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Founded in January 2018, xMEMS Labs is the “X” factor in silicon MEMS with the world’s most innovative piezoMEMS platform. It began by delivering the world’s first solid-state True MEMS speakers for wireless earbuds and other personal audio devices. xMEMS’ “Sound from Ultrasound” technology delivers high-fidelity and full-bandwidth sound in a 1-mm thin package for earbuds, smart glasses, and smart watches.
xMEMS has evolved its ultrasonic piezoMEMS platform to also produce the world’s first μCooling fan-on-a-chip delivering critical active thermal management to smartphones, SSDs, XR and even isolated areas of datacenter rack servers underserved by conventional cooling technologies.
xMEMS has over 200 granted patents worldwide for its technology. For more information, visit https://xmems.com.

xMEMS applies our novel and patented solid-state, silicon piezoMEMS process to 3 core markets today:

1) Micro speakers for earbuds, headphones and hearing assistance devices. In this market, we are the only MEMS speaker provider in volume production with over 1 million units shipped in 2024.

2) Sycamore loud speakers (“Sound from Ultrasound”) for near-field audio products such as smart glasses, smart watches and open-fit earbuds

3) “Fan-on-a-chip” active micro cooling (µCooling) chip. It is the world’s smallest active cooling device delivering critical thermal management to small, thin systems such as smartphones, XR, SSD storage and datacenter subsystems that conventional fans and liquid cooling cannot reach.

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SilTerra, a pure-play wafer foundry, offers various CMOS technologies from 180nm to 110nm nodes. It serves a wide range of end-market applications, including IoT, power management, consumer electronics, medical and communication products. Besides CMOS technologies, SilTerra also provides MEMS foundry services, unique and patented MEMS-on-CMOS technologies, silicon photonics, bio-photonics, and power. Its excellent customer service team helps customers realize working prototypes from proof of concept to high volume manufacturing.

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The National Innovation Center par Excellence (NICE) is a comprehensive innovation center approved by the Ministry of Science & Technology of PRC, jointly built by Shanghai municipality and Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui provinces. Shanghai Yangtze Delta Innovation Institute is the headquarter of NICE.

NICE is driven to be responsive to technical demands from industry, thereby bridging the “valley of funding death” that lies between applied research and commercialization.As a top non-profit, application-oriented research organization and a high-tech investor in China, NICE advances the utilisation and commercialisation of technology research and scientific results in commerce and society.

NICE brings together universities, business, talents, science and technology to build a global innovation network and ecosystem to support the sustainable development of the Yangtze Delta industry.

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Paeonia Innovations Pte Ltd, founded in April 2023, is a distinguished spin-off from ASTAR’s Innovation & Enterprise (I&E) division. Led by CEO Dr. Lennon Lee, former Head of Department at ASTAR’s Institute of Microelectronics, the company is dedicated to advancing measurement and analytical technologies that drive smarter, more sustainable industries. Paeonia specializes in state-of-the-art chemical sensing solutions designed for diverse applications in chemicals, pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals, food processing, and specialty chemicals. Operating with a focused team of 10, including experienced consultants, the company is rapidly expanding to support its growing portfolio of products and customer engagements. Strengthening its collaborative edge, Paeonia Innovation is an active member of CPACT (Community of Practice in Process Analytics & Control Technologies) and PIPS (Pharma Innovation Programme Singapore), underscoring its commitment to global innovation networks and industry partnerships. As an ambitious new entrant, Paeonia Innovations is positioning itself as a dynamic force in industrial and laboratory spectroscopic solutions.

Paeonia Innovations offers advanced solutions in chemical sensing, centred on its groundbreaking palm-sized Mid-Infrared (Mid-IR) spectrometer. This compact yet powerful device enables real-time chemical composition analysis across industries such as pharmaceuticals, specialty chemicals, petrochemicals, and food manufacturing. Designed for durability and precision, the spectrometer operates without moving parts or fragile fibres, making it robust for inline monitoring under diverse industrial conditions. With its rapid spectral acquisition and broad measurement range, it delivers accurate insights essential for optimizing processes, reducing waste, and ensuring consistent product quality. Complementing the hardware, Paeonia provides proprietary chemometrics algorithms that overcome complex matrix effects and deliver reliable data analytics for reaction kinetics, process control, and sustainability goals. By uniting cutting-edge hardware with intelligent data science, Paeonia Innovations is establishing itself as a dynamic new force in applied spectroscopy, redefining how industries approach process monitoring and chemical analysis.

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Meridian Innovation is dedicated to making thermal imaging technology accessible for mass-market applications. Leveraging advanced CMOS technology, we design and manufacture high-performance, low-power, and cost-effective thermal imaging sensors. Our products are widely applied in consumer electronics, healthcare, industrial safety, smart building, and automotive sectors.

