Icera
Company

Last deal

$5M

Amount

Debt Financing

Stage

03.06.2011

Date

3

all rounds

$244.5M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
Icera develops high-performance soft modem technology for mobile broadband phones and data devices.

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Sector :

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founded date

01.04.2002

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Debt Financing

IPO status

Private

Description

The company offers a range of products, including chipsets for baseband, radio, and power management, as well as 3G chipsets for HSDPA and HSUPA. Their multimode soft modems and soft basebands provide clients with a high-performance communication engine for cellular products. With a team of experts in custom processor design, wireless algorithm development, CMOS RF design, and wireless handset platform integration, Icera's platform solutions enable manufacturers to create differentiated, high-performance mobile broadband devices quickly. Headquartered in Bristol, UK, with design locations in multiple countries and sales and support worldwide, Icera has raised over $300M in venture funding since its founding in 2002.
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Vice President Strategy & DXP® Technology and Founder Simon is responsible for Icera's corporate strategy and product roadmap. For the first 7 years of Icera's evolution Simon served as Vice President Silicon Engineering, delivering Icera's first two generations of cellular chipsets. Simon is the architect of Icera’s unique DXP® processor technology and continues to direct the evolution of DXP® architecture. He is a member of the Board of Directors and a founder of the company. Prior to Icera, Simon co-founded ADSL chip company Element 14, where he served as Vice President Silicon. Element 14 was acquired by Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) for $640M in 2000. Simon established Element 14’s design centre in Bristol, UK, and was responsible for the development of Element 14’s digital chips. Simon co-architected the FirePath processor which today enables Broadcom's unique soft DSL modem technology. Prior to Element 14, Simon led the custom processor design group of STMicroelectronics (NASDAQ: STM), formerly the design team of processor pioneer Inmos in Bristol, UK. Simon started his career at the UK’s Defence Electronics Research Agency, after graduating from Cambridge University with a degree in Electrical Science.

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