STMicroelectronics

STMicroelectronics is an independent semiconductor company established in 1987 through the merger of SGS Microelettronica and the nonmilitary segment of Thomson Semiconductors. The company designs, develops, manufactures, and markets a diverse array of semiconductor products tailored for microelectronic applications across various sectors, including automotive, telecommunications, consumer electronics, and industrial automation. STMicroelectronics specializes in analog chips, discrete power semiconductors, microcontrollers, sensors, and micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS). It operates through several segments, such as Automotive, Consumer, Computer and Communication Infrastructure, and Industrial and Multisegment. The company is recognized as a key supplier in the automotive and industrial markets, contributing to advancements in smart driving and the Internet of Things.

Remi El-Ouazzane

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Wisebatt

Acquisition in 2021
Wisebatt SAS is a French company established in 2016 that specializes in developing a web-based simulation platform for electronic engineers focused on Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The platform enables users to create virtual prototypes and conduct power analysis and optimization of battery-powered devices early in the design process. By providing complex modeling results within minutes, Wisebatt allows hardware engineers to make informed decisions regarding cost, battery life, and performance, significantly reducing the time typically required for such analyses. The technology behind Wisebatt's platform is rooted in over 15 years of academic research, making it a valuable tool for original equipment manufacturers, hardware and software designers, and service providers seeking to enhance the reliability and sustainability of their products.

Cartesiam

Acquisition in 2021
Cartesiam SAS is an artificial intelligence company based in Toulon, France, founded in 2016. It specializes in developing software for microcontrollers, notably its NanoEdge AI platform, which enables machine learning and data analysis directly on these devices. Cartesiam's technology aims to enhance the intelligence and autonomy of connected objects while addressing key challenges such as energy efficiency, security, and ease of deployment. The company is composed of a diverse team, including mathematicians, engineers, data scientists, and entrepreneurs, who leverage their expertise to create innovative solutions that empower businesses to utilize artificial intelligence effectively in their applications.

Riot Micro

Acquisition in 2020
Riot Micro, located in Vancouver, Canada, specializes in designing cellular IoT solutions by leveraging established design techniques from Bluetooth Low Energy and Wi-Fi for applications in LTE Cat-M and NB-IoT. The company develops wireless chipsets that facilitate cellular connectivity for a range of current-generation applications, including smart metering and vehicle telematics. Riot Micro's technology enables the creation of smart objects, encompassing devices such as wearables, smoke detectors, parking meters, and traffic lights, effectively optimizing system cost and power consumption.

BeSpoon

Acquisition in 2020
BeSpoon, established in March 2010 after a year of development, specializes in high-precision location tracking technology. The company focuses on creating products and services that provide real-time location data with centimeter-level accuracy, addressing the challenges associated with positioning in noisy environments. BeSpoon designs and manufactures sensors, system components, and software that enable precise tracking of objects within various settings, including indoor spaces and production facilities. The company's solutions stem from its in-depth exploration of existing technologies to meet the stringent requirements for accurate distance measurement, which necessitates advanced time measurement techniques.

Alba Robot

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Alba Robot is a developer of a self-driving micromobility platform that provides innovative solutions for the transportation of people and goods in both indoor and pedestrian environments. The company offers a fleet of advanced, flexible, and customizable mobility robots, as well as autonomous people movers designed for a variety of settings, including airports, hospitals, and museums. By integrating robotic technologies into its services, Alba Robot aims to enhance mobility experiences in various urban and commercial spaces, addressing the growing need for efficient transportation solutions.

Exagan

Acquisition in 2020
Exagan is a prominent manufacturer of Gallium Nitride (GaN) power devices, specializing in advanced transistor technology for various applications including power supply, electrical automotive, solar panels, and industrial sectors. The company focuses on accelerating the adoption of GaN on Silicon technology, which enhances the efficiency of power conversion systems. By providing fast-switching GaN-based devices, Exagan enables clients across consumer electronics, smart buildings, and IT industries to achieve higher efficiency and cost savings through improved power integration. Their proprietary technology plays a crucial role in advancing the power electronics industry, contributing to reduced CO2 emissions and promoting more sustainable energy solutions.

Norstel

Acquisition in 2019
Norstel AB, established in 2005 and headquartered in Norrköping, Sweden, specializes in the research, development, and manufacturing of silicon carbide (SiC) substrates and epitaxial layers. These products, including conductive and semi-insulating SiC substrates, are designed for high-performance semiconductors used in power and high-frequency electronics. Norstel serves both domestic and international customers, operating as a subsidiary of STMicroelectronics N.V. since 2019.

