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List of awesome semiconductor startups

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List of awesome semiconductor startups

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    • startup (ie not steady state)
    • semi company (ie not application software)
    • product company (ie. not services)
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  • Pie-charts were created Aug 31, 2024 (not auto-generated)

Category Distribution

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Country Distribution

Countries

Categories

Technology Description
ASIC Custom silicon
AI AI hardware
ANALOG All things analog
CHIPLETS Chiplet related
EDA Design automation tools
FPGA Field-programmable gate array
HEALTH Health centric devices
HPC High performance computing
MEMORY Memory
MEMS MEMS based technology
MFG Manufacturing related
NETWORKING Various connectivity pieces
RF Wireless
PHOTONICS Photonic based startups
QUANTUM Quantum computing
RISC-V RISC-V based startups
SECURITY Security techhnology
SENSORS Sensing devices
SPACE Space technology

Startups

Company Technology Founded Country Description
Accelercom RF 2016 UK 5G physical layer for high-performance networks
Agile Analog EDA 2017 UK Automating design of analog circuitry
Agita Labs SECURITY 2018 US Processing security technology/IP
Ahead Computing RISC-V 2024 US High performance RISC-V core IP
Aistorm AI 2011 US Charge domain based AI processing
Akeana RISC-V 2021 US RISC-V CPU and System IP
Akhetonics PHOTONICS 2021 DE Optical computing devices
Alif Semiconductor AI 2019 US Integrated SoC for AI at the edge
Allspice.io EDA 2018 US Design platform for streamlined hardware development
Alpha Design AI EDA 2024 US AI agent based chip design platform
Ambient Scientific ANALOG 2018 US Analog in-memory AI processor
Ampere Computing HPC 2017 US Cloud native manycore CPUs
Anabrid ANALOG 2023 DE Analog computer on a chip
Analog Inference AI 2018 US Analog in-memory AI inference accelerators
Analog Photonics PHOTONICS 2012 US LIDAR and other optical technologies
Andapt ANALOG 2014 IE Programmable power management ICs
Anello PHOTONICS 2018 US Photonic based gyroscopes for navigation
Aniah EDA 2019 FR Circuit analysis software
Applied Brain Research AI 2013 CA AI solutions for edge devices
Aspinity AI 2015 US Analog in-memory AI inference accelerators
Astrus EDA 2022 CA AI platform designed to automate microchip design
Atlantic Quantum QUANTUM 2022 US Scalable quantum computers
Atmosic RF 2016 US Battery free wireless devices
Avicena PHOTONICS 2019 US Optical uLed interconnect technology
Axelera AI 2021 NL Low power AI edge processors
Ayar Labs PHOTONICS 2015 US Electronic-photonic communication chipsets
Baya Systems CHIPLETS 2023 US Chiplet Based Semiconductor Design
Beacon Photonics PHOTONICS 2023 US Integrated photonics platform
Beam RF 2015 IL Phased array antennas
Black Semiconductor MFG 2021 DE Graphene based devices for translating between electronics and photonics
Blaize AI 2010 US Graph streaming processor for AI applications
Blue Cheetah CHIPLETS 2018 US Rapidly customizable die-to-die interconnect solutions
Blueshift Memory MEMORY 2016 UK High performance memory centric architecture
Bluespec RISC-V 2003 US RISC-V IP and System Development Tools
BoolSi EDA 2023 US Generate RTL from any codebase, in any language
bos semiconductors ASIC 2022 KR Automotive ASICs
cadlab.io EDA 2015 US Collaboration tools for PCB design
Cadstrom EDA 2023 CA AI based PCB design
Celera EDA 2018 US Fully-automated analog/mixed-signal IC development tool.
Celestial AI PHOTONICS 2020 US Photonic fabric optical interconnect technology
Cellium RF 2016 IL Wireless infrastructure for indoor connectivity
Celtro HEALTH 2019 DE Energy harvesting self powering implantable medical devices
Celus EDA 2016 DE PCB design tools
Cerebras HPC 2016 US Wafer scale processors
Ceremorphic HPC 2020 US Analog computing architecture
