Airgain Raises $6 Million in Third Round Venture Financing
Additional Funding to Accelerate its Smart Antenna
Production and Sales Efforts
Carlsbad, CA, March 27, 2007
– Airgain, Inc., a smart-antenna innovator improving
wireless connectivity for the mass market, has secured $6
million in additional financing to fund increased production
of its smart antenna designs and accelerate its business
development opportunities around the globe.
First round
investors Northwater Capital, through the Northwater
Intellectual Property Fund LP1, and GEN3 Capital Fund I LP
both co-led the financing, which brings Airgain’s total
capital raised to over $16.9 million since July 2003.
“Airgain
has achieved significant milestones since GEN3 and
Northwater led our first round of funding last year," said
Pertti Visuri, CEO of Airgain. “We’ve continued expanding
our product line, which now includes 802.11n-based smart
antenna designs; built up our sales operation, including an
Asian sales office; and expanded our engineering staff and
capabilities with a new state-of-the-art U.S. facility.”
The
additional funding will allow Airgain to continue its
expansion into emerging geographical markets, increase the
number of technology platforms the company supports and
accelerate new product development.
About
Northwater Intellectual Property Fund LP1
Northwater Intellectual Property Fund LP1 is managed by
Northwater Capital Management Inc., a leading investment
management company, wholly owned by its employees.
Northwater manages over US $8.5 billion in assets, applying
innovative investment strategies and sophisticated
proprietary software in assisting major institutions to
build optimal portfolios. In particular, Northwater applies
the sciences of advanced finance and systems engineering
toward the objective of delivering highly diversified market
returns plus robust alpha. For more information please see
www.northwatercapital.com.
About
GEN3 Capital LP
GEN3
Capital Fund I LP is based in San Francisco, Chicago and
Boston. The Fund, through its exclusive relationship with
GEN3 Partners, has unique access to the Russian scientific
community for identification of leading edge technologies in
the areas of wireless communications, energy storage and
non-invasive medical technologies. GEN3 Partners is a global
product innovation consulting firm that dramatically
improves the impact, predictability and productivity of the
corporate innovation process. For more information please
see www.GEN3.com.
About
Airgain
Airgain
is the leading smart antenna innovator improving wireless
connectivity for the mass market through its patented
switched-beam technology and modular smart antenna products.
Airgain’s proprietary SmartGain™ switched beam technology
steers the signal electronically at very high switching
speeds for greatly improved network and application
performance, including VoIP and video. Airgain supplies its
smart antenna products and switched beam technology to
original equipment and design manufacturers worldwide. The
company's head office is in Carlsbad, California, with an
Asian sales office in Taipei, Taiwan, and research center
located in St. Petersburg, Russia. News and information are
available at
www.airgain.com.
Airgain
and the Airgain logo are registered trademarks of Airgain,
Inc.
Company Contact
Airgain, Inc.
Glenn Selbo
VP, Marketing & Business
Development
Airgain, Inc.
+1 760.579.0200
gselbo@airgain.com
Media Contact
(W)right On
Communications
Julie Wright
President
760.591.0700
jwright@wrightoncomm.com
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