Semiconductors Startups

Lamb Labs develops custom silicon chips and a post-training technique that converts existing language models to a diffusion-based architecture for faster AI inference at lower power. It targets developers and companies running large language model workloads in the AI hardware and infrastructure space.

1 investor

LatticeX (formerly ACME Advanced Materials) develops microsystem devices and microfabrication processes for medical, industrial, defense, and aerospace applications. The company leverages partnerships with leading industrial corporations to commercialize advanced technology solutions.

1 investor

Lavorro builds an AI-embedded industrial software suite — including content management, data flows, and a problem-solving workbench — that helps semiconductor fab engineers analyze tasks, resolve tool and equipment issues faster, and automate work. It serves engineering teams in semiconductor manufacturing.

1 investor

LDT is a semiconductor company operating a SoC fabless business focused on PMOLED driver ICs and IR receiver ICs, alongside an AIoT-based smart sensor network division. Its industrial safety platform, Safemate, provides integrated fire detection, operation, and monitoring systems.

1 investor

Lelantos develops gas sensing technology, including its Xone gas sensor chip. The company has run pilot programs of the chip with strategic partners.

1 investor

LENZO develops TokenProcessor, an AI compute chip built on its proprietary CPU-Grounded Linear Array (CGLA) architecture developed at NAIST, along with the A-Series accelerator for edge and physical AI workloads. Its hardware targets real-world AI deployments such as robotics, industrial automation, autonomous systems, and intelligent infrastructure.

1 investor

Lidwave develops 3D sensing technology based on its patented Finite Coherence Ranging (FCR) architecture as an alternative to conventional LiDAR, aiming to provide a scalable, cost-effective platform for industrial applications. Based in Jerusalem, the company works with partners to move its LiDAR technology toward mass production.

1 investor

LT Photonics develops ultra-low-loss, detachable fibre-to-chip optical connections that avoid micro-optics, active alignment, and epoxy, targeting scalable manufacturing. Its technology serves silicon photonic applications for quantum computing and AI hardware companies.

1 investor

Linktab is a Nagoya University-originated engineering firm that provides one-stop technical services across hardware, software, and EV charging infrastructure, including power-conversion circuit design using SiC/GaN next-generation semiconductors, on-premise LLM deployment, and ISO 15118-compliant charging systems. It serves large enterprises and research institutions such as major automotive parts makers, space agencies, and power companies.

1 investor

Lintrinsic Semiconductor develops FastSwitch semiconductor technology offering RF switches spanning 5W to 50W and X-band to Ka-band frequencies with switching times as fast as 1 nanosecond. The company is preparing its products for pre-release.

1 investor

LioniX International develops and manufactures customized microsystem solutions, specializing in photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and MEMS. As a vertically integrated company, it handles all stages from design to delivery of finished modules and scales production using its fabrication facilities.

1 investor

Logic Fruit is a semiconductor systems solutions company that provides silicon IP, system design and integration, and embedded software for intelligent computing and networking infrastructure applications. It serves multiple industries with customized, high-performance solutions and describes itself as a global company of Indian origin.

1 investor

Lotus Microsystems designs integrated power modules and power delivery solutions using advanced packaging, power converter architectures, and proprietary silicon power interposer technology for high-performance computing and advanced electronic systems. It works with global semiconductor partners and targets improvements in power density, thermal performance, and scalability.

1 investor

Lucid Circuit develops radiation-tolerant, energy-efficient high-performance processors and chip-development tools for edge computing in applications such as medical devices, drones, autonomous vehicles, VR headsets, and mobile communication. It also builds predictive modeling and machine-learning software to identify chip vulnerabilities before fabrication.

1 investor

Lumai develops AI accelerators that use 3D optical computing instead of silicon-only chips to run workloads such as large language models. The company targets hyperscale AI workloads, offering higher performance, lower total cost of ownership, and greater energy efficiency than transistor-only accelerators.

1 investor

Lumentum designs and manufactures photonic and optical components for hyperscale data centers, optical networking (metro, long haul, submarine), industrial lasers, and sensing VCSELs. It serves communications and industrial markets, operating vertically integrated manufacturing across multiple semiconductor platforms.

1 investor

Lumilens develops photonics-based optical interconnect technology to support the scaling of AI infrastructure and data centers, addressing the limits of electrical and legacy optical interconnects for scale-out and scale-up architectures. It also uses custom robotics and AI-optimized production processes to manufacture its products.

1 investor

Maan Special Products is a contract manufacturer specializing in adhesive technologies, high-tech micro bonding, surface treatment, coating depositions, and mechanical assembly. It serves the semiconductor, medical device, and optics industries with custom manufacturing and R&D solutions.

1 investor

Mach42 develops AI tools for high-performance computing tasks, including analog circuit simulation and test plan development for semiconductors as well as real-time fusion control mechanisms. Its products target chip design and verification workflows, such as accelerated design exploration for silicon verification.

1 investor

MACOM designs and manufactures high-performance analog ICs, photonics, and RF/microwave semiconductors—including modulator drivers, transimpedance amplifiers, lasers, photodiodes, and GaN-on-SiC RF transistors—for high-speed optical and electrical communications. Its products serve data center interconnect, coherent metro and long-haul optical networks, 5G wireless, satellite ground stations, radar, and military communications markets.

1 investor

Magnachip Semiconductor designs and manufactures semiconductor products and solutions. The company serves businesses across various industries with its chip products.

1 investor

Provides semiconductor products including analog, power, embedded processing, and connectivity devices such as microcontrollers, GaN FETs, operational amplifiers, and NFC controllers for applications like automotive, industrial, IoT, and motor control.

1 investor

MantiSpectra develops ChipSense, a miniaturized hyperspectral sensor chip and development platform for material analysis and health insights. Its technology targets industrial quality and process control, clinical diagnostics and monitoring, domestic and kitchen appliances, and personal health and care applications.

1 investor

Heptagon Photonics designs and manufactures wafer-level micro-optical modules and photonics components using wafer-level optics (WLO) technology, offering services from concept design through mass production. It serves consumer electronics OEMs and emerging photonics markets with miniaturized optical packaging solutions.

1 investor