Kovio Inc., a privately held Silicon Valley company, is developing a new category of semiconductor products using printed silicon electronics and thin film technology. This new manufacturing technology combines the low cost of graphics printing with the power and functionality of silicon-based semiconductors. The company was founded in the MIT Media Laboratory by a team of scientists that recognized the significant impact that combining silicon a...
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Kovio Inc., a privately held Silicon Valley company, is developing a new category of semiconductor products using printed silicon electronics and thin film technology. This new manufacturing technology combines the low cost of graphics printing with the power and functionality of silicon-based semiconductors. The company was founded in the MIT Media Laboratory by a team of scientists that recognized the significant impact that combining silicon and print technologies could have on the world. Kovio is backed by leading venture capitalists and strategic investors,
including Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, Bessemer Venture
Partners, Jerusalem Venture Partners, Panasonic Ventures, Flagship
Venture Partners, Mitsui Venture, Duff Ackerman and Goodrich, Harris
and Harris, Yasuda Enterprise, DEA Capital, NCD Investors, Pinnacle
Ventures and Toppan Forms. Kovio’s chairman and CEO is Amir Mashkoori, a nearly 30-year veteran of
the semiconductor industry who previously worked for Spansion and AMD.
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