• Kalray

  Participated · Equity · May 2018

  Kalray develops processors designed for new intelligent systems that can analyze large amounts of data on the fly, make decisions and interact in real time. Its intelligent processors are being deployed in sectors including new‑generation networks (intelligent datacenters), autonomous vehicles, healthcare, drones and robots. The company serves server manufacturers, intelligent system integrators and consumer product makers such as car manufacturers. Kalray intends to use the recently raised funds to enable commercial deployment of its existing processor and to complete development of a next‑generation processor scheduled for launch in 2019. Financially, the company raised a €10M tranche as part of a larger €23.6M financing package. Kalray was created in 2008 as a spin‑off of the CEA and is based in Grenoble, France; Eric Baissus is president and CEO. Kalray is a fabless semiconductor spin-off from the CEA (founded in 2008) led by CEO Eric Baissus. It develops the MPPA® (Massively Parallel Processor Array) manycore processors that deliver extreme computing, low power consumption and low latency. The MPPA architecture is used in critical embedded technologies, including autonomous vehicles, and for acceleration in data centers. Its technology is protected by over 20 international patents. Kalray intends to use new capital to accelerate commercial exploitation of its current solutions and to launch development of the MPPA® Coolidge, its third-generation microprocessor scheduled for release in 2018. The company has raised over $65M in capital and public funding to date and employs over 65 people across Grenoble and a North American antenna in Los Altos, CA.

• Delfmems

  Participated · Series C · May 2014

  Led by CEO Guillaume d’Eyssautier, DelfMEMS develops MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems) switching solutions for RF communications. The company uses a new integrated micro-mechanical building block backed by an IP portfolio that includes seven key patents. Its switch is an anchorless, push-pull mechanical device deflected by electrostatic forces to switch RF signals. The design aims to improve insertion loss, linearity, integration, hot switching behavior, switching time and power consumption to simplify RF architectures. DelfMEMS closed $7.4M in Series C funding and intends to use the proceeds to consolidate the organization and be ready for a production ramp-up by the end of 2014. Backers in the round included FSN PME – Ambition Numérique fund, Iris Capital, VIVES, Capitalaria and early investors and business angels. DelfMEMS, founded in 2005 and based in Villeneuve d'Ascq, France, develops ohmic RF MEMS switches aimed at enabling tunability for next-generation wireless communications. Its core product is MEMS switching solutions for RF communication applications. The company raised $10.5M in a Series B to accelerate the industrialisation of its products. Management changes accompanied the round: Guillaume D’Eyssautier was appointed CEO while founder Olivier Millet will remain on the board as chief strategy and marketing officer. The company said the funds will be used to qualify first design wins and to validate DelfMEMS' manufacturing process, including thin-film packaging with a U.S. high-volume manufacturing partner. The stated goal is to support an aggressive production ramp-up of customers to penetrate the market.

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