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Snapshot 2026-11-05- Startup SignalsRankedof 2,340↓76
- ComputeRankedof 218↓9
- ChipsRankedof 160↓8
- Satellite & Laser CommunicationsRankedof 17↓2
About
TUSK IC is a fabless mmWave IC company spun out of KU Leuven's ESAT-MICAS group in 2018, designing standard-CMOS Ka-band beamformer chips and antenna modules for low-cost, low-power electronically steered flat-panel antennas for LEO/MEO satellite communications.
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Investor· 4
Founders / team· 4
Funding history
- 2026-09-17Series A$17M
Investors · Matterwave Ventures, FORWARD.one, Flanders Future Tech Fund, Schaubroeck familySource · tusk-ic.com ↗
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Ka-band satellite communication beamforming chips and antenna modules designed on standard CMOS processes
Series A · 2026-09
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X- to Ka-band phased-array RF chips and antenna-in-package design (LEO satellite communications/radar)
— - EUCLYD
Programmable ASICs and rack-scale systems for foundation model inference, using processor-memory co-design to cut energy use
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Series B · $130M · 2025-11
$130M
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