Tech Company Financing Transactions

Altair Semiconductor Funding Round

On 6/12/2007, Altair Semiconductor received $18 million in Series B investment from Bessemer Venture Partners, BRM Capital and Giza Capital.

Transaction Overview

Announced On
6/12/2007
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$18,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors

Bessemer Venture Partners (Lead Investor) (Adam Fisher)

BRM Capital (Menashe Ezra)

Giza Capital

JVP

Proceeds Purpose
"Altair welcomes Bessemer Venture Partners as the lead in our latest round of financing. Bessemer joins a consortium of returning investors in providing us with the funds to take our products to market," said Altair CEO and Co-founder, Oded Melamed.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Semiconductors
Mailing Address
1400 Preston Rd. 400
Plano, TX 75093
USA
Email Address
Overview
Altair is a fabless semiconductor company based in Israel that is developing state of the art, ultra low power mobile WiMAX silicon solutions optimized for handsets and handheld devices.
Profile
Altair Semiconductor LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Altair Semiconductor Company Twitter Account
Company News
Altair Semiconductor News
Facebook
Altair Semiconductor on Facebook
YouTube
Altair Semiconductor on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Oded Melamed
  Oded Melamed LinkedIn Profile  Oded Melamed Twitter Account  Oded Melamed News  Oded Melamed on Facebook
Chief Financial Officer
Yaniv Reinhold
  Yaniv Reinhold LinkedIn Profile  Yaniv Reinhold Twitter Account  Yaniv Reinhold News  Yaniv Reinhold on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Yigal Bitran
  Yigal Bitran LinkedIn Profile  Yigal Bitran Twitter Account  Yigal Bitran News  Yigal Bitran on Facebook
VP - Engineering
Nohik Semel
  Nohik Semel LinkedIn Profile  Nohik Semel Twitter Account  Nohik Semel News  Nohik Semel on Facebook
VP - Human Resources
Shlomit Semel
  Shlomit Semel LinkedIn Profile  Shlomit Semel Twitter Account  Shlomit Semel News  Shlomit Semel on Facebook
VP - Marketing
Eran Eshed
  Eran Eshed LinkedIn Profile  Eran Eshed Twitter Account  Eran Eshed News  Eran Eshed on Facebook
VP - Sales
Chee Kwan
  Chee Kwan LinkedIn Profile  Chee Kwan Twitter Account  Chee Kwan News  Chee Kwan on Facebook


 

 

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