1. TRACXN TOP BUSINESS MODELS REPORT
April 04, 2022
SEMICONDUCTORS

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Contents
Semiconductors Funding Overview 3
Top Funded Business Models 4
One Pagers 9
Appendix 59
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Semiconductors - Funding in last 1 year
3
Digital ICs $5.4B
Analog and Mixed Signal ICs $3.0B
Photonics $1.9B
Sensors $1.8B
Display Technology $1.6B
Embedded Systems $882M
Y-o-Y Funding
Top Investors by Funding Rounds
Seed
Stage
Qiming Venture Partners
Shenzhen Capital Group
Glory Ventures
4
3
3
Early
Stage
Glory Ventures
Matrix Partners China
Intel
5
4
3
Late
Stage
BlackRock
SoftBank Vision Fund
Intel
4
4
3
Funding by Geography
Top Feeds by $ Funding
Top Funding Rounds
China (42%)
United States (41%)
Canada (5%)
Israel (4%)
United Kingdom (2%)
Netherlands (1%)
South Korea (1%)
Others (4%)
$ Funding # Rounds
Horizon Robotics
(2015, China)
$1.5B - Series C
JiChuang North
(2008, China)
$1.0B - Series E
SambaNova Systems
(2017, United States)
$676M - Series D
Magic Leap
(2011, United States)
$500M - Series G
PsiQuantum
(2016, United States)
$450M - Series D
Groq
(2016, United States)
$300M - Series C
Hesai Technology
(2013, China)
$300M - Series D
Vastai Technologies
(2018, China)
$251M - Series B
Cerebras Systems
(2015, United States)
$250M - Series F
CelLink
(2011, United States)
$250M - Series D
Black Sesame Technolog..
(2016, China)
$231M - Series C
Exo
(2015, United States)
$220M - Series C

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Semiconductors - Top Business Models Report
Top Funded Business Models - last 1 year (1/5)
4
Rank Business Model $ Funding # Rounds Top Funding Round Details
1<> 0 Automotive SoC $2.0B 8 Horizon Robot.. | $1.5B | Series C Link
2<> 0 Intelligent Processing Units $767M 4 SambaNova Sys.. | $676M | Series D Link
3<> 0 Deep Learning Processing Units $535M 5 Cerebras Syst.. | $250M | Series F Link
4▲13 LiDAR $450M 9 Hesai Technol.. | $300M | Series D Link
5<> 0 Visual Processing Units $414M 11 Black Sesame .. | $231M | Series C Link
6-- Tensor Processing Units $300M 1 Groq | $300M | Series C Link
7▲7 Neural Processing Unit $270M 9 Hailo | $136M | Series C Link
8▲7 Biophotonic Imaging $220M 3 Exo | $220M | Series C Link
9▲3 Fabless Manufacturers $175M 1 SiFive | $175M | Series F Link
10▲14 Graphic Processing Units $154M 3 Muxi Integrat.. | $154M | Series A Link
* Rank is based on $Invested in last 1 year in the Business Model. ▲- Indicates change in Rank from previous 1 year.

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Top Funded Business Models - last 1 year (2/5)
5
Rank Business Model $ Funding # Rounds Top Funding Round Details
11-- Network Processors $142M 4 Yunhe Zhinet | $63.3M | Seed Link
12▼6 CMOS Image Sensors $77.9M 2 TriEye | $74.0M | Series C Link
13▲1 Electronic Packaging $75.0M 1 Kandou Bus | $75.0M | Series D Link
14▲18 MEMS Microphone Sensors $71.5M 5 USound | $30.0M | Series B Link
15▼12 IoT SoC $62.7M 12 Ambiq | $44.8M | Series D Link
16▲11 RFIC $53.7M 7 CanaanTek | $31.0M | Series C Link
17▲5 Power Management ICs $52.7M 3 Empower Semi.. | $45.0M | Series C Link
18▲40 Fibre Optic Sensors $51.3M 6 Prisma Photo.. | $20.0M | Series B Link
19-- Parallel Computing $50.0M 3 Cornami | $50.0M | Series C Link
20▲10 Human Presence Detection Sensors $44.7M 1 Novelda | $44.7M | Series D Link
* Rank is based on $Invested in last 1 year in the Business Model. ▲- Indicates change in Rank from previous 1 year.

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Top Funded Business Models - last 1 year (3/5)
6
Rank Business Model $ Funding # Rounds Top Funding Round Details
21▲25 Flexible Sensors $43.7M 5 ISORG | $19.0M | Series C Link
22▼14 Silicon Photonic Materials $33.0M 1 DustPhotonics | $33.0M | Series C Link
23▲18 Sensors for Oil & Gas Industry $31.9M 4 Detect Techn.. | $12.0M | Series B Link
24▲25 Internet of Things $30.0M 1 Particle | $30.0M | Series C Link
25▲34 Sensors for Agriculture Industry $22.7M 9 FarmX | $18.0M | Series B Link
26-- Communication ICs $20.4M 21 Eigencomm | $157M | Series C Link
27-- Embedded Automotive $18.5M 2 IoTecha | $17.4M | Series B Link
28▲22 MEMS Gas Detection Sensors $17.5M 4 Nevada Nano | $16.2M | Series C Link
29▲23 Gas Detection Sensors $17.4M 4 H2scan | $70.0M | Series E Link
30▼12 Pressure Sensors $17.3M 3 TacSense | $15.8M | Series B Link
* Rank is based on $Invested in last 1 year in the Business Model. ▲- Indicates change in Rank from previous 1 year.

