Sidense
Company

Last deal

$3.6M

Amount

Series C

Stage

28.02.2013

Date

3

all rounds

$21.3M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

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About Company
Sidense develops one-time programmable embedded non-volatile memory using standard-logic CMOS processes.

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founded date

01.01.2004

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Series C

IPO status

Private

Description

The company is a leading developer of silicon-proven embedded NVM intellectual property (IP) that enables a wide range of electronic products. Sidense's patented OTP memory and logic NVM helps in code storage and processor configuration, offering a lower footprint and enabling semiconductor and systems companies to integrate IP cores into their SOC designs. The company's silicon-proven embedded NVM IP cores help differentiate products and are designed to be used in various electronic devices.
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Wlodek Kurjanowicz
Wlodek Kurjanowicz

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With over 25 years of IC design and manufacturing experience, Wlodek Kurjanowicz has lead numerous design, design automation and design analysis groups. In 2003 he founded Sidense Corp. with a vision to build a reliable NVM solution for sub 100nm CMOS technologies. In 1998 he co-founded ATMOS Corp., the embedded memory IP company, which he lead as its Chief Technology Officer to become the world leading provider of embedded DRAM compilers. Wlodek became a Mosys Fellow following the ATMOS acquisition by Mosys Inc. (Nasdaq: MOSY) in 2002. Prior to that, he managed the Design Analysis Group and held the position of Senior Technical Advisor at Chipworks, and was a Member of Technical Staff at Semiconductor Insights Inc. He also held various IC Design Manager and IC Technology Manager positions in a Polish semiconductor plant. He holds six patents in addition to several pending applications in the memory IP space.

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Sidense
Sidense

Wlodek Kurjanowicz

Employee Profiles
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Zack Lien

Customer service lead

Steve Maynes

Steve Maynes

CFO

Wlodek Kurjanowicz

Wlodek Kurjanowicz

Founder and CTO

Bob Daly

Bob Daly

Chief Financial Officer

Tom Schild

Tom Schild

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Dean Fulford

Human resources lead

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