Nexus NanoWorks LLC is a Rochester, New York-based microfabrication foundry providing accessible design, prototyping, and small-batch production support for MEMS and microelectronics. With more than 25 years of experience and work carried out through New York State’s semiconductor and research network, the company helps startups, researchers, and technology companies move devices from concept toward manufacturable production. Nexus NanoWorks is also a certified Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE).
Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE)
Mosaic MicrosystemsRochester-based Mosaic Microsystems develops thin-glass packaging solutions that connect microelectronic and photonic chips, using its proprietary VIAFFIRM® bonding technology to make fragile glass workable in semiconductor manufacturing. Co-founder Shelby F. Nelson’s glass-packaging work earned her the 2024 Entrepreneur of the Year award from the Rochester Section of the American Chemical Society, while the company’s technology has also received a $1 million Defense Business Accelerator award. Mosaic operates offices and clean-room manufacturing space in Rochester and has demonstrated its temporary-bond process on 300 mm wafers.ROCHESTER, NY
SiMPore IncFounded in 2007, Rochester-based SiMPore develops and manufactures freestanding silicon-based nanomembranes for life and materials science research. The company grew from ultrathin silicon membrane technology developed at the University of Rochester and uses semiconductor and thin-film fabrication methods to produce substrates for nanoscale specimen analysis.WEST HENRIETTA, NY
Nanotech StrategiesNanotech Strategies is a U.S. company based in Geneva, New York, known for moving uncertain semiconductor concepts toward credible early evidence. Its Class 100 cleanroom enables rapid prototype work for organizations developing novel devices, with results packaged to guide decisions about further development, transfer, or scale-up.GENEVA, NY
CubeFabsBased in Brooklyn’s historic Navy Yard, CubeFabs builds modular semiconductor micro-factories and the AI systems that control them. Founded in 2010 as Nanotronics, the company now uses its nControl platform to monitor and improve production in real time, helping manufacturers scale difficult next-generation materials such as gallium oxide from research into production. CubeFabs also operates from Ohio and serves applications including advanced power devices for data centers and electric vehicles.CUYAHOGA FALLS, OH