Cerfe Labs MFG 2020 US Electronics materials and device research
Chipflow ASIC 2021 UK ASIC design platform
Chipletz CHIPLETS 2021 US Smart substrate enabling multiple ICs in a single package
Chipstack EDA 2023 US AI based chip design methodology
Circuit Mind EDA 2018 UK PCB design tools
Classiq EDA 2020 IL Quantum computing software
Codasip RISC-V 2014 DE Supplier of RISC-V IP cores
Condor Computing RISC-V 2023 US High performance RISC-V processors
Cornami HPC 2011 US Configurable acceleration for full homomorphic encryption
DASH Tech IC HPC 2021 US Flexible processors for embedded applications
d-Matrix AI 2019 US Computing platform for data center AI inference
DeepX AI 2018 KR AI processors
DeGirum AI 2017 US AI hardware and software to accelerate AI edge adoption
Denpaflux EDA 2022 DE AI based PCB design
Dfiant EDA 2022 US Chip design tools
Dover SECURITY 2017 US SoC security IP
DreamBig CHIPLETS 2019 US Chiplet based ASIC platform
EdgeCortix AI 2019 US AI accelerators for edge devices
EdgeQ RF 2018 US Base station-on-a-chip
Efabless ASIC 2011 US Community powered ASIC platform
Efinix FPGA 2012 US Programmable FPGA products
Eliyan CHIPLETS 2021 US Interconnect technology
EnCharge AI AI 2021 US AI processing platform
Enosemi PHOTONICS 2023 US Photonics subsystems
enzzo EDA 2024 US AI driven hardware development
Eridan RF 2013 US RF Front End Module for wireless telecommunications
Esperanto HPC 2014 US Manycore RISC-V compute platform
Etched AI 2022 US AI processors
Ethernovia NETWORKING 2018 US In vehicle networking
eTopus NETWORKING 2013 US High speed interconnect solutions
Evacorp AI 2023 US AI processing
Exo Imaging HEALTH 2015 US Handheld ultrasound device
Extropic AI 2022 US Physics based generative AI
Everactive SENSORS 2012 US Battery-less IoT sensing technology
Fabric Cryptography SECURITY 2021 US Cryptography hardware accelerators
Falcomm RF 2021 US Solid state power amplifiers
Fermionic ANALOG 2020 IN Communication IP and chipsets
Ferric ANALOG 2010 US Single-chip power converters
Finchetto PHOTONICS 2020 UK Photonic sensors for quantum computing
Flex Logix FPGA 2014 US Embedded FPGA IP
Flow Computing HPC 2024 FI Parallel processing IP
Flux EDA 2019 US PCB design tools
FMC MFG 2015 DE Ferroelectric non-volatile random access memory technology
Forefrontrf RF 2020 UK Wireless communication devices
Fractile AI 2022 UK AI accelerator for LLMs
Furiosa AI 2017 KR AI coprocessors
Generation Alpha Transistor EDA 2024 US Circuit & Layout GUI Copilot
Gemesys AI 2021 DE Analog AI processors
getinstachip EDA 2024 US Intelligent package manager for Verilog
Gowin FPGA 2014 CN FPGA chip products
Greenwaves AI 2014 FR Low power edge AI SoCs
Groq AI 2016 US AI processors
Gyrfalcon AI 2017 US AI processors
HaiLa RF 2017 CA Low power wireless communication for IoT
Hailo AI 2017 IL AI acceleration for edge devices
HawAI.tech AI 2019 FR AI accelerators
Heronic EDA 2024 UK Automated generation of bespoke AI accelerators
HyperAccel AI 2023 KR AI processors and server solutions for LLM/Gen AI
HyperCIM AI NA UK Optimized compute in memory architecture
InCore Semi RISC-V 2018 IN RISC-V IP cores
Ingonyama SECURITY 2021 IL Hardware accelerators for cryptographic computation
Innatera AI 2018 NL Neuromorphic processors
Ipronics PHOTONICS 2019 ES Programmable photonics products
Jeeva Wireless RF 2015 US Battery-free wireless sensing technology
Jitx EDA 2016 US PCB design tools
Kandou NETWORKING 2011 CH Chip-to-chip connectivity solutions
Kepler Computing HPC 2018 US Stealth
Kittycad EDA 2021 US AI driven CAD
Kneron AI 2015 US Edge AI devices
Krutrim AI 2023 IN AI hardware
Lemurian Labs AI 2018 CA AI computing platform
Light Solver PHOTONICS 2019 IL Optical computing platform
Lightelligence PHOTONICS 2017 US Optical computing platform
Lightium MFG 2023 CH Photonics foundry
Lighton PHOTONICS 2015 FR Optical computing platform
Lightmatter PHOTONICS 2017 US Optical computing platform
