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Darren Liccardo

Hardtech Venture Capital, Autonomous Systems, Embedded Computing, AI, Robotics

Los Altos, California

Investor
VC

Invests in

Stages:

Seed

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Skills

Embedded Systems
Systems Engineering
GPS navigation
Sensor Fusion
Sensors
Automotive Electronics
Computer Vision
Kalman filtering
Auto Racing
Algorithm Design
Signal Processing
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Robotics
Inertial Navigation
Vehicle Dynamics
Software Development
Embedded Software
Private Pilot
Algorithms

Education

Investments

Urban Sky

Seed

Total Funding: $14M

Quadratic

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $5.7M

Polymath Robotics

Pre Seed

Total Funding:

Flightwave Aerospace Systems

Series Unknown

Total Funding:

Oculii

Series B

Total Funding: $55M

Work Experience

Catapult Ventures

2018

  • Cofounder and Managing Director

    2018

DJI

2015 - 2017

  • VP Engineering, Systems and Applications

    2015 - 2017

    Cofounded DJI's Silicon Valley outpost for R&D and business development.

Tesla Motors

2014 - 2015

  • Director, Engineering, Autopilot

    2014 - 2015

    Built the engineering team and technology for Autopilot and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems.

BMW Group

2009 - 2014

  • Technology Office USA

    2009 - 2014

    Technology Identification, Business Development, Research, Engineering Strategy. Founding member of the ADAS/Autonomous Driving efforts in the US.

Crossbow Technology Inc

2003 - 2010

  • Director of Software, Inertial Systems

    2003 - 2010

    Technical management, strategic planning, product R&D, business development.

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space, Advanced Technology Center

1999 - 2000

  • Engineering Research

    1999 - 2000

    Formation flying space vehicle research. Built and demonstrated prototype CDMA ultrawide band time-of-flight ranging system for satellite navigation.

Exponent (formally Failure Analysis Associates)

1998 - 1998

  • Electrical Engineering

    1998 - 1998

    Investigated and documented failure analysis on consumer electronics.