Siano Mobile Silicon develops and markets silicon semiconductor chips for reception of digital TV on mobile, portable and hand-held devices. Its chipsets are used to implement mobile TV in emerging markets such as China, Brazil and Europe, and the company says it has a 50 percent market share in China and Latin America. Siano supplies chips to OEMs including Samsung, Motorola, ZTE, Huawei, Mio, Garmin and Dell. Founded in late 2004 and based in Israel, the company has raised a total of $95.5 million to date. It raised $23.5 million a year ago and has just raised an additional $20 million led by Jerusalem Venture Partners. The new funding will be used to expand its product to the North American mobile market. Siano designs and markets silicon semiconductor chips for reception of digital TV on mobile, portable and hand‑held devices. Its chips are targeted at implementation of mobile TV in emerging markets including China, Brazil and Europe. The company supplies chips to OEMs such as Samsung, Motorola, ZTE, Huawei, Mio, Garmin and Dell. Founded in late 2004 and based in Israel, Siano has raised a total of $75.5 million to date. The latest $23.5 million round will be used for product development and market expansion. The company’s core position is selling receiver ICs to device manufacturers in markets adopting mobile TV standards.

Total raised

$44M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

May 2011