Intel

Intel Corporation is a leading global designer and manufacturer of semiconductor technologies, focused on powering the cloud, smart devices, and connected technologies. Founded in 1968 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Intel operates through various segments including Data Center Group, Internet of Things Group, Mobileye, and Client Computing Group, among others. The company offers a range of products such as central processing units, chipsets, accelerators, and memory solutions, catering to original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, and cloud service providers. Intel has been transitioning from a PC-centric to a data-centric business model, emphasizing advancements in performance, power, and connectivity across various workloads. With a strong commitment to innovation, Intel also invests through Intel Capital in startups that drive technologies in cloud infrastructure, artificial intelligence, and 5G, among others. The company’s collaborations with prominent organizations aim to develop privacy-preserving analytics and enhance computing capabilities. As one of the largest semiconductor manufacturers by revenue, Intel continues to shape the future of computing and communications.

Indeshaw Adenaw

Investor

Ranjeet Alexis

Investor

Jen Ard

Managing Director

Ameet Bhansali

vice_president

John Bonini

Vice President

Arun Chetty

Managing Director

Mauro D'Amato

Investment Director

Sean Doyle

Managing Director

Kareem S. Fahmy

Director of Portfolio Business Development

Don Faria

Investor

David Flanagan

Managing Director

Dave Flanagan

Vice President, Senior Managing Director

Andrew (Andy) Fligel

Managing Director

Abdul Guefor

Managing Director

Peter Gullander

Senior Strategic Investment Manager

James Horn

Senior Investment Manager

John Hsin

Director

Tamiko Hutchinson

Vice President

Josiane Ishimwe

Investor

David Johnson

Managing Director

Tim Lauer

Director, Global Business Development

Claude Leglise

VP of Intel Capital

Elana Lian

Investor

Anthony Lin

Head of Intel Capital, Managing Partner

Mark Lydon

Managing Director

Nebiu Mela

Investor

Trina Van Pelt

Vice President, Senior Managing Director

Chris Pu

Director of Investment

Ronnie Reich

Director

Mark Rostick

Managing Director

Vivek Saraswat

Process Integration Engineer

Tammi Smorynski

Managing Director

Chiara Sommer

Investment Director

Jackie A. Sturm

VP, Technology & Manufacturing Group GM, Global Sourcing & Procurement

Eric Sun

Senior Director

Thomas Urban

Investor

Erica Van

Partner

Christine Wu

Director

Past deals in Semiconductor Equipment

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 company’s products enable semiconductor and consumer electronics companies to make programmable integrated circuits for imaging, video, and wireless communication applications. Silicon Hive BV’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.

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.

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.

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 company’s products enable semiconductor and consumer electronics companies to make programmable integrated circuits for imaging, video, and wireless communication applications. Silicon Hive BV’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.

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.

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.
Tevet Process Control Technologies, Ltd. develops and deploys metrology solutions for semiconductor processes. It offers Trajectory T³, an integrated metrology module for monitoring and controlling processes in semiconductor fabs. The company’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.

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.

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.

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.

VeriSilicon

Series B in 2005
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.

Apogee Photonics

Venture Round in 2005
As per the transaction announced on March 20, 2007, Apogee Photonics, Inc. was acquired by CyOptics, Inc. Apogee Photonics, Inc. engages in the design, development, and production integrated indium phosphide solutions for optical transmission systems that exceed the distance-extinction-power product for other optical semiconductor technologies. Its solutions include cooled, semi-cooled, and uncooled products for 10Gb/s and 40Gb/s transmission to several tier 1 system OEMs and module vendors. The company's products include thermistor-based temperature monitoring and modulator-based power monitoring products, electroabsorption-modulated lasers, and laser integrated modulators. Apogee Photonics, Inc. was formerly known as ASIP, Inc. Apogee Photonics, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania with an additional office in New Jersey. The company also has sales locations in the United States, Canada, Europe, Israel, and Asia.

