# Toshio Nakama

> Toshio Nakama is an electrical engineer, S2C co-founder, and former CEO whose work focused on FPGA-based prototyping for chip design and early software development. He began at Altera, held technical and sales management roles at Aptix, and co-founded S2C in Silicon Valley in 2003. His public interviews emphasize accessible prototyping, distributed engineering teams, and earlier verification.

- **Role:** Electrical engineer and semiconductor design-tools entrepreneur
- **Organizations:** S2C, Altera, Aptix Corporation
- **Nationality:** Japanese
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Cornell University, Executive MBA, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)
- **Known for:** Co-founded S2C in 2003 and helped build its cross-border engineering operations., Led S2C through the introduction of IP Porter and later shared prototyping platforms., Led S2C during its announced $4.6 million Series C financing in 2014.

## Career timeline

- **1997** — Began his career at Altera as a field applications engineer.
- **1998-2003** — Held technical and sales management roles at Aptix Corporation.
- **2003** — Co-founded S2C in Silicon Valley.
- **2004** — Established S2C R&D and manufacturing teams in Shanghai.
- **2005** — S2C introduced IP Porter at the Design Automation Conference.
- **2014** — Led S2C during its $4.6 million Series C announcement and expansion into direct offices in Japan and Korea.
- **2015** — S2C introduced the multi-user Prodigy Cloud Cube.
- **2022** — Commented as CEO on the launch of Neuro prototype resource management software.
- **2024** — Discussed S2C’s twentieth anniversary and its technology outlook in a February interview.

## Achievements

- Co-founded S2C in 2003 and helped build its cross-border engineering operations.
- Led S2C through the introduction of IP Porter and later shared prototyping platforms.
- Led S2C during its announced $4.6 million Series C financing in 2014.

## Latest updates

- **2024-02** — In a February 5 interview, Nakama reflected on S2C’s twentieth anniversary in 2023 and discussed AI, chiplets, RISC-V, Arm, and concurrent hardware/software development.

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Last updated: 2026-10-23