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Maverick Silicon β€” 2025 Investments

8 investments dated 2025 Β· listed companies and verified rows first Β· show all

Avicenaavicena.techin𝕏May 2025 Β· $65Mβœ“ verified

Avicena develops microLED-based optical interconnect technology, including the LightBundle transceiver ICs that pair microLED emitters and photodetectors with multi-core fiber for high-speed chip-to-chip communications.

Deep TechHardwareSemiconductorsLos Angeles, US

Rob Kalman(Founder & Chief Scientist)inAlex Tselikov(Founder & Principal Engineer)inBardia Pezeshki(Founder)inSean Brady(Executive Officer)Marco Chisari(CEO)in

BoardMatthew Tasooji(Director)

Co-investorsClear VenturesHitachi VenturesProsperity7 VenturesSamsung Catalyst FundCerberus Capital ManagementMicron Ventures+3 more

Point2 Technologypoint2tech.cominJun 2025βœ“ verified

Point2 Technology develops interconnect chips and cables that use RF transmission over plastic waveguide ("e-Tube") to move data between servers in AI data centers, targeting 400G/800G and terabit-scale links as an alternative to copper and optical connections.

Deep TechHardwareSemiconductorsSan Jose, US

Jay Jeong(Executive Officer)inJinho Park(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsNVenturesBosch VenturesNautilus Ventures Management Company (Us), LlcRobert Bosch Venture CapitalBoschLB Investment

Auradineauradine.comin𝕏Apr 2025 Β· $153M

Auradine develops ultra-low-power compute technology for AI applications across cloud data centers, edge, and physical/embodied AI.

AI & Machine LearningHardwareSemiconductorsCampbell, US

Barun Kar(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardRajiv Khemani(Director)inNavin Chaddha(Director)inSriram Viswanathan(Director)Fred Thiel(Director)inSaid Ouissal(Director)

Co-investorsCleo CapitalAIspace VenturesCapricorn Investment GroupCelesta CapitalCota CapitalDCVC (Data Collective)+10 more

Axiadoaxiado.comin𝕏Dec 2025 Β· $100M

Axiado develops AI-driven, hardware-anchored platform security processors (its TCU chip) embedded in servers, 5G, network, and power management controller infrastructure.

CybersecurityHardwareSemiconductorsSan Jose, US

Ashok Babbar(Executive Officer, Director)Axel K. Kloth(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardDavid F. Welch(Director)

Co-investorsNosTerra Venture CapitalSamsung Catalyst FundVedanta CapitalCrosslink CapitalProsperity7 Ventures

Baya Systemsbayasystems.comin𝕏Jan 2025

Baya Systems builds software-defined fabric technology and interconnect IP for connecting compute, memory, and accelerator components across chiplet-based architectures.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareSemiconductors

Sailesh Kumar(Founder & Chief Executive Officer)inNandan Nayampally(Chief Commercial Officer)inEric Norige(Chief Software Architect)inJames Aldis(Chief Hardware Architect)inJoji Philip(SVP of IP Engineering)inNishant Rao(VP Software Engineering)in

Co-investorsMatrixIntel Capital

Celero Communicationscelero.incinNov 2025 Β· $140M

Celero Communications develops coherent DSP (digital signal processor) technology for high-bandwidth, low-power optical connections used in AI and data center infrastructure.

Deep TechHardwareSemiconductorsLaguna Beach, US

Oscar Agazzi(Executive Officer, Director)inNariman Yousefi(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardRobert Abbott(Director)Stefan Dyckerhoff(Director)

Co-investorsCapitalGAtreides ManagementSutter Hill VenturesValor Equity Partners

Empowerempowersemi.cominSep 2025 Β· $140MAcquired

Empower Semiconductor designs power management and mixed-signal integrated circuits, including high-power and voltage regulation devices for the semiconductor industry.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareSemiconductors

Tim Phillips(Chief Executive Officer & President, Founder)inGene Sheridan(Founder)inTrey Roessig(Chief Technology Officer & SVP Engineering)Kurt Redfield(Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer)

Co-investorsCapitalGRaptor GroupSamsung Catalyst FundSocratic PartnersAtreides ManagementFidelity Investments+6 more

Luoluopay.coOct 2025 Β· $140M

LuoPay provides a centralized platform for making international payments, requesting quotations, and tracking account balances in real time.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechParis, FR

Hamza Benkirane(CEO)inMorgan Wirtz(CPO)in

Co-investorsEntrepreneur FirstMaC Venture CapitalProtagonistSamos InvestmentsTranspose Platform ManagementAtreides Management+6 more

Rows marked β€œSEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D β€” public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.