Nicolas Sauvage

Nicolas Sauvage is President of TDK Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of TDK Corporation, where he leads the firm’s $500M mandate to invest in early-stage startups driving digital and energy innovation. Since its founding in 2019, TDK Ventures has backed 45 startups under his leadership, including three unicorns—Ascend Elements, Groq, and Silicon Box. Recognized globally, Nicolas has appeared on the GCV Powerlist for six consecutive years, most recently ranking #17 among the top 150 heads of corporate venture. He is also one of only a few corporate VCs inducted into the prestigious Kauffman Fellows program. A champion of knowledge-sharing, Nicolas contributes to outlets including Harvard Business Review, London Business School, and INSEAD, and hosts the Corporate Venturing Insider podcast to spotlight best practices in venture investing. He currently serves on the boards of Sagence AI, AutoFlight, Faction, Metalenz, Virewirx, and TDK Ventures. Prior to TDK, Nicolas held leadership roles at InvenSense—managing strategic relationships with Google and Qualcomm—and at NXP Software, where he oversaw global sales and OEM strategy. Nicolas holds an engineering degree from ISEN in France, studied at King’s College London through Erasmus, and is an alumnus of Stanford GSB and Harvard Business School’s Corporate Director program.