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Top Funded Business Models - last 1 year (4/5)
7
Rank Business Model $ Funding # Rounds Top Funding Round Details
31▼27 Multi-Parameter Sensor Developers $16.3M 7 OmniSensing .. | $15.6M | Series A Link
32▲19 Flexible Batteries $16.0M 1 BrightVolt | $16.0M | Series E Link
33-- Integrated Device Manufacturers $12.8M 4 Mauna Kea Semico.. | $12.8M | Seed Link
34-- Low Power Media Processor $11.8M 1 iDEAL Semico.. | $11.8M | Series B Link
35▼5 Sensors for Food Industry $10.0M 2 Dots | $17.1M | Series B Link
36▲10 Electronic Manufacturing Services $9.0M 6 PRETTL Electr.. | $9.0M | Series A Link
37-- Optical Molecular Spectroscopy $8.0M 2 Speclipse | $8.0M | Series A Link
38-- Embedded Application Security Software $8.0M 1 Foundries.io | $8.0M | Series A Link
39▼19 Thermal Sensors $4.2M 3 Meridian Inno.. | $8.0M | Series B Link
40▼42 2D Image Sensor $3.9M 4 Shansi Micro Tech.. | $3.9M | Seed Link
* Rank is based on $Invested in last 1 year in the Business Model. ▲- Indicates change in Rank from previous 1 year.

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Top Funded Business Models - last 1 year (5/5)
8
Rank Business Model $ Funding # Rounds Top Funding Round Details
41▼27 Biometrics Sensors $3.4M 1 Respiree | $3.4M | Seed Link
42▼26 Flexible Solar Cell $3.4M 1 Power Roll | $3.4M | Series B Link
43▼7 Programmable Logic Devices $2.5M 2 Rapid Silicon | $15.0M | Seed Link
44▼12 Sensor Fusion $1.7M 3 Navenio | $12.6M | Series B Link
45▼19 Sensors for Industrial Process Monitoring $1.7M 2 ProAxion | $1.7M | Seed Link
46▼19 Electronic Design and Simulation Tools $230K 1 Suitera | $230K | Seed Link
* Rank is based on $Invested in last 1 year in the Business Model. ▲- Indicates change in Rank from previous 1 year.

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Semiconductors - Top Business Models Report
Recent Funding Rounds
Horizon Robotics (2015, China)
$1.5B - Series C - Jun 2021
Black Sesame Technolo.. (2016, China)
Undisclosed - Series C - Sep 2021
$231M - Series C - Apr 2021
Nanjing Core Semicond.. (2018, China)
$154M - Series B - Jul 2021
LeddarTech (2007, Canada)
$116M - Series D - Feb 2022
AutoChips (2013, China)
$15.4M - Series B - Aug 2021
Microelectronics Tech.. (2018, China)
Undisclosed - Seed - Jan 2022
View all 8 Funding Rounds on Tracxn Platform
Automotive SoC
01
9
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Analog and Mixed Signal ICs (Qualcomm)
(# Cos: 1287 | $22.2B)
System on chip (InvenSense)
(# Cos: 358 | $9.5B)
Automotive (Mobileye)
(# Cos: 21 | $4.5B)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$2.0B (▲107%)
8(▲60%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
3
$4.5B
16
2
21
5
Mobileye
(1999, Israel, $530M)
LeddarTech
(2007, Canada, $256M)
Horizon Robotics
(2015, China, $3.1B)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.

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Recent Funding Rounds
Intelligent Processing Units
02
10
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Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$767M (▲85.6%)
4( <> 0% )
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
-
$2.4B
14
1
16
7
Digital ICs (Micron)
(# Cos: 696 | $20.7B)
Microprocessors (NVIDIA)
(# Cos: 412 | $15.7B)
Artificial Intelligence and Machine
Learning (Cerebras Systems)
(# Cos: 149 | $10.5B)
Intelligent Processing Unit
(Graphcore)
(# Cos: 16 | $2.4B)
Graphcore
(2016, United Kingdom, $770M)
SambaNova Systems
(2017, United States, $1.1B)
Mythic
(2012, United States, $165M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.
SambaNova Sys.. (2017, United States)
$676M - Series D - Apr 2021
Mythic (2012, United States)
$70.0M - Series C - May 2021
Quadric (2016, United States)
$21.0M - Series B - Mar 2022
Beijing Qingwei Intel.. (2006, China)
Undisclosed - Series B - Mar 2022

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Recent Funding Rounds
Deep Learning Processing Units
03
11
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Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$535M (▲42%)
5(▲150%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
3
$1.9B
13
-
16
5
Digital ICs (Micron)
(# Cos: 696 | $20.7B)
Microprocessors (NVIDIA)
(# Cos: 412 | $15.7B)
Artificial Intelligence and Machine
Learning (Graphcore)
(# Cos: 149 | $10.5B)
Deep Learning Processing Unit
(Cerebras Systems)
(# Cos: 16 | $1.9B)
Cerebras Systems
(2015, United States, $750M)
Nervana Systems
(2014, United States, $25.0M)
Deep Vision
(2015, United States, $43.0M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.
Cerebras Syst.. (2015, United States)
$250M - Series F - Nov 2021
Tenstorrent (2016, Canada)
$200M - Series C - May 2021
Ceremorphic (2020, United States)
$50.0M - Series A - Jan 2022
Deep Vision (2015, United States)
$35.0M - Series B - Sep 2021
Blue Dot (2019, South Korea)
Undisclosed - Series A - Jun 2021

