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Best Semiconductors Companies in Missouri, United States

The 34 best Semiconductors companies in Missouri, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Bluebird Network.

34companies tracked
$310.8Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
8have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · SEMICONDUCTORS × MISSOURI

Our analysis of 69 Semiconductors companies

$22.3b in tracked funding; 88% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

69companies analysed
88%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
8unicorns
2016median founding year
164kcombined LinkedIn audience
91%of audience held by top 3
2companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Semiconductors companies in Missouri

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Bluebird Network
Fiber optic network and data services provider
$285M34 mo agoAcquired—1999———
2Erlang Tech
Manufacturer of laser modules, engraving machines, and robotics systems
$12M283 mo agoDeadpooledPaul Min
Founder
1999———
3Brewer Science
Manufacturer of the silicon based materials for the printed electronics devices
$8M202 mo agoFunding Raised—1981WordPressApple iCloud MailMySQL+27904 patents
Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics
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4Ezurio
Provider of wireless modules, system-on-modules, single board computers, and antennas
$6M263 mo agoAcqui-HiredChris Shannon
CEO
2004Cart FunctionalityApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+19——
5Applied Particle Technology
Developer of environmental sensors for measuring aerosols in the air
$534K73 mo agoSeed—2014WebflowApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+10——
6SmartCare Consultant
SmartCare is cloud-based technology which uses Sensor Fusion to aggregate data discretely collected through…
$350K145 mo agoDeadpooledBryan Jefferson
CEO
2013———
7HUM Industrial Technology
Developer of Wireless Sensors for the Railway Industry
$50K76 mo agoFunding RaisedByron Porter
CEO
2019———
8Jolt Sensor
Wearable sensors for real-time head impact tracking in youth athletics
$50K149 mo agoDeadpooledBenjamin Harvatine
Founder & CEO
2014———
9Energizer Holdings
Manufacturer of batteries and lighting products
—92 mo agoPublicMark Lavigne
Chief Executive Officer
1896WordPressMySQLPHP+276 patents
Air freshener delivery systems using vent sticks, diffusing membranes, and wick mechanisms
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Top 9 Semiconductors companies in Missouri

#1
Acquired · Columbia, Missouri · founded 1999 · 119 employees
$285Mraised
▾

Bluebird Network is a fiber-optic network and data services provider. It provides fiber optic internet and data services to carrier, enterprise, and datacenter solutions. The company offers fiber-optic broadband internet services, fiber-optic transport, ethernet, wavelength, mobile backhaul services, dedicated internet access (DIA), and data center services including gigabit transport, colocation, etc.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 9k LinkedIn followers — 5.5% of this cohort's audience · 102 engagements/post (12.3× cohort median)
Activity: 1 partnerships · 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2023Conventional Debt$285M
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpLeafletMapbox.JsMapbox Gl Js
#2
Seed · St. Louis, Missouri · founded 2014 · 6 employees
$533.8Kraised
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Developer of environmental sensors for measuring aerosols in the air. The company offers both fixed and wearable sensors that detect aerosols, which are liquid or solid particles suspended in the air, using a patented charging capture technology. Its filters have ultra-high particle collection efficiency and can kill pathogens in the environment.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2020Seed—
  • Sep 2020Grant (prize money)$10K
  • Jan 2020Seed—
  • Dec 2018Grant (prize money)$100K
Investors
Arch Grants, Alchemist Accelerator, National Science Foundation, NASA, Techstars, HHS
#3
Funding Raised · Rolla, Missouri · founded 1981 · 404 employees
$7.6Mraised
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Brewer Science manufactures the silicon-based materials for the printed electronics devices. It offers CNT ink that claims to achieve sheet resistance of 300 ohm/sq for 85%T (optical transmission) at 550 nm for transparent conductive applications. It claims to offer wafer processing equipment for applications in semiconductors, compound semiconductors, advanced packaging/3-D integrated circuits, MEMS, sensors, displays, LEDs, and printed electronics.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 10k LinkedIn followers — 6.1% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2009Grant (prize money)$6.5M
  • Sep 2009Grant (prize money)$515.3K
  • Sep 2009Grant (prize money)$515.3K
Investors
National Science Foundation
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerApple Icloud MailCallrailCloudflare
#4
Deadpooled · Saint Louis, Missouri · founded 1999
$11.7Mraised
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Manufacturer of laser modules, engraving machines, and robotics systems. The company designs and produces solid-state laser add-on modules for 3D printers and CNC machines, offering various power outputs. It also manufactures complete engraving and cutting systems with varying work areas. Additionally, it develops and provides customized robotics solutions, including telepresence systems and service robots. A further business area involves the creation of commercial chatbots for businesses.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2003Series C$11.7M
Founders & team
Paul MinFounder
Investors
Dragon Venture, Pacesetter Capital, Authosis Ventures, IGNITE, JAFCO Asia
#5
Acqui-Hired · Earth City, Missouri · founded 2004 · 114 employees
$5.6Mraised
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Provider of wireless modules, system-on-modules, single board computers, and antennas. They offer Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ultra-wideband, LoRaWAN, and cellular modules. System-on-modules include NXP i.MX and Texas Instruments options. Single board computers are available with NXP i.MX processors. Internal antennas support Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, multiband cellular IoT, sub-GHz, NFC, and UWB. Design services encompass custom SOM and SBC development, embedded software, and antenna design.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2004Series A$5.6M
Founders & team
Chris ShannonCEO
Investors
3i Group
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#6
Deadpooled · St. Charles, Missouri · founded 2013 · 11 employees
$350Kraised
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SmartCare is a health and wellness analytics technology firm. Their cloud-based platform creates virtual sensors from fusing sensor data. Their Sensor Fusion conveys a person’s current and trending ability to perform activities of daily living (ADLs). Through their Sensor Fusion technology, the SmartCare system measures daily living patterns and reports if movement or activities seem out of the ordinary. A platform gathers and measures changes in a resident's activity based on multiple data sensors.The changes may indicate a trend which needs review or an event, like a fall, which requires urgent attention.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2014Seed$50K
  • Aug 2014Seed$100K
  • Mar 2014Seed$100K
  • Dec 2013Seed$100K
Founders & team
Bryan JeffersonCEO
Investors
Capital Innovators, Missouri Technology
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpBootstrapWebfactory Under ConstructionBunny
#7
Funding Raised · St. Louis, Missouri · founded 2019 · 4 employees
$50Kraised
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Developer of wireless sensors designed to navigate obstacles without disruption in the railroad and trucking industry. The company's sensors help in predicting mechanical failure and location tracking, by implementing advanced wireless technology and predictive analytics to the operations, enabling rail shippers and car owners to make the supply chain smarter and safer.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • 2020Grant (prize money)$50K
Founders & team
Byron PorterCEO
Investors
Arch Grants, T-REX, VGP
#8
Deadpooled · St. Louis, Missouri · founded 2014
$50Kraised
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Wearable sensors for real-time head impact tracking in youth athletics. The Jolt Sensor is a small clip that can easily attach to any piece of head-worn athletic equipment. Parents can track their children through the app and grant permissions to other parents that they trust to track their children in the event that they cannot be at a practice or game.

