Eliyan
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Eliyan is a Santa Clara, California-based semiconductor infrastructure startup developing die-to-die, chip-to-chip, and rack-to-rack chiplet interconnect technologies for next-generation AI, cloud, and high-performance computing systems 123. The company was founded in 2021 by Ramin Farjadrad (CEO, former Marvell Semiconductor CTO and VP of networking), Patrick Soheili, and Syrus Ziai 12. On 2026-07-29, Eliyan announced an oversubscribed $145 million Series C at a $1 billion valuation, achieving unicorn status 123. The round was led by Seligman Ventures, with new strategic investors Cisco Investments and Lumentum joining alongside existing investors 12. Umesh Padval, Managing Partner at Seligman Ventures, joined Eliyan’s Board of Directors as part of the round 1. The company expects to begin initial chiplet shipments in 2026 and forecasts hundreds of millions of dollars in sales by the end of 2027 1.
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Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Co-investors |
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| 2026-07-29 | Series C | $145M | Seligman Ventures | Cisco Investments, Lumentum, existing investors 123 |
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Eliyan, “Eliyan Achieves Unicorn Status with $145 Million Series C to Advance Electro-optical Interconnects for AI Infrastructure,” July 29, 2026. Accessed August 2026. https://eliyan.com/news/eliyan-achieves-unicorn-status-with-145-million-series-c/↩↩↩↩↩↩↩
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GlobeNewswire, “Eliyan Achieves Unicorn Status with $145 Million Series C to Advance Electro-optical Interconnects for AI Infrastructure,” July 29, 2026. Accessed August 2026. https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/07/29/3335320/0/en/eliyan-achieves-unicorn-status-with-145-million-series-c-to-advance-electro-optical-interconnects-for-ai-infrastructure.html↩↩↩↩↩
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Data Center Dynamics, “Chiplet interconnect startup Eliyan valued at $1bn following $145m Series C funding round,” July 29, 2026. Accessed August 2026. https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/chiplet-interconnect-startup-eliyan-valued-at-1bn-following-145m-series-c-funding-round/↩↩↩