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TSVC is a venture capital firm focused on seed investments based in Silicon Valley. Founded in 2010, the firm has a strong emphasis on supporting technical innovators, particularly immigrant founders. Its founding partners include Eugene Zhang, previously with Cisco and Juniper Networks, and Chun Xia, with a background in tech start-ups and architecture at Sun Microsystems. The team also comprises general partners like Spencer Greene, who brings expertise from Juniper Networks' M&A, and Lisheng Wang, a co-founder of Propel(x) and the MIT Alumni Angel Group.
TSVC capitalizes on its deep-tech expertise across industries like AI, digital health, and fintech, investing primarily at the seed stage. It targets immigrant entrepreneurs, providing funding in the $0-1 m range. The firm is known for its specialized focus on deep technology and has facilitated the growth of over 220 portfolio companies, including 12 unicorns and 5 IPOs.
Notable investments include companies like Zoom - a video communications platform, Carta - a cap table management service, and Ginkgo Bioworks - focusing on synthetic biology. Additionally, TSVC has backed innovative projects such as d-Matrix for AI inference and Richard Narayan's Zum, aimed at transforming student transportation.
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