# Semiconductors Europe Market Map 2026: 45 Startups in 4 Segments > 45 European semiconductors startups mapped in 4 segments: manufacturing and equipment, photonics and optical chips and RISC-V and processors and more. Source: https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/semiconductors-europe-market-map (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) ## Manufacturing and equipment 22 - [Nearfield Instruments](https://millionrounds.com/company/nearfield-instruments) - [NorSun](https://millionrounds.com/company/norsun) - [Lime Microsystems](https://millionrounds.com/company/lime-microsystems) - [SiPearl](https://millionrounds.com/company/sipearl) - [Lace Lithography](https://millionrounds.com/company/lace-lithography) - [Forefront RF](https://millionrounds.com/company/forefront-rf) - [MICLEDI Microdisplays](https://millionrounds.com/company/micledi-microdisplays) - [Invisix](https://millionrounds.com/company/invisix) - [Limejump](https://millionrounds.com/company/limejump) - [TUSK IC](https://millionrounds.com/company/tusk-ic) - [AlixLabs](https://millionrounds.com/company/alixlabs) - [Cambridge Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/cambridge-energy) - [Let it Wave](https://millionrounds.com/company/let-it-wave) - [Skycore Semiconductors](https://millionrounds.com/company/skycore-semiconductors) - [Pearl Semiconductor](https://millionrounds.com/company/pearl-semiconductor) - [*S* ScanNano](https://millionrounds.com/company/scannano) - [Wattstor](https://millionrounds.com/company/wattstor) - [Adama Innovations](https://millionrounds.com/company/adama-innovations) - [Aria Sensing](https://millionrounds.com/company/aria-sensing) - [Fastree3D](https://millionrounds.com/company/fastree3d) - [Strawberry energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/strawberry-energy) - [Ecoisme](https://millionrounds.com/company/ecoisme) ## Photonics and optical chips 14 - [Salience Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/salience-labs) - [iPronics](https://millionrounds.com/company/ipronics) - [Scintil Photonics](https://millionrounds.com/company/scintil-photonics) - [EFFECT Photonics](https://millionrounds.com/company/effect-photonics) - [NcodiN](https://millionrounds.com/company/ncodin) - [Firecomms](https://millionrounds.com/company/firecomms) - [Swave Photonics](https://millionrounds.com/company/swave-photonics) - [Akhetonics](https://millionrounds.com/company/akhetonics) - [Aylight](https://millionrounds.com/company/aylight) - [MicroAlign](https://millionrounds.com/company/microalign) - [Caliopa](https://millionrounds.com/company/caliopa) - [Vector Photonics](https://millionrounds.com/company/vector-photonics) - [ALCYON PHOTONICS](https://millionrounds.com/company/alcyon-photonics) - [VI Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/vi-systems) ## RISC-V and processors 5 - [QuantWare](https://millionrounds.com/company/quantware) - [Groove Quantum](https://millionrounds.com/company/groove-quantum) - [Keysom](https://millionrounds.com/company/keysom) - [VyperCore](https://millionrounds.com/company/vypercore) - [Ubitium](https://millionrounds.com/company/ubitium) ## Power and compound semiconductors 4 - [SweGaN AB](https://millionrounds.com/company/swegan-ab) - [EpiGaN](https://millionrounds.com/company/epigan) - [Kubos Semiconductors](https://millionrounds.com/company/kubos-semiconductors) - [NextGO Epi](https://millionrounds.com/company/nextgo-epi) ## Segment by segment ### Manufacturing and equipment 22 startups · $1.4B raised - [**Nearfield Instruments**](https://millionrounds.com/company/nearfield-instruments) Nearfield Instruments (NFI) is a semiconductor metrology equipment company based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Netherlands $527M - [**NorSun**](https://millionrounds.com/company/norsun) NorSun is a Norwegian solar energy company that specializes in manufacturing high-performance mono-crystalline silicon ingots and Norway $304M - [**Lime Microsystems**](https://millionrounds.com/company/lime-microsystems) Lime Microsystems is a UK-based fabless semiconductor company founded in 2005, specializing in field-programmable RF transceivers United Kingdom $234M - [**SiPearl**](https://millionrounds.com/company/sipearl) SiPearl is a European fabless semiconductor company founded