BCD Semiconductor

Series C in 2004
BCD Semiconductor Corp. markets and sells analog and mixed signal interface circuits. Its products include linear regulator interface circuits, AC/DC and DC/DC switching converters, standard linear interface circuits, motor drivers, and audio power amplifiers. BCD Semiconductor Corp. is based in Fremont, California. BCD Semiconductor Corp. operates as a subsidiary of BCD Semiconductor Manufacturing Limited.

Diodes

Post in 2004
Diodes is a global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality, application-specific standard products within the broad discrete and analog semiconductor markets, serving the consumer electronics, computing, communications, industrial and automotive markets. Diodes' products include diodes, rectifiers, transistors, MOSFETs, protection devices, functional specific arrays, power management devices including DC-DC switching and linear voltage regulators, amplifiers and comparators, and Hall-effect sensors.

inSilica

Series A in 2004
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.

Apogee Photonics

Series C in 2003
As per the transaction announced on March 20, 2007, Apogee Photonics, Inc. was acquired by CyOptics, Inc. Apogee Photonics, Inc. engages in the design, development, and production integrated indium phosphide solutions for optical transmission systems that exceed the distance-extinction-power product for other optical semiconductor technologies. Its solutions include cooled, semi-cooled, and uncooled products for 10Gb/s and 40Gb/s transmission to several tier 1 system OEMs and module vendors. The company's products include thermistor-based temperature monitoring and modulator-based power monitoring products, electroabsorption-modulated lasers, and laser integrated modulators. Apogee Photonics, Inc. was formerly known as ASIP, Inc. Apogee Photonics, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania with an additional office in New Jersey. The company also has sales locations in the United States, Canada, Europe, Israel, and Asia.

West Bay Semiconductor

Acquisition in 2003
West Bay Semiconductor is a company that was acquired by Intel in 2003.

pSemi

Series A in 2003
pSemi Corporation is a Murata company driving semiconductor integration. pSemi builds on Peregrine Semiconductor's 30-year legacy of technology advancements and strong IP portfolio but with a new mission-to enhance Murata's world-class capabilities with high-performance semiconductors. With a strong foundation in RF integration, pSemi's product portfolio now spans power management, connected sensors, optical transceivers, antenna tuning and RF frontends. These intelligent and efficient semiconductors enable advanced modules for smartphones, base stations, personal computers, electric vehicles, data centers, IoT devices and healthcare. From headquarters in San Diego and offices around the world, pSemi's team explores new ways to make electronics for the connected world smaller, thinner, faster and better.

Diodes

Post in 2003
Diodes is a global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality, application-specific standard products within the broad discrete and analog semiconductor markets, serving the consumer electronics, computing, communications, industrial and automotive markets. Diodes' products include diodes, rectifiers, transistors, MOSFETs, protection devices, functional specific arrays, power management devices including DC-DC switching and linear voltage regulators, amplifiers and comparators, and Hall-effect sensors.

Photonic Materials

Series B in 2002
Photonic Materials is a developer of optical crystals used in fibre-optic communication components.

Nova Crystals

Series D in 2002
Nova Crystals develops and manufactures fiber-optic data/telecommunications components based on their proprietary process and wafer technologies, as well as high efficiency LEDs for display and illumination applications.

T-Networks

Series B in 2002
Electronic Components, Modulators available from T-Networks Inc. based in Allentown, PA.

SiRF Technology

Private Equity Round in 2002
SiRF Technology develops semiconductor and software products that enable location-awareness.

PhotonEx Corp

Series C in 2001
PhotonEx Corp is an optical networking equipment manufacturer.

