Best Semiconductors Companies in Spain
The 134 best Semiconductors companies in Spain in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Gigle Networks.
Spain's Semiconductors sector isn't flush with unicorns, but the 134 companies we track here represent a real and growing slice of a global market forecast to reach $580.2B by 2026 at a 3.0% CAGR. Total disclosed funding across the directory sits at $149M. Wooptix leads individual raises at $14M, with VLC Photonics at $11M close behind. SemiDynamics, Alcyon Photonics, and iPronics round out the top tier. No unicorns yet, but the investor list tells you the ambition is there: EIC Fund, Europa, CDTI, and Caixa Capital Risc are all active, which means institutional capital is circling even if headline rounds stay modest.
So what's driving the heat? Chip design and semiconductor devices are the themes pulling coverage up this quarter, and the momentum is genuinely global. India's state-backed chip push and a fresh $6M raise for BigEndian Semiconductors both signal that mid-sized bets on specialist chip outfits are landing right now, not later. Spain's scene fits that pattern: concentrated funding, focused founders, and a public-funding backbone through CDTI that keeps early-stage companies alive long enough to matter.
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 Spain
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gigle Networks Chips for home networking | $31M | 222 mo ago | Acquired | 70 | Hakan Fouren, Co-Founder | — | 20 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 2 | ARQUIMEA INGENIERIA Provider of technology solutions for aerospace, defense, science, and financial sectors | $23M | 37 mo ago | Funding Raised | 156 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | 22 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | — |
| 3 | Frenetic AI Provider of AI and cloud-based manufacturing technology for magnetic components | $17M | 31 mo ago | Series A | 76 | Alfonso Torre Co-Founder | Webflow EcommerceWebflowApple iCloud Mail+20 | — | — |
| 4 | Wooptix Application that allows 3D capture using single standard camera | $14M | 16 mo ago | Series C | 32 | — | WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+38 | 55 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | 1 job opening · 1 partnership |
| 5 | Photonicsens Provider of depth sensing solution for AR/VR and AI applications 29AI top 20%Funding top 46%Talent bottom 49%Tech bottom 42% All 6 signals ▾AItop 20% Fundingtop 46% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 42% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 25% AI: Classified as an AI company Funding: Raised $12.0M across 8 rounds · 8 rounds over 12 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 29/100 | $12M | 42 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | Ann Whyte Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | — | — |
| 6 | VLC Photonics Provider of photonic integrated circuit design, manufacturing, testing, and assembly | $11M | 12 mo ago | Acquired | 20 | Jose Capmany Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | — | — |
| 7 | SemiDynamics Developer of RISC-V IP cores | $6M | 2 mo ago | Seed | — | Roger Espasa Founder & CEO | UbuntuTailwind CSSBootstrap+10 | 2 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 8 | Alcyon Photonics Designs and manufactures photonic integrated circuits | $6M | 16 mo ago | Seed | 9 | Jimena Garcia-Romeu CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+20 | — | 2 partnerships |
| 9 | Raman Health Technologies Developer of a diagnostics platform for the diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases | $4M | 127 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | Carlo Zanotti CEO | — | 7 patents Early detection of Alzheimer's via biomarker analysis using sample holders. | — |
| 10 | iPRONICS Developer of lossless optical switches for AI cluster networking | $4M | 16 mo ago | Series A | 30 | Inaki Berenguer Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+34 | — | 4 job openings · 1 internship |
| 11 | UniSCool Manufacturer of electronic system that improves heat extraction and reduces energy consumption | $3M | 3 mo ago | Seed | — | Ramon Serrano Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | 5 job openings |
| 12 | Sens Solutions IoT platform providing real-time air and water monitoring solutions 22Talent top 38%Funding bottom 47%Market bottom 37%Global bottom 36% All 5 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Fundingbottom 47% Marketbottom 37% Globalbottom 36% Techbottom 32% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $1.8M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 8 yrs (0.2/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 22/100 | $2M | 13 mo ago | Seed | — | Marck Collado Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 13 | Qurv Provider of computer vision applications for semiconductor manufacturing | $2M | 68 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | Stijn Goossens Co-founder and CTO | — | — | — |
| 14 | Oscillum Provider of smart labeling solutions for food products | $2M | 21 mo ago | Seed | 4 | Pablo Dominguez Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | — | — |
| 15 | Mapsi Photonics Provider of novel silicon-based technology for MWIR and LWIR filtering in industrial applications | $2M | 25 mo ago | Seed | — | David Maza Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | 1 job opening · 1 award |
