Best Semiconductors Companies in Ottawa, Canada
The 40 best Semiconductors companies in Ottawa, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: GaN Systems.
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 Ottawa
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GaN Systems Manufacturer of semiconductor and system solutions for various application areas | $220M | 57 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2008 | WordPressSentryMySQL+33 | 155 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 2 | RANOVUS Manufacturer of silicon-based interconnects solutions | $71M | 41 mo ago | Series B | — | 2012 | WordPressMySQLPHP+15 | 89 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 3 | Onechip photonics InP based Photonics Integrated Circuits | $64M | 167 mo ago | Deadpooled | Valery Tolstikhin Founder & CEO | 2005 | — | 42 patents Silicon photonic integrated circuits for telecom transceivers: lasers, multiplexers, detectors, switching. | — |
| 4 | Nu-Wave Photonics Developer of fiber optic components | $59M | 317 mo ago | Deadpooled | Peter Scovell ex-CEO | 1999 | — | — | — |
| 5 | OneChip Photonics Optical transceivers based on photonic integrated circuits (PICs) | $47M | 167 mo ago | Deadpooled | Valery Tolstikhin Founder & CEO | 2005 | — | 42 patents Silicon photonic integrated circuits for high‑density optical transceivers and wavelength multiplexing | — |
| 6 | Galazar Solutions for carrier-grade Ethernet and Multi-Service line cards | $29M | 245 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2001 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Solantro Provider of chipsets for power conversion applications | $26M | 137 mo ago | Acquired | Tudor Lipan Co-Founder | 2009 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Philsar RF semiconductor solutions for personal wireless connectivity | $21M | 317 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | Luc Lussier Founder | 1993 | — | — | — |
| 9 | Sidense Developers of one time programmable memory OTP NVM | $18M | 165 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | — | 2004 | — | 211 patents Hardware security and side‑channel protection for non‑volatile memory devices | — |
| 10 | Blumind Developer of all-analog AI neural network architecture for edge applications 53AI top 25%Innovation top 31%Patents top 34%Funding top 35% All 9 signals ▾AItop 25% Innovationtop 31% Patentstop 34% Fundingtop 35% Talenttop 38% Growthtop 45% Globalbottom 44% Techbottom 41% Marketbottom 23% AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Innovation: 21 patents (top 51% of patent-holders) · 21 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $14M | 16 mo ago | Series A | Niraj Mathur Co-Founder & CEO | 2020 | Craft CMSPHPYii+13 | 21 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 11 | Atsana Semiconductors Provider of media microprocessors | $10M | 271 mo ago | Deadpooled | Luc Lussier Founder | 1999 | — | — | — |
| 12 | EllipticTechnologies Embedded Security for the Connected World | $6M | 153 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2001 | — | — | — |
Top 12 Semiconductors companies in Ottawa
#1
Series A · Ottawa, Ontario · founded 2020 · 12 employees$14Mraised▾
Developer of all-analog AI neural network architecture for edge applications. It delivers efficient power and low latency using standard CMOS process technology. The company's technology offers solutions using industry standard software tools for always-on applications. It provides devices, chiplets, IP, and software for integration into various products.
- Apr 2025Series A$14M
#2
Series B · Ottawa, Ontario · founded 2012 · 64 employees$71.3Mraised▾
Manufacturer of silicon-based interconnects solutions for the telecommunications and IT industries. Its product portfolio includes quantum dot multi-wavelength Laser (QD MWL), which is a semiconductor laser that utilizes self-assembled quantum dots to generate multiple wavelengths simultaneously from a single device, and advanced digital and photonics integrated circuit technologies based on optical modulation on micro-ring resonators. It caters to the network operators and data centres.
- Mar 2023Series B$26.2M
- Nov 2018Grant (prize money)$15.1M
- Oct 2018Series B$6.2M
- Jun 2017Series B$4.2M
#3
Acquired · Ottawa, Ontario · founded 2008 · 200 employees$220Mraised▾
Manufacturer of semiconductor and system solutions for various application areas. The company provides a range of products, including microcontrollers, memories, power management solutions, and sensor technology. These products serve applications such as automotive, industrial, consumer electronics, and information and communication technology. The company also offers design resources, support, and training for its products.
- Nov 2021Series B$150M
- Dec 2019Series B—
- Dec 2017Series B—
- Jul 2017Series B—
#4
Deadpooled · Ottawa, Ontario · founded 2005$64.3Mraised▾
Onechip photonics provides low-cost, small-footprint Indium Phosphide (InP)-based Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) and PIC-based optical sub-assemblies (OSAs) for the Data Center markets. It provides high-performance optical transceivers based on monolithic photonic integrated circuits in indium phosphide used in optical networks.The company announced in 2015 that it would be closing and the assets were put on auction.
