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Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Finwave Semiconductor, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→Finwave Semiconductor, Inc. has raised $27M over 3 rounds; too few niche peers to rank its valuation yet.
Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the hardware/semi sector profile.
Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.
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Finwave Semiconductor, Inc. is one of 130 Hardware / Semiconductors companies tracked from Waltham. By capital raised it ranks in the upper tier (ahead of 85% of sector peers), and in the upper tier by modeled valuation est..
Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.
As reported in public records reported — not modeled.
Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.
The line shows cumulative reported funding over the period; + labels show new capital added between points when there is room. Toggle on-bar figures, plus the niche-peer and market averages, to read this company against its cohort. Benchmarks are modeled medians.
Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 75%.
Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series B — a $15M–$40M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the hardware/semi sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.
Benchmarked against 130 companies in Hardware / Semiconductors. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.
Raised more than 85% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 80% of peers (estimate).
Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.
| Stage | Amount · real | Announced | Post-money · est | Value · est | Conf. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | $2.6M | 2018-02-02 | $13.0M | $51.7M | 90% |
| Series A | $14.7M | 2022-06-03 | $66.8M | $128.6M | 90% |
| Series B | $15.9M | 2022-06-03 | $88.6M | $169.8M | 90% |
| Series B | $8.2M | 2025-04-01 | $45.5M | $41.0M | 90% |
Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.
Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.
Officers, directors and promoters named in this company's public recordsreported — the people who run it (not its investors). "Also runs" counts come from name-matching across all records, so verify before acting.
| Person | Role | Also runs | Tied since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reed Sturtevant | — | 7 other | 2018-02 |
| Drew Peck | — | 3 other | 2018-02 |
| Pierre-Yves Lesaicherre | — | 1 other | 2025-04 |
| Bin Lu | — | — | 2018-02 |
| James Cable | — | — | 2022-06 |
| Jennifer Uhrig | — | — | 2022-06 |
| Jim Mao | — | — | 2022-06 |
| Matthew East | — | — | 2025-04 |
| Mike Noonen | — | — | 2025-04 |
| Tomas Palacios | — | — | 2018-02 |
Finwave Semiconductor, Inc. is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.
Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKHAN Semiconductor, Inc. | Hardware / Semiconductors | Series B | $26.0M | $207.5M | same sector · same stage |
| Rain Neuromorphics Inc. | Hardware / Semiconductors | Series B | $31.1M | $367.7M | same sector · same stage |
| Triad Semiconductor Inc | Hardware / Semiconductors | Series B | $38.8M | $297.2M | same sector · same stage |
| Silicon Valley Jets Fractional Mid-Size Disruptor LP | Hardware / Semiconductors | Series B | $39.0M | $599.7M | same sector · same stage |
| Omni Design Technologies, Inc. | Software / Tech | Series B | $34.3M | $182.7M | network1 shared operator · same stage |
| Reed Semiconductor Corp | Hardware / Semiconductors | Series B | $48.0M | $319.8M | same sector · same stage |
| Navitas Semiconductor, Inc. | Hardware / Semiconductors | Series B | $49.6M | $124.4M | same sector · same stage |
| Foundation Alloy Technology Explorations, Inc. | Software / Tech | Series B | $16.9M | $268.2M | network1 shared operator · same stage |
Matched by meaning, not labels — a local language model reads each company's name, sector and description and ranks the closest in that learned space. This catches look-alikes that cross sector boundaries; the structured list above explains its matches, this one trusts the text. Directional, like every modeled signal here.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Value · est | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alif Semiconductor, Inc. | Hardware / Semiconductors | Series D+ | $1.6B | 83% |
| ARCTIC Semiconductor Corp | Hardware / Semiconductors | Series A | $54.7M | 82% |
| AKHAN Semiconductor, Inc. | Hardware / Semiconductors | Series B | $207.5M | 82% |
| Immedia Semiconductor, Inc. | Hardware / Semiconductors | Series A | $32.4M | 82% |
| Navitas Semiconductor, Inc. | Hardware / Semiconductors | Series B | $124.4M | 82% |
| Geo Semiconductor Inc. | Hardware / Semiconductors | Seed | $5.0M | 82% |
| Freebird Semiconductor Corp | Hardware / Semiconductors | Seed | $9.9M | 82% |
| Radical Semiconductor, Inc. | Hardware / Semiconductors | Seed | $30.3M | 81% |
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