Tech Company Financing Transactions

WiQuest Communications Funding Round

WiQuest Communications closed a $18 million Series B financing round on 3/27/2006. Backers included Sequoia Capital, Cisco Investments and iD SoftCapital Group.

Transaction Overview

Announced On
3/27/2006
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$18,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors

Sequoia Capital (Lead Investor) (Mark Stevens)

Cisco Investments (Sandy Lerner)

iD SoftCapital Group

Menlo Ventures (Pravin Vazirani)

Palomar Ventures

Proceeds Purpose
WiQuest will use these new funds to ramp production of its existing products and to further expand its growing portfolio of WiMedia and Wireless USB solutions.

Company Information

Company Status
Out of Business
Industry
Semiconductors
Mailing Address
915 Enterprise Boulevard 200
Allen, TX 75013
USA
Email Address
Overview
WiQuest Communications, Inc. is a privately held fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops and supplies complete ultrawideband solutions to PC, consumer electronics and mobile systems companies worldwide.
Profile
WiQuest Communications LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
WiQuest Communications Company Twitter Account
Company News
WiQuest Communications News
Facebook
WiQuest Communications on Facebook
YouTube
WiQuest Communications on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Steve Perna
  Steve Perna LinkedIn Profile  Steve Perna Twitter Account  Steve Perna News  Steve Perna on Facebook
Chief Financial Officer
Tim Kinnear
  Tim Kinnear LinkedIn Profile  Tim Kinnear Twitter Account  Tim Kinnear News  Tim Kinnear on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Greg Christison
  Greg Christison LinkedIn Profile  Greg Christison Twitter Account  Greg Christison News  Greg Christison on Facebook
VP - Sales
Todd Brown
  Todd Brown LinkedIn Profile  Todd Brown Twitter Account  Todd Brown News  Todd Brown on Facebook


 

 

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