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1. TRACXN TOP BUSINESS MODELS REPORT
March 02, 2022
SEMICONDUCTORS

2. Semiconductors - Top Business Models Report Copyright © 2022, Tracxn Technologies Limited. All rights reserved.
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 $6.0B
Analog and Mixed Signal ICs $3.7B
Photonics $2.0B
Sensors $1.8B
Display Technology $1.6B
Embedded Systems $924M
Y-o-Y Funding
Top Investors by Funding Rounds
Seed
Stage
Sequoia Capital
Zhen Fund
Shenzhen Capital Group
3
3
3
Early
Stage
Glory Ventures
Intel
Tiger Global Management
5
3
3
Late
Stage
BlackRock
SoftBank Vision Fund
Xiaomi
4
4
3
Funding by Geography
Top Feeds by $ Funding
Top Funding Rounds
China (47%)
United States (37%)
Canada (4%)
Israel (3%)
United Kingdom (2%)
Netherlands (1%)
South Korea (1%)
Others (3%)
$ Funding # Rounds
Horizon Robotics
(2015, China)
$1.5B - Series C
JiChuang North
(2008, China)
$1.0B - Series E
Unisoc
(2001, China)
$815M - 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
Biren Technology
(2019, China)
$410M - Series B
Groq
(2016, United States)
$300M - Series C
Hesai Technology
(2013, China)
$300M - Series D
Vastai Technologies
(2018, China)
$251M - Series B
Cerebras Systems
(2016, United States)
$250M - Series F
CelLink
(2011, United States)
$250M - Series D

