Walden International

Walden International is a venture capital firm with a cross-border investment approach that leverages global markets and talent to grow technology companies. Founded in 1987 and headquartered in San Francisco, the firm maintains a global footprint including an office in Shanghai. It provides capital, relationships, and operating expertise to entrepreneurs, focusing on early and expansion-stage opportunities. The firm invests across information technology, Internet and digital media, software, semiconductors, and clean tech, and has backed companies in sectors such as AI, IoT, and SaaS. Its approach combines venture experience with hands-on operating know-how to help portfolio companies scale, often partnering with teams to access global markets and talent beyond geographic constraints. This cross-border orientation shapes its investments in regions including Asia, the United States, and other global markets.

Carson Chen

Venture Partner

Mary Coleman

Managing Director

Cliff Higgerson

Venture Partner

Hock Voon Loo

Venture Partner

Weber Jin

Venture Partner

Kris Leong Seok Wan

Vice President

Teresa Smith

CFO

Lin Wang

Partner

Hing Wong Ph.D

Managing Director

Past deals in Hardware

Calterah

Series D in 2024
Calterah specializes in the development of CMOS single-chip millimeter-wave radar sensors designed for automotive applications. The company focuses on providing system-on-chip (SoC) products that incorporate radar signal processing baseband technology, facilitating the development and implementation of millimeter-wave radar sensors. These sensors are versatile and find applications in both industrial and consumer sectors, contributing to technologies related to environmental sensing, autonomous obstacle avoidance, autonomous driving, and radar imaging. Calterah's innovations in radar sensor technology position it at the forefront of advancements in automotive safety and automation.

Hyasic Semiconductor

Series C in 2024
HYASiC is a semiconductor company focused on designing digital power chips and hybrid integrated circuits. The firm specializes in advanced power management solutions, particularly in developing power management integrated circuits (PMIC) for display panels and mini LED drivers. These products cater to mobile devices and household appliances, allowing clients to implement efficient and intelligent energy management from AC to DC. Through its innovative technologies, HYASiC aims to provide energy-saving solutions that enhance the performance and sustainability of electronic systems.

SemiShare

Venture Round in 2023
SemiShare is a manufacturer of advanced wafer probe and semiconductor testing equipment. The company specializes in a range of products, including manual, semi-automatic, and fully automatic probe stations, which are designed to meet the testing needs of universities, research institutes, FAB factories, and panel factories. In addition to probe stations, SemiShare offers various supplementary equipment, such as probe holders, probe fixtures, and multiple laser repair machines for LCD, OLED, and LCVd technologies. By providing these specialized tools, SemiShare supports both scientific research and mass production in the semiconductor industry.

Qingchun Semiconductor

Series A in 2023
Sichain Semi is a high-tech chip firm focused on the R&D and industrialization of Silicon Carbide semiconductors and its power devices.

PhotonIC Technologies

Series C in 2022
PhotonIC Technologies is a Shanghai-based company specializing in the development of integrated optoelectronic chips designed for advanced optical networking and Internet of Things (IoT) sensing applications. The firm focuses on creating high-speed, low-power optoelectronic integrated circuits that cater to various sectors, including data centers, 5G transmission, and 3D Time-of-Flight (ToF) smart sensing systems. By leveraging proprietary CMOS technology for chip design and manufacturing, PhotonIC Technologies aims to deliver competitive solutions in terms of performance, energy efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. The company collaborates with research entities and industrial partners to enhance its product offerings and drive innovation in the field of optoelectronics.

Heyan Technology

Series B in 2022
Heyan Technology is a manufacturer specializing in semiconductor equipment and accessories. Its product range includes consumables for silicon wafers, glass, ceramics, quartz, lithium niobate, sapphire, supporting packaging and testing enterprises with semiconductor products.

Hercules Microsystems

Series B in 2021
Jingwei Qili is a developer of hybrid programmable computing chips. The company's products are mainly FPGA chip series products, as well as development boards and kits, etc., which can be applied to the field of artificial intelligence. At the same time, the company's business also includes providing users with testing and maintenance Circuits and other services.

