# Semtech: portfolio, investments and team

> Semtech is a corporate vc based in United States. 3 investments on record, latest Jan 2017. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/semtech (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Semtech

Last cheque observed Jan 2017. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet Corporate VC

Debt Series C Advertising Search Engine Electronics

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 3 on record

Since the last cheque **3580** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$3.0M** Rounds led **0 of 3** Sole investor **1 rounds** Exits **1 from the portfolio**

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## Semtech highlights

- 01 3 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Debt and Series C: 100% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $3.0M
- 04 1 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** Corporate VC (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Sectors:** Advertising Search Engine Electronics
- **Based in:** Camarillo, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **3 appearances**

- **2017** 1 round
- **Jan** **[myDevices](https://millionrounds.com/company/mydevices)** US · Sfvbj **$3.0M** Sole investor
- **2014** 1 round
- **Dec** **[Powervation](https://millionrounds.com/company/powervation)** Debt · US **$3.0M** With 5 others
- **2012** 1 round
- **Dec** **[Powervation](https://millionrounds.com/company/powervation)** Series C · US · news.yahoo.com **$7.0M** With 4 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

We hold **12** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **1 in all**

**[Powervation](https://millionrounds.com/company/powervation)** Bought by [ROHM Semiconductor](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rohm-semiconductor) **$70M** Jul 2015

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

## Companies it bought

Acquisitions by the firm itself

**Triune Systems** **Undisclosed** Mar 2015

**[Enverv](https://millionrounds.com/company/enverv)** **Undisclosed** Jan 2015

**Cycleo** **Undisclosed** Mar 2012

**[Sierra Monolithics](https://millionrounds.com/company/sierra-monolithics)** **$180M** Nov 2009

## The cheque

Debt Series C

Median round joined **$3.0M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$3.0M**

Led 0 of 3 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 1 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Jan 2017
- **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Debt *1*
- Series C *1*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2012 2017

Often in the room with

- [Braemar Energy Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/braemar-energy-ventures) 2
- [Intel Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intel-capital) 2
- [Scottish Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scottish-equity-partners) 2
- [VentureTech Alliance](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venturetech-alliance) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Semtech. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Braemar Energy Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/braemar-energy-ventures)[**Intel Capital** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intel-capital)[**Scottish Equity Partners** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scottish-equity-partners)[**VentureTech Alliance** Growth equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venturetech-alliance)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Semtech put money into.

[**myDevices** $3.0M · Jan 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/mydevices)

## Quick answers about Semtech

### What does Semtech invest in?

Semtech invests most often at Debt and Series C (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Advertising, Search Engine and Electronics.

### How active is Semtech?

3 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jan 2017.

### What has Semtech invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: myDevices (Undisclosed round, Jan 2017).

### How big are Semtech's cheques?

The median round it joins is $3.0M.

### Is Semtech investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jan 2017.

### Who does Semtech invest alongside?

Most often Braemar Energy Ventures (2 rounds together), Intel Capital (2 rounds together) and Scottish Equity Partners (2 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is Semtech?

Semtech is a corporate VC based in Camarillo, United States.

### When was Semtech founded?

Semtech was founded in 1960.

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