In addition, Meridian Innovation supports OEMs, ODMs, and system integrators in developing smarter, safer, and more energy-efficient solutions. By combining innovation with scalable production, we enable customers to integrate thermal vision into everyday products and redefining how people sense and interact with their environment.

Meridian Innovation’s Panther and Cougar thermal imaging sensors are designed to bring powerful thermal vision to high-volume applications at an affordable cost. Built on advanced CMOS technology, both product lines deliver compact, low-power, and high-performance thermal imaging solutions suitable for integration into consumer, healthcare, industrial, and safety devices.

The Panther series offers advanced imaging capabilities with higher resolution options, ideal for applications requiring precise thermal measurement and detailed visualization. The Cougar series provides cost-efficient thermal sensing in a smaller footprint, optimized for mainstream products. Together, they enable OEMs and system integrators to create smarter, safer, and more innovative solutions.

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Serinus Labs, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor sensor company developing ultra-low-power, high-sensitivity gas sensors for performance- and safety-critical applications across mobility, energy, and industrial infrastructure. Spinning out of UC Berkeley’s Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center (BSAC), Serinus leverages proprietary CMOS technology to achieve ppb-level detection of hydrogen, hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, mercaptans, and other trace gases—with high selectivity, rapid response, and long-term stability.

Serinus Labs is actively scaling its technology through leading CMOS and MEMS foundries, targeting applications such as thermal runaway mitigation in EV battery packs, hydrogen infrastructure leak detection and localization, and smart gas grid monitoring.

Backed by the U.S. National Science Foundation and ARPA-E, Serinus Labs embodies the convergence of advanced semiconductor manufacturing with the sensing demands of electrified, decentralized, and decarbonized energy systems.

Serinus Labs offers ultra-low-power, high-sensitivity gas sensing solutions built on proprietary CMOS sensor technology. Engineered for performance- and safety-critical environments, Serinus sensors enable ppb-level detection of hydrogen, hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, and odorants such as mercaptans—with high selectivity, rapid response, and robust long-term stability.

Serinus’ modular sensor platform is available in multiple configurations, including evaluation boards and system-level prototypes, enabling rapid assessment for integration into customer environments. Target applications include EV battery pack safety, hydrogen infrastructure monitoring, and smart gas grid deployments.

Serinus Labs works with automotive OEMs, energy utilities, and industrial stakeholders to deliver next-generation sensing solutions that address critically unmet performance, lifetime, and packaging requirements across diverse operating conditions.

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A wellspring of innovation, the school occupies a 1,232-acre campus near downtown Berkeley. UC Berkeley, also known as Cal, was established in 1868 as the flagship of today’s 10-campus University of California.

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“What is a great university?”

Two of the top universities in Taiwan took this question so seriously that they decided to merge with one another in order to answer it. National Chiao Tung University and National Yang Ming University became convinced that they could achieve something much greater together than they could individually. As a result, on February 1, 2021, they merged in order to establish National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU).

NYCU was founded on the idea that, in a great university, people work across the disciplines to solve real-world problems. At our university, putting this idea into practice requires integrating Chiao Tung’s strengths in information and communications technology with Yang Ming’s strengths in biomedical research. It also requires contributing to fields located at the intersection of these research areas, for example, digital medicine and bioinformatics. And it requires training our students in such a way that the next generation will not be as constrained by disciplinary boundaries as the previous one.

At NYCU, we are striving to be a great university that transcends disciplinary divides to solve the increasingly complex problems that the world faces. We will continue to be guided by the idea that we can achieve something much greater together than we can individually. After all, that was the idea that led to the creation of our university in the first place.

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Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university with a distinctive, experience-driven approach to education and discovery. The university is a leader in experiential learning, powered by the world’s most far-reaching cooperative education program. We integrate classroom study with opportunities for professional work, research, service, and global learning in more than 100 countries. The same spirit of collaboration guides a use-inspired research enterprise focused on solving global challenges in health, security, and sustainability. Northeastern offers a comprehensive array of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools, and select graduate programs at campuses in Boston, Charlotte, N.C., San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, and Toronto. Campuses in Burlington, MA, and Nahant, MA, are home to research institutes for homeland security and coastal sustainability, respectively.

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MTM Venture Partners is a venture capital firm backing early-stage startups developing transformative innovations at the intersection of hard tech and sustainability. We invest in high-impact sectors including semiconductors, quantum technologies, green energy, and advanced materials. Established by an experienced entrepreneur and industry executive with a proven track record of building and scaling hard tech companies from inception to successful exits, we bring operational expertise, market insight, and strategic vision to every investment, actively working alongside founders to accelerate growth, navigate complex business challenges, and capture global market opportunities. At MTM, we empower entrepreneurs to turn bold ideas into world-changing realities.

