MOVING UP THE SEMICONDUCTOR AND ADVANCED MANUFACTURING VALUE CHAIN IN MALAYSIA.

Malaysian Khazanah Nasional Berhad (Khazanah), through its initial RM1 billion allocations via Dana Impak, announced two strategic investments to drive greater growth and innovation in Malaysia’s Industrial Revolution 4.0 (IR4.0) technologies and capacity development; and boost Research & Development (R&D) in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and semiconductors technologies.

The Cambrian Fund

Khazanah announced its partnership with the co-founders of Vitrox Corporation Berhad, a Malaysian champion in automated vision inspection equipment and solutions, and Southern Capital Group, a leading SME focused regional private equity firm, by investing into the Cambrian Fund.

Investment into Syntiant Corp

To further strengthen the Malaysian semiconductor ecosystem, Khazanah announced an investment in Syntiant, an edge Al company based in Irvine, California and recognized globally as a leader in providing innovative hardware and software solutions for edge Al deployment.