Invisix raises €20M seed round for advanced semiconductor metrology tools
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Tamara Djurickovic
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Summary
Invisix, a semiconductor metrology startup, has raised an oversubscribed €20 million seed round from investors including Hitachi Ventures, Transition Ventures, imec.xpand, Doosan Investment Co., and a tier-one semiconductor manufacturer. The company develops next-generation measurement tools for advanced chip manufacturing, addressing the growing challenge of measuring critical structures inside increasingly smaller and more complex semiconductor devices. Manufacturers must verify each layer before adding the next, but conventional optical metrology tools are reaching their limits.
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Manufacturers must verify each layer before adding the next, yet conventional optical metrology tools are reaching their limits.
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