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Design-for-e-beam software start-up, D2S has secured US$9 million in a Series B investment round. Advantest Corporation and Cadence Design Systems as well as Benchmark Capital and DAG Ventures participated in the round.
“We are privileged to have the funding and support of these premiere venture capital firms, as well as the continued strategic investment and collaboration with world leaders in the EDA and semiconductor equipment industry,” said Aki Fujimura, Chairman and CEO of D2S. “We will leverage this to increase momentum building around DFEB.”
“This difficult environment represents an opportunity to develop breakthrough technologies for the next generation of semiconductor technology nodes,” stated Balkanski. “Benchmark is extremely pleased to work with D2S to re-enable silicon innovation at the leading-edge nodes.”
The Series B financing will be used to enhance and expand the market development for D2S’s design-for-e-beam (DFEB) technology.