Sector

Semiconductor companies

Chip design, fabrication and semiconductor equipment companies, ranked by investor backing.

351 companies
351
Semiconductor companies tracked
183
With a known investor
28
Countries represented

Most backed semiconductor companies

Ranked by the number of distinct investors on record. Investor counts come from recorded rounds, so a company with few investors may simply be early rather than unbacked.

Etched

series a
6
investors
United States

Ambiq

pre ipo
4
investors
United StatesFounded 2010

Diablo Technologies

series c plus
4
investors
CanadaFounded 2020

Morse Micro

series c plus
4
investors
AustraliaFounded 2016

ProteanTecs

series c plus
4
investors
IsraelFounded 2017

Qualtera

acquired
4
investors
France

SiFive

series c plus
4
investors
United StatesFounded 2015

SiPearl

series a
4
investors
France

Aeva Technologies, Inc.

ipo
3
investors
United StatesFounded 2017

Anobit

acquired
3
investors
IsraelFounded 2000

Arbe Robotics

series b
3
investors
IsraelFounded 2015

Avnera

acquired
3
investors
United States

Black Semiconductor

series a
3
investors
GermanyFounded 2020

Celestial AI

acquired
3
investors
United States

Chiral Nano

seed
3
investors
Switzerland

DiBcom

acquired
3
investors
France

Dukosi

seed
3
investors
United KingdomFounded 2016

GlobalFoundries

ipo
3
investors
United StatesFounded 2009

nLIGHT

series c plus
3
investors
United States

NUVIA

series b
3
investors
United StatesFounded 2019

Panmnesia

series b
3
investors
South Korea

Quobly

series a
3
investors
France

SweGaN

series b
3
investors
SwedenFounded 2018

Unispectral

series a
3
investors
China

Upmem

series a
3
investors
FranceFounded 2016

Wilocity

acquired
3
investors
Israel

Wooptix

series b
3
investors
Spain

Astera Labs

series c plus
2
investors
GermanyFounded 2018

Bay Microsystems

series c plus
2
investors

C2i Semiconductors

series a
2
investors
India

Cambridge CMOS Sensors

acquired
2
investors
United Kingdom

ChipIdea

series c plus
2
investors
India

Chip Metrics

seed
2
investors
GermanyFounded 2018

CMOSIS

seed
2
investors
Belgium

Decawave

acquired
2
investors
Ireland

Dolphin Semiconductor

series b
2
investors
France

Edgewater Wireless

seed
2
investors
Canada

ElFys

seed
2
investors
FinlandFounded 2018

Everspin

pre ipo
2
investors
United States

Flexciton

series a
2
investors
United KingdomFounded 2016

GEMESYS

series c plus
2
investors
Germany

GreenWaves Technologies

series b
2
investors
FranceFounded 2014

Ineda Systems

series b
2
investors
India

Ingonyama

seed
2
investors
IsraelFounded 2024

Intrinsic Semiconductor Technologies

series a
2
investors
United Kingdom

Kneron

series c plus
2
investors
United StatesFounded 2015

Nestwave

seed
2
investors
FranceFounded 2019

NextVPU

series b
2
investors
China

Nord Quantique

series c plus
2
investors
CanadaFounded 2020

Openwater

series c plus
2
investors
United States

OptimalPlus

series c plus
2
investors
Israel

Oxford Ionics

series a
2
investors
United KingdomFounded 2020

Pivotal Systems

series a
2
investors
United States

Provigent

series a
2
investors
Israel

Quantune Technologies

series c plus
2
investors
GermanyFounded 2019

Redlen Technologies

seed
2
investors
Canada

SCALINX

series b
2
investors
France

Sckipio

series a
2
investors
Israel

Singular Photonics

2
investors
United Kingdom

SJ Semiconductor Corp.

series c plus
2
investors
China

Where semiconductor companies are, and how far along

Computed across the whole tagged set, not just the companies listed above. Percentages are of the companies that have the field recorded, which is stated for each.

By country

334 companies with a recorded country

  • United States10030%
  • China3711%
  • Germany247%
  • South Korea247%
  • United Kingdom237%
  • Israel185%
  • France154%
  • Taiwan134%

By stage

199 companies with a recorded stage

  • Series A4422%
  • Seed4221%
  • Series C+3618%
  • Acquired3317%
  • Series B2513%
  • Pre seed84%
  • Ipo63%
  • Pre-IPO53%

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