Best Semiconductors Companies in North Holland, Netherlands
The 35 best Semiconductors companies in North Holland, Netherlands in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Bitfury.
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.
Ranked: Best Semiconductors companies in North Holland
| # | Company | Last round | Disclosed funding | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AimValley Provides ASIC, FPGA, and embedded software development | — | — | Acquired | — | Theo Muijs Co-Founder & CEO | — | 17 patents Power management and timing control for optical transceiver modules and FPGA-based networking | — |
| 2 | Aura Aware Provides smart distance awareness device that helps people to keep a safe distance | — | — | Funding Raised | 3 | Janneke Heuvel Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 3 | Bears Safety Instruments Gas detector manufacturer | — | — | Unfunded | — | Brands Leskens CEO & MD | — | — | — |
| 4 | Binster Provider of sensor fusion systems for waste tracking | — | — | Deadpooled | — | Juuso Suonio Co Founder | — | — | — |
| 5 | Brekel Tools provider for markerless motion capture | — | — | Unfunded | — | Jasper Brekelmans Founder | — | — | — |
| 6 | FiberRing Wholesale network connectivity and internet access services provider | — | — | Unfunded | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Hanergy Manufacturer of thin-film solar panels | — | — | Unfunded | 1,505 | — | WordPressPleskMySQL+23 | — | — |
| 8 | Holofil Provider of holographic displays for multiple purposes | — | — | Unfunded | — | Mrunal Gawade Founder & CEO | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+20 | — | — |
Top 12 Semiconductors companies in North Holland
#1
Series B · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2011 · 52 employees$5Mraised▾
Developer of fiber optic sensing solutions. The company offer optical fiber measurement systems for applications in acoustic monitoring, acceleration, and strain sensing. Additionally, it offers nanoindentation instruments for capturing forces in biological samples.
- Jan 2026Venture Debt$29.1M
- May 2025Series B$18.9M
- Jan 2023Grant (prize money)$213.9K
- Oct 2022Series A$5M
#2
Seed · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2025$1.9Mraised▾
Manufacturer of tactile perception sensors for measuring pressure and touch. These sensors detect physical contact and pressure changes to provide actionable data for machines and automated systems. The technology enables hardware to replicate human tactile perception for applications in automotive, robotics, and medical equipment. The sensors integrate into various surfaces to monitor physical interaction and environmental changes.
- May 2026Grant (prize money)—
- Mar 2026Seed$1.9M
#3
Series D · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2014 · 263 employees$93.4Mraised▾
Manufacturer of optical tweezers for single-molecule analysis instruments. The product portfolio of the company includes C-Trap, an integrated system with optical tweezers, a confocal microscope, and a microfluidic system to analyze protein folding, DNA repair, DNA organization, Protein polymer, and filaments. Its product, AFS-acoustic force spectroscopy (a single molecule manipulation system), and u-Flux (an integrated microfluidic system) are used in performing experiments in a laminar flow environment.
- Oct 2024Venture Debt$21.9M
- Jan 2023Grant (prize money)$294.3K
- Sep 2022Grant (prize money)$48.7K
- Apr 2021Series D$93.4M
#4
Bitfury 🦄Series D · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2011 · 102 employees$181Mraised▾
AI and blockchain-based platform offering cryptocurrency mining solutions. It provides users with a blockchain technology company that provides infrastructure products and services to power the Web 3.0 ecosystem, making digital assets safe. It also develops and sells ASICs, PCBs, boards, servers, and data centres for mining Bitcoin. It also offers blockchain-as-a-service for government integration, a Bitcoin payment portfolio, blockchain-based solutions for the music industry, and a web-based software tool for law enforcement in blockchain applications.
- Nov 2018Series D$80M
- Jan 2018Series C$6M
- Jan 2017Series C$30M
- Jul 2015Series B$20M
#5
Series A · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2020 · 16 employees$4.5Mraised▾
Manufacturer of microelectromechanical systems and CMOS-based ICs. It develops clocks and timing integrated circuits based on piezoelectric MEMS-based resonators built on top of CMOS, and ultra-low noise phase-locked loops (PLLs) architectures. It has applications in the industrial, networking, telecommunication, and automotive sectors.
