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DTAG 1 TT RTAG 1 TTThere’s a new venture fund in city from some familiar faces.

RTAG 2 TTCarey Lai, which have already been worked at Intel Capital and IVP, is joining violences with Paul Yeh, formerly of Kleiner Perkins.

RTAG 3 TTThey’re calling it Conductive Ventures and it’s launching with $100 million under handling. They’ll be investing in” expansion stage” companies across endeavour software and hardware categories, signifying Series A, Series B and beyond.

RTAG 4 TTCheck sizes will be between$ 2 million and$ 7 billion dollars. They expect to invest in 10 -1 5 companies for this first fund.

RTAG 5 TTConductive will be looking for” early product market is consistent with customer success ,” Lai told TechCrunch. Then the strategy is to” help them develop their businesses abroad .”

RTAG 6 TTIt’s not a corporate venture limb, but Conductive has Panasonic as its sole LP. Because of this, there will be a special focus on helping North American startups expand into Asia, especially Japan.

RTAG 7 TTLai and Yeh touted “connections to Foxconn” and also ties to Taiwan to help them succeed overseas.

RTAG 8 TTThey also said they want to be hands-on when it comes to growth. Conductive will place an emphasis on improving margins, aiming to accelerate revenue and reduce costs.

RTAG 9 TTThe two were roommates when they were younger and think that they will get along specially well as increased investment team.

RTAG 10 TTSo far, they’ve made four investments. There’s Ambiq Micro, a semiconductor producer; CSC Generation, for consumer leasing; Desktop Metal, in 3D print; and Sprinklr, for client experience management. Lai has provided on the members of the board of Sprinklr. They hope to continue to take committee seats.

RTAG 11 TTNot to get ahead of things, but they are already thinking about fund two. Yeh said that it will be in” a pair years” and” slightly greater, slightly bigger” in size.