| Date | Title | Description |
| 08.04.2026 | March 2026's top 10 European tech deals you need to know about | European tech activity in March 2026 eased slightly compared to February, while overall market conditions remained stable.
The ecosystem recorded 292 funding deals and €7.5 billion raised, down marginally from 296 deals and €7.8 billion in ... |
| 29.03.2026 | Kandou AI: $225 Million Raised For AI Connectivity And Memory Bottleneck Solutions | Kandou AI, a fabless semiconductor design company focused on high-speed, energy-efficient connectivity solutions, announced it has raised $225 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round to address critical data movement challenges ... |
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| 27.03.2026 | Kandou AI bags $225M Series A, Kobalt is sold for €1.3B, and meet Europe's Microsoft alternative | This week, we tracked more than 55 tech funding deals worth over €850 million and over 15 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.
Alongside the week’s top funding rounds, we’ve highlighted key industry ... |
| 24.03.2026 | Kandou AI Secures $225M, Revolutionizing AI's Core Connectivity | Kandou AI, a Swiss-rooted startup, just secured $225 million in a significant funding round. This investment targets the critical bottlenecks plaguing modern artificial intelligence systems. AI's explosive growth demands unprecedented data ... |
| 24.03.2026 | Kandou AI Closes USD225M Series A Funding | Kandou AI, a Saint-Sulpice, Switzerland-based developer of high-speed, energy-efficient connectivity and system solutions for the AI era, closed a $225m Series A funding round.
The round was led by Maverick Silicon with participation from S... |
| 23.03.2026 | Chip interconnect startup Kandou AI raises $225M in funding
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Bloomberg reported today that the investment values the company at $400 million. The round was backed by Synops... |
| 23.03.2026 | $225 million for Kandou AI to power the next era of AI connectivity | As AI models grow larger and more complex, memory and interconnect bandwidth have become the main constraints in high-performance computing. Traditional networking and interconnect technologies, designed for a pre-AI era, are increasingly u... |
| 11.04.2025 | New Leadership Sparks Innovation Across Startups | In the fast-paced world of startups, leadership changes can ignite a spark of innovation. Recent appointments across various companies illustrate this trend. New leaders bring fresh perspectives, experience, and a drive for growth. They are... |
| 10.04.2025 | New leadership propels startups towards accelerated growth |
Jennifer Yohannes, the former CEO of Kartenmacherei, Europe's leading provider of personalized stationery, has joined Librio as its new Chief Product Officer. Jennifer Yohannes has many years of experience in building and scaling personali... |
| 29.01.2025 | Venture Kick alumni: job creation and investment strengthen Swiss economy |
The Venture Kick Annual Report 2024 highlights the continued success of the Kick Foundation initiative in solidifying Switzerland’s position as a global innovation leader. In 2024, Venture Kick experienced significant growth in startup app... |
| 28.01.2025 | CHF 9 Billion Invested in Venture Kick Startups | In 2024, Venture Kick reviewed 880 applications and invested CHF 6.7 million in 97 new startup projects. Applications grew by 13% year-on-year up from 781 in 2023, covering a wide range of high-tech fields: ICT, biotech, medtech, cleantech,... |
| 25.04.2024 | 10 Swiss startups to watch in 2024 | Although Switzerland's startup ecosystem might not be the largest in Europe, it is widely recognized as one of the most innovative. Both government and private initiatives play a crucial role in supporting Switzerland's startup scene, offer... |
| 22.01.2024 | A spotlight for Swiss startups |
The UpLink accelerator program has welcomed a new cohort for the challenge Sustainable Aviation Accelerator, designed to accelerate innovative solutions aiming to decarbonize aviation. Sought-for ideas included sustainable fuels, propulsio... |
| 22.01.2024 | A spotlight for Swiss startups | |
| 15.09.2023 | Kandou successfully raises USD 72 Million in first close of series E round | Kandou is a fabless semiconductor company that offers differentiated and fundamental interconnect technology. Beyond creating semiconductors for advanced USB and PCIe applications, Kandou's silicon and IP solutions enhance wired connectivit... |
| 15.09.2023 | Kandou successfully raises USD 72 Million in first close of series E round | Kandou successfully raises USD 72 Million in first close of series E round 15.09.2023 11:10, Rita Longobardi linkedIn facebook twitter instagram youtube -->
On August 24th, 2023, Kandou, a forward-thinking company based in Vaud specializ... |
| 14.09.2023 | Kandou raises USD 72 million in first close of Series E round | |
| 13.07.2023 | Kandou Unveils PCIe Retimer Solution for Data Center Applications | Kandou, a company specializing in high-speed and energy-efficient chip-to-chip link solutions, has announced the release of Regli, the multiprotocol retimer family member for PCI Express (PCIe) 5.0 specification and CXL 2.0. This innovative... |
| 28.04.2023 | Swiss Accelerator: Innosuisse supports 53 companies with CHF112 million | |
| 08.12.2022 | Kandou Demonstrates Full Line of USB4 Multiprotocol Retimers at CES 2023 | Will Showcase Benefits Including Faster Video Processing, Data Transfer Connections to Drive Next-Generation USB-Enabled Devices
