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Best Semiconductors Companies in Gyeonggi do, South Korea

The 89 best Semiconductors companies in Gyeonggi do, South Korea in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: MetisX.

89companies tracked
$78.8Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
4have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · SEMICONDUCTORS × GYEONGGI DO

Our analysis of 219 Semiconductors companies

$47.9b in tracked funding; 70% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

219companies analysed
70%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
13unicorns
2017median founding year

Ranked: Best Semiconductors companies in Gyeonggi do

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1MetisX
Platform offering in memory data analytics solution
$50M25 mo agoSeries AJin Kim
Co-Founder & CEO
2022—51 patents
Accelerating manycore processor architectures with advanced memory access and thread scheduling
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2Adin Robotics
Manufacturer of force/torque sensors, robot motion controllers, and automation solutions
32Funding top 36%Talent top 38%Moat top 39%Tech top 42%
All 6 signals ▾
Fundingtop 36%
Talenttop 38%
Moattop 39%
Techtop 42%
Globalbottom 36%
Marketbottom 28%
Funding: Raised $14.8M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 6 yrs (0.3/yr)
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 32/100
$15M20 mo agoSeries BYoon Lee
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
1995Wix eCommerceWixSentry+21—2 launchs · 1 award
3Nextin
Defect inspection and metrology for semiconductor and display industry
$14M128 mo agoPublicPark Tae-hoon
CEO
2010WordPressMySQLPHP+2150 patents
Semiconductor wafer inspection and static charge control for defect detection and processing
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4New Power Plasma
Designs and manufactures RF & remote plasma generator, matching network and plasma power systems
—67 mo agoPublic—1999GnuboardMySQLPHP+5385 patents
Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics
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5AT Semicon
Provider of semiconductor packaging solutions
—113 mo agoPublickim Joon
CEO
2001—2,144 patents
Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation
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6Zinitix
System IC R&D, Manufacture, Supply
—157 mo agoLate StageJongman Sohn
CEO & President
2000PHPjQuery UISwiper+5181 patents
Lens actuation control and touch detection integrated circuits for camera modules
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7Rayence
Developer of medical imaging devices
—158 mo agoPublic—2011XpressEnginePHPjQuery Migrate+11405 patents
Dental intraoral X‑ray imaging sensors and detector technologies for oral radiography
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8Ramos Technology
Memory products manufacturer
—277 mo agoFunding RaisedIn-Do Lee
CEO
2001—5 patents
Flash memory control, error correction, and defect‑reuse/repair technologies for NAND devices
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Top 7 Semiconductors companies in Gyeonggi do

#1
Series B · Anyang, Gyeonggi do · founded 1995 · 17 employees
$14.8Mraised
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Manufacturer of force/torque sensors, robot motion controllers, and automation solutions. The company offers sensors for measuring force and torque in robotic applications. It provides robot motion controllers designed to support motion and force control. The company also develops automation solutions, including robotic hands and smart grippers.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 32how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 36%
Talent
top 38%
Moat
top 39%
Tech
top 42%
Global
bottom 36%
Market
bottom 28%
Funding: Raised $14.8M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 6 yrs (0.3/yr) · Last round Series B (Sep 2024)
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers — 35.1% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 product launches · 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2024Series B$11.2M
  • Jun 2022Series A$3.6M
  • Jul 2020Unattributed—
Founders & team
Yoon LeeCo-Founder & Co-CEOChoi RyeolCo-CEO
Investors
Korea Investment Holdings, POSCO, CJ Logistics, Samsung NEXT, GS Ventures, DSC Investment
Tech stack
BootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook LoginGoogle Analytics
#2
Series A · Yongin si, Gyeonggi do · founded 2022 · 15 employees
$50Mraised
▾

Developer of memory technology intended to accelerate data-intensive applications. The company focuses on solving the Memory Wall problem with its data domain-specific architecture specialized in processing large-scale data, enabling users to deliver the fundamental technologies of memory-centric computing for innovating the future data center.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 42.1% of this cohort's audience
Founders & team
Jin KimCo-Founder & CEODohun KimCo-FounderHarry Juhyun KimCo-Founder
Investors
SV INVESTMENT, STIC Ventures, LB Investment, Industrial Bank of Korea, IMM Investments, SBI Investment Korea
Tech stack
UnixOpensslApache Http ServerSectigo
#3
Public · Hwaseong, Gyeonggi do · founded 2010 · 88 employees
$14Mraised
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NextIn provides defect inspection and metrology solutions for the semiconductor and FPD industry. Its products include AEGIS wafer inspection system, IRIS wafer inspection system for 3D devices, TWINS an integration module to measure the edge trimming processes, Cube Scan Technology, among others. It has a cooperation agreement with Fraunhofer IPMS.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2015Series A$14M
Founders & team
Park Tae-hoonCEO
Investors
Korea Investment Holdings, APS Holdings, L&S Venture Capital, KTB Network, My Venture Partners, T S Investment
Tech stack
BootstrapContact Form 7Font AwesomeGoogle Font ApiGsapIsotope
#4
Public · Osan si, Gyeonggi do · founded 1999 · 303 employees
—raised
▾

