Chip developer Tusk IC has been spun out from KU Leuven with capital provided by the Gemma Frisius Fund.

KU Leuven has officially taken the wraps off its latest spinout, Tusk IC, a millimetre wave frequencies chip developer that has received an undisclosed sum from the university’s Gemma Frisius Fund.

Despite being officially announced now, Tusk IC was founded earlier this year and has had an active website since February.

Tusk IC is designing services and high-frequency measurements for silicon millimetre wave circuits from 10 to 600 GHz. Millimetre waves are able to penetrate certain materials, such as plastic,…