# lowRISC CIC: Computer hardware, Cambridge, United Kingdom

> lowRISC CIC: lowRISC CIC is a not-for-profit engineering organization based in Cambridge, UK, with a presence in Zurich, Switzerland.

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# lowRISC CIC

lowRISC CIC is a not-for-profit engineering organization based in Cambridge, UK, with a presence in Zurich, Switzerland.

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Funding reported Last round: Venture (Round not Specified)

Computer hardware Cambridge, United Kingdom

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Company summary

- **Founded:** 2014 12 years old
- **Team:** 38 11 to 50 people
- **Funding reported:** - none reported
- **Last round:** Venture (Round not Specified) May 2019

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- ✓ **Listed** We know it exists and what it does
- 2 **Funding reported** A company dataset reports a raise
- 3 **Observed** A filing or a dated announcement confirms a round

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## About lowRISC CIC

lowRISC CIC is a not-for-profit engineering organization based in Cambridge, UK, with a presence in Zurich, Switzerland.

Founded in 2014 at the University of Cambridge, lowRISC focuses on making open-source silicon commercially relevant and widely adopted. As a regulated entity, it reinvests profits from commercial projects into education and community-benefiting initiatives. The company specializes in collaborative engineering, offering services such as silicon design and development, toolchain development for the RISC-V ecosystem, and security solutions. lowRISC is the primary steward of significant open-source projects like OpenTitan, a silicon root of trust, and Ibex, a RISC-V CPU core. It also provides training and support for these technologies, ensuring high-quality outcomes for its partners, which include corporations, academic institutions, and open-source communities.

## What company datasets say lowRISC CIC raised

Funding, as reported

The last round reported **Venture (Round not Specified)** May 2019

Last round date **May 2019**

## Founders and team

From lowRISC CIC's own website: 2 on the team.

- **Javier Orensanz Martinez** CEO
- **Lucy Thornton** Board of directors

## The company, in detail

What they build

Known for

hardware security security chip risc-v core manufacturing collaboration multi-party collaboration education information technology & services multi-project tapeout security root of trust gdsii open design risc-v processor silicon commons riscv microcontroller security

Built with from their website

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- **Sector:** Computer hardware
- **Industry code:** NAICS 33441, 541715, 541330, SIC 3671
- **Region:** England
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## Computer hardware in United Kingdom

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