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Startup Chip Designer Joins Cadre of Local Hopefuls
Orange County has a new upstart communications chip designer.
Irvine-based RFDomus Inc., which formed last year, recently closed a small seed funding round of less than $1 million, joining a cadre of other venture-backed chip startups in OC.
Italian telecommunications gear maker Digicom SPA is among the investors in RFDomus' seed round.
RFDomus is looking to raise a larger round of venture funding but isn't saying when it plans to do so.
The company comes up with chip designs and seeks to license them to other companies. RFDomus designs radio frequency chips that are used in wireless phones and other devices. The company is in the process of hiring people and developing products.
"It is an exciting time for RFDomus," said Alberto Mantovani, RFDomus' founder and chief executive.
Mantovani started RFDomus in last October....