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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 $1.9B 7 Horizon Robot.. | $1.5B | Series C Link
2▲4 Intelligent Processing Units $934M 4 SambaNova Sys.. | $676M | Series D Link
3▼1 Deep Learning Processing Units $535M 4 Cerebras Syst.. | $250M | Series F Link
4▲12 LiDAR $450M 8 Hesai Technol.. | $300M | Series D Link
5▼1 Visual Processing Units $410M 10 Black Sesame .. | $231M | Series C Link
6-- Tensor Processing Units $300M 1 Groq | $300M | Series C Link
7▲4 IoT SoC $236M 13 Ambiq | $127M | Series D Link
8▲49 Embedded Vision $231M 2 Black Sesame .. | $231M | Series C Link
9▲1 Neural Processing Unit $225M 8 Hailo | $136M | Series C Link
10▲5 Biophotonic Imaging $220M 3 Exo | $220M | Series C 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▲15 Graphic Processing Units $154M 4 Muxi Integrat.. | $154M | Series A Link
12▼7 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▲17 MEMS Microphone Sensors $71.5M 5 USound | $30.0M | Series B Link
15-- Fibre Optic Sensors $68.1M 7 Prisma Photo.. | $20.0M | Series B Link
16▲13 RFIC $53.7M 8 CanaanTek | $31.0M | Series C Link
17▲7 Power Management ICs $52.7M 3 Empower Semi.. | $45.0M | Series C Link
18▲41 Parallel Computing $50.0M 1 Cornami | $50.0M | Series C Link
19▲14 Human Presence Detection Sensors $44.7M 1 Novelda | $44.7M | Series D Link
20▼2 Optical Transceivers $33.0M 1 DustPhotonics | $33.0M | Series C 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▲17 Fiber Optic Sensors $32.4M 3 Prisma Photo.. | $20.0M | Series B Link
22▲32 Internet of Things $30.0M 1 Particle | $30.0M | Series C Link
23<> 0 Flexible Sensors $27.9M 4 ISORG | $19.0M | Series C Link
24▼11 Silicon Photonic Materials $23.1M 2 SiLC Technol.. | $23.1M | Series A Link
25▲33 Sensors for Agriculture Industry $22.7M 9 Senorics | $9.8M | Series A Link
26-- Communication ICs $20.4M 21 Eigencomm | $157M | Series C Link
27▲14 Sensors for Oil & Gas Industry $19.9M 3 MIQroTech | $10.0M | Series A Link
28-- Embedded Automotive $18.5M 2 IoTecha | $17.4M | Series B Link
29▲21 MEMS Gas Detection Sensors $17.5M 4 Nevada Nano | $16.2M | Series C Link
30▲21 Gas Detection Sensors $17.4M 4 H2scan | $70.0M | Series E 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
Top Funded Business Models - last 1 year (4/5)
7
Rank Business Model $ Funding # Rounds Top Funding Round Details
31-- Range Sensors $16.5M 33 Hesai Technol.. | $300M | Series D Link
32▼24 Multi-Parameter Sensor Developers $16.3M 7 OmniSensing .. | $15.6M | Series A Link
33▼5 Image Sensors $16.2M 5 TriEye | $74.0M | Series C Link
34▲3 Structural Health Monitoring Sensors $16.1M 6 Prisma Photo.. | $20.0M | Series B Link
35▲21 Flexible Batteries $16.0M 1 BrightVolt | $16.0M | Series E Link
36▲9 3D Image Sensors $15.5M 7 Opnous | $15.5M | Series B Link
37-- Network Processors $15.4M 2 Muchuang | $15.4M | Series A Link
38-- Integrated Device Manufacturers $12.8M 4 Mauna Kea Semico.. | $12.8M | Seed Link
39-- Low Power Media Processor $11.8M 1 iDEAL Semico.. | $11.8M | Series B Link
40-- Flexible Display $11.0M 1 FlexEnable | $11.0M | 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 (5/5)
8
Rank Business Model $ Funding # Rounds Top Funding Round Details
41▲11 Flexible Displays $11.0M 1 FlexEnable | $11.0M | Series B Link
42▲2 Sensors for Food Industry $10.8M 2 Aromyx | $10.0M | Series A Link
43▲12 Electronic Manufacturing Services $9.0M 6 PRETTL Electr.. | $9.0M | Series A Link
44-- Optical Molecular Spectroscopy $8.0M 3 Speclipse | $8.0M | Series A Link
45-- Embedded Application Security Software $8.0M 1 Foundries.io | $8.0M | Series A Link
46▼25 Optical Interconnects $7.7M 1 Avicena | $7.7M | Series A Link
47▼40 2D Image Sensor $3.9M 4 Shansi Micro Tech.. | $3.9M | Seed Link
48▼21 Flexible Solar Cell $3.4M 1 Power Roll | $3.4M | Series B Link
49▼1 Sensor Fusion $3.2M 5 Navenio | $12.6M | Series B Link
50▼3 Programmable Logic Devices $2.5M 2 Rapid Silicon | $15.0M | 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)
$231M - Series C - Apr 2021
Nanjing Core Semicond.. (2018, China)
$154M - Series B - Jul 2021
AutoChips (2013, China)
$15.4M - Series B - Aug 2021
Microelectronics Tech.. (2018, China)
Undisclosed - Seed - Jan 2022
Black Sesame Technolo.. (2016, China)
Undisclosed - Series C - Sep 2021
Suzhou Qixin Micro Se.. (2020, China)
Undisclosed - Seed - Dec 2021
Automotive SoC
01
9
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Analog and Mixed Signal ICs (STMicroelectronics)
(# Cos: 1280 | $21.4B)
System on chip (InvenSense)
(# Cos: 356 | $9.3B)
Automotive (Mobileye)
(# Cos: 20 | $4.2B)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$1.9B (▲95.3%)
7(▲40%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
3
$4.2B
15
2
20
3
Mobileye
(1999, Israel, $530M)
Horizon Robotics
(2015, China, $3.1B)
Black Sesame Technolog..
(2016, China, $346M)
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
$934M (▲315%)
4(▲100%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
-
$2.4B
13
-
15
7
Digital ICs (Micron)
(# Cos: 688 | $20.4B)
Microprocessors (NVIDIA)
(# Cos: 405 | $15.5B)
Artificial Intelligence and Machine
Learning (Cerebras Systems)
(# Cos: 143 | $10.4B)
Intelligent Processing Unit
(SambaNova Systems)
(# Cos: 15 | $2.4B)
SambaNova Systems
(2017, United States, $1.1B)
Graphcore
(2016, United Kingdom, $770M)
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
Shanghai Tianshu Zhix.. (2018, China)
$186M - Series C - Mar 2021
Mythic (2012, United States)
$70.0M - Series C - May 2021
Graphcore (2016, United Kingdom)
$2.7M - Series E - Mar 2021

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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%)
4(▲100%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
3
$1.9B
13
-
16
5
Digital ICs (Micron)
(# Cos: 688 | $20.4B)
Microprocessors (NVIDIA)
(# Cos: 405 | $15.5B)
Artificial Intelligence and Machine
Learning (MediaTek)
(# Cos: 143 | $10.4B)
Deep Learning Processing Unit
(Cerebras Systems)
(# Cos: 16 | $1.9B)
Cerebras Systems
(2016, 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.. (2016, 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

