Nicolas Sauvage

Nicolas Sauvage is the President and Founder of TDK Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of TDK Corporation, established in 2019.

Nicolas is committed to investing in and serving entrepreneurs who are building innovative solutions in Digital, Energy & Environmental Transformations. Under Nicolas's leadership, TDK Ventures has invested in 50 startups, including unicorns like Groq, Ascend Elements, and Silicon Box, with notable exits including GenCell's IPO.

Nicolas has been recognized on the Global Corporate Venturing Powerlist for five consecutive years, ranking #17 in 2024, and joined the prestigious Kauffman Fellows network in 2023. Nicolas also serves as the Chair of the Global Corporate Venturing (GCV) Leadership Society for a two-year term, effective January 2026.

Previously, Nicolas led key partnerships at InvenSense with companies such as Google and Qualcomm. Nicolas's educational background includes engineering studies at ISEN and King's College London, and is an alumnus of both Stanford GSB and Harvard Business School.

Currently, Nicolas is focused on identifying and supporting early-stage hardtech innovative startups and believes that open models in AI change where value is captured, with the future involving systems dynamically choosing the best model.

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