/EIN News/ -- LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Dec. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Who: Kandou, an innovative leader in hig... |
| 01.12.2022 | Kandou’s KB8010 First Retimer to Achieve VESA Certification for DisplayPort 2.1 | Underscores Kandou Commitment to Meeting Industry’s Demand for Increased Bandwidth, Higher Data Rates
/EIN News/ -- LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Dec. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kandou, an innovative leader in high-speed, energy-efficient chip-t... |
| 19.10.2022 | Kandou Delivers Next-Generation Matterhorn USB4 Retimer for Mobile, Tablet and Desktop PC Applications | LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Oct. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kandou today began volume production of the next generation in the Matterhorn™ family of USB-C® multiprotocol retimers solutions for USB4™, adding support for DisplayPort 2.1 function... |
| 30.08.2022 | Kandou’s CFO Jeff Winzeler to Participate at Citi's 2022 Global Technology Conference | LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Aug. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Who: Jeff Winzeler, CFO of Kandou, an innovative leader in high-speed, energy-efficient, chip link solutions
What: Will hold a series of one-on-one and group meetings with interested ... |
| 21.06.2022 | Kandou achieves broad customer adoption | |
| 16.06.2022 | Kandou’s CFO Jeff Winzeler to Participate at Upcoming Morgan Stanley NextGen Conference | LAUSANNE, Switzerland, June 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Who: Jeff Winzeler, CFO of Kandou, an innovative leader in high-speed, energy-efficient, chip link solutions
What: Will hold a series of one-on-one or group meetings with interested i... |
| 15.06.2022 | Kandou’s USB4 Retimer Shipping in Five of Top Six PC OEM Products | LAUSANNE, Switzerland, June 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kandou, an innovative leader in high-speed, energy-efficient chip-to-chip link solutions that improve the way the world connects and communicates, today announced Matterhorn™ USB-C® m... |
| 28.04.2022 | Kandou Opens Taiwan Office | LAUSANNE, Switzerland , April 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kandou, an innovative leader in high-speed, energy-efficient chip-to-chip link solutions to improve the way the world connects and communicates, today opened its first office in Tai... |
| 31.03.2022 | At DesignCon 2022: Kandou to Showcase USB-C Multiprotocol Retimer for USB4 and High-Speed, Ultra-Low Power Chord Signaling Technologies | LAUSANNE, Switzerland, March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
What: Kandou, an innovative leader in high-speed, energy-efficient chip-to-chip link solutions, will showcase its USB-C® multiprotocol retimer solution with USB4™ support, along with... |
| 01.03.2022 | Kandou Begins Volume Production of Second Member of Matterhorn USB-C Multiprotocol Retimer Solutions Family | LAUSANNE, Switzerland, March 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kandou, an innovative leader in high-speed, energy-efficient chip-to-chip link solutions to improve the way the world connects and communicates, today began volume production of its ... |
| 25.01.2022 | Kandou Expands into Silicon Glen | LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Jan. 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kandou, an innovative leader in high-speed, energy-efficient chip-to-chip link solutions to improve the way the world connects and communicates, officially opened its Silicon Glen off... |
| 25.01.2022 | Kandou Expands into Silicon Glen | New Facility Accommodates Employee Growth in Scotland
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Jan. 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kandou, an innovative leader in high-speed, energy-efficient chip-to-chip link solutions to improve the way the world connects an... |
| 20.01.2022 | Kandou Secures 2022 Supply Chain Capacity for USB4 Retimer Chips | LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Jan. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kandou today announced it has secured foundry capacity and backend IC packaging and testing services to meet all 2022 customer requirements for its Matterhorn™ USB-C® multiprotocol re... |
| 20.01.2022 | Kandou Secures 2022 Supply Chain Capacity for USB4 Retimer Chips | Volume Shipping Under Way for PC Customer Systems
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Jan. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kandou today announced it has secured foundry capacity and backend IC packaging and testing services to meet all 2022 customer requir... |
| 04.01.2022 | Kandou to Participate at 24th Annual Needham Virtual Growth Conference | LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Jan. 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Who: Dr. Amin Shokrollahi, Founder and CEO, and Jeff Winzeler, CFO, of Kandou, an innovative leader in high-speed, energy-efficient, chip link solutions
What: Will participate in the ... |
| 20.12.2021 | Swiss semiconductor startup Kandou raises €66.5M from Bessemer Venture Partners, others | Lausanne, Switzerland-based Kandou, a high-speed, energy-efficient, chip link solutions company, announced that it has raised $75M (approx €66.57M) in its Series D round of funding.
