Related Parties

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Parties

Related Parties

The Company has a commercial lease agreement with Kipee International, Inc., a related party controlled by Katherine Ngai-Pesic, who is the Company's founding principal stockholder and chairperson of the Board of Directors, for Silvaco's corporate office in Santa Clara, California. In connection with this lease arrangement, the Company recorded rent expense of $0.1 million during each of the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2024, respectively. The Company's right-of-use asset and operating lease liability under this three year arrangement, which commenced on May 1, 2022 and expires on March 31, 2025, is $0.2 million as of March 31, 2024.

The Company has two international office leases with New Horizons (Cambridge) LTD (“NHC”) and New Horizons France (“NHF”) in Cambridgeshire, England and Grenoble, France, respectively. NHC and NHF are real estate entities owned and controlled by Ms. Ngai-Pesic. In connection with these lease arrangements, the Company recorded rent expense of $0.1 million during each of the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023. The Company's right-of-use asset and operating lease liability under the NHC lease, which expires on December 31, 2029, is $1.0 million as of March 31, 2024. The Company's right-of-use asset and operating lease liability under the NHF lease, which expires on April 30, 2026, is $0.1 million as of March 31, 2024.

On June 13, 2022, Silvaco entered into a $4.0 million line of credit with Ms. Ngai-Pesic (the “2022 Credit Line”). In connection with this line of credit, the Company recorded interest expense of $0.1 million and $44,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. As of March 31, 2024, the principal balance of this line of credit was $2.0 million. See Note 7, Debt, and Note 13, Subsequent Events, for further discussion.

In February of 2012, Gu-Guide LP, a real estate entity controlled by Ms. Ngai-Pesic, Bank of the West and Silvaco Group, Inc., as guarantor, entered into a loan agreement pursuant to which Bank of the West agreed to lend Gu-Guide LP certain amounts of money (the “Loan”). The Loan is secured by a building representing a total of 9,000 square feet located at 4701 Patrick Henry Drive, Santa Clara, California 95054. In the event that the proceeds from the foreclosure of the foregoing collateral are insufficient to repay the outstanding amounts under the Loan, Silvaco Group Inc. has guaranteed the repayment of the outstanding amounts under the Loan. As of March 31, 2024, $0.8 million is outstanding under the Loan which matures on August 1, 2024.

A member of the Company’s board of directors also serves as chairman of the board for one of Silvaco’s customers. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company recorded $0.5 million in software revenue from this customer. As of March 31, 2024, the balance of the Company’s accounts receivable and contract assets with this customer was $0.2 million and $0.3 million, respectively.