Sillicon Catalyst Ventures, the preeminent seed funding provider for disruptive semiconductor solutions.

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We are the Early seed stage go-to place for money

Silicon Catalyst Ventures was formed as an extension of Silicon Catalyst, the world’s only incubator + accelerator focused on semiconductor solutions, including Photonics, MEMS, sensors, IP, materials and Life Science. It was formed primarily, but not exclusively, to fund and foster Silicon Catalyst Portfolio Companies. This close association between the Venture Fund and the Silicon Catalyst incubator affords investors unique access to entrepreneurial teams whose technology and businesses are accelerated and de-risked throughout a rigorous screening process and two year incubation.

Team $

Shieh-Wei Sun

Founding Managing Director

Laura Swan

General Partner

Kai Chen

General Partner

Pete Rodriguez

Managing Director

Julian Lee

Managing Director

Silicon Catalyst Ventures Investment Process $

Startup 1st Contact

Application

Company applies, Advisors from related industry review with Silicon Catalyst Team.

Pre-Screening

~50 Advisors, Strategic Partners, some In-Kind Partners (IKPs) and Silicon Catalyst Team are invited to review application.

Screening

~100 Advisors, Strategics, Investors, IKPs and Silicon Catalyst Team provide feedback.

Incubation

The Silicon Catalyst Incubation is 2 years minimum and includes support from the entire Ecosystem.

Silicon Catalyst Angels

Angel investors review the deal and complete due diligence.

Institutional Rounds

Venture Backed Series A, B, and later rounds.

Our Portfolio

When you place your trust in us and our product, we deliver with all our hearts.

Eridan https://eridan.io/

Eridan Communications builds software-defined radios (SDRs) for 5G and beyond. Their SDRs are based on GaN( gallium nitride) architecture. Eridan is developing and manufacturing a highly power-efficient radio.

Raaam tech https://raaam-tech.com/

RAAAM s GCRAM (gain cell random access memory) is a cost-effective on-chip memory technology providing up-to 50% silicon area reduction and up-to 10X reduced power consumption over SRAM. It is fully compatible with the standard CMOS fabrication flow. Raaam’s technology aims to replace traditional SRAM (Static Random Access Memory) in System-on-a-Chip (SoC) designs.

Exokeryx https://exokeryx.com/

Exokeryx is developing a biochip platform for analyzing biological samples, with a focus on extracellular vesicles (EVs), particularly exosomes.Their goal is to revolutionize tools for early disease detection and diagnosis by combining the power of solid-state electronics with exosome-based biomarker discovery.

ABR https://appliedbrainresearch.com/

Applied Brain’s AI development platform, NengoEdge (to be rebranded), enables customers to easily create cutting-edge Time Series Processing (TSP) neural networks that can for the first time run on small battery powered devices. These next generation networks are based upon ABR’s.

Zepsor https://www.zepsor.com/

Developer of next-generation micro-electromechanical systems sensor designed for touchless interfaces and presence detection. The company facilitates to offer of zero-power sensors with uninterrupted operation and unprecedented accuracy, enabling customers to have zero-power infrared sensors for occupancy sensing, fire monitoring, and digital agriculture applications.

Salience Labs https://saliencelabs.ai/

Developer of high-speed multi-chip processor designed to package a photonics chip together with standard electronics. The company offers computing systems that process data using photons rather than electrons thus significantly reducing power requirements while delivering on-chip processing speeds, enabling clients to facilitate a seismic shift in the hardware required to fully exploit the capabilities of AI.

Owl AI https://www.owlai.us/

Developer of thermal imaging software designed to deliver safe autonomous operation in all weather, day or night. The company's platform offers high-definition thermal Imaging with high precision ranging that uses proprietary AI deep learning and foveal optics to extract dense range maps from radiated heat signatures without illumination, enabling users to detect living objects irrespective of their movement and provide enhanced visibility even in extreme surroundings.

Phosio https://www.phosio.com/

Developer of photoresist materials designed to manufacture high aspect ratio nanostructures. The company engages in developing chemicals and processes for low-temperature manufacturing of high-refractive-index optical coatings that are ultraviolet (UV) curable, transparent, and robust, enabling the tech hardware industry to create smart devices for use in components such as augmented reality, organic light-emitting diode (OLED) and light-emitting diode (LED).

mmTron https://mmtron.com/

Developer of linear power-efficient broadband products designed for mm-wave extended range fixed wireless access, SATCOM (satellite communications), aerospace & defense and Instrumentation. The company offers products that include high linearity amplifiers, front-end modules, drivers, frequency converters, attenuators, multipliers, phase shifters, switches, and detectors and its products offer exceptional power, linearity, and efficiency in mmWave fixed wireless access and SATCOM, enabling customers to get increased linearity, improved power, and wide bandwidth.

Mentium Technologies https://mentium.tech/

Developer of ultra-high efficiency AI chip designed for complex video analytics on the edge based on a unique and proprietary approach. The company's chip brings artificial intelligence to low-power electronics, like cameras, sensors, microphones, and wearable accessories, and brings the performances of autonomous vehicles and cloud computing together, enabling businesses to get resilience to temperature and device variations

quadric https://quadric.io/

Developer of an edge processor designed for on-device artificial intelligence (AI) computing. The company's processors help to handle matrix and vector operations and scalar (control) code in one execution pipeline, run every kind of model, and scale tops in a single core, enabling developers to deploy AI models directly on devices.

Ayar labs https://ayarlabs.com/

Developer of optical interconnects tool designed to optimize AI infrastructure and accelerate data movement within AI systems. The company's technology addresses compute and bandwidth bottlenecks that emerge from the higher complexity and larger parameter count of large language models for both training and inference at scale, its system, enables industries such as healthcare, finance, and transportation among others to maximize both computing efficiency and performance of the AI workload while reducing costs, latency, and power consumption.

JMEM TEK https://jmemtek.com/

Developer of One time programmable Memory (OTP) technology, designed to provide high-security usage such as data storage and function activation. The company's new multi-state memory is designed to address the shortcomings of existing disposable memory, such as inadequate security and large size, which takes advantage of polysilicon and High-K and different component structures that can be easily stacked and at low cost, providing users with security solutions in the IoT industry, automotive and electronic products.

XCELERIUM https://xcelerium.com/

Operator of a semiconductor company intended to develop domain-specific processors for converged workloads. The company develops processors for wireless communications, advanced radar, image signal processing, computer vision, and machine learning, enabling industries with suitable processors to enhance performance, efficiency, and innovation across different applications.

Quantum Pixel https://www.quantum-pixel.com/

Developer of color-tunable microLED pixels and novel display assembly technologies designed to offer affordable, energy-efficient and low-cost microLED displays. The company offers epitaxy, chip processing, transfer, and module systems, boasting improved performance, higher brightness, increased efficiency, and cost-effectiveness, enabling the display market to experience next-generation visual experiences.

If you are a startup and interested in applying for funding please apply through the Silicon Catalyst Incubator.

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