# Laite Weixin Semiconductor (Wuxi)

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/laite-weixin-semiconductor-wuxi

- Industry: Semiconductors
- Headquarters: Wuxi, China
- Latest round: Angel (Jun 8, 2023)
- Investors on record: 3

## About

Established in 2022 and based in Wuxi, China, Laite Weixin Semiconductor (Wuxi) is a semiconductor company focused on developing high-voltage and ultra-high-voltage gate driver chips and modules. The founder of this company, Dr. Tianqi Liu, has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and a postdoctoral fellowship from Tsinghua University, and has published more than 60 articles and 10 patents in IC-related fields. The company's co-founder, Prof. Yan Lu, has a Ph.D. from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and is also the Director of the Microelectronics R&D Center of the AUST Research Institute in Zhuhai and the Executive Vice President of the AUST Hetao IC Research Institute in Futian, Shenzhen. In June 2023, it raised angel funding from new investors Wuxi New District Technology Financial Venture Investment Group Co.,ltd., Wuxi Venture Capital Group, Xinhe Capital and other unspecified investors.

The company specializes in the development of technical products such as High Voltage Non-Isolated and Isolated Driver Chips (HVIC), Low-Side and High-Side Driver Chips, Intelligent Power Modules (IPM), Smart Power Integrated Circuits (SPIC), DC Brushless Motor Control, Power Supplies and Inverters. Its products are used in new energy, automotive, home appliances, robotics, industrial automation.

The company will use the angel funding for the design and development of high-voltage gate drive chips, including high-voltage isolated and non-isolated drive technologies, as well as third-generation power semiconductor drive technologies such as gallium nitride and silicon carbide.

## Funding rounds

- Angel, Jun 8, 2023 — Wuxi Huading Venture Capital, Xinhe Capital, Wuxi New District Technology Financial Venture Investment Group Co.,ltd.

## Investors

- Wuxi Huading Venture Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/wuxi-huading-venture-capital) — Angel
- Xinhe Capital — Angel
- Wuxi New District Technology Financial Venture Investment Group Co.,ltd. — Angel