1. Layer
N Networks Raises $20,000,000 in Series B Round [Austin, TX]
Layer N Networks is a developer of integrated circuits for the
networking and communications industry.
INVESTORS: Agave Capital, Austin Ventures, Chisholm Private
Capital, Convergent Investors, Granite Ventures, Seed Capital
Partners, Technology Associates Management
2/23/2004 9:46:46 AM
2. Inovys
Raises $16,300,000 in Series C Round [Pleasanton, CA]
Inovys is a developer of semiconductor test hardware and software
solutions. The company's approach directly uses the output of
the design simulation tools (Synopsys, Mentor, Cadence) to test
integrated circuits in design, debug, verification, and vali...
INVESTORS: Storm Ventures (Lead), CMEA Ventures, H.I.G.
Ventures, Hotung Venture Capital, Palomar Ventures, Revolution
Ventures, Synopsys, Techfarm Ventures
2/18/2004 9:12:24 AM
3. BroadLight
Raises $11,500,000 in Series C Round [Israel]
BroadLight is a supplier of communication semiconductors and optical
transceivers.
INVESTORS: Israel Seed Partners (Lead), Delta Ventures,
Star Ventures Management
2/12/2004 11:19:44 AM
4. Integration
Associates Raises $11,000,000 in Series B Round [Mountain View,
CA]
Integration Associates is a fabless semiconductor company.
INVESTORS: Sequoia Capital (Lead), Chess Ventures, Stanford
University
2/11/2004 12:24:07 PM
5. Kionix
Raises $28,500,000 [Ithaca, NY]
Kionix is a worldwide supplier of advanced MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical
Systems) products. The company's proprietary MEMS technology enables
cost-effective product solutions for a diverse set of industries.
The company's inertial sensors are used in ve...
INVESTORS: Lurie Investments (Lead), Advantage Capital
Partners, Allen & Company, Cayuga Venture Fund, Enhanced Capital
Partners, Gefinor Ventures, Individuals, Onondaga Venture Capital
Fund, Others, Rand Capital, Tompkins Trust Company
2/3/2004 11:37:05 AM
6. Xceive
Raises $10,500,000 in Series B Round [Santa Clara, CA]
Xceive is a developer of RF-to-baseband receiver ICs for TVs,
cell phones, and other innovative mainstream consumer electronics
devices.
INVESTORS: BA Venture Partners (BAVP) (Lead), Alliance
Ventures, Ignite Group
1/27/2004 11:16:14 AM
7. NextIO
Raises Financing in Series A Add-on [Austin, TX]
NextIO is a developer of fabless semiconductor for enterprise-class
computer servers.
INVESTORS: Dell Computer Corporation (Lead)
1/26/2004 10:37:52 AM
8. Advanced
Analogic Technologies (AnalogicTech) Raises $15,000,000 in Series
E Round [Sunnyvale, CA]
Advanced Analogic Technologies (AnalogicTech) is a developer of
Total Power Management solutions for computer, communications,
and portable consumer electronic applications. The company brings
together a unique combination of expertise in analog IC and...
INVESTORS: Battery Ventures (Lead), Hotung Venture Capital,
InveStar Capital, Maton Management (Maton Venture), Mitsubishi,
Mosel Vitelic, Others, Sunsino Ventures Group, Sycamore Ventures,
Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS)
1/20/2004 1:28:33 PM
9. ZettaCore
Raises $17,500,000 in Series B Round [Denver, CO]
ZettaCore is a developer of molecular memory technologies and
products intended to improve several generations of semiconductor
memory. The company offers the semiconductor industry a way to
accelerate new product development and manufacturing. The com...
INVESTORS: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (Lead),
Access Venture Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), Garrett
Capital Advisors, Oxford Bioscience Partners, Radius Ventures,
Stanford University
1/20/2004 11:24:02 AM
10. STEPMIND
Raises $24,700,000 [France]
STEPMIND is a fabless solutions and components supplier, developing
applications which require high performance and secured data links.
The company develops and designs integrated circuits in the field
of RF transceivers and baseband.
