# WAVEPIA CO.

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/wavepia-co

- Industry: Semiconductors
- Headquarters: Hwaseong-si, South Korea
- Website: www.wavepia.com
- Total disclosed funding: $3.9M
- Latest round: Series A (Sep 2, 2021)
- Investors on record: 4

## About

Based in Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, and founded in 2014, WAVEPIA CO., LTD. designs and manufactures semiconductor chips made of gallium nitride material called GaN. The RFIC/MMIC design house develops RF GaN HEMT Bare dies and RF GaN Transistors which are customizable upon the customer’s request. In 2016, the company began developing its pipelines UHF/VHF Broad-band GaN PA and GaN Bare-die & packaged TR. The S-band 400W TR line-up, Ku-band Broad-band GaN bare-die, and packaged Tr line-up, WBL QFN package TR, 5G (S-band) MIMO Doherty 25W QFN packaged TR, and GaN High-power PLL were developed in 2018. In 2019 WAVEPIA CO., LTD. joined the International Microwave Power Institute as a corporate member. In September 2021, WAVEPIA raised KRW 4.5 billion in series A funding led by new investor DSC Investment. New investors Company K Partners, K-Run Ventures, and P&P Investment.

WAVEPIA CO., LTD. plans to expand in the global market in upcoming years by pioneering in industrial development while conducting human-centered business management to ensure an excellent partnership with its clients, cooperative firms, and investors. The investment in September 2021 will help the company upgrade its test facilities and GaN-based transistor products, and to expand the pipeline for overseas customers.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Sep 2, 2021, $3.9M — DSC Investment, Company K Partners, K-Run Ventures, PNP Investment

## Investors

- DSC Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/dsc-investment) — Series A
- Company K Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/company-k-partners) — Series A
- K-Run Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/k-run-ventures) — Series A
- PNP Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/pnp-investment) — Series A