Silexica

Germany
Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Company profile

Silexica company profile

Silexica was a venture capital backed company for software development tools. The SLX programming tools accelerate the journey from software to application-specific hardware systems and thus reduce time-to-market of intelligent products. Founded in 2014 as a spin-off from RWTH Aachen University, Silexica was headquartered in Germany with offices in the US and Japan. It has received $28M in venture capital funding from international investors and was acquired by Xilinx/AMD in 2021.

Business identity

Operating status
Closed
Company type
For Profit
Employee range
51-100 employees
Revenue range
$1M-$10M
Founded
2014-08-20

Headquarters

Country code
DE
Continent
Europe

Capital profile

Funding and company signals

Funding stage
M And A
Funding rounds
4
Total equity funding
$27.1M
Last funding
Grant / $2.2M / 2019-05-01
Last equity funding
Series B / $18M
Investors
7
Lead investors
4
Founders
3
Articles
12
Closed on
2021-06-10
Exited on
2021-06-10

Founders and investors

Founders

Johannes EmigholzMaximilian OdendahlWeihua Sheng

Lead investors

EQT VenturesMerus CapitalSeed Fonds AachenTechVision Fund

Investors

EISMEAEQT VenturesMerus CapitalSquareOne Venture CapitalTechVision Fund