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Advancesis

First Invested: Amount Invested: Sector: Web:	March 2003 £50,000 Semi-conductor industry www.advancesis.com
Founded to build a business around strained silicon structures. The company’s focus is on the development of advanced epitaxial silicon and silicon germanium materials and processes – new platforms that can radically enhance the value of devices in evolving communications, computing and consumer markets. Advancesis also provides custom epitaxial wafers for research and development in leading edge technologies for microelectronics, MEMS and photonics applications.