Designs and manufactures RF & remote plasma generator, matching network and plasma power systems

Investors
Samsung, SL Investment
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerCdnjsCloudflareGnuboardJqueryModernizr
#5
Public · Icheon si, Gyeonggi do · founded 2001 · 151 employees
—raised
▾

AT semicon Co Provides services related to semiconductor tests, including engineering service, production service (Wafer Test, Final Test, Back-end Test). It offers Assembly Turnkey Test through cooperation with assembly companies. Its products include MCP, CI-MCP, e-NAND, BOC, SIP, FBGA, and QFN.

Founders & team
kim JoonCEO
Investors
JAFCO Asia, Aju IB Investment, My Venture Partners, Smile Gate Investment
#6
Late Stage · Yongin si, Gyeonggi do · founded 2000 · 82 employees
—raised
▾

Zinitix specializes in various SoC semiconductors based on its own Microcontroller (MCU) core technology, which are the foundations of its touch controller ICs. The company has also developed antinoise, stylus-pen, and cost-reduction touch solution technologies, serves IT companies from Korea, Taiwan, Japan and the US. It offers touch screen controller ICs, auto focus driver ICs, haptic driver ICs, and motor driver ICs. The company’s products are used in smart phones, tablet PC, laptop PCs, home appliances, and automotive industry.

Founders & team
Jongman SohnCEO & President
Investors
Intel Capital, L&S Venture Capital, GNTech Venture Capital, JAFCO Asia, SV INVESTMENT, Korea Investment Holdings
#7
Public · Hwaseong, Gyeonggi do · founded 2011 · 230 employees
—raised
▾

Rayence manufactures dental, medical, veterinary, and industrial X-ray detector products. The company is specialized in designing CMOS Wafer for the development of flat panel detectors (TFT) by using the core technology of scintillator that allows radiation detection. It offers products for mammography, surgical, dental 2D/3D, and automatic X-ray inspection detectors.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 713 LinkedIn followers — 16.1% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2013Series A—
Investors
E&Investment, Aju IB Investment, Company K Partners, Wooricapital, Daesung Startup Investment, Songhyun Investment
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsFancyboxGoogle AnalyticsHttp/3Jquery

Funding & investor landscape

$78.8Mtotal disclosed funding
3companies funded
3disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Aju IB Investment10 rounds
Korea Investment Holdings10 rounds
SBI Investment Korea7 rounds
SV INVESTMENT7 rounds
IMM Investment6 rounds
L&S Venture Capital5 rounds
Shinhan Venture Investment5 rounds
Atinum Investment4 rounds
Hyundai Venture Investment4 rounds
Samsung Venture Investment4 rounds

Notable founders

Yoon Lee
Co-Founder & Co-CEO · Adin Robotics
Choi Ryeol
Co-CEO · Adin Robotics
Jin Kim
Co-Founder & CEO · MetisX
Dohun Kim
Co-Founder · MetisX
Park Tae-hoon
CEO · Nextin
kim Joon
CEO · AT Semicon
Jongman Sohn
CEO & President · Zinitix
Prism market signals · South Korea · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,369,766 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Semiconductors coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · South Korea

