San Francisco, Calif., February 24, 2004 – ReVera completed its initial round of
venture funding in January 2004, led by Crosslink Capital Partners, in
conjunction with members of ReVera's senior management team. These funds will be
used for expansion of world wide service and support, as well as for continued
development of new product capabilities. ReVera, previously an operating unit of
Physical Electronics, is the first company to commercialize traditional
laboratory based surface analytical techniques for characterizing
compositionally critical films. Dave Perloff, Director and senior advisor to the
company, states: "We have moved beyond traditional optical techniques, and must
now characterize films one atom at a time. ReVera's approach, which involves
X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, is the logical next step in the historic
progression of thin film metrology."
About Crosslink Capital
Since 1989, Crosslink Capital has invested in growth equities through venture capital, hedge funds and crossover funds. The current venture fund (the firm's fourth) is a $240 million fund formed in 2000. Currently its venture investing activities are focused on the software, core technology/semiconductor and business services industries. Crosslink invests in very early, seed stage financings all the way through later-stage private opportunities and into the public market. This strategy allows Crosslink to remain a long-term partner to its portfolio companies. Crosslink Capital was the first venture capital firm in the U.S. to integrate public and private technology investing. To learn more about Crosslink Capital visit
www.crosslinkcapital.com.
About ReVera
ReVera, Inc is the leading provider of high precision compositional metrology solutions for ultra-thin dielectric films used in advanced semiconductor devices. Established in 2004 with a management spin-out from High Voltage Engineering and Physical Electronics, ReVera is the first company to successfully commercialize traditional laboratory-based surface analytical techniques for production metrology of compositionally critical films in the semiconductor industry. To learn more about ReVera, visit
www.revera.com.
Contact: Bill Nolan, Crosslink Capital, Two
Embarcadero Center, Suite 2200, San Francisco, CA 94111 (415) 617-1870
