Cambridge business UltraSoC (www.ultrasoc.com) has received £5 million of funding to help drive continued deployment of its technology and realise its vision of embedding intelligent analytics capabilities in every microchip.

The main investor, Atlante Tech, leads a strong line-up of new investors including Enso Ventures, Oxford Capital and Guillaume d’Eyssautier (a successful CEO and serial entrepreneur); they will join existing investors Octopus Ventures and the South East Seed Fund.

UltraSoC’s semiconductor intellectual property enables designers to easily and cost-effectively create complex SoCs (systems on chip) with built-in intelligence that continuously monitors and responds to real-world behaviour. This allows SoCs to optimise power consumption and performance and deal with security threats or safety breaches.

Successful development of the company’s debug tools and increased awareness of the technology’s potential benefits has meant a series of significant commercial engagements, with more in the pipeline.

To ensure that these benefits are accessible to customers in all sectors across the globe, UltraSoC partners with leading names in the semiconductor industry, including ARM, Baysand, Cadence/Tensilica, CEVA, Codasip, Lauterbach, MIPS and Teledyne LeCroy.