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

About us $

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

Lily Wu

Venture Partner

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.

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

Developer of on-chip memory technology designed to offer AI-based embedded volatile memory chips. The company offers high-density on-chip memories in standard CMOS technologies and its technology provides a smaller memory footprint compared to the highest-density commercial solutions, enabling clients to access embedded static random access memory technology in order to minimize bandwidth-limiting and power-hungry off-chip memory accesses.

Eridan https://eridan.io/

Developer of a radio frequency communication technology designed to build an energy-efficient and spectrum-efficient path to 5G effectively. The company's technology operates at any cellular frequency, provides fast data rates, works with any signal type, and is energy efficient, enabling customers to get single radio capabilities and offer multiple radios to work in combination to extend bandwidth or power.

ABR https://appliedbrainresearch.com/

Intelligence for real world applications. Using Applied Brain Research's innovative hardware and software, deploy cloud-like machine learning capabilities locally to any edge device for application in smart-enabled products.

Exokeryx https://exokeryx.com/

Powering EV research to realize earlier disease detection.
We're speeding up the fight against cancer and other diseases by putting our breakthrough technology in the hands of leading researchers.

Zepsor https://www.zepsor.com/

Zero-power sensors with uninterrupted operation and unprecedented accuracy.

Salience Labs https://saliencelabs.ai/

Salience Labs is building a hybrid photonic-electronic chip for AI. We have designed a massively parallel, ultra-high throughput Photonic Tensor Processing Unit. Photonics allows data to be modulated at up to 100 GHZ, and allows for high levels of parallelization using multiplexing. We integrate this photonic unit into a SoC architecture designed to exploit its high throughput for AI inference. Salience Labs technology is based on decades of research collaboration between Oxford University and University of Münster, Germany.

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

Owl Autonomous Imaging develops advanced 3D thermal imaging and ranging solutions for autonomous vehicles and other applications.
Their flagship product is the 3D Thermal Ranger™, a passive sensor that uses thermal imaging and AI algorithms to detect and classify objects, measure distances, and provide enhanced vision in challenging conditions, such as low light, fog, and smoke.

Phosio https://www.phosio.com/

Phosio develops UV-curable metal oxide precursors for various applications, including transistors, OLEDs, microLEDs, and AR/VR devices. Their technology allows for the deposition of these films at ultra-low temperatures, making them more cost-effective and easier to use than traditional methods.

mmTron https://mmtron.com/

mmTron builds high-performance, high-linearity, and high-efficiency RFICs (Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits) specifically for the mmWave frequency range. Their products are aimed at enabling the next generation of mmWave systems across different industries such as 5G/6G, Satcom, instrumentation, and aerospace & defense. They leverage advanced semiconductor technologies like GaAs, GaN, InP, SiGe, and RFSOI to create MMICs (Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits) with disruptive performance. These MMICs address the growing demand for higher frequencies and bandwidth in modern communication and sensing applications.

Mentium Technologies https://mentium.tech/

Mentium Technologies is a pioneering semiconductor company specializing in the development of ultra-efficient AI chips designed for edge computing. Their innovative "AIM" technology, a hybrid blend of in-memory and digital computing, delivers remarkable speed and power efficiency, enabling cloud-quality AI performance on low-power devices, even in challenging environments.

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

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