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Global Silicon

A fabless semiconductor company.

Company Information

Description

Global Silicon Limited was a fabless semiconductor company, engaged in the design, development, and manufacture of proprietary mixed signal chips for the consumer audio market. It offersed CD servo controllers and high performance MP3 and windows media audio (WMA) decoders. The company also offered PCB modules, design wins, and xin servo/mp3/wma.

Legal Name

Former Legal Name(s)

Company Reputation

Entity Type

Private limited company

Ownership Status

Operational Status

Inactive

Founded Date

1997

Operational Duration

16 years

Shutdown Date

2013

Last Financing Round

Series B

Total Raised

USD 10M

Last Financing Date

8 Sep 2005

No. of Funding Round(s)

No. of Investor(s)

No. of Employees

1 - 10

Total Revenue

Post-money Valuation

Market Capitalization

Stage of Development

Established

Transactional Model Type

B2B

Defensibility Moats

Experience curve,

City

Marlow

State/Province

Buckinghamshire

Country

United Kingdom

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Categories

Electronics, Manufacturing, Semiconductor,

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Direct Competitors and Similar Companies

Note: Direct competitors are defined by similarity score of more than 40%, while similar companies are defined by similarity score of less than 40%

No.	Image	Name	Similarity score	Description	Industry	Categories	Location	Ownership status	Entity type	Stage of development	Transactional model type	Defensibility moats	Last financing round	Total raised	Post-money valuation	Last financing date	No. of funding round(s)	No. of investors	Investors	Total revenue	Market capitalization	No. of investments	No. of acquisitions	No. of board seats taken	Competition	Management	No. of employees	Company reputation	Contact info	Operational status	Operational duration	Shutdown date	Founded date	Legal name	Former legal name(s)	Ticker
1.		Tabula	24.1%	A semiconductor manufacturing company.	Information Technology & Services	Technology, Semiconductor, Manufacturing	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100-250	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2003	-	-	-

Investors

No.	Name	Investor type	Description	Location	Preferred investment stage(s)	Stages invested in	Assets under management (AUM)	Investment range	Investment sweet spot	Preferred investment focus	Preferred investment geography	No. of investments	No. of lead investments	No. of follow-on investments	No. of co-investments	Portfolio companies	No. of exits	Total exit value	No. of failed investments	Loss on investments	No. of acquisitions	No. of board seats taken	No. of funds	Limited partners	Co-investors	No. of partners	Partners	No. of employees	Management	Board members	Founders	Investor reputation	Contact info	Entity type	Legal name	Former legal name(s)	Founded date	Ticker
1.	Celtic House Venture Partners	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2.	MTI	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3.	Quester Capital	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Leadership

No.	Image	Name	Previous designation	Previous company	Previous biography	Previous profile type	Previous location	Experience	Education	Reputation	Current company	Current designation	Current biography	Current profile type	Current location	No. of investments	No. of exits	Total exit value	No. of board seats taken	Contact info
1.		Martin Brennan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2.		Morgan Colmer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Funding

No.	Financing date	Financing round	Total amount raised	Post-money valuation	Financial viability	Fundraising target amount	Remaining target amount	Financing type	No. of investors	Board seats	Lead investors	Entity type	Financing status
1.	8 Sep 2005	Series B	USD 10M	-	-			-	3	-	-	-	Completed