On-Bright Electronics
Venture Round in 2024
On-Bright Electronics Incorporated, founded in 2004 and headquartered in Shanghai, China, specializes in the design, development, and marketing of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs) for various market segments, including computer, consumer electronics, and communication. The company offers a diverse range of products, including AC/DC and LED power management ICs, audio amplifiers, microcontrollers, high-voltage motor drivers, switch ICs, and power bank controllers. On-Bright Electronics is committed to becoming a world-class IC provider by leveraging state-of-the-art CMOS, BiCMOS, and BCD technologies. With a core team that possesses extensive experience in semiconductor product design and management, the company has been awarded over 40 U.S. patents, underscoring its focus on proprietary intellectual property development and innovation in the electronics market.
Clourney Semiconductor
Venture Round in 2024
Clourney Semiconductor is a research and development firm specializing in the design and development of high-performance Wi-Fi access point (AP) chips. The company is renowned for its expertise in wireless communication technologies, particularly in areas such as wireless baseband, RF simulation, and system-on-chip (SoC) solutions. By leveraging its advanced technical capabilities, Clourney Semiconductor offers customers not only Wi-Fi SoC chips but also comprehensive solutions that cater to the evolving needs of wireless communication.
Shire Silicon
Venture Round in 2024
Shire Silicon is a high-tech company specializing in the development and manufacturing of communication chips designed for the Internet of Everything (IoT). Its primary product line consists of 5G communication chips that cater to industrial users, offering competitive solutions for IoT applications. By focusing on advancements in 5G technology, Shire Silicon aims to enhance connectivity and performance for a wide range of industrial needs.
AaltoSemi
Series A in 2023
AaltoSemi is a developer and manufacturer of integrated circuit (IC) substrate products essential for semiconductor packaging. The company offers comprehensive services encompassing research and development, design, production, and testing of substrates, including BT and ABF types. AaltoSemi's product lineup features Coreless, ETS, FCCSP, FCBGA (BT), and FCBGA (ABF) substrates, which are crucial for facilitating communication between chips and circuit boards. As the demand for advanced semiconductor solutions grows, particularly in the automotive electronics sector, AaltoSemi focuses on achieving high precision, quality, reliability, and scalability in its substrate production. The company's offerings support the development of a variety of high-performance devices, including CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, network ASICs, and 5G mobile phones, thereby addressing the evolving challenges posed by Moore's Law and the expanding market needs.
Crystal Yond
Venture Round in 2023
Crystal Yond focuses on the research, development, production, and sales of silicon carbide substrates and epitaxial materials.
EVAS Intelligence
Seed Round in 2022
EVAS Intelligence is an autonomous driving chip startup. The company was founded by Liu Hui.
Eaglechip
Angel Round in 2022
EagleChip is a chip design company specializing in the development and design of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). The company emphasizes research and development as well as the creation of dedicated Electronic Design Automation (EDA) toolchains. Its products are applicable across various industries, including communications, data centers, industrial control, consumer electronics, smart vehicles, video processing, and medical electronics. By providing high-quality FPGA chip solutions, EagleChip aims to meet the diverse needs of its customers while ensuring a domestic supply of advanced technology.
Nanjing Kuanneng Semiconductor
Angel Round in 2022
Nanjing Kuanneng Semiconductor is a provider of semiconductor silicon carbide device foundry services.
Gaoxin Zhongke
Series B in 2022
Gaoxin Zhongke is the manufacturer of semiconductor vacuum cavity components.
EVAS Intelligence
Seed Round in 2022
EVAS Intelligence is an autonomous driving chip startup. The company was founded by Liu Hui.
IKAS Industrial Automation
Series B in 2021
Shenzhen Ikas Industrial Automation Co., Ltd. specializes in providing intelligent manufacturing solutions for industries such as integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing, packaging testing, LED, and photovoltaic sectors. Founded in 2017 and based in Shenzhen, China, the company has developed an advanced industrial system modeling technology called ROPN, which integrates artificial intelligence and big data. This technology supports the creation of over 30 modular products designed for various aspects of the manufacturing process, including equipment maintenance and production scheduling. By leveraging industrial AI technologies and the core principles of the Industrial Internet of Things, IKAS aims to enhance automation, improve production efficiency, and minimize reliance on manual labor in the manufacturing ecosystem.
