Berlin \u2014 Project A Ventures has led the \u20ac254.4 million finan\u00adcing round of Aachen-based DeepT\u00adech start-up Black Semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor as lead inves\u00adtor. Porsche Ventures acted as co-lead inves\u00adtor, other new inves\u00adtors are Scania Growth, Capna\u00admic, Tech Vision Fonds and NRW.BANK. Exis\u00adting inves\u00adtors such as Vsquared Ventures, Cambium Capi\u00adtal and Onsight Ventures are also parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adting in the Series A finan\u00adcing round. Project A Ventures was alre\u00adady a co-lead inves\u00adtor in the seed finan\u00adcing round. YPOG provi\u00added compre\u00adhen\u00adsive legal advice to Project A Ventures.<\/p>\n
In addi\u00adtion to the \u20ac25.7 million in equity finan\u00adcing from venture capi\u00adtal inves\u00adtors, the semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor start-up recei\u00adves \u20ac228.7 million in funding from the Fede\u00adral Minis\u00adtry of Econo\u00admics and the state of North Rhine-West\u00adpha\u00adlia. The public funding is spread over seven years as part of the EU IPCEI ME\/CT program.
\nOver\u00adall, this is one of the largest finan\u00adcings for a deep tech chip company in Europe.<\/p>\n
Foun\u00added in 2020 by Dr. Daniel Schall <\/strong>and Sebas\u00adtian Schall<\/strong>, the company uses graphene to improve the perfor\u00admance and effi\u00adci\u00adency of chips. Graphene is an inno\u00adva\u00adtive mate\u00adrial that acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtes data commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion between chips and increa\u00adses energy effi\u00adci\u00adency. This tech\u00adno\u00adlogy thus enables trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtive appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons in various areas such as arti\u00adfi\u00adcial intel\u00adli\u00adgence, data centers and auto\u00adno\u00admous driving. Advi\u00adsors: YPOG<\/strong> has alre\u00adady advi\u00adsed Project A Ventures<\/strong> on the seed finan\u00adcing round. About Project A Ventures About YPOG<\/strong><\/p>\n YPOG is a law firm specia\u00adli\u00adzing in tax and commer\u00adcial law, active in the core areas of funds, tax, banking + finance and tran\u00adsac\u00adtions. The YPOG team advi\u00adses a wide variety of clients. These include emer\u00adging tech\u00adno\u00adlogy compa\u00adnies and family-run medium-sized enter\u00adpri\u00adses as well as corpo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons and private equity\/venture capi\u00adtal funds. YPOG is one of the leading addres\u00adses for venture capi\u00adtal, private equity and fund struc\u00adtu\u00adring in Germany. Today, YPOG employs more than 120 expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced lawy\u00aders, tax consul\u00adtants, tax specia\u00adlists and a notary in three offices in Berlin, Hamburg and Colo\u00adgne. \u2014 http:\/\/www.ypog.law<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Berlin \u2014 Project A Ventures has led the \u20ac254.4 million finan\u00adcing round of Aachen-based DeepT\u00adech start-up Black Semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor as lead inves\u00adtor. Porsche Ventures acted as co-lead inves\u00adtor, other new inves\u00adtors are Scania Growth, Capna\u00admic, Tech Vision Fonds and NRW.BANK. Exis\u00adting inves\u00adtors such as Vsquared Ventures, Cambium Capi\u00adtal and Onsight Ventures are also parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adting in the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51698,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1365,1366,1368,1369],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-private-equity-en","category-news-en","category-lawyers-tax-consultants-auditors","category-investors"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nThe start-up intends to use the new capi\u00adtal to expand its produc\u00adtion capa\u00adci\u00adties and drive forward the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of a new gene\u00adra\u00adtion of graphene-based chips.<\/p>\n
\nDr. Frede\u00adrik G\u00e4rt\u00adner (Lead, Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions), Part\u00adner, Berlin
\nDr. Ferdi\u00adnand Cadmus (Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions), Asso\u00adcia\u00adted Part\u00adner, Berlin
\nRoman Sch\u00e4le (Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions), Senior Asso\u00adciate, Berlin.<\/p>\n
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\nProject A is one of the leading early-stage tech inves\u00adtors in Europe with offices in Berlin and London. In addi\u00adtion to $1 billion in assets under manage\u00adment, Project A supports its port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies with a plat\u00adform team of over 140 profes\u00adsio\u00adnals in key areas such as soft\u00adware and product deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment, busi\u00adness intel\u00adli\u00adgence, brand, design, marke\u00adting, sales and recrui\u00adting. The venture capi\u00adtal company was foun\u00added in 2012 and has supported more than 100 start-ups to date. The port\u00adfo\u00adlio includes compa\u00adnies such as Trade Repu\u00adblic, World\u00adRe\u00admit, senn\u00adder, KRY, Spry\u00adker, Cata\u00adwiki, Unmind and Voi. https:\/\/www.project\u2011a.com<\/p>\n