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E20 Capital Debuts With a $1B Concentrated Bet on AI Networking Chips

The Market Context in 60 Seconds
  1. 01 E20 Capital Ltd, a Hong Kong fund directed by Shi Dawei, debuted its 13F holdings on May 20. The disclosed portfolio holds $1.07 billion across 22 US public-equity stakes in the AI optical and networking layer.
  2. 02 The portfolio grew 3.85x in one quarter, from $277 million in December to $1.07 billion in March. Eight of the top names were added at 100% or more.
  3. 03 Lumentum tops the portfolio at $131M with shares up sevenfold. Tower Semiconductor is a new $108M stake. Intel doubled to $99M. Twelve new buys span Ciena, Astera Labs, Coherent, MACOM, Teradyne and TE Connectivity.
  4. 04 This is a focused bet on the silicon and optical hardware that wires GPU clusters together, not on the GPUs themselves.
  5. 05 The Q2 13F will say whether Lumentum, Tower Semiconductor and Intel survive as top-five names. Or whether the freshly opened book gets recut again.
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How E20 Capital Moved Last Quarter

Money In

20 positions

Lumentum
Optical transceivers that link AI chips
$131M
more than 7x (+607%)
Tower Semiconductor
Specialty foundry for AI analog chips
$108M
new buy
Intel
Legacy chip giant, mid-turnaround
$99M
more than doubled (+145%)
Corning
Optical fiber that carries the signals
$73M
nearly 10x (+927%)
Nvidia
The GPU at the center of AI
$62M
doubled (+120%)
Micron
High-bandwidth memory for AI clusters
$45M
more than doubled (+142%)
Ciena
Optical gear for telecom and data centers
$42M
new buy
Taiwan Semiconductor
Contract foundry for cutting-edge chips
$38M
more than 7x (+614%)
Astera Labs
Connectivity chips that link AI clusters
$33M
new buy
MACOM Technology
Analog chips for optical and 5G
$30M
new buy
Teradyne
Tests every chip before it ships
$30M
new buy
Coherent
Lasers and optical components for AI
$29M
new buy
TE Connectivity
Cables and connectors for data centers
$26M
new buy
Alphabet
Owner of Google and YouTube
$25M
added (+10%)
Modine Manufacturing
Cooling systems for data centers
$25M
tripled (+213%)
Semtech
Optical interface chips for hyperscaler links
$22M
new buy
Qorvo
Wireless and connectivity chips
$21M
new buy
Marvell
Custom AI silicon for hyperscalers
$13M
new buy
Tesla
EV maker with a humanoid robotics arm
$9.8M
new buy
Qnity Electronics
DuPont chip-materials spinoff
$5.3M
new buy

Money Out

10 exits + 2 cuts

Full Exits
SPDR Gold Trust
Gold-tracking ETF
$12M
exited
Viking Holdings
Cruise line operator
$10M
exited
UnitedHealth
Largest US health insurer
$8.8M
exited
JOYY
Chinese livestreaming app
$7.3M
exited
Robinhood
Retail brokerage and crypto
$7.2M
exited
Lam Research
Chip-fabrication equipment maker
$5.2M
exited
Applied Optoelectronics
Optical equipment for data centers
$2.3M
exited
Fair Isaac
Credit score software
$1.7M
exited
Broadcom
AI networking silicon and software
$1.1M
exited
MercadoLibre
Latin American e-commerce platform
$0.2M
exited
Major Cuts
AXT
Indium phosphide substrates for AI optics
-32%
$118M remains
SanDisk
NAND flash memory for data centers
-29%
$81M remains

Still The Biggest

Top 5, ~50% of portfolio

Lumentum
Optical transceivers that link AI chips
$131M
added 607%
AXT
Indium phosphide substrates for AI optics
$118M
trimmed 32%
Tower Semiconductor
Specialty foundry for AI analog chips
$108M
new this quarter
Intel
Legacy chip giant, mid-turnaround
$99M
added 145%
SanDisk
NAND flash memory for data centers
$81M
trimmed 29%
Sources

Primary Filings & Announcements

E20 Capital Ltd Q1 2026 13F-HR Information Table (filed May 20, 2026, period ending March 31, 2026).

E20 Capital Ltd Q1 2026 13F-HR : Filing Index.

E20 Capital Ltd Q4 2025 13F-HR : Information Table (the prior-quarter back-fill filing, period ending December 31, 2025).

E20 Capital Ltd 13F-HR filing history on EDGAR (CIK 0002127793).

Market Coverage

Lumentum (LITE) on Yahoo Finance.

Tower Semiconductor (TSEM) on Yahoo Finance.

Intel (INTC) on Yahoo Finance.

Background & Analysis

Astera Labs (ALAB) on Yahoo Finance : the connectivity-chip name added new this quarter at $33M.

Coherent (COHR) on Yahoo Finance : the optical-component name added new this quarter at $29M.

E20 Capital Ltd full EDGAR filing history (all forms).

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