Atheros Communications
AcquiredSunnyvale, United States · Founded 2000 · $66.7M raised
- Headquarters
- Sunnyvale, California
- Employees
- 1001–5000
- Founded
- 2000
- Business Model
- B2B
- Website
- atheros.com
- Total Funding
- $66.7M
- Last Round
- $66.7M Series BApr 2001
- Rounds
- 1
- Acquired by
- QualcommMay 2011 · $3.7B
Totals include recorded grants and other qualifying funding, not just equity. What counts toward funding.
About
Atheros Communications was an American fabless semiconductor company founded in 1998 in Santa Clara, California. It specialized in developing highly integrated chipsets for wireless LAN (Wi-Fi), Bluetooth, GPS, and other network communications. Atheros was a pioneer in 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi silicon, combining RF, mixed-signal, and digital semiconductor design. The company was acquired by Qualcomm in May 2011 for approximately $3.7 billion, becoming Qualcomm Atheros.
Summary
Atheros Communications is a Semiconductors company based in Sunnyvale, United States, founded in 2000. It has raised $66.7M in total across 1 round, most recently a $66.7M Series B round in Apr 2001. Investors include New Enterprise Associates, Bowman Capital and Levensohn Capital Management.
Funding & Exit History
May 2011
Sign up to see all 3 events
Funding: Series B. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.
Investors
Similar Companies
Celero Communications develops coherent DSP solutions that enable high-bandwidth, low-power optic...
Provides high-performance TERALYNX Ethernet switch silicon for cloud and edge data centers, servi...
Japanese semiconductor manufacturer developing advanced 2nm chip technology.
India's largest telecom network and digital services provider, offering 5G, broadband, and mobile...
Your company? Embed this profile
Add the live badge to your site — it stays current as your funding data updates.
<a href="https://indexed.vc/companies/atheros-communications"><img src="https://indexed.vc/api/badge/company/atheros-communications" alt="Atheros Communications on Indexed.vc" width="260" height="76" /></a>