Where does Wen Hsieh work?

Wen Hsieh is Managing Partner at Matter Venture Partners and Board director at Eridu and Board director at Cesium Astro and Board director at Amprius.

What check size does Wen Hsieh write?

Wen Hsieh typically writes checks of $2M – $50M.

What boards does Wen Hsieh sit on?

Wen Hsieh holds tracked board seats at AEye Technologies, Inc., Alpha Design AI, Inc., Ambiq, Amprius, Cesium Astro, Crossbar, Dexterity, Eridu, SpinLaunch.

What companies has Wen Hsieh invested in?

Investments tracked here include Ambiq Micro, Amyris, Bloom Energy, CesiumAstro, Chef Robotics, ChipAgents, Crossbar, Desktop Metal, Dexterity, Eridu, General Radar, Lightforce, and 10 more.

Where did Wen Hsieh go to school?

Wen Hsieh studied at Caltech (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical Engineering); Caltech (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Minor, Biology); Caltech (Master of Science (M.S.), Electrical Engineering).

Wen Hsieh

Investor

Managing Partner at Matter Venture Partners · Advisor at Kleiner Perkins · Board director at Eridu · Board director at Cesium Astro · Board director at Amprius

Menlo Park, California

Writes $2M – $50M checks · typically $25M

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About

Wen Hsieh rose from associate to Managing Partner; his dual Caltech PhDs, semiconductor operating experience, and Amazon upbringing yield deep technical pattern recognition and an appetite for frontier hardware bets.

Contact· published on Wen's own website

w•••@mattervp.comreveal

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningConsumerEnterprise SoftwareFintechHealthtech

Board director at Eridu

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Eridu's investors · 20

Co-founders at Eridu

Drew PerkinsCEO and founder

Board director at Cesium Astro

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Cesium Astro's investors · 15

Airbus VenturesMenlo Park · $1M checks · since 2022 Assembly VenturesDetroit Department of Defensesince 2022 In-Q-TelTysons · $100K – $2.5M checks InMotion VenturesLondon · $2.6M checks IronGate Capital AdvisorsNew York Kleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks · since 2022 Lavrock VenturesWashington · since 2022 Matter Venture PartnersSilicon Valley · since 2024 MESHPortland · $100K – $30M checks Missile Defense Agencysince 2017 Trousdale VenturesWest Hollywood · $1M – $5M checks U.S. Air Forcesince 2020 U.S. Navysince 2018 Woven CapitalTokyo · $10M – $50M checks

Co-founders at Cesium Astro

Shey SabripourExecutive Officer, Director

Board director at Amprius

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Amprius's investors · 7

ForgePoint CybersecuritySan Mateo · since 2022 InvestXVancouver · since 2022 IPVBeijing · since 2022 IPV Capitalsince 2022 Kleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks · since 2022 Matter Venture PartnersSilicon Valley · since 2022 VantagePoint Capital PartnersSilicon Valley · $2M – $100M checks · since 2022

Experience

Matter Venture PartnersFounding Managing Partnercurrent2023 — present
Kleiner PerkinsGeneral Partner2006 — 2023
McKinsey & CompanyAssociate Principal2001 — 2006

Skills & more

Venture Capital68Start-ups69Private Equity17Corporate Development35Mergers & Acquisitions18Mobile devices3Wearables3Storage5Connectivity3Greentech7Mobile Devices8Strategic Partnerships22

+12 more

CleantechBusiness StrategyEntrepreneurshipManagement ConsultingBusiness DevelopmentFinancial ModelingDue DiligenceProduct ManagementIncubationsLow powerStrategyM&A experience

From Wen's professional profile.

Deals · 7

DexterityBoard seat

via Matter Venture Partners · filed Jun 2026 · $50M raise

Alpha Design AI, Inc.Board seat

via Matter Venture Partners · filed May 2026 · $50M raise

SpinLaunchBoard seat

via Matter Venture Partners · filed Aug 2025 · $32M raise

CrossbarBoard seat

via Matter Venture Partners · filed Jan 2024 · $5.2M raise

AmbiqBoard seat

via Matter Venture Partners · filed Nov 2022 · $111K raise

AmpriusBoard seat

via Matter Venture Partners · filed Oct 2022 · $202M raise

AEye Technologies, Inc.Board seat

via Matter Venture Partners · filed Sep 2021 · $40M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Other disclosed investments

Board seats

Cesium Astro Eridu

Investor

Ambiq MicroAmyris Bloom EnergyCesiumAstroChef Robotics ChipAgentsDesktop MetalEridu General Radar LightforceLumafieldOpenLightPavilion Data Systems, Inc.Rapid RoboticsRipcordShoof TechnologiesTacta SystemsTYLsemiWillo

Sources: SEC Form D filings · curated public sources.

Colleagues at Matter Venture Partners

Albert Lee

Head of Strategic Relationships at Matter Venture Partners

Alex Zhang

Investor at Matter Venture Partners

Brock Csira

Investor at Matter Venture Partners

Haomiao Huang

Founding Partner at Matter Venture Partners

Mike Xia

Advisor at Homebrew

Network1

Brian Wilcove

Managing Partner at America's Frontier Fund

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Wen Hsieh?: Wen Hsieh rose from associate to Managing Partner; his dual Caltech PhDs, semiconductor operating experience, and Amazon upbringing yield deep technical pattern recognition and an appetite for frontier hardware bets.
Where does Wen Hsieh work?: Wen Hsieh is Managing Partner at Matter Venture Partners and Board director at Eridu and Board director at Cesium Astro and Board director at Amprius.
What does Wen Hsieh invest in?: Wen Hsieh invests in AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech.
What check size does Wen Hsieh write?: Wen Hsieh typically writes checks of $2M – $50M.
What boards does Wen Hsieh sit on?: Wen Hsieh holds tracked board seats at AEye Technologies, Inc., Alpha Design AI, Inc., Ambiq, Amprius, Cesium Astro, Crossbar, Dexterity, Eridu, SpinLaunch.
What companies has Wen Hsieh invested in?: Investments tracked here include Ambiq Micro, Amyris, Bloom Energy, CesiumAstro, Chef Robotics, ChipAgents, Crossbar, Desktop Metal, Dexterity, Eridu, General Radar, Lightforce, and 10 more.
Where did Wen Hsieh go to school?: Wen Hsieh studied at Caltech (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical Engineering); Caltech (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Minor, Biology); Caltech (Master of Science (M.S.), Electrical Engineering).