Tech Company Financing Transactions

CopperGate Communications Funding Round

CopperGate Communications secured a $14.5 million Series C financing round on 11/22/2005. Backers included Viola Ventures and DFJ Tamir Fishman Ventures.

Transaction Overview

Announced On
11/22/2005
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$14,500,000
Round
Series C
Investors

Viola Ventures (Lead Investor) (Ori Bendori)

DFJ Tamir Fishman Ventures (Shai Saul)

Proceeds Purpose
The company said the financing would be used to accelerate its expansion into international markets, as well as to grow its product development and customer support capacity.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Semiconductors
Mailing Address
1778 McCarthy Boulevard
Milpitas, CA 95035
USA
Email Address
Overview
CopperGate Communications develops chipsets designed to revolutionize home networking, providing the only currently available standards-based technology for multimedia networking in the home without requiring any new wires.
Profile
CopperGate Communications LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
CopperGate Communications Company Twitter Account
Company News
CopperGate Communications News
Facebook
CopperGate Communications on Facebook
YouTube
CopperGate Communications on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Gabi Hilevitz
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Chief Financial Officer
Nurit Benjamini
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Chief Technical Officer
Rami Verbin
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Co-Founder
Israel Lifshitz
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President
William Simmelink
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VP - Bus. Development
Nadav Katsir
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VP - Marketing
David Baum
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VP - Marketing
Michael Weissman
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VP - Operations
Eran Schwartz
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VP - R & D
Tsach Shwartz
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