Draupner Graphics

Acquisition in 2018
Draupner Graphics A/S, established in 2014 and headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark, specializes in developing and supplying TouchGFX, a software framework designed for embedded graphical user interfaces. This framework offers high-quality graphics and animations, optimized for minimal resource usage and power consumption on 32-bit microcontrollers. Since July 10, 2018, Draupner Graphics has operated as a subsidiary of STMicroelectronics N.V., serving various industries such as smart home systems, appliances, wearables, and audio-video devices.

Atollic

Acquisition in 2017
Atollic AB, founded in 2003 and based in Jonkoping, Sweden, specializes in developing advanced software solutions for embedded systems. Established by a team with extensive experience in software development for the automotive and aerospace sectors, Atollic identified a gap in the market for modern development tools that could address the increasing complexity faced by developers. The company's flagship product, TrueSTUDIO, is an integrated development environment (IDE) designed specifically for ARM developers. It aims to facilitate the writing of quality code, streamline project management, and enhance debugging processes. By providing innovative tools tailored to the needs of both individual developers and large teams, Atollic enables software engineers to improve the quality of their embedded systems. In 2017, Atollic became a subsidiary of STMicroelectronics N.V.

Biovotion

Series A in 2017
Biovotion AG is a medical device company based in Zurich, Switzerland, specializing in continuous and non-invasive monitoring of physiological and metabolic processes. The company has developed a wearable sensing technology that enables medical-quality vital sign monitoring (VSM) for everyday use. Their flagship product, the Vital Sign Monitor, is a mobile, standalone device designed to measure blood circulation parameters effectively in home settings. This multi-sensor platform integrates advanced algorithms with cloud infrastructure, allowing for real-time access to data comparable to standard hospital systems. The technology currently monitors various parameters, including heart rate, blood oxygenation, blood perfusion, temperature, and movement/activity, with plans to expand to additional metrics such as heart rate variability and sleep monitoring. Biovotion also offers consulting services in medical device development, focusing on technical due diligence, clinical strategies, and quality management. The company operates as a subsidiary of Biofourmis Singapore Pte. Ltd.

DecaWave

Venture Round in 2017
DecaWave, established in 2004, is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in ultra-wideband (UWB) technology. Based in Dublin, Ireland, with additional offices globally, the company designs and develops integrated circuits for real-time location systems and wireless sensor networks. DecaWave's flagship product, ScenSor1, is a single-chip wireless transceiver using UWB radio technology, catering to diverse applications such as manufacturing, healthcare, smart homes, security, and inventory management. The company has strategic partnerships with BlueCats and Here Technologies, and serves over 30 verticals. As of 2020, DecaWave operates as a subsidiary of Qorvo, Inc.

bTendo

Acquisition in 2012
bTendo is a developer of innovative personal projection technologies that aim to enhance the viewing and sharing of multimedia content among mobile users. The company specializes in micro-projection modules, specifically its myPro line, which utilizes advanced laser-scanning display technology. This technology enables users to project high-resolution images and videos from various handheld devices, such as mobile phones, PDAs, multimedia players, gaming consoles, and digital cameras. By employing MEMS scanning micro-mirrors and electrostatic actuators, bTendo's projection modules achieve low power consumption while delivering exceptional image quality and a wide color gamut. Designed for mass production and customizable for different consumer electronics manufacturers, myPro projection modules are poised to become integral components in the next generation of portable devices, facilitating a new era of personal micro-projection.

Paratek

Venture Round in 2008
Paratek designs and manufactures adaptive RF front-end component solutions for mobile wireless applications. Paratek's product offerings for multi-mode and multi-band operation cover three major applications : Adaptive Impedance Matching Modules (AIMM), Broadband filters and pre-selectors for RF front-end devices, Radio Antenna Frequency Tuners (RAFTâ„¢). Paratek works collaboratively with customers. That means they listen closely to what your needs and milestones are, and then work to adapt their technology to yours. Applications differ, but the beauty of their adaptive approach is that they can easily fine-tune solutions based around certain operating bands, frequency ranges, and industry protocols. If your need is slightly different from the next, that's where they shine!