Literal Labs AI 2023 UK Explainable AI using Tsetlin machines
Luminous Computing PHOTONICS 2018 US Optical computing platform
Matx AI 2022 US Platform for AGI
MangoBoost HPC 2022 US Data processing units for data center
Memryx AI 2019 US AI computing platform
Mesa Quantum QUANTUM 2023 US Quantum sensing for GPS
MetisX MEMORY 2022 KR CXL memory solutions
Mintneuro HEALTH 2015 UK Neural implants
Mobilint AI 2019 KR AI inference accelerators
Morse Micro RF 2016 AU Low-power Wi-Fi chips
Mosaic SoC ASIC 2024 CH Specialized chips designed for AR glasses
Motivo EDA 2015 US Explainable AI and ML for chip design optimization
Movellus ANALOG 2014 US Clock distribution IP
Mythic AI 2012 US Analog ML accelerators
Nanopower ANALOG 2017 NO Smart power management ICs
NcodiN PHOTONICS 2023 FR Optical interposers
Neologic MFG 2021 IL Quasi-CMOS transistor technology
Neureality AI 2019 IL Purpose-built AI-centric architecture
NeuroBlade AI 2018 IL Accelerators for high throughput data analytics
Neurophos PHOTONICS 2020 US Optical computing platform
Neurxcore AI 2023 FR AI accelerator IP based NVDLA
NextSilicon HPC 2017 IL High performance computing architecture
Niobium Microsystems SECURITY 2021 US Secure collection, processing, and distribution of critical data
Novelda RF 2004 NO Wireless ultra wideband for high resolution impulse radar
Novumind AI 2015 US Domain specific acceleration for AI applications
Nubis Communication NETWORKING 2020 US Optical communications technology
OmniDesign ANALOG 2015 US Low power analog IP
One Silicon Chip Photonics PHOTONICS 2016 CA Optical chips for precision motion sensing
OniO RF 2019 NO Wireless microcontroller
Optalysys PHOTONICS 2013 UK Optical computing next-gen cryptography
Oso Semiconductor RF 2022 US Low power RF chipset
Owl SENSORS 2018 US Monocular 3D thermal ranging solutions
Oxford Quantum Circuits QUANTUM 2017 UK Quantum computing platform
Ozark ICs ANALOG 2011 US High temperature ruggedized electronics
Panmnesia MEMORY 2022 KR CXL IP
Phanofi PHOTONICS 2022 DK Optical transceivers for data centers & HPCs
Pharrowtech RF 2018 BE RF ICs for fixed-wireless access and high-capacity wireless links
Picocom RF 2019 UK Semiconductor products designed for 5G small cell infrastructure.
Plaid Semiconductor CHIPLETS 2023 US Interposers for chiplet integration
Pliops HPC 2017 IL Scalable data handling/acceleration
PointCloud SENSORS 2017 US 4D imaging sensors
Polyn Technology AI 2019 IL Neuromorphic Analog Signal Processor chips
PQShield QUANTUM 2018 UK Hardware co-processors Post-quantum Cryptography
PragmatiC MFG 2010 UK Manufacturer of low-cost flexible integrated circuits
Precision Innovations EDA 2019 US Developing and supporting OpenROAD
Primemas CHIPLETS 2023 US SoC infrastructure for accelerated system development
Primis EDA 2023 US Generative-AI driven hardware design
proteanTecs ANALOG 2017 IL Analytics platform for increasing performance and reliability of electronic systems
PseudolithIC MFG 2019 US Heterogeneous integration process for RF applications
PsiQuantum QUANTUM 2015 US Quantum computers
Qromis MFG 2015 US Semiconductor materials for WBG
Quadric.io AI 2016 US Edge processing for edge devices
Qualinx RF 2015 NL IoT GNSS based tracking and connectivity
Quantum Motion QUANTUM 2017 UK Scalable quantum computer architectural technology
Quera Computing QUANTUM 2018 US Neutral atom based quantum computers
Quilter EDA 2020 US AI driven PCB design
Quintessent PHOTONICS 2019 US Optical interconnect
Raaam MEMORY 2021 IL High capacity memory technology
Rain Neuromorphics AI 2017 US Brain-inspired hardware for AI applications
RaiderChip AI 2024 ES AI hardware
Ramon Space SPACE 2004 IL Computer system designed for computing in space
Ranovus PHOTONICS 2012 CA Photonics interconnect solutions
Rapid Photonics MFG 2022 NL Photonic IC production
RapidSilicon FPGA 2021 US FPGA devices
Rebellions AI 2020 KR AI processors
Recogni AI 2017 US Visual perception platform for autonomous vehicles
