Lip-Bu Tan

Lip-Bu Tan

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Founder, Chairman

Bio

Lip-Bu Tan is Chairman and Founder of Walden International and has been active in the venture capital industry for the past two decades. Additionally, he introduced and pioneered the U.S. venture capital concept in Asia and contributed towards the promotion of early-stage technology investing in the Asia-Pacific region.

Prior to WI, he was Vice President at Chappell & Co. and held management positions at EDS Nuclear and ECHO Energy. Mr. Tan concurrently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and has been a member of the Cadence Board of Directors since 2004.

He is also a board member of Flextronics (NASDAQ: FLEX), SINA (NASDAQ: SINA), SMIC (NYSE:SMI / HKSE:981), a member of the VC Advisory Board of Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA), serves on the College of Engineering Advisory Board at University of California Berkeley, the School of Engineering Dean's Council at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), the School of Engineering Dean's Advisory Board and the Visiting Committee for the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a trustee of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, and a member of the Committee of 100.

He also served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of San Francisco for 9 years.He holds a B.S. in Physics from Nanyang University in Singapore, an M.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an M.B.A. from the University of San Francisco.

Location

San Jose, California, United States, North America

Social

Primary Organization

Walden International

Walden International

Founded

1987

Investment

287

Lead investment

55

Exits

65

Employees

51-100

Industry

Financial Services, Venture Capital, Finance

Jobs history

13

Asato

Board Member

Invalid date - Current

Artera

Chairman

2021 - Current

3d Glass Solutions

Board Member

Invalid date - Current

Exostellar

Board Member

Invalid date - Current

SiMa.ai

Board Member

2022 - Current

Speedata

Board Member

Invalid date - Current

DustPhotonics

Board Member

Invalid date - Current

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Board member

2015 - Current

Schneider Electric

Board Member

2019 - Current

Green Hills Software

Board member

2019 - Current

Innovium

Chairman

2015 - Current

Carnegie Mellon University

Member of the Board of Trustee

2011 - Current

Board Member

Invalid date - Current

Board and Advisor Roles

0

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Profile Resume

Lip-Bu Tan is the Founder, Chairman at Walden International, based in United States, North America. With a background in Financial Services, Lip-Bu Tan has a rich history of leadership and innovation. Lip-Bu Tan studied MS Nuclear Engineering @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Explore their detailed professional journey, key connections, and contributions to the industry on our platform.

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Investment portfolio

Lip-Bu Tan has made 24 investments. Their Latest investment was Series A - Contextual AI on Aug 01, 2024

Number of investment

24

Number of exits

1

Personal investment

24

Annouced DateOrganization NameFunding RoundMoney Raised
Apr 01, 2024
PowerML PowerML
Series A - Lamini
25.0M
Apr 01, 2024
PowerML PowerML
Seed Round - Lamini
0
Apr 04, 2024
SiMa.ai SiMa.ai
Series C - SiMa.ai
70.0M
Aug 01, 2024
Contextual AI Contextual AI
Series A - Contextual AI
80.0M

Partner investment

34

Exits

1

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