The round included participation from Kelvin Capital, Old College Capital, and the Scottish Investment Bank.
"Sofant was very pleased to secure NPI’s support and expand our investor base in this important funding round. We look forward to working with NPI in the future as we take our highly innovative SmartAntenna technology to the next level."
Britbots has backed the Greater Manchester drone developer through its seed fund and crowdfunding platform.
"Much is written about tomorrow’s world of driverless cars, where we are to be seamlessly whisked around by an all-pervasive fleet of unmanned road vehicles. However, the complexity of the road network and the high consequences of failure suggest that the public’s first experience of self-driving objects is much more likely to happen well away from roads; and human-beings probably won’t be the cargo."
Infineon Technologies led the investment round with participation from existing backers including Amadeus Capital Partners and Foundation Capital.
"The conclusion of our Series-E funding is a significant milestone for the business. XMOS is ideally positioned at the crossover between embedded voice processing, biometrics and artificial intelligence, and the funds will enable us to execute our ambitious product development plans. I am particularly delighted to welcome Infineon Technologies as a strategic investor in the business. We have worked closely with the Infineon team on groundbreaking sensor fusion technologies; the investment really strengthens our strategic partnership."