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Investments

143

Portfolio Exits

27

Funds

7

Partners & Customers

2

About TransLink Capital

TransLink Capital is a Palo Alto-based venture capital fund focused on early expansion stage startups in mobile, communications, and digital media. The TransLink team consists of experienced investors with deep connections with many of early adopter customers in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. Translink Capital's investment strategy is to partner with top-tier VC firms on high-profile early-stage companies where it can demonstrate Translink Capital's value add by successfully closing Asian strategic partnerships and investing the subsequent rounds.

Headquarters Location

530 Lytton Avenue Suite 300

Palo Alto, California, 94301,

United States

650-330-7353

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Sonatus Announces Strategic Investment by NEC and Translink Orchestrating Future Fund and Presence at Automotive World (September) 2023 Exhibition

Sep 5, 2023

4 minute read TOKYO & SUNNYVALE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #AutomotiveSoftware —(Automotive World 2023) – Sonatus , a Silicon Valley-based automotive software company accelerating the transition to software-defined vehicles (SDVs), has announced a strategic investment by NEC and Translink Orchestrating Future Fund, L.P (NOFF). NOFF is aiming to drive the ecosystems required to create social value through collaboration with customers and partners, and to promote new services, knowledge and technologies. Following its expansion into Japan in April this year, this investment strengthens Sonatus’ ties with the Japanese electronics leaders and vehicle manufacturing ecosystem. Sonatus is commencing its Japan exhibition series with a presence at the Automotive World (September) 2023 event in Makuhari Messe. At this leading exhibition of advanced automotive technologies, Sonatus will showcase innovative technologies that are transforming the automotive industry by accelerating the transition to software-defined vehicles. It will demonstrate some of its award-winning solutions in production with Hyundai Motor Group including the Hyundai, Kia and Genesis brands. Additionally, Sonatus will host a seminar in the SDV Forum focused on how the company’s unique data center approach and dynamically configurable software innovations support OEMs and their Tier 1s to embrace a data-driven approach to continuous innovation. WHEN: September 13-15, 2023 WHERE: Automotive World SDV Zone, Booth #4-9, Makuhari Messe Convention Center, 2 Chome-1 Nakase, Mihama Ward, Chiba, 261-0023, Japan EXHIBITION: At Automotive World, Sonatus will showcase how its platforms and products serve as the key building blocks that allow automotive companies and their ecosystem to innovate faster and deliver continuous improvements in costs, capabilities, reliability, and user experience over the vehicle lifespan. To bring this to life, Sonatus will present live demonstrations of two components of the Sonatus Vehicle Platform : Sonatus Collector : Already in production today, this product allows OEMs to instantly gather precise vehicle data across their fleet using lightweight collection policies to do things like improve vehicle quality, enhance customer experience, and enable value-added vehicle services. Sonatus Automator: This newly launched product extends the capabilities of Collector by using automation recipes, or workflows, to activate functions in the vehicle to trigger features or perform tests and diagnostics. It can also take actions outside the vehicle such as invoking APIs, sending notifications, and integrating with services like home automation. SDV FORUM SEMINAR: September 13, 13:00-13:30. See the latest schedule for location. BOOK A MEETING: Interested in meeting with Sonatus at the event? Drop by our booth in the SDV Zone (#4-9), or email [email protected] to schedule a meeting time. Sonatus is looking forward to seeing you at Automotive World. Follow us on LinkedIn and X (formerly Twitter), or visit the website to keep up with the latest in SDV innovation. ABOUT SONATUS Sonatus is accelerating vehicle software innovation and the transition towards software-defined vehicles. The diverse products comprising the Sonatus Vehicle Platform serve as the key building blocks that allow automotive companies and their ecosystem to fast forward to the future of mobility and deliver continuous improvements in costs, capabilities, reliability, and user experience over the vehicle lifespan. Sonatus’ award-winning software platform is in mass production vehicles from Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis today and will grow to millions of cars by 2024. The company has raised more than $110 million USD with world-class automotive, technology, and venture investors including Foxconn, Hyundai Motor Group’s Kia Corporation, LG Electronics, Marvell, NEC and Translink Orchestrating Future Fund, SAIC Capital, Translink Capital, UMC Capital, and Wanxiang Group Company. Sonatus is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA (Silicon Valley), with offices in Dublin, Paris, Shanghai, Seoul, Taiwan, and Tokyo. Sonatus is a trademark of Sonatus, Inc. For more information visit www.sonatus.com . Contacts

TransLink Capital Investments

143 Investments

TransLink Capital has made 143 investments. Their latest investment was in PowerX as part of their Series B on July 7, 2023.

