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Silicon Catalyst — 2025 Investments

5 investments dated 2025 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all

Brain-CA Technologiesbrain-ca.comin𝕏Oct 2025

Brain-CA Technologies develops an energy-efficient AI architecture based on Cellular Automata, designed to perform AI/ML tasks with lower power consumption and faster learning than existing systems.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareSemiconductorsCincinnati, US

Steven A. Brunker(Executive Officer, Director)Gerard E. Felix(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardJonathan Phillips(Director)

Co-investorsFirst Trust Capital Partners

Cambridge Terahertzthzcorp.cominMay 2025

Cambridge Terahertz commercializes terahertz sensor technology based on MIT research, delivering compact on-chip radar systems that use non-ionizing radio waves to create 3D images analyzed by AI.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense TechHardwareCambridge, GB

Nathan Monroe(Founder & CEO)in

BoardCarolyne LaSala Holtorf(Director)Anand Dixit(Founder)in

Co-investorsFelicis Venturesfutureland venturesGood Growth CapitalNeotribe VenturesSBXi

Neurophosneurophos.cominNov 2025

Neurophos develops photonics and metamaterials-based compute hardware, combining optical systems with analog and digital silicon.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareSemiconductorsAustin, US

Patrick Bowen(Executive Officer, Director)inAndrew Traverso(Founder)inHod Finkelstein(Executive Officer)inPreston Woo(Executive Officer)in

BoardChristopher Alliegro(Director)Nathan Kundtz(Director)

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBeyond Earth VenturesBosch VenturesBuilder CapitalDnx VenturesDuke Capital Partners+10 more

ProbiusDXprobius.bioin𝕏Aug 2025

Probius develops Quantum Electrochemical Spectroscopy (QES), a label- and reagent-free electrochemical sensing technology that detects and quantifies thousands of analytes—proteins, metabolites, and cells—from microliter-scale biological samples in about 30 minutes.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHardwareHealthtechSemiconductorsFremont, US

Chaitanya Gupta(Executive Officer, Director)inEmmanuel Quevy(Co-founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsCota CapitalHeuristic Capital PartnersJoyance PartnersQubits VenturesSocial StartsTSVC

Salience Labssaliencelabs.aiFeb 2025 · $30M

Spin-out from the Universities of Oxford and Munster developing a novel semiconductor chip.

Vaysh Kewada(Founder)in

Co-investorsBorski FundCambridge Innovation CapitalOndine CapitalOxford Science EnterprisesPerivoli InnovationsApplied Ventures+1 more

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