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BOE Exempt from Repaying $984 Million Loan

by Andrew Fenn

There are unconfirmed reports coming out of Taiwan that China-based panel maker BOE Technology has been exempted from repaying a CNY6.3 billion loan ($984 million) by the local government in Fuzhou, China. The loan …

Barco Silex Buys Barco Out to Become “Silex Inside”

by Andrew Fenn

Barco Silex has entered into an agreement with a group of private investors, acquiring all shares. On December 31st, 2017, the management team of Barco Silex completed the management buyout of the business from …

Xiaomi Selects Bankers to Support IPO Plan

by Andrew Fenn

According to Bloomberg, Xiaomi has chosen banking firms Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, with support from Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank, to assist the company’s initial public offering (IPO), which could see it valued …

Tags:Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 04| Xiaomi

NGCodec raises $8 million in Funding

by Bob Raikes

Codec developer, NGCodec, which is working on HEVC and V-Nova and has Xilinx as an investor, has raised $8 million in Series A funding bringing the total funding raised by the company to $15.9 …

Tags:Codecs| Investment| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 02

CY Vision Completes Series A Funding

by Andrew Fenn

Hakan Urey.We missed it at the time, but thought it was interesting that CY Vision, a vision systems and applications company, has officially closed its Series A funding round totalling $7 million, led by …

Japanese Glass Maker Sold for $158 mn

by Milos Pavlovic

An Indian company, Vedanta, led by Anil Agarwal, has bought a controlling stake in AvanStrate, a Japanese specialist in LCD glass substrates for small medium panels and with products to support substrates up to …

Tags:Glass| India| Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Japanese Glass Maker Sold for $158 mn

by Bob Raikes

Tags:Glass| India| Investment| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Pimax Raises Series A Funding

by Bob Raikes

We reported on a prototype headset at IFA (Showstoppers Busy with Headsets & Smartwatches) and the NY VR Expo (NYVR Expo and Conference) and the company has completed a kickstarter campaign that raised $2.45 …

Tags:Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 01

JDI Looks to China for OLED Cash

by Bob Raikes

According to the Kyodo News, Japan Display Inc (JDI), which is struggling after the loss of a lot of business from Apple, has looked outside Japan to China for potential investors in a new …

Start-ups Fail Because Founders are Inept

by Ken Werner

In late September CB Research published a report entitled “The Top 20 Reasons Startups Fail.” The top reason is shocking, but if you’re familiar with start-up creation, and particularly with the creation of technology-based …

Tags:Investment| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 24 - Issue 48

Vuzix Raises $12.5 Million

by Bob Raikes

Vuzix announced that it has raised $12.5 million in a direct offering of 2 million shares at $6.05. The company also issued three year warrants for the purchase of another million shares at $7. …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 47| Vuzix

Varjo Boosts Cash For Production

by Bob Raikes

We reported on Varjo Technologies some months ago (Varjo Announces High resolution VR Solution) and now the company has added $6.7 million in investment from Tekes in addition to $8.2 million in Series A …

Tags:Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 45