Cadence Design Systems (Corporate VC Arm)
Cadence Design Systems (Corporate VC Arm) is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in San Jose, CA investing in Other, Developer Tools, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$3.0M checks and has 22 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $1.0M–$3.0M
- Portfolio
- 22 companies on record
- Partners
- 9 listed
- Stage
- Seed, Series A
- Sectors
- Other, Developer Tools, AI / ML
- HQ
- San Jose, CA
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-02-13
Seed, Series A
$1.0M – $3.0M
22+ companies
9 partners
Investment Thesis
Cadence Ventures focuses on furthering innovations in electronic design automation, semiconductors, and related technologies for hardware design.
How Cadence Design Systems (Corporate VC Arm) invests
Cadence Design Systems (Corporate VC Arm) is a vc firm based in San Jose, CA. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Other, Developer Tools, AI / ML.
Cadence Design Systems (Corporate VC Arm) typically writes checks of $1.0M–$3.0M per investment.
Cadence Design Systems (Corporate VC Arm) has backed 22 companies in our records, including Achronix, Tensilica (Acquired), Lightmatter.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (22)
Other
Achronix
Tensilica (Acquired)
Lightmatter
InspireSemi
NVIDIA
NV5
Equal1
Skycore
Gateway Design Automation
Provider of simulation software for electronic design.
Integrand Software
Developer of method of moments solver technology for 3D-IC simulation, analysis, and characterization.
- •Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Developer Tools, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $3.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Praveen Sharangpani, Director of Corporate Investments.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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