With this, the company has now raised a total of $207.8M (... |
| 20.12.2021 | Kandou raises USD 75 million in series D funding | Proceeds from Series D will be used to ramp production of Kandou’s first silicon product known as Matterhorn, a USB-C® multiprotocol retimer solution with USB4™ support for consumer and networking applications for electronic devices. Funds ... |
| 20.12.2021 | Kandou raises USD 75 million in series D funding | Kandou raises USD 75 million in series D funding 20.12.2021 07:33, Isabelle Mitchell linkedIn facebook twitter instagram youtube -->
Kandou, an innovative leader in high-speed, energy-efficient, chip link solutions, closed its Series D r... |
| 17.12.2021 | Kandou Closes $75 Million in Series D Funding | |
| 16.12.2021 | Kandou Closes $75 Million in Series D Funding | LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Dec. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kandou, an innovative leader in high-speed, energy-efficient, chip link solutions, today closed its Series D round of funding, resulting in $75 million raised in the round.
The total ... |
| 16.12.2021 | Kandou Closes $75 Million in Series D Funding | LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Dec. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kandou, an innovative leader in high-speed, energy-efficient, chip link solutions, today closed its Series D round of funding, resulting in $75 million raised in the round.
The total ... |
| 16.12.2021 | Kandou Closes $75 Million in Series D Funding | Investment Supports Ramp Production of USB Multiprotocol Retimer Solutions and Ongoing Development of Chord Signaling Technology
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Dec. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kandou, an innovative leader in high-speed, energy-eff... |
| 14.12.2021 | Kandou Delivers USB-C Multiprotocol Retimer Product Family for USB4 Support | LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Dec. 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kandou, an innovative leader in high-speed, energy-efficient chip-to-chip link solutions to improve the way the world connects and communicates, today announced volume production of i... |
| 07.10.2021 | Kandou Named One of Switzerland's Most Promising Scale-Ups in 2021 | Selected for Proven Innovations Work, Attract Customer, Scaling the Business Model
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Oct. 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kandou, an innovative leader in high-speed, energy-efficient chip-to-chip link solutions to improve ... |
| 07.10.2021 | Kandou Named One of Switzerland’s Most Promising Scale-Ups in 2021 | LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Oct. 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kandou, an innovative leader in high-speed, energy-efficient chip-to-chip link solutions to improve the way the world connects and communicates, was named one of Switzerland’s most pr... |
| 18.11.2020 | Kandou Raises astonishing USD 92.3M in Series C funding round to sharpen product advancements | Kandou Raises astonishing USD 92.3M in Series C funding round to sharpen product advancements 18.11.2020 09:21, Jonatan Masseus linkedIn facebook twitter instagram youtube -->
Kandou, considered as an innovative leader in high-speed, ene... |
| 18.11.2020 | Kandou secures $92.3 million in a series C funding round | The Ecublens based fabless semiconductor startup, Kandou, has established itself as an innovative leader in in high-speed, energy-efficient, chip-to-chip link solutions. Its first product, Matterhorn, is a product family of USB Type-C retim... |
| 18.11.2020 | Kandou Raises astonishing USD 92.3M in Series C funding round to sharpen product advancements | Kandou, spun out of EPFL in 2011, is an innovative leader in high-speed, energy-efficient, chip-to-chip link solutions critical to the evolution of the electronics industry, is revolutionizing wired connectivity with greater speed and effic... |
| 18.11.2020 | Kandou secures $92.3 million in a series C funding round | |
| 17.11.2020 | Kandou Raises $92.3 Million in Series C Funding | LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Nov. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kandou, an innovative leader in high-speed, energy-efficient, chip link solutions, today closed its Series C round of funding, resulting in $92.3 million raised in the round.
Particip... |
| 17.11.2020 | Kandou Raises $92.3M in Series C Funding | Kandou, a Lausanne, Switzerland-based fabless semiconductor company, raised $92.3M in Series C funding.
