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Metawave closes Initial Series A funding to deliver Beamsteering Analog Radar

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Metawave Corporation, a leading start-up revolutionising the future of radar sensing for highly automated driving and wireless solutions for 5G deployments, closed its initial Series A funding.

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DENSO, the world's second largest mobility supplier, led the round. Other investors include Mirae Asset Capital, NTT DOCOMO Ventures and existing investors including BOLD Capital Partners.

Metawave's Series A round is augmented by NTT DOCOMO Venture's inclusion, a global leader in 5G, an important addition given Metawave's 5G technology innovation - Metawave ECHO and TURBO to bend and boost mm-wave signals for a more efficient and convenient way to increase 5G coverage. Metawave's initial seed round of $17 million included financial support from giants in the automotive market, including DENSO, Toyota, Hyundai, Infineon, and others.

“To be able to work on innovative hardware, system, software, and AI platforms in such high-growth markets is exciting and challenging,” said Maha Achour, Founder and CEO of Metawave. “When I see our automotive partners excited about our radar capabilities and telecom customers demonstrating impressive results using our 5G solutions, I'm inspired and proud to lead a fearless team who has been delivering incredible results in less than 18 months from opening our development center in Carlsbad. Consumer expectations and business demands are increasing with the advent of new technologies, especially in mobility and connectivity, and being able to work closely with 5G and automotive leaders helps us visualise the future and continuously adapt as roads become safer and people strive to be more productive.”

Safety requirements, as well as expectations for a smooth riding experience facing the auto industry cannot be met using only today's sensors, even including top digital beamforming (DBF) or MIMO radars. Leading automakers are looking for innovative radar that provides longer range, higher resolution, and with greater angular accuracy and intelligent object classification. State-of-the-art analog radar delivers these critical features, giving automakers the ability to provide next-generation adaptive cruise control, lane change assist, and automated emergency braking.

Clearing these hurdles is critical to ensuring the highest levels of repeatable and dependable safety adherence while gaining long-term community acceptance. The automotive radar market is expected to reach $10.5B by 2026, growing at a significant rate of 20.4% during the forecasted period 2019 to 2026.

“We've been working with Metawave since its founding and are continually impressed with the innovation the team can deliver,” said Tony Cannestra, Director of Corporate Ventures at DENSO, and Metawave board member. “Electronically beamsteering radar will fundamentally change the way automakers think about sensors and their ADAS fusion, and Metawave has a head start in solving this complicated problem with a robust and modular technology platform. DENSO is very excited to continue to support Metawave's impressive technology development as we continuously seek new ways to create value in mobility.”

At the same time, the growth in 5G is expected to be significant in the near term. 5G provides 100 times faster data speeds than 4G, while supporting low-latency applications such as autonomous driving, making it possible for multiple devices to be responsive in real time. 5G allows networks to transmit 10,000 times the traffic with less than 1 millisecond latency. And, it's more reliable than prior cellular networks opening the doors to applications that support smart cities and autonomous driving.

“Tackling complex advancements in one industry is difficult enough, but to apply that same technology to two giant industries is incredible,” commented Metawave Board Member Karen C. Francis. “The go-to-market approach Metawave is taking is smart -focused on working with global leaders in each industry. They're already seeing much interest of both the radar and 5G platforms. I look forward to working with Maha and her team as they grow and deliver over the coming months and years."


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