Bandgap Ventures

Bandgap Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas, focusing on equity investments in early-stage companies developing hardware and physical science technologies. The firm targets sectors such as advanced materials, energy technologies, sensors and instrumentation, electronics and hardware, and advanced manufacturing. Bandgap Ventures aims to address the market imbalance by investing in tangible, patented technologies grounded in fundamental hard sciences, areas often overlooked in the venture capital industry.

The firm's investment strategy emphasizes companies with groundbreaking innovations in the hard sciences, seeking to exploit thermal, electrical, optical, chemical, and mechanical properties to create paradigm-shifting products. Bandgap Ventures collaborates with universities, incubators, local investment groups, and governmental agencies to foster and grow the entrepreneurial community, particularly in Texas, which it considers a unique environment for startup companies to thrive.

With a team possessing deep technical expertise and operational experience in various technology industries, Bandgap Ventures strives to create open working relationships where investors and entrepreneurs work as partners toward common goals. The firm's portfolio includes companies like Tempo Semiconductor, Inc., reflecting its commitment to supporting innovative ventures in the hardware and physical science sectors.