# Vertical Compute

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/vertical-compute

- Industry: Semiconductors
- Headquarters: Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
- Website: www.verticalcompute.com
- Total disclosed funding: $20M
- Latest round: Seed (Jan 7, 2025)
- Investors on record: 5

## About

Based in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, and founded in 2025 by Chief Executive Officer Sylvain Dubois and Chief Technology Officer Sebastien Couet, Vertical Compute LLC specializes in semiconductor technology for handling limitations AI hardware accelerators. In January 2025, Vertical Compute LLC raised EUR 20 million in seed funding led by Imec.xpand, with participation from Eurazeo, imec, Vector Gestion, and XAnge.

Vertical Compute specializes in advanced chiplet technology designed to improve data processing, particularly for data-intensive workloads such as generative AI and large language models (LLMs). The company’s product includes chiplets that enable local access to data, reducing bottlenecks and improving energy efficiency, improving up to 100x performance improvements in LLM execution. As of 2025, the firm serves various clients such as AI hardware accelerators and computing ecosystems.

The company plans to use the funding from January 2025 to develop a novel vertical integrated memory and compute technology.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Jan 7, 2025, $20M — Eurazeo, XAnge, Vector Gestion, Imec.xpand, imec

## Investors

- Eurazeo (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/eurazeo) — Seed
- XAnge (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/xange) — Seed
- Vector Gestion — Seed
- Imec.xpand (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/imec-xpand) — Seed
- imec — Seed