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Foothill Ventures

Activity from announced rounds

Activity in this selectionOct 17, 2026 · Jul 20, 2026

Foothill Ventures is a Los Altos technology investor whose own site identifies Quintessent and which Overlord names in a seed extension.

Recorded funding activity

Quintessent develops quantum-dot laser chips for optical interconnects. Overlord develops battery-management chips for small devices, while Nexstrom develops wafer-scale production of atomically thin materials. The financings concern distinct technologies in semiconductor production and operation.

Sources
Rounds participated in
3
Confirmed lead rounds
0
1 roles undisclosed
New companies
3
First participation on record · 0 follow-on
Funding in participating rounds
$56.4M
3 disclosed · full round size, not this investor’s share

By stage

Seed2
Series A1

By primary sector

Hardware3

By country

United States2
Singapore1

Rounds

3 in this selection
Overlord Labs, Inc.

Designs battery-management chips for smart glasses, wearables and other devices with tightly constrained power budgets.

$4.4MSeed extension
Participant
Nexstrom

A semiconductor equipment company developing wafer-scale production of atomically thin materials for chip foundries.

$12MSeed
Participant
Quintessent

Makes quantum dot laser chips for AI datacenter optical interconnects

$40MSeries A
Role not disclosed