01.28.2010 Semprius and Siemens Announce Agreement to Advance
Innovative Solar Energy Technology
Semprius, Inc. and Siemens Industry, Inc. announced today that they have entered into a joint development agreement to co-develop and deploy plug-and-play demonstration systems based on Semprius Solar Module Arrays and Siemens automation and control components. The systems are slated to be installed at numerous test sites around the world, including major utilities, commercial sites, international test locations and government facilities.
01.20.2010 Semprius Selected for $3 Million DOE Subcontract
to Scale Up Innovative Solar Energy Technology
Semprius, Inc. announced today that it has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to negotiate a $3 million subcontract funded by the DOE to commercialize its promising solar energy technology.
01.12.2010 Semprius Receives $1.5 Million Investment from X-FAB in Strategic Development Agreement
Semprius, Inc., a company commercializing its novel process for printing high-performance semiconductors, and X-FAB Semiconductor Foundries AG, the leading analog/mixed-signal semiconductor foundry, today announced a development agreement to provide turnkey silicon wafer fabrication for Semprius customers. Under terms of the agreement, X-FAB made a strategic investment of $1.5 million in Semprius and, effective immediately, will be the designated foundry for Semprius technology.
09.28.2009 Semprius Founder Wins MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant
Semprius, Inc., a semiconductor technology company, announced today that founder John A. Rogers has received a genius grant from the John T. and Catherine D. MacArthur Foundation. Rogers is one of three original Semprius founders and the key contributor to Semprius core technology.
06.10.2009 Semprius Raises $6.4 Million Series B Round of Financing
Durham, NC Semprius, Inc., a semiconductor technology company developing a novel transfer printing technology for the manufacture of advanced semiconductor devices, announced today it has closed a $6.4 million Series B round of venture funding. Existing investors ARCH Venture Partners, Applied Ventures, Illinois VENTURES and Intersouth Partners were joined by In-Q-Tel and GVC Investment Fund.
12.08.2008 CDT and Semprius Announce Agreement to Develop New OLED Backplane Technology
Durham, NC December 8, 2008
Semprius, Inc., announced today that it has entered a joint development agreement with Cambridge Display Technology (CDT) to develop new technology for the manufacture of OLED (organic light emitting diode) backplanes for flat panel displays.
07.01.2007 Semprius Receives Investment from Applied Ventures
Semprius received a strategic investment from Applied Ventures to enable development of new generation of flexible electronics and integrated heterogeneous semiconductors. Applied Ventures is the venture capital arm of Applied Materials, Inc. (*Nasdaq: AMAT).
06.14.2007 Semprius Receives the Coveted Spin-out of the Year Award
Semprius received the coveted Spin-out of the Year Award presented by the Council for Entrepreneurial Development. The CED is the largest entrepreneurial support organization in the nation with more than 4,000 members representing 1,100 entrepreneurial companies, financiers and professional firms.
06.01.2007 Semprius, Inc. Awarded a Small Business Innovation Research Phase I Grant by the National Science Foundation
Semprius was awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Grant by the National Science Foundation. Funding will be used to demonstrate transfer printing of high-performance semiconductors on flexible materials.
04.16.2007 Semprius Secures $4.1 Million Series A Financing
Semiconductor company developing manufacturing process to enable high performance semiconductors anywhere
