Intel

North Ocean Photonics

Venture Round in 2023

North Ocean Photonics is a Smart Hardware Company.

SiFive, Inc. is a semiconductor company that specializes in designing and manufacturing chips, particularly focused on RISC-V architecture. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, with additional offices worldwide, SiFive develops multi-core application processors, embedded microcontrollers, and system-on-chip (SoC) products tailored for various applications, including IoT and wearables. The company provides software development kits, toolchains, and utilities to facilitate the development of RISC-V devices, enhancing the efficiency and affordability of hardware design. By leveraging open-source principles and software automation, SiFive aims to accelerate innovation in the semiconductor industry, enabling both large and small businesses to bring new hardware solutions to market more rapidly.

3d Glass Solutions

Series B in 2021

3D Glass Solutions, Inc. specializes in manufacturing glass-based system-in-package (SiP) electronic packaging devices and components. The company offers a range of services, including design consultation and prototyping, catering to integrated circuit manufacturers, photonic component suppliers, and defense contractors. Utilizing its patented APEX® Glass technology, 3D Glass Solutions provides complete glass-enabled systems integration, enabling clients to consolidate multiple components onto a single platform while reducing overall manufacturing costs. The firm also develops photo-definable components such as bandpass filters, gain antennas, and discrete LC components, employing low-loss photosensitive technology to deliver industry-specific radio frequency devices. Established in 2006, 3D Glass Solutions is headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Motivo

Series A in 2021

Motivo has developed proprietary computational technology to use graph analytics, AI and machine learning for the semiconductor IC segment. In the IC space, we dramatically accelerate yield improvement with tera scale data analytics and machine learning.

Xsight Labs

Series D in 2021

Xsight Labs Ltd manufactures chip-set semiconductors for data center and automotive sector. It develops technology for accelerating next generation, cloud-based, data-intensive workloads such as machine learning, data analytics and disaggregated storage. Xsight Labs Ltd was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Kiryat Gat, Israel.

Metalenz

Series A in 2021

Metalenz, Inc. is focused on the research, development, production, and prototyping of innovative optical components. Established in 2016 and headquartered in Weston, Massachusetts, with an additional office in San Francisco, the company specializes in novel optical elements that utilize structured Huygens' surfaces, also known as metamaterial structures. These advanced technologies allow for precise control of wavefronts, polarization, and other light properties. Metalenz's ultra-thin planar optics are designed for high-resolution, full-color imaging, making lenses for mobile phones, computers, and various smaller electronic devices more compact and lightweight. This approach provides businesses with miniaturized alternatives to traditional lenses, enhancing the performance and design of modern electronic products.

Aledia

Series D in 2020

Aledia SA develops and manufactures light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The company offers microwire LED chips based on a 3D architecture using gallium-nitride-on-silicon microwires. It provides its products for general lighting, automotive, and display applications. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Grenoble, France with subsidiaries in Malacca, Malaysia; and Palo Alto, California.

SiFive

Series E in 2020

SiFive, Inc. is a semiconductor company that specializes in designing and manufacturing chips, particularly focused on RISC-V architecture. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, with additional offices worldwide, SiFive develops multi-core application processors, embedded microcontrollers, and system-on-chip (SoC) products tailored for various applications, including IoT and wearables. The company provides software development kits, toolchains, and utilities to facilitate the development of RISC-V devices, enhancing the efficiency and affordability of hardware design. By leveraging open-source principles and software automation, SiFive aims to accelerate innovation in the semiconductor industry, enabling both large and small businesses to bring new hardware solutions to market more rapidly.

Xsight Labs

Series A in 2020

Xsight Labs Ltd manufactures chip-set semiconductors for data center and automotive sector. It develops technology for accelerating next generation, cloud-based, data-intensive workloads such as machine learning, data analytics and disaggregated storage. Xsight Labs Ltd was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Kiryat Gat, Israel.

Xsight Labs

Series A in 2020

Xsight Labs Ltd manufactures chip-set semiconductors for data center and automotive sector. It develops technology for accelerating next generation, cloud-based, data-intensive workloads such as machine learning, data analytics and disaggregated storage. Xsight Labs Ltd was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Kiryat Gat, Israel.

Spectrum Materials

Series B in 2020

Spectrum Materials is another Chinese company that supplies a high-purity speciality gas and material for semiconductor industries.The company specializes in developing electronic gases and ultra-high-purity germane materials used in advanced semiconductor manufacturing, providing high-quality, reliable products for the chip manufacturing industry.

Inpria

Series C in 2020

Inpria Corporation, founded in 2007 and based in Corvallis, Oregon, specializes in the design, development, and manufacture of EUV metal oxide photoresists. The company is recognized as a pioneer in extending semiconductor lithography by utilizing inorganic photoresists and thin films for nanoscale patterning. Inpria’s innovative photo-condensed molecular oxides allow for the direct deposition of atomically smooth and dense metal oxide films from a solution, which can be photopatterned. This technology enhances performance while simplifying processing, supporting advancements in EUV lithography and addressing the growing demands of the semiconductor industry.

Qolibri

Venture Round in 2019

Qolibri, Inc. develops technology based solutions for semiconductor manufacturing subfabs. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Roseville, California.

Movellus

Series A in 2019

Movellus, Inc. designs, develops, fabricates, tests, and manufactures mixed-signal semiconductors for the semiconductor market. It offers clock generators/PLLs, locked loops, programmable oscillators, pulse width modulators, and near threshold analogs. The company's products include Movellus PLL, DLL, and LDO generators. It serves semiconductor and systems companies in the artificial intelligence, networking, and FPGA segments. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in San Jose, California with additional offices in Silicon Valley, California; Ann Arbor, Michigan; and Toronto, Canada.

Movellus

Venture Round in 2018

Movellus, Inc. designs, develops, fabricates, tests, and manufactures mixed-signal semiconductors for the semiconductor market. It offers clock generators/PLLs, locked loops, programmable oscillators, pulse width modulators, and near threshold analogs. The company's products include Movellus PLL, DLL, and LDO generators. It serves semiconductor and systems companies in the artificial intelligence, networking, and FPGA segments. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in San Jose, California with additional offices in Silicon Valley, California; Ann Arbor, Michigan; and Toronto, Canada.

