CTC Capital

CTC Capital is a prominent venture capital firm established in 2006 and headquartered in Shanghai, China, with additional offices in Nanjing and Taipei. The firm specializes in investing in the semiconductor industry and has broadened its focus to include sectors such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT), Industry 4.0, and advanced manufacturing. CTC Capital aims to support innovative companies and technologies within these fields, positioning itself as a key player in the rapidly evolving technology landscape.

Shanshan Shi

Managing Director (Operations)

Past deals in Semiconductor

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). The company serves various market segments, including computer, consumer electronics, and communication, both domestically and internationally. Its product offerings include AC/DC and LED power management ICs, audio amplifiers, microcontrollers, high-voltage motor drivers, switch ICs, and power bank controllers. On-Bright Electronics is dedicated to advancing its position as a leading IC manufacturer by utilizing state-of-the-art technologies such as CMOS, BiCMOS, and BCD. The company boasts a strong intellectual property portfolio, with over 40 patents awarded, and is driven by a core team with extensive experience in semiconductor design and management from notable international and local firms.

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 adept in various technical areas, including wireless baseband, RF simulation, system-on-chip (SoC) design, and software development. Clourney Semiconductor provides customers with advanced Wi-Fi SoC chips and comprehensive solutions tailored to meet the demands of wireless communication technology.

Shire Silicon

Venture Round in 2024
Shire Silicon is a high-tech company specializing in the development and manufacturing of communication chips for the Internet of Things (IoT). Its primary focus is on 5G Internet of Everything communication chips, which are designed to offer industrial users competitive products and solutions in the rapidly evolving IoT landscape. By concentrating on advanced communication technologies, Shire Silicon aims to meet the growing demand for connectivity and enhance the capabilities of various industrial applications.

AaltoSemi

Series A in 2023
AaltoSemi specializes in providing comprehensive integrated circuit (IC) substrate services, encompassing research and development, design, production, and testing. The company offers a range of substrate products, including Coreless, ETS, FCCSP, and FCBGA substrates, tailored for advanced applications in the semiconductor industry. These substrates are critical for facilitating communication between chips and circuit boards, particularly in the context of increasingly complex chip designs and the growing demand for chips in automotive electronics. AaltoSemi focuses on achieving high precision, quality, and reliability in its mass production processes, supporting the development of essential technologies such as CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, network ASICs, and 5G mobile devices.

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 that specializes in the development and design of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). It focuses on research and development, creating tailored electronic design automation (EDA) toolchains that cater to various industries. These industries include communications, data centers, industrial control, consumer electronics, smart vehicles, video processing, and medical electronics. EagleChip aims to provide high-quality FPGA chip solutions to meet the specific needs of its customers, ensuring a reliable domestic supply in the competitive semiconductor market.

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.

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.

Nuolei Keji

Series C in 2021
Nuolei Keji is an edge artificial intelligence chip developer.

SynSense

Series A in 2021
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.

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.

MEMSDrive

Series A in 2021
MEMS Drive Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in the development and marketing of advanced MEMS actuators. Its primary focus is on hardware applications for mobile imaging in portable electronics, particularly in cellphone cameras. The company designs an optical image stabilization actuator that employs electrostatic forces between electrically conductive combs to deliver fast and precise image stabilization, addressing motion in camera systems. Supported by its customers in the mobile device sector, MEMS Drive Inc. is positioned at the forefront of innovation in imaging technology, catering to the evolving demands of the portable electronics market.

Corigine

Seed Round in 2021
Corigine is a fabless semiconductor company that specializes in developing intelligent chips and related products for the telecom industry. The company focuses on enhancing wireless communication through its innovative solutions, including test and measurement equipment such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, and signal source devices. Corigine has made significant contributions to the development of 5G network data centers and offers USB-IF certified USB controllers, designed to minimize the risk of intellectual property errors. These controllers are built on a new generation architecture that incorporates the latest USB features while maintaining a compact, low-power, and highly configurable design. Through its advanced products and services, Corigine supports production, research and development, and testing in the telecommunications sector.

