Pharrowtech, an imec spin-off and designer of chip and antenna solutions for high-speed wireless applications has raised more than €6 million for its Seed investment round. This ambitious investment round led by imec.xpand and Bloc Ventures with participation from imec and KBC, will allow Pharrowtech to further enhance the leading-edge capabilities of its products and prepare for high-volume production ramp-up aimed at Fixed Wireless Access, 5G, AR/VR and other bandwidth demanding wireless applications.
Wim Van Thillo, Pharrowtech CEO and co-founder: “In early 2018 we identified the emerging millimeter-wave business opportunity with a leading operator and telco equipment vendor." During the past year, the team has been focusing on taking the widely-recognized IP developed at imec with contributions from Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) from development prototype into Fixed Wireless Access system demonstrator.
Read more in De Tijd.