VeriSilicon

Series A in 2018

VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd. is an integrated circuit (IC) design foundry that provides custom silicon solutions and system-on-chip (SoC) turnkey services for a wide range of electronic devices and systems, including smart phones, media tablets, HDTVs, set-top boxes, blu-ray DVD players, home gateways, networking, and data centers. VeriSilicon's technology solutions leverage licensable digital signal processing cores, Hantro Video IPs, eDRAM, and others that can be targeted for a wide range of process technology, including advanced nodes like 28nm and FD-SOI.

eASIC

Acquisition in 2018

eASIC Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company that specializes in manufacturing platforms designed to lower the cost of ownership and accelerate the production of customized silicon devices. The company develops the Nextreme family of devices, including the fourth-generation Nextreme-3 and third-generation Nextreme-2, which significantly reduce development costs and turnaround times compared to standard cell ASICs while also decreasing power consumption and unit costs. Additionally, eASIC offers the easicopy ASIC, providing original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) a pathway to transition from Nextreme devices to a cell-based ASIC, further optimizing device cost, power consumption, or performance. The eZ-IP alliance program complements these offerings by providing access to a variety of verified eASIC-ready intellectual property cores, facilitating faster market entry for clients. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, eASIC serves a global customer base across diverse applications, including wireless infrastructure and consumer handheld devices. The company operates as a subsidiary of Intel Corporation.

Movellus

Venture Round in 2018

Movellus, Inc. designs, develops, fabricates, tests, and manufactures mixed-signal semiconductors for the semiconductor market. It offers clock generators/PLLs, locked loops, programmable oscillators, pulse width modulators, and near threshold analogs. The company's products include Movellus PLL, DLL, and LDO generators. It serves semiconductor and systems companies in the artificial intelligence, networking, and FPGA segments. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in San Jose, California with additional offices in Silicon Valley, California; Ann Arbor, Michigan; and Toronto, Canada.

Trigence

Series C in 2018

Trigence Semiconductor, Inc. operates as an audio IC design and solution provider. The company offers digital audio products, such as Digital Speaker Module that include speakers, enclosures, connectors, FPCs, audio DSPs, and interfaces to simplify development for PC, tablet, and smartphone required audio functionality; and digital speaker drivers, USBs, and evaluation boards for the consumer and IT markets. It provides products for applications in computer and laptop, headsets, sound-bar, and Bluetooth speaker. The company offers its products through distributors. Trigence Semiconductor, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is based in Tokyo, Japan with offices in Japan, the United States, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

SiFive

Series C in 2018

SiFive, Inc. is a semiconductor company that specializes in designing and manufacturing chips, particularly focused on RISC-V architecture. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, with additional offices worldwide, SiFive develops multi-core application processors, embedded microcontrollers, and system-on-chip (SoC) products tailored for various applications, including IoT and wearables. The company provides software development kits, toolchains, and utilities to facilitate the development of RISC-V devices, enhancing the efficiency and affordability of hardware design. By leveraging open-source principles and software automation, SiFive aims to accelerate innovation in the semiconductor industry, enabling both large and small businesses to bring new hardware solutions to market more rapidly.

Aledia

Series C in 2018

Aledia SA develops and manufactures light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The company offers microwire LED chips based on a 3D architecture using gallium-nitride-on-silicon microwires. It provides its products for general lighting, automotive, and display applications. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Grenoble, France with subsidiaries in Malacca, Malaysia; and Palo Alto, California.

Reno Sub Systems

Series C in 2017

Reno Sub-Systems, to our longtime semiconductor friends, colleagues and customers around the world. The founding of Reno has been a very gratifying challenge which has brought together many of the best and brightest minds in the field of Semiconductor Process Equipment Instrumentation. At a time when industry consolidation and the tightening of venture capital poses a serious threat to new business formation, the founders of Reno have demonstrated the incredible power of inventing world-class technologies to enable next generation processes. With three brand new and highly disruptive technologies, we are creating a paradigm shift in the industry. At Reno, we believe there is unlimited potential for new discoveries and innovative thinking. As we move forward into the 450mm era, Reno stands at the summit of semiconductor process control equipment technology, ready to set the standards for product performance, worldwide customer support and customer satisfaction.

Keyssa

Series C in 2017

Keyssa, Inc. specializes in the development and manufacturing of contactless connectors and wireless semiconductors utilizing millimeter-wave technology for data transfer. The company offers a compact system known as Kiss Connectivity, which facilitates simple, secure, and instantaneous data flow between devices without the need for metal connectors, cables, or traditional wireless networks. This innovative solution enables rapid transmission of large amounts of data and video between devices in close proximity while minimizing battery drain. Keyssa's technology relies on extremely high frequency signals and integrates advanced mechanical design, electromagnetics, materials science, and semiconductor technologies. Founded in 2009 and originally known as WaveConnex, Inc., Keyssa is headquartered in Campbell, California, with additional offices in Oregon, China, South Korea, and Taiwan.

Inpria

Series B in 2017

Inpria Corporation, founded in 2007 and based in Corvallis, Oregon, specializes in the design, development, and manufacture of EUV metal oxide photoresists. The company is recognized as a pioneer in extending semiconductor lithography by utilizing inorganic photoresists and thin films for nanoscale patterning. Inpria’s innovative photo-condensed molecular oxides allow for the direct deposition of atomically smooth and dense metal oxide films from a solution, which can be photopatterned. This technology enhances performance while simplifying processing, supporting advancements in EUV lithography and addressing the growing demands of the semiconductor industry.

Grand Chip Microelectronics

Venture Round in 2016

Grand Chip Microelectronics Co., Ltd is a company based in Zhuzhou City, China, specializing in the development of radio frequency (RF) front-end integrated circuits (ICs) and RF Place & Play solutions tailored for wireless local area network (WLAN) infrastructure applications. The company focuses on creating high-performance, high-linearity, and highly integrated Wi-Fi front-end devices that enhance wireless connectivity across various platforms, including cellular networks and the Internet of Things.

Soft Machines

Acquisition in 2016

Soft Machines is a semiconductor company focusing on co-developing VISC architecture-based processor and SoC products for all major performance computing platforms. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Santa Clara, California.

