Located in europe’s #1 semiconductor cluster.

Oct 1987- Oct 2006 : co-founder and CEO of Si Automation, a French company which became leader in Fault Detection and Classification data analysis system for semi-conductors and microelectronics industry. Richard manages the acquisition of Si Automtion by PDF Solutions in October 2006.

Oct 2006 – Sept 2009 : VP/General Manager of PDF Solutions France. In charge of the French operations and the R&D for the group. Member of the US board of Directors.

March 2010 – June 2020 : Co-founder and President of Qualtera, a French company specialized in Business Intelligence for electronic industry, Saas mode provider of Silicondash, a Big Data Analytics solution for yield management and quality control. Richard manages the acquiition of Qualtera by Synopsys in June 2020.

From July 2020 – Today: President of Mousties Invest SAS, Investments & consulting services dedicated to startups involved in electronics and software activities. Richard is Chairman of the board of Aniah since November 2022.

Damien has joined SuperNova in January 2020, in charge of the Semiconductor segment.
Between 2013 and 2019, Damien led the Engineering department of SATT Lutech, where he investied on more than 30 projects of deeptech startups originated in public research institutes.
Prior to this experience, he has a 14-years experience in the semiconductor industry, mainly in program managment positions with Soitec, Altis Semiconductor and Infineon Technologoies.
Besides, he has worked for 3 years in India between 2003 and 2006, in Bengalore, where he created a team for memory components for Infineon Technologies.
Damien holds a degree from ISEP (Institut supérieur d’électronique de Paris)
Notable board membership includes Cailabs, LIghton and Upmem

Benard Fontan is a veteran in the semiconductor industry.
With a degree from Supélec in Paris in 1973, he le the industrial and commercial implementation of Thomson Semiconducors in South-East Asia. After 1985, he leads various prodcut lines including memory, communcation circuits and mobile devices.
After 1999, as Strategic and Partnership director, he initiates and participates in several acquisitions and key partnerships for STMicroelectronics.
Now retired, he participates in early-stage-focused investments.