Lip-Bu Tan is the founder and chairman of Walden International, a leading venture capital firm; and a founding managing partner of Celesta Capital, where he is a General Partner for funds I, II, and III. He formerly served as Chief Executive Officer of Cadence Design Systems, Inc., and now serves as Executive Chairman and has been a member of the Cadence Board of Directors since 2004. He currently serves on the Board of Schneider Electric SE.
“I invest and work alongside founding teams who, through grit and determination, are building important and valuable companies with disruptive innovations. I am committed to being a long term, trusted partner to help mentor entrepreneurs and nurture companies from idea to successful IPO and beyond through active board involvements including value added services such as domain knowledge, experience, and network access. This is my investment philosophy and it reflects my 100+ successful IPO results.”
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VentureBeat: SambaNova Systems wins Coolest Technology Award at VentureBeat Transform 2024

SambaNova Systems Welcomes Semiconductor Industry Veteran, Lip-Bu Tan, in an Operational Role as Executive Chairman
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Silicon Angle | SambaNova debuts ‘composition of experts’ AI model with 1T+ parameters
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Forbes India | Startup Fridays S4 Ep11: Arun Kumar at Celesta on tough times revealing resilient founders, great investments

Times of India | India presents tremendous opportunity in areas of deep tech and technology driven transformation.

The Economic Times | Industry group says India semiconductor distribution centres necessary for supply chain.

Tech Crunch | Komprise raises $37M to help companies index, manage and transform data.

TechSurge Global Deep Tech Summit Announces All-Star Roster of Speakers from Tech, Venture, and Government

Business Standard | Arun Kumar Op-Ed: Globalisation in reverse gear: Opportunity for bold US-India partnership?

CRN | The 10 hottest semiconductor startups of 2022, featuring Celesta portfolio companies Alif Semiconductor and Eliyan.

Forbes India | Startup Fridays S3 Ep11: 'Strategic investors can make or break a deep tech venture, choose wisely, time it right' — Sriram Viswanathan

Yahoo! Finance | Alveo Technologies Announces New Executive Leadership, Open Platform Strategy

TechCrunch | Weka announces $135M investment on $750M valuation to change how companies move data

TechCrunch | Eliyan raises $40M from Intel and Micron to build chiplet interconnections

Silicon Angle | Exotanium raises $12M to optimize cloud efficiency while reducing costs by up to 90%

Prellis Biologics: Revolutionizing Antibody Discovery & Drug Development With Holographic Printing Technology

TechCrunch | Arzooo raises $70 million to bring 'best of e-commerce' to physical stores in India

Edge Podcast: Venture Capital Talk with Celesta Founding Managing Partner Nic Brathwaite

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Semiconductors: How India can take a cue from Israel to build a vibrant chip ecosystem