INVESTORS: AGF Private Equity, Nam Tai Electronics
1/20/2004 10:16:15 AM
11. Sandburst
Raises Funds in Third Round Add-on [Andover, MA]
Sandburst is a fabless semiconductor company providing packet
switching solutions for scalable, chassis based switching and
routing systems. The comapany's HIBEAM chip set benefits Enterprise
and Carrier Class switch vendors by delivering the only miss...
INVESTORS: NTT Leasing
1/19/2004 11:20:16 AM
12. DiBcom
Raises $13,500,000 in Third Round [France]
DiBcom is a developer of a low power system-on-chip.
INVESTORS: Vertex Venture Capital Israel (Lead), Credit
Lyonnais Private Equity, Infineon Ventures, Motorola Ventures,
Societe Generale Asset Management
1/16/2004 1:22:04 PM
13. NemeriX
Raises $6,800,000 in Series B Round [Switzerland]
NemeriX is a developer of low-power integrated circuits specifically
designed for global positioning system (GPS) applications.
INVESTORS: Auriga Ventures (Lead), Atila Ventures ETV,
Venture Incubator
1/15/2004 1:23:57 PM
14. Atsana
Semiconductor Raises $10,000,000 in Financing [Canada]
Atsana Semiconductor is a leader in the development of fully programmable,
low-power consumption multimedia processors for wireless devices
such as handsets, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and network
cameras.
INVESTORS: BDC Venture Capital Group, Covington Capital,
EnTrust Capital Frontier Fund, Greenstone Venture Partners, GrowthWorks
Capital, Primaxis Technology Ventures, Siemens Mobile Acceleration,
Stata Venture Partners
1/14/2004 2:23:26 PM
15. Akustica
Raises $8,000,000 in Second Round [Pittsburgh, PA]
Akustica is a developer of acoustic system-on-chip solutions for
wireless communications and consumer electronics.
INVESTORS: Chamberlain Investments, Mobius Venture Capital
1/13/2004 9:04:23 AM
16. SolVision
Raises $4,700,000 [Canada]
SolVision is a developer of automated visual inspection solutions
for the microelectronics industry. The SolVision FMI Technology
is based on a method of a structured light pattern projection
at the surface of either a reference or datum plane or at th...
INVESTORS: Business Development Bank of Canada, CDP Capital-Technology
Ventures (CDP Sofinov), Entrepia Ventures, Innovatech Grand Montreal
1/8/2004 10:44:15 AM
17. Silicon
Optix Raises $18,000,000 in Series B Round Add-on [San Jose, CA]
Silicon Optix is a fabless semiconductor company, providing the
warping integrated circuit (IC) technology, eWARP. eWARP digital
distortion correction allows manufacturers to complement optics
with sophisticated electronics imaging in order to achieve ...
INVESTORS: Canaan Partners, Firsthand Capital Management,
Focus Ventures, Origin Partners, Others, Polaris Venture Partners,
Primaxis Technology Ventures
1/7/2004 11:05:47 AM
18. Alereon
Raises $31,500,000 in Series A Round [Austin, TX]
Alereon is a UWB fabless semiconductor company, developing and
deploying UWB chipsets for personal area networking applications
that comply with the emerging IEEE standard (802.15.3a).
INVESTORS: Austin Ventures (Lead), Centennial Ventures,
Duchossois TECnology Partners, ECentury Capital Partners, Kinetic
Ventures, Others, Pharos Capital Group
1/6/2004 11:11:11 AM
19. Sandburst
Raises Over $19,500,000 in Third Round [Andover, MA]
Sandburst is a fabless semiconductor company providing packet
switching solutions for scalable, chassis based switching and
routing systems. The comapany's HIBEAM chip set benefits Enterprise
and Carrier Class switch vendors by delivering the only miss...
INVESTORS: 3i Group, Accton Technology, Analog Devices,
Boston University Community Technology Fund, Greylock Partners,
Intel Capital, Investor Growth Capital, Matrix Partners
1/6/2004 10:57:13 AM
20. Unitive
Raises $6,600,000 in Financing [Research Triangle Park, NC]
Unitive is a provider of wafer-level packaging solutions that
make semiconductors smaller, faster, and lighter.
INVESTORS: Undisclosed (Lead)
12/30/2003 5:12:25 PM
