Private company

Roos Instruments

Roos Instruments is a company based in Santa Clara, CA that designs and manufactures Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) for the semiconductor industry. Founded in 1989 from a DARPA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant, the company specializes in mixed-signal, microwave and millimeter wave test of precision consumer and industrial-grade integrated circuits.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Roos Instruments is a company based in Santa Clara, CA that designs and manufactures Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) for the semiconductor industry. Founded in 1989 from a DARPA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant, the company specializes in mixed-signal, microwave and millimeter wave test of precision consumer and industrial-grade integrated circuits.2

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$773.3K 2020–2021
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2020–2021: $773.3K in all. PPP loans $773.3K.$0$200K$400K$600K2020 · PPP loans: $362.0K20202021 · PPP loans: $411.2K2021
Figures by year
YearPPP loansTotal
2021$411.2K$411.2K
2020$362.0K$362.0K

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA3. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. May 2, 2020$362.0K PPP loan (first draw) from Wells Fargo Bank, National Association3To ROOS INSTRUMENTS INC, Santa Clara CA; $365.3K forgiven Apr 5, 2021
  2. Mar 20, 2021$411.2K PPP loan (second draw) from Wells Fargo Bank, National Association3To ROOS INSTRUMENTS INC, Santa Clara CA; $414.2K forgiven Dec 9, 2021

Sources

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