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Recent Funding Rounds
LiDAR
04
12
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Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$450M (▲638%)
9( <> 0% )
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
1
$1.2B
16
-
20
10
Photonics (Inphi)
(# Cos: 1370 | $10.9B)
Quantum Optics (NeoPhotonics)
(# Cos: 280 | $3.8B)
Applications (Blickfeld)
(# Cos: 78 | $1.3B)
Scanning and Surveying (Sense Photonics)
(# Cos: 29 | $1.2B)
LiDAR (Quanergy)
(# Cos: 20 | $1.2B)
Quanergy
(2012, United States, $160M)
Sense Photonics
(2016, United States, $80.8M)
Blickfeld
(2016, Germany, $31.0M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.
Hesai Technology (2013, China)
$70.0M - Series D - Nov 2021
$300M - Series D - Jun 2021
Innovusion (2020, United States)
$64.0M - Series B - May 2021
OmniSensing Photonics.. (2016, China)
$15.6M - Series A - Jun 2021
LightCode Photonics (2020, Estonia)
$516K - Seed - May 2021
Blickfeld (2016, Germany)
Undisclosed - Series A - Dec 2021
ZVISION (2017, China)
Undisclosed - Series B - Jun 2021
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Recent Funding Rounds
Visual Processing Units
05
13
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Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$414M (▲43.2%)
11(▲175%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
1
$965M
18
1
23
6
Digital ICs (Micron)
(# Cos: 696 | $20.7B)
Microprocessors (NVIDIA)
(# Cos: 412 | $15.7B)
Artificial Intelligence and Machine
Learning (Cerebras Systems)
(# Cos: 149 | $10.5B)
Visual Processing Unit (Deep
Vision)
(# Cos: 23 | $965M)
Deep Vision
(2014, United States, $54.0M)
Brodmann17
(2016, Israel, $13.5M)
Mindtech
(2017, United Kingdom, $7.0M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.
Black Sesame Technolo.. (2016, China)
$231M - Series C - Apr 2021
Aixin (2019, China)
$126M - Series A - Dec 2021
Deep Vision (2014, United States)
$35.0M - Series B - Sep 2021
Owl Autonomou.. (2018, United States)
$15.0M - Series A - Jan 2022
Mindtech (2017, United Kingdom)
$3.7M - Seed - Mar 2022
$3.3M - Seed - Jul 2021
Schiphol (2019, China)
Undisclosed - Seed - May 2021
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Recent Funding Rounds
Tensor Processing Units
06
14
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Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$300M ( -- )
1( -- )
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
-
$367M
1
-
3
1
Digital ICs (Micron)
(# Cos: 696 | $20.7B)
Microprocessors (NVIDIA)
(# Cos: 412 | $15.7B)
Artificial Intelligence and Machine
Learning (Cerebras Systems)
(# Cos: 149 | $10.5B)
Tensor Processing Unit (Groq)
(# Cos: 3 | $367M)
Groq
(2016, United States, $367M)
Sophon
(2017, China)
EDGED
(2021, United Kingdom)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.
Groq (2016, United States)
$300M - Series C - Apr 2021

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Recent Funding Rounds
Neural Processing Unit
07
15
Back to index
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$270M (▲177%)
9( <> 0% )
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
2
$710M
26
2
36
9
Digital ICs (Micron)
(# Cos: 696 | $20.7B)
Microprocessors (NVIDIA)
(# Cos: 412 | $15.7B)
Artificial Intelligence and Machine
Learning (Cerebras Systems)
(# Cos: 149 | $10.5B)
Neural Processing Unit (MediaTek)
(# Cos: 36 | $710M)
MediaTek
(1997, Taiwan)
Hailo
(2017, Israel, $224M)
Syntiant
(2017, United States, $120M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.
Hailo (2017, Israel)
$136M - Series C - Jun 2021
Syntiant (2017, United States)
$55.0M - Series D - Mar 2022
Kneron (2015, United States)
$25.0M - Series B - Dec 2021
$7.0M - Series A - May 2021
Rain (2017, United States)
$25.0M - Series A - Feb 2022
DEEPX (2018, South Korea)
$17.7M - Series B - May 2021
$4.5M - Series A - Apr 2021
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Recent Funding Rounds
Exo (2015, United States)
$220M - Series C - Jul 2021
Nicoya Life (2012, Canada)
$20.0M - Series A - Dec 2021
Lyncean Tech (2002, United States)
$650K - Series B - Nov 2021
Biophotonic Imaging
08
16
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Photonics (Inphi)
(# Cos: 1370 | $10.9B)
Biophotonics (LUMICKS)
(# Cos: 103 | $900M)
Imaging (Exo)
(# Cos: 26 | $519M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$220M (▲142%)
3(▼25%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
1
$519M
17
-
26
5
Exo
(2015, United States, $346M)
Nicoya Life
(2012, Canada, $35.0M)
Vivosight
(2006, United Kingdom, $8.9M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.

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Recent Funding Rounds
SiFive (2015, United States)
$175M - Series F - Mar 2022
Fabless Manufacturers
09
17
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Analog and Mixed Signal ICs (Qualcomm)
(# Cos: 1287 | $22.2B)
Multi-Product Manufacturers
(STMicroelectronics)
(# Cos: 91 | $647M)
Fabless Manufacturers (SiFive)
(# Cos: 36 | $545M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$175M (▲73.8%)
1(▼66.7%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
7
$545M
20
5
36
3
SiFive
(2015, United States, $366M)
Cirrus Logic
(1984, United States)
PMC-Sierra
(1984, United States)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.

