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Nokia Invests In Valley-Based Image Sensor Company

InVisage,  a Silicon Valley-based start-up in the image sensor space,   has received a Series D round of venture funding. The round was led by GGV Capital,  Nokia Growth Partners also participated.

The undisclosed amount will be used to begin manufacturing the company’s QuantumFilm image sensors, which are currently being evaluated by phone manufacturers. Devices incorporating the technology are expected to ship in Q2 2014.

GGV and Nokia Growth Partners join InVisage’s existing investors RockPort Capital, InterWest Partners, Intel Capital and OnPoint Technologies.

InVisage was founded in October 2006, leveraging research and technology from the University of Toronto. The company employs about 40 people, based at the headquarters in Menlo Park, California.

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