Zeta Tech (Chinese: 喆塔科技), a Shanghai-based homegrown pan-semiconductor industrial software company founded in 2017, announced that it has completed a Series A+ funding round of nearly RMB 100 million.
Positioning itself as a one-stop data platform for CIM digital products in the pan-semiconductor industry, Zeta Tech fully integrates cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, cloud and big data with the know-how of semiconductor companies to develop CIM software products that meet customers' needs, can effectively improve factory-side performance and bring real value to enterprises, and accelerate the upgrade of new-generation industrial software.
According to Zhao Wenzheng, chairman and CEO of Zeta Tech, the semiconductor CIM industry has long been dominated by American companies, with a market share of over 90%, and there is a strong demand for domestic replacements. The company's products focus on the rapid growth of the pan-semiconductor industry. Under the dual role of technology iteration and policy stimulation, the awareness of the independent development of China's high-end manufacturing industry has been further enhanced. The penetration rate of domestic software has been further increased, leaving a vast space for new markets and stock replacement.
In the process of transformation of China's manufacturing industry to capital-intensive and technology-intensive, the intelligence and digitalization of factories can be divided into four major stages: automated production lines and production equipment, equipment networking and data collection, data penetration and direct application, and data intelligent analysis and application, and the development status of each segmented industry is not the same.
For the intelligent manufacturing needs of different industries, Zeta Tech has launched two product platforms to fully support the three scenarios of full data integration, big data analysis and AI application, and intelligent manufacturing: First, ZetaCube one-stop industrial data asset platform, mainly for big data analysis and AI application scenarios to provide data-driven solutions, which can help customers improve product yield and It can help customers improve product yield and equipment utilization, and realize one-stop lean production management. The second is the ZetaDMO digital intelligent manufacturing operation platform, which mainly focuses on the production process of intelligent manufacturing scenarios and provides digital transformation solutions based on Zeta products.
Zeta Tech's goal is to achieve horizontal expansion of product solutions, establish market dominance while considering upstream and downstream service providers, expand sales, and increase profitability. Mr. Zhao mentioned that the company has expanded its customers in the semiconductor, new energy (lithium-ion, energy storage) and other industries, based on its products and solutions for customers to achieve yield improvement, significantly reduce labor and improve factory efficiency. At the same time, the company's products have entered the supply chain of domestic 12-inch wafer fab head customers and are currently in the customer vertical expansion stage.
Zeta Tech's funding round was led by Addor Capital(Chinese: 毅达资本), followed by Glory-Ventures(Chinese: 耀途资本), JB Capital(Chinese: 劲邦资本) and EGP Venture Capital(Chinese: 明裕创投). This round of funding will mainly be used to increase R&D investment and expand the size of the R&D team.