SI

Silicon Catalyst

VC
Campbell, CAWebsite
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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

SR

Sean Redmond

Managing Partner

DL

David Lin

Managing Partner

Wireless Communications
Semiconductor Fabrication

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other

Portfolio Companies (31)

2025

AT

Athos Silicon

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

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

2024

DI

Diamond Quanta

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Revolutionizing the semiconductor industry with groundbreaking diamond technology.

2020

GI

Gigantor Technologies

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Pioneers in neural network acceleration technology.

Other

MO

MoRF

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

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

WI

WiConnectGlobal

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Develops fast optical devices for high-speed photonic interconnects.

CH

Chevin Technology

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

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

TE

TeraSpatial

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

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

BL

Blacksol Nanotech

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Expert in carbon product manufacture, focusing on carbon nanocomposite.

HE

HEPT Lab

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

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

ED

Edgewater Wireless

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Provider of innovative spectrum slicing technology for Wi-Fi.

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