Finance Monthly Game Changer Awards 2019 Winners Edition

49 www. finance-monthly .com FINANCE MONTHLY GAME CHANGER AWARDS 2019 JAPAN FIRM PROFILE We support fundamental innovations in wide areas of industries. TEL Venture Capital (TEL VC) strives to leverage the capabilities of our parent Tokyo Electron — the world’s leading semiconductor and display equipment manufacturer — to enable the growth of other foundational technologies — from thin film transistors to nanotechnology. Our approach reflects our understanding of the limitations of both traditional corporate and financial venture capital models. We seek new ways to use our unique resources to transform ideas, talents and technologies into great companies. TEL VC is located in Silicon Valley, USA but we are globally focused since good ideas and fresh perspectives can emerge anywhere. We have invested about 30 start-up companies in global. In 2018, our investments were 7. A partner with common goals — and global assets At TELVC, we consider our investment companies to be partners and we support their activities to secure future success. The TELVC team brings global business experience, the deepest technical resources and, most importantly, a collaborative approach. An investment by TELVC provides the endorsement of a market leader, with worldwide sales and distribution channels that reach the leading electronics, display and chip companies. TEL’s research and development, engineering, and manufacturing assets also may be leveraged to your benefit in many ways — from a joint partnership to a customer relationship. UNIQUE CVC MODEL Kay has established the unique CVC model, “TELVC model” , which is (a) very close relationship with business unit, factory and R&D, (b) ROI based on biz return, (c) various types of the investment, (d) management of collaboration with start-ups. Based on this fact, Kay has also consulted many companies who would start CVC, since CVC is now popular. CONTACT keiichi.enjoji@tel.com www.tel.co.jp/about/telvc.htm