Circadiant Systems, Inc

Venture Round in 2001
Circadiant Systems, Inc. manufactures optical test systems for optical component developers, network equipment manufacturers, and telecom service providers. The company offers electrical/optical compliance system for module, host card and IC testing applications; HYDRA LRM-M that solves the issues of calibration, instrument drift, and system-to-system correlation that can normally slow product release; HYDRA MTS that solves the issues of calibration, instrument drift, and system-to-system correlation that normally slow design cycles; and optical standard tester-ST that accurately generates various optical impairments, including optical signal-to-noise ratio, as well as automates performance and conformance testing of 10 Gb/s devices and systems. It also provides OSS-RW that offers creation of different optical impairments for testing performance of 10 Gb/s devices; OST-SRS provides stressed receiver sensitivity conformance testing of 10 gigabit Ethernet devices; and A3318 that enables the OST to make stressed eye measurements. In addition, it offers long reach multimode solutions that offer a scant 100m coverage with conventional 850nm optics; protocol layer testing; electronic dispersion compensation testing; and system level testing solutions.

Photonic Materials

Series A in 2001
Photonic Materials is a developer of optical crystals used in fibre-optic communication components.

VSK Photonics

Series A in 2001
A supplier of active photonic components for fiber-optic telecommunications

Tru-Si Technologies

Venture Round in 2001
Tru-Si Technologies, Inc. serves the global semiconductor industry with innovative technologies for thin wafer processes and new chip-to-chip interconnection structures. Thin wafers are key in producing increasingly smaller, higher density, more functional and less costly chips used in wireless, portable, smart-card, networking and Internet applications. Tru-Si delivers solutions for damage-free wafer thinning, thin-wafer damage and stress removal, ultrathin wafer handling, flexible integration of thin-wafer processing tools and advanced technologies focused on enabling new generations of 3D system-in-a-package (SIP) devices.

Avalon Photonics

Venture Round in 2000
Avalon Photonics produces world-class VCSELs (vertical cavity surface emitting lasers) for datacom, sensing, and measurement markets. These devices are enabling volume applications due to their exceptional performance, lower power consumption, and volume cost reduction.Avalon also produces unique, patent-protected, single-spatial-mode VCSELs with unsurpassed specifications required for many sensing and measurement applications. Avalon’s ISO 9001 production line achieves high quality, exceptional uniformity, and telecom-grade reliability devices. VCSELs can be provided from bare die up to fully packaged units with temperature control and fiber pigtailing.

Nova Crystals

Series C in 2000
Nova Crystals develops and manufactures fiber-optic data/telecommunications components based on their proprietary process and wafer technologies, as well as high efficiency LEDs for display and illumination applications.

CyOptics

Series B in 2000
CyOptics, Inc. designs, develops, and markets Indium Phosphide (InP) optical chips and components for integration into access, metro, and long-haul communications systems. Its products include planar lightwave circuits (PLCs) for optical networks in telecommunications and defense applications. The company's products also include optical components, including transmitters, receivers, and modulators for transmission; and optical source and laser detector chips as technology enablers for transmit optical sub-assembly/receive optical sub-assembly, component, and module manufacturers. In addition, it provides contract design, foundry, and packaging services; and design and manufacturing services, such as radio frequency and optical design, wafer/chip fabrication, and automated assembly and test for telecom and non-telecom applications. The company's customers include system original equipment manufacturers and sub-system manufacturers in the communications market. CyOptics, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is based in Breinigsville, Pennsylvania. The company has InP design and fabrication operations in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania; silicon PLC fab operations in South Plainfield, New Jersey; and planar automated packaging and testing operations in Matamoros, Mexico.

Philsar Semiconductor

Venture Round in 2000
Philsar Semiconductor is an Industrial company.

Sycon Design

Series A in 2000
Sycon Design provided advanced automated tools for full-custom IC design. The company's focus was on high-performance chip design and multi-level optimization for GigaHertz design. Features included high-density designs, built-in flexibility, and layout density. The company was operational for 9 years until it got acquired by eSilicon Corporation.

Philsar Semiconductor

Series A in 1999
Philsar Semiconductor is an Industrial company.