TransChip Inc. (now Samsung Semiconductor Israel)

www.transchip.com

Now Samsung Semiconductor

High-Tech Company

Acquired by Samsung Electronics

TECH VERTICALS

Image & Audio, Machine Vision, Optics

General Data

Sector	Semiconductors
Company Stage:	Initial Revenues
Established	1999
Number of Employees	65

DESCRIPTION

TransChip is a leading developer of single chip camera solutions for mobile phones. The company's complete imaging solutions, from initial image capture to video compression and streaming, enable mobile handset manufacturers to incorporate high quality multimedia technology into their next generation handsets with very low power requirements.

TECHNOLOGY

Image Processors.

ESTIMATED ANNUAL SALES

	TARGET MARKETS
	Portable Wireless Applications Manufacturers and Suppliers.

	BUSINESS MODEL
	B2B

SERVICE PROVIDERS

Company Name	Type
abC Defghij	Law Firm

REMARKS

Date	Remark
01/10/2007	Samsung has acquired Transchip Inc.and turned it into their Israeli R&D center.

CONTACT INFO

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Main Address: Ramat Gan, Israel

Address	10 Oholiav St.
City	Ramat Gan
Country	Israel
Zip	52522

Contact Person	abC Defghij
Contact E-Mail	abC Defghij
Company E-mail	abC Defghij
Telephone	abC Defghij
Fax	abC Defghij

Branch Address: Taipei, Taiwan

Address	Nei-Hu Rd., 8F-1, No. 15, Lane 360, Section 1
City	Taipei
Country	Taiwan

Contact Person	abC Defghij
Contact E-Mail	abC Defghij
Company E-mail	abC Defghij
Telephone	abC Defghij
Fax	abC Defghij

Branch Address: San Jose, United States

Address	2880 Zanker Rd., Suite 203
City	San Jose
State/Province	CA
Country	United States
Zip	95134

Contact Person	abC Defghij
Contact E-Mail	abC Defghij
Company E-mail	abC Defghij
Telephone	abC Defghij
Fax	abC Defghij

	MANAGEMENT

Key Executive

Name	Title
Dr. Avi Strum	Co-Founder
Dr. Viktor Ariel	CEO, Chairman & Co-Founder

	BOARD

Board

Member	Title	Affiliation
abC Defghij	Chairman	Founder & CEO, TransChip
abC Defghij	Board Member	Co-Founder, Qualcomm
abC Defghij	Observer	Senior Director, Cadence Venture Capital
abC Defghij	Observer	JP Morgan Investment Mgmt
abC Defghij	Board Member	General Partner, Mission Ventures
abC Defghij	Board Member	Co-Founder & Chairman, Analog Devices

Mergers & Acquisitions

Round

Date

Stage

Amount

Valuation

Acquired

Oct. 01, 2007

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	FINANCIAL ROUNDS

Total Capital Raised
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Financial Rounds

Numbers of Investors

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Round

Date

Stage

Amount

Valuation

Fourth Round

Feb. 10, 2004

abCDe

* New investor

Investor	Type	Amount	Remarks
abC Defghij	Venture Capital Fund	abCDe
abC Defghij	Venture Capital Fund	abCDe
abC Defghij	Investment Company	abCDe	Through Fleming Investments
abC Defghij	Private Investor	abCDe
abC Defghij	High-Tech Company	abCDe
abC Defghij	Private Investor	abCDe

Third Round

Apr. 09, 2003

abCDe

* New investor

Investor	Type	Amount	Remarks
abC Defghij	Venture Capital Fund	abCDe
abC Defghij	Private Investor	abCDe
abC Defghij	High-Tech Company	abCDe
abC Defghij	Private Investor	abCDe

Second Round

Jan. 01, 2002

abCDe

* New investor

Investor	Type	Amount	Remarks
abC Defghij	Private Investor	abCDe
abC Defghij	Private Investor	abCDe

First Round

Oct. 01, 2000

abCDe

* New investor

Investor	Type	Amount	Remarks
abC Defghij	Private Investor	abCDe
abC Defghij	Private Investor	abCDe
abC Defghij	Private Investor	abCDe
abC Defghij	Other	abCDe

	R&D Grants

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Round

Date

Stage

Amount

Remarks

R&D Grant

May. 25, 2004

abCDe

* New investor

Investor	Type	Amount	Remarks
abC Defghij	Government Agency	abCDe	R&D grant ($1.352m)

R&D Grant

Jul. 08, 2003

abCDe

* New investor

Investor	Type	Amount	Remarks
abC Defghij	Government Agency	abCDe	R&D grant ($1.4m)

R&D Grant

Oct. 01, 2002

abCDe

* New investor

Investor	Type	Amount	Remarks
abC Defghij	Government Agency	abCDe	R&D grant ($0.9m)

Last Updated:	abCDe
IVC Number:	abCDe