Atheros Communications
ClosedSunnyvale, 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
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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May 2011
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