Ken Lawler

Ken Lawler

 

General Partner
Silicon Valley
ken@battery.com

A 20-year veteran in the venture industry, Ken joined Battery in 1995. He manages Battery's Menlo Park office and focuses on investments in communications infrastructure equipment, clean tech and advanced materials, and semiconductor companies. Since joining Battery, he has led the firm’s investments in Airespace (acquired by Cisco), Advanced Analogic Technologies (NASDAQ: AATI), Amalfi Semiconductor, Aurora Networks, Calxeda, Lara Networks (acquired by Cypress Semiconductor), MaxLinear (NYSE: MXL), Optichron (acquired by NetLogic), Packet Engines (acquired by Alcatel), SigmaTel (NASDAQ: SGTL), and Zenverge.

Prior to joining Battery in 1995, Ken spent 10 years in venture capital at Patricof & Co. Ventures and Berkeley International Capital Corporation. Before starting his venture capital career in 1985, he worked in product management at Advanced Micro Devices and in engineering management at Teradyne and Fairchild Semiconductor. Ken holds a BS and an MS in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles. Ken is currently on the Venture Capital Advisory Board for the Fabless Semiconductor Association.

 

Board Positions:

  • Amalfi Semiconductor
    Mixed-signal CMOS RF solutions for cellular applications
  • Calxeda
    ARM-based architecture and tools that enable truly green datacenters
  • Zenverge
    Advanced media integrated circuits (ICs)
 
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Cleantech entrepreneurship panel at
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Semiconductor Summit: Return of the IPO? Moderated by Ken Lawler

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Joined Battery:

1995

Areas of Interest:

Communications infrastructure equipment, clean tech and advanced materials, semiconductors

In the Industry:

Global Semiconductor Association Advisory Board

 

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