Microbritt Ltd.

Founded in 2021 and based in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, Microbritt Ltd. offers fabrication services for microfluidic devices, silicon/glass through-holes and vias, and complex silicon/glass microstructures. In December 2024, Microbritt Ltd. raised GBP 400,000 in venture funding led by investor Northstar Ventures, with participation from other investors European Regional Development Fund and Business Investors Group.

The seed round of financing values Microbritt Ltd. at GBP 1. 81 million post-money. As of July 2024, the company is led by CEO Carl Dale.

Microbritt Ltd. provides a comprehensive suite of services, including fabrication, providing services such as metallization, surface roughing, and single die isolation from processed wafers. The company also offers packaging services and wirebonding. The company specializes in the post-processing of CMOS devices, including complex wafer dicing and surface profiling.

Additionally, the firm employs advanced techniques to characterize materials and components. This includes surface profiling using Zygo WLI, laser doppler vibrometry (LDV), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Raman spectroscopy, and time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS). Microbritt works with a variety of substrates, including silicon, glass, ceramics, graphene, and polymers like COC, PET, and polystyrene. They also process materials like lithium niobate and offer solutions for aspect ratio holes and complex wafer structures.

The business caters to a diverse range of industries, including semiconductors, microfluids, defence, healthcare, optic, and graphene technology. The company will use the December 2024 funding to support the improvement of its production capacity and manpower expansion.