Translink Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Palo Alto with $1B under management, and investing out of its fifth fund. The fund’s mission is to partner with US entrepreneurs, and add value by leveraging the firm’s proprietary insights and connections to strategic Asian partners. The team is led by investors and operators, all of whom have managed successful US venture practices for large Asian strategics such as Foxconn, Hikari Tsushin, SoftBank, and UMC.
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We’re thrilled to announce that TensorWave has secured $43M in SAFE funding, marking the largest funding round in Nevada startup history! This milestone fuels our growth, allowing us to expand our datacenter capacity and deploy thousands of AMD Instinct™ MI300X GPUs to power the next wave of AI innovation. Huge thanks to Nexus Venture Partners, Translink Capital, Maverick Capital, and AMD for believing in our vision!
We are thrilled to announce our investment in Sakana AI as part of their approx. $200M series A round, joining other investors including New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Lux Capital, and Khosla Ventures. Sakana is an AI research and development company based in Tokyo focused on building AI systems inspired by the collective intelligence found in nature. By mimicking the harmony and cooperation seen in biological systems, Sakana AI aims to create next-generation solutions that elevate human-AI collaboration and tackle some of the world’s most pressing challenges. At Translink Capital, we are excited to leverage our network and expertise to support Sakana’s growth. We look forward to collaborating with David Ha, Llion Jones, and Ren Ito to push the boundaries of AI and make a lasting impact in Japan and beyond! Congratulations to the entire Sakana AI team! https://lnkd.in/gSMjkq_M
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Uplimit raised $11,000,000 in Series A-Congrats Julia Stiglitz, Sourabh Bajaj, Jacob Samuelson Full Round Info: https://lnkd.in/gsGrtCc4 Round Investors: Salesforce Ventures, GSV Ventures, Greylock, Cowboy Ventures, Translink Capital, Workday Ventures, Conviction
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TECHBLITZ編集部は、日系ベンチャーキャピタル4社（ジェネシア・ベンチャーズ、グローバル・ブレイン、モノづくりベンチャーズ、トランスリンク・キャピタル）にアンケート調査を実施し、市場全体の動向と各社の専門領域の「イマ」を、それぞれの視点から語ってもらいました。 Thank you! Takahiro S. at Genesia Ventures, and 百合本 安彦 at Global Brain Corporation, 関 信浩 at Monozukuri Ventures, Brendan Walsh at Translink Capital #techblitz #media #techmedia #stayconnected #VC https://lnkd.in/gvYuZRDs
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🍔 Are you seeing the full picture in your restaurant, or are you missing crucial details? AiFi's Spatial Intelligence technology uses AI and computer vision to reveal the unseen — providing data-driven insights to optimize every aspect of your QSR. 🔍 See the difference clarity makes, check out our latest blog post to learn more: https://hubs.li/Q02Hvzzk0 #QSR #AI #SpatialIntelligence
We are thrilled to announce and welcome Raghav Gupta as the new CEO of Aktiia. We look forward to working closely with him and are excited about the leadership and vision he will be bring.
🎉 We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Raghav Gupta “Rags”as our new CEO and to our Board of Directors. Rags is a serial tech entrepreneur and operator with deep experience across sectors and geographies, and a track record of building growth businesses. Rags has worked in Silicon Valley, New York, Europe and Boston, across sensing and deep tech, consumer and enterprise software. 🔬 Our mission to reduce the impact of #bloodpressure (BP) on global health has gained momentum with our recent technical breakthrough of attaining the CE mark for our calibration-free optical BP measurement technology. We’ve been amassing the largest BP dataset of its kind enabling us to transform optical signals into blood pressure intelligence. 🩺 Aktiia’s BP Intelligence Platform comprises BP measurement, management and novel research. Personalised insights from continuous blood pressure datasets produced by a class II medical system represent the most significant advancement in blood pressure research in over 50 years. With Rags's experience, we're ready to grow rapidly and make our innovative solution available to more people worldwide. 💡 "Aktiia and our mission to reduce the impact of blood pressure on #globalhealth is a dream opportunity," says Rags. "I am humbled to be part of this team whose breakthrough technology can help change the paradigm of how blood pressure is measured and managed - a mission that’s deeply personal for me." 🌟 Stay tuned for additional updates as we embark on this momentous journey to transform blood pressure and #hypertension. Rags, welcome on board! 📖 Visit Aktiia to learn more about the company, and click here to read about Rags’s appointment https://lnkd.in/eABV32-8 #newappointment #welcome #medicaldevices #wearables
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Kudos to the entire team at Mercedes-Benz Stadium for their vision to create a friction-less experience for their fans. We are proud to be a part of their ongoing mission to make the stadium a premier spot to enjoy live events. #AiFi #falcons #atlanta
At Mercedes-Benz Stadium (MBS), our commitment to enhancing the fan experience by creating a seamless user experience is guided by the Blank Family of Businesses’ core value, innovate continuously. We highlight those solutions here, take a look!
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Matter, a company specializing in electric vehicle (EV) technology and energy storage, has successfully secured a first tranche of $35 million in its Series B funding round. This round was led by the US-based venture capital firm Helena Capital Partners. Other notable participants in this round include Capital 2B, Japan Airlines, Translink Capital Innovation Fund, @Saad Bahwan Investment Management Company (SB Invest), as well as other institutional investors and family offices.
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I've never expended so much effort writing an article. This one took me over a month. I focus on answering a singular question: Are we in an AI bubble right now? I hope you enjoy it. Please like/share if you found it interesting!
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Today is a huge day for us!! I’m thrilled to announce our Series A, led by Salesforce Ventures! We are grateful to our incredible investors. In addition to Salesforce Ventures, we are delighted to welcome our new investors, Conviction, Workday Ventures and Translink Capital, and for our existing investors GSV Ventures, Greylock and Cowboy Ventures to join the round. Deborah Quazzo Claudine Emeott Adrianna Alterman Sarah Guo Aileen Lee Sophia Jin Amanda Robson Barbry McGann We began Uplimit with the mission to deliver true outcomes in education at scale. In a world where only about 7 percent of the global population has a college degree, and as many as three quarters of workers don’t feel equipped to learn the digital skills their employers will need in the future, high-quality adult learning remains a scarce resource. Uplimit is using AI to change that. Over the past year, we’ve built a unified enterprise learning solution that uses AI to supercharge cohort management, learner support, and content authoring, driving course completion rates 15-20X higher than in conventional asynchronous courses, and reducing course admin time by over 93%. And we are just scratching the surface! We’ve also had the pleasure of partnering with amazing companies like Kraft Heinz, GE HealthCare, Procore Technologies, and Databricks, helping them upskill thousands of employees and customers. Ekpedeme "Pamay" M. Bassey Rochana Golani Kristy Callahan Rebecca Scales We can’t wait for what’s ahead, and we are honored to have the support of so many amazing investors, customers, instructors and learners as we embark on this next chapter. And thank you Jeanne C M. for featuring us and our customers in this awesome article!!