# Niobium

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/niobium

- Industry: Electronics
- Headquarters: Dayton, US
- Website: www.niobiummicrosystems.com/
- Total disclosed funding: $4.5M
- Latest round: Seed (Dec 22, 2023)
- Investors on record: 5

## About

Based in Ohio, US, and founded in 2021, Niobium Microsystems, Inc., trading under the name Niobium, operates as a provider of silicon solutions for quantum-proof data security to organizations in sectors such as cloud computing, medical research, and fraud detection. In December 2025, Niobium raised USD 23 million in venture funding from Ad Ventures, Korea Development Bank, JobsOhio, Silicon Catalyst, Fusion Fund, Morgan Creek Capital Management, Rev1 Ventures and Ohio Innovation Fund. As of 2024, the company is led by its CEO, Kevin Yoder, and has offices in Columbus, Portland, Oregon, and San Francisco, California.

The company provides a wide range of hardware acceleration products, such as fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) hardware accelerators, PCIe cards for FHE computation, and integrated SoC solutions for encrypted data processing. Additionally, the firm also provides custom silicon components for zero-trust computing.

The company plans to launch its Early Access Program (NEAP) in the late second quarter of 2024, which will offer services such as training, code development, and audit support.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Dec 22, 2023, $4.5M — Ohio Innovation Fund, Morgan Creek Capital Management, Hale Capital Partners, Rev1 Ventures, Fusion Fund

## Investors

- Ohio Innovation Fund (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/ohio-innovation-fund) — Seed
- Morgan Creek Capital Management — Seed
- Hale Capital Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/hale-capital-partners) — Seed
- Rev1 Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/rev1-ventures) — Seed
- Fusion Fund (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/fusion-fund) — Seed