Daring to Dream and
Redefine What’s Possible

We have been the earliest investor with dozens of teams that have dared to pursue their vision—creating and leading new markets, and shaping the future.

Meet the companies that inspire us every day.

Our Companies

AutoESL

AutoESL

AutoESL offers synthesis tools for field-programmable gate array, and application-specific integrated circuit design applications.

  • Founded: 2006
  • Round Partnered: Seed
  • Year Partnered: 2010
  • Fund: Prior Investments
  • Clear Partner(s): Rajeev Madhavan
  • Status: Acquired
  • Year Acquired: 2021
  • Acquirer: Xilinx (XLNX)
Clear has been providing us with great help for a wide range functions, from executive search, to providing compensation guidelines, to partner/customer/investor introductions and raising subsequent capital ... Clear is a great resource for us.
Jason Cong, Co-founder & CTO

Results Matter, Success Counts

Four of the companies our team co-founded produced over $1.7 billion of market cap from 2 IPOs and 2 acquisitions.

We have funded over 90 companies, 90% as the first investors, and have had 48 exits valued at $95B from 11 IPOs, and 37 acquisitions.

Before we became VCs, we had already founded 5 successful companies.

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