Sector:
Computing & Connectivity
MEET Tina
Tina Tosukhowong is an Investment Director at TDK Ventures. She leads the cleantech and the advanced-material investment areas.
Her background spans two decades as an operator in biotech and material industries, as well as a deep-tech investor in multiple industries. Prior to joining TDK Ventures, she led the Corporate Ventures practice at GC Ventures America, a corporate ventures arm of PTT Global Chemical, where she invested in cleantech, biotech, and advanced materials.
Prior to her venture career, Tina spent a decade in the biotech and material industries and held numerous roles in research & development, scale up & technology transfer, application development, and business development.
Tina holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and a Certificate in Management of Technology from Georgia Institute of Technology. She is also a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Private Equity and Venture Capital program.
Tina has been recognized by the Global Corporate Venturing as Top 50 Emerging Leaders in 2021 and 2023.
AWARDS
Portfolio Companies Served
Board Observer
Divirod’s cost-effective and scalable water network solution brings accessible, hyperlocal, and high-quality data in real-time.
Board Observer
microLED innovator VueReal Inc. brings unprecedented throughput, precision, and yield to the multi-billion-dollar microLED industry with its revolutionary “microprinting” mass transfer approach VueReal’s methodology addresses
Board Observer
Type One Energy is tackling the technical challenges that have kept fusion from becoming a practical reality with the latest advances in additive manufacturing and high-temperature superconductor magnets.
Board Director
pH7 Technologies developed a proprietary metal-extraction process utilizing non-toxic organic and inorganic chemistry, as well as electrochemistry to drive extraction of metals and key minerals from ores, concentrates, and end-of-life materials.
Board Observer
At INERATEC, they are pioneering the post-fossil fuel age by saying goodbye to crude oil and saying hello to a planet powered by synthetic fuel. Made in their Power-to-X plants, their e-Fuels and e-Chemicals can change the transportation and chemical industries as we know them.
NovoLINC has developed a unique nanostructured materials system and proprietary manufacturing process to revolutionize thermal management for high-performance computing, data centers, automobile, aerospace and power electronics.
Current & Ongoing Deep Explorations
Photonic Light Source for Transceivers
This Deep Exploration explores the urgent opportunity in advancing photonic light source technologies for high-speed data communication. As data center and telecom bandwidth demands surge, driven by AI and cloud computing, there is a critical need for high-performance, energy-efficient light sources like lasers and LEDs to support next-generation photonic integrated circuits (PICs). This exploration specifically focuses on the multi-billion dollar market for laser technologies that enable faster, more reliable optical data transmission, and seeks to identify startups innovating in this space to overcome performance, cost, and scalability challenges.
Previous Deep Explorations
Green Steel
Advanced Cooling
Carbon utilization via sustainable aviation fuel
Magnetic Materials
Climate Risk Intelligence Landscape
Solar Windows
Nuclear Fission Based Small Modular Reactors Landscape
Micro LED Landscape
Heating Technologies for Building Sector
Carbon Capture
Precious Metal Recycling
Software for Climate Management
Climate Risk Intelligence
Nuclear Technology Landscape / Fusion
Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.
- Marie Curie