
Celeno
26 Zarhin Street, Ra'anana, Center District, 4366250, Israel
Overview
Celeno offers advanced Wi-Fi chipsets, edge software and cloud technology to take Wi-Fi beyond connectivity into smart homes, smart cities, smart buildings and smart industry. Its smart Wi‑Fi technologies include advanced QoS management, multi‑AP mesh management and smart antenna technology to intelligently manage connections and enable consumers to achieve true Gigabit speeds. Its chipsets are used by OEM customers such as ARRIS, Compal and Samsung in home gateways, routers, set‑top boxes, Wi‑Fi access points and extenders. The technology is deployed in tens of millions of homes worldwide with Tier‑1 service providers including Charter Communications in North America and Vodafone and Liberty Global across 15 countries in Europe and Latin America. Founded in 2005 and based in Ra’anana, Israel, the company has a global presence with offices in the US, EMEA and Asia Pacific. Celeno intends to use the newly raised funds for expansion in Europe and for product development. Celeno Communications develops smart, managed Wi‑Fi solutions, including an 802.11ac chip portfolio and software technologies engineered for highly interfered, dense network scenarios. Its chips and software have been integrated into numerous OEM Wi‑Fi devices and deployed in tens of millions of homes by almost 100 leading service providers worldwide. The company is led by CEO Gilad Rozen and was founded in 2005 in Ra’anana, Israel. Celeno raised $38M in funding to support its operations. The company intends to use the proceeds to increase investment in new technology and R&D, expand its global presence, and boost sales and marketing efforts. These plans aim to grow deployments and commercial reach with existing service‑provider customers. Celeno Communications develops high-performance Wi‑Fi chips and software for HD multimedia and high-performance data home networking applications. Its field-proven OptimizAIR™ technology optimizes standards-based Wi‑Fi with channel-aware scheduling, rate selection, antenna selection and power adaptation to enable reliable distribution of up to eight 1080p HD video streams. The company's solutions deliver HD performance to third-party Wi‑Fi client devices including set-top boxes, tablets, wireless TVs, DVRs, media streamers and laptops. Celeno's chips have been deployed with over 75 service providers worldwide, including Deutsche Telekom, Liberty Global, UPC, Bouygues Telecom and China Telecom. Founded in 2005 and led by CEO Gilad Rozen, the company is based in Ra’anana, Israel. It plans to use recent funding to expand its 802.11ac development program and grow sales, marketing and engineering teams globally. Celeno develops WiFi chipsets powered by its proprietary OptimizAIR technology suite to improve 802.11n performance and enable HD video with whole-home coverage. The company says its chips deliver up to 10 times the range and throughput of legacy 802.11n solutions. Liberty Global adopted Celeno’s technology for its multimedia home gateway months before investing. Founded in 2005, Celeno maintains offices and representatives in EMEA, the U.S. and Asia‑Pacific. The $12 million funding will be used to expand sales and marketing efforts around the world. Its investor base includes strategic and corporate backers alongside venture firms.
- Total raised
- $84M
- Funding rounds
- 4
- Latest round
- Equity
- Latest activity
- Jan 2019
Industries
- Information Technology
- Manufacturing
- Semiconductor
- Wireless
Recent funding
Equity
Jan 2019
$10M
Equity
Sep 2016
$38M
Series E
Sep 2012
$24M
Equity
Nov 2010
$12M