Transphorm

Transphorm, Inc.
Private
Industry Power electronics
Headquarters Goleta, California
Products GaN power transistors
Website transphormusa.com

Transphorm, Inc. is a semiconductor company focussed on producing transistors made from gallium nitride (GaN) for use in switched-mode power supplies.[1] It has raised about $220 million in venture capital since 2007 from investors including Fujitsu, KKR, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, and Google Ventures.[2] It is headquartered in Goleta, California, close to the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) from which the company is an offshoot and where the co-founder and CEO, Umesh Mishra, is a professor.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Hsu, Tiffany (2011-02-23). "California start-up Transphorm gets $20 million from Google Ventures to develop power conversion technology". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2015-11-29. $38 million in capital from Google, Kleiner Perkins and more.
  2. ↑ "Transphorm". CrunchBase. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
  3. ↑ "The Daily Start-Up: Japan's Giants Lead $35M Round for Transphorm, Seeing Potential in GaN-Based Electronics". Wall Street Journal. 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2015-11-29. Japanese corporations led a $35 million Series E investment in U.S. start-up Transphorm
  4. ↑ Clark, Don (2013-11-28). "Fujitsu Reaches Deal With Transphorm". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2015-11-29. Transphorm Inc. said it would buy rival operations of Japan's Fujitsu Ltd. as the U.S. startup furthers its pursuit of new technology for saving energy in electronic products.
  5. ↑ Clark, Don (2015-06-22). "Energy-Saving Material Gets a Boost". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2015-11-29. [KKR] is using its own money to lead a $70 million funding round for the startup Transphorm Inc.
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