Moshe Zalcberg brings hands-on chip design, verification, and testing experience from companies like Veriest and Presto, giving him a practical, engineering-based view of how a chip moves from early architecture to being ready for manufacturing, and he's known for arguing that verification should be planned into a chip's design from day one rather than checked at the end. He's also become a recognized voice at the crossroads of semiconductor and EDA startups—moderating a 2025 panel on the comeback of EDA startups, helping guide Israeli chip startups through Silicon Catalyst, and working across Israel, Europe, and North America—while his interest in AI chips goes back at least to a 2017 interview on neural networks.
About their Fund
Silicon Catalyst is the only accelerator focused exclusively on the global semiconductor industry, giving startups working on chips, chiplets, materials, silicon photonics, MEMS, sensors, life science, and quantum access to a semiconductor-specific stack of foundry access, EDA tools, IP, packaging, and testing worth millions of dollars, plus a 24-month incubation program, strategic partners like TI, Arm, and NXP who help select and work with startups, and its own investment arms, Silicon Catalyst Angels and Silicon Catalyst Ventures. It operates this model through localized programs in the UK, EU, Israel, Japan, Australia, and Malaysia, connecting local startups to Silicon Valley networks and mentors, and has built an ecosystem that has engaged with over 1,500 semiconductor startups, admitted more than 150, and facilitated over $150 million in in-kind support, $600 million in venture investment, and $100 million in grants.















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