Empower Semiconductor Incorporated
Resonant integrated voltage regulator (IVR) technology for digital CMOS integrated circuits
- Sector
- Semiconductors
- Headquarters
- MILPITAS, CA
- Latest Form D
- $44.7M, Oct 2021
- Total capital
- $44.9M
- Federal grants
- $223K
- 1 award · 2018
- Rank in peer group#39 of 57
- Private capital raised
- $44.7M
- 1 Form D · last Oct 2021
- 60 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$44.7M
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Resonant voltage regulator architecture eliminates 30-50% energy consumption of digital ICs$223K
Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
Federal first
44months
from Empower Semiconductor Incorporated’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Feb 2018
- Energy · $223K
- First Form D · Oct 2021
- $44.7M · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 1 award
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Standing among 57 peers
Line = medianSemiconductors · Device
- Federal grantsBelow median
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Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Adam BerenDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Eugene SheridanDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Jeffrey HollandDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Kevin LearyDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Kou Chuang ChyauDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Kurt RedfieldExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
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- Timothy PhillipsExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
No granted patents are on record.
USPTO usually publishes applications 18 months after filing, so recent applications may not be visible yet. Patents assigned under a different entity name won’t match.
Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
How to read this page
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Data freshness
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