Product category: Communications ICs (Wireless)
News Release from: Artimi
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 14 December 2006
Artimi secures USD26.5 million in series
B funding
Artimi, developer of wireless semiconductors for portable Certified Wireless USB consumer electronics, has closed USD26.5 million in equity financing.
Artimi, developer of wireless semiconductors for portable Certified Wireless USB consumer electronics, has closed USD26.5 million in equity financing Three current investors, Accel Partners, Amadeus Capital Partners, and Index Ventures, led the Series B investment
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 7 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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