Trifo

Series C in 2021
Trifo is a technology company that specializes in designing and manufacturing AI-powered home robots to enhance everyday living. Established in 2016 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with additional offices in Shenzhen and Beijing, Trifo develops integrated hardware and software systems equipped with advanced sensing, perception, and decision-making capabilities. Its robots are capable of autonomously organizing and interacting with home environments by understanding physical, geometric, and semantic elements. Additionally, Trifo provides a Software Development Kit (SDK), allowing users to integrate its products into personal projects. The company's innovative solutions aim to improve household efficiency and ease, continually adapting through advanced artificial intelligence technologies.

SambaNova Systems

Series D in 2021
SambaNova Systems develops an integrated systems platform and hardware for artificial intelligence and machine learning workloads. The company offers analytics and AI infrastructure designed to accelerate data processing, training, and inference across diverse models. Its platform emphasizes a flexible, scalable architecture optimized for data flow, enabling faster, more efficient algorithms on AI-powered hardware. SambaNova serves applications in sectors such as healthcare, finance, and autonomous vehicles, supporting teams in building and deploying AI solutions. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, SambaNova focuses on delivering end-to-end AI capabilities that combine software and purpose-built hardware to streamline model development, deployment, and operation.

Kandou Bus

Series C in 2020
Kandou Bus specializes in designing high-speed, pin-efficient serial links for various applications. Its technology increases data transfer speed and reduces energy consumption, enabling improvements in devices like DRAM, graphics cards, servers, mobile devices, game consoles, routers, FPGAs, and defense electronics.

YEESTOR

Series B in 2020
YEESTOR Microelectronics Co., Ltd specializes in the development and sale of memory control chips, focusing primarily on storage controllers. Established in 2007 and headquartered in Shenzhen, China, the company provides a range of products including PCIe SSD controllers, SATA SSD controllers, UFS controllers, eMMC controllers, USB controllers, and security storage controllers. These products are used across various applications, such as data centers, servers, personal computers, smartphones, tablets, smart homes, and the Internet of Things. YEESTOR serves clients that include storage IC companies and module manufacturers, offering technical support and customized solutions to enhance design efficiency and reliability. The company emerged from the merger of SiliconGo Microelectronics and Auspitek and has achieved significant milestones, including cumulative shipments exceeding 700 million units, positioning itself as a leading global supplier in the flash memory controller market.

QST Corporation

Series B in 2020
QST Corporation, founded in September 2012 and headquartered in Shanghai, China, specializes in the development and manufacturing of micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) smart sensors. The company focuses on designing high-quality sensor solutions for mobile consumer electronic devices, including smartphones, tablets, wearables, and augmented/virtual reality headsets. Its product offerings include 3-axis magnetic sensors, accelerometers, gyroscopes, barometers, pressure sensors, and light sensors, as well as combined inertial sensors. QST Corporation aims to customize intelligent applications and services for its clients, leveraging the domestic industrial support system in China to achieve rapid growth. The company is positioned to serve various sectors, including IoT applications, smart homes, and drones, contributing to the advancement of intelligent mobile terminals.

SambaNova Systems

Series C in 2020
SambaNova Systems develops an integrated systems platform and hardware for artificial intelligence and machine learning workloads. The company offers analytics and AI infrastructure designed to accelerate data processing, training, and inference across diverse models. Its platform emphasizes a flexible, scalable architecture optimized for data flow, enabling faster, more efficient algorithms on AI-powered hardware. SambaNova serves applications in sectors such as healthcare, finance, and autonomous vehicles, supporting teams in building and deploying AI solutions. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, SambaNova focuses on delivering end-to-end AI capabilities that combine software and purpose-built hardware to streamline model development, deployment, and operation.

Kandou Bus

Series C in 2019
Kandou Bus specializes in designing high-speed, pin-efficient serial links for various applications. Its technology increases data transfer speed and reduces energy consumption, enabling improvements in devices like DRAM, graphics cards, servers, mobile devices, game consoles, routers, FPGAs, and defense electronics.

