Telos Venture Partners

investment firm

About

Telos Venture Partners is an investment firm that funds EDA software and fabless semiconductor startups.

Details

Founded date
Jan 1, 1995
Operating Status
Active
Investor Type
MVC,Venture Capital

Telos Venture Partners (TVP) is an early-stage investment firm primarily interested in electronic design automation (EDA) software and fabless semiconductor start-ups. It has about $180 million under management. Telos typically invests between $1 million and $3 million per funding round. Its portfolio has included Alchemy Semiconductor (acquired by AMD), Coventor, PDF Solutions (now publicly held), and Xpedion Design Systems. Founded in 1995, Telos has close ties to Cadence Design Systems, the big EDA software and services vendor. Cadence was the sole limited partner in TVP's first two investment funds. Telos is independently owned and operated, however.

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
10
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Telos Venture Partners has made 10 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jun 9, 2005, when Clear Shape Technologies raised $5M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Series B $5M Electronics
Series A $5.10M Electronics
Apr 2, 2002 iReady
Series Unknown $19M EdTech
Series Unknown $14M Consumer Electronics
Mar 12, 2001 Khimetrics
Series Unknown $12.40M Business Development

Exits

Telos Venture Partners has had 4 exits. Telos Venture Partners most notable exits include Clear Shape Technologies ,   Khimetrics

Date Company Name Exit Type Industry
Aug 16, 2007 Clear Shape Technologies M&A Electronics Detail
Nov 30, 2005 Khimetrics M&A Business Development Detail
Apr 23, 2004 iReady M&A EdTech Detail
Nov 19, 2001 nQuire Software M&A Analytics Detail