Silicon Catalyst Ventures
Santa Clara, California, United StatesFounded 2024
Silicon Catalyst Ventures is a venture capital fund formed as an extension of the Silicon Catalyst incubator, the world's only accelerator focused exclusively on semiconductor solutions. It provides seed-stage funding to disruptive semiconductor startups in areas including photonics, MEMS, sensors, IP, and materials.
58% of their portfolio is in AI. Deal activity increased 200% year-over-year (3 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is series-a (50% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $30.1M (across 11 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
9
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
3
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
12 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Salience Labs | Seed | — | Sep 2026 |
 Neurophos | Series A | $110M | Jan 2026 |
 Quadric Inc | Series C | $30M | Jan 2026 |
 mmTron | Series A | $45M | Jan 2026 |
 Lemurian Labs | Series A | $28M | Dec 2025 |
| Salience Labs | Series A | $30M | Feb 2025 |
| RRAAAM Memory Technologies Ltd. | Seed | $17.5M | Jan 2025 |
 RAAAM | Series A | $17.5M | Jan 2024 |
| Neurophos | Seed | $7.2M | Dec 2023 |
| Salience Labs | Seed | $11.5M | Jan 2022 |
 Phosio | Seed | $4M | — |
 Salience Labs | Series A | $30M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Silicon Catalyst Angels5 shared
Cambridge Innovation Capital4 shared
Alumni Ventures3 shared
Oxford Science Enterprises3 shared
Mirana Ventures2 shared
Gates Frontier2 shared
MetaVC Partners2 shared
Applied Materials2 shared
ICM HPQC Fund2 shared
J-Ventures2 shared
IAG Capital Partners2 shared
Oxford Investment Consultants2 shared
Deeptech Labs2 shared
BEENEXT1 shared
Uncork Capital1 shared
Pivotal Ventures1 shared
Offline Ventures1 shared
Pear VC1 shared
M121 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026