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EE Times updates ‘Silicon 60’ list of emerging startups
Peter Clarke
11/7/2010 6:48 PM EST
The companies: G-L
G24 Innovations Ltd. (Cardiff, U.K.) is a pioneer of dye-sensitized thin-film solar cells. The company, founded in 2006, raised $50 million in 2008 and claims it is the first commercial manufacturer of Graetzel dye-sensitized solar cell technology for mass consumer use.
www.g24i.com
GainSpan Corp. (Sunnyvale), a developer of Wi-Fi sensor network technology, was an Intel incubator company before being spun out in 2006. It completed a Series B funding round in December 2007, raising $20 million with backing from Intel Capital.
www.gainspan.com
GreenPeak Technologies BV (Utrecht, Netherlands) was formed through the merger of Xanadu Wireless and Ubiwave in July 2007. Xanadu had been operating in stealth mode since early 2005; Ubiwave had been pioneering wireless mesh protocols since 2003. GreenPeak, backed by DJF Esprit, GIMV, Motorola Ventures Robert Bosch Venture Capital and Allegro Investment Fund, offers wireless transceiver chips with energy-harvesting-ready interfaces for use in wireless sensor networks.
www.greenpeak.com
Heliatek GmbH (Dresden, Germany) was formed in 2006 as a spinoff from the Universities of Dresden and Ulm. The company has developed organic solar cells from small molecule organic dyes that are chemically synthesized from hydrocarbons. Recent funding of $27 million is earmarked for building an initial production facility in Dresden. Heliatek will use its technology to produce flexible photovoltaic modules on a film substrate.
www.heliatek.com
InVisage Technologies Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.) is developing QuantumFilm, an imaging-sensing technology that the fabless company claims will replace silicon. Its first product enables high-fidelity, high-resolution images from handheld devices like camera phones and PDAs. InVisage was founded in 2006 and is venture funded by RockPort Capital, Charles River Ventures, InterWest Partners and OnPoint Technologies.
www.invisageinc.com
LensVector Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.) was founded in 2006 to commercialize optical technology that can shape, steer and focus light without mechanical movement. It has attracted more than $50 million in financing from investors and partners, including Menlo Ventures, Institutional Venture Partners, Samsung, Silicon Valley Bank, Mitsui and Kodak.
www.lensvector.com
Lime Microsystems Ltd. (Guildford U.K.), founded in March 2005, is a fabless specialist in digitally configurable transceivers for wireless broadband systems. Lime has development teams in the U.K. and Lithuania. It is backed by ACT Venture Capital and DFJ Esprit.
www.limemicro.com
Liquavista BV (Eindhoven, Netherlands) was formed in 2006 to develop a display technology based on the principle of electrowetting. The company is preparing displays for e-readers.
www.liquavista.com
*Lyric Semiconductor Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.) is a fabless semiconductor company founded in 2006 by MIT's Ben Vigoda and semiconductor veteran David Reynolds. Lyric’s probability processing technology has some similarities to both fuzzy logic and neural networking. Lyric has received more than $20 million in government funding from the Defense Research Advanced Projects Agency and other agencies. Stata Venture Partners is a venture investor.
www.lyricsemiconductor.com
Next: The companies: M-R
G
G24 Innovations Ltd. (Cardiff, U.K.) is a pioneer of dye-sensitized thin-film solar cells. The company, founded in 2006, raised $50 million in 2008 and claims it is the first commercial manufacturer of Graetzel dye-sensitized solar cell technology for mass consumer use.
www.g24i.com
GainSpan Corp. (Sunnyvale), a developer of Wi-Fi sensor network technology, was an Intel incubator company before being spun out in 2006. It completed a Series B funding round in December 2007, raising $20 million with backing from Intel Capital.
www.gainspan.com
GreenPeak Technologies BV (Utrecht, Netherlands) was formed through the merger of Xanadu Wireless and Ubiwave in July 2007. Xanadu had been operating in stealth mode since early 2005; Ubiwave had been pioneering wireless mesh protocols since 2003. GreenPeak, backed by DJF Esprit, GIMV, Motorola Ventures Robert Bosch Venture Capital and Allegro Investment Fund, offers wireless transceiver chips with energy-harvesting-ready interfaces for use in wireless sensor networks.
www.greenpeak.com
H
Heliatek GmbH (Dresden, Germany) was formed in 2006 as a spinoff from the Universities of Dresden and Ulm. The company has developed organic solar cells from small molecule organic dyes that are chemically synthesized from hydrocarbons. Recent funding of $27 million is earmarked for building an initial production facility in Dresden. Heliatek will use its technology to produce flexible photovoltaic modules on a film substrate.
www.heliatek.com
I
InVisage Technologies Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.) is developing QuantumFilm, an imaging-sensing technology that the fabless company claims will replace silicon. Its first product enables high-fidelity, high-resolution images from handheld devices like camera phones and PDAs. InVisage was founded in 2006 and is venture funded by RockPort Capital, Charles River Ventures, InterWest Partners and OnPoint Technologies.
www.invisageinc.com
L
LensVector Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.) was founded in 2006 to commercialize optical technology that can shape, steer and focus light without mechanical movement. It has attracted more than $50 million in financing from investors and partners, including Menlo Ventures, Institutional Venture Partners, Samsung, Silicon Valley Bank, Mitsui and Kodak.
