Tyche Partners
Venture capitalLos Altos · Pre-Seed–Growth · 3 people tracked
Also known as Tyche Partners AL · Tyche Partners Strategic
Investment thesis
Tyche Partners invests in transformational HardTech companies at the early and early-growth stages. Founded by experienced entrepreneurs and technologists, the firm supports visionary founders building breakthrough technologies that are foundational, transformative, and capable of redefining entire industries. Its focus areas include cloud and enterprise infrastructure, 3D printing and advanced manufacturing, robotics and automation, artificial intelligence, and semiconductors and high-performance computing. The firm positions itself as a hands-on partner to ambitious founders aiming to build world-class companies.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 7, 2026.
Team · 3 people
from public directories
What they invest in
from 22 of 25 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×13Hardware ×13Deep Tech ×10Semiconductors ×5Advanced Manufacturing ×4Robotics ×4IoT ×3Logistics & Supply Chain ×3
HQs:United States×15Ghana×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 12 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×52 founders×33 founders×34+ founders×1
Investments · 25 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12023 · 12 dated
Next gen LiDAR enabling autonomous
Pleasanton, US
Luis Dussan(Director)inLuis C. Dussan(Executive Officer, Director)Matthew Fisch(Executive Officer, Director)Conor B. Tierney(Executive Officer)Andrew S. Hughes(Executive Officer)Ransom P. Wuller(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsBand of AngelsHBS Alumni AngelsTri-Valley VenturesTrucks VCVektor PartnersBootstrapLabs+1 more
Ambiq develops ultra-low-power semiconductor solutions and edge AI platforms for IoT and healthcare applications.
AI & Machine LearningIoTSemiconductorsAustin, US
Scott Hanson(Executive Officer, Director)inFumihide Esaka(CEO)Scott Goodwin(Executive Officer)Joseph A. Tautges(Director)Paul Rolls(Executive Officer)Sean Chen(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsCisco InvestmentsConductive VenturesKleiner PerkinsMatter Venture PartnersMercury FundOUP (Osage University Partners)+3 more
VEIR manufactures low- and medium-voltage superconducting systems that deliver electricity for high-performance AI data centers.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnergyHardwareWoburn, US
Tim Heidel(CEO & Co-Founder)in
BoardDoug Stewart(Director)Adam Wallen(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsBreakthrough Energy VenturesCongruent VenturesPiva CapitalNational Grid PartnersVXI CapitalBaruch Future Ventures+5 more
AIMATX operates an AI platform for materials discovery that predicts material properties and guides targeted experimentation to shorten research cycles.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechNew Materials
Co-investorsBerkeley FrontierBow Capital
Ayar Labs develops co-packaged optics (CPO) technology for AI infrastructure, enabling optical connectivity between thousands of GPUs across data center racks.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareSemiconductorsSan Jose, US
Mark Wade(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsNVIDIAAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundBerkeley FrontierBlue Bear VenturesCastor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund)+16 more
The page describes Photonic Fabric, an optical interconnect technology platform for the scale-up interconnect market that enables high-bandwidth, power-efficient links for AI data center infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSector AgnosticSemiconductorsSanta Clara, US
Preetinder Virk(Chief Operating Officer)David Lazovsky(President and Chief Executive Officer)Kelyn Brannon(Chief Financial Officer)Philip Winterbottom(Chief Technology Officer)
BoardLip-Bu Tan(Director)Alonso Galvan(Director)
Co-investorsFitz Gate VenturesIAG Capital PartnersKoch Disruptive TechnologiesM VenturesSamsung Catalyst FundThe Engine Ventures+2 more
CrossBar develops ReRAM-based semiconductor technology and secure silicon architectures, including its DARIC secure processing unit that integrates compute, cryptographic acceleration, and ReRAM memory on a single chip.
Crypto & Web3HardwareSemiconductorsSanta Clara, US
George Minassian(Executive Officer, Director)Hagop Nazarian(Executive Officer)Sung Hyun Jo(Founder & CTO)Anne Dorman(Executive Officer)Mark Davis(CEO)Elaine Wang(CBO)
Co-investorsCorrelation VenturesKleiner PerkinsMatter Venture Partners
Cyclone Labs builds ultra-maneuverable autonomous underwater robotic systems capable of rapid three-dimensional movement for maritime operations.
Deep TechDefense TechRobotics
Co-investorsCatapult Ventures
Desktop Metal develops additive manufacturing (3D printing) platforms and materials for production-volume manufacturing, targeting engineers, designers, manufacturers, and medical professionals.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardwareBurlington, US
Ric Fulop(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardDayna Grayson(Director)in
Co-investorsBaukunstBMW i VenturesConductive VenturesConstruct CapitalDCVC (Data Collective)Founder Collective+7 more
GuRu Wireless builds a long-range wireless power platform that recharges drone batteries in-flight, enabling persistent aerial ISR (intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance) without battery swaps or downtime.
Deep TechDefense TechHardwareRoboticsPasadena, US
Co-investorsBold Capital PartnersBOLD CapitalLockheed Martin Ventures
Amber makes private cloud storage devices paired with a mobile and desktop app, letting consumers back up photos and files from Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows without a subscription.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerHardware
LightForce develops generative orthodontic braces that produce fully individualized brackets and appliances in metal and ceramic for each patient, serving orthodontic practices.
