Semiconductors: venture funds and startups
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◆ Funds tracked
43
◆ Combined AUM
$41.9B
◆ Startups tracked
71
◆ Raised between them
$1.3B
◆ Overview
Fusion42 tracks 43 venture funds in Semiconductors with $41.9B in combined assets under management, and 71 startups that have raised $1.3B between them. The data below is live from the same database that powers Raise and Scout, and is continuously enriched as new rounds and funds are announced.
Part of the Raise fund database and the Scout startup database by Fusion42 — the same live data Arthur reasons over.
◆ Highlights
Active funds in Semiconductors include North Karelia Growth Fund II, The Machine Age Fund, Blackbird Fund VI, Shenzhen Major Investment No.1 Major Industrial Ecosystem Development Private Equity Investment Fund Partnership and Khosla Ventures Funds; startups in Semiconductors include Frontier Computing, Kimtechnix, Gongwang Sensing, Zenergize Technologies and Embedd. Each name links through to a full machine-readable profile — its backers, rounds and related Wire analysis — and the tables below list every entity Fusion42 tracks in Semiconductors, refreshed as new rounds and funds are announced.
◆ Funds in Semiconductors (43 tracked)
| Fund | Type | HQ |
|---|---|---|
| North Karelia Growth Fund II | vc | Germany |
| The Machine Age Fund | vc | United States |
| Blackbird Fund VI | vc | Australia |
| Shenzhen Major Investment No.1 Major Industrial Ecosystem Development Private Equity Investment Fund Partnership | vc | China |
| Khosla Ventures Funds | vc | United States |
| Resist 2.0 | vc | Estonia |
| Cloudberry VC | vc | Finland |
| Lockheed Martin Ventures Europe | corporate vc | United States |
| Kima Ventures | vc | France |
| NTHU Future Fund | vc | Taiwan |
| Aspire11 | vc | Czech Republic |
| Criteria Bio Ventures and Criteria Venture Tech | vc | Spain |
| First Round Capital | vc | United States |
| Paradigm IV | vc | United States |
| World Fund | vc | Europe |
| Copper Sky Capital II | vc | United States |
| Harpoon Ventures Fund IV | vc | United States |
| EU Scaleup Fund | vc | Europe |
| Shanghai Future Industries Fund | vc | China |
| HAX Plasma Forge | accelerator | United States |
| Sky Factory | corporate vc | China |
| Deep33 | vc | United States |
| TDK Ventures | corporate vc | United States |
| AV Seed Fund | vc | United States |
| IOWN AI Fund | corporate vc | Japan |
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| Playground Global UK Fund | vc | United States |
| China Telecom Quantum Industrial Venture Capital Fund | vc | China |
| Playground Global Fund IV | vc | United States |
| Lansdowne Partners Venture Capital Fund | vc | United Kingdom |
| Sovereign AI | vc | United Kingdom |
| Nazca Aeroespacial y Defensa INNVIERTE I | other | Spain |
| Ridgeline | vc | United States |
| Northern Gritstone | vc | United Kingdom |
| Buff Venture Fund | vc | United States |
| ASA Fund | vc | Japan |
| Hanoi Public Venture Capital Fund | vc | Vietnam |
| Speciale Invest | vc | India |
| Chengtong Science and Technology Innovation Jiangsu Fund | vc | China |
| Shanghai Tongge Phase II | vc | China |
| British Co-Investment Fund | vc | United Kingdom |
| Lifeline Ventures | vc | Finland |
| Corsair Venture Partners | vc | United States |
| 360 Capital | vc | France |
◆ Startups in Semiconductors (71 tracked)
| Startup | Stage | HQ | Raised |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier Computing | pre-seed | United Kingdom | $10M |
| Kimtechnix | — | South Korea | — |
| Gongwang Sensing | series-a | China | $15M |
| Zenergize Technologies | seed | India | $4M |
| Embedd | pre-seed | United Kingdom | $7.5M |
| ChipMango | seed | United States | $1.9M |
| Diffraqtion | pre-seed | United States | $10M |
| YOGa Clean Air | — | India | $2.4M |
| S-Transistors | pre-seed | Finland | $2.9M |
| Leanwatts | seed | India | $2M |
| Mara | pre-seed | United States | $14M |
| Sonic Fire Tech | seed | United States | $30M |
| InspeCity | seed | India | $24M |
| CubeFabs | seed | United States | $6.6M |
| Agentrys | seed | United States | $19.1M |
| Certain Energy | series-a | United Kingdom | $12.8M |
| Voya Energy | series-a | United States | $35M |
| TerraBlaster | seed | United States | $12.5M |
| WATER | seed | India | $2.5M |
| Quintessent | series-a | United States | $40M |
| WATER | seed | India | $2.5M |
| Brumby | seed | Australia | $0.9M |
| Vessev | series-a | New Zealand | $27M |
| Oshen | — | United Kingdom | $4.7M |
| Apollo Atomics | seed | United States | $26M |
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| Blueprint | pre-seed | Canada | $1M |
| Solinide Photonics | seed | Sweden | $4.4M |
| Callosum | seed | United Kingdom | $100M |
| Singular Photonics | — | United Kingdom | $2.1M |
| Velaura AI | series-a | United States | $110M |
| Grounded | seed | United States | $5M |
| Reservoir | seed | United States | $8M |
| Wippi | seed | India | $1.2M |
| Discovered Materials | seed | United States | $9M |
| Adiabatic Technologies | seed | India | $1.0M |
| Revoy EV | series-a | United States | $27M |
| Throne Science | series-a | United States | $10M |
| ZuriQ | seed | Switzerland | $25.5M |
| Elio | series-a | Israel | $21M |
| Dropla Tech | — | Denmark | — |
| Aerion Motors | pre-seed | Indonesia | $0.6M |
| KuhlTherm | seed | India | $1.1M |
| Coolqq Technology | seed | China | — |
| Think | pre-seed | Saudi Arabia | $8M |
| TYL Semi | seed | United States | $43M |
| TerraFirma | series-a | United States | $100M |
| Pixel-Flo | seed | United Kingdom | $6.6M |
| Holiday Robotics | series-a | South Korea | $103M |
| Shenzhen Lumisition Robotics Co., Ltd. | seed | China | $7.5M |
| BAAS Technologies | pre-seed | India | $0.6M |
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