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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 (▲552%)
8(▼27.3%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
1
$1.2B
15
-
19
9
Photonics (Inphi)
(# Cos: 1357 | $10.8B)
Quantum Optics (NeoPhotonics)
(# Cos: 278 | $3.8B)
Applications (Horizon Quantum Computing)
(# Cos: 76 | $1.2B)
Scanning and Surveying (Sense Photonics)
(# Cos: 28 | $1.2B)
LiDAR (Quanergy)
(# Cos: 19 | $1.2B)
Quanergy
(2012, United States, $160M)
Sense Photonics
(2016, United States, $80.8M)
Voyant Photonics
(2017, United States, $19.8M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.
Hesai Technology (2013, China)
$300M - Series D - Jun 2021
Hesai Technology (2013, China)
$70.0M - Series D - Nov 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
ZVISION (2017, China)
Undisclosed - Series B - Jun 2021
ZVISION (2017, China)
Undisclosed - Series B - Jan 2022
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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
$410M (▲42%)
10(▲233%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
1
$962M
18
1
23
6
Digital ICs (Micron)
(# Cos: 688 | $20.4B)
Microprocessors (NVIDIA)
(# Cos: 405 | $15.5B)
Artificial Intelligence and Machine
Learning (Cerebras Systems)
(# Cos: 143 | $10.4B)
Visual Processing Unit (Deep
Vision)
(# Cos: 23 | $962M)
Deep Vision
(2014, United States, $54.0M)
Black Sesame Technolog..
(2016, China, $346M)
Brodmann17
(2016, Israel, $13.5M)
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)
$3.3M - Seed - Jul 2021
Owl Autonomou.. (2018, United States)
$100K - Seed - Mar 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: 688 | $20.4B)
Microprocessors (NVIDIA)
(# Cos: 405 | $15.5B)
Artificial Intelligence and Machine
Learning (Cerebras Systems)
(# Cos: 143 | $10.4B)
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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Semiconductors - Top Business Models Report
Recent Funding Rounds
Ambiq (2010, United States)
$127M - Series D - Mar 2021
Shanghai Xinwang Micr.. (2008, China)
$46.0M - Series B - Mar 2021
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 - May 2021
Shanghai Taisi Microe.. (2019, China)
Undisclosed - Series A - Jan 2022
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IoT SoC
07
15
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Analog and Mixed Signal ICs (STMicroelectronics)
(# Cos: 1280 | $21.4B)
System on chip (Mobileye)
(# Cos: 356 | $9.3B)
IoT (InvenSense)
(# Cos: 137 | $1.2B)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$236M (▲62.7%)
13(▲30%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
15
$1.2B
74
10
137
7
InvenSense
(2003, United States, $38.0M)
Entropic
(2001, United States, $71.0M)
Sierra Wireless
(1993, Canada)
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
Black Sesame Technolo.. (2016, China)
$231M - Series C - Apr 2021
Black Sesame Technolo.. (2016, China)
Undisclosed - Series C - Sep 2021
Embedded Vision
08
16
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Embedded Systems (Xilinx)
(# Cos: 531 | $3.2B)
Embedded Applications (Particle)
(# Cos: 124 | $583M)
Embedded Vision (Black Sesame
Technologies)
(# Cos: 19 | $348M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$231M (▲ >10K%)
2(▲100%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
1
$348M
4
1
19
1
Black Sesame Technolog..
(2016, China, $346M)
Uncanny Vision
(2012, India, $1.5M)
Basler
(1988, Germany)
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
Neural Processing Unit
09
17
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Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$225M (▲52.5%)
8(▼11.1%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
2
$655M
25
2
35
9
Digital ICs (Micron)
(# Cos: 688 | $20.4B)
Microprocessors (NVIDIA)
(# Cos: 405 | $15.5B)
Artificial Intelligence and Machine
Learning (Cerebras Systems)
(# Cos: 143 | $10.4B)
Neural Processing Unit (MediaTek)
(# Cos: 35 | $655M)
MediaTek
(1997, Taiwan)
Hailo
(2017, Israel, $224M)
Kneron
(2015, United States, $125M)
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
Kneron (2015, United States)
$25.0M - Series B - Dec 2021
Rain (2017, United States)
$25.0M - Series A - Feb 2022
DEEPX (2018, South Korea)
$17.7M - Series B - May 2021
Kneron (2015, United States)
$10.0M - Series A - Mar 2021
Kneron (2015, United States)
$7.0M - Series A - May 2021
DEEPX (2018, South Korea)
$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
10
18
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Photonics (Inphi)
(# Cos: 1357 | $10.8B)
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
Graphic Processing Units
11
19
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Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$154M (▲442%)
4( <> 0% )
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
6
$254M
11
2
15
2
Digital ICs (Micron)
(# Cos: 688 | $20.4B)
Microprocessors (Rigetti Computing)
(# Cos: 405 | $15.5B)
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
Muxi Integrated Circuit (2020, China)
Undisclosed - Seed - Mar 2021
Dayu Zhixin (2020, China)
Undisclosed - Seed - Jul 2021
Dayu Zhixin (2020, China)
Undisclosed - Seed - Sep 2021

