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Charly Mwangi
InvestorPartner at Eclipse Ventures
Palo Alto, California
Writes $200K – $5M checks · typically $2.5M
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About
Charly Mwangi is a Partner at Eclipse Ventures, a venture capital firm founded in 2015 and based in Palo Alto, California, that invests in startups across automotive, semiconductor, manufacturing, networking, materials, and communications industries. Before moving into investing, he built a career in manufacturing operations, with roles at Nissan, Tesla, and Rivian Automotive. At Rivian he served as Executive Vice President of Manufacturing, where over two years his team took the company from an empty factory to launching three vehicle models despite COVID-19-related challenges. He left Rivian in 2022 to join Eclipse Ventures. At Eclipse he focuses on backing founders transforming physical industries, drawing on his operational background to help make those industries more efficient, resilient, and profitable.
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- Who is Charly Mwangi?
- Charly Mwangi is a Partner at Eclipse Ventures, a venture capital firm founded in 2015 and based in Palo Alto, California, that invests in startups across automotive, semiconductor, manufacturing, networking, materials, and communications industries. Before moving into investing, he built a career in manufacturing operations, with roles at Nissan, Tesla, and Rivian Automotive. At Rivian he served as Executive Vice President of Manufacturing, where over two years his team took the company from an empty factory to launching three vehicle models despite COVID-19-related challenges. He left Rivian in 2022 to join Eclipse Ventures. At Eclipse he focuses on backing founders transforming physical industries, drawing on his operational background to help make those industries more efficient, resilient, and profitable.
- Where does Charly Mwangi work?
- Charly Mwangi is Partner at Eclipse Ventures.
- What check size does Charly Mwangi write?
- Charly Mwangi typically writes checks of $200K – $5M.
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