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Next-gen Semiconductors

GreenWaves Technologies, founded in 2014, is a fabless semiconductor company that designs ultra-low power application processors for energy-constrained battery-powered devices. The company's focus is on developing processors that enable artificial intelligence and advanced classification in wireless sensing devices for various internet of Things (IoT) applications. GreenWaves' processors, based on the open-source RISC-V architecture, are designed to perform ultra-low-latency filtering with sophisticated digital signal processing and artificial intelligence while consuming only a few milliwatts of power.
The company's product line includes the GAP8, GAP9, and the upcoming GAP10 processors. The GAP8, launched in February 2018, features eight RISC-V cores and is designed for IoT applications such as image recognition, people and object counting, machine health monitoring, and speech recognition. The GAP9, which adds another RISC-V core, provides five to 10 times more compute power than GAP8 while consuming the same or less power. It is primarily targeted at the hearables market, enabling advanced features like neural network-based audio processing, Automatic Noise Cancellation (ANC), and active sound transparency.
GreenWaves' processors have demonstrated impressive performance in benchmarks. In the MLPerf Tiny v1.0 inference benchmark, the GAP9 recorded the lowest latencies and power consumption among tested processors across all tasks. The company's technology allows for energy-efficient data processing by optimizing memory architecture and reducing data movement across the chip.
The company is currently developing its next-generation processor, GAP10, which is expected to mark GreenWaves' entry into the automotive market. As of March 2023, GreenWaves had shipped 150,000 units of its first product, with sales approaching USD 1 million. The company aimed to ramp up production and bring GAP9 to market, targeting total sales of a few million dollars in 2023 and potentially tens of millions in the following year.
Key customers and partnerships
GreenWaves Technologies has gained traction in various markets with its processors. In the IoT sector, a Chinese customer uses GAP8 for smart cameras that capture daily images of analog gas meters, infer readings using machine learning, and upload data to the cloud. Another customer employs GAP8 in cameras that determine office space occupancy and transmit data to building management software.
In the hearables market, GreenWaves has secured significant interest for its GAP9 processor from tier-one TWS (True Wireless Stereo) vendors. These companies are leveraging GAP9 to introduce novel audio features such as Neural Network-based Noise Filtering and Adaptive Transparency in their products.

SCALINX is a fabless semiconductor company founded in 2015, specializing in the design and supply of advanced mixed-signal chip solutions. The company's core expertise lies in developing highly integrated System-on-Chip (SoC) products based on ultra-high-speed data converters. SCALINX's proprietary Smart Conversion CORE (SCCORE) technology enables the creation of power-efficient integrated circuits capable of processing wideband and multi-carrier signals with outstanding energy efficiency. This technology is particularly crucial for industries such as 5G and 6G wireless networks, autonomous vehicles, defense and aerospace, and test and measurement equipment.
The company's SoC solutions incorporate on-chip conditioning, data conversion, and digital processing of wideband signals. SCALINX's products are designed to address the growing demand for wider analog bandwidth and reduced power consumption in mixed-signal SoCs. As of January 2024, SCALINX had secured a total of EUR 44.5 million in funding, which will be used to expand its business operations and develop new products, particularly in the wireless communication market. The company plans to double its workforce over the next 24 months to support its growth initiatives.
Key customers and partnerships
SCALINX serves customers in various sectors, including defense and aerospace, test and measurement, and communications industries. In December 2023, SCALINX partnered with Arteris, licensing their Ncore and FlexNoC interconnect IP for its next-generation Modem SoC dedicated to wireless communication infrastructures. This collaboration aims to enhance efficiency and accelerate time to market in the 5G communications sector.
The company has also established a long-term technology partnership with Thales, a global leader in advanced technologies for aerospace, defense, and digital identity and security. In January 2024, Thales became an investor in SCALINX, further solidifying their strategic relationship. SCALINX's technology is expected to empower telecom players to deliver ultra-high capacity, multi-gigabit links over longer distances, optimizing total cost of ownership for microwave, millimeter-wave, and multi-band equipment.