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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
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Analog and Mixed Signal ICs (STMicroelectronics)
(# Cos: 1280 | $21.4B)
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)
ActLight
(2011, Switzerland, $4.9M)
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
Kandou Bus (2011, Switzerland)
$75.0M - Series D - Dec 2021
Electronic Packaging
13
21
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Electronic Design Automation Tools (Cadence)
(# Cos: 686 | $3.5B)
IP Cores (VeriSilicon)
(# Cos: 223 | $1.7B)
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
GMEMS Technol.. (2016, United States)
$15.5M - Series B - May 2021
Vesper MEMS (2009, United States)
$8.0M - Series B - Apr 2021
Sensing Technology (2010, China)
Undisclosed - Seed - Apr 2021
MEMS Microphone Sensors
14
22
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Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (mCube)
(# Cos: 435 | $1.7B)
Sensors (InvenSense)
(# Cos: 360 | $909M)
Microphone (Vesper MEMS)
(# Cos: 15 | $228M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$71.5M (▲322%)
5(▲150%)
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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Prisma Photonics (2017, Israel)
$20.0M - Series B - Feb 2022
Elliptic Labs (2006, United States)
$19.3M - Series B - Sep 2021
Shanghai Baiantek Sen.. (2004, China)
$15.5M - Series A - Sep 2021
PhotonFirst (1996, Netherlands)
$12.4M - Series A - Dec 2021
DarkPulse Tec.. (2009, United States)
$850K - Seed - Apr 2021
Preciseley (2005, Canada)
Undisclosed - Series A - Dec 2021
Photonic Rayleigh (2015, China)
Undisclosed - Series A - Jan 2022
Fibre Optic Sensors
15
23
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Photonics (NeoPhotonics)
(# Cos: 1357 | $10.8B)
Optoelectronics (Inphi)
(# Cos: 683 | $4.2B)
Fibre Optic Sensors (Fos4X)
(# Cos: 114 | $152M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$68.1M ( -- )
7( -- )
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
14
$152M
44
2
114
3
Fos4X
(2010, Germany, $12.5M)
Prisma Photonics
(2017, Israel, $30.0M)
VocalZoom
(2010, Israel, $12.0M)
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 - Dec 2021
Nanjing Chuangxin Hui.. (2019, China)
Undisclosed - Series C - Jan 2022
Beijing Chaocai Infor.. (2019, China)
Undisclosed - Seed - May 2021
Beijing Chaocai Infor.. (2019, China)
Undisclosed - Seed - Mar 2021
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RFIC
16
24
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Analog and Mixed Signal ICs (STMicroelectronics)
(# Cos: 1280 | $21.4B)
Communication ICs (Qualcomm)
(# Cos: 447 | $8.9B)
RFICs (Impinj)
(# Cos: 155 | $2.0B)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$53.7M (▲161%)
8(▲14.3%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
55
$2.0B
113
18
155
8
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 (STMicroelectronics)
(# Cos: 1280 | $21.4B)
Power (Transphorm)
(# Cos: 217 | $1.7B)
Power Management ICs (Powervation)
(# Cos: 160 | $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
95
21
160
8
Powervation
(2006, Ireland, $36.5M)
Navitas
(2014, Ireland, $49.6M)
Dialog Semiconductor
(1981, France)
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)
$50.0M - Series C - Oct 2021
Parallel Computing
18
26
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Digital ICs (Micron)
(# Cos: 688 | $20.4B)
Microprocessors (NVIDIA)
(# Cos: 405 | $15.5B)
Parallel Computing (Adapteva)
(# Cos: 20 | $142M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$50.0M (▲ >10K%)
1( <> 0% )
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
1
$142M
19
-
20
1
Adapteva
(2008, United States, $4.6M)
UPMEM
(2015, France, $3.6M)
Cornami
(2012, United States, $56.5M)
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
19
27
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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 (Ouster)
(# Cos: 4675 | $10.2B)
Industry Applications (TriEye)
(# Cos: 1326 | $1.5B)
Smart Infrastructure (Kangaroo)
(# Cos: 304 | $298M)
Building Automation (Somfy)
(# Cos: 167 | $167M)
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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Optical Transceivers
20
28
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Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$33.0M (▼17.5%)
1(▼50%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
8
$613M
22
1
52
4
Photonics (NeoPhotonics)
(# Cos: 1357 | $10.8B)
Optoelectronics (MACOM)
(# Cos: 683 | $4.2B)
Optical Network (Inphi)
(# Cos: 274 | $2.4B)
Transceivers (InnoLight)
(# Cos: 52 | $613M)
InnoLight
(2008, China, $38.0M)
KAIAM Corporation
(2008, United States, $75.2M)
Kaiam
(2009, United States, $40.2M)
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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Fiber Optic Sensors
21
29
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Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$32.4M (▲224%)
3(▲200%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
9
$82.8M
27
2
58
3
Sensors (Ouster)
(# Cos: 4675 | $10.2B)
Industry Applications (TriEye)
(# Cos: 1326 | $1.5B)
Smart Infrastructure (Somfy)
(# Cos: 304 | $298M)
Structural Health (Safehub)
(# Cos: 103 | $123M)
Fiber-optic (Fos4X)
(# Cos: 58 | $82.8M)
Fos4X
(2010, Germany, $12.5M)
Prisma Photonics
(2017, Israel, $30.0M)
Micatu
(2011, United States, $10.0M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.
Prisma Photonics (2017, Israel)
$20.0M - Series B - Feb 2022
PhotonFirst (1996, Netherlands)
$12.4M - Series A - Dec 2021
Photonic Rayleigh (2015, China)
Undisclosed - Series A - Jan 2022