Funding rounds
  • May 2014Grant (prize money)$50K
Founders & team
Benjamin HarvatineFounder & CEOSeth BergFounder & CTO
Investors
Arch Grants, Techstars, MassChallenge
#9
Public · St. Louis, Missouri · founded 1896
—raised
▾

Manufacturer of batteries and lighting products

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 131k LinkedIn followers — 79.7% of this cohort's audience · 334 engagements/post (40.0× cohort median)
Activity: 2 product launches · 2 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. EVEREADY) announced in 12 mo
Founders & team
Mark LavigneChief Executive Officer

Funding & investor landscape

$310.8Mtotal disclosed funding
8companies funded
17disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Arch Grants3 rounds
National Science Foundation2 rounds
Techstars2 rounds
3i Group1 rounds
Alchemist Accelerator1 rounds
Authosis Ventures1 rounds
Capital Innovators1 rounds
Correlation Ventures1 rounds
Dragon Venture1 rounds
HHS1 rounds

Notable founders

Paul Min
Founder · Erlang Tech
Chris Shannon
CEO · Ezurio
Bryan Jefferson
CEO · SmartCare Consultant
Byron Porter
CEO · HUM Industrial Technology
Benjamin Harvatine
Founder & CEO · Jolt Sensor
Seth Berg
Founder & CTO · Jolt Sensor
Mark Lavigne
Chief Executive Officer · Energizer Holdings
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 933,153 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 IN MISSOURI · Hardware

How research on Semiconductors in Missouri is moving

A read on the academic research around Semiconductors in Missouri — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 91 papers.

91 papers · stance +0.57 · 35% breakthrough · 2% concern
breakthrough · advancement · concern
top institutions
  • Missouri University of Science and Technology59
  • University of Missouri–Kansas City24
  • University of Missouri5
  • Southeast Missouri State University3
leading researchers
Yiyu Shi · Mostafizur Rahman · Jun Fan · David Pommerenke · Jiajun Shi · Mingyu Li
prism intelligence · tone & topics
90% positive · 2% critical tone
ElectronicsComputer ScienceHardwareTelecommunicationsNetworkingManufacturing
▲ Breakthroughs29 · 32%
▼ 35%→25% share
▼0.7× share momentum8 median citations7% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are cooling (35%→25% of field), led by Integrated circuit.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Integrated circuit9
  • Three-dimensional integrated circuit8
  • CMOS8
  • Capacitance8
  • Electronic circuit7
Landmark Standby Leakage Power Reduction Technique for Nanoscale CMOS VLSI Systems · 80 cites
◆ Advancements51 · 56%
▼ 57%→38% share
▼0.7× share momentum6 median citations8% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are cooling (57%→38% of field), led by Electronic engineering.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Electronic engineering20
  • Integrated circuit16
  • Three-dimensional integrated circuit11
  • Through-silicon via10
  • CMOS7
Landmark A Brief Overview of On-Chip Voltage Regulation in High-Performance and High-Density Integrated Circuits · 44 cites
▼ Concerns2 · 2%
▼ 3%→0% share
10 median citations0% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (3%→0% of field), led by Silicon.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Silicon1
  • Thermal1
  • Substrate (aquarium)1
  • Thermal management of electronic devices and systems1
  • Through-silicon via1
Landmark Benchmarking for research in power delivery networks of three-dimensional integrated circuits · 13 cites

Common questions

How many Semiconductors companies are there in Missouri, United States?
Radar tracks 34 indexable Semiconductors companies headquartered in Missouri, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Semiconductors companies in Missouri, United States?
The Semiconductors companies in Missouri, United States on this list have raised a combined $310.8M in disclosed equity funding across 8 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Semiconductors company in Missouri, United States?
Bluebird Network is the highest-funded Semiconductors company in Missouri, United States, with $285M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Semiconductors companies in Missouri, United States are funded?
8 of the 34 Semiconductors companies in Missouri, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Semiconductors unicorns are there in Missouri, United States?
None of the Semiconductors companies in Missouri, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Missouri, United States Semiconductors companies?
The most active investors in Missouri, United States Semiconductors companies on this list include Arch Grants, National Science Foundation, Techstars, 3i Group, Alchemist Accelerator.
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