Kandou completes its USD 75 m Series D Financing Round. The advisors

Kandou, an innovator in high-speed, energy-efficient, chip link solutions, closed its Series D round of funding, resulting in USD 75 million raised in the round. To date, the total investment in Kandou is USD 207.8 million from new and existing investors. The investment supports ramp production of USB multiprotocol retimer solutions and ongoing development of chord signaling technology.

Proceeds from Series D will be used to ramp production of Kandou’s first silicon product known as Matterhorn, a USB-C multiprotocol retimer solution with USB4 support for consumer and networking applications for electronic devices. Funds also will be used for ongoing development of product and technology roadmaps, including new silicon products and Chord signaling intellectual property (IP) for ultra-short reach and long-reach signaling applications.

Wenger Vieli acted as legal advisor to Kandou in this financing round, with a team consisting of senior associate Martin Berweger (pictured) and associate Christian Hofstetter.