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Top Semiconductor Startups 2026

Private chip and semiconductor companies — AI accelerators, photonics, RISC-V, and fab tooling — ranked by total funding raised.

Known total funding for 100 of 100 ranked companies: $45.5B.

Showing top 100 matching companies · Ranked by total funding raised

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Methodology: up to 100 active companies matching this list's filters are ordered by disclosed total funding in USD. Companies whose latest round is one of: Grant, Private Equity, Debt Financing are excluded. Totals include recorded grants and other qualifying funding, not just equity. Open a company profile for its funding summary and available detail. How this data is built.

51
Innostar Semiconductor

Innostar Semiconductor develops ReRAM storage chips, computing-in-memory IP, and large-model acce...

Shanghai, ChinaArtificial Intelligence, Semiconductors
Venture RoundTotal funding$100.0MApr 2021
52
Substrate

Building America's next-generation semiconductor foundry using advanced X‑ray lithography to redu...

San Francisco, United States51–200Energy, Hardware
SeedTotal funding$100.0MOct 2025
53
Cognichip

Cognichip develops Artificial Chip Intelligence to reimagine semiconductor chip design and reduce...

Redwood City, United States51–200Artificial Intelligence, Semiconductors
Series ATotal funding$93.0MApr 2026
54
Avicena

Avicena develops ultra-low energy microLED optical links for chip-to-chip interconnects in HPC, A...

Sunnyvale, United States11–50Deep Tech, Artificial Intelligence
Series BTotal funding$91.2MMay 2025
55
XMOS

XMOS is a fabless semiconductor company developing Generative System-on-Chip platforms integratin...

Bristol, United Kingdom51–200Hardware, Semiconductors
Series ETotal funding$91.0MJan 2021
56
Retym

Retym is a semiconductor startup developing innovative DSP chips to empower AI infrastructure and...

Cupertino, United States11–50Artificial Intelligence, Semiconductors
Series DTotal funding$75.0MMar 2025
57
Epicmems

Chinese semiconductor company providing RF front-end solutions including discrete filter chips an...

Xiamen, ChinaSemiconductors, Cybersecurity
Series CTotal funding$73.0MJan 2024
58
Stathera

Next generation MEMS timing solutions for connected devices

Montreal, Canada11–50Semiconductors
Series BTotal funding$70.0MJul 2026
59
Avalanche Technology

Semiconductor memory technology company

Fremont, United States51–200Semiconductors, Hardware
Venture RoundTotal funding$67.5MMay 2019
60
Chelsio Communications

Chelsio Communications is a recognized leader in high-performance 1/10/25/40/50/100Gb Ethernet ad...

Sunnyvale, United States51–200Infrastructure, Semiconductors
Venture RoundTotal funding$67.0MNov 2009
61
Movandi

Founded by former Broadcom innovators and visionaries, Movandi is pioneering next-generation mmWa...

Los Angeles, United States51–200Semiconductors, Telecommunications
Series CTotal funding$67.0MOct 2025
62
Lace Lithography

Develops BEUV atom lithography systems that use atoms instead of light to extend Moore's Law a de...

Bergen, Norway51–200Industrials, Semiconductors
Series ATotal funding$65.5MMar 2026
63
NUMAT TECHNOLOGIES INC

R&D company with 15 SBIR/STTR awards from Department of Energy, Department of Defense, National A...

SKOKIE, United States51–200Hardware, Nanotechnology
Venture RoundTotal funding$64.1MMay 2025
64
NeuReality

Designs inference-focused AI hardware and orchestration software to boost GPU utilization and red...

Tel Aviv, Israel51–200Artificial Intelligence, Developer Tools
Series ATotal funding$63.0MMar 2024
65
Cambridge GaN Devices

Fabless semiconductor company, spun out of Cambridge University, developing energy-efficient GaN-...

Cambridge, United Kingdom51–200Hardware, Semiconductors
Series CTotal funding$60.5MFeb 2025
66
Crossbar

Develops ReRAM memory and secure processing units for AI, IoT, and secure computing, offering hig...

Santa Clara, United States51–200Artificial Intelligence, Hardware
Series DTotal funding$60.0MSep 2015
67
Equal1

Equal1 brings quantum research, CMOS silicon design and systems engineering together as deployabl...

Dublin, Ireland11–50Defense Tech, Space Tech
Series ATotal funding$60.0MJan 2026
68
ESOL

Leading EUV solutions provider for semiconductor manufacturing

JapanSemiconductors
Series BTotal funding$54.1MJul 2025
69
Quintessent Communications

Develops optical interconnect technology integrating quantum-dot comb lasers and silicon photonic...

Santa Barbara, United States11–50Artificial Intelligence, Infrastructure
Series ATotal funding$51.5MAug 2026
70
Celera Semiconductor

Celera Semiconductor is a Santa Clara-based analog semiconductor company using AI-accelerated, fu...

Santa Clara, United States11–50Artificial Intelligence, Hardware
Series BTotal funding$50.0MAug 2026
71
Corintis

Corintis designs microfluidic cold plates and co-packaged cooling solutions that improve chip per...

Lausanne, United States11–50Infrastructure, Semiconductors
Venture RoundTotal funding$49.0MDec 2025
72
Mobilint

AI chip startup for edge computing

Seoul, South Korea51–200Artificial Intelligence, Semiconductors
Series CTotal funding$46.4MApr 2026
73
Houmo.ai

Chinese startup building compute-in-memory chips for autonomous driving and edge AI, pioneering i...

Beijing, ChinaAutonomous Vehicles, Semiconductors
SeedTotal funding$46.3MNov 2024
74
ADASKY

ADASKY develops shutterless thermal cameras using proprietary LWIR technology for infrastructure ...

Yokneam, Israel51–200Artificial Intelligence, Automotive
Venture RoundTotal funding$45.0MMay 2023
75
CNEXLabs

Developer of NVMe SSD controller semiconductors and software solutions for cloud, hyper-scale, an...

San Jose, United States51–200Developer Tools, Infrastructure
Venture RoundTotal funding$44.2MMay 2022