Chiral has successfully closed a $12 million seed funding round led by Crane Venture Partners, with participation from Quantonation, HCVC, Founderful, and public funding from Innosuisse.
The investment accelerates Chiral’s mission to enable wafer-scale manufacturing of post-silicon computing chips based on nanomaterials like carbon nanotubes and 2D materials, pushing beyond the physical and economic limits of traditional silicon scaling.
Key Industry Context:
- Moore’s Law is reaching its limits as semiconductor scaling faces fundamental barriers
- Industry leaders like TSMC have highlighted nanomaterials in their technology roadmaps as the path forward for performance and energy efficiency gains
- While nanomaterials show strong potential in academic research, industrial adoption has been blocked by manufacturing challenges around scalable, precise, contamination-free integration
Chiral aims to solve this critical bottleneck, enabling the next generation of chips that can sustain semiconductor innovation beyond conventional silicon technology.
Chiral was founded to overcome the key manufacturing barrier blocking nanomaterial adoption in semiconductors: the lack of scalable, contamination-free integration processes.
The company has developed the industry’s first robotic nanomaterial integration system, combining automation, high-precision engineering, and AI to enable precise placement of carbon nanotubes and 2D materials directly onto silicon wafers.
Unlike traditional methods limited to single-device experiments, Chiral’s approach delivers selective, contamination-free nanomaterial deposition at wafer scale bridging the gap between research prototypes and industrial production.
Key Progress Since 2024 Launch:
- Advanced automation and process control capabilities
- Developed its first commercial equipment system
- Accelerated customer development timelines in both industry and research
The $12M seed funding (led by Crane Venture Partners) will drive further improvements in precision, throughput, and reliability, positioning Chiral to enable nanomaterials as the cornerstone of post-silicon electronics and quantum devices.
By solving the manufacturing bottleneck, Chiral aims to transform experimental nanomaterial technologies into commercially viable semiconductor solutions, sustaining innovation beyond the limits of conventional silicon scaling.
Leadership Comments
“Nanomaterials have shown outstanding performance in research for years, but without scalable and controllable manufacturing, their impact remains limited,” said Seoho Jung, CEO at Chiral. “Chiral has the necessary capabilities that can turn material-level breakthroughs into industrial reality.”
“The next foundational shift in computing won’t come from materials alone, it will come from making those materials work for real systems and real customers. Chiral brings that level of engineering discipline to nanomaterials, and that’s why we believe they have an important role to play in what comes after silicon,” said Krishna Visvanathan, Co-founder and Partner at Crane Venture Partners.
Jung added, “Our customers will soon announce results that demonstrate how Chiral’s technology has advanced their device performance. In parallel, we are moving from development into deployment, with our first commercial systems being installed at customer sites this year.”
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