Reno Sub Systems

Series B in 2016

Reno Sub-Systems, to our longtime semiconductor friends, colleagues and customers around the world. The founding of Reno has been a very gratifying challenge which has brought together many of the best and brightest minds in the field of Semiconductor Process Equipment Instrumentation. At a time when industry consolidation and the tightening of venture capital poses a serious threat to new business formation, the founders of Reno have demonstrated the incredible power of inventing world-class technologies to enable next generation processes. With three brand new and highly disruptive technologies, we are creating a paradigm shift in the industry. At Reno, we believe there is unlimited potential for new discoveries and innovative thinking. As we move forward into the 450mm era, Reno stands at the summit of semiconductor process control equipment technology, ready to set the standards for product performance, worldwide customer support and customer satisfaction.

Inpria

Venture Round in 2016

Inpria Corporation, founded in 2007 and based in Corvallis, Oregon, specializes in the design, development, and manufacture of EUV metal oxide photoresists. The company is recognized as a pioneer in extending semiconductor lithography by utilizing inorganic photoresists and thin films for nanoscale patterning. Inpria’s innovative photo-condensed molecular oxides allow for the direct deposition of atomically smooth and dense metal oxide films from a solution, which can be photopatterned. This technology enhances performance while simplifying processing, supporting advancements in EUV lithography and addressing the growing demands of the semiconductor industry.

Trigence

Corporate Round in 2015

Trigence Semiconductor, Inc. operates as an audio IC design and solution provider. The company offers digital audio products, such as Digital Speaker Module that include speakers, enclosures, connectors, FPCs, audio DSPs, and interfaces to simplify development for PC, tablet, and smartphone required audio functionality; and digital speaker drivers, USBs, and evaluation boards for the consumer and IT markets. It provides products for applications in computer and laptop, headsets, sound-bar, and Bluetooth speaker. The company offers its products through distributors. Trigence Semiconductor, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is based in Tokyo, Japan with offices in Japan, the United States, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

SBA Materials

Series D in 2015

SBA Materials, Inc. engages in the development and commercialization of advanced electronic materials for back-end of line and packaging applications for semiconductor manufacturing. The company focuses on commercializing low-k dielectric materials for interlayer dielectric application to address the needs of the semiconductor manufacturing industry. Its products include uLK22, uLK1X, and optical films, as well as nano-porous/meso-porous materials. The company offers materials to address the unmet needs of electronic device manufacturers. SBA Materials, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Telink

Venture Round in 2015

Telink Semiconductor Co., Ltd, founded in 2010 and headquartered in Shanghai, China, specializes in the design and manufacturing of low-power radio-frequency and mixed-signal system chips. The company primarily focuses on developing integrated circuit solutions for Internet of Things (IoT) devices, such as smart bulbs. Telink is dedicated to advancing the technology of wireless IoT system-level chips, engaging in extensive research and development to remain at the forefront of this rapidly evolving sector.

Nuovo Film

Venture Round in 2015

Nuovo Film Inc. is a nanotechnology company founded in 2012, headquartered in Suzhou, China, with an additional office in Palo Alto, California. The company specializes in manufacturing and marketing transparent conductive electrode materials and solutions tailored for the renewable energy and display industries. Its products serve a variety of applications, including touch screens, thin-film solar cells, functional films, conductive inks, LED lighting, flexible displays, and LCD displays. Nuovo Film is focused on developing next-generation core materials and has established a strategic partnership with Intel Corporation to integrate its proprietary printed touch sensors into Intel-architecture mobile and computing devices. Through its innovative technology, Nuovo Film aims to enhance the value chains of global companies in these sectors.

Altera

Acquisition in 2015

Altera Corporation, founded in 1983 and headquartered in San Jose, California, is a prominent semiconductor company specializing in programmable logic devices (PLDs) and associated development tools. The company designs and sells a range of products, including field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), complex programmable logic devices (CPLDs), and HardCopy application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) devices. Altera's offerings also encompass power system-on-chip devices that facilitate the miniaturization of power circuitry, as well as configuration devices for storing programming code. Its advanced product lines include the Stratix, Arria, Cyclone, and MAX series of FPGAs. Additionally, Altera provides intellectual property cores for system-level functions and development tools, such as the Quartus II software for design processes. The company serves diverse markets, including telecommunications, industrial automation, military, and automotive sectors, and operates internationally through distributors and direct sales. As of December 2015, Altera operates as a subsidiary of Intel Corporation.

Digital Specialty Chemicals

Private Equity Round in 2015

Digital Specialty Chemicals Limited is a private manufacturer of fine chemicals, specializing in organophosphorus and organometallic chemistry. Founded in 1987 and based in Toronto, Canada, the company serves global markets, including pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, and specialty chemicals. Its product offerings include organophosphorus derivatives, electronic-grade organometallics, phosphorylating agents for oligonucleotide synthesis, and chiral technology. As of March 2019, Digital Specialty Chemicals operates as a subsidiary of Entegris, Inc.

InVisage Technologies

Series F in 2014

InVisage Technologies Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, produces quantum dot-based image sensors. The company's product enables the high resolution images from handheld devices, such as camera phones and PDAs. Its products are used in security and surveillance, automotive imaging, military, and medical imaging applications, as well as mobile phone cameras, Webcams, and digital still cameras. The company was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Menlo Park, California.

Reno Sub Systems

Series A in 2014

Reno Sub-Systems, to our longtime semiconductor friends, colleagues and customers around the world. The founding of Reno has been a very gratifying challenge which has brought together many of the best and brightest minds in the field of Semiconductor Process Equipment Instrumentation. At a time when industry consolidation and the tightening of venture capital poses a serious threat to new business formation, the founders of Reno have demonstrated the incredible power of inventing world-class technologies to enable next generation processes. With three brand new and highly disruptive technologies, we are creating a paradigm shift in the industry. At Reno, we believe there is unlimited potential for new discoveries and innovative thinking. As we move forward into the 450mm era, Reno stands at the summit of semiconductor process control equipment technology, ready to set the standards for product performance, worldwide customer support and customer satisfaction.

