Gemfire

Aviation · Fremont, United States · Founded 1995

Gemfire specializes in applying planar semi-conductor-type processing technology to create optical solutions for system integrators

Valuation $100–500M

Headcount <100

Total funding $100–500M

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Company overview

Gemfire company information

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Status: Acquired
Founded: 1995
Headquarters: Fremont, United States
Employees: 28
Open positions: None listed
Dealroom signal: 39.3

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business modelManufacturingsectorAviation and AerospacesectorHard TechsectorDT and LSsectorscience-basedindustrySemiconductorssectorTelecommunicationsclient focusb2btechnologyHardwaretechnologyDeep Tech

Valuation & funding

Gemfire funding history

Company financing events and reported valuations.

Deal type	Date	Amount	Valuation	Investors	Source
ACQUISITIONOther financing	Nov 2009	$0	—	Ignis	—
LATE VCOther financing	Sep 2007	$37M	$148M	Centaurus Capital · Bank of Scotland · Palo Alto Investors	—
SERIES COther financing	Mar 2001	$63M	$252M	Intel Capital · Finisar · TriQuint Semiconductor · Cisco	—

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Growth signals

Gemfire website traffic

Latest recorded traffic for Gemfire is 240 monthly website visits. Gemfire's team grew 12% over the past year.

Latest monthly visits240 1-year team growth+12%

Monthly website visits32 observations · Oct 2017–Mar 2023

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Comparisons

Gemfire compared with similar companies

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SISignadyneDeveloping high-performance modular equipment for control, test, and measurement applications	Barcelona, Spain	Acquired	—	$723K	$1.3M
SESensorDynamicsSensorDynamics was a fabless semiconductor & MEMS company focusing on micro and wireless sensor products	Graz, Austria	Acquired
DDDeepwave DigitalDeepwave Digital directly enables the incorporation of artificial intelligence (AI) in radio frequency (RF) and wireless systems	Philadelphia, United States	Operational
PHPharrowtechPharrowtech designs next-generation solutions for fixed-wireless access, wireless VR/AR and ultra-high capacity wireless links	Leuven, Belgium	Closed
MCMetanoia CommunicationsDevelops semiconductors and software solutions to the wireline broadband market and the in-home networking market	Taiwan	Operational
CTCreatComm TechnologyWireless video/data transmission solutions	Huangpu, China	Operational
RWRangeStar WirelessRangeStar is changing the look and performance of wireless communications devices	United States	Operational
WAWavesplitterA broad range of high performance passive and active optical components for enterprise	San Jose, United States	Operational

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Talent graph

Gemfire's talent

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Team profiled 2 named & role-tagged

Founders /100 quality score

Key operators 1 quality /100

Potential founders likely future founders

Startup mafia alumni-founded startups

Talent movements in · out past 12 months

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Investors

8 investors on Gemfire's cap table

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Series B+ 7 investors entered at this stage

Intel Capital

Finisar

TriQuint Semiconductor

Cisco

Centaurus Capital

Bank of Scotland

Palo Alto Investors

Other known 1 additional known investor

Ignis

Global footprint

Where Gemfire has talent and traffic

Workforce by country

🇺🇸 United States · Fremont HQ

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In the news

Latest news about Gemfire

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Market sentiment

What the market is saying about Gemfire

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