Lip-bu Tan
Chairman at Walden International & founding Managing partner at Walden Catalyst Ventures
San Jose, California
Overview
Work Experience
Chief Executive Officer
2025 - Current
An ecosystem of software & hardware vendors, integrators and solution providers focused on adoption of NFV and SDN-based solutions.
Chairman of the Board
2025
Executive Chairman
2024 - 2025
Chairman of the Board
2017 - 2024
SambaNova Systems develops software and hardware for artificial intelligence and machine learning applications.
Raised $1,141,254,686.00 from IPOSharks.
Chairman
1984
Founding Managing Partner
2020
Walden Catalyst provides early-stage investments and operational expertise in data, deep tech, AI, cloud, and digital biology.
Founding Managing Partner
2021
Celesta Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs and disruptive technology companies.
Board Member
2019
Member of the Board of Trustee
2011
Chairman of the Board
2022
Chairman of the Board
2022
Greenstone Biosciences is a drug discovery platform that accelerates the development of effective therapies for patients.
Raised $14,250,000.00 from National Institutes of Health and California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
Chairman of the Board
2021
Rivos is a high-performance RISC-V system startup targeting integrated system solutions for enterprises.
Raised $250,000,000.00 from CIDC Consultants, VentureTech Alliance, Hotung Venture Capital, Intel Capital, Walden Catalyst, Cambium Capital Partners, Capital TEN, Dell Technologies Capital, Matrix Capital Management and Koch Disruptive Technologies.
Education
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
1981 - 1983
MS
1978 - 1981
Bachelor of Science (BS)
1975 - 1978