Participants in the funding include both existing investors, led by Bessemer Venture Partners, and two new investors, Climb Ventures, an... |
| 10.08.2020 | An almost complete C-suite for Swiss startups | NBE-Therapeutics, Chief Executive Officer
The Swiss-based company is developing best in class cancer therapies based on its proprietary, highly differentiated Antibody Drug Conjugate (ADC) platform. The first-in-human study with lead candid... |
| 10.08.2020 | An almost complete C-suite for Swiss startups | |
| 19.02.2020 | Six Swiss startups envisioned to be the next unicorns | The annual international Tech Tour Growth 50 summit held in Geneva brought together the audience to witness the crowning of the Top50 yet to be unicorns, selected out of 400 European businesses and fast-growing, high-tech firms. |
| 19.02.2020 | Six Swiss startups envisioned to be the next unicorns | |
| 27.01.2020 | A flourishing year for the EPFL and its spin-offs | The École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is one of the leading research institutes in Switzerland dedicated to promoting knowledge and technology transfer enabling students to transform their research projects into real businesse... |
| 27.01.2020 | A flourishing year for the EPFL and its spin-offs | |
| 31.10.2019 | SEAKR Licenses Kandou Technology for Space Applications | |
| 08.10.2019 | Kandou Raises $56M in Series C Funding | Kandou, a Lausanne, Switzerland-based a fabless semiconductor company that provides connectivity IP and chip solutions, raised $56m in funding.
The backers in the round, which brought the total funding raised to date to nearly $100m, includ... |
| 23.09.2019 | Venture Kick Alumn Kandou Raises $56 Million in Series C Funding | Kandou, a global leader in connectivity IP and chip solutions, raised an additional $56 million through a consortium of institutional, strategic, and private investors. We interviewed CEO and founder Amin Shokrollahi to find out what role V... |
| 23.09.2019 | Kandou Secures $56 Million in Series C Funding | |
| 27.07.2018 | $15M for EPFL spinoff Kandou in series B financing round | |
| 25.07.2018 | Kandou Bus Closes $15M Series B Funding Round | Kandou Bus, S.A., a Lausanne, Switzerland-based provider of SerDes IP and chip solutions, completed a a $15M Series B funding.
Backers included Bessemer Venture Partners and Walden Investment.
The company intends to use the funds to expand ... |
| 27.07.2016 | Kandou receives $15M to expand R&D | |
| 25.07.2016 | Kandou Bus Receives $15M Investment from Bessemer Venture Partners | Kandou Bus, S.A., a Lausanne, Switzerland-based developer of SerDes technologies, completed a $15M funding round.
Bessemer Venture Partners made the investment.
The resources will enable Kandou to expand research and accelerate the developm... |
| 25.07.2016 | Kandou Bus completes a $15M investment | Kandou Bus completes a $15M investment 25.07.2016 14:00, Lara Rossi linkedIn facebook twitter instagram youtube -->
The Venture Kick winner of 2011 Kandou Bus, the world’s highest performance and lowest energy SerDes technology company, ... |
| 25.07.2016 | Bessemer Venture Partners Invests $15 Million in Kandou | Kandou Bus, S.A., the world's highest performance and lowest energy SerDes technology company, has announced that it has completed a $15M investment with Bessemer Venture Partners. The resources will enable Kandou to expand research and acc... |
| 25.07.2016 | Kandou Bus completes a $15M investment | The resources will enable Kandou to expand research and accelerate the development, productization and deployment of Kandou’s Chord™ signaling SerDes technology. Kandou has developed Chord signaling for enhanced communications between chips... |
| 01.04.2016 | Kandou Licenses Glasswing Technology to Marvell | |
| 18.12.2014 | Kandou Introduces Interconnect Enabling Lower Cost Semiconductor Solutions | |
| 21.07.2014 | EE Times Silicon 60: Hot Startups to Watch | |
| 31.03.2014 | Kandou introduced the first implementation of its breakthrough signaling technology | |
| 18.09.2013 | Housetrip erneut an die Spitze der Top 100 Start-ups gewählt | |
| 07.06.2013 | Kandou Bus wins ACES Award | |
| 16.05.2013 | The start-up press review | |
| 10.05.2013 | Kandou and Osmoblue finalists of the ACES Award 2013 | |
| 13.09.2012 | Four companies awarded with the CTI start-up Label | CTI Start-up enables creative entrepreneurs to realize their innovative business ideas quickly and professionally. Through a three-phase, firmly guided process lasting 6 to 24 months, a dedicated coach will help the venture’s project evolve... |
| 18.05.2012 | Pix4d and SWISSto12 get the final 100'000 kick | The first round of the private funding initiative focused on the quality of the business ideas presented by the two companies, which at that point in time, weren’t allowed to be established yet. In the following two rounds, both start-ups h... |
| 08.03.2012 | Kandou closes USD 10 Mio series A financing round | |
| 24.11.2011 | Clean-Tech und Life Sciences bei Pionierpreis vorn | |
| 21.10.2011 | Kandou Technology wins third phase of venture kick | |
| - | Kandou Bus | “We enable faster and more energy efficient interconnects with a smaller physical footprint than competing technologies. Our chip connection technologies improves the speed to power consumption trade-off frontier.” |
