Semiconductors Startups

Omnitron develops microscale MEMS sensing technology, including optical mirrors and related semiconductor devices, serving markets in energy, automotive, and optical networking. The company focuses on advancing miniaturized sensor and mirror components for applications including LiDAR and AI-related optical systems.

5 investors

Point2 Technology develops interconnect chips and cables that use RF transmission over plastic waveguide ("e-Tube") to move data between servers in AI data centers, targeting 400G/800G and terabit-scale links as an alternative to copper and optical connections. It builds low-power interconnect SoCs and retimers aimed at reducing latency, power, and total cost of ownership for data center infrastructure.

5 investors

Quadric builds AI inference technology for edge devices, drawing on its team's background in processor IP and AI software. The company develops chips and software stacks for running AI at the edge.

5 investors

QuantWare designs and manufactures quantum processors (QPUs) for industrial applications. The company is building KiloFab, a production facility to scale quantum processor manufacturing.

5 investors

Quintessent develops optical connectivity solutions to address chip-to-chip communication bottlenecks in large-scale computing and AI systems. The company's technology aims to enable faster inter-chip communication as a critical infrastructure component for scaling compute performance.

5 investors

Signaloid develops UxHw technology, a compute platform that propagates uncertainty by evaluating a distribution of inputs in a single program execution to produce distribution-based results. It targets stochastic workloads in quantitative finance, AI/ML, robotics, industrial automation, supply chain, and engineering, claiming large speedups over conventional Monte Carlo methods.

5 investors

Silicon Box develops chiplet architecture and semiconductor technologies for advancing frontier technologies. The company combines expertise in front-end chiplet design, back-end semiconductor manufacturing, and ecosystem development.

5 investors

Skycore Semiconductors designs switched-capacitor power converter technology, with the Skycore 300 W evaluation kit demonstrating high-efficiency DC-DC conversion for applications requiring compact design and power density.

5 investors

Snowcap Compute develops superconducting computing platforms using Josephson Junctions to replace semiconductor transistors, delivering orders-of-magnitude greater energy efficiency for AI and high-performance computing workloads. The technology operates on proven cryogenic infrastructure and uses standard semiconductor manufacturing processes.

5 investors

Speedata develops an Analytics Processing Unit (APU), a purpose-built semiconductor chip designed to accelerate database analytics and AI workloads for enterprises. The company integrates hardware and software to deliver high-performance analytics infrastructure for data-intensive computing tasks.

5 investors

Sphere Semi uses an AI engine to design, validate, and fabricate analog chips, starting with RF components and mixed-signal blocks. It delivers custom chips and reusable IP such as LNAs, PAs, filters, SerDes, and ADCs/DACs built to customer specifications.

5 investors

SWIR Vision Systems designs shortwave infrared (SWIR) cameras and sensors based on colloidal quantum dot (CQD) thin-film photodiodes fabricated on silicon readout wafers. Its Acuros CQD imaging products serve applications such as silicon inspection, laser beam profiling, machine vision, surveillance, and autonomous vehicle imaging.

5 investors

Uhnder builds a software-defined digital imaging radar-on-chip (RoC) that detects and tracks the height, speed, and distance of objects at high frame rates while mitigating radar interference and spoofing. Its ISO 26262-compliant, AEC-Q104-qualified radar chips and sensor modules serve automotive and automated mobility applications.

5 investors

UltraSense develops touch-sensing technology for automotive human-machine interfaces, fusing ultrasound, force, and capacitive sensing on a single chip to register intended touch through materials like metal, glass, wood, and leather. Its solutions target automotive OEMs and tier suppliers building modern in-vehicle touch controls.

5 investors

xLight develops free-electron laser (FEL) technology and advanced accelerator systems. The company builds x-ray science facilities and instrumentation for ultrafast science and research applications.

5 investors

Agile Analog develops and automatically generates customizable analog IP for semiconductors using its Composa™ technology, serving ASIC and SoC designers across applications in high-performance computing, IoT, AI, automotive, and aerospace.

4 investors

AlixLabs develops ALE (Atomic Layer Etch) technology for semiconductor manufacturing, aiming to make production of ångström-scale semiconductors more accessible, sustainable and affordable.

4 investors

Sagence AI develops analog in-memory compute chips for AI inference, using deep subthreshold computation inside multi-level flash memory cells to deliver high performance at low power and cost. Its accelerators target applications ranging from data centers to edge, serving use cases such as generative content creation, recommendation systems, real-time anomaly detection, and video surveillance.

4 investors

Analogix designs and manufactures high-performance mixed-signal semiconductor devices that enable high-definition connectivity between mobile devices and displays through standards like HDMI and DisplayPort. The company serves consumer electronics manufacturers and mobile device makers with IP cores, ASICs, and digital media integrated circuits.

4 investors

Anametric develops chip-scale quantum photonic (QPIC) devices for cybersecurity applications, drawing on semiconductor design expertise and research commercialized through a partnership with Southern Methodist University. The company works with the Air Force Research Lab and Army Research Lab on quantum photonic chip designs and is developing its first generation of quantum photonic products.

4 investors

A Japanese manufacturer of specialized laboratory and measurement equipment including benchtop X-ray irradiation devices, waveform analysis instruments, and portable radiation detection equipment for research and educational applications.

4 investors

Architect Labs is developing an AI system that explores, designs, and formally verifies semiconductor chips for high-demand computing workloads. The company operates at the intersection of artificial intelligence and chip design.

4 investors

Asseta runs a sourcing marketplace that connects semiconductor fabs with suppliers of spare parts for their production tools, handling quoting, invoicing, payment, and order management while keeping buyers and suppliers anonymous to each other. It also uses an AI sourcing team to find parts not already listed in its network, serving semiconductor manufacturers in the US and abroad.

4 investors

fab2 designs and builds the hardware and software used to manufacture chips, including semiconductor fabs, fabrication tools, and components such as pumps, valves, sensors, and precision actuators. It also develops Studio, an in-browser collaborative EDA tool for chip design.

4 investors