Movandi

The company is focused on solving the technical challenges of 5G high frequency and millimeter wave networks by providing scalable, integrated RF, antenna technology and systems. The business provides technology to carriers, handset providers, wired and wireless companies, and is embedded in semiconductor chips and systems.

The company was founded in 2016, by two siblings Maryam Rofougaran and Reza Rofougaran. Movandi’s BeamX solutions launched in 2018.

Movandi builds mmWave antenna arrays that are more compact, more power-efficient over a wider power range, more spectrally efficient, and cheaper to produce.Movandi has 40 patents designed as a complete system combining the entire front-end and antenna system rather than a mix and match of individual components. They develop RF CMOS across cellular, microwave backhaul, wi-fi, Bluetooth, GPS/GNSS, NFC, Femto cell, and other standards including the integration of multiple standards into a single chip.

Cota Capital, Sierra Ventures, Wistron NeWeb Corporation.

IEEE Circuts & Systems Society 2018 Awards - Industrial Pioneer Award, June 2018

Light Reading’s 2018 Leading Lights Award - Female-Led Startup to Watch, May 2018

Light Reading’s 2018 Leading Lights Award - Most Innovative 5G Technology, May 2018

Connected World - IoT Women of M2M (WoM2M), May 2018

UCLA Samueli 2018 Award - UCLA 2018 Alumnus of the Year, March 2018

Electronic Products - Top 5 Technology Innovators, December 2017

Edison Awards - Women Behind Innovation, April 2018

EE Times - Women in Tech: Profile in Persistence, September 2017