Keyssa

Series C in 2014

Keyssa, Inc. specializes in the development and manufacturing of contactless connectors and wireless semiconductors utilizing millimeter-wave technology for data transfer. The company offers a compact system known as Kiss Connectivity, which facilitates simple, secure, and instantaneous data flow between devices without the need for metal connectors, cables, or traditional wireless networks. This innovative solution enables rapid transmission of large amounts of data and video between devices in close proximity while minimizing battery drain. Keyssa's technology relies on extremely high frequency signals and integrates advanced mechanical design, electromagnetics, materials science, and semiconductor technologies. Founded in 2009 and originally known as WaveConnex, Inc., Keyssa is headquartered in Campbell, California, with additional offices in Oregon, China, South Korea, and Taiwan.

Avogy

Series B in 2014

Avogy, Inc. designs, develops, and manufactures vertical gallium nitride (GaN) based power semiconductor devices. The company offers diodes and JFETS. It also engages in developing vertical GaN transistors that enable system manufacturers to achieve reduction in power consumption, size, weight, and cost while improving the reliability of data center servers, switches and routers, solar and wind inverters, electrical and hybrid vehicles, and other power conversion and generation equipment. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in San Jose, California.

VeriSilicon

Venture Round in 2014

VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd. is an integrated circuit (IC) design foundry that provides custom silicon solutions and system-on-chip (SoC) turnkey services for a wide range of electronic devices and systems, including smart phones, media tablets, HDTVs, set-top boxes, blu-ray DVD players, home gateways, networking, and data centers. VeriSilicon's technology solutions leverage licensable digital signal processing cores, Hantro Video IPs, eDRAM, and others that can be targeted for a wide range of process technology, including advanced nodes like 28nm and FD-SOI.

Inpria

Venture Round in 2014

Inpria Corporation, founded in 2007 and based in Corvallis, Oregon, specializes in the design, development, and manufacture of EUV metal oxide photoresists. The company is recognized as a pioneer in extending semiconductor lithography by utilizing inorganic photoresists and thin films for nanoscale patterning. Inpria’s innovative photo-condensed molecular oxides allow for the direct deposition of atomically smooth and dense metal oxide films from a solution, which can be photopatterned. This technology enhances performance while simplifying processing, supporting advancements in EUV lithography and addressing the growing demands of the semiconductor industry.

Newlans

Series B in 2014

Newlans, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company based in Acton, Massachusetts, that focuses on programmable analog signal processing solutions. Founded in 2003, the company specializes in developing high-quality programmable silicon-on-insulator capacitors and components designed for integration into tunable radio frequency front end (RFFE) solutions. As smartphone original equipment manufacturers and RFFE module suppliers seek to adapt to the growing adoption of 4G LTE bands and carrier aggregation, Newlans provides innovative tunable solutions that enhance performance while reducing costs and size. Newlans operates as a subsidiary of Newtel Essence B.V.

InVisage Technologies

Series E in 2014

InVisage Technologies Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, produces quantum dot-based image sensors. The company's product enables the high resolution images from handheld devices, such as camera phones and PDAs. Its products are used in security and surveillance, automotive imaging, military, and medical imaging applications, as well as mobile phone cameras, Webcams, and digital still cameras. The company was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Menlo Park, California.

Persimmon Technologies

Series B in 2014

Persimmon Technologies Corporation develops, manufactures, and distributes atmospheric and vacuum robotics, vacuum modules, and automation systems in the United States. The company operates as a sales representative for Nidec Sankyo Corporation's atmospheric robotic products in the United States. It serves semiconductor, data storage, LED, OLED, solar, and flat panel display equipment markets. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Wakefield, Massachusetts. As of March 31, 2017, Persimmon Technologies Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Inpria

Venture Round in 2014

Inpria Corporation, founded in 2007 and based in Corvallis, Oregon, specializes in the design, development, and manufacture of EUV metal oxide photoresists. The company is recognized as a pioneer in extending semiconductor lithography by utilizing inorganic photoresists and thin films for nanoscale patterning. Inpria’s innovative photo-condensed molecular oxides allow for the direct deposition of atomically smooth and dense metal oxide films from a solution, which can be photopatterned. This technology enhances performance while simplifying processing, supporting advancements in EUV lithography and addressing the growing demands of the semiconductor industry.

SBA Materials

Series B in 2013

SBA Materials, Inc. engages in the development and commercialization of advanced electronic materials for back-end of line and packaging applications for semiconductor manufacturing. The company focuses on commercializing low-k dielectric materials for interlayer dielectric application to address the needs of the semiconductor manufacturing industry. Its products include uLK22, uLK1X, and optical films, as well as nano-porous/meso-porous materials. The company offers materials to address the unmet needs of electronic device manufacturers. SBA Materials, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

SBA Materials

Venture Round in 2013

SBA Materials, Inc. engages in the development and commercialization of advanced electronic materials for back-end of line and packaging applications for semiconductor manufacturing. The company focuses on commercializing low-k dielectric materials for interlayer dielectric application to address the needs of the semiconductor manufacturing industry. Its products include uLK22, uLK1X, and optical films, as well as nano-porous/meso-porous materials. The company offers materials to address the unmet needs of electronic device manufacturers. SBA Materials, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

GainSpan

Series D in 2013

GainSpan brings Ultra-low-power Wi-Fi to sensors and embedded applications. The company's semiconductor solutions break new ground in Wi-Fi applications by enabling years of battery life for Wi-Fi sensors and other devices. In September of 2006, a core team of engineers and thought leaders spun off from Intel Corporation to form Emphany Systems, later GainSpan. The vision was simple... enable and accelerate the adoption of new wireless usage models for sensor network applications using an existing widely deployed standard technology. The challenge was daunting... while wireless sensor networks have seen steady growth over the past few years, their market potential has, in fact, been hindered by power consumption issues and lack of mature standards based solutions. The solution was innovative... new Wi-Fi semiconductor and software solutions that enable sensors and other devices to run up to 10 years on a single AA battery. This allows users to leverage the global Wi-Fi infrastructure, existing tools and knowledge investments, for new applications such as temperature monitoring for energy management, condition monitoring of industrial equipment in manufacturing plants or streetlights in metro areas.

Zinitix

Venture Round in 2013

Founded in 2000 and led by president and CEO James Jong Man Sohn, Zinitix specializes in various SoC semiconductors based on its own Microcontroller (MCU) core technology, which are the foundations of its touch controller ICs. The company, which has also developed antinoise, stylus-pen, and cost-reduction touch solution technologies, serves IT companies from Korea, Taiwan, Japan and the US.

