TDK Worldwide

Andrew Maywah

Investment Director

Investment Areas:

Industrial Tech & Mobility

Andrew Maywah was an Investment Director at TDK Ventures from June 2019 to September 2023. He was voted as one of the Rising Stars of 2022 by Global Corporate Venturing, which represents the top 0.5% in the industry.

Prior to TDK Ventures, Andrew was with Silver Tiger Capital, a boutique private equity firm based in Beijing, China. Preceding Silver Tiger Capital, he was with GO Scale Capital, a PE firm in China. He holds both Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Computer Science and Computer Engineering from MIT, and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Andrew enjoys trying out new cooking recipes and hiking on the weekends.

Andrew Maywah, investment director at TDK Ventures, said: “While it is disappointing to see well-funded companies in the space shut down or struggle for a new direction, we are seeing newer entrants into the market who have made inroads with innovative driverless technologies that enable them to be brought to market sooner. The venture capital industry should be backing these kinds of driverless technology startups.”

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Portfolio Companies Served

actnano is setting a new standard for electronics protection with its commercialized water and environmental- resistant nanocoating technology, Advanced nanoGuard™ (ANG).
With over 15 years of robot development, Agility Robotics revolutionary Digit model can provide a robot solution to work side by side with humans, for humans.
Metalenz brings state of the art upgrades to optics across the board (agility, versatility, and resolution) with improved performance at lower manufacturing cost.
Span has overhauled the 100-year-old electrical panel to bring the innovations of tomorrow into the homes of today.
Uhnder is a first of its kind radar-on-chip system made to automate system and precision feedback for the next generation of automotive vehicles.

Previous Deep Explorations

Category: Mobility
Explorers: Andrew Maywah, Valentin Antoine

Autonomous Transportation Systems

We are exploring transportation systems that allow fully electric and autonomous operation to help solve megacity congestion problems.
Category: Connectivity & Computing
Explorer: Andrew Maywah

MEMS Audio Microspeakers

Very small electroacoustic transducers, which are devices that convert an electrical audio signal into sound, based on MEMS technology. These components can be used in devices such as earphones, headphones, wearables, and smartphones.
Category: Industrial
Explorer: Andrew Maywah

Robot Force Sensing

This exploration provides learnings of robot force torque sensors to avoid accidents, increase robot efficiency, and improve the manufacturing process.
Category: Mobility
Explorers: Anil Achyuta, Marc Bouchet, Andrew Maywah

Two Wheel EV Landscape for the Indian Market

This exploration provides learnings about startups developing two wheelers with proprietary design elements, reasonable price points, and that can scale quickly to multiple product offerings while delivering reliable units to customers.
Category: Mobility
Explorer: Andrew Maywah

Autonomous Last Mile Delivery

This exploration provides learnings of autonomous vehicles becoming new entrants to the last mile delivery market in order to effectively reduce the last mile delivery costs for both B2B and B2C applications increasing profitability.
Insight Article: DX Week Visionaries: Driverless, Autonomous Vehicles Promise a More Mobile Future
Category: Next-Gen Materials
Explorer: Andrew Maywah

Protective Coatings for Automotives Electronics

This exploration provides learnings about adequate protection of electric automotive electronics systems to combat environmental threats such as rain, dust, salt water, and temperature fluctuations which can cause serious damage to the car and driver.
Category: Healthtech
Explorer: Andrew Maywah

BioPharma Life Sciences Analytics

This exploration provides learnings about startups in the biopharma space who are seeking to improve their R&D lab efficiency as more of them are turning to big data analytics solutions to offer improvements as well as answers to important questions about their operations.
Category: Next-Gen Materials
Explorers: Anil Achyuta, Andrew Maywah

Metal 3D Printing

This exploration investigates startups in the metal 3D printing industry providing scalable solutions to the market.
Category: Energy & Cleantech
Explorer: Andrew Maywah

Smart Electrical Panels

This exploration provides learnings on smart electrical panel start-ups and the homeowners usage for managing their home energy sources.
Category: Industrial
Explorer: Andrew Maywah

Humanoid Robotics

This exploration provides learnings on humanoid robots and how they will have a major impact on a wide variety of industrial applications through their ability to accomplish important tasks.
Insight Article: DX Week Experts: Industry 5.0 to Humanize Robotics
Category: Connectivity & Computing
Explorer: Andrew Maywah

Optical Solutions for 3D Sensing and Imaging for Mobile Devices

This exploration provides learnings on 3D sensing in mobile devices beyond the consumer realm which could unlock valuable market opportunities.
Category: Mobility
Explorer: Andrew Maywah

Automotive Radar

This exploration provides learnings from short and long-range radar sensors that monitor the environment around a vehicle in real-time, providing critical data to ADAS systems in order to improve driver safety and comfort.
Insight Article: Enabling Safe Mobility for Global Digital Transformation Experts Tout Technologies behind Autonomous Cars, Air Taxis, Drones
Category: Energy & Cleantech
Explorers: Anil Achyuta, Andrew Maywah

EV Lithium-Ion Battery Systems

This exploration provides learnings from the market for EV lithium-ion batteries as there is a rapidly increasing EV production driven by the need for major automakers to meet strict global greenhouse gas emissions standards.
Insight Article: Automated Testing Key to Battery Development Panelists: Grid Upgrades Needed Before Full EV Adoption
Category: Energy & Cleantech
Explorers: Anil Achyuta, Andrew Maywah

Li-Ion Battery Recycling

This exploration provides learnings from various pyro, hydro, and direct recycling technologies that would enable more sustainable Li-Ion battery production.
Insight Article: Mining, Recycling Must Keep Pace with EV Demand, Panelists Agree
Category: Energy & Cleantech
Explorer: Andrew Maywah

Marine Electric Vehicles Targeting Recreational Application

Exploration of seafaring and marine electrical vehicles targeting recreational boating applications.
Category: Industrial
Explorer: Andrew Maywah

Robotic Solutions for Industrial Inspection

Exploration of industrial-grade robotics solutions for automated inspection of products as they are made within the manufacturing process.
Category: Mobility
Explorers: Siddharth Mehta, Andrew Maywah

Fleet Management & Telematics

This exploration provides learnings about technologies that are used for digitizing freight movement, improving asset utilization, operational excellence & predictability.
Category: Energy & Cleantech
Explorers: Anil Achyuta, Katherine He, Andrew Maywah

Residential Energy Storage

This exploration provides learnings about the future of home energy storage, where individual homes can be resilient and have sustainable backup power.
Category: Mobility
Explorer: Andrew Maywah

Cleaning Robots

This exploration provides a broad high-level overview of startups developing robots for indoor cleaning applications.
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