Alien Technology(R) Secures $38 Million In New Round Of Funding

MORGAN HILL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alien Technology today announced that it has secured a new round of financing, led by existing investors Advanced Equities, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Rho Ventures and Sunbridge Partners. Despite challenging U.S. economic market conditions, Alien successfully acquired an aggregate $38 million in new funds.

Alien’s expected product revenue for its recently completed FY08 grew approximately more than 50% over FY07. Each consecutive quarter in FY08 realized record breaking inlay volume sales, placing FY08 inlay volume growth above 76% over FY07.

About Alien Technology

Alien Technology provides UHF Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) products and services to customers in retail, consumer goods, manufacturing, defense, transportation and logistics, pharmaceuticals and other industries. Organizations use Alien®’s RFID products and services to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and security of their supply chains, logistics and asset tracking operations. Alien’s products include RFID tags, RFID readers and related educational programs and professional services. Alien’s patented Fluidic Self Assembly (FSA®) technology and related proprietary manufacturing processes are designed to enable the manufacture of high volume, low cost RFID tags.

Alien was founded in 1994. The company’s facilities include: its corporate headquarters in Morgan Hill, CA; an RFID tag manufacturing facility in Fargo, ND; the Alien RFID Solutions Center, in the Dayton, OH area, and sales offices in the US, Europe and Asia. Alien is a member of EPCGlobal. More information about Alien is available at www.alientechnology.com.

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