{"id":5149,"date":"2018-11-26T09:30:28","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T08:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/v4\/2020\/10\/08\/mi2-factory-gmbh-closes-second-financing-round\/"},"modified":"2020-11-04T12:44:54","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T11:44:54","slug":"mi2-factory-gmbh-closes-second-financing-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/2018-en\/mi2-factory-gmbh-closes-second-financing-round\/","title":{"rendered":"mi2-factory GmbH closes second financing round"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>mi2-fac\u00adtory from Jena, Ger\u00admany received a high six-fig\u00adure invest\u00adment from bm|t and three pri\u00advate investors.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>mi2-fac\u00adtory GmbH offers an inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive sil\u00adi\u00adcon car\u00adbide wafer dop\u00ading tech\u00adnol\u00adogy that allows high-per\u00adfor\u00admance semi-con\u00adduc\u00adtors to enhance their char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adis\u00adtics. Chip man\u00adu\u00adfac\u00adtur\u00aders can employ the tech\u00adnol\u00adogy to improve per\u00adfor\u00admance, save costs, and allow new designs.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>mi2-fac\u00adtory will deploy the cap\u00adi\u00adtal to fur\u00adther develop and com\u00admer\u00adcial\u00adize its pro\u00adpri\u00adetary fil\u00adter tech\u00adnol\u00adogy. The cur\u00adrent financ\u00ading round was also aided by BayStartUP, which recruited pri\u00advate investors from its net\u00adwork. \u201cThe pro\u00adfes\u00adsional sup\u00adport from BayStartUP was excel\u00adlent. mi2-fac\u00adtory pre\u00adsented its busi\u00adness at the BayStartUP Ven\u00adture Con\u00adfer\u00adence in March in Munich and quickly won the inter\u00adest of mul\u00adti\u00adple investors,\u201d said Friedrich Hecker, one of the pri\u00advate investors involved in this invest\u00adment round. After attract\u00ading investors for its first invest\u00adment round at the Investor Days Th\u00fcrin\u00adgen event, in this financ\u00ading round mi-2-fac\u00adtory was able to also attract the inter\u00adest of inter\u00adna\u00adtional investors \u2013 includ\u00ading high inter\u00adest from China. \u201cIn the end the increas\u00ading trust from our cur\u00adrent investors, the invest\u00adment con\u00addi\u00adtions, and time hori\u00adzon were the decid\u00ading points for our choos\u00ading this investor con\u00adstel\u00adla\u00adtion,\u201d said Ben\u00adjamin Tom, busi\u00adness CEO and co-founder of mi2-factory.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><strong>High Potential Foundational Technology<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div><span class=\"dquo\">\u201e<\/span>Pre\u00advi\u00adously mi2-factory\u00b4s largest chal\u00adlenge was attain\u00ading enough research projects in the large future mar\u00adkets where our tech\u00adnol\u00adogy pro\u00advides the great\u00adest ben\u00ade\u00adfit. Now, the mar\u00adkets are real\u00adiz\u00ading the large poten\u00adtial, and we are enter\u00ading many co-devel\u00adop\u00adment coop\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions with large high-per\u00adfor\u00admance chip man\u00adu\u00adfac\u00adtur\u00aders. We are aim\u00ading to estab\u00adlish our energy fil\u00adter tech\u00adnol\u00adogy as a foun\u00adda\u00adtional tech\u00adnol\u00adogy in the pro\u00adduc\u00adtion of next gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion high-per\u00adfor\u00admance microchips,\u201d added Flo\u00adrian Kripen\u00addorf, tech\u00adni\u00adcal CEO and co-founder of mi2-fac\u00adtory. Sil\u00adi\u00adcon car\u00adbide will have increas\u00ading impor\u00adtance in the com\u00ading years as appli\u00adca\u00adtions for high-volt\u00adage microchips expand. \u201cDue to the low per\u00adfor\u00admance loss of sil\u00adi\u00adcon car\u00adbide com\u00adpared to con\u00adven\u00adtional sil\u00adi\u00adcon, microchips made from sil\u00adi\u00adcon car\u00adbide will be needed in high-volt\u00adage elec\u00adtric grids, trains, e\u2011vehicles, charg\u00ading sta\u00adtions, pho\u00adto\u00advoltaic, and wind energy appli\u00adca\u00adtions,\u201d explained Prof. Dr. Michael R\u00fcb, strate\u00adgic direc\u00adtor and co-founder of mi2-fac\u00adtory. \u201cIn addi\u00adtion to the advan\u00adtages of low per\u00adfor\u00admance loss, sil\u00adi\u00adcon car\u00adbide chips allow for sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcantly smaller mod\u00adules and sys\u00adtems as is pos\u00adsi\u00adble with con\u00adven\u00adtional sil\u00adi\u00adcon. This reduces the vol\u00adume and weight required for con\u00advert\u00ading elec\u00adtric\u00adity.