# Vertical Semiconductor funding: rounds and investors

> Vertical Semiconductor has raised $84M across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include Playground Global. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/vertical-semiconductor (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Vertical Semiconductor*

2 rounds we have observed, with the one investor named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

AI Energy Semiconductors

Raised this month

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$84M** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 2 sources

**$11M** Seed **$73M** Grant

- **Latest round:** Grant, $73M Oct 2026
- **Step-up i:** 6.6×
- **Investors:** 1

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2026

**$11M** Seed

**$73M** Grant

- **First round:** Seed, $11M
- **Biggest round:** $73M
- **Between rounds:** 13 months

## The rounds

- **Oct 2026** Grant **$73M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by Pulse 2.0
- **Oct 2025** Seed **$11M** *1 new* [Playground Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/playground-global) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Vertical Semiconductor's own website: 2 founders.

**Cynthia Liao** CEO & Co-founder

**Dr. Joshua Perozek** CTO & Co-founder

Advisers *Prof. Tomas Palacios*

## Everyone who backed them

[Playground Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/playground-global) VC firm **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=vertical-semiconductor).

## Quick answers about Vertical Semiconductor

### Who invested in Vertical Semiconductor?

Vertical Semiconductor's investors include Playground Global.

### How much has Vertical Semiconductor raised?

Vertical Semiconductor has raised $84M across 2 rounds since 2025.

### When did Vertical Semiconductor last raise?

Vertical Semiconductor's most recent round was a Grant of $73M in Oct 2026.

### What was Vertical Semiconductor's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $73M in Oct 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Vertical Semiconductor first?

Vertical Semiconductor's first round on record, in Oct 2025, was backed by Playground Global.

### What stage is Vertical Semiconductor at?

Vertical Semiconductor's latest named round is a Grant, in Oct 2026.

### Where is Vertical Semiconductor based?

Vertical Semiconductor is based in the United States.

## Companies like Vertical Semiconductor

In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months.

[**SpaceX** $42B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/spacex)[**Amogy** $125M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/amogy)[**xPay** $1.5M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/xpay)[**LanzaJet** $67M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/lanzajet)[**Pivot Energy** $500M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/pivot-energy)[**Albert Invent** $20M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/albert-invent)

## Find investors like these

Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free.

Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app