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NextGO Epi raises $2.2M

NextGO Epi announced a Pre-Seed round of $2.2M on 16 July 2026. The company operates in Robotics & Hardware and is based in Germany. It was founded by Ta-Shun Chou, Co-Founder & CEO.

Raised
$2.2M
Stage
Pre-Seed
Industry
Robotics & Hardware
Country
Germany

Founder

Ta-Shun Chou
Co-Founder & CEO, NextGO Epi
LinkedIn profilenextgoepi.com

Outreach angles

  • -Ta-Shun Chou holds a PhD and spent over a decade developing industrial-quality gallium oxide.
  • -He co-founded NextGO Epi as a 2025 spinout from the Leibniz Institute for Crystal Growth with two fellow PhDs.
  • -The pre-seed led by Vireo Ventures scales Europe's only industrial gallium oxide epiwafer production.

Signals

Pre-SeedDeep TechHardwareClimate TechB2BNew Market

Round details

Company: NextGO Epi
Domain: nextgoepi.com
Amount: $2.2M
Stage: Pre-Seed
Industry: Robotics & Hardware
Country: Germany
Announced: 16 July 2026
Source: announcement

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