\u201d <strong>For more infor\u00adma\u00adtion, please con\u00adtact:<\/strong> Ben\u00adjamin Tom, mi2-fac\u00adtory GmbH <a href=\"mailto:benjamin.tom@mi2-factory.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-enc-email=\"orawnzva.gbz[at]zv2-snpgbel.pbz\" data-wpel-link=\"ignore\"><span id=\"eeb-280565-713610\">benjamin.tom@mi2-factory.com<\/span><\/a> +49 (3641) 271 93 21 &nbsp; <strong>About BayStartUP<\/strong> BayStartUP is the Bavar\u00adian Startup-Net\u00adwork for founders, investors, and com\u00adpa\u00adnies. With the renowned Bavar\u00adian busi\u00adness plan com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtion, a broad coach\u00ading offer\u00ading, and Germany\u00b4s largest investor net\u00adwork, BayStartUP sup\u00adports star\u00adtups to opti\u00admize their strat\u00adegy, grow their com\u00adpany, and iden\u00adtify and attract invest\u00adment. BayStartUP secures qual\u00adi\u00adfied deal-flow for pri\u00advate and insti\u00adtu\u00adtional investors, and offers star\u00adtups access to exclu\u00adsive busi\u00adness angel meet\u00adings and investor con\u00adfer\u00adences. Through BayStartUP founders have the chance to con\u00adtact over 280 reg\u00adis\u00adtered busi\u00adness angels, over 100 insti\u00adtu\u00adtional investors and receive financ\u00adings from 50,000 EUR up to 6 Mio. EUR. Annu\u00adally, BayStartUP attracts approx\u00adi\u00admately 50 Mio. EUR to star\u00adtups, espe\u00adcially in the early stage. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baystartup.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.baystartup.de<\/a> <strong>About mi2-fac\u00adtory GmbH <\/strong> mi2-fac\u00adtory GmbH, founded in 2016&nbsp;in Jena, Ger\u00admany, devel\u00adops inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive tech\u00adnolo\u00adgies for semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtors. The company\u00b4s core com\u00adpe\u00adtency lies in the devel\u00adop\u00adment and com\u00admer\u00adcial\u00adiza\u00adtion of energy fil\u00adter tech\u00adnolo\u00adgies\u2013 a man\u00adu\u00adfac\u00adtur\u00ading process tech\u00adnol\u00adogy for treat\u00ading sil\u00adi\u00adcon car\u00adbide chips to enhance their per\u00adfor\u00admance char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adis\u00adtics. The company\u00b4s pro\u00adpri\u00adetary tech\u00adnol\u00adogy improves per\u00adfor\u00admance, reduces costs, and allows for new chip designs for highly-effi\u00adcient wind and pho\u00adto\u00advoltaic energy, e\u2011mobility, and a wide vari\u00adety of other appli\u00adca\u00adtions. mi2-factory\u00b4s cus\u00adtomers include top name chip man\u00adu\u00adfac\u00adtur\u00aders from Europe, Japan, and the USA. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mi2-factory.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.mi2-factory.com<\/a> <strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>About bm|t GmbH<\/strong> Erfurt-based, beteili\u00adgungs\u00adman\u00adage\u00adment Th\u00fcrin\u00adgen (bm|t) \u2013 a sub\u00adsidiary of the Thuringia Devel\u00adop\u00adment Bank, is the first address for invest\u00adments in Thuringia, Ger\u00admany. bm\u2011t cur\u00adrently man\u00adages eight invest\u00adment funds with a total vol\u00adume of 320M EUR. bm\u2011t invests in inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive com\u00adpa\u00adnies with strong growth poten\u00adtial across all sec\u00adtors and all phases of the cor\u00adpo\u00adrate life\u00adcy\u00adcle. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bm-t.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>www.bm\u2011t.com<\/u><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>mi2-fac\u00ad\u00adtory from Jena, Ger\u00admany received a high six-fig\u00adure invest\u00adment from bm|t and three pri\u00advate investors. mi2-fac\u00ad\u00adtory GmbH offers an inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive sil\u00adi\u00adcon car\u00adbide wafer dop\u00ading tech\u00adnol\u00adogy that allows high-per\u00ad\u00adfor\u00ad\u00admance semi-con\u00ad\u00adduc\u00ad\u00adtors to enhance their char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adis\u00adtics. 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