Atheros Communications

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Sunnyvale, United States · Founded 2000 · $66.7M raised

Employees
1001–5000
Founded
2000
Business Model
B2B
Total Funding
$66.7M
Last Round
$66.7M Series BApr 2001
Rounds
1

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 NEA, Bowman Capital and Levensohn Capital Management.

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Funding History

AcquisitionMay 2011
$3.7B

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