Clean, congestion-free air travel gets liftoff

Passenger eVTOL Aircraft

Eve Holding, Inc., based in Florida and Brazil, focuses on developing next-generation urban air mobility (UAM) solutions. Its eVTOL aircraft, with a lift + cruise design, accommodates four passengers and a pilot, offering a range of 60 miles with reduced noise levels. Post-certification, the aircraft was expected to support autonomous flight for up to six passengers. Leveraging its partnership with Embraer, Eve has made progress in engineering, including subscale test flights, wind tunnel evaluations, and full-scale ground tests, targeting entry into service by 2026.In&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/31772">July 2024</a>, Eve unveiled its first eVTOL prototype at Embraer’s Gaviao Peixoto flight test center in Brazil. The aircraft is designed to be 65% quieter than helicopters, achieving a 10–15 decibel reduction.&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/35135">October 2024</a> saw the launch of Eve TechCare, an aftermarket services portfolio addressing maintenance, repair, health monitoring, and training needs for eVTOL operations. This service framework ensures that operators can efficiently manage their eVTOL fleets while maintaining safety and reliability standards.In&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/35716">November 2024</a>, Brazil’s ANAC published the final airworthiness criteria for Eve’s eVTOL aircraft, a critical step in its certification process. This progress positioned Eve closer to entering the commercial market, with its efforts focused on delivering reliable and sustainable urban air mobility solutions internationally.&nbsp;Key customers and partnershipsEve Air Mobility has developed a strong network of key suppliers and customers to support its eVTOL development. In&nbsp;<a href="https://ir.eveairmobility.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/9/eve-partners-with-porsche-consulting-to-define-evtol-global">May 2022</a>, it collaborated with Porsche Consulting to define its supply chain and manufacturing strategies.&nbsp;<a href="https://united.mediaroom.com/2022-09-08-United-Invests-Another-15-Million-in-Electric-Flying-Taxi-Market-with-Eve">United Airlines</a> invested USD 15 million in 2022 and signed a conditional purchase agreement for 200 eVTOL aircraft. In&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/26075">January 2024</a>, Eve partnered with Thales, Honeywell, RECARO Aircraft Seating, and FACC to source eVTOL components and added Aciturri and Crouzet to supply wings and pilot controls in&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/26832">February 2024</a>. By&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/30249">June 2024</a>, Eve expanded its supplier base further by partnering with KRD, Latecoere, RALLC, and Alltec for various aircraft components.In&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/26832">February 2024</a>, Eve partnered with SkyScape to develop urban air traffic management systems and vertiport infrastructure. By&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/31897">July 2024</a>, it joined forces with Siemens Smart Infrastructure to assess the energy requirements for eVTOL operations. Eve’s strategic alignment with Embraer grants it access to Embraer’s intellectual property, skilled workforce, and global infrastructure. In&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/35598">November 2024</a>, it extended its collaboration with Embraer-CAE Training Services to provide eVTOL-related training programs for pilots and operational staff. The&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/37210">following month</a>, Eve partnered with Signature Aviation to develop ground operation requirements for eVTOL integration.The company is expanding its passenger services globally. In&nbsp;<a href="https://ir.eveairmobility.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/19/blade-and-eve-announce-strategic-partnership-to-expand">September 2022</a>, Eve partnered with BLADE to develop urban air mobility in India, extending the collaboration to Europe in&nbsp;<a href="https://yqqqphhcg2hvaaua-test001.pj-initial.net/updates/19530">June 2023</a>. It also signed agreements for electric commuter flights in San Francisco during the&nbsp;<a href="https://yqqqphhcg2hvaaua-test001.pj-initial.net/updates/19528">same month</a>. In&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/28610">April 2024</a>, Eve partnered with AirX to supply 50 eVTOL aircraft for operations in Japan. In&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/26742">February 2024</a>, it signed an MoU with Yugo Global Industries to explore urban air mobility opportunities in Southeast Asia. By&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/35661">November 2024</a>, Eve partnered with Revo to develop air mobility services in São Paulo, Brazil.

