OVERVIEW

IQE is the global leader in the design and manufacture of advanced semiconductor wafer products.

• Location: Bethlehem, PA
• Sector: Advanced Materials
• Exit: LSE: IQEP

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Sole investor in the first and only institutional round in 1987 when Quantum Epitaxial Designs (QED) was a start-up.

OUTCOME

QED merged with Cardiff, Wales, based Epitaxial Products International to become IQE Plc., and today generates over $200 million in annual revenues.  It is the world leader in providing advanced semiconductor materials and has operations on a global scale.