ScaleBridge Labs and Silicon Catalyst Launch National Initiative to Accelerate Semiconductor Innovation for the Defense Industry

ScaleBridge Labs, the venture lab powered The collaboration addresses a national priority of ensuring that promising U.S. microelectronics companies scale into defense and national security markets. While many semiconductor startups originate in commercial sectors such as artificial intelligence, edge computing, communications, and sensing, few are structured to navigate government procurement, defense partnerships, or federal funding pathways. The partnership creates a coordinated pathway to help these companies establish government-focused lines of business while continuing to scale commercially. Silicon Catalyst offers access to strategic partners, investors, and technical and business advisors. ScaleBridge Labs contributes a defense-aligned venture infrastructure within MMEC, one of eight regional hubs under the CHIPS and Science Act Microelectronics Commons program. The organizations will provide startups with access to defense market entry pathways including SBIR, OTA, and Phase III programs, strategic partnerships with defense primes, non-dilutive federal funding, and infrastructure resources. Paul Colestock, Director of Commercial Innovation at ScaleBridge Labs, said many of the technologies that will define the next generation of national security capabilities are being developed