# Analog Devices

> Analog Devices is a VC fund in Norwood backing Manufacturing and Drones. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Norwood, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/3450
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/adi_news
- Website: http://www.analog.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/analogdevicesinc

Analog Devices is a VC fund in Norwood focused on Manufacturing and Drones. Analog Devices (NYSE: ADI) defines innovation and excellence in signal processing. ADI's analog, mixed-signal, and digital signal processing (DSP) integrated circuits (IC) play a fundamental role in converting, conditioning, and processing real-world phenomena such as light, sound, temperature, motion, and pressure into electrical signals tobe used in a wide array of electronic equipment. But that doesn't begin to capture the essence of what Analog Devices does for their customers, and ultimately for the end user.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 40% |
| Drones | 1 | 20% |
| Hardware | 1 | 20% |
| Military | 1 | 20% |
| Software | 1 | 20% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 40% |
| Series C | 2 | 40% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 20% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brian Coffey | Product Marketing Manager | 0 | — |
| John Hassett | SVP Industrial & Consumer Group | 0 | — |
| John Hodgson | Member of the Board of Directors | 0 | — |
| Kenton Sicchitano | Member of the Board of Directors | 0 | — |
| Kevin Carlin | Vice President, Automation & Energy Group | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sense | Sense, a technology company, provides home energy monitoring solutions for its customers.The company specializes in developing and distributing tracking devices and home automation solutions for its customers. Sense, its home monitoring system, is able to listen to the electronic signatures of electrical devices through its current sensors on themain breakers in electrical panels and records them. Followed by the recording process, it applies multi-domain device signature detection algorithms to distinguish one appliance from another to recognize each individual voice. Furthermore, the system transmits its data to its users through a specially designed mobile application.Sense was founded by Ryan Houlette, Christopher Micali, and Mike Phillips in 2013 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |  | Corporate Round | Jan 27, 2026 |  |
| LifeQ | Our Dream is to empower everyone to delay aging, optimize your health, harness more energy, reduce the probability of disease, and understand why and how your body is changing, right now! It is in your power to be your biologically younger self.Our Missions is to enable consumers to make better decisions to live healthier lives through optimizinghealth, and be in a position to make smarter, informed, health decisions.We will do this by giving you a 360-degree personalized health mirror, along with the tools, tailored recommendations, and business partners that cover every aspect of your health. | $47M | Series A | May 26, 2021 |  |
| CesiumAstro | CesiumAstro delivers communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space or airborne platforms. Each of the company's products combines carefully selected COTS components with the traditional reliability necessary for aerospace systems. Its products enable connectivity between satellites, drones, planes, cars, andother mobile devices and generate electronically steerable beams of radio waves carrying information between the devices, and its software stitches the information together. | $12.4M | Series A | Mar 13, 2019 |  |
| Sandburst | Sandburst Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company, is pioneering a revolutionary new technology for the design of highly complex integrated circuits. For both Sandburst and its customers, this technology substantially reduces development costs and enables a shorter time-to-market.Sandburst is currently developing VLSI solutionsspecifically targeted at data communications and IP networking. These wire-speed IP packet processing components provide a solid foundation for high-performance systems without requiring the major software development effort needed for general-purpose programmable devices. | $19.5M | Series C | Jan 06, 2004 |  |
| Axsun Technologies | Axsun Technologies develops and manufactures MEMS-based micro-optical spectrometers and optical channel monitors for pharmaceutical, chemical and petrochemical, homeland security and telecom network applications. Through its expertise in micro-optics, packaging and precision engineering, Axsun has pioneered an entirely new class ofhigh-performance, miniaturized spectroscopic instruments and devices enabling a dramatic shift from lab based measurements to on-line and at-line measurements, without compromising performance. | $111M | Series C | Jan 15, 2001 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [3i Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/3i-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [4Di Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/4di-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Accton Technology — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Acequia Capital (AceCap)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acequia-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Agilent Technologies](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agilent) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Airbus Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/airbus-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Analog Devices invest in?

Analog Devices invests primarily in Manufacturing, Drones and Hardware startups, most often at Series A and Series C stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Analog Devices?

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### Who are the partners at Analog Devices?

The team at Analog Devices includes Brian Coffey (Product Marketing Manager), John Hassett (SVP Industrial & Consumer Group) and John Hodgson (Member of the Board of Directors), among 10 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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