【Member News】Novel Crystal Technology Co., Ltd. Raised Funds from ROHM Co., Ltd.

Novell Crystal Technology Co., Ltd. (headquarter: Sayama, Saitama; president: Akito Kuramata) conducted the fifth private placement of new shares, and the subscriber was ROHM Company (headquarter: Ukyo-ku, Kyoto; president: Isao Matsumoto).

About ROHM

  Rom (ROHM) Co., Ltd. is one of the world's leading semiconductor manufacturers, with its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. Rom, founded in 1958 as a manufacturer of small electronic components in Kyoto, gradually entered the semiconductor fields of transistors, diodes and IC in 1967 and 1969. Two years later, in 1971, as the first Japanese enterprise to enter the Silicon Valley of the United States, Rom opened an IC design center in Silicon Valley. With the scale of the enterprise at that time, with the innovative concept known as "supernormal thinking" and the hard work of young, dreamy and passionate employees, Roma developed rapidly.

  As part of its efforts to accelerate its new business model, ROHM launched an enterprise venture capital (CVC) campaign for start-ups in July 2021, and invested part of the (CVC) funds in Novell Crystal Technology.

Information about Novel Crystal Technology

  Developed, produced and sold by Novell Crystal Technology, β- Gallium oxide（ β- Ga₂O₃) single crystal substrates and epitaxial wafers, which have attracted much attention as semiconductors of the new generation of power devices. Although all currently on sale β- Ga₂O₃ wafers are used for research and development, but we have almost 100% market share. In addition, we declare that the characteristics of diodes and transistors under development are leading in the world.

Financing background and future development

  As a new material of the fourth generation semiconductor, gallium oxide has always been hot in the capital market. This time, the strong alliance between NCT and ROHM has accelerated β-Ga₂O₃ The product development and commercialization process of Ga₂O₃ also enriched Ga₂O₃ market resources.