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About Molex Ventures

Molex Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2012. It is primarily based out of Lisle, United States. As of Feb 2024, Molex Ventures has invested in 11 companies. It primarily invests in Series B round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Retail and High Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series B round of Point2 Tech Overall, Molex Ventures portfolio has seen 1 IPO and 2 acquisitions, namely Bridgelux, Elenion Technologies and Hi-P. A lot of funds co-invest with Molex Ventures, with names like Robert Bosch Venture Capital sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Key Metrics
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series B, Seed & 1 more
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Acquisitions

Molex Ventures' List of Top Investments

Molex Ventures has a portfolio of 11 companies. Their most notable investments are in Point2 Tech and Excelfore.Their portfolio spans across United States, China, Israel and 1 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Retail, High Tech and 9 other sectors, across stages such as Series B, Seed  and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Molex Ventures:
Automotive connectivity solutions for software-defined vehicles, enabling secure data management. The company offers cloud-to-edge and edge-to-edge connectivity solutions, focusing on Software Defined Connectivity. They provide standards-based in-vehicle and cloud-to-vehicle connectivity solutions and comprehensive cloud-based device management applications. Their offerings include Over-the-Air (OTA) software updates, in-vehicle networking, and data management platforms that support connected, autonomous vehicles. The company's eSync platform enables two-way data communication for software updates and operational data collection. They support reliable OTA updates for ECUs, domain controllers, and smart sensors, optimizing updates with technologies like delta compression. Their technologies are designed for software-defined vehicles, allowing OEMs to dynamically deploy new features and collect performance data. They also offer Ethernet Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) for real-time communication and integrate with cloud platforms like AWS for data ingestion and analytics.

Key facts about Excelfore

Bridgelux is a manufacturer and developer of LED chips. Products offered include SMD lights, components for automotive application lights and chips for decorative lights, strip lights, and COB LED arrays, along with additional lighting components for developers and manufacturers of smart lighting products. It supports its clients with application-specific solutions and the components are used in the making of both indoor and outdoor luminaires.

Key facts about Bridgelux

Key facts about Point2 Tech

NuCurrent is a fabless semiconductor company which develops high-efficiency antennas for wireless charging applications. It sells both pre-designed / customized antenna modules to OEMs to be integrated into their devices. Their product range also covers surface-mount inductors or induction heating coils.

Key facts about NuCurrent

Provider of drug delivery autoinjector for the treatment of anaphylaxis. The company offers a device ANDIPEN that is a temperature-insensitive, and heat-stable alternative to the EpiPen, which is an auto-injector for severe allergies. The device uses a patent-pending microfluidics technology that injects Epinephrine to treat allergies

Key facts about Windgap Medical

Molex Ventures' Investments by Stage

Molex Ventures has made 3 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $18.6M, 1 investment in Seed stage with an average round size of $763K and 1 investment in Series A stage.
Here are Molex Ventures' investments by stage:
Stage of entry
No. of Investments
Series B
3
Seed
1
Series A
1
Breakdown of Molex Ventures' investments by stage of entrySeries B (3)Seed (1)
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

Molex Ventures' Investments by Sector

Molex Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Life Sciences, Auto Tech, Consumer Goods, Enterprise Applications and Internet of Things - Industry Applications. Notably, it has invested in 8 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 8 Tech companies, 5 Tech hardware companies and at least 2 companies focusing on Saas.
Here are Molex Ventures' investments by sector:
Sector
No. of Investments
Life Sciences
2
Auto Tech
1
Consumer Goods
1
Enterprise Applications
1
Internet of Things - Industry Applications
1
Breakdown of Molex Ventures' investments by sectorsLife Sciences (2)Auto Tech (1)
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

Molex Ventures' Investments by Geography

Molex Ventures has made most investments in United States (4), followed by Canada where it has made 1 investment.
Here are Molex Ventures' investments by geography:
Country
No. of Investments
United States
4
Canada
1
Breakdown of Molex Ventures' investments by countriesUnited States (4)Canada (1)
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

Molex Ventures' recent investments

Molex Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.
Here are the most recent investments by Molex Ventures:
Date
Company
Location
Round Details
Round Amount
Co-Investors
Feb 15, 2024
United States
Series B
4121
Jul 11, 2019
Canada
Seed
1032
Apr 23, 2019
United States
Series B
8721
-
Jan 16, 2019
United States
Series B
9092
 
Sep 26, 2018
United States
Series A
6493

IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Molex Ventures' Portfolio

1 of Molex Ventures' portfolio company became public -  Hi-P. It got listed on the Singapore stock exchange. ( SGX), in Dec 2003 at marketcap of $1.98B
Here are Molex Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Company
IPO Date
First Invested on
First Round of Investment
Round Size
Dec 17, 2003
-
-
4710

Acquired companies in Molex Ventures' Portfolio

2 companies from Molex Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Elenion Technologies in Feb 2020 by Nokia for $*****.
Here are Molex Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company
Acquisition Date
First Invested on
First Round of Investment
Round Size
Feb 19, 2020
-
-
5134
Jul 21, 2015
-
-
7686

Co-investors of Molex Ventures

Over the past 9 years, 25 investors have co-invested in Molex Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes only funds.

  • Invested before Molex VenturesMolex, Samsung Securities and 10 others have invested in rounds before Molex Ventures. There are 3 companies where Molex has invested before Molex Ventures and 1 company where Samsung Securities has invested before Molex Ventures.
  • Top Co-investors of Molex Ventures7 investors entered a company along with Molex Ventures. These include investors like Robert Bosch Venture Capital (1 company).
  • Invested after Molex VenturesA total of 6 investors have invested in Molex Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Hella Ventures (1 company), Maverick Silicon (1 company) and NVentures (1 company).

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