Silicon Catalyst Announces Seven Newly Admitted Companies to Semiconductor Industry Accelerator
Silicon Valley, California – November 5, 2025 – Silicon Catalyst, the only accelerator focused on the global semiconductor industry, including Chips, Chiplets, Materials, IP and Silicon fabrication-based Photonics, MEMS, Sensors, Life Science and Quantum, announces the admission of seven companies into the semiconductor industry’s highly acclaimed program. The new Portfolio Companies include:
Athos Silicon – Innovative chiplet-based compute platform
Chevin Technology – Quantum ready, hardware-based security solution
Diamond Quanta – Breakthrough engineered diamond platform
MoRF – Developing RF and photonic tunable chiplets
SensTek Diagnostics - Nextgen solid-state sensor for molecular diagnostics
Simplex Micro – Cutting-edge RISC-V CPU/Vector/Matrix IP
WiConnectGlobal – Co-packaged solutions for high-speed photonic interconnect
Nick Kepler, Silicon Catalyst COO:
“We’ve created a comprehensive ecosystem for semiconductor startups that lowers the capital expenses associated with the design and fabrication of silicon-based integrated circuits (ICs), sensors, and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices, including advanced design tools and services from a comprehensive network of In-Kind Partners (IKPs). The startup Portfolio Companies in our bespoke 24-month program leverage IKP tools and services, including design tools, simulation software, design services, foundry PDK access and MPW runs, test program development, tester access, banking and legal services. Additionally, our world-class network of advisors and investors further facilitates their journey from idea through prototype toward volume production. We look forward to working closely with these organizations as they grow their businesses.”
Silicon Catalyst is now accepting applications to the 24-month program.
The deadline for applications is January 12, 2026.
Athos Silicon
Santa Clara, CA
www.athossilicon.com
Charnjiv Bangar, CEO
charnjiv.bangar@athossilicon.com
Athos Silicon, founded in 2025, is building the world's first functionally safe chiplet-based compute platform for real-time autonomy in robotics, automotive, and avionics. Its Multiple Systems on Chip (mSoC™) architecture enables modular scaling of compute resources with safety, determinism, and power efficiency. mSoC™ unlocks a new era of trusted, certifiable autonomy.
Chevin Technology
Cambridge, UK
www.chevintechnology.com
Steinn Gustafsson, CEO
steinn@chevintechnology.com
Chevin Technology has developed and patented a quantum ready, hardware-based security solution that uniquely identifies silicon devices, authorizes and authenticates hardware and software functions. Chevin’s security solution establishes a secure root of trust, while allowing the selection, control and modification of features, which adds a robust layer of protection to silicon devices and supply chains by identifying malicious or accidental changes to silicon.
Diamond Quanta
Mountain View, CA
www.diamondquanta.com
Adam Khan, CEO
adam@diamondquanta.com
Diamond Quanta is building the first scalable engineered-diamond platform, enabling coatings, substrates, and active devices across consumer, automotive, aerospace and defense, and quantum-photonics applications. Diamond Quanta’s mission is to make diamond as accessible to the world as silicon. The Physics of Forever™.
MoRF
Rehovot, Israel
www.morf-chip.com
Asaf Cohen, CEO
asaf.cohen@morf-chip.com
MoRF tackles the device density and low device versatility by seamlessly integrating all fixed passive components into a sleek, tunable, compact form, exceeding performance while reducing complexity and cost.
SensTek Diagnostics
Oakland, CA
www.senstekdx.com
Manny Singh, CEO
manny.singh@snstk.com
Building on our solid-state sensor foundation, MS2 is SensTek’s next-generation molecular diagnostics platform — designed to deliver ultra-fast, on-site detection of any DNA, RNA sequences that include virus, bacteria, or disease sequence. MS2 combines isothermal amplification with our proprietary disposable cartridge preloaded with target bioassays to provide both yes/no answers and quantitative results in under 15 minutes. Compact, user-friendly, and assay agnostic, MS2 is built for real-world applications such as agriculture, food, water, animals, and humans.
Simplex Micro
Austin, Texas
www.simplexmicro.com
Thang Tran, CEO
thang@simplexmicro.com
At Simplex Micro, we embody the principle of "simple execution." We strive to simplify the complex and our cutting-edge RISC-V CPU/Vector/Matrix IP delivers unified, spec-compliant performance across the latest RISC-V standards. This architecture enables low-power, deterministic, time-based execution across a spectrum of workloads—whether scalar-dominant to vector-rich to matrix-heavy—while maintaining robust latency tolerance for real-world deployment.
WiConnectGlobal
Columbia, Maryland
www.wiconnectglobal.com
Mike Shahine, CEO
m.shahine@wiconnectglobal.com
WiConnectGlobal is a driver behind the next generation of high-speed photonic interconnects for use in data centers. We develop fast optical devices, with high reliability, low power consumption, and high degree of scalable economics that addresses $/Gbps, pJ/bit energy metrics, and bits/s/Hz bandwidth expansion. Our co-packaged solutions, with hybrid integration between different technologies, are essential for processing AI/ML data traffic. The integration of electronics, photonics and packaging will deliver a state-of-the-art solution to the industry for addressing current technical challenges. Our solution allows connections in a massive configuration for AI tailored datacenters while providing reduced latency, enhanced bandwidth, lower power consumption, and increased scalability.