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Boise · Pre-Seed–Series A · 12 people tracked
Also known as CVC of Micron Technology
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Micron Ventures seeks out technology-first startups that apply artificial intelligence and machine learning to solve significant problems, with its stated mission to 'unleash technology's most innovative startups.' As the venture arm of a semiconductor and data-infrastructure leader, it emphasizes genuine innovation through AI and is willing to support groundbreaking work with the potential to transform or save lives. Healthcare and life sciences represent a newer investment focus, illustrated by its backing of gastrointestinal-health startups that combine advanced computing hardware with AI on large proprietary datasets. The team favors companies with defensible data assets, strong teams, and the ability to drive meaningful real-world impact in underserved medical disciplines.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 27, 2026.
Team · 12 people
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What they invest in
from 25 of 37 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×19Hardware ×11Deep Tech ×9Semiconductors ×7Enterprise Software ×6SaaS ×6Cloud Computing ×5Data & Infrastructure ×5
HQs:United States×19United Kingdom×1India×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 17 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×52 founders×53 founders×7
Where their founders studiedfrom 22 founders with education data
Stanford University ×5University of Michigan ×3Novosibirsk State University (NSU) ×2Texas A&M University ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 21 founders with field-of-study data
Engineering ×10Physics ×6Computer Science ×3Mathematics & Statistics ×3Business & Management ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 24 founders with career history
Google ×4Autonomous Technologies Group ×2DigitalOcean ×2Kaiam Corporation ×2Runway ×2Speaktoit ×2Stanford University ×2Sun Microsystems ×2
9 founders hold a PhD · 3 hold an MBA (of 24 with degree data)
Investments · 37 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12023 · 32022 · 32021 · 12020 · 12015 · 110 dated
Eli Lilly discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets human pharmaceutical products across cardiometabolic, oncology, immunology, and neuroscience therapeutic areas, selling to healthcare providers and patients in approximately 90 countries through wholesalers, direct sales representatives, and digital platforms.
Eli LillyDavid A. Ricks(Chair, President, and Chief Executive Officer)Lucas Montarce(Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer)Daniel M. Skovronsky(Executive Vice President, Chief Scientific and Product Officer and President, Lilly Research Labs)in
Co-investorsAditum BioKleiner PerkinsMassChallenge Mexico
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, Board of Directors)inSean Brady(Executive Officer)Marco Chisari(CEO)in
BoardMatthew Tasooji(Director)
Co-investorsClear VenturesHitachi VenturesProsperity7 VenturesSamsung Catalyst FundCerberus Capital ManagementMaverick Silicon+3 more
Anthony Hill(Founder)
Co-investorsSilicon CatalystOpen Opportunity Fund
Aispire provides real-time network and subscriber experience analytics for cable, fiber and fixed wireless broadband operators.
Co-investorsCelesta CapitalOpen Opportunity FundX2 Equity GmbH
Aqua Membranes makes precision-printed elements for industrial reverse osmosis (RO) systems, designed to increase production, lower energy costs, reduce cleaning cycles, and improve recovery without retrofits.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechHardwareNew MaterialsAlbuquerque, US
Rodney Herrington(Founder)inCraig Beckman(CEO)inChristopher Kurth(Chief Technology Officer)inRick Sanders(Director)Michael Reardon(Director)Stuart Schoenmann(Director)
Co-investorsBURNT ISLAND VENTURESClean Energy VentureClean Energy VenturesHelios Climate VenturesNovaCapitalCycle Capital
UK company building physics-based simulation and intelligent automation software for gas, electricity, water and transport networks.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareFintechInsurTechRetail TechSaaSWellness & FitnessLondon, GB
Marshall Burke(Co-Founder)Stefano Ermon(Co-Founder)David Lobell(Co-Founder)
Co-investorsAirbus VenturesTechstars
iDrishti is a social impact enterprise operating 12 eye care hospitals across districts in Karnataka, India, combining surgical hospitals, tele-ophthalmology vision centers, and mobile clinics to serve rural and lower-income patients.
Digital HealthHealthtechImpact & Social GoodBengaluru, IN
Rajesh Babu(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsEmergence Capital PartnersInsitorAlpha Intelligence CapitalAndreessen HorowitzBenhamou Global VenturesGusto+3 more
Eliyan develops chiplet interconnect PHY technologies, including its NuLink and NuLink-X products, aimed at increasing bandwidth, power efficiency, and lowering total cost of ownership for generative AI and high-performance computing data center systems.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductors
Ramin Farjadrad(Founder)inPatrick Soheili(Co-founder & CEO)inSyrus Ziai(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesCelesta CapitalCisco InvestmentsCleveland AvenueIntel CapitalMESH+9 more
Gastroenterology Consultants of San Antonio is a gastroenterology medical practice serving patients in South Texas.