Taking commercial activities to new heights

Commercial Drone Tech

Airspace Link is a Detroit-based company founded in 2018 that provides a cloud-based digital infrastructure platform called AirHub to support the safe integration of drones into the national airspace system and communities. The platform offers a range of services including flight planning, airspace authorization, ground risk assessment, and data analysis to enable safe and compliant drone operations for recreational and commercial users.
AirHub Launch helps drone pilots plan flights, obtain FAA LAANC authorizations for controlled airspace, and access advisories and airspace data. The platform integrates various data sources like ground infrastructure, proprietary third-party data, and government notifications to create a digital representation of the operational environment. AirHub Insights provides analytics and modeling capabilities to support advanced operations and waiver requests.
In March 2023, Airspace Link released the AirHub Portal, a comprehensive platform consolidating its various products and services into a single interface for different user personas such as pilots, planners, and administrators.
Airspace Link has partnered with organizations like the FAA to provide B4UFLY services, enabling recreational pilots to access vital safety information and airspace intelligence before flights. The company has also collaborated with airlines like Emirates to retrofit aircraft with its Airspace Link HBCplus connectivity solution.
Airspace Link's technology has facilitated real-world drone operations, including cross-border cargo deliveries in Michigan and organ transport with MissionGO. The company has developed the FlySafe Program, a tailored solution for local governments to establish and manage drone programs, providing software, customer support, and policy implementation assistance.

Technology providers that enhance satellite operations

Next-gen Satellites

​​​​​​Kinéis is a French satellite IoT operator spin-off from the Centre National d'études Spatiales (CNES). It provides global connectivity for the IoT through its constellation of nanosatellites. ​​​​Kinéis' technology enables precise connectivity and location tracking of objects anywhere on the planet, including areas not covered by terrestrial networks, which account for about 85% of the Earth's surface.The company's core offering is a constellation of 25 nanosatellites, weighing 30 kg each, in low-Earth orbit (LEO) at an altitude of 650 kilometers. As of September 2024, ​​​​Kinéis had successfully launched 10 of these satellites aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket, with plans to complete the full constellation by 2025 and begin providing initial services with its first 10 satellites in January 2025.&nbsp;The company operates the constellation from 20 ground stations, providing near real-time data transmission and connectivity for various applications. ​​​​Kinéis' satellite IoT technology serves multiple industries, including transportation and logistics, oil and gas, agriculture, environmental monitoring, and energy and utilities.The company's solutions allow tracking assets, monitoring activities, and receiving alerts, even in remote or inaccessible areas. These solutions can be used for locating rail cars, monitoring herds, detecting forest fires, or tracking ships at sea.In addition to its new proprietary constellation, ​​​​Kinéis has been managing the ARGOS satellite monitoring system since 2018, which consists of seven satellites in LEO. The ARGOS system started in 1978 as a collaboration between CNES and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).Key customers and partnerships&nbsp;​​​​Kinéis partnered with Dhruva Space in January 2023 to provide space-based IoT connectivity in India, with plans to launch ​​​​Kinéis payloads on the P30 satellite. The company also collaborated with Unabiz in March 2023 to provide satellite IoT connectivity for logistics and transportation applications.In April 2023, ​​​​Kinéis teamed up with Dryad Networks to develop satellite-based solutions for wildfire early detection, addressing environmental challenges. ​​​​Kinéis also partnered with Semtech in May 2024 to revolutionize access to satellite connectivity with a new terrestrial IoT chip, expanding the potential applications of their technology.