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Particle (2012, United States)
$30.0M - Series C - Nov 2021
Internet of Things
22
30
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Embedded Systems (Xilinx)
(# Cos: 531 | $3.2B)
Embedded Applications (Black Sesame
Technologies)
(# Cos: 124 | $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)
Zerynth
(2016, United States, $2.4M)
Eridan
(2013, United States)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.

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ISORG (2010, France)
$19.0M - Series C - Jun 2021
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
23
31
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Flexible Electronics (First Solar)
(# Cos: 254 | $6.4B)
Components (E Ink)
(# Cos: 122 | $3.2B)
Flexible Sensors (Sensel)
(# Cos: 30 | $314M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$27.9M (▼14.2%)
4(▲33.3%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
1
$314M
18
2
30
7
Sensel
(2013, United States, $46.9M)
Canatu
(2004, Finland, $57.3M)
MC10
(2008, United States, $115M)
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
24
32
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Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$23.1M (▼81.8%)
2(▼50%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
6
$556M
15
-
22
7
Photonics (Inphi)
(# Cos: 1357 | $10.8B)
Photonic Integrated Circuits (RANOVUS)
(# Cos: 116 | $1.4B)
Material Platforms (II-VI Incorporated)
(# Cos: 55 | $987M)
Silicon Photonics (Rockley
Photonics)
(# Cos: 22 | $556M)
Rockley Photonics
(2013, United States, $290M)
RANOVUS
(2012, Canada, $45.1M)
SiLC Technologies
(2018, United States, $35.1M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.
SiLC Technolo.. (2018, United States)
$23.1M - Series A - Mar 2021
Aeponyx (2011, Canada)
$7.9M - Series A - Mar 2021

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Senorics (2017, Germany)
$9.8M - Series A - May 2021
30MHz (2014, Netherlands)
$7.3M - Series B - Nov 2021
InstaCrops (2014, Chile)
$2.8M - Series A - Apr 2021
FarmBot (2014, Australia)
$2.7M - Seed - Oct 2021
Agranimo (2018, Chile)
$2.4M - Seed - Jun 2021
InstaCrops (2014, Chile)
$125K - Seed - Sep 2021
GroGuru (2014, United States)
$25.0K - Seed - Sep 2021
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Sensors for Agriculture Industry
25
33
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Sensors (Ouster)
(# Cos: 4675 | $10.2B)
Industry Applications (Somfy)
(# Cos: 1326 | $1.5B)
Agriculture (CropX)
(# Cos: 194 | $129M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$22.7M (▲9349%)
9(▼10%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
9
$129M
74
2
194
11
CropX
(2013, Israel, $21.4M)
Teralytic
(2016, United States, $9.0M)
Saturas
(2013, Israel, $9.7M)
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: 1280 | $21.4B)
Communication ICs (Qualcomm)
(# Cos: 447 | $8.9B)
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
$8.9B
329
36
447
31
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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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
27
35
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Sensors (Ouster)
(# Cos: 4675 | $10.2B)
Industry Applications (Somfy)
(# Cos: 1326 | $1.5B)
Oil & Gas (Silixa)
(# Cos: 73 | $178M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$19.9M (▲113%)
3( <> 0% )
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
12
$178M
41
-
73
4
Silixa
(2007, United Kingdom, $18.0M)
AOMS Technologies
(2013, Canada, $176K)
CorrosionRADAR
(2017, United Kingdom, $8.0M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.

