Brian Antonen
Partner @ Celtic House Venture Partners
Toronto, Canada
Brian Antonen is a Series B investor at Celtic House Venture Partners in Toronto focused on Manufacturing and Semiconductor. Brian Antonen joined Celtic House in 2000. He is based in the Toronto office. Originally an electrical engineer, Brian has over 21 years of technical, business operational, and capital markets experience. He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo and a Master of BusinessAdministration degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario. Brian is also a member of the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario and of the Certified Management Accountants of Ontario. Brian’s investment focus is on Digital Multimedia and Wireless. During his nine years at Celtic House, he has established himself as a domain expert in video and multimedia processing and is viewed by his peers as a leading semiconductor investor in Canada. His knowledge of the sector has unique breadth and depth, from the technicalities of the product to the intricacies of the market. His record of success includes ViXS Systems (a world leader in multimedia processing components) and Camilion Solutions (one of the fastest growing financial software companies in North America). He has held directorships on 13 private boards, and currently serves as a board member of eight Celtic House companies. Brian travels extensively in Europe and Asia. He has developed a strong business network in these regions that is being applied within the Celtic House portfolio to lower development costs and improve time-to-market. Brian’s contacts have assisted in design and manufacturing, sales growth, fundraising, and investment banking.
- Total investments:
- 8
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 75%
Last updated:
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Industries Brian Antonen invests in
Stages Brian Antonen invests in
Countries Brian Antonen invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Manufacturing 4 (50%)
- Semiconductor 4 (50%)
- Wireless 3 (38%)
- Mobile 2 (25%)
- Software 2 (25%)
Stage
- Series B 5 (63%)
- Funding Round 2 (25%)
- Series A 1 (13%)
Country
- Canada 4 (50%)
- Ireland 1 (13%)
- United States 1 (13%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Spectra7 Microsystems
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Spectra7 Microsystems is a semiconductor company delivering unprecedented bandwidth, speed, and resolution to enable disruptive industrial design for leading consumer electronics manufacturers in virtual reality, augmented reality, data centers, and other connectivity markets. It specializes in the fields of wireless infrastructure and data centeractive cables. | $11M / Aug 14, 2012 | |
Peraso Technologies
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Peraso Technologies Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, specializes in the development of multi-gigabit millimeter wave single-chip transceivers for the mobile consumer electronics market. The company also provides custom solutions tailored to customer-specific opportunities. Its products are used for mobile rapid sync-n-go, desktopinterconnect, wireless networking, in-room HD video streaming, cellular backhaul, wireless links, medical and security imaging, vehicle-to-vehicle communication, and IC-to-IC links applications.Peraso Technologies Inc. is based in Toronto, Canada. | $5.7M / Series A / Nov 07, 2010 | |
Morega Systems
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Morega Systems Inc. is a software and consumer product company with advanced media mobility solutions for the digital home. Utilizing advanced transcoding, transcrypting and QoS aware streaming capabilities, Morega provides a complete solution for premium service operators and hardware vendors with high value applications such as side-loading,place-shifting and targeted ad insertion.Morega is dedicated to creating rich, new, media experiences for consumers through the introduction of innovative consumer products, software and applications that enable seamless content mobility for both premium and personal media content. | $10M / Series B / Jul 28, 2010 | |
Avvasi Inc.
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Avvasi designs and manufactures carrier-grade mobile video wireless infrastructure systems and software. Avvasi technology and products are focused on balancing the infrastructure costs and subscriber quality of experience. | $10.8M / Series B / Jan 29, 2010 | |
Redmere Technology
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RedMere develops active cable semiconductor solutions. The company offers EyeWire, a low power signal conditioning active chip technology, which is embedded within the cable to create smart HDMI active cables for consumer multimedia, gaming, home theater, mobile phone, digital video cameras or digital video still cameras, and PC markets; andVerifEye, an active cable manufacturing test platform that enables the rapid testing of active cable solutions based on EyeWire chip technology. RedMere was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Balbriggan, Ireland. | $5.6M / Series B / Dec 09, 2009 | |
Fresco Microchip
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Fresco Microchip is a fabless semiconductor company that has taken a different approach to an old problem - the challenge of converting analog to digital. Focused on the broad consumer electronics market, the company uniquely brings together three core technologies: next-generation RF, mixed-signal and digital signal processing (DSP).Televisionlevel video quality has long been the goal of legacy demodulator designers using digital technology. Fresco uses Agile Signal Processing (agileSPâ„¢) technology to create universal legacy demodulation in low cost CMOS. Digital technology provides television quality video without the part to part variation of the traditional analog implementation. Combining digital demodulation technology with patentable iSAWâ„¢ and agileSPâ„¢ provides the complete hybrid solution. | $10M / Oct 08, 2009 | |
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Peraso Technologies
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Peraso Technologies Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, specializes in the development of multi-gigabit millimeter wave single-chip transceivers for the mobile consumer electronics market. The company also provides custom solutions tailored to customer-specific opportunities. Its products are used for mobile rapid sync-n-go, desktopinterconnect, wireless networking, in-room HD video streaming, cellular backhaul, wireless links, medical and security imaging, vehicle-to-vehicle communication, and IC-to-IC links applications.Peraso Technologies Inc. is based in Toronto, Canada. | $7.3M / Series A / Oct 05, 2009 | |
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Fresco Microchip
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Fresco Microchip is a fabless semiconductor company that has taken a different approach to an old problem - the challenge of converting analog to digital. Focused on the broad consumer electronics market, the company uniquely brings together three core technologies: next-generation RF, mixed-signal and digital signal processing (DSP).Televisionlevel video quality has long been the goal of legacy demodulator designers using digital technology. Fresco uses Agile Signal Processing (agileSPâ„¢) technology to create universal legacy demodulation in low cost CMOS. Digital technology provides television quality video without the part to part variation of the traditional analog implementation. Combining digital demodulation technology with patentable iSAWâ„¢ and agileSPâ„¢ provides the complete hybrid solution. | $14.3M / Series B / Jan 15, 2008 |
Co-Investors
About Celtic House Venture Partners
Celtic House Venture Partners is an independent Canadian investment firm.Since 1994, Celtic House has been one of Canada’s most active investors in technology and innovation. Capitalizing on the deep domain expertise of its partners, Celtic House has consistently provided superior financial returns to its investors. Celtic House has collaboratedwith management teams and repeat entrepreneurs to develop technology companies from the inception phase through to exit, generating 25 initial public offerings and successful acquisitions.Celtic House has collaborated with management teams and repeat entrepreneurs to develop technology companies from the inception phase through to exit, generating 25 initial public offerings and successful acquisitions.From offices in Toronto and Ottawa, Celtic House manages in excess of $425 million across three funds. Celtic House is currently making new investments out of Celtic House Venture Partners Fund IV, which closed in 2012.
Celtic House Venture Partners Contacts
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Brian Antonen
Partner
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David Adderley
Partner
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David Beck
Partner
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Jonathan Graff
Advisor
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Julie Fallon
Chief Financial Officer
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FAQ
What does Brian Antonen invest in?
Brian Antonen invests primarily in Manufacturing, Semiconductor and Wireless startups, most often at Series B and Funding Round stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Brian Antonen last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Brian Antonen closed in Aug 2012. Shizune tracks 8 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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