The round was led by Matterwave Ventures, FORWARD.one, and the Flanders Future Tech Fund, with participation from the Schaubroeck family and existing investors. TUSK IC will use the €15 million to accelerate commercialisation and scale its Ka-band beamformer chips from prototype to high-volume production.
Founded in 2018 as a spin-out of KU Leuven’s mmWave research group, TUSK IC develops standard CMOS-based beamformer chips for Ka-band satellite communications. Its ConnectKa product line includes transmit and receive beamformer chips and a low-noise amplifier for electronically steerable antennas used in LEO and MEO satellite constellations.