Network Intelligence
Series A in 2021
NETINT Technologies is a developer of intelligent silicon solutions for data-intensive applications. The Codensity portfolio enables enterprise, cloud data centers and content providers to deploy high performance applications that they can scale without limit, while minimizing their data storage and processing costs. Our core technology is the Codensity G4 SSD Controller System on Chip (SoC), which provides the intelligence inside our Codensity D400 PCIe NVMe SSDs, and Codensity T400 Video Transcoders. NETINT, founded by an experienced team of storage SoC veterans, is a Canadian venture-funded startup with R&D facilities in Vancouver and Toronto.
NeuronBasic
Series C in 2021
NeuronBasic is a company dedicated to the design and development of edge AI chips, specifically aimed at enhancing various applications, including smart homes and industrial automation. The company creates AI-powered brain perception chips that facilitate AI services across multiple sectors. Additionally, NeuronBasic designs multifunctional and educational smart toys for children, as well as touch-free smart home appliances. Their portfolio also includes AI-driven peripheral devices that feature auto-tracking or auto-following capabilities for mobile and PC use. By providing innovative solutions, NeuronBasic enables users to add value to existing applications and seamlessly integrate AI technologies into diverse industrial systems.
Nuolei Keji
Series C in 2021
Nuolei Keji is an edge artificial intelligence chip developer.
SynSense is a neuromorphic computing company based in Zurich, Switzerland, founded in 2017. The company specializes in developing ultra-low-power vision and biosignal processors, as well as point cloud and always-on auditory processing solutions. These products are designed for artificial intelligence edge computing applications, including autonomous robots, mobile and embedded devices, wearable healthcare systems, security, computing, and IoT applications. SynSense's neuromorphic processors overcome the limitations of traditional von Neumann computers by providing an unprecedented combination of ultra-low power consumption and low-latency performance.
Hoverbird
Series A in 2021
Hoverbird is a technology-driven company specializing in the research and development, manufacturing, and sales of electric drive systems and essential safety components. The company is dedicated to advancing semiconductor and capacitor technologies tailored for applications in electric motors, sensors, and converters. Hoverbird focuses on creating innovative electrical solutions that enhance energy efficiency across various sectors, including new energy vehicles, renewable energy generation such as wind and solar power, LED lighting, and rail transit. Through its commitment to cutting-edge technology, Hoverbird aims to contribute to the evolution of sustainable energy solutions.
Semidrive Technology
Series B in 2021
Nanjing Semidrive Technology Ltd., established in 2018, is a Chinese company specializing in the design and manufacture of core processor chips for automotive applications. It offers a range of products, including the X9 chip for eCockpit systems, the V9 chip for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving, and the G9 chip for vehicle central gateway applications. Semidrive operates with a fabless manufacturing model and has research and development facilities in Nanjing and Beijing, with an additional office in Shenzhen.
Yuchuang Semiconductor
Series A in 2021
Erised Semiconductor is a circuit designer and manufacturer that provides users with display driver and power management chips. The applications can be found in radiofrequency applications, discrete devices, and other products.
Kolmostar
Series A in 2021
Kolmostar Inc. is a California-based positioning technology company that specializes in redefining global navigational satellite systems (GNSS) for ultra-low-power and high-precision positioning. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Fremont, the company focuses on enhancing positioning capabilities in challenging metropolitan environments, catering primarily to Internet of Things devices and autonomous vehicles. Kolmostar's innovative solutions integrate advanced silicon technology, high-dimensional statistical signal processing, and robust cloud computing, which work together to minimize positioning errors and reduce power consumption in GNSS sensors. This enables users, including both humans and intelligent machines, to access centimeter-level accurate positioning services, thereby improving location precision and the overall understanding of spatial movements.
MEMSDrive
Series A in 2021
MEMS Drive Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in the development and manufacturing of advanced MEMS actuators for mobile imaging applications in portable electronics. The company focuses on providing superior optical image stabilization technology, utilizing electrostatic forces between electrically conductive combs to deliver fast and precise image stabilization for mobile devices. With strong backing from customers in the cellphone camera market, MEMS Drive Inc. is positioned at the forefront of innovation in this dynamic sector, continually enhancing imaging capabilities for portable electronics.
