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Everspin announced its financial results for Q4 2016. Revenues for the quarter reached $7.1 million (up from $6.8 million in Q4 2015) and the net loss reached $5.3 million (down from $6.3 million in Q4 2015).

For the whole of 2016, revenues were $27.1 million - up slightly from 2015 ($26.5 million). The net loss in 2016 was $16.7 million. Everspin says that most of the revenue in Q4 came from first-generation Toggle MRAM products. The company reports that design activity for both Toggle and STT-MRAM products continues to gain traction.

MRAM chip maker Everspin started trading at the NASDAQ yesterday (Oct 7) - under the ticker "MRAM". The company sold 8 million shares at $8 a share, raising $40 million (a bit lower than the expected $45 million) in the successful IPO.

At the first trading day the stock price soared to $9.1 but quickly returned to the original IPO price of $8.

Everspin has filed for IPO, aiming to raise up to $45 million and start trading in the NASDAQ with the appropriate ticker "MRAM". If Everspin succeeds in its IPO, this should prove to be very positive for the MRAM industry and will enable to raise MRAM's technology awareness.

In its S-1 Form filing in preparation for the IPO, Everspin says that it generated $26.5 million in revenues in 2015, up from $24.9 in 2014. Net loss was $18.2 million in 2015, up from $10.2 million million in 2014. In the first six months of 2016 Everspin reports $12.9 in revenues and a net loss of $10 million. Everspin further announced that it has 86 employees - half of which are engaged in R&D.

Crocus Technology has secured $21 million in a new financing round. All of Crocus’ historical French and international investors participated in the round, including NanoDimension, Innovation Capital, IdInvest Partners, and Rusnano. Founded in 2004, Crocus has raised $194 million to date.

Crocus says that since it began producing MLU-based magnetic sensors in mid-2014, they have over 250 customers. The new capital will help Crocus to deploy its sensor product line in the key target markets: industrial, consumer electronics, automotive and solutions for IoT. Crocus will also strengthen its commercial resources (including finalizing a distribution network in Asia and reinforcing the support team) and develop develop new designs to enrich the product portfolio with integrated sensor and smart sensor applications. Crocus aims to reach breakeven in Q1 2016.