Nexstrom builds wafer-scale 2D semiconductor materials plus foundry-compatible equipment and processes for chipmakers and advanced foundries making next-generation AI and high-performance-computing chips.

Founders

• Dr. Lance Li · Co-Founder & Chief Scientist
  He is a Distinguished Professor at NUS, a former Director at TSMC, and has worked on single-crystal 2D material growth since 2012.
• Dr. Phoebe Tan · Co-Founder & CEO
  Before Nexstrom, she was a research scientist at A*STAR, CEO of Taiwan-based advanced semiconductor-materials startup Raynergy Tek, and earned a PhD from Nanyang Technological University's School of Materials Science and Engineering.

Business model

Nexstrom plans to sell or license its wafer-scale equipment and technology to chipmakers and work with foundries as partners.

Total raised

$15 million · as its sources put it, more than the rounds on record