Reinventing how computers think based on biological neural networks

Neuromorphic Computing

GreenWaves Technologies, founded in 2014 and based in Grenoble, France, is a fabless semiconductor company that designs and markets ultra-low power processors for energy-constrained devices. The company's primary focus is on developing system-on-chips (SoCs) for applications in hearables, wearables, IoT, and medical monitoring products. GreenWaves' processors enable sophisticated artificial intelligence and digital signal processing capabilities while consuming minimal power, allowing for the development of intelligent, battery-operated sensing devices.
The company's product line includes the GAP8 and GAP9 processors, which are based on the open-source RISC-V architecture. The GAP8, launched in February 2018, features eight RISC-V cores and is designed for IoT applications. The GAP9, a more advanced processor, adds another RISC-V core and provides five to 10 times more compute power than GAP8 while maintaining similar or lower power consumption. In the MLPerf Tiny v1.0 inference benchmark, GAP9 recorded the lowest latencies and power consumption among tested processors across all tasks.
GreenWaves' processors are particularly well-suited for applications requiring sophisticated audio processing. For instance, the GAP9 enables low-power neural network-based audio processing for features such as Automatic Noise Cancellation (ANC), active sound transparency, and head-tracking based spatial audio in hearables. The company's technology can process audio on the edge, reducing latency compared to cloud-based processing.
As of February 2023, GreenWaves had shipped 150,000 units of its first product, generating nearly USD 1 million in sales. The company was aiming to achieve total sales of a few million dollars in 2023 and tens of millions in 2024. GreenWaves is also developing its next-generation processor, GAP10, which is expected to target the automotive market.

Scalinx operates as a fabless semiconductor company specialized in the design and supply of Signal Conversion ASIC and ASSP for Test & Measurement, MilAero, and Communications markets.  Scalinx designs its components at three sites - Paris, it's head office, Caen (Calvados), and Grenoble (Isère) - then industrializes them in Caen with 20 employees, before entrusting them their production to a network of subcontractors. Scalinx does not communicate its turnover, nor the amount of support from France Relance, confidential

GreenWaves Technologies is a fabless semiconductor start-up designing disruptive ultra-low power application processors for image and sound processing and analysis. GAP processor excell at multi-dimensional computing (AI, DSP, ultra low latency DSP). GAP8 primarily serves IoT. GAP9 serves hearables and IoT.

Telit Cinterion provides cellular IoT products.

Airspace Link digitizes local airspace for urban air mobility. It provides government, citizen, and business drone solutions to support local government airspace management, fostering citizen empowerment, and business innovation through consumer and b2b air logistical support and services. It was founded in 2018 and is based in Detroit, Michigan.

Eve Air Mobility develops air mobility solutions to advance the urban air mobility ecosystem. Eve's system includes an advanced electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle project, comprehensive global services and support network, and an air traffic management solution, providing clients with a safe, accessible, and green air mobility ecosystem.

Kinéis is an independent, private satellite operator. An emerging player in the new space sector, the company wants to lead innovation in global connectivity for the IoT domain. Through its technologies, Kinéis works closely with terrestrial IoT operators, current satellite operators and connected object manufacturers, to locate and collect data all over the globe in all conditions.

Keopsys revolutionized the way to pump fiber doped amplifiers, based on a proprietary idea to couple light into the fiber. Keopsys specializes in designing, developing, and manufacturing fiber devices. Therefore, the company is involved in lots of innovative projects. Our roadmap is revised each year by our highly skilled R&D team in order to be at the top level of technology. Geophys company leads a systematic strategy which goals are to increase our devices performance and to lower our prices. Therefore high technology can be accessible to all our customers whatever their business.

Thales is a global technology leader in the Aerospace, Transportation, Defense, and Security markets. In 2013, the company generated revenues of EUR14.2 billion with 65,000 employees in 56 countries. With its 25,000 engineers and researchers, Thales has a unique capability to design, develop and deploy equipment, systems, and services that meet the most complex security requirements. Thales has an exceptional international footprint, with operations around the world working with customers and local partners.

