DiBcom

What DiBcom does

DiBcom is a privately held, fabless semiconductor company founded in 2000 and headquartered in Palaiseau, France, that designs integrated circuits for broadband wireless applications. The firm operates without proprietary fabrication, concentrating its resources on chip design, system architecture, and IP licensing rather than wafer manufacturing. According to firmographic data, DiBcom maintains a workforce of 51-100 employees and is led by founder Henry Seydoux (Founder, Chairman and CEO) and Marco Landi (Chairman of the Supervisory Board).

Between 2001 and 2007 the company executed six funding rounds totaling approximately $88.8 million, drawing a syndicate that combined deep-tech strategic investors (Intel Capital, Motorola Solutions Venture Capital, Freescale Semiconductor, UMC Capital) with European venture and growth capital (Partech, 3i Group, Cipio Partners, Convergent Capital, Société Générale Asset Management, Crédit Agricole, Crédit Lyonnais Private Equity, Natixis Private Equity, Omnes Capital, WI Harper Group, Vertex Ventures). The two largest rounds — $29.6M in June 2005 (led by Partech) and $27.3M in July 2007 (led by Intel Capital) — represent the capital peaks in the disclosed history.

The source data carries a material caveat: the listed corporate URL (dibcom.net) currently resolves to a Korean-language gambling/toto directory unrelated to semiconductor activity, and one of the structured data sources describes a Korean gambling site rather than DiBcom itself. This is consistent with a corporate domain that has been lost, lapsed, or repurposed, and it materially weakens verification of current operations. The structured operating-geography field also reports Korea, which is a data-integrity artefact of that mismatched source rather than evidence of DiBcom's actual footprint; the company's own firmographic record places it in Palaiseau, France, with no other operating geographies disclosed. No product SKUs, customer logos, certifications, regulatory actions, partnerships, M&A, or leadership changes beyond the two named executives are available in the supplied data.

Name

DiBcom

Legal name

Not stated in source

Website

https://dibcom.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

DiBcom is a privately held, fabless French semiconductor company founded in 2000 in Palaiseau that designs integrated circuits for broadband wireless applications, with 51-100 employees and a founder-led leadership team.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Semiconductor ICs

NAICS

Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing (334413), Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing (334220)

SIC

Semiconductors & Related Devices (3674)

akta.pro primary industry

Audio, Imaging & Multimedia SoCs (ISP/Codec/Display) (HDAHABAH)

Keywords

• Fabless semiconductor
• Broadband wireless chipsets
• Digital TV reception ICs
• Integrated circuit design
• Wireless communication semiconductors

Headquarters

HQ city

Palaiseau

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

DiBcom is a fabless semiconductor company that designs and sells integrated circuits (chipsets) for broadband wireless solutions, with specialization in digital terrestrial television (DVB-T/DVB-H) reception technology. The company focuses on IC design and development, contracting fabrication to third-party foundries, and supplies its chipsets to device manufacturers and OEMs in the consumer electronics and mobile TV markets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Siano Mobile Silicon: Israeli fabless semiconductor company that designed DVB-T/DVB-H/DVB-T2 demodulator chipsets for mobile and portable TV — a direct, head-to-head competitor to DiBcom in the same broadcast receiver SoC niche.
• Frontier Silicon: UK fabless semiconductor company focused on digital radio and TV demodulation ICs (DAB/DVB-T). Closely comparable to DiBcom as a European fabless peer serving broadcast receiver OEMs with similar technology.
• MaxLinear: US fabless semiconductor company specializing in RF, analog, and mixed-signal ICs for broadband video (DVB-T/T2, ATSC) and connectivity — directly comparable to DiBcom in broadcast demodulation SoCs for TV and gateway applications.

Broad incumbents

• Parrot SA: French wireless technology company founded by DiBcom founder Henri Seydoux; acquired DiBcom c. 2011 to integrate its DVB-T video reception into Parrot's drone platforms. Comparable as the effective parent/successor entity holding DiBcom's IP.
• Realtek Semiconductor: Taiwanese fabless semiconductor leader in multimedia/TV tuner and broadcast demodulation SoCs. Comparable as a larger incumbent selling broadcast receiver ICs into the same downstream TV/set-top-box customer base DiBcom served.
• STMicroelectronics: Large European IDM/fabless semiconductor company producing set-top box SoCs and broadcast demodulators. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the same customer value chain (TV/STB OEMs) where DiBcom's DVB-T chips competed.
• NXP Semiconductors: Global semiconductor leader in automotive and connectivity SoCs; absorbed Freescale Semiconductor, a past DiBcom investor. Comparable as a broad incumbent in communications/automotive silicon with broadcast tuner IP relevant to DiBcom's market.
• Sony Semiconductor Solutions: Major Japanese image sensor and broadcast/multimedia SoC supplier with tuner/demodulator product lines serving TV OEMs. Comparable as a broad incumbent serving the same broadcast-receiver end market.
• Samsung System LSI: Samsung's fabless SoC division producing multimedia, broadcast, and connectivity ICs for TVs and mobile devices. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the demodulator/multimedia SoC space.

Emerging players

• Telegent Systems: US fabless semiconductor company that built mobile TV receiver chipsets for analog and DVB-T/H standards — overlapping target market (handheld/portable TV) and comparable fabless broadcast-receiver product.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds6 records

Investors16 records

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M&A

Investments

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