Foundation Capital

Foundation Capital, established in 1995, is a venture capital firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with additional offices in the same city and San Francisco. The firm invests in early, growth, and later-stage technology companies, with a focus on the United States and India. Foundation Capital prefers to lead investments, typically ranging from $1 million to $10 million per round, and aims to take a board seat in its portfolio companies. The firm's investment sectors include enterprise software, consumer technology, digital energy, financial technology, and marketing technology, among others. Notable portfolio companies and IPOs include LendingClub, Sunrun, Netflix, and LendingHome.

Rodolfo Gonzalez

Partner

Jaya Gupta

Partner

Andrew Han

Partner

Vinay Iyengar

Partner

Jennifer Kaehms

Partner

Alejandra Martinez

Partner

Ted Meyer

Administrative Partner

Lauri Moore

Partner

Zach Noorani

Partner

Mike Schuh

General Partner

Nico Stainfeld

Partner

Sid Trivedi

Partner

Melissa Tucker

Director of Finance

Gracie Zaro

Partner

Past deals in ASIC

SiBEAM

Series D in 2010
SiBEAM is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in the development of intelligent millimeter wave technologies and high-speed wireless communication platforms. It is recognized for being the first to create 60 GHz chipsets using CMOS technology, catering to the growing demand for high-bandwidth services. SiBEAM designs RF CMOS semiconductors for various applications, including wireless high-definition transmitters and receivers for devices such as DVD players, set-top boxes, and media center PCs. The company also offers low power transmitter and receiver chipsets and a WirelessHD Development Kit to facilitate integration into wireless communications product lines. Its innovative solutions are utilized in a range of products, including A/V receivers and home theater systems, thereby enhancing the wireless communication capabilities across consumer electronics.

SiBEAM

Series C in 2008
SiBEAM is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in the development of intelligent millimeter wave technologies and high-speed wireless communication platforms. It is recognized for being the first to create 60 GHz chipsets using CMOS technology, catering to the growing demand for high-bandwidth services. SiBEAM designs RF CMOS semiconductors for various applications, including wireless high-definition transmitters and receivers for devices such as DVD players, set-top boxes, and media center PCs. The company also offers low power transmitter and receiver chipsets and a WirelessHD Development Kit to facilitate integration into wireless communications product lines. Its innovative solutions are utilized in a range of products, including A/V receivers and home theater systems, thereby enhancing the wireless communication capabilities across consumer electronics.

Synfora

Series C in 2007
Synfora, Inc. is a technology company specializing in program-in chip-out (PICO) technology, which enables the development of application engines from sequential untimed C algorithms. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Synfora has additional offices in Japan, South Korea, France, India, and Taiwan. The company provides software tools, services, and intellectual property focused on accelerating the design of systems-on-chips and field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). Its flagship products, PICO Express and PICO Express FPGA, optimize the design process by identifying levels of parallelism to meet throughput requirements and synthesizing algorithms into hardware application engines, making integration into larger systems seamless. Synfora's technology is applicable across various sectors, including audio, video, imaging, wireless, and security.

SiBEAM

Series B in 2006
SiBEAM is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in the development of intelligent millimeter wave technologies and high-speed wireless communication platforms. It is recognized for being the first to create 60 GHz chipsets using CMOS technology, catering to the growing demand for high-bandwidth services. SiBEAM designs RF CMOS semiconductors for various applications, including wireless high-definition transmitters and receivers for devices such as DVD players, set-top boxes, and media center PCs. The company also offers low power transmitter and receiver chipsets and a WirelessHD Development Kit to facilitate integration into wireless communications product lines. Its innovative solutions are utilized in a range of products, including A/V receivers and home theater systems, thereby enhancing the wireless communication capabilities across consumer electronics.

SiBEAM

Series A in 2005
SiBEAM is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in the development of intelligent millimeter wave technologies and high-speed wireless communication platforms. It is recognized for being the first to create 60 GHz chipsets using CMOS technology, catering to the growing demand for high-bandwidth services. SiBEAM designs RF CMOS semiconductors for various applications, including wireless high-definition transmitters and receivers for devices such as DVD players, set-top boxes, and media center PCs. The company also offers low power transmitter and receiver chipsets and a WirelessHD Development Kit to facilitate integration into wireless communications product lines. Its innovative solutions are utilized in a range of products, including A/V receivers and home theater systems, thereby enhancing the wireless communication capabilities across consumer electronics.

Synfora

Series B in 2004
Synfora, Inc. is a technology company specializing in program-in chip-out (PICO) technology, which enables the development of application engines from sequential untimed C algorithms. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Synfora has additional offices in Japan, South Korea, France, India, and Taiwan. The company provides software tools, services, and intellectual property focused on accelerating the design of systems-on-chips and field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). Its flagship products, PICO Express and PICO Express FPGA, optimize the design process by identifying levels of parallelism to meet throughput requirements and synthesizing algorithms into hardware application engines, making integration into larger systems seamless. Synfora's technology is applicable across various sectors, including audio, video, imaging, wireless, and security.

Synfora

Series A in 2003
Synfora, Inc. is a technology company specializing in program-in chip-out (PICO) technology, which enables the development of application engines from sequential untimed C algorithms. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Synfora has additional offices in Japan, South Korea, France, India, and Taiwan. The company provides software tools, services, and intellectual property focused on accelerating the design of systems-on-chips and field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). Its flagship products, PICO Express and PICO Express FPGA, optimize the design process by identifying levels of parallelism to meet throughput requirements and synthesizing algorithms into hardware application engines, making integration into larger systems seamless. Synfora's technology is applicable across various sectors, including audio, video, imaging, wireless, and security.

CoWare

Series D in 2002
CoWare, Inc. specializes in providing platform-driven electronic system-level design software and consulting services tailored for IP, semiconductor, and electronics companies. Its comprehensive product suite includes Platform Architect, a SystemC-based graphical environment that facilitates platform analysis; Model Designer for the verification of IP blocks; and Virtual Platform, which offers simulation packages for software development teams. Additionally, CoWare provides a Model Library containing processor, bus, and peripheral models, as well as Processor Designer, which enables the creation of custom processors and programmable hardware accelerators. The company's Signal Processing Designer allows for the design and analysis of signal processing algorithms, exporting implementations as functional blocks. Together, these tools and services support the development, distribution, and validation of virtual hardware platforms essential for device software development.
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