SambaNova Systems

Series B in 2019
SambaNova Systems develops an integrated systems platform and hardware for artificial intelligence and machine learning workloads. The company offers analytics and AI infrastructure designed to accelerate data processing, training, and inference across diverse models. Its platform emphasizes a flexible, scalable architecture optimized for data flow, enabling faster, more efficient algorithms on AI-powered hardware. SambaNova serves applications in sectors such as healthcare, finance, and autonomous vehicles, supporting teams in building and deploying AI solutions. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, SambaNova focuses on delivering end-to-end AI capabilities that combine software and purpose-built hardware to streamline model development, deployment, and operation.

TBSTest Technology

Series A in 2019
TBSTest Technology is a developer and manufacturer of semiconductor test equipment, focusing on integrated circuit automatic test equipment, ATE, and SOC test equipment. It provides testing solutions including hardware, software, test boards, and memory systems, and offers pre-sales and after-sales support. The company serves IC designers and producers as well as scientific research institutions and universities. Founded in 2017, it is based in Beijing with branch offices in Xi’an, Shanghai, and Suwon, South Korea.

Trifo

Series A in 2018
Trifo is a technology company that specializes in designing and manufacturing AI-powered home robots to enhance everyday living. Established in 2016 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with additional offices in Shenzhen and Beijing, Trifo develops integrated hardware and software systems equipped with advanced sensing, perception, and decision-making capabilities. Its robots are capable of autonomously organizing and interacting with home environments by understanding physical, geometric, and semantic elements. Additionally, Trifo provides a Software Development Kit (SDK), allowing users to integrate its products into personal projects. The company's innovative solutions aim to improve household efficiency and ease, continually adapting through advanced artificial intelligence technologies.

Avegant

Venture Round in 2018
Avegant, established in 2012, is a California-based technology company specializing in the development of advanced display technology for augmented reality (AR) experiences. The company leverages its expertise in human visual science and head-mounted display ergonomics, along with consumer electronics manufacturing experience, to create displays that enable realistic AR experiences for consumers. Avegant's core product is a light field display technology designed for mixed-reality applications, allowing users to visualize virtual objects across multiple focal planes, mimicking the way we perceive natural objects and enhancing AR interactions in various aspects of life, such as learning, playing, working, and socializing.

Kandou Bus

Series B in 2018
Kandou Bus specializes in designing high-speed, pin-efficient serial links for various applications. Its technology increases data transfer speed and reduces energy consumption, enabling improvements in devices like DRAM, graphics cards, servers, mobile devices, game consoles, routers, FPGAs, and defense electronics.

CNEX Labs

Series D in 2018
CNEX Labs develops storage semiconductor and software solutions, specializing in NVMe PCIe SSD controller ASICs that support LightNVM and Open-Channel operation with native NVMoE I/O connectivity. The controllers deliver high performance with low and predictable latency, scalability, and flexibility for software-defined storage, accelerating big data computing and analytics in cloud, hyperscale, and enterprise data centers. The company serves cloud and data center customers and partners with solid-state storage manufacturers to create differentiated storage solutions across form factors such as M.2, U.2, U.3, HHHL, and EDSFF. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Jose, California, CNEX maintains additional offices in Copenhagen, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Tokyo.

YEESTOR

Series A in 2018
YEESTOR Microelectronics Co., Ltd specializes in the development and sale of memory control chips, focusing primarily on storage controllers. Established in 2007 and headquartered in Shenzhen, China, the company provides a range of products including PCIe SSD controllers, SATA SSD controllers, UFS controllers, eMMC controllers, USB controllers, and security storage controllers. These products are used across various applications, such as data centers, servers, personal computers, smartphones, tablets, smart homes, and the Internet of Things. YEESTOR serves clients that include storage IC companies and module manufacturers, offering technical support and customized solutions to enhance design efficiency and reliability. The company emerged from the merger of SiliconGo Microelectronics and Auspitek and has achieved significant milestones, including cumulative shipments exceeding 700 million units, positioning itself as a leading global supplier in the flash memory controller market.

SambaNova Systems

Series A in 2018
SambaNova Systems develops an integrated systems platform and hardware for artificial intelligence and machine learning workloads. The company offers analytics and AI infrastructure designed to accelerate data processing, training, and inference across diverse models. Its platform emphasizes a flexible, scalable architecture optimized for data flow, enabling faster, more efficient algorithms on AI-powered hardware. SambaNova serves applications in sectors such as healthcare, finance, and autonomous vehicles, supporting teams in building and deploying AI solutions. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, SambaNova focuses on delivering end-to-end AI capabilities that combine software and purpose-built hardware to streamline model development, deployment, and operation.

