BlueRun Ventures

BlueRun Ventures is a California-based venture capital firm with a global reach that backs technology companies across information technology, mobile and consumer technologies, with emphasis on mobile opportunities. The firm invests in fintech, digital health, enterprise software, and consumer experiences, supporting companies worldwide from North America to Asia. Founded in 1998, BlueRun Ventures has backed over 160 companies and achieved notable exits including PayPal, Waze, and Topsy, reflecting a track record of helping market-leading companies scale from early stages to broader adoption.

Cheryl Cheng

General Partner

Jonathan Ebinger

General Partner

John Malloy

General Partner

Jeff Tannenbaum

Partner

John Tsang

Investor

Jiajie Wu

Investor

Stephen Wu

Associate

Wenyang Yang

Investor

Kwan Yoon

Partner

Past deals in Embedded Software

Lingpao Microelectronics

Seed Round in 2024
Lingpao Microelectronics designs and develops solutions for automobile connection chips.

Lingpao Microelectronics

Seed Round in 2023
Lingpao Microelectronics designs and develops solutions for automobile connection chips.

alwaysAI

Series B in 2022
alwaysAI develops a platform that enables businesses to integrate computer vision into embedded devices such as cameras, drones, wearables, robots, and vehicles. This enhances operations in industries like retail, manufacturing, agriculture, transportation, and security.

alwaysAI

Series A in 2021
alwaysAI develops a platform that enables businesses to integrate computer vision into embedded devices such as cameras, drones, wearables, robots, and vehicles. This enhances operations in industries like retail, manufacturing, agriculture, transportation, and security.

Nuclei System Technology

Venture Round in 2020
Nuclei System Technology is a pioneering semiconductor company in China that specializes in RISC-V processor licensing. The company focuses on the development of high-performance and low-power processors, along with associated system-on-chip (SoC) platforms, tailored for a wide range of embedded system applications. Nuclei's innovative semiconductor solutions are designed for smart electronics, telecommunications, and computer processing, particularly in the context of artificial intelligence of things (AIoT) applications. By offering configurable 32/64-bit RISC-V processors, Nuclei aims to meet the increasing demands of the global market for advanced and efficient embedded technologies.

Nuclei System Technology

Seed Round in 2019
Nuclei System Technology is a pioneering semiconductor company in China that specializes in RISC-V processor licensing. The company focuses on the development of high-performance and low-power processors, along with associated system-on-chip (SoC) platforms, tailored for a wide range of embedded system applications. Nuclei's innovative semiconductor solutions are designed for smart electronics, telecommunications, and computer processing, particularly in the context of artificial intelligence of things (AIoT) applications. By offering configurable 32/64-bit RISC-V processors, Nuclei aims to meet the increasing demands of the global market for advanced and efficient embedded technologies.

alwaysAI

Series A in 2019
alwaysAI develops a platform that enables businesses to integrate computer vision into embedded devices such as cameras, drones, wearables, robots, and vehicles. This enhances operations in industries like retail, manufacturing, agriculture, transportation, and security.

SiliconBlue Technologies

Series D in 2011
SiliconBlue Technologies specializes in providing programmable logic solutions for battery-powered consumer electronics. Their flagship product, the iCE65™ mobileFPGA™ device, enables designers to implement unique features swiftly and efficiently in products like smartphones, e-readers, portable media players, and medical devices. By merging the flexibility of FPGAs with the cost-effectiveness and low power consumption of ASICs, SiliconBlue's solutions cater specifically to handheld consumer systems.

SiliconBlue Technologies

Series C in 2010
SiliconBlue Technologies specializes in providing programmable logic solutions for battery-powered consumer electronics. Their flagship product, the iCE65™ mobileFPGA™ device, enables designers to implement unique features swiftly and efficiently in products like smartphones, e-readers, portable media players, and medical devices. By merging the flexibility of FPGAs with the cost-effectiveness and low power consumption of ASICs, SiliconBlue's solutions cater specifically to handheld consumer systems.

SiliconBlue Technologies

Series B in 2008
SiliconBlue Technologies specializes in providing programmable logic solutions for battery-powered consumer electronics. Their flagship product, the iCE65™ mobileFPGA™ device, enables designers to implement unique features swiftly and efficiently in products like smartphones, e-readers, portable media players, and medical devices. By merging the flexibility of FPGAs with the cost-effectiveness and low power consumption of ASICs, SiliconBlue's solutions cater specifically to handheld consumer systems.

Sequoia Communications

Series F in 2008
Sequoia Communications is a fabless RF semiconductor company setting new benchmarks in multimode design and integration. The FullSpectra™ common architecture, developed by Sequoia Communications, allows a single-chip transceiver to support multiple air interface protocols enabling effective communications across numerous wireless air standards. Based on the FullSpectra architecture, the SEQ7400 is a single-chip, 7-band multimode transceiver that supports GSM/GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA/HSPA and TD-SCDMA. The SEQ7400 uses a single polar modulator transmit architecture for all air standards, delivering the highest levels of integration in the industry. Typically external WCDMA LNAs and SAW filters are required, but the SEQ7400 integrates these functions into the chip and is the industry's first true monolithic receiver providing significant savings in bill-of-material (BOM), size and cost. The line of multimode RF products created by Sequoia Communications will continue to address the three key handset metrics of cost, size and power consumption.

