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Israeli Mobile TV Chipmaker Siano Mobile Secures $20 Million Investment

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 3, 2006 - 6:50am.
Tel Aviv - Siano Mobile Silicon, an Israel-based developer of integrated semiconductor receivers for mobile digital TV, announced that it has raised approximately $20 million in second round funding. The announcement comes just six months after the company raised more than $9.6 million. Jerusalem Venture Partners led the latest round, with existing investors Walden Israel and Star Ventures also participating. Siano's chips bring digital TV functionality to satellite navigation devices, mobile phones, smart phones/PDAs and other mobile and portable devices.
tags: Mobile | Chipmaker | Secure | Investment | Israeli | Siano |

Israeli Multimedia Chipmaker CopperGate Raises $14.5 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 28, 2005 - 10:26am.
Tel Aviv - CopperGate Communications, an Israel-based supplier of multimedia chips, announced that it has raised $14.5 million in its third round of funding, led by new investor Carmel Ventures. Previous investors Tamir Fishman Ventures and the Challenge Fund also participated. The company said it planned to use the capital to accelerate its expansion into international markets and increase its product development and customer support capacity. Founded in 2000, CopperGate addresses the emerging Internet TV market with its home networking distribution technology.
tags: VC | Chipmaker | Israeli | Multimedia |