in June 2019 and based in Maisons-Laffitte, France. France $119M - [**Lace Lithography**](https://millionrounds.com/company/lace-lithography) Lace Lithography is a Norwegian semiconductor technology startup founded in July 2023 and based in Bergen, Norway, with an additio Norway $40M - [**Forefront RF**](https://millionrounds.com/company/forefront-rf) Forefront RF is a fabless semiconductor company based in Cambridge, United Kingdom, founded in 2020 by Dr. United Kingdom $33M - [**MICLEDI Microdisplays**](https://millionrounds.com/company/micledi-microdisplays) MICLEDI microdisplays is a Belgium-based fabless semiconductor design company founded in 2019 as a spin-off from IMEC. Belgium $25M - [**Invisix**](https://millionrounds.com/company/invisix) Invisix is a semiconductor monitoring company that provides next-generation measurement devices for semiconductor manufacturing. Netherlands $24M ### Photonics and optical chips 14 startups · $457M raised - [**Salience Labs**](https://millionrounds.com/company/salience-labs) Salience Labs is a deep-tech semiconductor company based in Oxford, United Kingdom, specializing in all-optical silicon photonic solutions. United Kingdom $169M - [**iPronics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/ipronics) iPRONICS is a Spanish deep-tech semiconductor company founded in 2019 as a spinoff from Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain $137M - [**Scintil Photonics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/scintil-photonics) SCINTIL Photonics is a fabless semiconductor company based in Grenoble, France, founded in 2018 by Sylvie Menezo. France $62M - [**EFFECT Photonics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/effect-photonics) EFFECT Photonics is an independent photonic semiconductor company based in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, founded in 2010. Netherlands $24M - [**NcodiN**](https://millionrounds.com/company/ncodin) NcodiN is a Paris-based deep-tech startup focused on optical interposer technology that incorporates integrated nanolasers. France $18M - [**Firecomms**](https://millionrounds.com/company/firecomms) Firecomms combines silicon semiconductor technology with small-scale integration to provide fiber optic solutions and optical transceivers. Ireland $17M - [**Swave Photonics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/swave-photonics) Swave Photonics is a fabless semiconductor company based in Leuven, Belgium, founded in 2022. Belgium $7.0M - [**Akhetonics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/akhetonics) Akhetonics is a German deep-tech startup founded in 2021 and based in Berlin. Germany $6.3M ### RISC-V and processors 5 startups · $254M raised - [**QuantWare**](https://millionrounds.com/company/quantware) QuantWare is a quantum computing hardware company based in Delft, Netherlands. Netherlands $209M - [**Groove Quantum**](https://millionrounds.com/company/groove-quantum) Groove Quantum is a quantum hardware company based in Delft, Netherlands, founded in 2024 as a spinout from QuTech at TU Delft. Netherlands $32M - [**Keysom**](https://millionrounds.com/company/keysom) Keysom is a French deeptech company founded in 2022 and based in Pessac, near Bordeaux. France $4.4M - [**VyperCore**](https://millionrounds.com/company/vypercore) VyperCore is a UK-based fabless semiconductor startup founded in 2022 by Ed Nutting and Russell Haggar. United Kingdom $3.8M - [**Ubitium**](https://millionrounds.com/company/ubitium) Ubitium 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 - [**SweGaN AB**](https://millionrounds.com/company/swegan-ab) SweGaN AB is a prominent semiconductor manufacturer based in Linköping, Sweden, specializing in custom-engineered Gallium Nitride Sweden $13M - [**EpiGaN**](https://millionrounds.com/company/epigan) EpiGaN provides GaN-on-Si epitaxial material solutions for top performance devices. Belgium $5.7M - [**Kubos Semiconductors**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kubos-semiconductors) Kubos Semiconductors is a UK-based company founded in 2017, located in Cambridge. United Kingdom $4.7M - [**NextGO Epi**](https://millionrounds.com/company/nextgo-epi) NextGO 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. 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