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IoTecha (2015, United States)
$17.4M - Series B - Jun 2021
Klepsydra (2011, Switzerland)
$1.1M - Seed - Dec 2021
Embedded Automotive
28
36
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Embedded Systems (Xilinx)
(# Cos: 531 | $3.2B)
Embedded Applications (Particle)
(# Cos: 124 | $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)
Vector
(1988, Germany)
AVIN Systems
(2014, India, $1.8M)
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
29
37
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Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$17.5M (▲388%)
4(▼33.3%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
19
$126M
59
1
193
5
Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (Vesper MEMS)
(# Cos: 435 | $1.7B)
Sensors (InvenSense)
(# Cos: 360 | $909M)
Environmental Applications (C2Sense)
(# Cos: 218 | $165M)
Gas detection Sensors (Pyreos)
(# Cos: 193 | $126M)
Pyreos
(2007, United Kingdom, $24.5M)
C2Sense
(2013, United States, $3.9M)
Nevada Nano
(2004, United States, $39.7M)
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
30
38
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Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$17.4M (▲394%)
4(▼33.3%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
22
$231M
74
2
267
7
Sensors (Innoviz)
(# Cos: 4675 | $10.2B)
Generic Sensor Developers (Ouster)
(# Cos: 3161 | $8.5B)
Chemical (Consumer Physics)
(# Cos: 358 | $299M)
Gas Sensing (Pyreos)
(# Cos: 267 | $231M)
Pyreos
(2007, United Kingdom, $24.5M)
H2scan
(2002, United States, $100M)
C2Sense
(2013, United States, $3.9M)
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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Range Sensors
31
39
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Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$16.5M ( -- )
33( -- )
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
8
$3.8B
80
5
141
34
Sensors (Luminar Technologies)
(# Cos: 4675 | $10.2B)
Generic Sensor Developers (Velodyne Lidar)
(# Cos: 3161 | $8.5B)
Positioning & Motion (Innoviz)
(# Cos: 485 | $4.1B)
Range (Ouster)
(# Cos: 141 | $3.8B)
Ouster
(2002, United States, $140M)
Innoviz
(2016, Israel, $252M)
Velodyne Lidar
(1983, United States, $200M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.
Hesai Technology (2013, China)
$300M - Series D - Jun 2021
PATEO (2009, China)
$128M - Series B - Aug 2021
LeddarTech (2007, Canada)
$116M - Series D - Feb 2022
Hesai Technology (2013, China)
$70.0M - Series D - Nov 2021
Innovusion (2016, United States)
$66.0M - Series B - Aug 2021
Innovusion (2020, United States)
$64.0M - Series B - May 2021
Oculii (2013, United States)
$55.0M - Series B - May 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
32
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Sensors (Innoviz)
(# Cos: 4675 | $10.2B)
Generic Sensor Developers (Ouster)
(# Cos: 3161 | $8.5B)
Multi-Parameter Sensor Developers
(Infineon)
(# Cos: 384 | $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
77
18
384
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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Image Sensors
33
41
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Analog and Mixed Signal ICs (STMicroelectronics)
(# Cos: 1280 | $21.4B)
Sensors (TriEye)
(# Cos: 91 | $599M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$16.2M (▼35.9%)
5( <> 0% )
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
18
$599M
48
6
91
10
TriEye
(2017, Israel, $96.0M)
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.
TriEye (2017, Israel)
$74.0M - Series C - Nov 2021
Nevada Nano (2004, United States)
$16.2M - Series C - Jan 2022
Shansi Micro Technology (2019, China)
$3.9M - Seed - Aug 2021
Wuhan Juxin Microelec.. (2016, China)
Undisclosed - Series D - Jan 2022
AlpsenTek (2019, Switzerland)
Undisclosed - Seed - Jul 2021

