Irresistible Materials Raises £660K in Funding

Irresistible Materials, a Birmingham, UK-based materials technology company, has raised £660,000 in funding from Mercia Fund Managers, a syndicate of US angels and a grant from Innovate UK. The funding will be used to develop and commercialise the company's photo-resist and carbon hard mask material, which are used in semiconductor manufacturing.

Irresistible Materials Secures £660K to Advance Microchip Technology

Irresistible Materials is a Birmingham, UK-based materials technology company developing microchips. Founded in 2010 by David Ure, Executive Director, as a spinout from the University of Birmingham, Irresistible Materials is advancing new photo-resist material which will allow the creation of smaller and lighter devices. Photo-resist is used to coat silicon chips before the features are etched on to them using ultraviolet light – a process known as lithography which creates the current equivalent of wires. The company is in the final stages of testing a new photo-resist coating which will enable chip manufacturers to meet the standard.

Irresistible Materials is a materials technology company developing microchips that uses photo-resist material to coat silicon chips.

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Irresistible Materials Secures £660K to Advance Microchip Technology

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