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Xenergic and the EIC Accelerator: Fast Memory, Faint Sales

September 29, 2026823 words5 min

Xenergic, founded in Lund in 2017, designs SRAM, the fast memory built into processors, and licenses the designs to chip companies for royalties. Its EIC project promised memories that cut idle energy use by 70% to 90% in connected devices, and that run two to three times faster while using 30% less energy than competing SRAM in high-performance chips, according to the project objective.

The European Innovation Council granted €2,499,999 towards HIGH-MEMO, a €5.1 million project from April 2022 to November 2024. The final report describes an ultra-high-speed SRAM compiler with nine variants, a new memory line for fast sequential access, and a test chip fabricated for silicon validation. It adds: "no sales revenue has yet been generated". Xenergic's accounts on Allabolag show net sales of SEK 1.7 million in 2024, other operating income of SEK 12.2 million, and a net loss of SEK 12.1 million.

€2.50MEIC grant, 49% of a €5.1M project
SEK 1.7MNet sales in 2024
−SEK 12.1MNet result in 2024
15Employees

Company file

Legal entity
Xenergic AB, org. 559121-2351, Lund
Founded
2017
CEO
Anders Berglund, previously chairman
Product
Low-power and ultra-high-speed SRAM IP, memory compilers
Business model
Licensing and royalties
EIC project
HIGH-MEMO, 1 Apr 2022 to 30 Nov 2024, closed
EIC funding
Grant only

Where Xenergic Stands Now

Xenergic's news since the project consists of appearances at TSMC's European technology symposium and ecosystem forum and the Design Automation Conference. It has announced no licence, customer or tape-out using the HIGH-MEMO designs. It has also announced a SEK 40 million share issue, citing "several interesting discussions with new customers in sales pipeline". Allabolag rates its liquidity and equity ratio as strong, with equity of SEK 28.2 million at the end of 2024.

"Applications such as Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) require more and more memories with higher bandwidth."

Anders Berglund, then chairman, Xenergic, on the SEK 40M share issue

The Technology: Memory Compilers

A memory compiler generates SRAM blocks of different sizes for a customer's chip. The report says the ultra-high-speed compiler reached "record-breaking operational speeds" in design, with redundancy and a margin-adjustment feature, using FinFET process technology. The test chip carries built-in self-test circuits for measuring yield. The report was written before silicon results and gives no measured speed or energy figures.

What the EIC Project Promised, and What CORDIS Shows

HIGH-MEMO promised faster, more efficient memory and a royalty business worth pursuing in a market it valued at over €280 billion. The designs and test chip were delivered; the proof in silicon and the first sales were still ahead when the project closed, by its own account. No silicon results have been published since.

  1. UHS SRAM compilerDeliveredNine variants on test chip.
  2. New sequential-access memoryDeliveredOne instance verified.
  3. Silicon-proven speed and energyNot publishedValidation pending.
  4. SalesNone at closePer final report.

The Money

Xenergic has lost money every year on record: SEK 13.9 million in 2021, SEK 8.8 million in 2022, SEK 8.5 million in 2023 and SEK 12.1 million in 2024. Its net sales peaked at SEK 3.0 million in 2023. Most of its income is other operating income, which reached SEK 18.7 million in 2023; the accounts summary does not say what it consists of.

What Cannot Be Checked

Questions for the EIC

The silicon test results, whether any customer has licensed the HIGH-MEMO designs, and what makes up Xenergic's other operating income are not public.

Why Europe Should Care

Xenergic is a European chip IP company designing for FinFET processes. The EIC paid half its project; two years on, customers have not visibly followed.

What the project promised

Ultra-high-speed, low-energy SRAM licensed to chipmakers on royalties.

What the record shows

Designs and a test chip, no sales at project end, and SEK 1.7 million in net sales in 2024.

The Verdict

Engineering done, market missing

Xenergic built what it said it would. Its accounts show a company whose customers pay it little, with losses many times its sales.

Xenergic and the EIC have not been asked for comment for this article. It is based entirely on public records and published statements, linked throughout.

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