Galileo Technology
Founders
Avigdor Willenz - Co-Founder & CEO
Manuel Alba - Co-Founder & President
Eyal Waldman - Co-Founder & VP Engineering
Founded
1993
Stage
Early
Invested
1995
Status
Acquired by Marvell Technology
Lightspeed Team
Christopher Schaepe - Partner

Galileo Technology is a fabless semiconductor company that designs and markets complex semiconductor devices which solve important problems in high-performance embedded control systems, principally in the area of data communications.

Company completed an IPO in 2000 and was acquired in 2001 by Marvell Technology, Inc. for $2.7 billion.

Christopher Schaepe
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