Arm Holdings

What they do

Arm Holdings is a British semiconductor and software design company that architects, develops, and licenses high-performance, low-cost, and energy-efficient CPU products and related technology. While it does not operate a formal, publicly branded corporate venture capital (CVC) arm, it makes strategic investments and acquisitions in companies to support its ecosystem and expand its presence in key markets like IoT, automotive, and AI. The companys technology is a foundational component in the majority of the worlds smartphones and is increasingly used in data centers, automotive applications, and other consumer electronics. Arm went public via an IPO on the Nasdaq in September 2023.

What they look for

Arm’s investment strategy is defined by the mantra "Arm Everywhere." They invest to ensure that the next generation of computing workloads-specifically in Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, and IoT-runs on Arm-based silicon. They look for strategic alignment, ecosystem enablers, and companies focused on "Physical AI". They avoid pure consumer apps with no hardware/silicon angle and technologies exclusively tied to x86 or RISC-V architectures.

Stage

Series B+

Sectors

Deeptech, AI, Mobility and logistics

Based

Cambridge, GB