RED Semiconductor HPC 2021 UK Processor technology
Redwood EDA EDA 2015 US Transaction level hardware design platform
RISE EDA 2024 US Design and verification productivity platform
Riverlane QUANTUM 2016 UK Quantum error correction
Rivos RISC-V 2021 US Stealth
RoboSense SENSORS 2014 CN Advanced LiDAR environment perception technologies
Salience Labs PHOTONICS 2020 UK Photonic computing platform
SambaNova AI 2017 US AI processing
Saras Micro Devices MFG 2021 US Packaging solutions for effective power delivery
Scalinx RF 2015 FR Wideband RFIC frontends
Scintil PHOTONICS 2018 FR Photonic computing platform
Semidynamics RISC-V 2016 ES High performance RISC-V IP cores
Semifive ASIC 2019 KR ASIC platform
Semify EDA 2021 DE FPGA based platforms
SemiQon QUANTUM 2023 FI Quantum processors
Semron AI 2020 DE AI processing
Secqai QUANTUM 2021 UK Quantum hardware
SiFive RISC-V 2015 US RISC-V based IP provider
SiLC PHOTONICS 2018 US Photonics based imaging sensors
Silicon Box MFG 2021 SG Manufacturer of semiconductor design and device integration services
Silimate EDA 2023 US Co-pilot for chip designers
Silogy EDA 2023 US Collaborative CI/CD platform for integrated circuit design
SiMa.ai AI 2018 US AI processing for edge devices
Singular Photonics SENSORS 2024 UK High performance camera modules
SiPearl HPC 2019 FR Manycore processors for EU exascale supercomputing project
Skycore Semiconductors ANALOG 2021 DK Switched capacitor based integrated power converters
Spark Micro RF 2016 CA Transceiver technology for ultra-low power wireless communication
Speedata AI 2019 IL Analytics Processing Unit to accelerate big data and analytics workloads
StarFive RISC-V 2018 CN RISC-V processor core IP and devices
Swave PHOTONICS 2022 BE Holographic chips based on diffractive photonics technology
SWIR Vision Systems SENSORS 2018 US Image sensor technology designed for short-wave infrared cameras
Synthara AI 2020 CH In memory computation chips for AI
Syntiant AI 2017 US Neuromorphic processing for edge devices
Taalas AI 2023 CA Platform for quickly turning any AI model into custom silicon
Tachyum HPC 2016 US High performance processor architecture
Tenstorrent AI 2016 CA AI processing devices
Teramount MFG 2013 IL Packaging technology for photonic devices
Tetramem AI 2018 US AI accelerator for edge inference
Thintronics MFG 2019 US Thin film materials
Trameto ANALOG 2016 UK Energy harvesting PMICs
TriEye SENSORS 2017 IL Short-wave infrared imaging systems
Ubilite RF 2014 US Low power wireless communication for IoT
Unifabrix NETWORKING 2020 IL CXL based secure connectivity solution
Untether AI AI 2018 CA AI processing devices
Upmem AI 2015 FR In memory processing devices for big data and AI
Usound MEMS 2012 AU Sound solutions based on MEMS technology
Vaire Computing ANALOG 2021 UK Near zero energy computing
Vayyar SENSORS 2011 IL High resolution image sensors
Vector Photonics PHOTONICS 2020 UK Semiconductor lasers
Ventana Micro RISC-V 2018 US RISC-V CPU cores and compute subsystems
VerifAI EDA 2020 US Speeding up Hardware & Software Verification using LLMs & Reinforcement Learning
Viqthor QUANTUM 2023 FR RF, Microwaves, and Photonics applied to Quantum Processing
Volantis Semiconductor AI 2022 US AI processors
VoltAI EDA 2022 US AI models for semiconductor
VyperCore RISC-V 2022 UK RISC-V processors
Wave Photonics PHOTONICS 2021 UK Photonics design platform
Welinq QUANTUM 2022 FR Quantum interconnects
Xanadu PHOTONICS 2016 US Photonic based quantum computer
Xscape Photonics PHOTONICS 2022 US Photonic communication chips
Xsight Labs HPC 2017 IL Chipsets for accelerating data-intensive workloads
Yorchip CHIPLETS 2023 US Chiplet technology
Zendar SENSORS 2017 US High resolution software defined radar
ZeroASIC CHIPLETS 2020 US Chiplet based ASIC platform
zeroRISC SECURITY 2023 US RoT components
ZeroPoint MEMORY 2015 US Memory compression technology
Kinara AI 2014 US Accelerating LLMs and Vision AI at the Edge

