# Semiconductors investors in United Kingdom (2026 list)

> 73 semiconductors investors in United Kingdom, 100% active in the last 12 months. Led by Sequoia Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Alumni Ventures.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/lists/semiconductors-investors-in-united-kingdom (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Semiconductors investors in United Kingdom

Updated 7 November 2026

Firms observed backing a semiconductors company in United Kingdom in the last two years, wherever the firm is based.

[See all 73 *→*](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&next=%2Fapp%2Finvestor-lists%2Fsemiconductors-investors-in-united-kingdom)The top 25

**73** investors on the list *+2* this week

**2,690** cheques in 12 months *+7%* against the market

**$20M** median round they joined *+150%* against the market median

**100%** wrote a cheque in 12 months

**68%** have led a round

## The Top 25

Ordered by cheques observed, never by anything anyone paid for

Deploying now (25)

- 1 [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **2,099** **$35M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 2 [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **1,610** **$34M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 3 [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **1,598** **$12M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 4 [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **1,341** **$32M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 5 [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **1,341** **$35M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 6 [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **1,122** **$15M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 7 [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) *Deploying now* Private equity · United States **1,010** **$8M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 8 [FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **849** **$11M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 9 [Redpoint](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redpoint) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **742** **$32M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 10 [Innovate UK](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovate-uk) *Deploying now* VC firm · United Kingdom **704** **$1.2M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 11 [Felicis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **640** **$20M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 12 [Foundation Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foundation-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **550** **$13M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 13 [Founder Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-collective) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **502** **$8M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 14 [8VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **497** **$23M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 15 [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **445** **$30M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 16 [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **431** **$29M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 17 [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **398** **$40M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 18 [Octopus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · United Kingdom **355** **$10M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 19 [Entrepreneur First](https://millionrounds.com/fund/entrepreneurs-first) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United Kingdom **332** **$3.6M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 20 [Inovia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inovia-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · Canada **328** **$11M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 21 [Vertex Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vertex-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · Mexico **267** **$15M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 22 [Thrive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thrive-capital-2) *Deploying now* Family office **240** **$50M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 23 [Creandum](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creandum) *Deploying now* VC firm · Sweden **224** **$20M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 24 [Parkwalk](https://millionrounds.com/fund/parkwalk) *Deploying now* VC firm · United Kingdom **209** **$6.9M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 25 [IP Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ip-group) *Deploying now* VC firm · United Kingdom **174** **$9.1M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen

**48 more on this list**

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## The Newest Cheques

Rounds this list's investors joined most recently

- **6** Nov **[Physicl](https://millionrounds.com/company/physicl)** Seed · $10M *Led by* [Inovia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inovia-capital)
- **6** Nov **[Thinking Machines Lab](https://millionrounds.com/company/thinking-machines-lab)** Other · $5B *Led by* [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel)
- **5** Nov **[T-Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/t-therapeutics)** Series B · $133M *Led by* [British Business Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/national-security-strategic-investment-fund)
- **5** Nov **[firmly](https://millionrounds.com/company/firmly)** Series A · $15M *With* [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)
- **5** Nov **[Potential Sciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/potential-sciences)** Seed *With* [Sovereign AI Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sovereign-ai-fund)
- **5** Nov **[Circularity Fuels](https://millionrounds.com/company/circularity-fuels)** Seed · $7M *Led by* [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective)

## Stages This Year

2,033 rounds

- Series A **19%**
- Seed **17%**
- Venture **17%**
- Series B **11%**
- Series C **6%**
- Other **29%**

## What They Backed

Sectors, last 12 months

- AI **892**
- Biotech **163**
- Fintech **141**
- Healthcare **127**
- Big Data & Analytics **115**
- Aerospace & Space **90**

## Cheques by Quarter

Led Joined

634 Q1 25

687 Q2 25

672 Q3 25

757 Q4 25

789 Q1 26

742 Q2 26

665 Q3 26

198 Q4 26

The last bar is the quarter still running.

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## Reading for founders in industrial and manufacturing

- The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective Robert C. Allen · 2009 3.99 from 277 ratings on Goodreads Industrial and manufacturing About the book Why did the industrial revolution take place in eighteenth-century Britain and not elsewhere in Europe or Asia? In this convincing new account Robert Allen argues that the British industrial revolution was a successful response to the global economy of the seventeenth and… On AmazonListen on Audible
- Made in the USA: The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing Vaclav Smil · 2013 3.77 from 518 ratings on Goodreads Industrial and manufacturing Company building About the book In Made in the USA, Vaclav Smil powerfully rebuts the notion that manufacturing is a relic of predigital history and that the loss of American manufacturing is a desirable evolutionary step toward a pure service economy. Smil argues that no advanced economy can prosper without… On AmazonListen on Audible
- PRODUCT DESIGN+DEVELOPMENT >IN Karl T. Ulrich · 1994 4.00 from 482 ratings on Goodreads Industrial and manufacturing Company building About the book This book presents a set of product development techniques aimed at bringing together the marketing, design, and manufacturing functions of the enterprise. It treats issues such as identifying customer needs, design for manufacturing, prototyping, and industrial design. On AmazonListen on Audible
- The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention William Rosen · 2010 3.93 from 1,401 ratings on Goodreads Industrial and manufacturing Innovation Company building About the book If all measures of human advancement in the last hundred centuries were plotted on a graph, they would show an almost perfectly flat line, until the eighteenth century, when the Industrial Revolution would cause the line to shoot straight up, beginning an almost uninterrupted… On AmazonListen on Audible

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## Quick answers about semiconductors investors in United Kingdom

### Who are the most active semiconductors investors in United Kingdom?

By cheques observed, the most active are Sequoia Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Alumni Ventures, Accel and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

### How many semiconductors investors in United Kingdom are there?

73 are on record. 100% made an investment in the last 12 months and 68% have led a round.

### Which stages do semiconductors investors in United Kingdom back?

Of the rounds with a named stage in the last 12 months, mostly Series A (25%) and Seed (24%).

### How big are the rounds semiconductors investors in United Kingdom join?

The typical (median) round among the leading investors here is $15M.

### Which sectors do semiconductors investors in United Kingdom back most?

In the last 12 months, mostly AI, Biotech and Fintech.

### Which semiconductors investors in United Kingdom lead the most rounds?

Accel (103 led), Sequoia Capital (91 led) and Lightspeed Venture Partners (83 led).

### Where are semiconductors investors in United Kingdom based?

Among the most active, most are based in the United States (16), the United Kingdom (5) and Canada (1).

### What have semiconductors investors in United Kingdom invested in recently?

Recent rounds include Physicl (Seed, Nov 2026, with Inovia Capital), Thinking Machines Lab (Other, Nov 2026, with Accel) and T-Therapeutics (Series B, Nov 2026, with British Business Bank).

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