Corigine
Seed Round in 2021
Corigine is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in the development of intelligent chips and related products primarily for the telecom industry. The company focuses on advanced electronic design automation and has made significant contributions to 5G network data centers. Corigine offers a range of USB controllers that are USB-IF certified for USB 3.2 and USB 2.0, designed to minimize the risk of intellectual property errors stemming from specification interpretations. These controllers leverage a new generation architecture, optimizing for the latest USB features while maintaining a compact, low-power, and highly configurable design. Additionally, Corigine provides professional test and measurement equipment, including oscilloscopes and spectrum analyzers, catering to the wireless communication sector for production, research and development, and testing purposes.
Muxi is dedicated to providing full-stack GPU chips and heterogeneous computing solutions that can be widely used in cutting-edge fields such as artificial intelligence, smart cities, data centers, cloud computing, autonomous driving, digital twins, metaverse, and so on. It builds full-stack GPU chip products, launching MXN series GPUs (Xi Si) for AI reasoning, MXC series GPUs (Xi Yun) for AI training and general computing, and MXG series GPUs (Xi Cai) for graphics rendering, Meet the computing power requirements of data centers for "high energy efficiency" and "high versatility". Mu Xi's products all use independently developed GPU IP, have instruction sets and architectures with completely independent intellectual property rights, and are outfitted with a complete software stack (MACAMACA) compatible with mainstream GPU ecosystems. In September 2020, the company was founded in Shanghai, and it has wholly-owned subsidiaries and R&D centers in Beijing, Nanjing, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, and Wuhan.
Phlexing
Venture Round in 2021
Phlexing is a company dedicated to the research and development of integrated circuit chips, providing electronic design automation (EDA) toolchain solutions tailored for IC design firms. The company specializes in chip physical design signoff and verification, assisting clients in enhancing the quality of their products through expertise in areas such as parasitic extraction, power integrity, electromigration, IR drop, reliability, and multi-physics domains. By focusing on power consumption, performance, and area (PPA) optimization, Phlexing promotes collaboration and innovation within the chip design and manufacturing sectors, ultimately increasing design efficiency for its customers.
Best Compound Semiconductor
Angel Round in 2020
Best Compound Semiconductor is a manufacturer and provider of epitaxial foundry services, specializing in third-generation semiconductor products. Established in 2019 and based in Nanjing, China, the company focuses on silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) technologies. It offers epitaxial wafer services for 4-inch and 6-inch silicon carbide, as well as 6-inch and 8-inch silicon-based GaN. Best Compound Semiconductor's products are designed to meet the demands of high-voltage, high-power, and RF microwave applications, ensuring high-quality manufacturing to address emerging market needs.
Picocom is a specialist in 5G open RAN baseband semiconductors and software, focused on designing and marketing products that comply with Open RAN standards. The company develops baseband system-on-chips (SoCs) and carrier-grade software tailored specifically for 5G small cell infrastructure. By providing advanced semiconductor solutions, Picocom aims to enhance the capabilities and performance of 5G networks for industry users.
Semidrive Technology
Series A in 2020
Nanjing Semidrive Technology Ltd., established in 2018, is a Chinese company specializing in the design and manufacture of core processor chips for automotive applications. It offers a range of products, including the X9 chip for eCockpit systems, the V9 chip for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving, and the G9 chip for vehicle central gateway applications. Semidrive operates with a fabless manufacturing model and has research and development facilities in Nanjing and Beijing, with an additional office in Shenzhen.
Zealync Communication
Series A in 2020
Zealync Communication is a manufacturer specializing in 5G radio-frequency (RF) chips. The company is dedicated to the development and industrialization of RF-related chips and reconfigurable RF modules, bringing advanced technology to various communication systems. With a team of RF chip design experts and senior professionals, Zealync offers products that cater to diverse vertical applications, including mobile communications, the Internet of Vehicles, specialized communications, radio and television, and the Internet of Things. Additionally, the company's innovations extend to industry private networks and medical health insurance through biological sensing solutions. Zealync Communication is focused on delivering a range of high-quality products and services to meet the evolving needs of its customers.
