Kandou AI closes USD 225m strategic investment round

Kandou AI, a leader in high-speed, energy-efficient connectivity and system solutions for the AI era successfully closed a USD 225 million strategic investment round with backing from strong financial and strategic investors. The oversubscribed Series-A round was led by Maverick Silicon with strategic participation from SoftBank Group Corp., Synopsys, Inc., Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and Alchip Technologies Limited, signaling strong market conviction in Kandou AI’s mission to solve the critical data movement challenges in AI infrastructure. Several existing investors also participated in the financing round.

Founded to advance high-speed, longer reach, low power connectivity solutions, Kandou AI is a fabless semiconductor design company that leverages its differentiated interconnect IP and system design capabilities to build high-performance connectivity products for customers across datacenter infrastructure, AI, and consumer electronics, with over 20 million silicon units shipped using its technology. Kandou AI is headquartered in Saint-Sulpice, Switzerland, with offices worldwide.

Niederer Kraft Frey advised several investors on this strategic investment transaction. The NKF team was co-led by Transactions partners Philip Spoerlé and Andrea Giger and further comprised partner Adrian Koller and associates Victoria Hotz and Peter-Conradin Schreiber (all Transactions), partner Janine Reudt-Demont and associate Luisa Egli (both IP/ IT/ Data Protection/ Regulatory) and counsel Marc Vogelsang (Tax).