www.lensvector.com
Lime Microsystems Ltd. (Guildford U.K.), founded in March 2005, is a fabless specialist in digitally configurable transceivers for wireless broadband systems. Lime has development teams in the U.K. and Lithuania. It is backed by ACT Venture Capital and DFJ Esprit.
www.limemicro.com
Liquavista BV (Eindhoven, Netherlands) was formed in 2006 to develop a display technology based on the principle of electrowetting. The company is preparing displays for e-readers.
www.liquavista.com
*Lyric Semiconductor Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.) is a fabless semiconductor company founded in 2006 by MIT's Ben Vigoda and semiconductor veteran David Reynolds. Lyric’s probability processing technology has some similarities to both fuzzy logic and neural networking. Lyric has received more than $20 million in government funding from the Defense Research Advanced Projects Agency and other agencies. Stata Venture Partners is a venture investor.
www.lyricsemiconductor.com
Next: The companies: M-R
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Camsols
11/9/2010 5:08 AM EST
IMHO, e-con Systems Inc., is worth a mention in this article. e-con Systems is an embedded product development Services Company focused on end-end product development. With expertise in mobile processors such has XScale PXA270, PXA320, AU1250, i.MX, OMAP35x etc., e-con helps customers on development of products such as digital picture frames, point of sale terminals, hand-held single board computers etc., using its product engineering services. Besides this, e-con provides system integration services such as Windows Embedded CE or Linux BSP porting solutions and device driver development.
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goafrit
11/9/2010 8:20 AM EST
This is a good list to notice future acquisition targets. Good job fro bringing these firms to the public knowledge.
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docdivakar
11/17/2010 2:39 PM EST
Nice list... interesting Achronix is at the top of A-list. They have been in the news lately with their decision to use Intel's fab business.
The supply chain flow identified for Achronix's Speedster22i is all within the US locations end-to-end:
http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-products/electronic-product-reviews/fpga-pld-products/4210286/Achronix-s-next-gen-FPGAs-in-Intel-s-22nm-process
This may bode well for military and aerospace applications which require “on shore” silicon but is that volume big enough for sustaining Achronix? The supply chain solution has to change quickly to lower cost destinations if Achronix has to compete in the consumer products market.
Dr. MP Divakar
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Mark Wehrmeister
11/22/2010 1:36 PM EST
It's great to see two Portland, Oregon area companies on this list - Avnera Corporation and Fresco Logic. The "Silicon Forest" is alive and well thanks to companies like this.
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NimrodO0l1
10/10/2011 6:09 PM EDT
I looked at the site and checked into jobs.
Sadly, all the technical jobs are in Taiwan or mainland China.
Much of the Silicon Forest has been chopped into little chips and shipped to Asia.
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Hillol
11/25/2010 5:20 AM EST
AgO Analog and RF Circuit Optimization Company
EE Times: www.bit.ly/ago-eepress
www.ago-inc.com
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peter.clarke
11/26/2010 7:22 AM EST
@Hillol
Thanks for the reference to your company
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Dr DSP
11/26/2010 7:47 PM EST
Is there a summary of the companies that were on the previous list and folded? How many are there?
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garydpdx
1/24/2011 12:18 PM EST
Maybe the best that one can hope for is a dump of all companies that have ever appeared on the list and let readers figure that out from their own research. Then you would still have to contend with name changes (e.g., Silicon Forest Labs became Lighthouse Technologies before its acquisition by Mentor Graphics, where the inFact verification technology originated) and relaunches (e.g., Space Codesign in Montreal; disclaimer: I am involved in the 2.0 version of that firm). By the way, I'm not sure if Lighthouse ever appeared in earlier editions of this EE Times list but I hope that Space will, next time!
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adam88
12/16/2010 12:19 PM EST
Heard a rumor that SiBeam CEO stepped down (secretly). Not sure if it's true or not.
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peter.clarke
1/24/2011 1:02 PM EST
I guess I could do a super list of all the companies that have ever appeared on the Silicon 60.....they are dropping off the list fast at the moment due to acquisitions; OneSpin Solutions being the latest.
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fpgaace
3/9/2011 8:47 AM EST
Can you check into Tabula?
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peter.clarke
4/5/2011 10:49 AM EDT
Check into Tabula? What about?
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NimrodO0l1
10/10/2011 6:26 PM EDT
Umm, SpectraWatt?
http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4219234/Intel-s-solar-spinoff-files-for-bankruptcy
Seems like the promising companies are flaming out faster than you can get the list printed.
I view the previous sentence as more sad than sarcastic.
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Lithium-ion Battery
10/28/2011 7:32 AM EDT
Good topics.
http://www.lxt-group.com/02/en Lithium-ion Battery
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cjara
7/24/2012 11:09 AM EDT
Hello Peter do you know where this information was generated? I'm working with professors who are analyzing the behaviors of founders in the Silicon Valley region. Right now we are trying to find different areas to gather the information. Thanks!!
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peter.clarke
3/26/2013 12:18 PM EDT
@cjara
This information was generated by EE Times staff.
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