Semiconductors Startups

Epticore (艾普柯) designs and manufactures chip-level optoelectronic sensors, including proximity/distance light sensors, heart-rate sensors, color-temperature sensors, and single-point and array ToF sensors, along with related algorithms. Its components serve smartphones, tablets, wearables, IoT, and automotive electronics (smart cockpit, human-machine interaction, and intelligent driving) markets.

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芯曜途 (Solitorch) develops "sensing-computing integrated" smart sensors that combine silicon-based sensor arrays with on-chip AI inference hardware, performing convolution directly on sensor signals for pixel-level continuous inference. Based in Zhuhai, China, the company targets edge applications requiring high-performance, low-power data processing with built-in privacy protection.

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SVG Optronics (Suzhou SuDa WeiGe Technology Group) develops micro- and nano-scale flexible optoelectronic manufacturing, producing optical and anti-counterfeiting films, light guide plates, transparent conductive films, capacitive touch sensors, reflective materials, and semiconductor optical inspection equipment. It serves display, lighting, automotive, security, packaging, and semiconductor industries, mainly in China with exports to over 100 countries.

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Inbisen is a fabless semiconductor company that designs high-performance analog and mixed-signal ICs and system solutions, including communication gateways, power drivers, data converters, precision power, sensor ICs, and battery management chips. It serves the communications, industrial, and automotive electronics markets, with applications in industrial Ethernet communication, motion control, power line monitoring, and power line carrier communication (PLC).

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蓝动精密 (Blue Dynamics) develops fluid measurement and control products—including flow, pressure, temperature, and electronic control solutions—along with fluid transport system designs. Its products cover fluid control, thermal management, vacuum systems, and precision functional components for semiconductor equipment and high-end industrial applications.

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ESWIN Material manufactures 12-inch electronic-grade silicon wafers using crystal growth, wafer processing, and epitaxial growth technologies for the semiconductor industry. It supplies silicon wafer products and related services to customers worldwide.

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Acela Micro (迅芯微) designs and develops high-speed, high-precision data converters (ADC/DAC), clock signal conditioning chips, RF transceivers, and related system solutions, with a focus on domestic production of high-performance signal-chain chips. It serves the test and measurement, communications, and industrial/medical sectors, offering chip products and custom system solutions for applications such as oscilloscopes, coherent optical and 6G communications, and medical imaging devices.

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Actt is a silicon IP vendor that designs low-power physical IPs, including analog and mixed-signal, embedded non-volatile memory, wireless RF, and wired interface IP, used in IoT, smart home, automotive, wearables, and medical electronics. It also offers SoC customization services—covering spec-in, back-end design, wafer manufacturing, packaging, and testing—for chip designers, silicon startups, and OEMs.

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Changzhou Westberry Electronic Technology develops MCU (microcontroller) chips, with a focus on applications in China's new energy sector. The company designs semiconductor chips aimed at supporting domestic self-sufficiency in new energy microcontrollers.

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Taurentech develops high-speed interconnect semiconductor chips for communication, data center, and automotive applications, focusing on analog signal chain components and digital signal processing. The company produces components including DSP chips and RF transceiver chips to support domestic infrastructure and reduce reliance on foreign technology.

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Phichem (飞凯材料) develops and manufactures specialty chemical materials, including UV-curing materials, semiconductor materials (wafer fabrication, wafer-level and chip-level packaging), display materials such as liquid crystals and photoresists, optical fiber coating materials, automotive coatings, and pharmaceutical intermediates. It supplies these materials to industries such as semiconductors, displays, and optical fiber cabling.

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KK Chips designs automotive semiconductor solutions including power management, driver, and control chips for 12V and 24V automotive systems used in electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles, and commercial vehicles.

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ACM Research develops, manufactures, and sells wafer fabrication equipment for wet cleaning, electroplating, stress-free polishing, PECVD, track, and thermal processes. It serves IC, compound semiconductor, wafer-level packaging, and wafer manufacturing markets in the semiconductor industry.

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Aeluma develops semiconductor chip technology aimed at scalable manufacturing for consumer and industrial applications including mobile phones, AI, AR/VR, and autonomous driving. The company focuses on advancing chip-level innovation to broaden adoption across multiple industries.

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Aeonsemi is a fabless semiconductor company that designs timing and networking silicon for AI infrastructure, including Ethernet transceivers, automotive Ethernet chipsets, and silicon oscillators and timing devices. Its products target broadband access, enterprise networking, Wi-Fi backhaul, and Physical AI applications such as humanoid robots, automotive, and UAVs.

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Akoustis develops XBAW technology, an RF filter solution designed for power handling and wide bandwidth filtering across the 1.5 to 20GHz frequency range. The technology serves WiFi, 5G/6G, mobile, and defense applications with compact manufacturing processes.

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American Semiconductor develops and manufactures ultra-thin chip technology, including its Semiconductor-on-Polymer (SoP) wafer level chip scale packaging for thin-device applications such as chip-on-flex and multi-chip packaging. It provides design, assembly, test, and custom engineering services for the semiconductor industry from its facility in Boise, Idaho.

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AmpliTech designs and builds 5G ORAN radio equipment ranging from 4T4R to 64T64R RAN-ORAN solutions, including CU/DU and maintenance services, using in-house 5G MMIC chips and Front End Modules for extended-range coverage. It also develops satellite receiver and ground station system components for telecom and satellite networks.

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Arc Suppression Technologies develops electronic power contact arc suppression technology and publishes technical research on contact arcing, arc-flash events, and the electrical end-of-life of power relays and contactors. The company serves the electromechanical and electronic power switching industry with products and concepts such as the Contact Arc Suppression Factor (CASF) and EPCAS.

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Ascenium develops computing technology focused on improving compute efficiency and reducing energy consumption in data centers. The company is backed by Norwegian investors with expertise in technology disruption.

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ASP (ASP Isotopes) is an advanced materials company developing proprietary technology and processes to produce and enrich isotopes for markets including nuclear medicine and therapeutics, green energy generation, and quantum computing. Its initial focus is constructing plants in South Africa to produce highly enriched isotopes for the nuclear medicine market.

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Bluespec develops tools and IP for hardware and embedded systems developers, with a focus on RISC-V technology for core evaluation, software development, acceleration, and verification. The company also maintains an open source family of RISC-V cores.

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Cactus Materials develops and manufactures semiconductor materials and devices, with expertise across silicon, SiC, and GaAs as well as photonics and RF power applications. The company operates its own fabrication operations and serves the semiconductor industry.

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CoolCAD Electronics designs and fabricates wide bandgap silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor transistors and integrated circuits for power electronics, high-temperature electronics, green energy, and deep ultraviolet optical sensing and imaging. Its SiC devices operate at temperatures beyond 400°C and target higher-voltage, higher-power applications than conventional silicon chips.

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