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Structural Health Monitoring Sensors
34
42
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Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$16.1M (▲60.9%)
6(▲100%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
11
$123M
41
2
103
5
Sensors (Ouster)
(# Cos: 4675 | $10.2B)
Industry Applications (TriEye)
(# Cos: 1326 | $1.5B)
Smart Infrastructure (Somfy)
(# Cos: 304 | $298M)
Structural Health (Fos4X)
(# Cos: 103 | $123M)
Fos4X
(2010, Germany, $12.5M)
Safehub
(2018, United States, $19.1M)
Feelit
(2017, Israel, $13.8M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.
Prisma Photonics (2017, Israel)
$20.0M - Series B - Feb 2022
PhotonFirst (1996, Netherlands)
$12.4M - Series A - Dec 2021
Safehub (2018, United States)
$9.1M - Series A - Mar 2021
Feelit (2017, Israel)
$7.0M - Series A - Jul 2021
WaveScan Technolo.. (2018, Singapore)
Undisclosed - Seed - Jun 2021
Photonic Rayleigh (2015, China)
Undisclosed - Series A - Jan 2022

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BrightVolt (1998, United States)
$16.0M - Series E - Oct 2021
Flexible Batteries
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(# Cos: 254 | $6.4B)
Components (E Ink)
(# Cos: 122 | $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)
Blue Spark Technologies
(2003, United States, $36.8M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.

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3D Image Sensors
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$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$15.5M (▲143%)
7(▲75%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
14
$456M
55
2
93
8
Sensors (Innoviz)
(# Cos: 4675 | $10.2B)
Generic Sensor Developers (Ouster)
(# Cos: 3161 | $8.5B)
Imaging (ON Semiconductor)
(# Cos: 244 | $1.2B)
3D Image Sensor (Mantis Vision)
(# Cos: 93 | $456M)
Mantis Vision
(2005, Israel, $83.0M)
FARO Technologies
(1981, United States)
Occipital
(2008, United States, $32.0M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.
Opnous (2014, China)
$15.5M - Series B - May 2021
Microelectronics Tech.. (2018, China)
Undisclosed - Seed - Jan 2022
DreamVu Labs (2016, India)
Undisclosed - Seed - Apr 2021
Percipio (2012, China)
Undisclosed - Series B - Jul 2021
Percipio (2012, China)
Undisclosed - Series B - Sep 2021
Calterah Semiconductor (2014, China)
Undisclosed - Series C - Sep 2021
Calterah Semiconductor (2014, China)
Undisclosed - Series C - Jan 2022

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Muchuang (2019, China)
$15.4M - Series A - Aug 2021
Muchuang (2019, China)
Undisclosed - Series A - Feb 2022
Network Processors
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(# Cos: 688 | $20.4B)
Microprocessors (NVIDIA)
(# Cos: 405 | $15.5B)
Network Processors (MoSys)
(# Cos: 26 | $422M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$15.4M ( -- )
2( -- )
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
14
$422M
19
2
26
0
MoSys
(1991, United States)
SeaMicro
(2007, United States, $60.0M)
Multi Media Network
(1992, United States, $7.2M)
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
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Analog and Mixed Signal ICs (Qualcomm)
(# Cos: 1280 | $21.4B)
Multi-Product Manufacturers (Broadcom)
(# Cos: 88 | $281M)
Integrated Device Manufacturer (IDM)
(STMicroelectronics)
(# Cos: 53 | $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
39
21
53
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
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Digital ICs (Micron)
(# Cos: 688 | $20.4B)
Microprocessors (NVIDIA)
(# Cos: 405 | $15.5B)
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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$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$11.0M ( -- )
1( -- )
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
3
$998M
11
-
15
1
Display Technology (Barco)
(# Cos: 785 | $11.5B)
Display Manufacturer (E Ink)
(# Cos: 610 | $9.3B)
Specialized Displays (Magic Leap)
(# Cos: 254 | $5.5B)
Flexible Displays (Royole)
(# Cos: 15 | $998M)
Royole
(2012, United States, $550M)
Plastic Logic
(2000, Germany, $393M)
FlexEnable
(2015, United Kingdom, $11.0M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.
FlexEnable (2015, United Kingdom)
$11.0M - Series B - Feb 2022

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FlexEnable (2015, United Kingdom)
$11.0M - Series B - Feb 2022
Flexible Displays
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(# Cos: 254 | $6.4B)
Components (Royole)
(# Cos: 122 | $3.2B)
Flexible Displays (E Ink)
(# Cos: 30 | $2.2B)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$11.0M (▲267%)
1(▼50%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
3
$2.2B
21
2
30
3
E Ink
(1997, United States, $52.8M)
Royole
(2012, United States, $550M)
Plastic Logic
(2000, Germany, $393M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.

