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TDK Ventures
Early-Stage Venture Capital for Impact Scaling Entrepreneurs
About TDK Ventures
TDK Ventures is the global corporate venture capital arm of TDK Corporation. We invest in and partner with exceptional entrepreneurs building the technologies that can shape the future of industry and society. We manage $500 million across four funds and have invested in 55 Portfolio Companies across energy, AI and computing, robotics, mobility, advanced materials, and climate technologies. Our philosophy is simple: Entrepreneurs First. We believe the best strategic partnerships begin by helping entrepreneurs build enduring, category-defining companies. Beyond capital, we work to connect our Portfolio Companies with the technologies, engineering expertise, manufacturing capabilities, customers, and global reach of TDK, while helping TDK teams learn from and engage with the frontier of innovation. Our model is built around three forms of impact: • Value Creation: helping Portfolio Companies become stronger companies • Value Capture: translating strategic collaboration into meaningful value for TDK and our Portfolio Companies • Value Translation: turning what we learn from entrepreneurs and emerging technologies into insight and opportunity across TDK We invest with financial discipline, long-term conviction, and a deep respect for the entrepreneurs doing the hard work of turning breakthrough technologies into scalable businesses. TDK Ventures operates globally, with teams across San Jose, Boston, London, Munich, Bangalore, Zhuhai and Tokyo. We are always looking to meet exceptional entrepreneurs, investors, and industry leaders working at the frontier of deep technology.
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Research & Knowledge
TDK Ventures Investment Director Ravi Jain explored the challenges facing India's chip-design ecosystem in a new conversation with Business Standard.
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Research & Knowledge
TDK Ventures co-authored a report on India’s Industrial Energy Transition Opportunity, co-authored with Theia Ventures, detailing the opportunity for thermal-envelope retrofits and cooling demand avoidance.
Reported by 🌱🤝🌍 Nicolas Sauvage
Presence & Recognition
TDK Ventures hosted a private curated dinner on the Data Center Power topic as part of the TDK Ventures 100X event last week.
Reported by Qianran (Katherine) He, PhD
Capital & Finance
TDK Ventures spent time exploring a space before investing and deliberately challenging its own assumptions before committing capital.
Reported by 🌱🤝🌍 Nicolas Sauvage
Research & Knowledge
TDK Ventures President Nicolas Sauvage highlighted that open models do not eliminate value but change where value is captured in the growing AI ecosystem.
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Presence & Recognition
TDK Ventures President Nicolas Sauvage joined NBC Bay Area to reflect on Tim Cook's legacy and Apple's transition to the next level of iconic
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Presence & Recognition
TDK Ventures President Nicolas Sauvage attended Dean Sarah Soule's comments on Stanford University Graduate School of Business' investing initiative during a June fireside chat.
Reported by 🌱🤝🌍 Nicolas Sauvage
Presence & Recognition
TDK Ventures hosted the 100X Portfolio Summit to reflect on TDK goodness, equal-win collaboration, reciprocal learning, and the patient work required to turn promising technologies into lasting impact.
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Research & Knowledge
TDK Ventures published the opening essay in the 100X 2026 Field Notes series on how breakthroughs become enduring systems.
Reported by 🌱🤝🌍 Nicolas Sauvage
Presence & Recognition
TDK Ventures hosted TDK corporate officers and leadership from its battery, power supply, and power components businesses for a site visit with the Peak Energy team.
Reported by Qianran (Katherine) He, PhD
Presence & Recognition
TDK Ventures is speaking at the EUVC Corporate Summit in London next week.
Reported by David Delfassy
Capital & Finance
TDK Ventures announced that AM Batteries played a central role in a new $50 million U.S. Department of Energy award led by Coreshell Technologies to scale domestic battery manufacturing.
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Research & Knowledge
TDK Ventures co-authored a report on India's Industrial Energy Transition Opportunity, co-authored with Theia Ventures, highlighting MSMEs and Industrial IoT.
Reported by 🌱🤝🌍 Nicolas Sauvage