Publications
Publications
- August 2008 (Revised December 2009)
- HBS Case Collection
Nantero
By: William A. Sahlman, Dan Heath and Caroline Perkins
Abstract
This case describes a decision confronting the founder of Nantero, a company developing a new semiconductor technology. The company needs to raise additional venture capital. Potential investors have competing visions for the company, and its business model. Some investors want the company to license its technology to semiconductor companies. Others want the company to become a "lableless" semiconductor company producing and selling its own products. The question for the team at Nantero is, what model makes sense and which investor offers the most attractive terms?
Keywords
Business Model; Decision Choices and Conditions; Venture Capital; Investment; Product Development; Production; Technology; Semiconductor Industry
Citation
Sahlman, William A., Dan Heath, and Caroline Perkins. "Nantero." Harvard Business School Case 809-031, August 2008. (Revised December 2009.)