Lip-Bu Tan

CEO of Intel Corporation, Chairman of Walden International, Founding Managing Partner of Walden Catalyst Ventures

📍 San Jose, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 10 investments📅 27 years investing🗓 Last invested Aug 2022
Angel investor🌍 United States
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Board Member
Aug 2022
Our mission is to shape the future of technology to help create a better future for the entire world, that’s the power of Intel Inside. With more ingenuity and creativity inside, our work is at the heart of countless innovations. From major breakthroughs to things that make everyday life better— they’re all powered by Intel technology. With a career at Intel, you can help make the future more wonderful for everyone. • Need help or have a support question? Visit Intel Support: http://ms.spr.ly/6054tmaop .
Board Member
Apr 2019
We are your digital partner for sustainability and efficiency, ensuring Life Is On, for homes, buildings, data centers, infrastructure and industries.
Board Member
Oct 2015
Credo’s mission is to transform connectivity at scale through fast, reliable, and energy-efficient system solutions to meet the ever-expanding data infrastructure demands of AI.
Board member
Oct 2015
Official LinkedIn of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, the global edge-to-cloud company. Sharing our passion and purpose through technology and innovation.
Board Member
2012
At Annapurna Labs we are inventing the next generation of cloud computing infrastructure and the compute/machine learning/storage/networking industry as a whole. Join us!, we have many open positions to fuel the growth of the cloud. https://www.amazon.jobs/en/landing_pages/annapurna%20labs
Board Member
Feb 2005
Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. China (AMEC, stock code: 688012) is an innovative Asia-based semiconductor equipment company with a range of proprietary fabrication solutions designed to advance technology, increase productivity, and reduce manufacturing costs for leading global manufacturers of semiconductors and LEDs. Headquartered in Shanghai, the company is an entrenched supplier of dielectric and TSV etch tools, helping chipmakers build devices at process nodes as low as 5nm and beyond. In addition, AMEC's MOCVD system has become a market leader in China for producers of LEDs and power devices. AMEC products are used today by technology leaders in Chinese mainland and Taiwan region, Singapore, Korea, Germany, Italy and Russia. As of 2021,the company has 900+ employees worldwide.
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Board Member
May 2002
Inphi was acquired by Marvell Technology in 2021. This page is no longer active. Please follow Marvell Technology (https://www.linkedin.com/company/marvell/) for updates.
Board Member
1999
SINA is an online media company and MVAS provider in the People’s Republic of China and for the global Chinese communities. With a branded network of localized websites targeting Greater China and overseas Chinese, the Company provides services mainly through SINA.com (online news and content), Weibo.com (microblog) and SINA Mobile (MVAS). Through these businesses and properties and other business lines, SINA offers an array of services including region-focused online portals, MVAS, microblog, blog, video and music streaming, photo sharing, online games, email, search, classified listings, fee-based services, e-commerce and enterprise e-solutions. The Company generates the majority of its revenues from online advertising and MVAS offerings and, to a lesser extent, from fee-based services. SINA offers distinct and targeted content on each of its region-specific websites and a range of complementary offerings designed to broaden its user base and increase user traffic. The Company aims to become the media platform of choice for Internet users to research and retrieve information, share opinions and build social networks and for businesses to market and promote their products and services. SINA offers a range of complementary offerings, all centered on its core online media business, that are intended to enhance the attractiveness of its portal and microblogging properties and strengthen its reach in the Chinese online community.
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2022
Board Member
Aug 2022
Our mission is to shape the future of technology to help create a better future for the entire world, that’s the power of Intel Inside. With more ingenuity and creativity inside, our work is at the heart of countless innovations. From major breakthroughs to things that make everyday life better— they’re all powered by Intel technology. With a career at Intel, you can help make the future more wonderful for everyone. • Need help or have a support question? Visit Intel Support: http://ms.spr.ly/6054tmaop .
2021
Founding Managing Partner
Dec 2021
Celesta is a global multi-stage venture capital firm, enabling innovators and business builders at the frontiers of deep tech. Celesta was founded and is led by Nicholas Brathwaite, Sriram Viswanathan, and Michael Marks, technology industry veterans with decades of investment and operations experience as CEOs, senior management, and board directors at global organizations, including Flextronics and Intel. Celesta primarily invests in early-stage deep tech, companies with high potential hardware and software technologies that have a clearly identified market application. Building businesses is our passion at Celesta. Through our unique mix of extensive operating experience, unrivaled network access, multi-dimensional investment experience, and deep technical expertise, we empower founding teams to develop differentiated technologies and grow globally impactful companies. Celesta Capital is headquartered in Silicon Valley and maintains an office in Bangalore.
2020
Board Member
Jun 2020
The SoftBank Group is a global technology player that aspires to drive the Information Revolution. The SoftBank Group is comprised of the holding company SoftBank Group Corp. (TOKYO: 9984) and its global portfolio of companies, which includes advanced telecommunications, Internet services, AI, smart robotics, IoT and clean energy technology providers. In September 2016, Arm Limited, the worlds leading semiconductor IP company, joined the SoftBank Group. SoftBank Group Corp. is investing in the SoftBank Vision Fund, which is deploying up to $100 billion in committed capital to support the global businesses and technologies that the SoftBank Vision Fund believes will enable the next stage of the Information Revolution.
Founding Managing Partner
Jan 2020
Walden Catalyst is a venture capital firm helping early-stage companies in the U.S., Europe, and Israel build the next generation of category-defining businesses in deep tech. We back the bold and the daring—trailblazers who are changing the world and making life better for all of us. The firm is led by Young Sohn and Lip-Bu Tan, deep-tech industry pioneers who between them have invested in more than 560 startups across the globe, of which 115 have gone on to IPO. With $550 million under management, Walden Catalyst is a team of innovators and entrepreneurs who are passionate about disruption and committed to excellence. For startups, this translates into unparalleled access to operational expertise, global reach, and a network of industry captains eager to help build and scale the companies of the future.
2019
Board Member
Apr 2019
We are your digital partner for sustainability and efficiency, ensuring Life Is On, for homes, buildings, data centers, infrastructure and industries.
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