InVisage Technologies

Series D in 2013

InVisage Technologies Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, produces quantum dot-based image sensors. The company's product enables the high resolution images from handheld devices, such as camera phones and PDAs. Its products are used in security and surveillance, automotive imaging, military, and medical imaging applications, as well as mobile phone cameras, Webcams, and digital still cameras. The company was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Menlo Park, California.

Persimmon Technologies

Series B in 2013

Persimmon Technologies Corporation develops, manufactures, and distributes atmospheric and vacuum robotics, vacuum modules, and automation systems in the United States. The company operates as a sales representative for Nidec Sankyo Corporation's atmospheric robotic products in the United States. It serves semiconductor, data storage, LED, OLED, solar, and flat panel display equipment markets. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Wakefield, Massachusetts. As of March 31, 2017, Persimmon Technologies Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.

ZiiLabs

Acquisition in 2012

ZiiLABS Ltd designs and develops silicon solutions which include ZMS chips. The company was founded in 1994 and is based in Egham, United Kingdom.

Sand 9

Series C in 2012

Sand 9, Inc. is a venture-funded startup focused on designing components that enhance the performance and capabilities of wireless devices. The company specializes in MEMS timing products that cater to both wired and wireless systems across various sectors, including communications, industrial, military, and mobile markets. By developing innovative solutions, Sand 9 aims to significantly improve the functionality of devices, positioning itself as a key player in the evolving landscape of technology.

Trigence

Venture Round in 2012

Trigence Semiconductor, Inc. operates as an audio IC design and solution provider. The company offers digital audio products, such as Digital Speaker Module that include speakers, enclosures, connectors, FPCs, audio DSPs, and interfaces to simplify development for PC, tablet, and smartphone required audio functionality; and digital speaker drivers, USBs, and evaluation boards for the consumer and IT markets. It provides products for applications in computer and laptop, headsets, sound-bar, and Bluetooth speaker. The company offers its products through distributors. Trigence Semiconductor, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is based in Tokyo, Japan with offices in Japan, the United States, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

GainSpan

Series C in 2011

GainSpan brings Ultra-low-power Wi-Fi to sensors and embedded applications. The company's semiconductor solutions break new ground in Wi-Fi applications by enabling years of battery life for Wi-Fi sensors and other devices. In September of 2006, a core team of engineers and thought leaders spun off from Intel Corporation to form Emphany Systems, later GainSpan. The vision was simple... enable and accelerate the adoption of new wireless usage models for sensor network applications using an existing widely deployed standard technology. The challenge was daunting... while wireless sensor networks have seen steady growth over the past few years, their market potential has, in fact, been hindered by power consumption issues and lack of mature standards based solutions. The solution was innovative... new Wi-Fi semiconductor and software solutions that enable sensors and other devices to run up to 10 years on a single AA battery. This allows users to leverage the global Wi-Fi infrastructure, existing tools and knowledge investments, for new applications such as temperature monitoring for energy management, condition monitoring of industrial equipment in manufacturing plants or streetlights in metro areas.

NexPlanar

Series D in 2011

NexPlanar Corporation builds chemical mechanical planarization pads for the semiconductor device industry. The company provides hard and mid-hard, and ultra-soft pads. It serves semiconductor fabrication operations around the world. NexPlanar Corporation was formerly known as Neopad Technologies Corporation and changed its name to NexPlanar Corporation in September 2008. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Hillsboro, Oregon. As of October 22, 2015, NexPlanar Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Cabot Microelectronics Corporation.

Silicon Hive

Acquisition in 2011

Silicon Hive BV supplies semiconductor intellectual properties. It designs, builds, and licenses application-specific system solutions for use in consumer electronics and mobile terminals applications by semiconductor manufacturers and original equipment manufacturers. The companyâ€™s products enable semiconductor and consumer electronics companies to make programmable integrated circuits for imaging, video, and wireless communication applications. Silicon Hive BVâ€™s solutions and parallel processor technologies are used in camera systems, video systems, and wireless communications. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands with additional offices in San Jose, California; Tokyo, Japan; Seoul, South Korea; and Bangalore, India. Silicon Hive BV operates independently of Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV as of April 16, 2007.

InVisage Technologies

Series C in 2011

InVisage Technologies Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, produces quantum dot-based image sensors. The company's product enables the high resolution images from handheld devices, such as camera phones and PDAs. Its products are used in security and surveillance, automotive imaging, military, and medical imaging applications, as well as mobile phone cameras, Webcams, and digital still cameras. The company was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Menlo Park, California.

SulfurCell

Venture Round in 2011

SulfurCell is a German developer and manufacturer of thin-film, electricity-generating solar modules. Sulfurcell's thin-film modules have demonstrated some of the highest energy conversion efficiencies for thin-film PV. Sulfurcell's product also offers scalability — a crucial component for high-volume supply — bringing the solar industry one step closer to mainstream applications.

Taifatech

Venture Round in 2010

Taifatech is a fabless semiconductor company, designs and develops controllers that connect devices to each other or to the network.

Mirics Limited

Venture Round in 2010

Mirics Semiconductor, Inc. offers semiconductors that enable global platform products for converged broadcast. It provides poly-band tuners for the consumer electronics and cell phone industries. The company also offers evaluation kits, which allow the evaluation of the tuners in a lab environment. Mirics Semiconductor was founded in 2004 and is based in Fleet, the United Kingdom with an additional office in Hampshire.

Infineon Technologies

Acquisition in 2010

Infineon Technologies focuses on the three central challenges facing modern society Energy Efficiency, Communications and Security and offers semiconductors and system solutions for automotive and industrial electronics, chip card and security applications as well as applications in communications.

Cymbet

Series C in 2010

Cymbet develops market eco-friendly, biocompatible rechargeable solid state batteries that provide electronic systems designers with new embedded power capabilities. Cymbet’s EnerChip batteries allow new concepts in energy storage application for ICs and new products for medical, sensor, RFID, industrial control, communications, and portable electronic devices. Their new single chip Power Management Real-Time Clock (PMRTC) device is a world class device and among the lowest power RTCs in the industry.

