Early Life and Education
Wen-Ta Hsieh graduated with a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and a minor in Biology from the California Institute of Technology. He also received a B.S. degree with honors and an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the same institution.
Career
Hsieh's career spans various roles, including Founding Managing Partner at Matter Venture Partners since 2023. He leads KP's HardTech practice. Wen works closely with the entrepreneurs at AEye, Amprius, Ambiq Micro, Beyond Power, CesiumAstro, Chef Robotics, Crossbar, Desktop Metal, Dexterity, LightForce Orthodontics, Lumafield, LuxCreo, Movella, Muxin Tech, OMI, Proxy, Rapid Robotics, Ripcord, SpinLaunch, Willo and Zuvi - as a board director/observer. Before joining Kleiner Perkins, Wen was an Associate Principal at McKinsey & Co and a leader of McKinsey's Asia semiconductor practice. Earlier in his career, Wen founded OnChip Technologies, a startup developing MEMS microfluidic biochips. He is also the Independent Chairman at Ambiq Micro, Inc. since 2014. He is a director at several companies, including Amprius Technologies, Inc., Movella, Inc., and CrossBar, Inc..
Key Business Strategies
Hsieh focuses on hardware-related investments, or HardTech, including enterprise infrastructure, AI, industrial/enterprise IoT, and other disruptive digital devices, such as next-gen semiconductors.
Philanthropy
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