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| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Nasdaq: TMPO | |
| Industry | PCB assembly |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Founder | Jeff McAlvay Jesse Koenig Shashank Samala |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Key people | Joy Weiss (President & CEO) |
| Website | tempoautomation.com |
Tempo Automation was an American electronics development and manufacturing company based in San Francisco, California. [1]
Tempo was founded in 2013 by Jeff McAlvay, Jesse Koenig, and Shashank Samala. [2] They started manufacturing customer orders through their platform in 2016. [3]
In 2015, the company raised $8 million in Series A venture funding, led by Lux Capital. [1] [2] They raised $20 million in Series B funding in 2018, and an additional $45 million in Series C funding in 2019, with investors including Point72 Ventures, Lockheed Martin, and Uncork Capital, [4] [5] bringing their total raised to $74.6 million. [6]
In 2018, the company opened a new factory in San Francisco to produce printed circuit boards [7] [8] for low-volume manufacturers and prototyping. [4] [9] In 2019, Joy Weiss was named president and chief executive officer, replacing founding CEO Jeff McAlvay, who became Tempo's chief process officer. [10] [11]
In November 2022, the company went public through a SPAC merger with ACE Convergence Acquisition Corp., raising $100 million from White Lion Capital. The company was listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange with ticker TMPO on November 23. [12] [13]
In July 2023, the company laid off 62 employees, leaving only 7. [14] Their stock was delisted from Nasdaq in October 2023 after falling below the $50M market cap requirement. [15]
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