TBSTest Technology

Angel Round in 2018
TBSTest Technology is a developer and manufacturer of semiconductor test equipment, focusing on integrated circuit automatic test equipment, ATE, and SOC test equipment. It provides testing solutions including hardware, software, test boards, and memory systems, and offers pre-sales and after-sales support. The company serves IC designers and producers as well as scientific research institutions and universities. Founded in 2017, it is based in Beijing with branch offices in Xi’an, Shanghai, and Suwon, South Korea.

Huaqin Communication Technology

Series A in 2017
Huaqin specializes in the design, development, and production of smartphones, tablets, notebooks, servers, and IoT products. As a global leader in ODM services, Huaqin partners with Google to ensure secure Android devices for customers worldwide.

PhotonIC Technologies

Series B in 2017
PhotonIC Technologies is a Shanghai-based company specializing in the development of integrated optoelectronic chips designed for advanced optical networking and Internet of Things (IoT) sensing applications. The firm focuses on creating high-speed, low-power optoelectronic integrated circuits that cater to various sectors, including data centers, 5G transmission, and 3D Time-of-Flight (ToF) smart sensing systems. By leveraging proprietary CMOS technology for chip design and manufacturing, PhotonIC Technologies aims to deliver competitive solutions in terms of performance, energy efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. The company collaborates with research entities and industrial partners to enhance its product offerings and drive innovation in the field of optoelectronics.

Rokid Technology

Series B in 2016
Rokid Technology, established in 2014, is a California-based company specializing in artificial intelligence and robotics. It develops and manufactures smart devices, including AI-powered smart speakers and augmented reality (AR) smart glasses. Rokid's products, such as the Rokid Glass, incorporate advanced AI capabilities like facial recognition, language translation, and voice control, providing users with an interactive experience by overlaying digital information onto the physical world. The company's offerings cater to both consumer and industrial markets, aiming to enhance human-computer interaction through superior industrial design and user experience.

MEMSDrive

Series B in 2016
MEMS Drive Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in the development and manufacturing of advanced MEMS actuators for mobile imaging applications in portable electronics. The company focuses on providing superior optical image stabilization technology, utilizing electrostatic forces between electrically conductive combs to deliver fast and precise image stabilization for mobile devices. With strong backing from customers in the cellphone camera market, MEMS Drive Inc. is positioned at the forefront of innovation in this dynamic sector, continually enhancing imaging capabilities for portable electronics.

Trifo

Seed Round in 2016
Trifo is a technology company that specializes in designing and manufacturing AI-powered home robots to enhance everyday living. Established in 2016 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with additional offices in Shenzhen and Beijing, Trifo develops integrated hardware and software systems equipped with advanced sensing, perception, and decision-making capabilities. Its robots are capable of autonomously organizing and interacting with home environments by understanding physical, geometric, and semantic elements. Additionally, Trifo provides a Software Development Kit (SDK), allowing users to integrate its products into personal projects. The company's innovative solutions aim to improve household efficiency and ease, continually adapting through advanced artificial intelligence technologies.

Rokid Technology

Series A in 2015
Rokid Technology, established in 2014, is a California-based company specializing in artificial intelligence and robotics. It develops and manufactures smart devices, including AI-powered smart speakers and augmented reality (AR) smart glasses. Rokid's products, such as the Rokid Glass, incorporate advanced AI capabilities like facial recognition, language translation, and voice control, providing users with an interactive experience by overlaying digital information onto the physical world. The company's offerings cater to both consumer and industrial markets, aiming to enhance human-computer interaction through superior industrial design and user experience.

CNEX Labs

Series B in 2015
CNEX Labs develops storage semiconductor and software solutions, specializing in NVMe PCIe SSD controller ASICs that support LightNVM and Open-Channel operation with native NVMoE I/O connectivity. The controllers deliver high performance with low and predictable latency, scalability, and flexibility for software-defined storage, accelerating big data computing and analytics in cloud, hyperscale, and enterprise data centers. The company serves cloud and data center customers and partners with solid-state storage manufacturers to create differentiated storage solutions across form factors such as M.2, U.2, U.3, HHHL, and EDSFF. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Jose, California, CNEX maintains additional offices in Copenhagen, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Tokyo.