#6
Seed · Oudkarspel, North Holland · founded 2021 · 2 employees$1.9Mraised▾
Provider of a temperature-sensing platform for cardiovascular monitoring. It offers a platform based on photonic technology with fiber optic sensors that allows reliable measurement of cardiovascular parameters, such as cardiac output and circulating blood volume, that can be used to optimize diagnosis and treatments.
- Feb 2024Seed$1.6M
- Jun 2023Seed$328.2K
#7
Early Stage · Alkmaar, North Holland · founded 1996 · 39 employees$12.4Mraised▾
Manufacturer of optical fibre sensors. It uses fibre optic sensors and application-specific photonic integrated circuits to measure fuel system and battery temperature, infrastructure strain, pressure, and carbon fibre shape. It has applications in aerospace, high-tech, medical, mobility, energy, and infrastructure monitoring.
- Dec 2021Unattributed$12.4M
- Mar 2020Grant (prize money)$509.8K
- Jan 2019Grant (prize money)$223.1K
#8
Series B · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2014 · 35 employees$11.8Mraised▾
Data and sensor platform empowering sustainable horticulture with actionable insights. They offer digital solutions for growers, advisors, distributors, and researchers, providing full insights into every step of the growth journey. The platform ingests various data sources and analyzes information interactively, enabling continuous production improvement. They focus on metrics like VPD, dewpoint, moisture deficit, EC, VWC, temperature, light intensity, relative humidity, and CO2. They provide modules, platform, sensors, and pricing options. They offer a Smart Assistant, an AI chatbot, for data analysis and dashboard creation. They build smart solutions for horticulture, turning data into actionable information. They innovate with sustainable solutions, catering to both small and large growers, optimizing cultivation strategies. They focus on plant health and crop protection, aiming for better yields and a healthier world. They are committed to saving water through digitization and collaboration. They offer login, book demo, and sign-up options.
- Nov 2021Series B$7.3M
- May 2019Series A$3.9M
- Oct 2015Seed$560.4K
#9
Series A · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2016 · 11 employees$2.8Mraised▾
A provider of AI-powered end-to-end solutions for visual inspection and reporting in various fields. It is a software‑based AI‑inspection company focused on aviation MRO. It offers an end‑to‑end AI‑inspection lifecycle platform tailored to aircraft‑engine borescope inspections. It analyzes live and recorded BSI video with computer‑vision‑based AI to detect and classify defects, then automates AMM/EM‑based defect disposition, report generation, and secure data sharing and archiving. It streamlines the entire process, from video recording to report generation, saving you shifts and elevating quality standards. It crates end-to-end digital records for every repair and inspection, allowing for predefined workscopes and giving managers real-time visibility into inspection progress.
- Feb 2023Series A$2.3M
- Sep 2019Seed$550.3K
- 2016Seed—
#10
Seed · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2015 · 7 employees$3.3Mraised▾
Developer of an integrated platform for real-time monitoring of farm fields and data analytics. Its product is a wireless soil sensor suite that can be placed at various points in the farm field for measuring soil moisture. The sensor probes have a long lifespan and wireless range and work in plug-and-play mode. Soil moisture can be measured at different depths using this hardware probe. The captured data is pushed to a software platform using its gateway and can be viewed through the software application named Sensoterra Intelligence. It also allows zone-wise planning of data on the platform for planning.
- Aug 2022Seed$1M
- Dec 2018Seed$2.3M
#11
Seed · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2021 · 5 employees$323Kraised▾
Provider of novel waveguide technology for Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) using thin film Lithium Niobate.
#12
Funding Raised · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2005$479.8Kraised▾
PS-Tech develops 3D-visualization and optical tracking systems for industrial applications. The optical cameras built by the company use IR light to track the 3D position of the object equipped with retro-reflective markers. The company also provides supporting 3D-visualization software which can be used to interact with the data.
- Sep 2021Grant (prize money)$479.8K
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
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
How research on Semiconductors is moving in the Netherlands
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 610 Netherlands-affiliated papers.
- Eindhoven University of Technology160
- Delft University of Technology157
- NXP59
- University of Twente55
- Imec the Netherlands36
- Integrated circuit9→24
- Electronics3→7
- Microwave1→4
- Semiconductor device1→4
- Terahertz radiation1→4
- Fabrication2→4
- Electronic circuit3→6
- Integrated circuit6→8
Where semiconductors is researched across Netherlands
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.
Common questions
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