Sector

Semiconductor companies

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

258 companies
258
Semiconductor companies tracked
122
With a known investor
23
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 c
10
investors
United States

Arbe Robotics

series c plus
5
investors
IsraelFounded 2015

ProteanTecs

series c plus
5
investors
IsraelFounded 2017

SiFive

series c plus
5
investors
United StatesFounded 2015

Ambiq

pre ipo
4
investors
United StatesFounded 2010

Anobit

acquired
4
investors
IsraelFounded 2000

GlobalFoundries

4
investors
United StatesFounded 2009

Qualtera

acquired
4
investors
France

Quobly

series a
4
investors
France

SiPearl

series b
4
investors
France

Aeva Technologies, Inc.

series c plus
3
investors
United StatesFounded 2017

Black Semiconductor

series a
3
investors
GermanyFounded 2020

Chiral Nano

seed
3
investors
Switzerland

Dukosi

seed
3
investors
United KingdomFounded 2016

Oxford Ionics

series b
3
investors
United KingdomFounded 2020

SweGaN

series c plus
3
investors
SwedenFounded 2018

SYSTEMA Systementwicklung GmbH

seed
3
investors
Germany

Upmem

series a
3
investors
FranceFounded 2016

Wilocity

acquired
3
investors
Israel

Wooptix

series b
3
investors
France

Astera Labs

series c plus
2
investors
GermanyFounded 2018

C2i Semiconductors

series a
2
investors
India

Calumino

series a
2
investors
Australia

Cambridge CMOS Sensors

acquired
2
investors
United Kingdom

Chip Metrics

seed
2
investors
GermanyFounded 2018

Decawave

acquired
2
investors
Ireland

Dolphin Semiconductor

series b
2
investors
France

ElFys

seed
2
investors
FinlandFounded 2018

Eswin

series b
2
investors
China

Flexciton

series a
2
investors
United KingdomFounded 2016

GEMESYS

series a
2
investors
Germany

GreenWaves Technologies

series b
2
investors
FranceFounded 2014

HrdWyr

series a
2
investors
India

Ingonyama

seed
2
investors
IsraelFounded 2024

Jenoptik

series c plus
2
investors
GermanyFounded 1991

Kneron

series a
2
investors
United StatesFounded 2015

Kubos Semiconductor

seed
2
investors
United KingdomFounded 2017

Nestwave

seed
2
investors
FranceFounded 2019

NUVIA

series b
2
investors
United StatesFounded 2019

Openwater

series c plus
2
investors
United States

OptimalPlus

series c plus
2
investors
Israel

OptimalPlus (now NI)

series c plus
2
investors
Israel

Outset

series b
2
investors

Provigent

series a
2
investors
Israel

Qolab

series b
2
investors
United States

Quantune Technologies

series c plus
2
investors
GermanyFounded 2019

Quobly

series a
2
investors
France

SCALINX

series b
2
investors
France

Sckipio

series a
2
investors
Israel

Silicon Mobility

series c plus
2
investors
FranceFounded 2008

Singular Photonics

2
investors
United Kingdom

SJ Semiconductor Corp.

series c plus
2
investors
Sweden

Tempress

series b
2
investors
Netherlands

TIGNIS

acquired
2
investors
United States

Unispectral

series a
2
investors
China

UnitySC

acquired
2
investors
France

Vector Photonics

seed
2
investors
United KingdomFounded 2018

Vervesemi

series a
2
investors
India

Zeropoint

series a
2
investors
Sweden

3D Glass Solutions

series c plus
1
investor
United States

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

238 companies with a recorded country

  • United States8737%
  • Germany2310%
  • United Kingdom229%
  • China198%
  • France167%
  • Israel146%
  • Sweden94%
  • India83%

By stage

143 companies with a recorded stage

  • Series C+3222%
  • Acquired2920%
  • Series A2820%
  • Seed2517%
  • Series B2215%
  • Pre seed53%
  • Pre-IPO11%
  • Series C11%

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