2023-10-31
On July 19, 2023, Nanosemi Tech Equipment (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Nanosemi" or "the Company") completed an angel round of financing of tens of millions of yuan, led by Nuoyan Capital and Zhongnan Venture Capital. Nanosemi was established in March 2022. The company's main products are 4-inch, 5-inch, and 6-inch needle-disk probe stations and 8-inch and 12-inch IC probe stations. It is reported that this round of financing will be used for technology research and development, equipment manufacturing, and the establishment of a core team.
The probe station is used in the CP test link after wafer processing and before the packaging process. The core technologies include precise positioning, micron-level motion, full closed-loop feedback, high-accuracy communication, etc. According to SEMI statistics, probe stations accounted for 15.2% of test equipment in 2022, with a market size of approximately US$1.33 billion. It is currently dominated by foreign manufacturers and presents a highly monopolistic competition pattern. Tokyo Precision and Tokyo Electron account for about 70% of the global market share, and there is huge room for import substitution in the Chinese mainland market. As one of the first probe station R&D personnel in China, the founder of Nanosemi began the development of probe station products as early as 2007. He not only successfully developed the first domestically produced 6/8-inch probe station, but also led the construction of the software architecture of the probe station.
At present, the domestic substitution market opportunities in the semiconductor probe station equipment industry are mature, customer needs are clear, and domestic manufacturers have broad development prospects in this field. Nanosemi has a mature and scarce R&D team, focusing on the accumulation of technology in the probe station field for nearly 20 years. It is at a critical stage of development. Nuoyan Capital will adhere to its original intention and work with Nanosemi to promote the process of domestic substitution of semiconductor equipment.
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