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Semiconductors market map: Europe

45 semiconductors startups based in Europe that have raised money in rounds we track, placed in 4 segments by what each says it does. Together they have raised $2.1B; the biggest segment is manufacturing and equipment.

45startups on the map
4segments
$2.1Braised between them
Manufacturing and equipmentmost funded segment

Manufacturing and equipment

22

Photonics and optical chips

14

RISC-V and processors

5

Power and compound semiconductors

4

Segment by segment

Manufacturing and equipment

22 startups · $1.4B raised

  1. Nearfield InstrumentsNearfield Instruments (NFI) is a semiconductor metrology equipment company based in Rotterdam, Netherlands.Netherlands$527M
  2. NorSunNorSun is a Norwegian solar energy company that specializes in manufacturing high-performance mono-crystalline silicon ingots and Norway$304M
  3. Lime MicrosystemsLime Microsystems is a UK-based fabless semiconductor company founded in 2005, specializing in field-programmable RF transceivers United Kingdom$234M
  4. SiPearlSiPearl is a European fabless semiconductor company founded in June 2019 and based in Maisons-Laffitte, France.France$119M
  5. Lace LithographyLace Lithography is a Norwegian semiconductor technology startup founded in July 2023 and based in Bergen, Norway, with an additioNorway$40M
  6. Forefront RFForefront RF is a fabless semiconductor company based in Cambridge, United Kingdom, founded in 2020 by Dr.United Kingdom$33M
  7. MICLEDI MicrodisplaysMICLEDI microdisplays is a Belgium-based fabless semiconductor design company founded in 2019 as a spin-off from IMEC.Belgium$25M
  8. InvisixInvisix is a semiconductor monitoring company that provides next-generation measurement devices for semiconductor manufacturing.Netherlands$24M

Photonics and optical chips

14 startups · $457M raised

  1. Salience LabsSalience Labs is a deep-tech semiconductor company based in Oxford, United Kingdom, specializing in all-optical silicon photonic solutions.United Kingdom$169M
  2. iPronicsiPRONICS is a Spanish deep-tech semiconductor company founded in 2019 as a spinoff from Universitat Politècnica de València.Spain$137M
  3. Scintil PhotonicsSCINTIL Photonics is a fabless semiconductor company based in Grenoble, France, founded in 2018 by Sylvie Menezo.France$62M
  4. EFFECT PhotonicsEFFECT Photonics is an independent photonic semiconductor company based in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, founded in 2010.Netherlands$24M
  5. NcodiNNcodiN is a Paris-based deep-tech startup focused on optical interposer technology that incorporates integrated nanolasers.France$18M
  6. FirecommsFirecomms combines silicon semiconductor technology with small-scale integration to provide fiber optic solutions and optical transceivers.Ireland$17M
  7. Swave PhotonicsSwave Photonics is a fabless semiconductor company based in Leuven, Belgium, founded in 2022.Belgium$7.0M
  8. AkhetonicsAkhetonics is a German deep-tech startup founded in 2021 and based in Berlin.Germany$6.3M

RISC-V and processors

5 startups · $254M raised

  1. QuantWareQuantWare is a quantum computing hardware company based in Delft, Netherlands.Netherlands$209M
  2. Groove QuantumGroove Quantum is a quantum hardware company based in Delft, Netherlands, founded in 2024 as a spinout from QuTech at TU Delft.Netherlands$32M
  3. KeysomKeysom is a French deeptech company founded in 2022 and based in Pessac, near Bordeaux.France$4.4M
  4. VyperCoreVyperCore is a UK-based fabless semiconductor startup founded in 2022 by Ed Nutting and Russell Haggar.United Kingdom$3.8M
  5. UbitiumUbitium is a German fabless semiconductor startup founded in 2024, based in Düsseldorf with an R&D center in Rülzheim.Germany$3.7M

Power and compound semiconductors

4 startups · $26M raised

  1. SweGaN ABSweGaN AB is a prominent semiconductor manufacturer based in Linköping, Sweden, specializing in custom-engineered Gallium Nitride Sweden$13M
  2. EpiGaNEpiGaN provides GaN-on-Si epitaxial material solutions for top performance devices.Belgium$5.7M
  3. Kubos SemiconductorsKubos Semiconductors is a UK-based company founded in 2017, located in Cambridge.United Kingdom$4.7M
  4. NextGO EpiNextGO Epi is a semiconductor startup based in Berlin, founded in April 2025 as a spin-off from the Leibniz Institute for Crystal Growth.Germany$2.3M

How this map is made. Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track, and is based in Europe. It joins the map when its sectors, read from its rounds, or the opening of its own description say it works in semiconductors, and goes to the first segment whose words it carries. Each segment shows its best-funded first. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.

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