Spectrawatt

Venture Round in 2010

SpectraWatt Inc. manufactures and markets photovoltaic cells. The company's product finds application in solar panels that convert sunlight into electricity. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Gudeng Precision

Venture Round in 2009

Gudeng Precision Industrial Co is a semiconductor front-end equipment manufacturer that helps customers enhance product yield and reduce production cost by providing customized products with innovative design concepts. Presently, Gudeng Precision is the world's leading photomask and wafer handling total solution provider, and the company's products are accepted and certificated by worldwide tier-one customers. Gudeng Precision will use the funding to expand business in China and enhance working capital.

IMS Nanofabrication

Venture Round in 2009

IMS Nanofabrication AG (“IMS”) is an Austrian based high-tech company and was founded in Dec 2006 through the merger of the former IMS Nanofabrication GmbH and IMS – Ionen Mikrofabrikations Systeme GmbH. IMS acts as technology innovator and provider for the nanoworld and develops lithography tools for the semiconductor and nanotech industry, concentrating its main efforts presently on the development of an electron multi-beam Mask Exposure Tool (eMET) for the fabrication of leading-edge complex masks and templates.

Translarity

Series B in 2009

Translarity is an innovator in the semiconductor wafer test industry, focused on the advanced probe card market. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Translarity brings a disruptive change to the world of semiconductor test by offering a full-wafer test with low cost, high performance, and short cycle time. Translarity acquired BucklingBeam in 2017 to expand its offerings and deliver a full suite of probe card solutions, including full probe cards and vertical probe head solutions. Combined with the company’s advanced Space Translator™ space transformer technology, the company addresses the rapid state of acceleration in probe technologies. Translarity’s proven management team, backed by strong financial investors, recruited a dynamic team of top industry talent to address the unmet challenges in building the Wafer Translator™ technology. In creating the Translarity solution, the team developed a fertile innovation pipeline and a strong IP portfolio, with more than 45 patents already issued and more than 50 filed.

Mirics Limited

Venture Round in 2009

Mirics Semiconductor, Inc. offers semiconductors that enable global platform products for converged broadcast. It provides poly-band tuners for the consumer electronics and cell phone industries. The company also offers evaluation kits, which allow the evaluation of the tuners in a lab environment. Mirics Semiconductor was founded in 2004 and is based in Fleet, the United Kingdom with an additional office in Hampshire.

Trony Solar

Series A in 2008

Trony Solar Holdings Company Limited is a prominent solar energy solution provider based in Shenzhen, China, specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sale of a wide range of solar products. Founded in 1993, the company primarily serves markets in China and the United States. Trony offers various solar modules for applications such as photovoltaic power stations, household systems, and agricultural solutions. Its product portfolio includes integrated power supply systems and loaded application systems that support different home appliances and devices. Additionally, Trony is known for its Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) and embedded modules designed for energy generation and lighting. With a commitment to innovation, Trony holds over 100 patents in solar production and application technologies, and is actively expanding its production capacity to meet the growing demand for affordable renewable energy solutions.

Silicon Hive

Venture Round in 2008

Silicon Hive BV supplies semiconductor intellectual properties. It designs, builds, and licenses application-specific system solutions for use in consumer electronics and mobile terminals applications by semiconductor manufacturers and original equipment manufacturers. The companyâ€™s products enable semiconductor and consumer electronics companies to make programmable integrated circuits for imaging, video, and wireless communication applications. Silicon Hive BVâ€™s solutions and parallel processor technologies are used in camera systems, video systems, and wireless communications. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands with additional offices in San Jose, California; Tokyo, Japan; Seoul, South Korea; and Bangalore, India. Silicon Hive BV operates independently of Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV as of April 16, 2007.

Voltaix

Venture Round in 2008

Voltaix is a provider of semiconductor materials used in the production of semiconductor and advanced photovoltaic cells. The company sells its products through the major international gas distributors and is recognized worldwide for excellence in the synthesis and production of high purity gases and chemicals that enhance the performance of electronic, photonic, and solar devices. The company, the former ChemOvonic Division of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. was spun off as an independent business in 1986. In 1998 the company acquired Florida Scientific Laboratories, Inc. Today, Voltaix operates facilities in Branchburg, NJ and High Springs, FL.

SulfurCell

Private Equity Round in 2008

SulfurCell is a German developer and manufacturer of thin-film, electricity-generating solar modules. Sulfurcell's thin-film modules have demonstrated some of the highest energy conversion efficiencies for thin-film PV. Sulfurcell's product also offers scalability — a crucial component for high-volume supply — bringing the solar industry one step closer to mainstream applications.

NexPlanar

Series C in 2008

NexPlanar Corporation builds chemical mechanical planarization pads for the semiconductor device industry. The company provides hard and mid-hard, and ultra-soft pads. It serves semiconductor fabrication operations around the world. NexPlanar Corporation was formerly known as Neopad Technologies Corporation and changed its name to NexPlanar Corporation in September 2008. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Hillsboro, Oregon. As of October 22, 2015, NexPlanar Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Cabot Microelectronics Corporation.

Spectrawatt

Venture Round in 2008

SpectraWatt Inc. manufactures and markets photovoltaic cells. The company's product finds application in solar panels that convert sunlight into electricity. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Hillsboro, Oregon.

NexPlanar

Series C in 2008

NexPlanar Corporation builds chemical mechanical planarization pads for the semiconductor device industry. The company provides hard and mid-hard, and ultra-soft pads. It serves semiconductor fabrication operations around the world. NexPlanar Corporation was formerly known as Neopad Technologies Corporation and changed its name to NexPlanar Corporation in September 2008. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Hillsboro, Oregon. As of October 22, 2015, NexPlanar Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Cabot Microelectronics Corporation.

Wisair

Series D in 2008

Wisair is a fabless semiconductor company providing single-chip based Ultra Wideband (UWB) and Wireless USB solutions for personal computing, consumer electronics, and mobile devices.

Nanochip

Series C in 2008

Nanochip, Inc. operates as a fabless semiconductor company. It develops microelectro-mechanical systems with silicon data storage chips. The company's products are used in consumer electronics products, such as digital cameras, cell phones, and PDAs, as well as laptop computers and servers. It shut its doors in May 2009 and was seeing buyers for its intellectual property at the time.

