# Yatin Mundkur

> Yatin Mundkur is a General Partner at Artiman Ventures, a Palo Alto-based early-stage venture fund with over $1 billion under management. With 25+ years spanning semiconductor design, founding a company, and two decades of VC investing, he holds 14 patents and has backed companies through 14 IPOs and 38 acquisitions. He also serves as CEO of Cellworks Group, applying his engineering roots to precision medicine.

- **Role:** General Partner at Artiman Ventures; CEO at Cellworks Group
- **Organizations:** Artiman Ventures, Cellworks Group Inc., National Venture Capital Association
- **Nationality:** Indian-American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (B.S.E.E.), The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (M.S.E.E.), The University of Texas at Austin
- **Known for:** Holds 14 patents in computer architectures, digital consumer electronics, semiconductor design, and software, General Partner at Artiman Ventures which has over $1 billion under management, Portfolio of 87+ companies with 2 unicorns, 14 IPOs, and 38 acquisitions

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Chip architect and design manager at Cypress Semiconductor, Ross Technology
- **1990s** — Chief Architect / Design Manager at Sun Microsystems
- **Late 1990s** — VP/Group Manager at Conexant Systems
- **Late 1990s - early 2000s** — Founded Equator Technologies as President; developed Programmable MediaProcessors
- **Pre-2004** — Managing Director at TeleSoft Partners; led investments in 20+ semiconductor and software companies
- **2004** — Joined Artiman Ventures as General Partner, focusing on early-stage Technology and Medtech
- **2018** — Panelist at Precision Medicine World Conference (PMWC), Mountain View, CA
- **Ongoing** — Serves as CEO of Cellworks Group Inc., overseeing Precision Medicine and Stratified Medicine strategy

## Achievements

- Holds 14 patents in computer architectures, digital consumer electronics, semiconductor design, and software
- General Partner at Artiman Ventures which has over $1 billion under management
- Portfolio of 87+ companies with 2 unicorns, 14 IPOs, and 38 acquisitions
- Founded Equator Technologies, a Programmable MediaProcessor company
- Led 20+ investments at TeleSoft Partners in semiconductor and software companies
- Member of the National Venture Capital Association
- Notable exits include companies acquired by Sandisk, Roche, Intel, TIBCO, Synaptics, and Qualcomm

## Latest updates

- **2018-01** — Spoke at Precision Medicine World Conference (PMWC) in Mountain View, CA on precision and stratified medicine
- **2015-09** — Led/participated in DISCERN's $20 million funding round for its investment decision-making platform

## Links

- Website: https://artiman.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/yatin
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/yatinmundkur
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttziZY_LFFg
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/artimaninvestments

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Last updated: 2026-05-18