Clifton is founded by semiconductor R&D specialists and venture capitalists in 2000. The high-tech company employs advanced cutting edge technology for GaAs crystal grow and chips making process. Clifton’s business idea is to challenge dominated power electronics devices with GaAs ones, which have superior performance characteristics. Clifton’s competitive advantage is proprietary know-how in the LPE (liquid phase epitaxy) processing technology and success in implementation of this industrially challenging technology.
Financials
| Date | Type | Amount | Investors | Valuation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/01/06 | Series A | 2M | Unknown |
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