HealthtechSan Antonio, US
Inworld AI provides a full-duplex audio streaming platform that enables real-time conversational AI interactions with intelligent turn-taking, function calling, and multi-model routing capabilities for developers building conversational applications.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsMountain View, US
Ilya Gelfenbeyn(Founder)inKylan Gibbs(Founder)inMichael Ermolenko(Founder)in
Co-investorsA-Force VenturesBitkraft Esports VenturesBrave CapitalCRV (Charles River Ventures)Dentsu VenturesDisney Accelerator+15 more
Iterative Health is a healthcare technology and services company that combines clinical trial expertise with AI to help research teams and study sponsors expand and speed up patients' access to novel therapeutics.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechCambridge, US
Jonathan Ng(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardPeter Moran(Director)Nan Li(Director)inCharles Cooney(Director)
Co-investors515 VenturesAlumni VenturesBreyer CapitalG Vision CapitalGV (Google Ventures)IKJ Capital+14 more
Taranis provides AI-powered crop intelligence, using drone-collected submillimeter imagery and machine learning to detect crop conditions such as weed severity, disease, insect damage, and nutrient deficiencies at the plant level.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningSaaS
Ofir Schlam(Founder)inEli Bukchin(Founder)in
Co-investorsCavallo VenturesHoxton VenturesInven CapitalK3 VenturesK3V VenturesMindset Venture+6 more
Micron is a global manufacturer of memory and storage solutions that designs and produces semiconductors for diverse applications.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureHardwareSemiconductorsBoise, US
Multiscale develops a generative AI platform with Bayesian digital twins and AI agents to optimize semiconductor manufacturing processes, helping fab operators and equipment makers improve yields and reduce reliance on costly silicon trials.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSemiconductorsAtlanta, US
Srinivasa Kalidindi(Executive Officer, Director)Suryanarayana Kalidindi(Director)
BoardLisa Lambert(Director)Andrew Byrnes(Director)inBrannon Jones(Director)inGurtej Sandhu(Director)
Co-investorsAlleyCorpAlumni VenturesAlley Robotics Ventures
Nexar manufactures AI-powered dash cams with cloud storage, real-time incident detection, and live streaming capabilities for drivers.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareIoT
Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz(Founder)inEran Shir(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlephCatalyst Investments, L.P.Expansion Venture CapitalIbex InvestorsManiv MobilityMosaic Ventures+11 more
Neye is an AI technology company.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareSemiconductorsEmeryville, US
Ashish Vengsarkar(CEO)inTae Joon Seok(CTO & Co-Founder)inMing C. Wu(Chief Scientist & Co-Founder)inStuart Merkadeau(Executive Officer)inIgor Khandros, Ph.D.(Director)Ming Wu, Ph.D.(Director)
Co-investorsSutter Hill VenturesCapitalGM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Raptor GroupSocratic PartnersNVIDIA
Normal is an applied research lab focused on AI for hardware design, providing data and evaluation methods to advance AI capabilities.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareSan Francisco, US
Anson Yu(CEO)inHudhayfa Nazoordeen(Founder)inAntonio Martinez(Founder)Faris Sbahi(Founder)Matthias Tan(Founder)
Co-investorsY CombinatorArcTern VenturesBase Case CapitalDrive CapitalFirst Spark Ventures, LlcGolden Ventures+3 more
Normal builds open, AI-powered building automation software for portfolio managers, replacing siloed legacy systems with unified dashboards and centralized control across multiple properties.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareIoTPropTechSaaS
Co-investorsArcTern VenturesZigg CapitalDrive CapitalFirst Spark Ventures, LlcLaude VenturesSamsung Catalyst Fund
Normal Computing develops software and hardware infrastructure optimizing AI models for physical systems through custom silicon design and advanced EDA tools.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsHardwareSemiconductorsSan Francisco, US
Faris Sbahi(Executive Officer, Director)inAntonio Martinez(Founder)inMatthias Tan(Founder)inAaron Sisto(Director)inYui-Hong Matthias Tan(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsCelesta CapitalDrive CapitalFirst Spark Ventures, LlcSamsung Catalyst FundSamsung NextView Different
OmniTier develops on-premise genomics analysis software and systems that use efficient memory-leveraged computing to enable faster and more cost-effective multiomic data analysis compared to cloud-based approaches.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechData & InfrastructureDeep TechHardwareHealthtechSaaSSan Jose, US
Hemant K. Thapar(Executive Officer, Director)
Paperspace provided cloud GPU infrastructure and a machine learning development platform, Gradient, for training and deploying AI models.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareMedical DevicesNew York City, US
Dillon Erb(CEO)inDaniel Kobran(Founder)inOuwen Huang(CEO)Curtis Kline(Head of Ops)Matthew Trost(Software Engineer)inBenjamin Lamson(Head of Sales)
Co-investorsAmino CapitalBoxGroupDCVC (Data Collective)DG Ventures, Inc.FusionInitialized Capital+22 more
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Pryon provides a memory layer platform that helps enterprises move AI projects into production by ingesting, governing, and securing content across multiple formats and sources.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSRaleigh, US
JD Vance(Director)Igor Jablokov(Founder)
Co-investors7BC Venture CapitalAperture Venture CapitalCrosscourt VenturesDuke Capital PartnersGood Growth CapitalGreycroft+9 more
Baltimore, US
Benjamin Gibbs(Executive Officer, Director)inKelleher Guerin(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardRaju Rishi(Director)in
Co-investorsDrive CapitalSIP Global PartnersStrategic Investment Partners Inc.