Genesis Microchip

Acquisition in 2007
Genesis Microchip is a provider of image and video processing systems enabling superior picture quality in flat-panel TVs and a variety of consumer and PC-display products. Featuring Genesis Display Perfection(R) technologies and Emmy award-winning Faroudja(R) video technologies, Genesis system-on-a-chip solutions are used worldwide by display manufacturers to produce visibly better images across a broad array of devices including flat-panel displays, digital TVs, projectors, A/V receivers and DVD players/recorders. Genesis is also the primary driver of the DisplayPort digital interface standard which enables a common, royalty free, scalable interface between any flat panel display and video or data source. In addition to DisplayPort technology, the Genesis technology portfolio features analog and mixed signal system-on-a-chip design, DCDi(R) by Faroudja deinterlacing, TrueLife(TM) video enhancement, IntelliComb(TM) video decoding and includes over 210 patents. Founded in 1987, Genesis supports its leading brand-name customers with offices in the U.S., Canada, India, Taiwan, South Korea, China, Japan and Singapore, including LG, Toshiba and Samsung.

Synad Technologies

Acquisition in 2003
Synad is a fast-growing UK startup that has rapidly revealed itself as one of the most successful WLAN fabless companies and one of the few able to deliver a full dual-band multi-standard solution. Synad has a proven multimode full CMOS production-ready chipset and reference design, and powerful software suites for both wireless-LAN access point and client applications.

RF Magic

Series C in 2003
RF Magic is a fabless semiconductor company providing a diversified portfolio of radio frequency (RF) Systems on a Chip integrated circuits (ICs) for the next generation of consumer electronics applications. The company’s experienced engineers combine RF and digital communications systems experience with RF silicon design expertise to develop highly advanced ICs for cost-effective integration into high-volume consumer platforms. RF Magic’s RF Systems on a Chip technology is well suited to meet extreme broadband challenges facing the expanding Digital Home, Consumer Mobility and High Performance Networking markets, such as high-throughput communications, wide bandwidth channels, multiple video channels, multi-function radios and high-interference environments. More than two million of the company’s award-winning products have been shipped to customers for use in Digital Broadcast Satellite (DBS) Out Door Units (ODUs), digital broadcast set top boxes (STBs) and televisions, home media centers, and fixed wireless access modems. Employing patented design techniques, RF Magic’s broadband RF Systems on a Chip ICs offer premium performance, efficient design, lower cost, diverse functionality, and simplicity of use to Deliver the Next RF Generation.

Incard

Acquisition in 2003
Incard is designs, develops, and manufactures smartcards for bank, medical application, identification, entertainment, telecommunication, and transportation markets in Italy and internationally. It offers GSM SIMs, GSM and UMTS (U) SIMs, and multimedia USIM environment products; and banking cards, such as payment cards that include loyalty program, micropayment, ticketing, identification, and advanced security applications for end users and personalization bureaus. The company also provides electronic ID cards; digital signature, healthcare, and corporate security smartcards that are used for applications, such as public administration online services, protection of workstations, and qualified electronic signatures; and card bodies and packaging solutions.

Proton World International

Acquisition in 2003
Develops high-security, payment, and identification smart card systems.

CoWare

Series D in 2002
CoWare, Inc. specializes in providing platform-driven electronic system-level design software and consulting services tailored for IP, semiconductor, and electronics companies. Its comprehensive product suite includes Platform Architect, a SystemC-based graphical environment that facilitates platform analysis; Model Designer for the verification of IP blocks; and Virtual Platform, which offers simulation packages for software development teams. Additionally, CoWare provides a Model Library containing processor, bus, and peripheral models, as well as Processor Designer, which enables the creation of custom processors and programmable hardware accelerators. The company's Signal Processing Designer allows for the design and analysis of signal processing algorithms, exporting implementations as functional blocks. Together, these tools and services support the development, distribution, and validation of virtual hardware platforms essential for device software development.

Alcatel Microelectronics

Acquisition in 2002
Alcatel Microelectronics designs, manufactures and markets semiconductor components mostly for the telecommunication, automotive and peripheral markets. In 2001, the company posted sales of around €350 million.

CoWare

Series C in 2000
CoWare, Inc. specializes in providing platform-driven electronic system-level design software and consulting services tailored for IP, semiconductor, and electronics companies. Its comprehensive product suite includes Platform Architect, a SystemC-based graphical environment that facilitates platform analysis; Model Designer for the verification of IP blocks; and Virtual Platform, which offers simulation packages for software development teams. Additionally, CoWare provides a Model Library containing processor, bus, and peripheral models, as well as Processor Designer, which enables the creation of custom processors and programmable hardware accelerators. The company's Signal Processing Designer allows for the design and analysis of signal processing algorithms, exporting implementations as functional blocks. Together, these tools and services support the development, distribution, and validation of virtual hardware platforms essential for device software development.

Metaflow Technologies

Acquisition in 1997
A specialist developer of advanced microprocessor architectures, based in San Diego, CA.
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