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Recent Funding Rounds
Graphic Processing Units
10
18
Back to index
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$154M (▲442%)
3(▼40%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
6
$254M
11
2
15
2
Digital ICs (Micron)
(# Cos: 696 | $20.7B)
Microprocessors (Rigetti Computing)
(# Cos: 412 | $15.7B)
Media Processor (Conexant)
(# Cos: 104 | $1.8B)
Graphic Processing Unit (NVIDIA)
(# Cos: 15 | $254M)
NVIDIA
(1993, United States)
Katana Graph
(2020, United States, $28.5M)
Think Silicon
(2007, Greece, $20.0K)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.
Muxi Integrated Circuit (2020, China)
$154M - Series A - Aug 2021
Dayu Zhixin (2020, China)
Undisclosed - Seed - Sep 2021
Undisclosed - Seed - Jul 2021

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Semiconductors - Top Business Models Report
Recent Funding Rounds
Yunhe Zhinet (2020, China)
$63.3M - Seed - Feb 2022
$63.0M - Seed - Oct 2021
Muchuang (2019, China)
Undisclosed - Series A - Feb 2022
$15.4M - Series A - Aug 2021
Network Processors
11
19
Back to index
Digital ICs (Micron)
(# Cos: 696 | $20.7B)
Microprocessors (NVIDIA)
(# Cos: 412 | $15.7B)
Network Processors (CommAgility)
(# Cos: 26 | $548M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$142M ( -- )
4( -- )
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
14
$548M
19
2
26
1
CommAgility
(2006, United Kingdom)
Multi Media Network
(1992, United States, $7.2M)
Tarari
(2002, United States, $29.8M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.

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Recent Funding Rounds
TriEye (2017, Israel)
$74.0M - Series C - Nov 2021
Shansi Micro Technology (2019, China)
$3.9M - Seed - Aug 2021
CMOS Image Sensors
12
20
Back to index
Analog and Mixed Signal ICs (Qualcomm)
(# Cos: 1287 | $22.2B)
Sensors (OmniVision)
(# Cos: 91 | $599M)
CMOS Based (TriEye)
(# Cos: 48 | $468M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$77.9M (▼68.6%)
2(▼50%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
9
$468M
26
3
48
6
TriEye
(2017, Israel, $96.0M)
OmniVision
(1995, United States)
NewSight Imaging
(2016, Israel, $15.0M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.

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Recent Funding Rounds
Kandou Bus (2011, Switzerland)
$75.0M - Series D - Dec 2021
Electronic Packaging
13
21
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Electronic Design Automation Tools (Cadence)
(# Cos: 684 | $3.7B)
IP Cores (SiFive)
(# Cos: 222 | $1.8B)
Packaging (Kandou Bus)
(# Cos: 13 | $304M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$75.0M (▼18.7%)
1( <> 0% )
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
2
$304M
5
1
13
2
Kandou Bus
(2011, Switzerland, $253M)
Quantum Leap Packaging
(2002, United States, $30.5M)
Si2 Microsystems
(1993, India, $20.4M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.

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Semiconductors - Top Business Models Report
Recent Funding Rounds
USound (2014, Austria)
$30.0M - Series B - Dec 2021
Vesper MEMS (2009, United States)
$18.0M - Series B - Sep 2021
$8.0M - Series B - Apr 2021
GMEMS Technol.. (2016, United States)
$15.5M - Series B - May 2021
Sensing Technology (2010, China)
Undisclosed - Seed - Apr 2021
MEMS Microphone Sensors
14
22
Back to index
Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (mCube)
(# Cos: 437 | $1.7B)
Sensors (InvenSense)
(# Cos: 362 | $912M)
Microphone (Vesper MEMS)
(# Cos: 15 | $228M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$71.5M (▲408%)
5(▲400%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
2
$228M
12
1
15
3
Vesper MEMS
(2009, United States, $79.9M)
USound
(2014, Austria, $76.6M)
GMEMS Technologies
(2016, United States, $29.6M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.

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Recent Funding Rounds
Ambiq (2010, United States)
$44.8M - Series D - Feb 2022
Winner microelectronics (2015, China)
$15.4M - Series C - Aug 2021
Aspinity (2013, United States)
$2.5M - Series A - Jan 2022
Shanghai Taisi Microe.. (2019, China)
Undisclosed - Series A - Jan 2022
Undisclosed - Series A - May 2021
CSK (2016, China)
Undisclosed - Angel - Mar 2022
Core Wing Information.. (2017, China)
Undisclosed - Series B - Sep 2021
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IoT SoC
15
23
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Analog and Mixed Signal ICs (Qualcomm)
(# Cos: 1287 | $22.2B)
System on chip (Mobileye)
(# Cos: 358 | $9.5B)
IoT (InvenSense)
(# Cos: 138 | $1.2B)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$62.7M (▼80.3%)
12(▲9.1%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
15
$1.2B
76
10
138
7
InvenSense
(2003, United States, $38.0M)
Sierra Wireless
(1993, Canada)
Rambus
(1990, United States)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.

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CanaanTek (2008, China)
$31.0M - Series C - Sep 2021
Zhangjiagang Shengxin.. (2019, China)
$15.7M - Series A - Jan 2022
Guerrilla (2013, United States)
$7.0M - Series E - Oct 2021
Nanjing Chuangxin Hui.. (2019, China)
Undisclosed - Series C - Jan 2022
Undisclosed - Series C - Dec 2021
Beijing Chaocai Infor.. (2019, China)
Undisclosed - Seed - May 2021
Cygnusemi (2020, China)
Undisclosed - Series A - Feb 2022
RFIC
16
24
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Analog and Mixed Signal ICs (STMicroelectronics)
(# Cos: 1287 | $22.2B)
Communication ICs (Qualcomm)
(# Cos: 446 | $9.0B)
RFICs (Impinj)
(# Cos: 154 | $2.1B)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$53.7M (▲180%)
7(▼12.5%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
55
$2.1B
112
18
154
7
Impinj
(2000, United States, $132M)
Qorvo
(2015, United States)
MACOM
(1950, United States, $164M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.

