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
in Zhangjiang High tech park, Shanghai, On-Bright Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd is a foreign invested enterprise specialized in high performance analog and mixed-signal IC design, development and marketing. The company is committed to grow into a world class IC company by offering diversified high performance IC products in state of art CMOS, BiCMOS and BCD technologies to computer, consumer electronics and communication (3C) market segments. Behind On-Bright products are the company core team members with years' semiconductor product design and management experiments from prestigious international and local companies. With good tracking record of over 40 U.S. patents awarded, core team members continue to head the company on proprietary intellectual property development and drive to offer innovative products to the market.

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.

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. It specializes in providing advanced neuromorphic processors that deliver ultra-low power consumption and low-latency performance, addressing the limitations of traditional von Neumann computing architectures. The company's product offerings include vision and biosignal processors, point cloud processing, and always-on auditory processing solutions. These technologies are particularly suited for artificial intelligence edge computing applications, finding utility in autonomous robots, mobile and embedded devices, wearable healthcare systems, security solutions, and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. SynSense leverages advancements in neuromorphic computing hardware developed at the Institute of Neuroinformatics of the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, focusing on creating energy-efficient systems that enhance performance across a range of industries.

Semidrive Technology

Series B in 2021
SemiDrive is a developer of advanced semiconductor products tailored for the automotive industry, focusing on applications such as autonomous driving and smart vehicle technologies. The company specializes in creating high-performance core processor chips and microprocessors designed for intelligent driving systems, including advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and in-car entertainment. By adopting a fabless manufacturing model, SemiDrive emphasizes research and development to provide innovative solutions that address the challenges associated with smart driving chips. Its offerings include intelligent cabin systems and automatic controllers, positioning the company as a key player in the evolution of automotive technology.

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.

Picocom

Series A in 2020
Picocom is a 5G open RAN baseband semiconductor and software specialist. The company designs and markets Open RAN standard-compliant baseband SoCs and carrier-grade software products for 5G small cell infrastructure.

Semidrive Technology

Series A in 2020
SemiDrive is a developer of advanced semiconductor products tailored for the automotive industry, focusing on applications such as autonomous driving and smart vehicle technologies. The company specializes in creating high-performance core processor chips and microprocessors designed for intelligent driving systems, including advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and in-car entertainment. By adopting a fabless manufacturing model, SemiDrive emphasizes research and development to provide innovative solutions that address the challenges associated with smart driving chips. Its offerings include intelligent cabin systems and automatic controllers, positioning the company as a key player in the evolution of automotive technology.

XINYI Information Technology Ltd

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 Juxin Microelectronics is a cutting-edge high-tech firm that specializes in the design of high-performance analog and mixed-signal chips. The company has two major product lines: 3D optics and intelligent audio, of which the intelligent audio power amplifier has been recognized by mainstream mobile phone manufacturers for its differentiated products and excellent cost performance, and the Time-of-Flight sensor used for 3D imaging adopts The advanced back-illuminated (BSI) technology, which has the characteristics of high precision, small pixel size, high resolution, low power consumption, and full integration.

SynSense

Series A in 2020
SynSense is a neuromorphic computing company based in Zurich, Switzerland, founded in 2017. It specializes in providing advanced neuromorphic processors that deliver ultra-low power consumption and low-latency performance, addressing the limitations of traditional von Neumann computing architectures. The company's product offerings include vision and biosignal processors, point cloud processing, and always-on auditory processing solutions. These technologies are particularly suited for artificial intelligence edge computing applications, finding utility in autonomous robots, mobile and embedded devices, wearable healthcare systems, security solutions, and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. SynSense leverages advancements in neuromorphic computing hardware developed at the Institute of Neuroinformatics of the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, focusing on creating energy-efficient systems that enhance performance across a range of industries.

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 is a high-tech enterprise company that offers OEM sensors, pressure transducers, initia measurement unit, and currents sensors. It also provides consumers with first-class technologies, products, and services including OEM and ODM. FineMEMS focuses on automotive electronics, industrial electronics, medical electronics, and consumer electronics, providing chips, MEMS sensor modules/systems, testing instruments, and ODM/OEM services. MEMS pressure sensors and TPMS (Tire Pressure Monitoring System) have been successfully adopted by several famous automotive manufacturers in China. At the same time, FineMEMS is entering into medical electronics and consumer electronics industries due to its unique low-cost ASIC and plastic packaging technology. FineMEMS was founded in 2008 by a group of technical experts who came back from overseas in the fields of integrated circuits, MEMS (Micro-electro-mechanical-systems), packaging, automotive electronics, etc.

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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