George Perlegos
Angel Investor
George Perlegos is a seed investor focused on Education and Search Engine. George is one of the fathers of semiconductor non-volatile memories, a keystone of today’s electronic products. He was the co-inventor of the first N-channel EPROM, the Intel 2708 EPROM and later created the 5v 2716 EPROM. He subsequently made major development contributions to the first EEPROMs, including the 2816, and Flash memories. In additionto these major technical contributions, George was a co-founder of three successful semiconductor companies: SEEQ Technologies in 1981, Chips and Technology in 1983, and Atmel Corporation in 1984. In addition to major product developments, these companies pioneered the fab-less semiconductor business model. George worked at AMI American Micro systems from 1972 to 1974 and Intel Corporation starting in 1974 where for 8 years he worked as a device, process, Circuit Design Engineer and project manager. He worked at SEEQ Technology from 1981 to 1983 as VP of Engineering and Atmel Corporation from 1984 to 2006 as its Chairman, President and CEO. George Perlegos received his BSEE from San Jose State University in 1972, received his MSEE in 1974 from Stanford University and continued graduate studies at Stanford until 1978. He is also a member of IEEE since 1972.
- Total investments:
- 2
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries George Perlegos invests in
Stages George Perlegos invests in
Countries George Perlegos invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Education 1 (50%)
- Search Engine 1 (50%)
- Semantic Search 1 (50%)
- Machine Learning 1 (50%)
- Artificial Intelligence 1 (50%)
Stage
- Seed 1 (50%)
- Angel 1 (50%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Choosito
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Choosito! search and learn optimizes learning with personalized search. We analyze human language to identify quality resources that match the student's comprehension ability for any subject. Choosito! is transforming the web into a revolutionary learning tool.see less | $1.2M / Angel / Feb 20, 2015 | |
Econais
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Econais is the global innovation leader in embedded Wi-Fi IoT connectivity. Econais’ turn-key WiSmart technology: WiSmart software and WiSmart Wi-Fi modules provide customers with the ability to leverage the features of Wi-Fi to create ultra low power connected products with quick time to market. We provide high performance and ultra low powerembeddable modules and software for connectivity to the Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine to Machine (M2M) communications. WiSmart leverages the globally installed base of Wi-Fi access points and smartphones to create connected products and applications for smart home, industrial, wearable, and audio/video markets.With customer designs in production in countries around the world and applications that range from IoT door locks, to smart home controllers, to consumer wireless audio and video. Designers continue to remind us that the ease with which they were able to get our modules and software into their designs, the designs tested and validated, and ultimately the competitive size, speed, and pricing made it an easy choice to design Econais WiSmart technology into their next generation products. And we continually hear that we have the most responsive and support tech team, bar none!Econais is pronounced phonetically “i:koʊnɪs” or more commonly “EkOnis”. | $250K / Seed / Mar 04, 2012 |
Co-Investors
NSF Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR)
1 deal together
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FAQ
What does George Perlegos invest in?
George Perlegos invests primarily in Education, Search Engine and Semantic Search startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did George Perlegos last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for George Perlegos closed in Feb 2015. Shizune tracks 2 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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