Kaloyan Andonov spoke to Anil Achyuta, investment director of TDK Ventures – the venturing arm of the Japan-based materials group TDK – about the role of advanced materials in decarbonisation, electrification, 3D printing and battery recycling
Kaloyan Andonov: The global advanced materials market is expected by some to reach $2.1 trillion in value by 2025 at a moderate CAGR of 4-5%. TDK Ventures clearly invests in startups in this space. How important is this broad space to the corporate mothership?
Anil Achyuta: TDK is a renown components company delivering cutting-edge solutions for a smart society. Built on a foundation of material sciences, TDK focuses on demanding markets in automotive, industrial and consumer electronics, as well as information and communication technology. Electronic components, whether it is a silicon chip, capacitor or an inductor, are more often than not made of some type of advanced material. If you go one step further and look at batteries, sensors and so on – all of these are made with advanced materials. TDK is something of an advanced material company, even though we sell components rather than advanced materials. What…