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Empower Semic.. (2014, United States)
$45.0M - Series C - Oct 2021
Huinengtai Semiconduc.. (2015, China)
$7.7M - Series A - Apr 2021
Qingdao Jiaen Semicon.. (2015, China)
Undisclosed - Seed - Jan 2022
Power Management ICs
17
25
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Analog and Mixed Signal ICs (Qualcomm)
(# Cos: 1287 | $22.2B)
Power (Power Integrations)
(# Cos: 219 | $1.7B)
Power Management ICs (Navitas)
(# Cos: 161 | $889M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$52.7M (▲62.6%)
3(▼62.5%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
34
$889M
97
22
161
8
Navitas
(2014, Ireland, $49.6M)
Dialog Semiconductor
(1981, France)
Powervation
(2006, Ireland, $36.5M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.

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Prisma Photonics (2017, Israel)
$20.0M - Series B - Feb 2022
Shanghai Baiantek Sen.. (2004, China)
$15.5M - Series A - Sep 2021
PhotonFirst (1996, Netherlands)
$12.4M - Series A - Dec 2021
Zero Point M.. (2020, United Kingdom)
$3.4M - Series A - Mar 2022
Preciseley (2005, Canada)
Undisclosed - Series A - Dec 2021
Photonic Rayleigh (2015, China)
Undisclosed - Series A - Jan 2022
Fibre Optic Sensors
18
26
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Photonics (NeoPhotonics)
(# Cos: 1370 | $10.9B)
Optoelectronics (Inphi)
(# Cos: 688 | $4.1B)
Fibre Optic Sensors (Fos4X)
(# Cos: 115 | $137M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$51.3M (▲5940%)
6(▲200%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
14
$137M
45
3
115
4
Fos4X
(2010, Germany, $12.5M)
DarkPulse Technologies
(2009, United States, $850K)
Prisma Photonics
(2017, Israel, $30.0M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.

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Cornami (2012, United States)
Undisclosed - Series C - Mar 2022
$50.0M - Series C - Oct 2021
Denglin Technology (2017, China)
Undisclosed - Seed - Mar 2022
Parallel Computing
19
27
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Digital ICs (Micron)
(# Cos: 696 | $20.7B)
Microprocessors (NVIDIA)
(# Cos: 412 | $15.7B)
Parallel Computing (Adapteva)
(# Cos: 20 | $142M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$50.0M ( -- )
3( -- )
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
1
$142M
19
-
20
1
Adapteva
(2008, United States, $4.6M)
Cornami
(2012, United States, $56.5M)
UPMEM
(2015, France, $3.6M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.

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Human Presence Detection Sensors
20
28
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Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$44.7M (▲169%)
1(▼50%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
3
$105M
12
-
39
3
Sensors (Innoviz)
(# Cos: 4688 | $10.4B)
Industry Applications (TriEye)
(# Cos: 1334 | $1.6B)
Smart Infrastructure (Somfy)
(# Cos: 305 | $313M)
Building Automation (Whisker Labs)
(# Cos: 167 | $179M)
Human Presence Detection
(Scanalytics)
(# Cos: 39 | $105M)
Scanalytics
(2012, United States, $3.8M)
Novelda
(2004, Norway, $83.6M)
Affluences
(2014, France, $4.7M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.
Novelda (2004, Norway)
$44.7M - Series D - Dec 2021

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ISORG (2010, France)
$19.0M - Series C - Jun 2021
TacSense (2013, China)
$15.8M - Series B - Feb 2022
Sensel (2013, United States)
$8.9M - Series A - Nov 2021
Forciot (2015, Finland)
Undisclosed - Series B - Sep 2021
Rotex (2015, United States)
Undisclosed - Series A - Jan 2022
Flexible Sensors
21
29
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Flexible Electronics (First Solar)
(# Cos: 255 | $6.4B)
Components (E Ink)
(# Cos: 123 | $3.2B)
Flexible Sensors (Sensel)
(# Cos: 31 | $338M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$43.7M (▲864%)
5(▲150%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
1
$338M
19
2
31
8
Sensel
(2013, United States, $46.9M)
Canatu
(2004, Finland, $57.3M)
Forciot
(2015, Finland, $4.6M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.

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Silicon Photonic Materials
22
30
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Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$33.0M (▼76.1%)
1(▼75%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
6
$614M
16
-
23
8
Photonics (Inphi)
(# Cos: 1370 | $10.9B)
Photonic Integrated Circuits (DustPhotonics)
(# Cos: 116 | $1.5B)
Material Platforms (II-VI Incorporated)
(# Cos: 56 | $1.1B)
Silicon Photonics (Rockley
Photonics)
(# Cos: 23 | $614M)
Rockley Photonics
(2013, United States, $290M)
DustPhotonics
(2017, Israel, $58.0M)
RANOVUS
(2012, Canada, $45.1M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.
DustPhotonics (2017, Israel)
$33.0M - Series C - Oct 2021

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Detect Technologies (2016, India)
$12.0M - Series B - Jun 2021
MIQroTech (2016, United States)
$10.0M - Series A - Jun 2021
Rocsole (2012, Finland)
$5.6M - Series A - Nov 2021
QLM (2017, United Kingdom)
$4.3M - Seed - Apr 2021
Sensors for Oil & Gas Industry
23
31
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Sensors (Innoviz)
(# Cos: 4688 | $10.4B)
Industry Applications (TriEye)
(# Cos: 1334 | $1.6B)
Oil & Gas (Silixa)
(# Cos: 76 | $194M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$31.9M (▲417%)
4(▲100%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
12
$194M
43
-
76
5
Silixa
(2007, United Kingdom, $18.0M)
Detect Technologies
(2016, India, $16.0M)
AOMS Technologies
(2013, Canada, $176K)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.

