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Tan Lip-Bu

AddedApr 2, 2024

UpdatedMay 31, 2026

Tan Lip-Bu

Tan Lip-Bu

Board Member, Intel Capital

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Tan Lip-Bu's Career

Intel Capital

Santa Clara, CA, US

Board Member· Board

WRV Capital

Menlo Park, CA, US

Founder

Walden Catalyst

Walden Catalyst

San Francisco, CA, US

Co-Founder

PacVen Walden Ventures

PacVen Walden Ventures

San Francisco, CA, US

Board Member· Board

Cadence Design Systems

Cadence Design Systems

San Jose, CA, US

Board Member· Board

Eta Compute

Westlake Village, CA, US

Board Member· Board

SambaNova Systems

SambaNova Systems

Palo Alto, CA, US

Board Member· Board

Fungible

Santa Clara, CA, US

Board Member· Board

Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA, US

Board Member· Board

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Tan Lip-Bu's Career

Intel Capital

Investment FirmInvestment Firm$12.5M131.9k1968Santa Clara, CA, US

Board Member· Board

Recent news

Figure reaches $39B valuation in latest funding roundTechCrunch · 2025

FieldAI raises $405M to build universal robot brainsTechCrunch · 2025

Portable X-ray vision is one step closer to reality with OXOS MedicalTechCrunch · 2023

Leadership at Intel Capital

Alyssa HenryBoard Member

Tore SteenBoard Member

Gordon MooreCo-Founder

Pat GelsingerBoard Member

Jim GoetzBoard Member

Avram MillerFounder

WRV Capital

Investment FirmInvestment Firm72015Menlo Park, CA, US

Founder

Walden Catalyst

Walden Catalyst

Investment FirmInvestment Firm132021San Francisco, CA, US

Co-Founder

Recent news

AI research lab NeoCognition lands $40M seed to build agents that learn like humansTechCrunch · 2026

Generative AI startup AI21 Labs lands $155M at a $1.4B valuationTechCrunch · 2023

Leadership at Walden Catalyst

Sohn K YoungCo-Founder

PacVen Walden Ventures

PacVen Walden Ventures

Fund251987San Francisco, CA, US

Board Member· Board

Leadership at PacVen Walden Ventures

Lip-Bu TanFounder

Sachio SemmotoBoard Member

Bernard MeyersonBoard Member

Larry YoshidaBoard Member

Doowhan ChoiBoard Member

Cadence Design Systems

Cadence Design Systems

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Board Member· Board

Leadership at Cadence Design Systems

James PlummerBoard Member

Anirudh DevganBoard Member

John ShovenBoard Member

Lewis ChewBoard Member

Ita BrennanBoard Member

Mark AdamsBoard Member

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