Kilopass

Venture Round in 2008
Kilopass Technology Inc specializes in the development and marketing of advanced embedded non-volatile memory (NVM) technology. This technology is manufactured using standard logic CMOS processes and is designed for system-on-chip (SoC) applications. Kilopass' flagship product, XPM or Extra Permanent Memory, offers solutions for firmware storage, security IDs and keys, analog circuit calibration, yield enhancement, self-repair, and IC configuration information. The company's technology integrates seamlessly with advanced Customer Owned Tooling (COT) and Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) markets, providing reliable, secure, and cost-effective NVM solutions for various industries. Kilopass' innovations address long-standing challenges in NVM integration and are compatible with leading foundries and process geometries.

Frontier Silicon

Venture Round in 2007
Frontier Silicon Limited is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in the development and supply of semiconductor, module, and software solutions for digital radio and connected audio systems. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Watford, United Kingdom, the company provides a diverse range of products, including digital audio baseband network processors, digital radio tuner modules, and multimedia processors. Its offerings extend to various types of radio receivers, including DAB/FM/WiFi models, portable radios, and Internet radio systems. Frontier Silicon also focuses on software solutions, such as connected audio software and user interfaces for enhanced user experiences. The company serves markets across China, Hong Kong, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, with additional locations in Cambridge, Dublin, Shannon, and Hong Kong.

SiliconBlue Technologies

Series A in 2006
SiliconBlue Technologies specializes in providing programmable logic solutions for battery-powered consumer electronics. Their flagship product, the iCE65™ mobileFPGA™ device, enables designers to implement unique features swiftly and efficiently in products like smartphones, e-readers, portable media players, and medical devices. By merging the flexibility of FPGAs with the cost-effectiveness and low power consumption of ASICs, SiliconBlue's solutions cater specifically to handheld consumer systems.

Kilopass

Series C in 2006
Kilopass Technology Inc specializes in the development and marketing of advanced embedded non-volatile memory (NVM) technology. This technology is manufactured using standard logic CMOS processes and is designed for system-on-chip (SoC) applications. Kilopass' flagship product, XPM or Extra Permanent Memory, offers solutions for firmware storage, security IDs and keys, analog circuit calibration, yield enhancement, self-repair, and IC configuration information. The company's technology integrates seamlessly with advanced Customer Owned Tooling (COT) and Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) markets, providing reliable, secure, and cost-effective NVM solutions for various industries. Kilopass' innovations address long-standing challenges in NVM integration and are compatible with leading foundries and process geometries.

Sequoia Communications

Series E in 2006
Sequoia Communications is a fabless RF semiconductor company setting new benchmarks in multimode design and integration. The FullSpectra™ common architecture, developed by Sequoia Communications, allows a single-chip transceiver to support multiple air interface protocols enabling effective communications across numerous wireless air standards. Based on the FullSpectra architecture, the SEQ7400 is a single-chip, 7-band multimode transceiver that supports GSM/GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA/HSPA and TD-SCDMA. The SEQ7400 uses a single polar modulator transmit architecture for all air standards, delivering the highest levels of integration in the industry. Typically external WCDMA LNAs and SAW filters are required, but the SEQ7400 integrates these functions into the chip and is the industry's first true monolithic receiver providing significant savings in bill-of-material (BOM), size and cost. The line of multimode RF products created by Sequoia Communications will continue to address the three key handset metrics of cost, size and power consumption.

Kilopass

Series B in 2005
Kilopass Technology Inc specializes in the development and marketing of advanced embedded non-volatile memory (NVM) technology. This technology is manufactured using standard logic CMOS processes and is designed for system-on-chip (SoC) applications. Kilopass' flagship product, XPM or Extra Permanent Memory, offers solutions for firmware storage, security IDs and keys, analog circuit calibration, yield enhancement, self-repair, and IC configuration information. The company's technology integrates seamlessly with advanced Customer Owned Tooling (COT) and Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) markets, providing reliable, secure, and cost-effective NVM solutions for various industries. Kilopass' innovations address long-standing challenges in NVM integration and are compatible with leading foundries and process geometries.

Sequoia Communications

Series D in 2005
Sequoia Communications is a fabless RF semiconductor company setting new benchmarks in multimode design and integration. The FullSpectra™ common architecture, developed by Sequoia Communications, allows a single-chip transceiver to support multiple air interface protocols enabling effective communications across numerous wireless air standards. Based on the FullSpectra architecture, the SEQ7400 is a single-chip, 7-band multimode transceiver that supports GSM/GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA/HSPA and TD-SCDMA. The SEQ7400 uses a single polar modulator transmit architecture for all air standards, delivering the highest levels of integration in the industry. Typically external WCDMA LNAs and SAW filters are required, but the SEQ7400 integrates these functions into the chip and is the industry's first true monolithic receiver providing significant savings in bill-of-material (BOM), size and cost. The line of multimode RF products created by Sequoia Communications will continue to address the three key handset metrics of cost, size and power consumption.

Frontier Silicon

Venture Round in 2005
Frontier Silicon Limited is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in the development and supply of semiconductor, module, and software solutions for digital radio and connected audio systems. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Watford, United Kingdom, the company provides a diverse range of products, including digital audio baseband network processors, digital radio tuner modules, and multimedia processors. Its offerings extend to various types of radio receivers, including DAB/FM/WiFi models, portable radios, and Internet radio systems. Frontier Silicon also focuses on software solutions, such as connected audio software and user interfaces for enhanced user experiences. The company serves markets across China, Hong Kong, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, with additional locations in Cambridge, Dublin, Shannon, and Hong Kong.
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