How research on Semiconductors is moving in South Korea

A read on the academic research around Semiconductors — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 1,387 South Korea-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 44% → 58% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
  • Samsung232
  • Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology180
  • Seoul National University108
  • Sungkyunkwan University95
  • Hanyang University92
leading researchers
Sungho Kang · Taewhan Kim · Sung Kyu Lim · Jonghyun Cho · Joungho Kim · Joohee Kim · Jong‐Min Yook · Heegon Kim
▲ Breakthroughs549 · 40%
▲ 31%→47% share
▲1.5× share momentum1 median citations57% since 2021mostly methods-led
Transistor breakthrough research is surging — South Korean papers rose from 13 to 60, with CMOS following 34 to 58.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Transistor13→60
  • CMOS34→58
  • Electronic circuit17→36
  • Voltage3→20
  • Scalability3→19
Newly emergingArtificial neural network 0→9 · Computer architecture 0→7 · Key (lock) 0→7
Landmark Stretchable and Foldable Silicon Integrated Circuits · 1,653 cites
◆ Advancements650 · 47%
▼ 53%→41% share
▼0.8× share momentum2 median citations41% since 2021mostly methods-led
Reliability advancement research is intensifying — transistor and electronic circuit topics climbed steadily across 1,387 South Korean semiconductor papers.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Reliability (semiconductor)12→26
  • Transistor19→33
  • Electronic circuit23→32
  • Voltage8→15
  • Pixel3→10
Newly emergingArtificial neural network 0→9 · Convolutional neural network 0→7 · Heterojunction 0→6
Landmark A Review of Three‐Dimensional Resistive Switching Cross‐Bar Array Memories from the Integration and Materials Property P · 375 cites
▼ Concerns89 · 6%
▼ 8%→5% share
▼0.6× share momentum4 median citations38% since 2021mostly empirical
Concern-segment share is shrinking 8%->5%, though nanotechnology and semiconductor device papers doubled within it.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Optoelectronics4→6
  • Nanotechnology2→4
  • Electronics3→5
  • Semiconductor device2→4
  • Electronic circuit3→4
Landmark Fermi Level Pinning Dependent 2D Semiconductor Devices: Challenges and Prospects · 323 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · South Korea

Where semiconductors is researched across South Korea

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Seoul519 · +0.65
Hot · Integrated circuitAdvancing · Scan chainOpportunity · Neuromorphic engineeringConcern · Schottky barrier
Daejeon291 · +0.61
Hot · Power integrityAdvancing · BumpingOpportunity · Circuit designConcern · Ball grid array
Seongnam-si59 · +0.61
Hot · Antenna (radio)Advancing · Insertion lossOpportunity · Nanotechnology
Daegu51 · +0.65
Hot · Node (physics)Advancing · Matching (statistics)Opportunity · DopingConcern · Semiconductor device
Ulsan48 · +0.67
Hot · Noise (video)Advancing · 3d printedOpportunity · Integrated circuit packaging
Gwangju45 · +0.69
Hot · Artificial neural networkAdvancing · Monte Carlo methodOpportunity · Voltage
Incheon41 · +0.58
Hot · Lead frameAdvancing · Convolutional neural networkOpportunity · Power consumption
Busan31 · +0.59
Hot · MicrowaveAdvancing · Transmission lineOpportunity · Power (physics)
Suwon21 · +0.47
Hot · Power (physics)Advancing · OptoelectronicsOpportunity · Integrated circuit packaging
Jeonju16 · +0.62
Hot · CMOSAdvancing · Integrated circuitOpportunity · Scalability
PATENT SIGNAL · South Korea

Who's filing semiconductors patents in South Korea

South Korea semiconductors patent filing is accelerating — 118,499 filings from 8,000 assignees (2016–2025), led by Samsung, LG Display, SK Hynix; annual filings 8940→8986.

118,499 filings8,000 assigneespeak 15205/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • Samsung66453
  • LG Display11092
  • SK Hynix8028
  • Semes5856
  • LG Innotek2143
  • LG Electronics1110
  • Wonik IPS970
  • Seoul Viosys877

Common questions

How many Semiconductors companies are there in Gyeonggi do, South Korea?
Radar tracks 89 indexable Semiconductors companies headquartered in Gyeonggi do, South Korea that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Semiconductors companies in Gyeonggi do, South Korea?
The Semiconductors companies in Gyeonggi do, South Korea on this list have raised a combined $78.8M in disclosed equity funding across 3 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Semiconductors company in Gyeonggi do, South Korea?
MetisX is the highest-funded Semiconductors company in Gyeonggi do, South Korea, with $50M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Semiconductors companies in Gyeonggi do, South Korea are funded?
3 of the 89 Semiconductors companies in Gyeonggi do, South Korea on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Semiconductors unicorns are there in Gyeonggi do, South Korea?
None of the Semiconductors companies in Gyeonggi do, South Korea on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Gyeonggi do, South Korea Semiconductors companies?
The most active investors in Gyeonggi do, South Korea Semiconductors companies on this list include Aju IB Investment, Korea Investment Holdings, SBI Investment Korea, SV INVESTMENT, IMM Investment.
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