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Particle (2012, United States)
$30.0M - Series C - Nov 2021
Internet of Things
24
32
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Embedded Systems (Xilinx)
(# Cos: 534 | $3.2B)
Embedded Applications (Kontron)
(# Cos: 125 | $583M)
Internet of Things (Particle)
(# Cos: 16 | $120M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$30.0M (▲1172%)
1( <> 0% )
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
1
$120M
8
-
16
2
Particle
(2012, United States, $118M)
Eridan
(2013, United States)
Zerynth
(2016, United States, $2.4M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.

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FarmX (2014, United States)
$18.0M - Series B - Mar 2022
Senorics (2017, Germany)
$9.8M - Series A - May 2021
30MHz (2014, Netherlands)
$7.3M - Series B - Nov 2021
InstaCrops (2014, Chile)
$125K - Seed - Sep 2021
$2.8M - Series A - Apr 2021
FarmBot (2014, Australia)
$2.7M - Seed - Oct 2021
Agranimo (2018, Chile)
$2.4M - Seed - Jun 2021
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Sensors for Agriculture Industry
25
33
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Sensors (Innoviz)
(# Cos: 4688 | $10.4B)
Industry Applications (TriEye)
(# Cos: 1334 | $1.6B)
Agriculture (CropX)
(# Cos: 197 | $147M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$22.7M (▲ >10K%)
9(▼10%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
9
$147M
75
2
197
11
CropX
(2013, Israel, $21.4M)
Saturas
(2013, Israel, $9.7M)
AquaSpy
(1998, Australia, $15.0M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.

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Communication ICs
26
34
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Analog and Mixed Signal ICs (STMicroelectronics)
(# Cos: 1287 | $22.2B)
Communication ICs (Qualcomm)
(# Cos: 446 | $9.0B)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$20.4M ( -- )
21( -- )
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
169
$9.0B
328
36
446
30
Qualcomm
(1985, United States)
Innovium
(2015, United States, $350M)
MaxLinear
(2003, United States, $20.0M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.
Eigencomm (2017, China)
$157M - Series C - Jan 2022
Atmosic (2016, United States)
$72.0M - Series C - Jan 2022
CanaanTek (2008, China)
$31.0M - Series C - Sep 2021
Shanghai Giant Micro .. (2014, China)
$20.4M - Series A - Dec 2021
YiChip (2013, China)
$15.7M - Series A - Jun 2021
Zhangjiagang Shengxin.. (2019, China)
$15.7M - Series A - Jan 2022
MLINK (2013, China)
$15.5M - Series B - Aug 2021
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IoTecha (2015, United States)
$17.4M - Series B - Jun 2021
Klepsydra (2011, Switzerland)
$1.1M - Seed - Dec 2021
Embedded Automotive
27
35
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Embedded Systems (Xilinx)
(# Cos: 534 | $3.2B)
Embedded Applications (Particle)
(# Cos: 125 | $583M)
Automotive (Silicon Mobility)
(# Cos: 12 | $31.8M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$18.5M ( -- )
2( -- )
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
2
$31.8M
7
-
12
2
Silicon Mobility
(2015, France, $10.0M)
Arccore
(2009, Sweden)
Vector
(1988, Germany)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.

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MEMS Gas Detection Sensors
28
36
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Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$17.5M (▲1125%)
4(▼20%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
20
$126M
60
1
194
5
Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (mCube)
(# Cos: 437 | $1.7B)
Sensors (InvenSense)
(# Cos: 362 | $912M)
Environmental Applications (Aroma Bit)
(# Cos: 219 | $165M)
Gas detection Sensors (C2Sense)
(# Cos: 194 | $126M)
C2Sense
(2013, United States, $3.9M)
Aroma Bit
(2013, Japan, $6.8M)
Senscient
(2004, United Kingdom, $21.4M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.
Nevada Nano (2004, United States)
$16.2M - Series C - Jan 2022
indrio techno.. (2016, United States)
$1.2M - Seed - Oct 2021
NanoSniff (2011, India)
$114K - Seed - Nov 2021
Hefei Weina Sensing T.. (2015, China)
Undisclosed - Series A - May 2021

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Gas Detection Sensors
29
37
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Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$17.4M (▲1176%)
4(▼20%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
23
$231M
75
2
268
7
Sensors (Luminar Technologies)
(# Cos: 4688 | $10.4B)
Generic Sensor Developers (Innoviz)
(# Cos: 3165 | $8.6B)
Chemical (Consumer Physics)
(# Cos: 358 | $299M)
Gas Sensing (C2Sense)
(# Cos: 268 | $231M)
C2Sense
(2013, United States, $3.9M)
H2scan
(2002, United States, $100M)
Aroma Bit
(2013, Japan, $6.8M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.
H2scan (2002, United States)
$70.0M - Series E - Feb 2022
Nevada Nano (2004, United States)
$16.2M - Series C - Jan 2022
indrio techno.. (2016, United States)
$1.2M - Seed - Oct 2021
Hefei Weina Sensing T.. (2015, China)
Undisclosed - Series A - May 2021

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Pressure Sensors
30
38
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Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$17.3M (▼50.5%)
3(▼25%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
6
$94.6M
26
1
132
4
Sensors (Luminar Technologies)
(# Cos: 4688 | $10.4B)
Generic Sensor Developers (Innoviz)
(# Cos: 3165 | $8.6B)
Pressure & Force (Forciot)
(# Cos: 267 | $116M)
Pressure Sensor (BeBop Sensors)
(# Cos: 132 | $94.6M)
BeBop Sensors
(2014, United States, $16.9M)
Organic Robotics Corpo..
(2018, United States)
SMC
(1959, United States)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.
TacSense (2013, China)
$15.8M - Series B - Feb 2022
BeBop Sensors (2014, United States)
$1.5M - Series A - Oct 2021
FineMEMS (2011, China)
Undisclosed - Series D - Jun 2021

