What Nova Semiconductor Inc does

Nova Semiconductor Inc. is a privately held fabless semiconductor company founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Jose, California. The company designs battery management system (BMS) integrated circuits built on a patented Digitally Assisted Analog (DAA) architecture, targeting original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) building Li-Ion battery packs for applications spanning consumer electronics to electric vehicles. Its product portfolio includes the NB1610 (7–16 cell), NB1600, NB1400 (7–14 cell), and NB1360 (3–6 cell) ICs that integrate protection, balancing, and fuel gauging, supplemented by the NovaEIS™ impedance-based battery intelligence feature and the PureCoulomb™ fuel gauging technology, both delivering claimed best-in-class precision (100µΩ impedance resolution and 0.02% coulomb-counting repeatability).

The company pairs its IC family with the Nova BMS Suite software platform, introduced in May 2026, which the company positions as reducing BMS configuration time from months to hours. Nova operates a dual go-to-market combining direct enterprise field sales to OEM customers (with sample and datasheet requests) and regional distribution partners covering Taiwan (Prohubs International Corp.), Germany (Finepower GmbH), and India (Swingtel Communications Pvt Ltd). Revenue is generated through hardware sales of its proprietary BMS ICs on a quote-based, multi-year contract model; no public pricing or revenue figures are disclosed. The leadership team is founder-led, with Ahmad Ashrafzadeh serving as CEO/CTO/Founder and Robin Ghermezi as COO, and the company has been recognized in 2026 industry coverage as one of the top 10 power semiconductor startups.

Name

Nova Semiconductor Inc

Legal name

Nova Semiconductor Inc.

Website

https://novasemi.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Nova Semiconductor Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company designing patented Digitally Assisted Analog (DAA) battery management ICs and the Nova BMS Suite software platform, selling precision BMS chips to OEMs building Li-Ion battery packs for consumer, industrial, and EV applications.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Battery Management Semiconductors

NAICS

Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing (334413)

SIC

Semiconductors & Related Devices (3674)

akta.pro primary industry

Power Management & Power Conversion ICs (PMIC/DC‑DC/AC‑DC/Gate Drivers) (HDAHABAE)

Keywords

• Battery management ICs
• Lithium-ion protection
• Cell balancing chips
• Fuel gauging ICs
• Fabless semiconductors

Headquarters

HQ city

San Jose

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Revenue model

1. Battery Management IC Sales: Fabless semiconductor company selling proprietary Battery Management System (BMS) IC products including NB1610, NB1600, NB1400, and NB1360 chips. Revenue generated from chip sales to OEMs and end users in the battery management space.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Nova Semiconductor Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company that designs and sells proprietary Battery Management System (BMS) integrated circuits (ICs) — including the NB1360, NB1400, NB1600, and NB1610 — that perform Li-Ion protection, cell balancing, and fuel gauging. The portfolio is anchored by the patented Digitally Assisted Analog (DAA) technology and complemented by the Nova BMS Suite software platform that allows customers to configure, evaluate, and deploy battery management functionality.

Product overview

Nova Semiconductor Inc is a fabless semiconductor company offering a unified battery management platform combining precision measurement ICs, advanced fuel gauging, protection, balancing, and NovaEIS™ battery intelligence. The product portfolio centers on the Nova BMS Suite software platform alongside a family of BMS IC products (NB1610, NB1600, NB1400, NB1360) that integrate fuel gauging, protection, and cell balancing. Core enabling technologies include patented DAA (Digitally Assisted Analog) technology, NovaEIS™ for impedance-based health analysis, and PureCoulomb™ for precision fuel gauging. The IC products range from 3-16 cell support, addressing applications from consumer electronics to electric vehicles, all built on the company's digitally-assisted analog architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• NovaEIS™: Real-time impedance-based battery intelligence technology providing per-cell impedance measurement with 100µΩ resolution for battery condition and State of Health monitoring.
• PureCoulomb™
• Nova BMS Suite

Quantifiable outcome

• 1mV accuracy for battery voltage measurement, protection, and balancing - 10x improvement over typical BMS solutions
• +3 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Prohubs International Corp.coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTaiwan-based distribution partner handling sales and technical support for Nova Semiconductor products in Taiwan and surrounding regions. Located at 9F, No. 77, Sec. 1, Xintai 5th Rd., Xizhi Dist., New Taipei City 221, Taiwan.
• Finepower GmbHcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGermany-based distribution partner providing sales, technical support, and design-in assistance for Nova Semiconductor products in the European market. Located at Carl-Zeiss-Ring 21, 85737 Ismaning, Germany.
• Swingtel Communications Pvt LtdcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorIndia-based distribution partner handling sales and technical distribution for Nova Semiconductor products in the Indian market. Located at Marathon Futurex, 29th Floor, Lower Parel, Mumbai- 400 013, Maharashtra, India.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Texas Instruments: Dominant analog and mixed-signal incumbent with an extensive BMS IC portfolio (e.g., BQ series) serving consumer, industrial, and automotive customers. Comparable because it directly competes with Nova's BMS IC offering but operates at vastly greater scale with broader product breadth.
• Analog Devices: Major analog/mixed-signal incumbent following the Maxim acquisition, with a deep BMS portfolio and strong automotive positioning. Comparable to Nova because it sells high-precision battery management ICs to enterprise OEMs across multiple chemistries and cell counts.
• STMicroelectronics: European semiconductor incumbent with a strong BMS and power-management portfolio, especially in automotive and industrial. Comparable to Nova because it serves the same BMS IC use cases and competes for similar OEM design-ins.
• NXP Semiconductors: Automotive-focused incumbent with BMS ICs integrated into broader vehicle networking and MCU platforms. Comparable to Nova because it competes for the same BMS sockets in EV and industrial battery-pack designs.
• Renesas Electronics: Established analog and power-management incumbent with a BMS portfolio serving automotive and industrial customers. Comparable to Nova because it offers competing battery-management IC solutions targeting similar OEM segments.
• Infineon Technologies: Power-semiconductor leader with growing BMS and battery-monitoring IC offerings, particularly in automotive and energy-storage. Comparable to Nova because its power-management silicon overlaps with Nova's BMS IC focus and target customers.
• Microchip Technology: Broad-line MCU and analog vendor offering BMS ICs and mixed-signal solutions for industrial and consumer battery applications. Comparable to Nova because it competes in the same fabless/IDM BMS IC category across overlapping cell-count ranges.
• onsemi (ON Semiconductor): Power-semiconductor and analog incumbent with BMS IC offerings targeting automotive, industrial, and consumer battery applications. Comparable to Nova because its BMS product family competes for the same OEM design wins with similar precision-focused value propositions.

Direct peers

• ROHM Semiconductor: Japan-based power-management and analog IC vendor with BMS products and a focus on high-precision battery monitoring. Comparable to Nova as a more focused fabless/IDM analog competitor addressing similar Li-Ion BMS IC opportunities in industrial and EV markets.

Emerging players

• Efficient Power Conversion (EPC): GaN-focused power-semiconductor company targeting high-density power conversion adjacent to battery management applications. Comparable to Nova as a smaller, technology-driven analog/power player pursuing adjacent opportunities in next-generation battery-powered systems.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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