TI Ventures operates as an investment arm of [Texas Instruments Inc.](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/texas-instruments) specializing in early stage and startup investments. The firm prefers to invest in advanced architectures for wireless handsets, data converter, power management and other advanced analog technologies, medical devices, including medical imaging, portable devices and implantables, advanced processor and networking technologies, sensors and low-power wireless technologies, energy management, energy harvesting, and semiconductor-based cleantech solutions.