Lam Research

Founded in 1980, Lam Research is a leading global supplier of wafer fabrication equipment and services to the semiconductor industry. The company designs, manufactures, markets, refurbishes, and services advanced processing systems that enable customers to build integrated circuits. Its portfolio includes etch and clean technologies, along with deposition products like ALD and CVD systems. Lam Research serves a broad customer base comprising semiconductor memory manufacturers, foundries, and integrated device manufacturers.

Timothy Archer

President, CEO and Board Member

15 past transactions

Semsysco

Acquisition in 2022
Semsysco is a manufacturing company specializing in the design and production of semiconductor equipment. The company focuses on wet process equipment for the semiconductor industry, offering highly engineered solutions for single-wafer, vertical panel, and batch wet chemical processing. These tools are crucial for both front-end and back-end processes in semiconductor fabrication, with a particular emphasis on advanced wafer-level packaging. This enables customers to efficiently scale their processes across various substrate sizes, transitioning from horizontal wafer processes to vertical panel processing as needed.

2Pi

Seed Round in 2022
2Pi is a platform technology for optical metasurfaces that offers a new class of optical components and systems with exceptional performance, ultra-compactness, light-weight, and novel functionality for use in consumer electronics, industrial automation, automotive, and other applications.

Holo

Series B in 2021
Holo, Inc. is a technology company specializing in the design and manufacture of 3D printed parts using advanced additive manufacturing techniques. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Oakland, California, Holo utilizes a unique polymer binder platform that is compatible with various materials, including copper, ceramics, and composites. Their patented 3D photolithographic process allows for the simultaneous exposure of eight million voxels, enabling the production of complex geometries that are subsequently chemically processed and sintered to create finished parts. Holo's technology is tailored for high-quality digital manufacturing at scale, addressing the needs of performance-driven applications across diverse industries.

InnoStar Semiconductor

Seed Round in 2021
InnoStar Semiconductor is a developer and provider of advanced semiconductor storage technology, specializing in resistive random access memory (ReRam) chips. The company focuses on creating high-performance, low-power storage solutions tailored for applications in information security, Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and cloud computing. By commercializing its innovative ReRam technology, InnoStar aims to redefine storage capabilities and intelligent computing, enabling businesses to enhance security measures and meet the growing demands for efficient data storage and processing. Through its commitment to technological advancement, InnoStar Semiconductor is poised to set industry benchmarks in the semiconductor sector.

Array Insights

Seed Round in 2020
Array Insights is an IT firm focused on developing artificial intelligence-driven solutions aimed at managing patient and caregiver narratives. The company offers a clinical data registry platform that enables the secure sharing of sensitive healthcare data while maintaining ownership and compliance. By employing advanced encryption techniques, Array Insights connects data algorithms to facilitate the analysis and training of AI models without compromising security or privacy. This platform allows hospitals and healthcare providers to effectively control, track, and trace patient information, thereby enhancing research capabilities and accelerating the pace of innovation in the healthcare sector. Founded in 2017 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Array Insights is dedicated to improving data accessibility while safeguarding proprietary and sensitive information.

Mythic

Series B in 2019
Founded in 2012, Mythic specializes in designing and manufacturing AI-driven silicon chips and inference processors. Its innovative technology brings desktop GPU compute capabilities and neural networks to compact, energy-efficient devices, enabling AI deployment across various industries such as consumer electronics, wearables, and autonomous systems.

Omniome

Series B in 2018
Omniome, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in San Diego, California, that specializes in developing a proprietary DNA sequencing platform aimed at providing high accuracy in clinical sequencing. Founded in 2013, Omniome utilizes its Sequencing By Binding technology to enhance nucleotide and DNA matching, leveraging the natural matching capabilities of polymerases. This innovative approach allows researchers to achieve accurate and rapid sequencing results while maintaining low costs. The company's ambition is to become a leading name in DNA sequencing, particularly in advancing cancer diagnostics and improving outcomes in clinical settings.

EchoPixel

Series A in 2017
EchoPixel develops advanced medical visualization software. Its flagship product, True 3D Viewer, enables real-time interactive exploration of patient-specific organs and tissues in a virtual reality environment, assisting doctors in identification, evaluation, and dissection of structures. The company also offers educational tools for medical students and intraoperative imaging support for structural heart procedures.

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.

Coventor

Acquisition in 2017
Coventor provides a platform that delivers design automation, simulation, and virtual fabrication solutions for microelectromechanical systems and semiconductor devices. Its product suite includes 3D process modeling, automated parameter studies, metrology, and mesh export tools that enable engineers to predict device performance before fabrication. The company also offers a MEMS design environment that converts design data into finite‑element and compact models for use in automotive, aerospace, industrial, defense, and consumer electronics applications. Services such as technical support and customized training accompany the software. Coventor serves integrated device manufacturers, fabless design houses, independent foundries, equipment suppliers, and research organizations worldwide. The company is a subsidiary of Lam Research and operates from offices in the United States, Israel, Europe, Asia, and other regions.

Novellus Systems

Acquisition in 2011
Novellus Systems, Inc. is a company that develops, manufactures, and supports equipment used in the fabrication of integrated circuits, commonly known as chips or semiconductors. Its customers include businesses that manufacture chips for resale or for use in their own products, as well as those offering chip-manufacturing services to third parties. Novellus operates through two main segments: the Semiconductor Group, which focuses on equipment for integrated circuit fabrication, and the Industrial Applications Group, which provides lapping, grinding, polishing, and deburring equipment for various industrial applications aimed at fine-surface optimization.

Straatum Processware

Acquisition in 2009
Straatum is the leading provider of real-time fault detection and classification solutions to the semiconductor sector worldwide. Fault detection and classification is seen as the foundation stone to meeting the advanced process control (APC) requirements long anticipated in the marketplace…"advanced process control is emerging as an essential ingredient of future wafer processing as necessary process performance challenges the limits of wafer processing equipment" Gartner June 2002.

The SEZ Group

Acquisition in 2007
The SEZ Group is the provider of single-wafer wet-clean processing solutions for the semiconductor industry.

Silfex

Acquisition in 2006
Silfex, Inc. is a privately held manufacturer specializing in precision machined components for various industries, including semiconductor, aerospace, and automotive. The company focuses on ultrasonic silicon machining products that cater primarily to the semiconductor equipment and optical markets. Silfex offers a wide range of products and services, which include silicon ingots, assemblies, rings, gas distribution products, sensors, probes, and critical system components. Additionally, the company provides custom manufacturing services along with precision cleaning, bonding, polishing, and impact grinding. Silfex is committed to delivering high-quality solutions tailored to the specific needs of its clients across multiple sectors.

Avicena

Avicena Tech specializes in manufacturing advanced optical chip interconnects, operating at ultra-low power and ultra-high speeds (petabit per second). Their innovative technology, based on silicon photonics and other high-volume commercial technologies, enables ultra-dense, low-latency, and low-cost connections between chips. This significantly enhances system performance and efficiency, addressing critical inter-chip communication needs, particularly in applications constrained by traditional electrical interconnects.
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