Pragmatic Semiconductor (Cambridge, UK), a world leader in flexible electronics, has secured $35 million additional investment from high quality institutional investors. This brings the total raised in its Series C round to $125 million, oversubscribing the original target by more than 50%. Investors have been attracted by the massive potential for Pragmatic’s unique, flexible integrated circuits to replace mainstream silicon chips, as well as to enable trillions of smart items in applications that would never be possible with silicon.
E Ink (Billerica, Massachusetts), a global commercial leader in digital paper technology, has launched E Ink Prism 3, a next generation segmented display that features dynamic colour changing capabilities. Prism 3 offers product designers to choose from eight colours and combine them with patterns to create rich, dynamic surfaces.
Isorg (Limoges, France), a pioneer in Organic Photodetectors (OPDs) and large area image sensors, announces the FBI certification of Bio1Print30, a large-area optical fingerprint sensor for applications where enhanced mobile security and nomad ID authentication are key. The Bio1Print30, a FAP30 (Fingerprint Acquisition Profile) device, whose core technology is compatible with smartphone displays, is certified as fulfilling the requirements for PIV (Personal Identity Validation) authentication and Mobile ID.