CNEX Labs

Series A in 2014
CNEX Labs develops storage semiconductor and software solutions, specializing in NVMe PCIe SSD controller ASICs that support LightNVM and Open-Channel operation with native NVMoE I/O connectivity. The controllers deliver high performance with low and predictable latency, scalability, and flexibility for software-defined storage, accelerating big data computing and analytics in cloud, hyperscale, and enterprise data centers. The company serves cloud and data center customers and partners with solid-state storage manufacturers to create differentiated storage solutions across form factors such as M.2, U.2, U.3, HHHL, and EDSFF. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Jose, California, CNEX maintains additional offices in Copenhagen, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Tokyo.

essemi

Series A in 2012
essemi provides integrated circuit products such as radio frequency chips and touch chips used in consumer electronics, home appliances, industrial control, automotive electronics, instrumentation, personal care, medical, and other fields.

GigaDevice

Series E in 2012
Founded in 2005, GigaDevice is a leading Chinese fabless semiconductor company specializing in advanced memory chip design. It offers a wide range of high-speed, low-power NOR Flash and other memory products, serving embedded, consumer electronics, and mobile communications sectors. With over 55% of its workforce dedicated to research and development, the company consistently delivers innovative solutions, including China's first SPI NOR Flash, SPI NAND Flash, and ARM Cortex-M3 microcontroller products.

GoPro

Series A in 2011
GoPro designs, manufactures, and sells wearable and mountable cameras, accessories, software, and subscriptions worldwide. Founded in 2004, the company is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Quintic

Series B in 2008
Quintic (Beijing) Microelectronics Co., Ltd. is a Chinese chip design company focused on providing consumers with low power consumption and cost-effective wireless access solutions. Quintic was established on September 29, 2006. Its core design and architecture engineers come from leading global companies with technical expertise covering WLAN, Bluetooth, WiMax, mobile TV, ultra wideband, and other communications standards. Since early 2007, Quintic started the development of the FM production line, and incorporated high-performance FM transmitter chips in the field of personal wireless audio connectivity applications.

Telegent Systems

Series C in 2007
Telegent Systems, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company based in Sunnyvale, California, founded in 2004. The company specializes in the development and marketing of advanced analog CMOS RF and mixed-signal system-on-a-chip solutions. Telegent Systems focuses on creating products that facilitate the reception, processing, and output of free-to-air analog broadcast television, primarily for mobile handsets and portable media devices. By leveraging its technical expertise in RF mixed-signal design and communications signal processing, the company aims to open new market opportunities in communications and computing platforms. Its operations span multiple regions, including Southeast Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, China, and the Russian Federation/CIS.

GalaxyCore

Seed Round in 2006
GalaxyCore is a Shanghai-based fabless imaging semiconductor company established in 2003. It designs, develops, and markets CMOS image sensor devices for mobile devices and consumer electronics, converting captured light into digital signals. The company also designs and markets LCD driver chips that control display panels. Its products are used by CMOS camera module manufacturers, LCD module manufacturers, end device manufacturers, and design houses worldwide. GalaxyCore emphasizes innovative design and efficient manufacturing, with additional offices in Shenzhen, Beijing, Hong Kong, and Taipei to support global customers.

Centrality Communications

Series D in 2005
Centrality Communications, a fabless semiconductor company, specializes in platform solutions for the navigation infotainment market. It develops GPS navigation processors, focusing on cost-efficient, high-performance navigation and multimedia functionality. Centrality's product portfolio includes Atlas-I (entry-level platform), Atlas-II (for GPS navigation systems), and ATLAS-H (for handheld devices). These processors are used in various applications such as GPS handhelds, smartphones, PDAs, and automotive navigation systems.

