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Darren Liccardo

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

Los Altos, California

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • Cofounder and Managing Director

    2018

2015 - 2017

  • VP Engineering, Systems and Applications

    2015 - 2017

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

2014 - 2015

  • Director, Engineering, Autopilot

    2014 - 2015

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

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.

  • Director of Software, Inertial Systems

    2003 - 2010

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

  • Engineering Research

    1999 - 2000

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

  • Electrical Engineering

    1998 - 1998

    Investigated and documented failure analysis on consumer electronics.