Frore Systems
Frore Systems makes active cooling chips and liquid cooling systems for data centers and consumer electronics. It has raised $323M in funding and employs 97 people.
The growth story
Frore Systems grew from 37 to 97 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $323M along the way, most recently a Series D in March 2026.
About
Frore develops solid-state cooling chips (AirJet) and multi-stage liquid cooling systems (LiquidJet) for GPUs in data centers and compact devices. Its products aim to improve performance while reducing power usage and hardware footprint.
The company reached Series D funding in March 2026 with backing from Fidelity and Addition. It draws engineering talent heavily from semiconductor firms like Qualcomm, where 15% of profiled employees previously worked.
Founders and leadership
Engineering dominates with 22 staff. Leadership includes semiconductor veterans, with the median employee staying 3 years.
The Frore Systems org chart
Seshu Madhavapeddy (Founder & CEO) leads 24 mapped leaders with 7 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 36 (+16% YoY), Entrepreneurship 10 (-9% YoY), Operations 10 (0% YoY), Business Development 8 (0% YoY), Information Technology 6 (+50% YoY), Customer Success and Support 3 (+200% YoY).
Talent flow
15% of analyzed staff came from Qualcomm, with smaller groups from Texas Instruments and Apple. Alumni moved to Tesla and AI startups like Cynch AI.
Most common previous employers of Frore Systems staff: Qualcomm (15), Texas Instruments (5), TDK InvenSense (4), Samsung Mobile (3), Apple (3), Stanford University (3). Former Frore Systems employees most often moved to Tesla (2), Cynch AI (1), Georgia Institute of Technology (1), Boston Consulting Group (BCG) (1), Colliers (1), Arista Networks (1).
Alumni worth knowing
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 36% direct, 44% search, 6% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Frore Systems: Leadership (23), MATLAB (20), Product Development (18), Cross-functional Team Leadership (17), Product Management (16), Microsoft Excel (16), Semiconductor Engineering (16), Business Development (16).
Where the team actually sits
Frore Systems people are concentrated in California, United States (23), San Francisco Bay Area (13), Taiwan, Taiwan (4), Taiwan (2).
Search footprint
Frore Systems attracts about 374 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $1K a month if bought through ads. It gained 30 ranking keywords and lost 67 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.60 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 4.10 / 5
- Senior management
- 4.10 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.10 / 5
Frequently asked
Frore Systems has 97 employees as of September 2026.
Frore Systems has raised $323M in total, most recently a Series D round in March 2026.
Frore Systems was founded in 2018 by Seshu Madhavapeddy.
Seshu Madhavapeddy (Founder & CEO) sits at the top of Frore Systems's reporting structure, with 7 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Frore Systems staff are Qualcomm (15 people), Texas Instruments (5 people), TDK InvenSense (4 people).
Former Frore Systems employees most often move to Tesla (2), Cynch AI (1), Georgia Institute of Technology (1).
Frore Systems attracts about 374 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $1K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Frore Systems staff are Leadership, MATLAB, Product Development, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Product Management.
Frore Systems staff are concentrated in California, United States (23), San Francisco Bay Area (13), Taiwan, Taiwan (4).
Frore Systems has about 36 people in Engineering, up 16% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Frore Systems has about 10 people in Entrepreneurship, down 9% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 51 current and 38 former Frore Systems profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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