Alumni

Company Exit Year Value($M) Link
Acacia IPO 2016 1000 Source
Aeluma IPO 2023 6 Source
Agnilux Google 2010 NA Source
Alpha ICs Shutdown 2023 0 Source
Alphawave IPO 2021 4300 Source
Altair Semiconductor Sony 2016 212 Source
Ambric Shutdown 2008 0 Source
Annapurna Labs Amazon 2015 375 Source
Anobit Apple 2012 500 Source
Aquantia Marvell 2019 452 Source
Arbe IPO 2021 525 Source
Astera IPO 2024 5500 Source
Axis Semiconductor Shutdown 2022 0 Source
Banias Alphawave 2022 240 Source
BrainChip IPO 2011 NA Source
Calxeda Shutdown 2013 0 Source
Cambricon IPO 2020 5000 Source
Clearspeed IPO 2007 20 Source
Diakopto Ansys 2023 NA Source
Element14 Broadcom 2000 600 Source
Espressif IPO 2017 1800 Source
Fungible Microsoft 2023 190 Source
GaN Systems Infineon 2023 830 Source
Genapsys Shutdown 2022 0 Source
Graphcore Softbank 2024 400 Source
GrAI Matter Labs Snap 2023 NA Source
Habana Labs Intel 2019 2000 Source
Icera Nvidia 2011 367 Source
Immedia Amazon 2017 90 Source
Indie Semiconductor SPAC 2020 1400 Source
Innovium Marvell 2021 1100 Source
Innoviz SPAC 2021 371 Source
Kalray IPO 2018 100 Source
Lucata Shutdown 2024 NA Source
Lion Semiconductor Cirrus 2021 335 Source
Lyric ADI 2011 NA Source
Kameleon Ramon Space 2022 NA Source
Mathstar Shutdown 2008 0 Source
Minima Bosch NA NA Source
MixComm Sivers 2021 155 Source
Mobix Labs SPAC 2023 NA Source
Movidius Intel 2016 400 Source
Nervana Intel 2016 350 Source
Nuvia Qualcomm 2021 1400 Source
Occuli Ambarella 2021 307 Source
PA Semi Apple 2009 278 Source
Pensando AMD 2022 1900 Source
Perceive Amazon 2024 80 Source
PrimeSense Apple 2013 350 Source
Provigent Broadcom 2011 360 Source
Quantenna Onsemi 2019 1000 Source
Sand 9 ADI 2015 30 Source
Sapeon Rebellions 2024 NA Source
SiByte Broadcom 2000 2000 Source
SiCortex Shutdown 2009 0 Source
Silicon Hive Intel 2011 NA Source
Soft Machines Intel 2016 250 Source
Stream Processors Shutdown 2009 0 Source
Stretch Exar 2014 NA Source
Tabula Shutdown 2015 0 Source
Tensil.ai NA 2022 NA NA
Tilera Ezchip 2014 50 Source
Upverter Altium 2017 2.8 Source
Wavious Apple 2022 NA Source
zGlue Sold 2021 NA Source