Semiconductors Startups

TetraMem builds in-memory computing hardware that runs AI directly on edge devices, processing data within memory to lower power consumption and enable real-time, on-device AI. Its technology targets edge products that require high-throughput, low-power AI processing.

2 investors

TouchNetix develops capacitive touch integrated circuits and sensor modules with touch and force sensing capabilities under its aXiom technology. Its products target automotive cockpits, industrial touchscreens, and other safety-critical applications.

2 investors

Lumentum designs and manufactures optical and photonic technologies for AI, data centers, telecommunications, industrial manufacturing, and sensing applications. The company produces optical communications components, lasers, and 3D sensing products that enable high-speed data movement and connectivity across cloud infrastructure and networks.

2 investors

Vinci builds a physics AI foundation model that runs GPU-powered engineering simulations at full manufacturing resolution, combining AI acceleration with FEA solver accuracy without meshing or approximations. It targets design and simulation workflows for hardware and semiconductor engineering, and has been benchmarked by major semiconductor companies for tasks such as thermal analysis of 3D stacked packages.

2 investors

Walden Catalyst is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies in deep technology, semiconductors, and AI. It backs founders working at the frontier of scientific discovery and engineering innovation.

2 investors

Watttron develops digital heating technologies for industrial packaging and semiconductor manufacturing processes. The company offers precision heating and sealing solutions designed to improve energy efficiency, material usage, and process quality in thermoforming, packaging, and semiconductor applications.

2 investors

Wave Photonics develops photonic component libraries and co-packaged optics intellectual property for licensing, including energy-efficient modulator designs and control circuits.

2 investors

WiSpry is a fabless RF semiconductor company that develops RF-MEMS antenna tuning and tunable RF technology for wireless devices, enabling smaller devices with longer battery life and better connectivity. Now part of AAC Technologies, it provides tunable antenna solutions for the wireless and mobile market, including 5G front-ends.

2 investors

Xenergic develops low-power, high-speed on-chip SRAM memory IP that chip designers integrate into their SoCs. Its memory families target applications in AI accelerators, high-performance computing, image sensors, IoT, and mobile and wearable devices.

2 investors

ZeroPoint develops hardware compression IP that compresses and decompresses data in silicon across the memory and storage hierarchy, reducing the memory bandwidth bottleneck for AI accelerators, CPUs, and networking SoCs. Its products (ZeroStream, ZeroAI, ZeroConnect CXL, ZeroStorage) target chip and data center designers seeking more effective memory bandwidth, capacity, and performance per watt.

2 investors

WSG manufactures ultra-high purity stainless steel tubing, bioprocess piping systems, and utility infrastructure components for the life sciences, semiconductor, and AI microelectronics industries. The company provides solutions ranging from semiconductor manufacturing tubing to bioprocess consumables and data center liquid cooling systems.

2 investors

Dwana Tech develops semiconductor IC solutions including optical image stabilization (OIS) controllers, autofocus (AF) driver ICs, motor drivers, power switches, and power management chips. It also offers fingerprint recognition security for smart cards and modules, and a saliva-based glucose measurement healthcare system (D-SaLife).

2 investors

Laserssel develops laser-based bonding and reflow equipment built on its Area Laser technology (LSR) to address warpage-free packaging for advanced semiconductors, mini/micro LED displays, and EV battery management systems. It serves manufacturers in the AI, 5G, IoT, autonomous driving, consumer display, and electric vehicle industries.

2 investors

NexFi Technology Inc. develops, manufactures, and sells high-voltage power equipment using next-generation SiC (silicon carbide) power devices. Founded in 2021 as a spin-out related to Osaka University research, the company focuses on high-voltage special power supplies.

2 investors

Cambricon designs AI chips and processors, including its Siyuan (MLU) series built on chiplet technology and the MLUarch03 architecture, spanning cloud, edge, and device deployments. Its products target AI training and inference workloads and edge intelligence solutions.

2 investors

Jaguar Micro is a semiconductor company that designs data processing unit (DPU) chips and related software solutions for cloud computing and data centers. It aims to establish "software-defined chip" standards, with a core team drawn from companies such as Broadcom, Intel, Arm, and Alibaba.

2 investors

Canaan designs and sells Bitcoin mining hardware under the Avalon brand, including ASIC miners, home mining devices, and containerized air/immersion/hydro cooling mining boxes. It also offers mining services such as joint mining, farm cooperation, and mining finance to cryptocurrency miners.

2 investors

Mthreads designs and manufactures full-function GPU chips and accelerated computing products for AI training and inference, 3D graphics rendering, video encoding/decoding, and scientific computing. The company provides GPU-based computing infrastructure and solutions to support digital transformation across industries.

2 investors

KOALA Tech Inc. is a Kyushu University spinout commercializing organic semiconductor laser diode (OSLD) technology as laser light sources compatible with organic electronic device platforms, including OLED displays. The company develops hybrid organic-and-laser photonics technology aimed at customers in the organic semiconductor device field, based in Fukuoka, Japan.

2 investors

Mitate Zepto Technica is a venture company developing dedicated genome analysis hardware using advanced semiconductor technology to accelerate genome sequencing. It targets the genomic medicine field with high-speed genome analysis solutions.

2 investors

SIGLEAD (株式会社シグリード) develops error-correction methods and SSD controller LSIs for SSD/NAND flash memory, and offers the SigNAS series of NAND flash memory testers built on its NAND evaluation and error-analysis technology. It also provides signal-processing IP tailored to customer needs.

1 investor

1BUY.AI builds AI-powered software for electronics procurement intelligence, helping buyers navigate semiconductor supply chains and make purchasing decisions. The platform provides market intelligence and procurement solutions for the electronics industry.

1 investor

ONE Semiconductor designs and develops high-speed interface semiconductor products for the post-Moore era of memory-centric computing. The company operates as a fabless semiconductor designer focusing on next-generation chip architecture.

1 investor

2Pi Optics, an MIT spin-off, develops metasurface-enabled flat optics that provide semiconductor-scale optical components with reduced size, weight, power, and cost. Its technology targets AI infrastructure, consumer electronics, automotive, and industrial automation applications.

1 investor