Accelerating innovation by making semiconductor manufacturing more accessible
Foundry Catalyst was created to address one of the biggest challenges in deep-tech: brilliant teams build extraordinary technology, but struggle to navigate the semiconductor and MEMS foundry ecosystem
“Our mission is to bridge the lab-to-fab gap — helping innovators move from concept to manufacturable hardware faster, smarter, and with fewer costly iterations”
– Foundry Catalyst Team
How We Work
We work at the intersection of design intent and manufacturing reality, helping teams surface critical questions early — before timelines, budgets, or credibility are at risk.
Our approach emphasizes clarity over speed, alignment over assumptions, and informed trade-offs over trial-and-error.
We partner closely with teams during the earliest stages of foundry engagement, translating technical intent into terms manufacturers can act on, and helping maintain momentum as decisions and constraints emerge.
Founder Section
A note from Jennie
After years working inside a MEMS foundry and partnering with teams across industries, I saw the same pattern repeat: promising technologies stalled not because the ideas weren’t sound, but because early manufacturability risks went unexamined.
Foundry Catalyst exists to help teams surface those risks early, align their designs with real fabrication constraints, and approach foundries with clarity and confidence.