Stage
Seed, Series A
Check Size
$1.0M – $3.0M
Portfolio
22+ companies
Team
9 partners
Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0Investment Thesis
Cadence Ventures focuses on furthering innovations in electronic design automation, semiconductors, and related technologies for hardware design.
Meet the Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Other
Developer Tools
AI / ML
Portfolio Companies (22)
Other
AC
Achronix
Semiconductors (FPGA)
TE
Tensilica (Acquired)
EDA
LI
Lightmatter
IN
InspireSemi
NV
NVIDIA
NV
NV5
EQ
Equal1
SK
Skycore
GA
Gateway Design Automation
Electronic Design Automation (EDA)·Acquired (1989)
Provider of simulation software for electronic design.
IN
Integrand Software
Semiconductor Simulation·Acquired (2020)
Developer of method of moments solver technology for 3D-IC simulation, analysis, and characterization.
How to pitch Cadence Design Systems (Corporate VC Arm)
- •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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