch **$87M** With 2 others
- **2025** 18 rounds
- **Dec** **[pH7](https://millionrounds.com/company/ph7)** Series B · CA **$26M** With 2 others
- **Dec** **[Mixx Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/mixx-technologies)** Series A · US · Ventureburn **$33M** With 4 others
- **Dec** **[NovoLINC](https://millionrounds.com/company/novolinc)** Seed · US **$10M** With 2 others
- **Nov** **[Fabric8Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/fabric8labs)** Venture · US **$50M** With 2 others
- **Nov** **[Amperesand](https://millionrounds.com/company/amperesand)** Series A · SG **$80M** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[INERATEC](https://millionrounds.com/company/ineratec)** Venture · DE **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[Starship Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/starship-technologies)** Series C · US **$50M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[Groq](https://millionrounds.com/company/groq)** Growth · US · TDK Ventures **$750M** With 11 others
- **Sept** **[ANYbotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/anybotics)** Venture · CH **$20M** With 4 others
- **Sept** **[Rodatherm Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/rodatherm-energy)** Series A · US **$38M** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Agility](https://millionrounds.com/company/agility)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Aug** **[Edgecortix](https://millionrounds.com/company/edgecortix)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[Tulum Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/tulum-energy)** Seed · MX · TechCrunch **$27M** *Led*
- **Jun** **[Ascend Elements](https://millionrounds.com/company/ascend-elements)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **May** **[Exo](https://millionrounds.com/company/exo)** US · TechCrunch **$100M** With 6 others
- **Mar** **[Glimpse](https://millionrounds.com/company/glimpse)** Series A · TDK Ventures **$10M** With 5 others
- **Mar** **[Spiritus](https://millionrounds.com/company/spiritus)** Series A · HR **$30M** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[VueReal](https://millionrounds.com/company/vuereal)** Series C · CA **$41M** With 2 others
- **2024** 9 rounds
- **Dec** **[Anybotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/anybotics)** Series B · CH · TechCrunch **$60M** With 7 others
- **Dec** **[Silicon Box](https://millionrounds.com/company/silicon-box)** Grant · SG **$1.3B** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[Verdagy](https://millionrounds.com/company/verdagy)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[Divirod Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/divirod-inc)** US **$2.0M** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[Autoflight](https://millionrounds.com/company/autoflight)** Venture **Undisclosed** Sole investor

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

We hold **45** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**5** of 53 we have independently watched raise

[Barchart](https://millionrounds.com/company/cmdty)[Intro Deck](https://millionrounds.com/company/canva)[PH7 Fundraising Announcement](https://millionrounds.com/company/view)[Tulum Energy Secures](https://millionrounds.com/company/morningstar)[Ultraviolette](https://millionrounds.com/company/ultraviolette-automotive) 3D printing cold ANYbotics ANYmal robot After 61 Years Agri-Tech Platform Innoterra America’s Top Venture AutoFlight introduces aircraft AutoFlight unveils Matrix Billerica company unveils Could the Confidence Critical mineral processing Energy Vault partners Exponent Energy Unveils Fasal Unveils ‘FasalJet’ Florida University Rolls How How Europe’s startup How Much Longer How Peak Energy How VCs Can INERATEC and TERTU India Indian deeptech funding India’s Space Policy Ineratec To Fuel Ineratec begins production Ineratec partners with Interest in AI Is Sodium the Japanese companies double Mixx Technologies’ vision Mojo Vision Welcomes Robots first, climate SAP and ANYbotics Sruti Balasubramanian promoted Stratfordbeaconherald TDK Ventures TDK Ventures Invests TDK Worldwide TVA, State Regulators Therobotreport Trump’s Bill Virewirx, Globalstar land What Why Why Critical Minerals Why Electrifying Motorcycles Why Munich, Oxford, Yokogawa & ANYbotics

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

New fund on file

**$150M**

raised in Apr 2025

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$27M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$15M**

Led 5 of 56 rounds **9%**

- **Said size:** $100K – $5.0M
- **Sole investor:** 4 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Venture *17*
- Series A said *15*
- Series C *4*
- Seed said *4*
- Grant *3*
- Series B said *-*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) 4
- [Foothill Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foothill-ventures) 4
- [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) 4
- [Temasek Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/temasek) 4
- [BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) 3
- [Industry Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/industry-ventures) 3

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as TDK Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Alumni Ventures** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)[**Foothill Ventures** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foothill-ventures)[**Khosla Ventures** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures)[**Temasek Holdings** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/temasek)[**BlackRock** Asset manager **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock)[**Industry Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/industry-ventures)[**Sands Capital Ventures** Private equity **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sands-capital-ventures)[**Toyota Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/toyota-ventures)[**US Department of Energy** Government **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/u-s-department-of-energy)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**Aramco Ventures** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aramco-ventures)[**BIG Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/big-capital)

## Recently backed

The latest companies TDK Ventures put money into.

[**Ultraviolette Automotive** $39M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/ultraviolette-automotive)[**R3 Lithium** $15M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/r3-lithium)[**Type One Energy** $1.0M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/type-one-energy)[**Amperesand** $30M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/amperesand)[**Silicon Box** $78M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/silicon-box)[**Peak Energy** Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/peak-energy)

## On podcasts

1 episode naming TDK Ventures in the title.

- [Fund/Build/Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/fund-build-scale) 25 Aug 2024 · 44 min TDK Ventures President Nicolas Sauvage on building successful deep tech startups With [Nicolas Sauvage](https://millionrounds.com/person/nicolas-sauvage) Mentions [TDK Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tdk-ventures) Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about TDK Ventures

### What does TDK Ventures invest in?

TDK Ventures invests most often at Venture and Series A (74% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Industrial, Industrial Revolution and Solar.

### How active is TDK Ventures?

56 investments on record, 22 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 5. The most recent was in Sept 2026.

### What has TDK Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Ultraviolette Automotive (Series E, Sept 2026), R3 Lithium (Series A, Sept 2026) and Type One Energy (Venture, Sept 2026).

### How big are TDK Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $27M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $5.0M.

### Does TDK Ventures lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 5 of its 56 investments on record (9%).

### Where does TDK Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (54%), Singapore (11%) and India (8%).

### Is TDK Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 22 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does TDK Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Alumni Ventures (4 rounds together), Foothill Ventures (4 rounds together) and Khosla Ventures (4 rounds together).

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