GainSpan

Series B in 2007

GainSpan brings Ultra-low-power Wi-Fi to sensors and embedded applications. The company's semiconductor solutions break new ground in Wi-Fi applications by enabling years of battery life for Wi-Fi sensors and other devices. In September of 2006, a core team of engineers and thought leaders spun off from Intel Corporation to form Emphany Systems, later GainSpan. The vision was simple... enable and accelerate the adoption of new wireless usage models for sensor network applications using an existing widely deployed standard technology. The challenge was daunting... while wireless sensor networks have seen steady growth over the past few years, their market potential has, in fact, been hindered by power consumption issues and lack of mature standards based solutions. The solution was innovative... new Wi-Fi semiconductor and software solutions that enable sensors and other devices to run up to 10 years on a single AA battery. This allows users to leverage the global Wi-Fi infrastructure, existing tools and knowledge investments, for new applications such as temperature monitoring for energy management, condition monitoring of industrial equipment in manufacturing plants or streetlights in metro areas.

VeriSilicon

Series D in 2007

VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd. is an integrated circuit (IC) design foundry that provides custom silicon solutions and system-on-chip (SoC) turnkey services for a wide range of electronic devices and systems, including smart phones, media tablets, HDTVs, set-top boxes, blu-ray DVD players, home gateways, networking, and data centers. VeriSilicon's technology solutions leverage licensable digital signal processing cores, Hantro Video IPs, eDRAM, and others that can be targeted for a wide range of process technology, including advanced nodes like 28nm and FD-SOI.

Jordan Valley Semiconductors

Venture Round in 2007

Jordan Valley Semiconductors, LTD. provides metrology solutions for thin films based on X-ray technology for the semiconductors industry worldwide. It offers a portfolio of metrology and defect inspection tools based on X-ray reflectometry, X-ray fluorescence, X-ray diffraction, and other technologies. The company offers its products for various applications, including wafer level packaging; high-resolution XRD for LED and thin-films process control; semiconductors front-end-of-line; semiconductors back end of line; compound semiconductors; and others. It also provides various technical support services that include warranty, repair, periodic maintenance, and support; and application support and training services. The company was founded in 1982 and is based in Migdal Ha'Emek, Israel with additional manufacturing, and research and development facilities in Durham, United Kingdom, as well as a demo laboratory in Austin, Texas. It also has additional offices and representatives in Europe, the United States, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and China. As of October 29, 2015, Jordan Valley Semiconductors, LTD. operates as a subsidiary of Bruker Scientific Israel Ltd.

Spatial Photonics

Series B in 2007

Spatial Photonics, Inc. develops and manufactures microdisplays for business and consumer projection display applications. Its microdisplays comprise reflective digital light modulators that control and modulate the light intensity.

Mirics Limited

Series B in 2007

Mirics Semiconductor, Inc. offers semiconductors that enable global platform products for converged broadcast. It provides poly-band tuners for the consumer electronics and cell phone industries. The company also offers evaluation kits, which allow the evaluation of the tuners in a lab environment. Mirics Semiconductor was founded in 2004 and is based in Fleet, the United Kingdom with an additional office in Hampshire.

Tevet Process Control Technologies

Series D in 2007

Tevet Process Control Technologies, Ltd. develops and deploys metrology solutions for semiconductor processes. It offers Trajectory TÂ³, an integrated metrology module for monitoring and controlling processes in semiconductor fabs. The companyâ€™s products are used in various applications, such as STI trench fill and STI CMP, ILD etch, and dielectric and Cu CMP, as well as PMD, ARL, barrier layer, and ILD deposition. It offers its products through a network of representatives and distributors in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Malta, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, Liechtenstein, Eastern Europe, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Scandinavia, Japan, Taiwan, China, South Korea, and the United States. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Yokneam, Israel with additional offices in Israel and the United States. As of May 7, 2008, Tevet Process Control Technologies, Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Nanometrics, Inc.

DiBcom

Series E in 2007

DiBcom S.A., a fabless semiconductor company, offers a range of integrated circuits in France & internationally. It specializes in the development of broadband wireless solutions following digital video broadcasting and other broadband communication standards. The company offers chipsets and development kits. Its solutions are used in automotive, portable LCD TV, PC, mobile phones and other handheld device applications. DiBcom S.A. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Palaiseau, France.

Tela Innovations

Series B in 2007

Tela Innovations, Inc. develops technology for semiconductor design and manufacturing to process geometries. The company's pre-defined physical topologies are applicable for use in logic, embedded memory, analog, and I/O functions. Its solution simplifies the path to double exposure (DE) and double patterning (DP), as well as makes it easy to split layouts for DE and DP. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Campbell, California.

Legend Silicon

Series D in 2007

Legend Silicon Corp is a fabless semiconductor company engaging in the development of broadband wireless transmission technologies and products. Legend Silicon was founded in 1999 in Silicon Valley, Calif., by graduates of Tsinghua University. The company has operations in Fremont, Calif., and the Chinese cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin. The mission of Legend Silicon is to become a leading supplier of technology and silicon solutions for a new generation of broadband wireless broadcasting, initially focusing on China market.

Legend Silicon

Series E in 2007

Legend Silicon Corp is a fabless semiconductor company engaging in the development of broadband wireless transmission technologies and products. Legend Silicon was founded in 1999 in Silicon Valley, Calif., by graduates of Tsinghua University. The company has operations in Fremont, Calif., and the Chinese cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin. The mission of Legend Silicon is to become a leading supplier of technology and silicon solutions for a new generation of broadband wireless broadcasting, initially focusing on China market.

Sirific Wireless

Series C in 2007

Sirific Wireless is a semiconductor company, designs and develops CMOS RF HEDGE transceivers for wireless communications market. The company offers monolithic multi-mode wireless design and digital direct conversion products; Harmony-direct upconversion transmitters; and NEXUS products, NexusRD. Its NEXUS platform combines HSDPA, WCDMA, EDGE, GPRS, and GSM with available on-chip receive diversity to deliver transceivers for multi-mode and multi-band wireless applications. The company has locations in Waterloo, Canada; Richardson, Texas; and Seoul, Korea. Sirific Wireless Limited was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Richardson, Texas with additional offices in the United States, Canada, and Korea.

