Silicon Line GmbH (Germany) - Dec 2007

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01 December 2007

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Munich Venture Partners (MVP) and Belgium-based Capital-E led a Series A funding round for fabless analog IC provider Silicon Line GmbH. Capital-E is an investor specialised in early-stage semiconductor companies and both investors had previously looked at companies to invest in together. This is their first co-investment. The contact to the company was established through the investor’s personal network in the semiconductor industry.

The company plans to use the proceeds of this financing to pursue fast-growing markets for its patented PHY-layer ICs and to accelerate the growth of its organisation. It plans to become an industrial partner to connector suppliers in diverse market segments.

The investors were impressed with the company’s unprecedented low power standard CMOS IC’s for optical links that resolve interference issues given the multitude of transmission standards and frequency bands. The product enables portable devices with simpler designs to go to the market much faster than before. Another reason for the funding was cited as being the semiconductor designers’ ability to implement surpassing performance in standard CMOS, which breaks all known world records in terms of speed. Another contributing factor was the company’s rich product roadmap.

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Silicon Line GmbH is a fabless integrated circuit company focusing on ultra-low power analog integrated circuits, headquartered in Munich. The company has developed PHY-layer ICs for power critical optical data transport applications in portable systems and devices.

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Dr Sönke Mehrgardt handled the transaction for MVP, Capital-E was represented by Pascal Vanluchene.

Sourced from: Deutsche unquote" 95 (Feb 2008)