Wavefront Sensing Specialist Wooptix Nets $10.4M in Series C Funding

Semiconductor metrology company Wooptix has raised more than €10 million ($10.4 million) in a Series C funding round led by Samsung Venture Investment Corporation and Spanish Society for Technological Transformation (SETT). The company plans to use the funding to accelerate product development, expand international reach, and scale their team to meet growing industry demand.

Wooptix, based in Spain and San Francisco, is focused on commercializing semiconductor metrology equipment incorporating wavefront phase imaging with its Phemet system. The Phemet system measures silicon wafer warpage and enables blank and patterned wafer-shape measurement in less time and with higher resolution than current systems used in the industry, according to the company.

“The Phemet capability of collecting over 16 million data points with sub-nanometer height resolution enables semiconductor manufacturers to reduce energy waste during production” said José Manuel Rodriguez Ramos, CEO of Wooptix. Ramos said that Phemet is on track for full automation and factory floor deployment for in-line testing in the coming months. The solution has already been adopted by certain semiconductor manufacturers.

The funding round also saw participation from existing investors, including Bullnet Capital, the European Innovation Council Fund, Intel Capital, MONDRAGON Corporation, and TEL Venture Capital, Inc. Wooptix raised $11 million in a funding round last year.