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Aromyx (2013, United States)
$10.0M - Series A - Jul 2021
Allergy Amulet (2016, United States)
$800K - Seed - Mar 2021
Sensors for Food Industry
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(# Cos: 4675 | $10.2B)
Industry Applications (Somfy)
(# Cos: 1326 | $1.5B)
Food (Nima)
(# Cos: 53 | $59.4M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$10.8M (▲63.2%)
2(▼33.3%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
2
$59.4M
24
-
53
4
Nima
(2013, United States, $13.3M)
Allergy Amulet
(2016, United States, $6.8M)
The Wave Talk
(2016, South Korea, $2.0M)
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 (Celestica)
(# Cos: 1571 | $230M)
Services (VVDN)
(# Cos: 1571 | $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
111
$230M
184
55
1571
1
VVDN
(2007, India, $41.2M)
Celestica
(1994, Canada)
Foxconn Electronics
(1974, Taiwan)
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 - Sep 2021
Beijing Mengzhimo Tec.. (2014, China)
Undisclosed - Series B - Jan 2022

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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 ( -- )
3( -- )
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
1
$101M
22
1
41
3
Photonics (Inphi)
(# Cos: 1357 | $10.8B)
Biophotonics (LUMICKS)
(# Cos: 103 | $900M)
Analytics and Sensing (Creoptix)
(# Cos: 56 | $204M)
Molecular Spectroscopy
(Speclipse)
(# Cos: 41 | $101M)
Speclipse
(2015, South Korea, $10.6M)
Impedimed
(1999, United States, $3.4M)
Edinburgh Molecular Im..
(2014, United Kingdom, $10.7M)
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
Magritek (2004, New Zealand)
Undisclosed - Series B - Mar 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: 531 | $3.2B)
Embedded Software (Wind River)
(# Cos: 42 | $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)
Centri
(2009, United States, $25.8M)
Foundries.io
(2017, United Kingdom, $11.5M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.

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Optical Interconnects
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Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$7.7M (▼78%)
1( <> 0% )
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
3
$168M
11
2
19
1
Photonics (NeoPhotonics)
(# Cos: 1357 | $10.8B)
Optoelectronics (Lightmatter)
(# Cos: 683 | $4.2B)
Optical Network (MACOM)
(# Cos: 274 | $2.4B)
Active Optical Network (Inphi)
(# Cos: 56 | $947M)
Interconnects (Acacia)
(# Cos: 19 | $168M)
Acacia
(2009, United States, $20.0M)
Ayar Labs
(2015, United States, $61.5M)
Spectra7
(2010, United States, $11.0M)
Note: The last node in the Taxonomy represents the Business Model addressed in the title of the slide.
Avicena (2019, United States)
$7.7M - Series A - Mar 2021

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$ 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 (Innoviz)
(# Cos: 4675 | $10.2B)
Generic Sensor Developers (Ouster)
(# Cos: 3161 | $8.5B)
Imaging (Mantis Vision)
(# Cos: 244 | $1.2B)
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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Power Roll (2012, United Kingdom)
$3.4M - Series B - Nov 2021
Flexible Solar Cell
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Flexible Electronics (E Ink)
(# Cos: 254 | $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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Sensor Fusion
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Sensors (Ouster)
(# Cos: 4675 | $10.2B)
Sensor Fusion (Sense360)
(# Cos: 175 | $180M)
Taxonomy
$ Invested in last 1 year
Key Stats
# Funding Rounds in last 1 year
$3.2M (▼36.1%)
5(▼16.7%)
Funded Companies
Companies
Acquisitions
Total $ Invested
IPOs
Soonicorn Club
16
$180M
54
1
175
6
Sense360
(2014, United States, $13.3M)
Navenio
(2015, United Kingdom, $24.7M)
TRX Systems
(2004, United States, $2.9M)
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
Tangram Vision (2020, United States)
$1.5M - Seed - Mar 2021
Blueforce Dev.. (2005, United States)
$200K - Seed - Mar 2021
Zensors (2014, United States)
$125K - Seed - Sep 2021

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Programmable Logic Devices
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Digital ICs (Micron)
(# Cos: 688 | $20.4B)
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)
Achronix
(2004, United States, $142M)
Altera
(1983, United States)
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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