Advanced ManufacturingHardwareHealthtechMedical DevicesBoston, US
Co-investorsKleiner PerkinsAlly Bridge Group
Lumafield builds industrial X-ray CT scanning hardware and cloud-connected analysis software that let engineering, R&D, and production teams inspect the interior of manufactured parts for defects and dimensional accuracy.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareSan Francisco, US
Eduardo Torrealba(Founder)inAndreas Bastian(Founder)inJonathan Aharon(Founder)inScott Johnston(Founder)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundDCVC (Data Collective)G2 Venture PartnersIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Kleiner Perkins+3 more
Charles Fan(Founder)in
Co-investorsCisco InvestmentsFoothill VenturesIntel CapitalKairos Venture Investments, LlcLightspeed Venture Partners
ElastixAI co-designs reconfigurable FPGA-based hardware, system software, and model-level optimization as a unified stack to run AI inference workloads at lower cost and power.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareSeattle, US
Mahyar Najibi(Founder)
Co-investorsCatapult VenturesFUSEUbiquity Ventures
Co-investorsUMC CapitalVertex Ventures China
Plus One Robotics develops intelligent parcel handling robotics systems that combine computer vision, AI, and supervised autonomy for logistics and ecommerce organizations.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsSan Antonio, US
Erik Nieves(CEO & Co-founder)inShaun Edwards(CTO & Co-founder)Paul Hvass(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardWhitney Rockley(Director)inChris Girgenti(Director)inToshiya Otani(Director)
Co-investorsBMW i VenturesDynamo VenturesFirst Star VenturesKensington Capital Partners LimitedLeonis CapitalMcRock Capital+4 more
Qumulo develops unstructured data management and storage infrastructure serving organizations managing petabyte-scale data workloads in AI, media, genomics, and financial services.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSeattle, US
Co-investorsAmity VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)Kleiner PerkinsMadrona Venture GroupNorthern Light Venture CapitalSGH Capital+1 more
Ripcord uses robotics and AI to digitize paper documents and extract data, transforming unstructured information into accessible, structured digital files for enterprise use.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHardwareRobotics
Alex Fielding(Director & Ripcord Co-Founder)Sam Fahmy(CEO and President)
Co-investorsIcon VenturesKleiner Perkins15th RockCatapult VenturesComet LabsHemisphere Ventures LLC+9 more
Formlabs designs and manufactures professional desktop 3D printers using stereolithography (SLA) and selective laser sintering (SLS) technologies, along with proprietary materials and software.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardwareNew MaterialsSomerville, US
Natan Linder(Director)Maxim Lobovsky(Founder)inMax Lobovsky(Co-founder & CEO)Shirley Paley(Executive Officer)Dávid Lakatos(Chief Product Officer)Nick Graham(Chief Revenue Officer)
Co-investorsAcequia Capital (AceCap)C4 VenturesFounder CollectiveFoundryKapor CapitalKima Ventures+5 more
TenaFe develops SSD controllers, including the TC2300 PCIe Gen5 DRAMless controller built on TSMC's 6nm process, designed for AI workloads, edge computing, and high-performance solid-state drives.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareSemiconductors
Co-investorsSource Code Capital
Tendo operates a mobile platform connecting African merchants with wholesale suppliers, allowing them to source and resell products through social messaging apps without purchasing inventory upfront.
ConsumerFintechLogistics & Supply ChainMarketplacesSocialAccra, GH
Felix Manford(Founder)inEvans Darbo Boateng(Founder)inPrimerose Katena(Founder)inDerrick Mungai(Founder)in
Co-investorsLoftyInc CapitalLux CapitalY CombinatorGeneral CatalystRhapsody Venture PartnersVistara Growth
Tendo develops a gas management platform using industrial automation and IIoT technology to help industrial gas suppliers manage inventory and supply chains.
IoTLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Co-investorsFitz Gate VenturesRhapsody Venture Partners
Vence provides a virtual fencing system for livestock management, using GPS/RF collars and base stations to control cattle movement, set adjustable grazing boundaries, and monitor animal location.
AgTechHardwareIoTKey Largo, US
FRANK WOOTEN(Executive Officer, Director)JASPER HOLDSWORTH(APPOINTMENT EFFECTIVE UPON CONSUMMATION OF THIS FINANCING.)SKY KURTZ(Director)
BoardDHIRAJ SINGH(APPOINTMENT EFFECTIVE UPON CONSUMMATION OF THIS FINANCING.)CURT ROBERT(APPOINTMENT EFFECTIVE UPON CONSUMMATION OF THIS FINANCING.)
Co-investorsiSelect FundSilverstrand Capital
Voio is a healthcare AI lab building vision-language models for radiology that generate draft reports from image analysis and help radiologists deliver faster diagnoses.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechMedical Devices
Co-investorsVine VenturesLaude Ventures
Exits · 2
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioPortfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesSomerville, MA · 3dprintingjournal.com · Aug 18, 2026
AEye · investing.com · Aug 14, 2026
Ambiq · simplywall.st · Jul 17, 2026
VEIR · newmarketpitch.com · Jul 13, 2026
Desktop Metal · elevenflo.com · Mar 19, 2026
Ayar Labs · reuters.com · Mar 3, 2026
Lumafield · finsmes.com · Nov 20, 2025
Tendo · vistaragrowth.com · Apr 10, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Tyche Partners made?
- Tyche Partners has 24 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Tyche Partners invest at?
- Tyche Partners invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth stages.
- What is Tyche Partners's typical check size?
- Tyche Partners typically writes checks of $1M – $10M.
- What sectors does Tyche Partners focus on?
- Tyche Partners focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Robotics, Semiconductors.
- Where is Tyche Partners located?
- Tyche Partners is headquartered in Los Altos, US.
- Who does Tyche Partners co-invest with?
- Tyche Partners most often shares deals with Kleiner Perkins, Catapult Ventures, DCVC (Data Collective), among 100 tracked co-investors.
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