Hilight Semi
Hilight Semi is a developer tools company in Southampton, United Kingdom, founded in 2012. It has raised $34.3M across 5 rounds, most recently a $20.0M Series C in March 2019.
Highest Performance, Lowest Power, Pure CMOS
- Headquarters
- Southampton
- Employees
- 51–200
- Founded
- 2012
- Business Model
- B2B
- Website
- hilight-semi.com
- Total Funding
- $34.3M
- Last Round
- $20.0M Series CMar 2019
- Rounds
- 5
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About
HiLight Semiconductor Ltd. is a fabless chip company founded in 2012 by veterans of the optical communications industry, headquartered in Southampton, UK. The company designs and supplies analogue and mixed-signal CMOS integrated circuits for high-speed optical communications and networking applications across datacom, telecom, and wireless infrastructure markets. HiLight specializes in the world's highest performance PMD and PHY ICs in advanced CMOS nodes, including transimpedance amplifiers, laser drivers, and highly integrated transceiver ICs supporting speeds up to and beyond 100Gbps. The company has shipped over 100 million units and serves customers globally including in China and Europe.
Summary
It lists 51–200 employees. It has raised $34.3M in total across 5 rounds, most recently a $20.0M Series C round in Mar 2019. Investors include Oyster Ventures, Atlantic Bridge and European Innovation Council Fund.
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Funding History
Mar 2019
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Funding: Seed through Series C. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.
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