Tech Company Financing Transactions

Ambiq Micro Funding Round

Ambiq Micro closed a $15 million Series C funding round on 11/10/2014. Backers included Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, ARM and Austin Ventures.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
11/10/2014
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$15,000,000
Round
Series C
Investors

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (Lead Investor) (Wen Hsieh)

ARM

Austin Ventures (Clark Jernigan)

Mercury Fund (Ned Hill)

Proceeds Purpose
The company already manufactures and markets real-time clocks (RTCs) using this technology and a microcontroller (MCU) family, manufactured using the same standard CMOS process, will be announced within the next few weeks. The MCUs will target Internet of Things (IoT) applications, particularly wearable electronic devices, where energy savings will translate into much longer battery life.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Semiconductors
Mailing Address
6500 River Place Blvd. Bldg. 7 200
Austin, TX 78730
USA
Email Address
Overview
A semiconductor company with a breakthrough patented technology, Subthreshold Power Optimized Technology (SPOT) that dramatically reduces the amount of power consumed by ICs.
Profile
Ambiq Micro LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Ambiq Micro Company Twitter Account
Company News
Ambiq Micro News
Facebook
Ambiq Micro on Facebook
YouTube
Ambiq Micro on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Fumihide Esaka
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Chief Technical Officer
Scott Hanson
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President
Sean Chen
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VP - Engineering
Dale Hancock
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VP - Finance
Lisa Standley
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VP - Human Resources
Yama Zhang
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VP - Marketing
Aaron Grassian
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