Last deal

$125M

Amount

Post-IPO Equity

Stage

30.09.2021

Date

3

all rounds

$226M

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date founded

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About Company
Valens Semiconductor provides semiconductor products for the distribution of uncompressed HD multimedia content.

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founded date

01.01.2006

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For Profit

Last funding type

Post-IPO Equity

IPO status

Private

Description

The company offers transmitters and receivers for various applications, including DVD players, digital set-top-boxes, game consoles, and digital signage. Valens Semiconductor's chips transmit and receive uncompressed HD video, audio, Internet, power, and control signals, and are used in various settings such as homes, offices, hotels, airports, and public places. The company operates in two segments: Audio-Video and Automotive, with products that enable long-reach, high-speed video, and data transmission for the audio-video and automotive industries. Valens Semiconductor has offices in Israel, the United States, Tokyo, Japan, and Hong Kong, and operates in several geographical segments.
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Dror Jerushalmi
Dror Jerushalmi

Dror Jerushalmi

As CEO and Co-founder of Valens, Dror Jerushalmi draws upon 20 years of high-level international business development and marketing management experience in the semiconductor industry to steer the company on a path of growth and success. Dror defines the company’s market penetration and business strategies, as it establishes its HDBaseT technology as the global standard for digital connectivity. Under his leadership, the company has completed rounds of financing, continues to introduce several families of products, and has reached significant milestones, including the award of a Technology & Engineering Emmy in 2016. Dror is currently overseeing HDBaseT’s successful introduction to the automotive market, to optimize in-vehicle connectivity. Previously, Dror was Director of Business Development at Saifun Semiconductor (acquired by Spansion), a provider of intellectual property (IP) solutions for the non-volatile memory (NVM) market. Before that, he was Vice President of Marketing at Emblaze Semiconductor (acquired by Zoran Corporation), where he established the company’s reputation as an industry leader recognized by customers, press and analysts. He also held Business Development and Marketing management positions at Tioga and DSPG. Dror holds a Bachelor's and a Master's (Cum Laude) degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Ben-Gurion University, Israel, and an MBA from Heriot-Watt University, Israel branch.

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Dror Jerushalmi

Eyran Lida
Eyran Lida

Eyran Lida

Eyran Lida is the lead inventor of HDBaseT technology, and as Valens’ Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, he is responsible for technology and strategy development and for the company’s patent portfolio. Eyran’s background includes 25 years of communication systems software and hardware architecture development experience, with primary expertise in wireline hardwired DSP modem design. He holds 45 US patents and is the Chair of the HDBaseT Alliance Technical Committee. In this position, Eyran is responsible for the definition and development of new HDBaseT specifications. Before Valens, Eyran was a co-founder of Mysticom Semiconductor, Israel, a leading supplier of high-speed communication integrated circuits. At Mysticom (acquired by TranSwitch), he held the position of Director of Architecture and System Solutions. He was also involved in the development of the 100BaseT, 1000BaseT and 10GBaseCX4 Ethernet Phy integrated circuits, including major contributions to the unique patented architectures of those solutions.Prior to that, he developed real-time software for IP and IPX routers at the Rad Bynat Group. Eyran holds a Bachelor’s degree in Physics and Computer Science from the Hebrew University, Israel.

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Valens Semiconductor
Valens Semiconductor

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Eyran Lida

Massad Eyal
Massad Eyal

Massad Eyal

With 30 years of R&D management, VLSI engineering, and mixed signal design experience, Massad Eyal manages Valens’ R&D and engineering activities. Massad established the company’ R&D team and developed HDBaseT technology from concept to reality. Massad oversees the development and launch of the company’s families of products, and is now closely involved with the company’s penetration into the automotive market. Before Valens, Massad was a co-founder of Mysticom Semiconductor, where he built the mixed signal design expertise of the company from the ground up. After Mysticom was acquired by TranSwitch, Massad managed the entire engineering activities of TranSwitch Israel. Prior to that, he held engineering management and design positions, developing mixed-signal modules at LSI Logic and at National Semiconductor. Massad holds a Bachelor's degree (Cum Laude) in Electrical Engineering from the Technion –Israel Institute of Technology. He is a senior member of IEEE.

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Valens Semiconductor
Valens Semiconductor

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1

Massad Eyal

Employee Profiles
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Dafna Maron

Human resources manager

Barak Kobrinsky

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Tyler Press

Director of corporate development

Craig Johnson

Director of business development

Shulamit Banay

Assistant vice president customer success automotive bu

Massad Eyal

Massad Eyal

VP Core Technologies

Benny Prujan

Director, automotive programs manager

John Marshall

John Marshall

Sales Director

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