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OmniSensing Photonics.. (2016, China)
$15.6M - Series A - Jun 2021
Sweet Sense (2014, United States)
$609K - Seed - May 2021
Sodron (2010, China)
Undisclosed - Seed - Aug 2021
BeLead Sensor (2015, China)
Undisclosed - Series A - Feb 2022
Wuhan Juxin Microelec.. (2016, China)
Undisclosed - Series D - Jan 2022
Libelium (2006, Spain)
Undisclosed - Seed - Jun 2021
Shenzhen Tianan Zhiyu.. (2019, China)
Undisclosed - Angel - Nov 2021
Multi-Parameter Sensor Developers
31
39
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Sensors (Luminar Technologies)
(# Cos: 4688 | $10.4B)
Generic Sensor Developers (Innoviz)
(# Cos: 3165 | $8.6B)
Multi-Parameter Sensor Developers
(Infineon)
(# Cos: 385 | $446M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$16.3M (▼91%)
7(▲40%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
22
$446M
78
19
385
4
Infineon
(1999, Germany)
Silicon Laboratories
(1996, United States)
Sensata
(2006, United States)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.

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BrightVolt (1998, United States)
$16.0M - Series E - Oct 2021
Flexible Batteries
32
40
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Flexible Electronics (First Solar)
(# Cos: 255 | $6.4B)
Components (E Ink)
(# Cos: 123 | $3.2B)
Flexible Batteries (Imprint Energy)
(# Cos: 21 | $196M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$16.0M (▲1180%)
1( <> 0% )
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
-
$196M
11
-
21
2
Imprint Energy
(2010, United States, $16.2M)
BrightVolt
(1998, United States, $115M)
NanoGraf
(2012, United States)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.

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Mauna Kea Sem.. (2019, United States)
$12.8M - Seed - Jan 2022
Manbasemi (2021, China)
Undisclosed - Seed - Feb 2022
devechip (2016, China)
Undisclosed - Series A - Jul 2021
Chuantu Microelectron.. (2016, China)
Undisclosed - Series B - Jul 2021
Integrated Device Manufacturers
33
41
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Analog and Mixed Signal ICs (Qualcomm)
(# Cos: 1287 | $22.2B)
Multi-Product Manufacturers (Broadcom)
(# Cos: 91 | $647M)
Integrated Device Manufacturer (IDM)
(STMicroelectronics)
(# Cos: 54 | $102M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$12.8M ( -- )
4( -- )
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
11
$102M
40
22
54
2
STMicroelectronics
(1987, Switzerland)
Broadcom
(1991, United States)
NXP Semiconductors
(1953, Netherlands)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.

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iDEAL Semicon.. (2017, United States)
$11.8M - Series B - Apr 2021
Low Power Media Processor
34
42
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Digital ICs (Micron)
(# Cos: 696 | $20.7B)
Microprocessors (NVIDIA)
(# Cos: 412 | $15.7B)
Low Power (Kalray)
(# Cos: 17 | $282M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$11.8M ( -- )
1( -- )
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
4
$282M
13
1
17
2
Kalray
(2008, France, $15.0M)
Transmeta
(1995, United States, $88.0M)
Applied Micro Circuits
(1979, United States)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.

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Dots (2013, United States)
$17.1M - Series B - Jul 2021
Aromyx (2013, United States)
$10.0M - Series A - Jul 2021
Sensors for Food Industry
35
43
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Sensors (Innoviz)
(# Cos: 4688 | $10.4B)
Industry Applications (TriEye)
(# Cos: 1334 | $1.6B)
Food (Allergy Amulet)
(# Cos: 54 | $108M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$10.0M (▲34.8%)
2(▼50%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
2
$108M
25
-
54
5
Allergy Amulet
(2016, United States, $6.8M)
The Wave Talk
(2016, South Korea, $2.0M)
Nima
(2013, United States, $13.3M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.

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Electronic Manufacturing Services
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Electronic Manufacturing Services (Foxconn
Electronics)
(# Cos: 1573 | $230M)
Services (Celestica)
(# Cos: 1573 | $230M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$9.0M (▲534%)
6(▲20%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
112
$230M
185
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1573
1
Celestica
(1994, Canada)
Foxconn Electronics
(1974, Taiwan)
Cemtrex
(1998, United States)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.
PRETTL Electronics (2000, Germany)
$9.0M - Series A - Aug 2021
Suzhou Insitu Chip Te.. (2015, China)
Undisclosed - Series A - Jun 2021
Chongqing Caterpillar.. (2015, China)
Undisclosed - Series A - Apr 2021
East West Man.. (2001, United States)
Undisclosed - Seed - Feb 2022
Beijing Mengzhimo Tec.. (2014, China)
Undisclosed - Series B - Jan 2022
Undisclosed - Series B - Sep 2021

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Optical Molecular Spectroscopy
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Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$8.0M ( -- )
2( -- )
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
1
$101M
22
1
41
3
Photonics (Inphi)
(# Cos: 1370 | $10.9B)
Biophotonics (LUMICKS)
(# Cos: 103 | $900M)
Analytics and Sensing (Creoptix)
(# Cos: 56 | $204M)
Molecular Spectroscopy
(Impedimed)
(# Cos: 41 | $101M)
Impedimed
(1999, United States, $3.4M)
Speclipse
(2015, South Korea, $10.6M)
Labby
(2017, United States, $480K)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.
Speclipse (2015, South Korea)
$8.0M - Series A - Aug 2021
MaramaLabs (2017, New Zealand)
$500K - Seed - Aug 2021

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Foundries.io (2017, United Kingdom)
$8.0M - Series A - Jun 2021
Embedded Application Security
Software
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Embedded Systems (Xilinx)
(# Cos: 534 | $3.2B)
Embedded Software (Wind River)
(# Cos: 43 | $209M)
Application Security (Mocana)
(# Cos: 6 | $155M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$8.0M ( -- )
1( -- )
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
3
$155M
4
-
6
1
Mocana
(2002, United States, $118M)
Foundries.io
(2017, United Kingdom, $11.5M)
Centri
(2009, United States, $25.8M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.

