Back to Manifest




Maryanne Liu
Investment Analyst, TDK Ventures
Company

Based in
San Francisco, CA
Invests
Pre-Seed or Seed
Type
Investor
Maryanne Liu is an investment analyst at TDK Ventures, the corporate venture arm of TDK Corporation, backing early-stage hardware and deep tech startups in robotics, manufacturing, advanced materials, and energy. The firm's assets under management reached $500 million after it launched a $150 million Fund 3 in 2025. Its portfolio includes Agility Robotics, maker of the bipedal Digit robot, and Fabric8Labs, a metal 3D printing company TDK agreed to acquire for up to $400 million in 2026. Liu previously worked at Battery Ventures and Pegasus Tech Ventures.
Relevant Investments
Agility Robotics
Builds Digit, a bipedal humanoid robot that automates repetitive warehouse and factory work.
Series B and later, TDK participating
www.agilityrobotics.com
Fabric8Labs
Uses electrochemical additive manufacturing to 3D print high-precision metal parts at scale.
Seed investment 2021, acquired by TDK 2026 for up to $400M
www.fabric8labs.com
ANYbotics
Makes autonomous four-legged robots that automate industrial inspection in hazardous environments.
Series B 2023
www.anybotics.com
[ DIRTY JOBS Starts in: ]
23:22:42:10
[ section ]
become a sponsor
All rights reserved
DIRTY JOBS SUMMIT 2026
[ DIRTY JOBS Starts in: ]
23:22:42:10
[ section ]
become a sponsor
All rights reserved
DIRTY JOBS SUMMIT 2026
[ DIRTY JOBS Starts in: ]
23:22:42:10
[ section ]
become a sponsor
All rights reserved
DIRTY JOBS SUMMIT 2026