Valens provides semiconductor chipsets for high-performance, long-reach connectivity, enabling uncompressed video, audio, data, and power transmission over single category cables. Their technology offers superior bandwidth, extended reach, and EMI resilience for automotive, professional AV, and industrial applications.
Funding
$125M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
The increasing demand for high-bandwidth, low-latency data transmission across various industries, including automotive, professional AV, and industrial sectors, presents a challenge for existing connectivity solutions. Many current systems struggle to provide reliable, high-performance data transfer over extended distances and within environments susceptible to electromagnetic interference (EMI).
Solution
Valens provides advanced semiconductor chipsets engineered for high-performance, long-reach connectivity. Their technology enables the transmission of uncompressed video, audio, data, and power over single, cost-effective cabling infrastructure, such as Category cables. This approach addresses the limitations of traditional connectivity by offering superior bandwidth, extended reach, and robust resilience against EMI, ensuring reliable data transfer even in demanding applications. Valens chipsets are designed to converge multiple interfaces, simplifying system design and reducing overall costs for OEMs.
Target Audience
Valens targets Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and system integrators in the automotive, professional audio-video, industrial, medical, and education sectors who require robust, high-performance, long-reach connectivity solutions.
Features
- **MIPI A-PHY Compliant Chipsets (e.g., VA7000 Series):** Designed for automotive ADAS and autonomous driving applications, offering high-bandwidth, low-latency connectivity for sensors. Features include superior bandwidth and link distance with strong EMI performance.
- **HDBaseT Technology Chipsets (e.g., VS100, VS2000, VS3000 Series):** Enable the distribution of uncompressed video, audio, Ethernet, USB, controls, and power over a single category cable for up to 100 meters. Supports various HDBaseT specifications (1.0, 2.0, 3.0) with different bandwidth and feature sets.
- **USB Extension Chipsets (e.g., VA6000, VS6320 Series):** Provide high-performance, long-range extension for USB 2.0 and USB 3.2 Gen 1, along with other interfaces like Ethernet, audio, and power, over standard category cables. Offers symmetric bandwidth and zero latency for applications like video conferencing and machine vision.
- **High Bandwidth and Low Latency:** Achieves up to 16Gbps downlink and 2Gbps uplink with zero latency, facilitating real-time data processing and high-fidelity media transmission.
- **Long Reach Connectivity:** Extends connectivity up to 100 meters over Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) or Category cables, and up to 10km over fiber for certain products.
- **EMI Resilience:** Engineered for exceptional electromagnetic interference (EMI) performance, ensuring error-free links in challenging environments.
- **Interface Convergence:** Consolidates multiple data and control interfaces (e.g., HDMI, Ethernet, USB, I2S, UART, GPIO) onto a single cable, simplifying installation and reducing system complexity.
- **Industry Standard Foundation:** Valens technology forms the basis for industry standards such as HDBaseT and MIPI A-PHY, promoting interoperability and ecosystem growth.