<div> Thales is a global technology leader in the Aerospace, Transportation and Defence &amp; Security markets. In 2013, the company generated revenues of EUR14.2 billion with 65,000 employees in 56 countries. With its 25,000 engineers and researchers, Thales has a unique capability to design, develop and deploy equipment, systems and services that meet the most complex security requirements. Thales has an exceptional international footprint, with operations around the world working with customers and local partners. </div>

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AI-based solutions for evolving digital threats

Next-gen Cybersecurity

Companies that provide platforms and technologies to protect enterprise data and infrastructure in the cloud from internal and external threats.

Companies that provide next-generation solutions for enterprises to protect endpoint devices such as computers, mobile devices, servers, and other connected enterprise devices.

Companies that provide solutions to protect industrial internet of things (IIoT) and operational technology (OT) devices.

Companies that provide AI-based tools to monitor an organization’s entire infrastructure to identify threats, provide tools for incident investigations, and help automate remediation tasks.

Companies that support businesses with AI-based cybersecurity platforms and human resources for 24/7 threat monitoring and response.

Companies that offer solutions for the protection of enterprise APIs and web applications against external threats such as scripting, bots, denial of service attacks, skimming, Personally Identifiable Information (PII) harvesting, etc.

Companies which provide solutions for enterprises to secure their cloud-native applications and workloads, across the entire development lifecycle.

Biometric Payments

Companies that offer biometric POS terminals, including the complementing software that uses palm print, fingerprint, or finger veins for payment authentication.

Companies providing biometric POS terminals, including the complementing software that uses facial or iris recognition for payment authentication.

Companies that offer biometric authentication software which can be embedded into smart devices or existing POS terminals, for payment authentication.

Companies that provide software platforms to authenticate remote transactions using biometrics, typically leveraging the biometric authentication provided in mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets.

Companies that provide technology to enable fingerprint authentication on payment cards, such as fingerprint sensors, biometric algorithms, and card inlays.

Companies manufacturing biometric payment cards for issuers.

Technology to explore opportunities beyond Earth

Space Travel and Exploration Tech

Companies that facilitate space tourism and rocket and spacecraft launches, which include human spaceflights and satellite launches

Companies that facilitate space habitats capable of supporting humans in orbit for longer durations

Companies that facilitate space exploration, which includes planetary exploration robots and transportation cargo to the moon, Mars, and beyond

Companies engaging in tracking and  removing space debris and providing in-orbit services for satellites such as refueling, repairs, and orbital maneuvers in order to extend the life of space objects and reduce collision risk

Companies that extract resources and materials from asteroids and other planets and the moon

Empowering the modern soldier with cutting-edge technology

Military Tech

Robotics and semi/fully autonomous ground, aerial, and marine vehicles that can be used for military applications, such as surveying, logistics, reconnaissance, and combat.

Developers of sophisticated and advanced defense equipment to counter emerging threats. These solutions include hypersonic flights, directed energy systems, and space militarization.

The use of AI technologies, data analytics, networks of sensors, wearables, and IoT devices in military applications to enhance military capabilities.

The use of simulation technologies such as VR and AR to construct STEs for combat training and mission rehearsals.

New data privacy regulations have opened up space for a new wave of compliance-focused startups.

Digital Privacy Tools

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 Thales, a technology security firm, has launched Data Risk Intelligence, a tool that incorporates the capabilities of Imperva Data Security Fabric. This follows their acquisition of Imperva in 2023 for USD 3.6 billion. The tool aims to manage data security risks in cloud, on-premises, and hybrid systems.
 Data Risk Intelligence merges Imperva Data Security Fabric with Thales CipherTrust Data Security Platform, offering a combined perspective of data risks. It provides risk scoring based on multiple data risk factors such as user permissions, data source vulnerabilities, compliance with encryption standards, suspicious activity tracking, and customizable inputs.
 This platform boosts risk prioritization with accurate risk scoring, offers wide-ranging visibility across a company's data infrastructure, and enables customizable risk indicators. The solution also incorporates advanced encryption and machine learning analysis to detect and secure high-risk data.
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