Vativ Technologies

Venture Round in 2007

Vativ Technologies, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company, focused on providing innovative, high-bandwidth, cost-effective, copper interconnect solutions for LAN, WAN, and SAN applications. Incorporating proprietary system architecture and DSP algorithms, Vativ's approach to physical layer interconnect diverges radically from typical analog designs used in devices today. Vativ's novel technology has resulted in several patents filed in both the U.S. and internationally. Their advanced architecture enables increased throughput while providing greater robustness and higher performance margins needed to allow the use of low-cost media interconnects.

Silistix

Series A in 2007

Silistix enables semiconductor companies to get "their designs right the first time using predictable NoC (Network-on-Chip) solutions for managing chip complexity."

Vativ Technologies

Series C in 2006

Vativ Technologies, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company, focused on providing innovative, high-bandwidth, cost-effective, copper interconnect solutions for LAN, WAN, and SAN applications. Incorporating proprietary system architecture and DSP algorithms, Vativ's approach to physical layer interconnect diverges radically from typical analog designs used in devices today. Vativ's novel technology has resulted in several patents filed in both the U.S. and internationally. Their advanced architecture enables increased throughput while providing greater robustness and higher performance margins needed to allow the use of low-cost media interconnects.

GainSpan

Series A in 2006

GainSpan brings Ultra-low-power Wi-Fi to sensors and embedded applications. The company's semiconductor solutions break new ground in Wi-Fi applications by enabling years of battery life for Wi-Fi sensors and other devices. In September of 2006, a core team of engineers and thought leaders spun off from Intel Corporation to form Emphany Systems, later GainSpan. The vision was simple... enable and accelerate the adoption of new wireless usage models for sensor network applications using an existing widely deployed standard technology. The challenge was daunting... while wireless sensor networks have seen steady growth over the past few years, their market potential has, in fact, been hindered by power consumption issues and lack of mature standards based solutions. The solution was innovative... new Wi-Fi semiconductor and software solutions that enable sensors and other devices to run up to 10 years on a single AA battery. This allows users to leverage the global Wi-Fi infrastructure, existing tools and knowledge investments, for new applications such as temperature monitoring for energy management, condition monitoring of industrial equipment in manufacturing plants or streetlights in metro areas.

BlueShift Technologies

Series B in 2006

BlueShift Technologies develops and markets vacuum automation products for semiconductor manufacturing. BlueShift's linkable QuickLink wafer handling platform empowers semiconductor OEMs to cost-effectively adapt existing wafer processing tools to new process requirement while reducing equipment cost.

inSilica

Series B in 2006

inSilica, a fabless semiconductor company, provides ASIC and system-on-chip solutions. The company offers multimedia and printing processors for various imaging and printing devices, including digital multimedia, digital printing, and mobile imaging. It has design centers in India and Slovenia. inSilica, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Negevtech

Series D in 2006

Negevtech, Ltd. provides patterned wafer optical inspection systems for the semiconductor industry. It offers Negevtech 3100, a wafer inspection system that offers wafer inspection of memory devices in front-end and back-end of line inspection applications. The company offers products for finding defects and controlling yields in semiconductor wafer processing. It has facilities in Texas, Idaho, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, Singapore, and Germany. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Santa Clara, California with an additional office in Rehovot, Israel.

Nanochip

Series C in 2006

Nanochip, Inc. operates as a fabless semiconductor company. It develops microelectro-mechanical systems with silicon data storage chips. The company's products are used in consumer electronics products, such as digital cameras, cell phones, and PDAs, as well as laptop computers and servers. It shut its doors in May 2009 and was seeing buyers for its intellectual property at the time.

Wisair

Series C in 2006

Wisair is a fabless semiconductor company providing single-chip based Ultra Wideband (UWB) and Wireless USB solutions for personal computing, consumer electronics, and mobile devices.

Tela Innovations

Series A in 2006

Tela Innovations, Inc. develops technology for semiconductor design and manufacturing to process geometries. The company's pre-defined physical topologies are applicable for use in logic, embedded memory, analog, and I/O functions. Its solution simplifies the path to double exposure (DE) and double patterning (DP), as well as makes it easy to split layouts for DE and DP. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Campbell, California.

Nanosys

Series C in 2005

Nanosys, Inc. specializes in developing and manufacturing quantum dot technology to enhance high-definition viewing experiences in the display industry. Founded in 2001 and based in Milpitas, California, the company offers a range of products, including Quantum Dot Concentrate material, quantum dot nanomaterials, and Quantum Dot Enhancement films. These products improve color performance and brightness in a variety of consumer electronics, such as tablets, televisions, smartphones, and automotive interiors. Nanosys' quantum dot technology is compatible with various display types, including LED-LCDs, OLEDs, and micro-LEDs, and has been integrated into over 20 million devices across more than 400 unique products. The company also explores applications of its nanotechnology in areas beyond displays, such as agriculture.

Actions Semiconductor

Series A in 2005

Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd. is a fabless semiconductor company based in Zhuhai, China, specializing in the design and development of system-on-a-chip (SoC) products for portable consumer electronics. The company offers a range of integrated platform solutions that include SoCs, firmware, software development tools, and reference designs tailored for manufacturers of devices such as Bluetooth audio products, tablets, and over-the-top (OTT) boxes. Its SoCs integrate various components, including digital signal processors, microcontroller units, embedded memory, and power management units. Actions Semiconductor also provides solution development kits that include embedded firmware and software tools to facilitate product development and mass production. Additionally, the company offers semiconductor product testing services and trades in SoC products, distributing its offerings through value-added distributors, contract manufacturers, and brand owners. Founded in 2001, Actions Semiconductor aims to support customers in swiftly bringing innovative portable multimedia solutions to market.

StarGen

Venture Round in 2005

StarGen, a semiconductor company, provides serial switched interconnect solutions for compute and communications equipment. It offers low-overhead, protocol-agnostic, and open standards-based serial switched architectures. The company also offers a product line for vendors of access communication platforms for voice, data, and video networks, as well as vendors of embedded systems; and AXSys architectures. It serves communications, storage, server, and embedded markets. The company was founded in 1999 as StarBridge Technologies, Inc. and changed its name to StarGen, Inc. in 2000. StarGen, Inc. is headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts. As of February 16, 2007, StarGen, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Dolphin Interconnect Solutions AS.

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