Transphorm
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Power electronics |
| Headquarters | Goleta, California |
| Products | GaN power transistors |
| Website | transphormusa.com |
Transphorm Inc. is a semiconductor company focussed on producing transistors made from gallium nitride (GaN) for use in switched-mode power supplies.[1] It has raised about $220 million in venture capital since 2007 from investors including Fujitsu, KKR, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, and Google Ventures.[2] It is headquartered in Goleta, California, close to the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) from which the company is an offshoot and where the co-founder and CTO, Umesh Mishra, is a professor.[3][4][5]
References
- ^ Hsu, Tiffany (2011-02-23). "California start-up Transphorm gets $20 million from Google Ventures to develop power conversion technology". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
$38 million in capital from Google, Kleiner Perkins and more.
- ^ "Transphorm". CrunchBase. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
- ^ "The Daily Start-Up: Japan's Giants Lead $35M Round for Transphorm, Seeing Potential in GaN-Based Electronics". Wall Street Journal. 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
Japanese corporations led a $35 million Series E investment in U.S. start-up Transphorm
- ^ Clark, Don (2013-11-28). "Fujitsu Reaches Deal With Transphorm". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
Transphorm Inc. said it would buy rival operations of Japan's Fujitsu Ltd. as the U.S. startup furthers its pursuit of new technology for saving energy in electronic products.
- ^ Clark, Don (2015-06-22). "Energy-Saving Material Gets a Boost". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
[KKR] is using its own money to lead a $70 million funding round for the startup Transphorm Inc.
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