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TransLink Capital Investments Activity

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Date

Round

Company

Amount

New?

Co-Investors

Sources

7/3/2023

Series B

PowerX

$31.65M

Yes

3

3/7/2023

Series C

Plus One Robotics

$50M

No

4

1/9/2023

Series A

LionsBot

$17M

Yes

4

1/5/2023

Series C

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$99M

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10

11/9/2022

Series E

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$99M

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10

Date

7/3/2023

3/7/2023

1/9/2023

1/5/2023

11/9/2022

Round

Series B

Series C

Series A

Series C

Series E

Company

PowerX

Plus One Robotics

LionsBot

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$31.65M

$50M

$17M

$99M

$99M

New?

Yes

No

Yes

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Co-Investors

Sources

3

4

4

10

10

TransLink Capital Portfolio Exits

27 Portfolio Exits

TransLink Capital has 27 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Somnoware on July 05, 2023.

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Exit

Companies

Valuation
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Acquirer

Sources

7/5/2023

Acquired

$99M

5

1/12/2023

Reverse Merger

$99M

3

12/21/2022

Merger

$99M

3

4/28/2022

Reverse Merger

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$99M

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10

12/1/2021

Acq - Talent

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$99M

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10

Date

7/5/2023

1/12/2023

12/21/2022

4/28/2022

12/1/2021

Exit

Acquired

Reverse Merger

Merger

Reverse Merger

Acq - Talent

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$99M

$99M

$99M

$99M

$99M

Acquirer

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Sources

5

3

3

10

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TransLink Capital Fund History

7 Fund Histories

TransLink Capital has 7 funds, including TransLink Capital Partners IV.

Closing Date

Fund

Fund Type

Status

Amount

Sources

2/26/2019

TransLink Capital Partners IV

Multi-Stage Venture Capital

Open

$137.4M

5

7/12/2017

TransLink Capital Partners (SOMPO) I, L.P.

$99M

10

8/3/2015

TransLink Capital Partners III

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$99M

10

8/28/2012

TransLink Capital Partners II LP

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$99M

10

8/11/2008

Translink Capital Partners I

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$99M

10

Closing Date

2/26/2019

7/12/2017

8/3/2015

8/28/2012

8/11/2008

Fund

TransLink Capital Partners IV

TransLink Capital Partners (SOMPO) I, L.P.

TransLink Capital Partners III

TransLink Capital Partners II LP

Translink Capital Partners I

Fund Type

Multi-Stage Venture Capital

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Status

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Amount

$137.4M

$99M

$99M

$99M

$99M

Sources

5

10

10

10

10

TransLink Capital Partners & Customers

2 Partners and customers

TransLink Capital has 2 strategic partners and customers. TransLink Capital recently partnered with FortisBC on April 4, 2019.

Date

Type

Business Partner

Country

News Snippet

Sources

4/24/2019

Partner

Canada

SURREY , BC> , April 24 , 2019 / CNW / - TransLink and FortisBC Energy Inc. today announced a partnership that will source Renewable Natural Gas for TransLink 's natural gas bus fleet .

3

12/15/2010

Vendor

United States

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Date

4/24/2019

12/15/2010

Type

Partner

Vendor

Business Partner

Country

Canada

United States

News Snippet

SURREY , BC> , April 24 , 2019 / CNW / - TransLink and FortisBC Energy Inc. today announced a partnership that will source Renewable Natural Gas for TransLink 's natural gas bus fleet .

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TransLink Capital Team

6 Team Members

TransLink Capital has 6 team members, including , .

Name

Work History

Title

Status

Jay Eum

Founder

Current

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