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    Western Digital

    San Jose, California, United StatesFounded 1970
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    Western Digital is a data storage technology company headquartered in San Jose, California. Its corporate venture arm, Western Digital Capital, collaborates with innovative startups transforming how data is generated, saved, managed, and consumed across data center, cloud, and AI/ML markets.

    Average disclosed round size is $32.9M (across 33 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    32

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Series B

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Kimberly E. Alexy

    Kimberly E. Alexy

    Principal

    Jeremy Faulk

    Jeremy Faulk

    Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development (Interim)

    Ahmed Shihab

    Ahmed Shihab

    Chief Product Officer

    Cynthia Tregillis

    Cynthia Tregillis

    Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

    Ginita Taylor

    Ginita Taylor

    Chief of Staff

    Irving Tan

    Irving Tan

    Chief Executive Officer

    Katie Watson

    Katie Watson

    Chief Human Resources Officer

    Kris Sennesael

    Kris Sennesael

    Chief Financial Officer

    Martin I. Cole

    Martin I. Cole

    Chairman of the Board, Western Digital Corporation Former Chief Executive

    Scott Davis

    Scott Davis

    Chief Sales and Marketing Officer

    Sesh Tirumala

    Sesh Tirumala

    Chief Information Officer

    Vidya Gubbi

    Vidya Gubbi

    Chief of Global Operations

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    39 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    FincFriends logoFincFriendsUnknown$11.5MJul 2025
    Trust and Will logoTrust and WillSeries C$25MJan 2025
    Upmem logoUpmemUnknown—Sep 2023
    SiFive logoSiFiveSeries F$175MJan 2022
    Just Insure logoJust InsureSeries A$8MSep 2021
    Iridia logoIridiaGrowth—Jan 2021
    Iridia logoIridiaSeries B$24MJan 2021
    SiFive logoSiFiveSeries E$61MAug 2020
    Trust & Will logoTrust & WillSeries B—Jan 2020
    WWekaioSeries C—May 2019
    Komprise logoKompriseSeries C$24MFeb 2019
    Pliops logoPliopsSeries B$30MJan 2019
    ScyllaDB logoScyllaDBSeries B$25MJan 2019
    Qumulo logoQumuloSeries D$93MJun 2018
    SiFive logoSiFiveSeries C$50.6MApr 2018
    Kobo360 logoKobo360Pre-Seed$1.2MJan 2018
    HHealthIQSeries C$34.6MNov 2017
    Upmem logoUpmemUnknown—Sep 2017
    Panzura logoPanzuraSeries F$32MJan 2017
    Purigen logoPurigenSeries A$18.2MJan 2016
    SSkullySeries A$11MFeb 2015
    Source3 logoSource3Seed$4MJan 2015
    TTreatoUnknown$35.5MJan 2015
    Tegile logoTegileSeries B$35MAug 2013
    Tegile logoTegileSeries C—Aug 2013
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    Top Co-Investors

    Western Technology Investment7 shared
    Qualcomm Ventures6 shared
    Intel Capital5 shared
    August Capital4 shared
    Techstars4 shared
    Jackson Square Ventures4 shared
    Meritech Capital3 shared
    Rosecliff3 shared
    Link Ventures3 shared
    Hack VC3 shared
    Halogen Ventures3 shared
    AARP3 shared
    Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures3 shared
    Luma Launch3 shared
    Fifth Third Capital3 shared
    Sutter Hill Ventures3 shared
    Spark Capital3 shared
    Osage University Partners3 shared
    Y Combinator2 shared
    TCA Venture Group2 shared

    Last updated: 20 October 2026