SI

Silicon Catalyst

VC
Campbell, CAWebsite
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $2.0M

AUM

$2.2B

Portfolio

31+ companies

Team

7 partners

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2025Investments in last 12 months: 1

Investment Thesis

Focused exclusively on semiconductor startups addressing hardware, EDA tools, and chip design challenges.

Meet the Team

TV

Tarun Verma

Managing Partner

AB

Atiye Bayman

Partner

NK

Nick Kepler

Chief Operating Officer

RC

Richard Curtin

Managing Partner

JB

Jessica Binzoni

Partner

DL

David Lin

Managing Partner

Wireless Communications
Semiconductor Fabrication
SR

Sean Redmond

Managing Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other

Portfolio Companies (31)

2025

AT

Athos Silicon

Building the world's first functionally safe chiplet-based compute platform for real-time autonomy in robotics, automotive, and avionics.

2024

DI

Diamond Quanta

Revolutionizing the semiconductor industry with groundbreaking diamond technology.

2020

GI

Gigantor Technologies

Pioneers in neural network acceleration technology.

Other

MO

MoRF

Dedicated to pushing the boundaries of technology and redefining the world of RF semiconductors.

WI

WiConnectGlobal

Develops fast optical devices for high-speed photonic interconnects.

CH

Chevin Technology

Assures the authenticity, origin & journey of FPGAs, ASICs and Chiplets can be verified & secured.

TE

TeraSpatial

Building wireless communications and networking solutions comprising silicon, software and deeply embedded AI/ML.

BL

Blacksol Nanotech

Expert in carbon product manufacture, focusing on carbon nanocomposite.

HE

HEPT Lab

Developing a fully solid-state, coherent 3D image sensor for autonomous devices.

ED

Edgewater Wireless

Provider of innovative spectrum slicing technology for Wi-Fi.

How to pitch Silicon Catalyst
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Tarun Verma, Managing Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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