Tech Company Financing Transactions
Newport Media Funding Round
On 11/20/2006, Newport Media received $30 million in Series C funding from DAG Ventures, Benchmark Capital and Global Catalyst Partners.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
11/20/2006
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$30,000,000
Round
Series C
Investors
DAG Ventures (Lead Investor) (John Cadeddu)
Proceeds Purpose
This
financing will enable the company to ramp volume production to their customers while expanding
their product portfolio to deliver multi-standard solutions for the rapidly growing digital
mobile TV market segment.
Company Information
Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Semiconductors
Mailing Address
1 Spectrum Pointe Dr. 225
Lake Forest, CA 92630
USA
Lake Forest, CA 92630
USA
Phone
Website
Email Address
Overview
Newport Media is a fabless semiconductor company that develops and sells highly integrated solutions for emerging digital audio and mobile TV broadcasts standards. Market research firm In-Stat forecasts that the market for TV enabled cellular phones will grow to over 80 million units annually by 2010.
Profile
Social Media
Company News
Facebook
YouTube
Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Mohy Abdelgany
Chief Financial Officer
Scott Blouin
Chief Technical Officer
Nabil Wasily
VP - Engineering
Mohamed Romdhane
VP - Marketing
James Kamke
VP - Operations
Hassan Hashemi
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