# Series C semiconductors investors (2026 list)

> 122 series C semiconductors investors, 99% active in the last 12 months. Led by Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, New Enterprise Associates.

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

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# Series C semiconductors investors

Updated 7 November 2026

Firms we have watched take part in a Series C round raised by a semiconductors company in the last two years. Both the stage and the sector are what they did, not what their website says.

[See all 122 *→*](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&next=%2Fapp%2Finvestor-lists%2Fseries-c-semiconductors-investors)The top 25

**122** investors on the list *+8* this week

**3,106** cheques in 12 months *+5%* against the market

**$59M** median round they joined *+638%* against the market median

**99%** wrote a cheque in 12 months

**64%** 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 [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **1,661** **$27M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 3 [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
- 4 [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
- 5 [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **1,561** **$5M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 6 [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
- 7 [EIC Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eic-accelerator) *Deploying now* Government · European Union **875** **$4.3M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 8 [Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **773** **$47M** median round **Nov 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 [Bain Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-capital-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **524** **$27M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 11 [Global Brain Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation) *Deploying now* VC firm · Japan **480** **$7.6M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 12 [Spark Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **471** **$40M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 13 [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **431** **$29M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 14 [Temasek Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/temasek) *Deploying now* VC firm · Singapore **384** **$100M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 15 [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **360** **$119M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 16 [Octopus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · United Kingdom **355** **$10M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 17 [M12](https://millionrounds.com/fund/m12) *Deploying now* Corporate VC · United States **300** **$30M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 18 [BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) *Deploying now* Asset manager · United States **296** **$130M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 19 [Valor Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-equity-partners) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **261** **$50M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 20 [Thrive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thrive-capital-2) *Deploying now* Family office **240** **$50M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 21 [CDP Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cdp-venture-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · Italy **227** **$3.9M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 22 [Sutter Hill Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sutter-hill-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **217** **$68M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 23 [Parkwalk](https://millionrounds.com/fund/parkwalk) *Deploying now* VC firm · United Kingdom **209** **$6.9M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 24 [Ribbit Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ribbit-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **205** **$60M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 25 [Gaorong Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaorong-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · China **184** **$30M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen

**97 more on this list**

All 122 are in the app, with filters for stage, sector and market. A free account shows 10 per search, Pro up to 1,000.

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## The Newest Cheques

Rounds this list's investors joined most recently

- **6** Nov **[Fathom Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/fathom-therapeutics)** Round *With* [Sutter Hill Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sutter-hill-ventures)
- **6** Nov **[Harbinger](https://millionrounds.com/company/harbinger)** Series D+ · $240M *Led by* [Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management)
- **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

2,311 rounds

- Venture **19%**
- Series A **18%**
- Seed **15%**
- Series B **11%**
- Series C **7%**
- Other **30%**

## What They Backed

Sectors, last 12 months

- AI **1,010**
- Biotech **199**
- Healthcare **162**
- Big Data & Analytics **138**
- Fintech **137**
- Robotics **103**

## Cheques by Quarter

Led Joined

749 Q1 25

739 Q2 25

843 Q3 25

899 Q4 25

915 Q1 26

831 Q2 26

786 Q3 26

234 Q4 26

The last bar is the quarter still running.

## Lists Like This

- [Seed AI investors 2,922](https://millionrounds.com/lists/seed-ai-investors)
- [Series A AI investors 2,490](https://millionrounds.com/lists/series-a-ai-investors)
- [Series B AI investors 1,557](https://millionrounds.com/lists/series-b-ai-investors)
- [Pre-seed AI investors 1,286](https://millionrounds.com/lists/pre-seed-ai-investors)
- [Growth AI investors 1,186](https://millionrounds.com/lists/growth-ai-investors)
- [Series A fintech investors 950](https://millionrounds.com/lists/series-a-fintech-investors)
- [Series C AI investors 930](https://millionrounds.com/lists/series-c-ai-investors)
- [Seed fintech investors 925](https://millionrounds.com/lists/seed-fintech-investors)
- [Series A biotech investors 650](https://millionrounds.com/lists/series-a-biotech-investors)

[All investor lists *→*](https://millionrounds.com/lists)

## Reading for founders in industrial and manufacturing

- Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager James Stanier · 2020 4.34 from 612 ratings on Goodreads Industrial and manufacturing Company building About the book Software startups make global headlines every day. As technology companies succeed and grow, so do their engineering departments. In your career, you’ll may suddenly get the opportunity to lead teams: to become a manager. But this is often uncharted territory. How can you decide… On AmazonListen on Audible
- Product Design and Development Karl T. Ulrich · 1994 4.01 from 486 ratings on Goodreads Industrial and manufacturing Company building About the book Treating such contemporary design and development issues as identifying customer needs, design for manufacturing, prototyping, and industrial design, Product Design and Development by Ulrich and Eppinger presents in a clear and detailed way a set of product development… On AmazonListen on Audible
- The CEO Factory: Management Lessons from Hindustan Unilever Sudhir Sitapati · 2019 4.34 from 1,774 ratings on Goodreads Industrial and manufacturing Company building About the book For six decades Hindustan Unilever has remained among India’s top five most valuable companies. No other Corporation in the world has done so well for so long. Its brands sit in most Indian homes (nine out of ten Indians use an HUL product every month), its financial indicators… 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 series C semiconductors investors

### Who are the most active series C semiconductors investors?

By cheques observed, the most active are Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, New Enterprise Associates, Alumni Ventures and Plug and Play.

### How many series C semiconductors investors are there?

122 are on record. 99% made an investment in the last 12 months and 64% have led a round.

### Which stages do series C semiconductors investors back?

Of the rounds with a named stage in the last 12 months, mostly Series A (25%) and Seed (21%).

### How big are the rounds series C semiconductors investors join?

The typical (median) round among the leading investors here is $32M.

### Which sectors do series C semiconductors investors back most?

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

### Which series C semiconductors investors lead the most rounds?

Andreessen Horowitz (114 led), Sequoia Capital (91 led) and Lightspeed Venture Partners (83 led).

### Where are series C semiconductors investors based?

Among the most active, most are based in the United States (17), the United Kingdom (2) and European Union (1).

### What have series C semiconductors investors invested in recently?

Recent rounds include Fathom Therapeutics (Nov 2026, with Sutter Hill Ventures), Harbinger (Series D+, Nov 2026, with Tiger Global Management) and T-Therapeutics (Series B, Nov 2026, with British Business Bank).

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