PetaIO Inc., established in 2016 and based in Santa Clara, California, specializes in developing low-power enterprise-level SSD main control chip solutions. The company's core offerings include master drive control chips and comprehensive firmware design services, supporting the latest interface technologies for efficient data center storage applications.
XINYI Information Technology
Series A in 2020
XINYI Information Technology Ltd., established in 2017 with headquarters in Shanghai, China, specializes in designing, developing, and selling system integration and IoT communication chips for the radio frequency simulation industry. Its flagship product is the XY1100 CMOS chip. The company also offers technical consulting services and electronic product development. XINYI operates R&D centers in Shanghai, Nanjing, Chengdu, and Singapore, along with sales offices across China and a supply chain center in Hong Kong. Led by alumni of renowned communication chip companies like Broadcom and Qualcomm, XINYI boasts comprehensive international chip R&D capabilities.
Silicon Integrated
Series B in 2020
Wuhan Silicon Integrated Co., Ltd. is a high-tech company founded in 2016 and headquartered in Wuhan, China, specializing in the design and manufacture of analog mixed-signal integrated circuits. The company focuses on developing high-performance chips for critical applications, notably in 3D optics and intelligent audio. Its product range includes a recognized intelligent audio power amplifier, notable for its differentiated features and excellent cost performance, which is endorsed by leading mobile phone manufacturers. Additionally, Silicon Integrated is well-known for its Time-of-Flight (ToF) sensors, which leverage advanced back-illuminated technology to deliver high precision, small pixel size, and low power consumption. These integrated circuits are utilized in various applications such as augmented reality, virtual reality, machine vision, facial recognition, and autonomous driving, providing manufacturers with the capabilities to enhance their product offerings.
SynSense is a neuromorphic computing company based in Zurich, Switzerland, founded in 2017. The company specializes in developing ultra-low-power vision and biosignal processors, as well as point cloud and always-on auditory processing solutions. These products are designed for artificial intelligence edge computing applications, including autonomous robots, mobile and embedded devices, wearable healthcare systems, security, computing, and IoT applications. SynSense's neuromorphic processors overcome the limitations of traditional von Neumann computers by providing an unprecedented combination of ultra-low power consumption and low-latency performance.
AISpeech is a technology startup focused on enhancing human-machine interaction through advanced voice interaction technology. The company specializes in computer speech recognition, tone analysis, and dialog management techniques. It develops a human-computer dialogue operating system and artificial intelligence chip modules aimed at improving various aspects of voice technology, including speech recognition, speech synthesis, natural language understanding, and voice-print recognition. By offering these innovative solutions, AISpeech enables clients to access intelligent and interactive natural language services, thereby facilitating more effective communication between humans and machines.
Zijingwei
Venture Round in 2020
Zijingwei is an analog chip solution provider that features low power consumption, low noise, low-temperature drift, and small size.
FineMEMS Inc. is a high-tech enterprise based in Shanghai, China, founded in 2011 by a team of experts specializing in integrated circuits and micro-electro-mechanical systems. The company develops a range of testing instruments, integrated circuits, and MEMS sensor modules, focusing on various applications in automotive, industrial, medical, and consumer electronics. Its product offerings include pressure transducers, current sensors, and OEM sensors, catering to the growing demand for advanced electronic solutions. FineMEMS has successfully supplied MEMS pressure sensors and tire pressure monitoring systems to prominent automotive manufacturers in China. Additionally, the company is leveraging its innovative low-cost ASIC and plastic packaging technologies to expand its presence in the medical and consumer electronics sectors, providing first-class technologies and services through its ODM and OEM capabilities.
Cambricon Technologies
Series B in 2018
Cambricon Technologies is a leading innovator in the development of artificial intelligence core chips, focusing on applications in cloud servers, edge computing, and various terminal devices. Founded by Professor Chen Tianshi, a distinguished scientist in processor architecture and artificial intelligence, the company has established itself as a pioneer in smart chip technology. Cambricon is recognized for its groundbreaking products, including the Cambrian-1A processor, which was the first commercial deep learning processor designed for a range of terminal equipment such as smartphones, wearable devices, and autonomous vehicles. With two main product lines—terminal and server—Cambricon provides customers with a diverse array of chip products and system software solutions, positioning itself at the forefront of the AI chip industry.