Cohere Technologies raises $46Mn in Series D round

Cohere Technologies has raised $46 million in Series D investment, led by Koch Investments Group to finalise the commercialisation of its universal spectrum multiplier (USM) open radio access networks (RAN) software for 4G, 5G and emerging 6G mobile networks.

Cohere also revealed that it had evolved its spectrum software functionalities to deliver up to 2X spectrum performance boost for both 4G and 5G networks simultaneously when spectrum is being shared using its USM service.

Cohere’s USM is designed to enable mobile operators to share spectrum between 4G and 5G subscribers to double performance, and take full advantage of multi-user, massive MIMO and cloud economics.

Cohere’s patented Delay Doppler channel detection method facilitates orthogonal beam management, which is claimed to lead to breakthrough MU-MIMO performance using the same time and frequency resources. The Delay Doppler channel engine is waveform independent, thus facilitating multiple dissimilar waveforms to operate in the same spectrum band.

Cohere Technologies Chairman and CEO Ray Dolan said, “The strategic investors provide strong operational and technology support as we deliver on the full benefits of Open RAN. Together, we will make a fully automated, programmable cellular network a reality, offering global operators the best Capex performance and the most agile network that will naturally evolve beyond today’s 4G/5G capabilities.”