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Established in 1991, the Institute of Microelectronics (IME) is a research institute under Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). In IME, we focus on delivering high impact research and development for the global semiconductor industry. IME’s role is to collaboratively develop and innovate next-generation technologies to enable a dynamic semiconductor ecosystem. Together with our highly skilled talent pool, we develop strategic capabilities and innovative technologies through state-of-the-art infrastructure. IME’s core research areas are in Advanced Packaging, piezoMEMS, SiC, mmWave GaN, and photonics & sensors. We will continue to shape the semiconductor industry’s roadmap for many years to come.

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Zepsor Technologies is redefining the way humans interact with machines by delivering a zero power human–machine interface platform. Our patented micro  and nano scale infrared (IR) sensors operate in an “off but alert” state: they consume virtually no energy until they detect a target event. This breakthrough enables a new generation of always ready interfaces for wearables (e.g., smart glasses), AR/VR devices, smart home and industrial automation, automotive interiors, security systems, and touch free public infrastructure.

Problem
Existing motion and proximity sensors constantly drain battery power or require wired connections, limiting form factors and usability. In wearables, smart glasses, and many IoT devices, power budgets are so tight that continuous sensing is impractical—forcing users to rely on clunky buttons, voice activation, or periodic charging.

Solution
Zepsor’s zero power IR technology provides an instant on, battery free trigger for detecting human presence, gestures, or occupancy. The sensor converts a minute amount of captured thermal energy into mechanical motion, closing a microswitch that wakes up or activates a device. This hardware level efficiency unlocks multiple applications:

• Wearables & Smart Glasses: Enable intuitive gesture or proximity control without compromising battery life.

• AR/VR: Deliver natural, low latency interactions without active power drain.

• Smart Homes & Buildings: Offer occupancy based lighting, climate, and appliance control with unprecedented battery longevity.

• Automotive & Mobility: Support driver monitoring, cabin comfort, and safety features in electric vehicles.

• Healthcare & Public Spaces: Provide hygienic, maintenance free interfaces for faucets, dispensers, and medical equipment.

• Security & Defense: Supply ultra low power detection nodes for surveillance, perimeter monitoring, and asset protection.

Zepsor delivers zero-power infrared MEMS sensors that operate in an “off-but-alert” state, harvesting thermal energy to provide instant presence/gesture triggers with virtually no standby drain. Our event-driven sensing platform ships as miniature surface-mount modules and application-specific assemblies that OEMs can drop into wearables and smart glasses, AR/VR headsets, smart home devices, building/industrial controls, automotive cabins, healthcare/hygiene products, and security systems.

Products: ZIR-series presence/gesture modules (ultra-low idle power, fast response, lens-less compact form factor); evaluation kits and reference designs for rapid integration; roadmap variants including multi-spectral IR for flame detection and other safety/industrial uses.

Services: Custom sensor and packaging engineering (NRE), application tuning and performance validation, reliability/qualification support, and manufacturing transfer through commercial foundry partners.

By eliminating wasted standby power while remaining instantly responsive, Zepsor enables always-ready human–machine interfaces, longer battery life, smaller form factors, and more sustainable edge-AI deployments across consumer, commercial, and defense markets.

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Shanghai Micro-Technology Industrial Research Institute (SITRI) was established in 2013 by Shanghai Science and Technology Commission, Jiading District Government and Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. It is a R&D and transformation functional platform integrating R&D, engineering, industrialization and cultivation, providing in-depth process technology support and services for innovative enterprises and partners. SITRI was established under the guidance of Shanghai Lianhe Investment Co., Ltd.’s strategic mission of serving the national strategy and being a pioneer in scientific and technological development. It relies on the “three-in-one” innovation architecture model of Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. With the support of the technical strength of Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and the investment and operation model of Shanghai Xinwei Technology Group, it has established close cooperative relations with many domestic and foreign production, learning and research organizations, realized the efficient industrialization of innovative achievements, and accelerated the establishment of the “More than Moore” industrial ecosystem.

· SITRI has the first 8-inch “More than Moore” R&D pilot line in China, providing “More than Moore” core process technologies such as MEMS, silicon photonics, and biochips, and providing efficient R&D, pilot and verification services for semiconductor companies such as design, equipment and materials, realizing seamless connection from R&D to small batch production.

· Up to now, SITRI has applied for 877 patents, 697 invention patents, including 56 PCT (international patent) patents. · SITRI is based in Shanghai, facing the Yangtze River Delta, and radiating across the country, and has initially formed an industrial ecosystem in the field of “More Than Moore”.