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Meridian Innovation (2016, China)
$8.0M - Series B - Jul 2021
Rhaeos (2018, United States)
$2.2M - Seed - Dec 2021
iMatrix (2018, United States)
$2.0M - Seed - Feb 2022
Thermal Sensors
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Sensors (Luminar Technologies)
(# Cos: 4688 | $10.4B)
Generic Sensor Developers (Innoviz)
(# Cos: 3165 | $8.6B)
Thermal Sensor (Therma)
(# Cos: 344 | $88.1M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$4.2M (▼75.2%)
3(▼25%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
26
$88.1M
42
2
344
6
Therma
(2019, United States, $10.2M)
Rhaeos
(2018, United States, $8.0M)
LumaSense
(1958, United States)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.

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2D Image Sensor
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Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$3.9M (▼98.3%)
4(▲100%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
21
$377M
45
8
103
5
Sensors (Luminar Technologies)
(# Cos: 4688 | $10.4B)
Generic Sensor Developers (Innoviz)
(# Cos: 3165 | $8.6B)
Imaging (FARO Technologies)
(# Cos: 243 | $1.3B)
2D Image Sensor (ON
Semiconductor)
(# Cos: 103 | $377M)
ON Semiconductor
(1999, United States)
OmniVision
(1995, United States)
Insightness
(2014, Switzerland)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.
Shansi Micro Technology (2019, China)
$3.9M - Seed - Aug 2021
SILINA (2021, France)
$3.0M - Seed - Sep 2021
MIIVII (2015, China)
Undisclosed - Series B - Jul 2021
AlpsenTek (2019, Switzerland)
Undisclosed - Seed - Jul 2021

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Respiree (2018)
$3.4M - Seed - Mar 2022
Biometrics Sensors
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Sensors (Luminar Technologies)
(# Cos: 4688 | $10.4B)
Generic Sensor Developers (Innoviz)
(# Cos: 3165 | $8.6B)
Biometrics Sensor (IDEX)
(# Cos: 18 | $137M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$3.4M (▼88.4%)
1(▼66.7%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
-
$137M
15
1
18
4
IDEX
(1996, Norway)
Cardea Bio
(2019, United States, $21.8M)
Miku
(2016, United States)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.

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Power Roll (2012, United Kingdom)
$3.4M - Series B - Nov 2021
Flexible Solar Cell
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Flexible Electronics (E Ink)
(# Cos: 255 | $6.4B)
Applications (SunPower)
(# Cos: 97 | $2.9B)
Solar Modules (First Solar)
(# Cos: 87 | $2.9B)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$3.4M (▼88%)
1(▼85.7%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
6
$2.9B
49
5
87
6
First Solar
(1999, United States)
SunPower
(1985, United States, $338M)
Moser Baer
(1983, India)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.

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Programmable Logic Devices
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Digital ICs (Micron)
(# Cos: 696 | $20.7B)
Programmable Logic Devices (Xilinx)
(# Cos: 51 | $628M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$2.5M (▼52.7%)
2(▼33.3%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
11
$628M
35
4
51
6
Xilinx
(1984, United States)
Altera
(1983, United States)
Achronix
(2004, United States, $142M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.
Rapid Silicon (2019)
$15.0M - Seed - Oct 2021
Aspinity (2013, United States)
$2.5M - Series A - Jan 2022

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Sensor Fusion
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Sensors (Innoviz)
(# Cos: 4688 | $10.4B)
Sensor Fusion (Navenio)
(# Cos: 175 | $180M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$1.7M (▼73.9%)
3(▼62.5%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
16
$180M
54
1
175
6
Navenio
(2015, United Kingdom, $24.7M)
TRX Systems
(2004, United States, $2.9M)
Creoptix
(2009, Switzerland, $15.1M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.
Navenio (2015, United Kingdom)
$12.6M - Series B - Dec 2021
Zhiyouzhe Technology (2016, China)
$1.6M - Angel - Jan 2022
Zensors (2014, United States)
$125K - Seed - Sep 2021

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ProAxion (2015, United States)
$1.7M - Seed - Mar 2022
Preciseley (2005, Canada)
Undisclosed - Series A - Dec 2021
Sensors for Industrial Process
Monitoring
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Sensors (Innoviz)
(# Cos: 4688 | $10.4B)
Industry Applications (TriEye)
(# Cos: 1334 | $1.6B)
Industrial Process Monitoring (Emcore)
(# Cos: 273 | $88.4M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$1.7M (▼81.9%)
2(▼66.7%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
16
$88.4M
73
9
273
4
Emcore
(1984, United States, $204K)
Infinite Uptime
(2015, India, $11.3M)
Firecomms
(2000, Ireland, $17.1M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.

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Suitera (2020, United States)
$230K - Seed - Apr 2021
Electronic Design and Simulation Tools
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Electronic Design Automation Tools (Keysight
Technologies)
(# Cos: 684 | $3.7B)
Design and Simulation Tools (Cadence)
(# Cos: 279 | $599M)
Horizontal (Basemark)
(# Cos: 35 | $17.2M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$230K (▼97.5%)
1(▼50%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
6
$17.2M
10
-
35
1
Basemark
(2015, Finland, $7.9M)
Luos
(2018, France, $1.7M)
Extreme DA
(2003, United States, $7.4M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.

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