SambaNova develops an integrated AI platform designed to help enterprises deploy and manage AI workloads efficiently.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareHardwareSemiconductorsPalo Alto, US
Kunle Olukotun(Founder)inRodrigo Liang(Founder)inChristopher Ré(Founder)
BoardLip-Bu Tan(Director)in
Co-investorsAtlantic Bridge VenturesBattery VenturesBerkeley FrontierCambium CapitalCelesta CapitalFelicis Ventures+21 more
San Jose, US
Hao Zhong(Executive Officer, Director)inTong Zhang(Director)in
BoardShirley Fang(Director)
Co-investorsChina Growth CapitalG Vision CapitalShunwei CapitalVenture X Partner
Sphere develops unified augmented reality software that integrates with enterprise systems like CRM, ERP, and LMS platforms.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
Sven Brunner(Co-Founder and CEO)in
Co-investorsBDev VenturesForefront VentureAndreessen HorowitzCoinbase VenturesFelicis VenturesKraken Ventures+1 more
Taranis provides crop scouting and field monitoring services to farmers and agricultural advisors using advanced imaging and AI.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningWestfield, US
Ofir Schlam(Founder)inEli Bukchin(Founder)inOpher Flohr(Chief Executive Officer)inAsaf Horvitz(Founder)Ayal Karmi(Founder)Eli Bukchin(Founder)
Co-investorsCavallo VenturesHitachi VenturesInven CapitalK3V VenturesKaedan CapitalKreos Capital+13 more
Volocopter manufactures electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for urban air mobility, including air taxis and passenger aircraft designed to reduce city congestion and emissions.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechHardwareMobility & Transportation
Liqun (Frank) Zhang(Chief Executive Officer (CEO))David BausekAlexander Zosel(Founder)Stephan Wolf(Founder)
Co-investorsManta Ray VenturesMS&AD VenturesNTT DOCOMO VenturesTransLink Capital
WEKA develops a high-performance data infrastructure platform designed for AI and HPC workloads, offering storage and compute management across edge, core, and cloud environments.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & Infrastructure
Liran Zvibel(Founder)inMaor Ben-Dayan(Founder)Omri Palmon(Founder)
Co-investors10DCelesta CapitalHitachi VenturesIbex InvestorsKey1 CapitalLumir Ventures+8 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
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Exits · 4
1 IPOs · 3 acquisitions · showing 3Eli LillyNYSE: LLYDrishtiacq. by ApplePaperspaceacq. by DigitalOcean
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Eli Lilly · pharmexec.com · Aug 30, 2026
Eliyan · techfundingnews.com · Jul 30, 2026
Iterative Health · finsmes.com · Apr 30, 2026
Normal Computing · finsmes.com · Mar 25, 2026
Avicena · finsmes.com · May 14, 2025
Neye · finsmes.com · Apr 10, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Micron Ventures made?
- Micron Ventures has 37 tracked investments, 4 of which have exited, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Micron Ventures invest at?
- Micron Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Micron Ventures focus on?
- Micron Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Digital Health, Hardware, Healthtech, Medical Devices, SaaS, Semiconductors.
- Where is Micron Ventures located?
- Micron Ventures is headquartered in Boise, US.
- Does Micron Ventures lead rounds?
- Micron Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Micron Ventures co-invest with?
- Micron Ventures most often shares deals with Celesta Capital, Samsung Catalyst Fund, Alumni Ventures, among 124 tracked co-investors.
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