# Pimchip

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

- Industry: Hardware
- Headquarters: Beijing, China
- Website: www.pimchip.cn
- Total disclosed funding: $20M
- Latest round: Series A (Aug 1, 2022)
- Investors on record: 6

## About

Established in 2021 and based in Beijing, China, Pimchip is a semiconductor company that focuses on AI (artificial intelligence) accelerator chip. The company has research and development centers and offices in Beijing, Hsinchu, and Singapore, 80% of the team members are technical staff. The CEO (Chief Executive Officer) and founder Dr. Yue Yang has a PhD in computer engineering from the University of Toronto. He served as chief system architect in Micron Technology, Inc. The founder Mr. Zhenlong Xu graduated from Tsinghua University in Hsinchu, has worked at TSMC and has more than 20 years of experience in chip design.

The company's main products include smart vision chip PIMCHIP-S200 and intelligent voice chip PIMCHIP-S100, these chips are based on SRAM for in-storage computing infrastructure validation and new memory expansion research technology lines. Up to now, the company has developed and implemented several SRAM-based in-store computing acceleration units. The company provides hardware units and related IC (integrated circuit chip) design services based on storage and computing integrated technology for customers. The products used in the field of wearable devices, drone cameras, security, robots and smart home. In 2021, the company released three flow chips represented by 28nm SRAM in-store computing gas pedals.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Aug 1, 2022, $10M — Hong Shan, Primavera Capital Group, ZhenFund, Redpoint China Ventures
- Seed, Aug 24, 2021, $10M — Hong Shan, ZhenFund, Zhejiang Puhua Tianqin Equity Investment Management Co., Ltd.,
- Angel, Feb 26, 2021 — Hong Shan, Puhua Capital

## Investors

- Hong Shan — Angel, Seed, Series A
- Puhua Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/puhua-capital) — Angel
- ZhenFund (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/zhenfund) — Seed, Series A
- Zhejiang Puhua Tianqin Equity Investment Management Co., Ltd., — Seed
- Primavera Capital Group (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/primavera-capital-group) — Series A
- Redpoint China Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/redpoint-china-ventures) — Series A