MetaX

Seed Round in 2021
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 specializes in the research and development of integrated circuit chips and provides an electronic design automation (EDA) toolchain tailored for integrated circuit design companies. The company's technology focuses on enhancing power consumption, performance, and area (PPA) metrics. Phlexing offers solutions for chip physical design signoff and verification, addressing critical aspects such as parasitic extraction, power integrity, electromigration, IR drop, and reliability. By promoting collaboration and innovation in chip design and manufacturing, Phlexing aims to improve design efficiency and facilitate the delivery of high-quality products for its clients.

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

Series A in 2020
Picocom specializes in the development of semiconductor products and software for 5G small cell infrastructure, focusing on open radio access network (RAN) standards. The company designs and markets baseband system-on-chips (SoCs) and carrier-grade software solutions that comply with Open RAN standards. By providing these advanced technologies, Picocom aims to enhance the capabilities of 5G networks, offering industry users innovative system and chip solutions tailored for small cell applications.

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 is a company specializing in the design and manufacturing of 5G radio-frequency chips. Comprising experts in RF chip design and seasoned professionals, Zealync focuses on the development and industrialization of RF-related chips and modules, as well as professional communication systems. Its products cater to a diverse range of vertical applications, including mobile communications, Internet of Vehicles, special communications, radio and television, white light spectrum applications, Internet of Things, private industrial networks, and medical health solutions. Through its commitment to innovation and quality, Zealync aims to deliver a wide variety of products and high-quality services to its customers.

XINYI Information Technology

Series A in 2020
XINYI Information Technology Ltd specializes in the design, development, and sale of system integration and Internet of Things (IoT) communication chips, particularly for the radio frequency simulation industry. The company offers products such as the XY1100 CMOS chip and also provides technical consulting and electronic product development services. Founded in 2017, XINYI is headquartered in Shanghai, China, with additional offices in Shenzhen and Nanjing, as well as a presence in Silicon Valley, California. The company boasts extensive research and development capabilities with centers located in Shanghai, Nanjing, Chengdu, and Singapore, along with sales offices in Xi'an, Chongqing, and Shenzhen, and a supply chain center in Hong Kong. The founding team consists of professionals with experience from leading communication chip firms, including Broadcom, Qualcomm, and Intel, and includes graduates from prestigious universities both domestically and internationally.

Silicon Integrated

Series B in 2020
Wuhan Silicon Integrated Co., Ltd., established in 2016, specializes in designing and manufacturing high-performance analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits. The company's core products include intelligent audio power amplifiers, recognized by major mobile phone manufacturers, and Time-of-Flight (ToF) sensors for 3D imaging, utilizing advanced back-illuminated technology for high precision and low power consumption. These products cater to a wide range of applications such as AR/VR technology, machine vision, drones, facial recognition, and autonomous driving, enabling businesses to integrate these solutions into their products.

SynSense

Series A in 2020
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.

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

Series C in 2019
FineMEMS Inc., established in 2008 and headquartered in Shanghai, China, specializes in developing advanced testing instruments, integrated circuits, and micro-electro-mechanical sensor modules for various applications including automotive, industrial, medical, and consumer electronics. The company provides a range of products such as pressure transducers, current sensors, and OEM sensors, and offers both original design manufacturing (ODM) and original equipment manufacturing (OEM) services. FineMEMS has successfully collaborated with prominent automotive manufacturers in China, implementing MEMS pressure sensors and tire pressure monitoring systems. With its innovative low-cost ASIC and plastic packaging technologies, FineMEMS is expanding its reach into the medical and consumer electronics sectors, aiming to deliver high-quality technology and services to its clients globally.

Cambricon Technologies

Series B in 2018
Cambricon Technologies is a leading company in the development of artificial intelligence core chips, focusing on applications in cloud servers, edge computing devices, and terminal equipment. Founded by Professor Chen Tianshi, a recognized expert in processor architecture and artificial intelligence, the company has established itself as a pioneer in smart chip technology. It offers a diverse range of chip products and system software solutions, serving various industries including smart terminals and intelligent robotics. Notably, Cambricon introduced the Cambrian-1A processor in 2016, which was the first commercial deep learning processor designed for smartphones, wearable devices, and other terminal applications. The company continues to innovate in the field of AI chip technology, contributing to advancements in intelligent systems.
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