Inphi

Series D in 2005
Inphi Corporation is a provider of high-speed analog and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions, primarily serving the communications, data center, and computing markets in the United States. The company specializes in products that enhance data transmission capabilities, including amplifiers, encoders, multiplexers, and clock recovery devices, operating at speeds up to 100 Gbps. These solutions are integral to the functionality of servers, routers, switches, and storage systems, addressing bandwidth bottlenecks and optimizing throughput while minimizing latency. Inphi collaborates with system vendors to create proprietary simulation models that predict performance prior to semiconductor fabrication. The company's extensive product line also supports applications in test and measurement equipment and military radar systems. Inphi sells its products directly to original equipment manufacturers and indirectly through module manufacturers and original design manufacturers. Founded in 2000 and based in Sunnyvale, California, Inphi was previously known as TCom Communications, Inc. before rebranding in 2001.

Inphi

Series C in 2004
Inphi Corporation is a provider of high-speed analog and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions, primarily serving the communications, data center, and computing markets in the United States. The company specializes in products that enhance data transmission capabilities, including amplifiers, encoders, multiplexers, and clock recovery devices, operating at speeds up to 100 Gbps. These solutions are integral to the functionality of servers, routers, switches, and storage systems, addressing bandwidth bottlenecks and optimizing throughput while minimizing latency. Inphi collaborates with system vendors to create proprietary simulation models that predict performance prior to semiconductor fabrication. The company's extensive product line also supports applications in test and measurement equipment and military radar systems. Inphi sells its products directly to original equipment manufacturers and indirectly through module manufacturers and original design manufacturers. Founded in 2000 and based in Sunnyvale, California, Inphi was previously known as TCom Communications, Inc. before rebranding in 2001.

BroadLogic Network Technologies

Series C in 2004
BroadLogic Network Technologies, Inc. specializes in designing and supplying video-processing mixed signal semiconductors for broadband network operators. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in San Jose, California, the company provides essential technologies that enable services such as video-on-demand, digital video, voice, and high-speed data for consumers. Its flagship product, TeraPIX, is a multi-channel video processor that decodes digital video streams, facilitating both analog and digital service tiers. This technology allows cable-ready devices, including televisions and DVRs, to access a variety of programs. Additionally, BroadLogic develops Wideband Receivers for new subscriber devices and collaborates with key industry partners, enhancing its offerings for system operators and manufacturers. The company also maintains a development center in Beijing, China.

Greenfield Networks

Series C in 2004
Greenfield Networks provides Ethernet switch silicon technology solutions for enterprise and metro applications primarily in India and internationally. The company offers a series of packet processors; G135 Intelligent Mux, which is a 12-port gigabit Ethernet (GE) intelligent multiplexer for GE linecards for enterprise and metro edge chassis systems; and G900 switch fabric that delivers wirespeed switching performance for its 10 Gbps fabric ports.

Calypto Design Systems

Series B in 2004
Calypto Design Systems, Inc. specializes in technologies for ESL hardware design, RTL power optimization, and functional verification. The company offers a range of products, including PowerPro, which automates RTL power optimization and analysis by identifying and inserting logic for sequential clock gating and memory enablement, achieving significant power reductions in designs. Additionally, Calypto provides the Catapult platform, enabling designers to create production-quality RTL from high-level descriptions in ANSI C++ or SystemC, thus streamlining the design and verification processes. Their SLEC tools verify the equivalence of RTL implementations against system-level models, leveraging formal methods to ensure design integrity. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Calypto operates offices in Japan, India, Europe, and North America, primarily serving Fortune 500 clients globally, including prominent companies in the semiconductor industry.

Ikanos

Series E in 2004
Ikanos Communications designs, develops, markets, and sells semiconductors and integrated firmware products for connected home networks worldwide. Its offerings include DSL processors, gateway processors, and multi-mode communications processors supporting various network topologies like Ethernet, PON, DSL, and LTE. Serving network equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, and other clients through direct sales and distributors, Ikanos operates as a subsidiary of Qualcomm Atheros since 2015, headquartered in Fremont, California.

Ubicom

Series B in 2004
Ubicom is a privately held company based in Sunnyvale, California, specializing in the development of communications and media processor (CMP) and software platforms. The company focuses on addressing the specific needs of real-time interactive applications and multimedia content delivery within the digital home environment. Ubicom offers optimized system-level solutions tailored for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) across a diverse range of products, including wireless routers, access points, VoIP gateways, and streaming media devices. Their innovative multithreaded processor design and real-time operating system, combined with application-level solutions, aim to deliver a high-quality user experience characterized by exceptional ease of use.

