Socratic Partners Activity

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3 investments· SEP 2026

Investment

Led PicoJool's $27.5M Series A, with participation from Hudson River Trading, to scale optical connectivity for AI data centers.

PicoJool

PicoJool Socratic Partners

socraticpartners.comSEP 24, 2026

socraticpartners.com

SEP 24, 2026

Investment

Invested in Polaris Electro-Optics' $50M Series B, led by Walden Catalyst Ventures, to scale its FenGlass optical modulator platform.

Polaris Electro-Optics

Polaris Electro-Optics Socratic Partners

socraticpartners.comSEP 16, 2026 socraticpartners.com

SEP 16, 2026

Investment

Led Delos Data's Series A; General Partner Christian Gallagher joined the board.

Delos Data

Delos Data Socratic Partners

socraticpartners.comSEP 15, 2026 socraticpartners.com

SEP 15, 2026

Milestone

Portfolio company Eridu appointed Stuart Krometis as SVP of Business Development to strengthen commercial leadership.

Eridu AI

Eridu AI Socratic Partners

socraticpartners.comAUG 3, 2026

AUG 3, 2026

Exit

Portfolio company Empower Semiconductor was acquired by Analog Devices for approximately $1.5 billion; the deal completed in August 2026.

Empower Semiconductor

Empower Semiconductor Socratic Partners

socraticpartners.comMAY 20, 2026 socraticpartners.com

MAY 20, 2026

Investment

Participated in nEye.ai's $80M Series C, led by Sutter Hill Ventures with CapitalG and M12, bringing total funding to $152M.

nEye.ai

nEye.ai Socratic Partners

socraticpartners.comAPR 29, 2026

APR 29, 2026

Milestone

Portfolio company Ethernovia announced a new HSB-enabled networking board for NVIDIA Holoscan physical-AI platforms.

Ethernovia

Ethernovia Socratic Partners

socraticpartners.comMAR 16, 2026

MAR 16, 2026

Milestone

Portfolio company Eridu emerged from stealth having raised more than $200M to build AI networking infrastructure for data centers.

Eridu AI

Eridu AI Socratic Partners

socraticpartners.comMAR 12, 2026

MAR 12, 2026

News

Posted an open Associate role, describing itself as a semiconductor and AI-infrastructure focused investment firm backed by leading strategic LPs and financial institutions.

Socratic Partners hiring an Associate

Socratic Partners

socraticpartners.comFEB 26, 2026

FEB 26, 2026

3 milestones· APR 2025 – JAN 2026

Milestone

Portfolio company Ethernovia raised more than $90M to advance its Ethernet packet-processor family for automotive and edge AI.

Ethernovia

Ethernovia Socratic Partners

socraticpartners.comJAN 20, 2026

JAN 20, 2026

Milestone

Portfolio company nEye.ai joined Google, Nvidia, and Microsoft in the Open Compute Project's Open OCS initiative for optical circuit switching.

nEye.ai

nEye.ai Socratic Partners

socraticpartners.comJUL 21, 2025

JUL 21, 2025

Milestone

Portfolio company nEye Systems closed a $58M Series B round led by CapitalG, bringing its total funding to $72.5M.

nEye.ai

nEye.ai Socratic Partners

socraticpartners.comAPR 11, 2025

APR 11, 2025