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. 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.
According to Business Insider, Hyperbolic, an AI computing infrastructure startup, has completed a $30 million Series A-1 funding round led by Walden Catalyst, co-founded by Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan and former Samsung President Young Sohn, with participation from Dell Technologies Capital, General Catalyst, and others.
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Hyperbolic, an AI chip trading marketplace and software startup, has announced the completion of a $30 million A-1 round of financing led by Walden Catalyst, with participation from Dell Technologies Capital, General Catalyst, Vista Equity Partners, and Cambium Capital. Hyperbolic's total financing to date has reached $50 million. (Business Insider)
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According to TechCrunch, AI research lab NeoCognition has announced a $40 million seed funding round, co-led by Cambium Capital and Walden Catalyst Ventures, with participation from Vista Equity Partners and others. Founded by Professor Yu Su of The Ohio State University and others, the company’s core focus is enabling AI agents to build environment-specific “world models” through real-world operational experience—rather than relying solely on general pre-training—to improve task execution reliability. NeoCognition currently targets the enterprise market and plans to offer embeddable AI agent systems for SaaS companies.
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