Inphi

Series B in 2002
Inphi Corporation is a provider of high-speed analog and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions, primarily serving the communications, data center, and computing markets in the United States. The company specializes in products that enhance data transmission capabilities, including amplifiers, encoders, multiplexers, and clock recovery devices, operating at speeds up to 100 Gbps. These solutions are integral to the functionality of servers, routers, switches, and storage systems, addressing bandwidth bottlenecks and optimizing throughput while minimizing latency. Inphi collaborates with system vendors to create proprietary simulation models that predict performance prior to semiconductor fabrication. The company's extensive product line also supports applications in test and measurement equipment and military radar systems. Inphi sells its products directly to original equipment manufacturers and indirectly through module manufacturers and original design manufacturers. Founded in 2000 and based in Sunnyvale, California, Inphi was previously known as TCom Communications, Inc. before rebranding in 2001.

Global Communication Devices

Series B in 2001
Global Communication Devices is engaged in the design of fabless RF and mixed-signal ICs (integrated circuits) and RF and mixed-signal.

Ikanos

Series C in 2001
Ikanos Communications designs, develops, markets, and sells semiconductors and integrated firmware products for connected home networks worldwide. Its offerings include DSL processors, gateway processors, and multi-mode communications processors supporting various network topologies like Ethernet, PON, DSL, and LTE. Serving network equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, and other clients through direct sales and distributors, Ikanos operates as a subsidiary of Qualcomm Atheros since 2015, headquartered in Fremont, California.

Ubicom

Venture Round in 2000
Ubicom is a privately held company based in Sunnyvale, California, specializing in the development of communications and media processor (CMP) and software platforms. The company focuses on addressing the specific needs of real-time interactive applications and multimedia content delivery within the digital home environment. Ubicom offers optimized system-level solutions tailored for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) across a diverse range of products, including wireless routers, access points, VoIP gateways, and streaming media devices. Their innovative multithreaded processor design and real-time operating system, combined with application-level solutions, aim to deliver a high-quality user experience characterized by exceptional ease of use.

BroadLogic Network Technologies

Series B in 2000
BroadLogic Network Technologies, Inc. specializes in designing and supplying video-processing mixed signal semiconductors for broadband network operators. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in San Jose, California, the company provides essential technologies that enable services such as video-on-demand, digital video, voice, and high-speed data for consumers. Its flagship product, TeraPIX, is a multi-channel video processor that decodes digital video streams, facilitating both analog and digital service tiers. This technology allows cable-ready devices, including televisions and DVRs, to access a variety of programs. Additionally, BroadLogic develops Wideband Receivers for new subscriber devices and collaborates with key industry partners, enhancing its offerings for system operators and manufacturers. The company also maintains a development center in Beijing, China.

Ubicom

Series B in 1999
Ubicom is a privately held company based in Sunnyvale, California, specializing in the development of communications and media processor (CMP) and software platforms. The company focuses on addressing the specific needs of real-time interactive applications and multimedia content delivery within the digital home environment. Ubicom offers optimized system-level solutions tailored for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) across a diverse range of products, including wireless routers, access points, VoIP gateways, and streaming media devices. Their innovative multithreaded processor design and real-time operating system, combined with application-level solutions, aim to deliver a high-quality user experience characterized by exceptional ease of use.

BroadLogic Network Technologies

Series A in 1999
BroadLogic Network Technologies, Inc. specializes in designing and supplying video-processing mixed signal semiconductors for broadband network operators. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in San Jose, California, the company provides essential technologies that enable services such as video-on-demand, digital video, voice, and high-speed data for consumers. Its flagship product, TeraPIX, is a multi-channel video processor that decodes digital video streams, facilitating both analog and digital service tiers. This technology allows cable-ready devices, including televisions and DVRs, to access a variety of programs. Additionally, BroadLogic develops Wideband Receivers for new subscriber devices and collaborates with key industry partners, enhancing its offerings for system operators and manufacturers. The company also maintains a development center in Beijing, China.
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