GainSpan

company

About

GainSpan designs ultra low-power Wi-Fi modules for battery-powered, embedded WiFi applications.

  • San Jose,California,United States
  • 51 - 100

Details

Last Funding Type
Debt Financing
Last Funding Money Raised
$5M
Industries
Battery,Embedded Systems,Information Technology,Internet of Things,Manufacturing,Semiconductor,Software,Telecommunications
Founded date
Sep 1, 2006
Number Of Employee
51 - 100
Operating Status
Active
Legal Name
GainSpan Corporation

GainSpan brings Ultra-low-power Wi-Fi to sensors and embedded applications. The company's semiconductor solutions break new ground in Wi-Fi applications by enabling years of battery life for Wi-Fi sensors and other devices.

In September of 2006, a core team of engineers and thought leaders spun off from Intel Corporation to form Emphany Systems, later GainSpan. The vision was simple... enable and accelerate the adoption of new wireless usage models for sensor network applications using an existing widely deployed standard technology.

The challenge was daunting... while wireless sensor networks have seen steady growth over the past few years, their market potential has, in fact, been hindered by power consumption issues and lack of mature standards based solutions.

The solution was innovative... new Wi-Fi semiconductor and software solutions that enable sensors and other devices to run up to 10 years on a single AA battery. This allows users to leverage the global Wi-Fi infrastructure, existing tools and knowledge investments, for new applications such as temperature monitoring for energy management, condition monitoring of industrial equipment in manufacturing plants or streetlights in metro areas.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
11
$118.18M ¥23.75M
GainSpan has raised a total of $118.18M ¥23.75M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jan 31, 2015 from a Series E round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Jan 31, 2015 Series E ¥16.98M 1 Mobile Internet Capital Detail
Jan 22, 2015 Convertable Note ¥6.76M 1 Detail
Dec 31, 2014 Debt Financing $5M 1 Detail
Jun 26, 2013 Series D $19M 6 Detail
Oct 1, 2012 Series Unknown $7.38M 3 Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
4
10
GainSpan is funded by 10 investors. Mobile Internet Capital and Trinity Capital are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Mobile Internet Capital Yes Series E
Trinity Capital Debt Financing
Hatteras Funds Series D
Intel Capital Series D
New Venture Partners Series D
Opus Capital Series D
Sigma Partners Series D
Zebra Ventures Series D
In-Q-Tel Series C
OVP Venture Partners Series B

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
8
GainSpan has 8 current employee profiles, including Board member Lawrence G. Finch
Board member
Board observer
Board member
Board member
Board member