- Sep 2012Series C$15.6M
- May 2011Series C$17M
- Sep 2010Series B$12.3M
- Mar 2009Series A$19.5M
#5
Deadpooled · Ottawa, Ontario · founded 2005$47.4Mraised▾
OneChip Photonics claimed to have developed optical transceivers based on photonic integrated circuits (PICs) for the fiber to the home (FTTH) market. An optical transceiver provides the interconnection between the fiber optics in the network and the electronics in the home. It provided Indium Phosphide (InP)-based Photonic Integrated Circuit (PICs) and PIC-based modules for the Data Center Interconnect (DCI) and Passive Optical Network (PON) markets.
- Sep 2012Series C$15.6M
- Mar 2010Series A$12.3M
- Mar 2010Conventional Debt—
- Mar 2009Series A$16.5M
#6
Acquired · Ottawa, Ontario · founded 2009 · 30 employees$26Mraised▾
Provider of chipsets for power conversion applications. It develops customized chipsets, firmware and development platforms for power conversion applications. Its product portfolio includes analogue power manager, digital power processor, and maximize DC controller chipsets. It caters to renewable and distributed energy networks to provide higher energy yields.
- Apr 2015Series B$11M
- Dec 2013Conventional Debt$4M
- Sep 2013Grant (prize money)$3.8M
- Dec 2012Series A$10M
#7
Deadpooled · Ottawa, Ontario · founded 1999$58.8Mraised▾
Nu-Wave Photonics, later Zenastra Photonics, was the developer of fiber optic components. Nu-Wave had designed and developed a new architecture and fabrication process for large scale integration of complex optical circuits for optic transmission systems. The company had changed its name circa 2000. The firm filed for bankruptcy around 2001, owing to inability to raise further funding to continue operations.
- Apr 2000PE$58.8M
#8
Acquired · Ottawa, Ontario · founded 2001 · 35 employees$29.4Mraised▾
Galazar Networks was a semiconductor vendor focused on Ethernet, solutions for carrier-grade Ethernet and Multi-Service line cards. Galazar’s products are designed to be ideal for Ethernet, SAN and Multi-Service CPE/CLE platforms as well as EoS, PoS, EoPDH, EoX and SAN line cards for ADMs, , routers, MSTPs, DSLAMs, wireless cellular backhaul, media converters and metro core switches. Galazar was acquired by EXAR in 2009.
- Mar 2006Series C$6.6M
- Apr 2003Series B$15.4M
- Feb 2001Series A$7.4M
#9
Acqui-Hired · Ottawa, Ontario · founded 1993$20.9Mraised▾
Philsar Semiconductor develops RF semiconductor solutions for personal wireless connectivity including bluetooth and 3G digital cellular handsets. The ICs require very less power for operation and are manufactured in an advanced Silicon Germanium (SiGe) BiCMOS process. It also offers fractional-N synthesizers which can be used in various RF frontend applications. The company was acquired by Conexant in 2000.
- Mar 2000Series A$10.6M
- Apr 1999Series A$10.2M
#10
Acqui-Hired · Ottawa, Ontario · founded 2004 · 60 employees$17.7Mraised▾
Developer of silicon-proven embedded NVM (non-volatile memory) intellectual property (IP). Sidense's patented 1T-Fuse™ one-time programmable OTP memory and logic NVM enables a wide range of electronic products. The IP is integrated by semiconductor and systems manufacturers for various end market products.
#11
Deadpooled · Ottawa, Ontario · founded 1999 · 50 employees$10Mraised▾
Developer of programmable low-power consumption multimedia processors designed to create multimedia wireless devices. The company's programmable low-power consumption multimedia processors for wireless devices like handsets, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and network cameras gives better quality video encoding, supports higher resolution and is easily scalable and programmable to support a myriad of multimedia applications and standards, enabling users to get multimedia wireless devices that consume less power than other such devices.
- Jan 2004Series B$10M
#12
Acquired · Ottawa, Ontario · founded 2001 · 31 employees$5.7Mraised▾
Elliptic Technologies provides security software and embedded solutions for chipset manufacturers and OEMs. It provides both software and the related hardware for embedded security features. Elliptic technologies holds the IP for the embedded security.
- Nov 2013Series A$4M
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