Lace Lithography, a startup aiming to revolutionise computer chip manufacturing, has raised a Series A round led by Atomico, three sources with knowledge of the deal tell Sifted.
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Exclusive: Atomico and Microsoft’s M12 back chip startup Lace
Lace is developing next-generation semiconductor technology
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