| 16 | Cissoid High temperature semiconductor integrated circuits | $2M | 217 mo ago | Series A | 26 | Dave Hutton CEO | — | — | — |
| 17 | MEETOPTICS Manufacturer of optical repairs and laser safety services | $1M | 47 mo ago | Seed | 21 | James Douglas Co-Founder | Vue.jsAmazon Web Servicescore-js+11 | 4 patents Photonic component data generation and database creation platforms for design analytics | 2 launchs · 3 partnerships |
| 18 | AWSensors Develops sensors and platforms for biological characterization needs | $1M | 79 mo ago | Seed | 12 | Yolanda Jimenez Co-Founder | WordPressPleskMySQL+20 | — | 1 job opening |
| 19 | Industrial Shields Provider of programmable logic controller (PLC) solutions for industrial automation and monitoring… | $1M | 80 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | Albert Prieto CEO | Cart FunctionalityOdooPostgreSQL+23 | — | 3 launchs |
| 20 | Datapixel Developer of 3D scanning solutions | $950K | 77 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | Toni Traveset Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 21 | atten2 Advanced Monitoring Technologies Provider of optical sensors to detect fluid quality | $751K | 127 mo ago | Seed | 11 | Edgar Martinez De Aguas CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+29 | 29 patents Real-time fluid and oil condition monitoring using sensor analytics and AI. | 3 partnerships |
| 22 | Cooling Photonics Provider of heat dissipation tape for cooling photonics | $689K | 40 mo ago | Seed | 7 | Javier Achiaga Alvarez CEO | — | — | — |
| 23 | Mateprincs Manufacturer of conductive inks for printed electronic devices | $581K | 93 mo ago | Seed | 2 | Jose Echeverria Managing Director | — | — | — |
| 24 | Distinkt Nano-ink manufacturer | $363K | 25 mo ago | Seed | — | Alex Lopez Co-Founder | WixSentryEnvoy+12 | — | 1 award |
| 25 | OSASEN Developing and offering an amperometric enzymatic biosensors | $284K | 77 mo ago | Seed | — | Asier Albizu CEO | — | — | — |
| 26 | TheThings Developer of air quality sensors | $276K | 131 mo ago | Seed | — | Xavier Marti Mohedano Owner | WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+22 | — | 1 launch |
| 27 | Ommatidia Provider of LiDAR-based 3D scanning systems | $275K | 79 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | Eduardo Margallo CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+17 | — | 1 launch |
| 28 | SENSING Tex Develop and market smart fabric sensors and luminous textile | $221K | 101 mo ago | Funding Raised | 11 | Miquel Ridao Granado CEO & Co-Founder | WordPress Block EditorCart FunctionalityWooCommerce+30 | 19 patents Integrated piezoresistive and luminous smart textiles for wearable health monitoring and device interfacing | 3 launchs · 1 partnership |
| 29 | Luz WaveLabs Provides photonic integrated circuits and laser instrumentation systems | $165K | 106 mo ago | Funding Raised | 3 | Angel Serrano Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 30 | Alteria Automation Provider of smart sensors, connectivity products and data analysis server solutions | $150K | 88 mo ago | Seed | 3 | Jose Vigil Founder | — | — | — |
| 31 | Widhoc Develops integrated hardware and software platform for soil management | $137K | — | Funding Raised | — | Ignacio Delgado CEO | WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+25 | — | — |
| 32 | Solar MEMS Sun sensors for space and solar power generation applications | $117K | 134 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | Jose Quero Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | 5 patents Angle-of-incidence light sensors and star‑centroid detection for solar‑tracking systems | 2 launchs · 1 partnership |
| 33 | 2se Provider of semiconductor design and manufacturing services | $113K | 82 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | Ramon Sanchez CEO | — | — | — |
| 34 | Cedrion Developer of air purification and cooling systems using corona discharge effect. | $111K | 72 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | Hector Martinez Co-Founder & CTO | — | — | — |
| 35 | Geezar Provider of innovation financing consultation and technology development for businesses | $110K | 118 mo ago | Funding Raised | 2 | Angel Martinez CEO | — | — | — |
Top 12 Semiconductors companies in Spain
#1
Seed · Barcelona, Catalonia · founded 2016$6.3Mraised▾
It is a developer of RISC-V IP cores. It provides high-bandwidth and high-performance cores with vector units for use in AI applications and recommendation systems. Its features include a native CHI interface, large memory capacity, Linux and microprocessing capabilities. It includes services for performance analysis, verification, FPGA acceleration and design.
- Apr 2026Seed—
- Dec 2018Grant (prize money)$2.1M
- Jan 2018Grant (prize money)$2.2M
- Dec 2017Grant (prize money)$2M
#2
Seed · Lleida, Catalonia · founded 2022$3Mraised▾
Manufacturer of electronic system that improves heat extraction and reduces energy consumption
- Feb 2026Grant (prize money)$3M
- Jul 2023Grant (prize money)$81.9K
- Apr 2022Seed—
#3
Acquired · Valencia, Valencian Community · founded 2011 · 20 employees$11.5Mraised▾
Provider of photonic integrated circuit design, manufacturing, testing, and assembly. The company offers consultancy services, technical reports, and courses related to photonic integration. It specializes in photonic design and testing services for various markets. Services include modeling, simulation, layout, die bonding, fiber pig-tailing, and wire-bonding.
- Jun 2025Grant (prize money)$6.2M
- May 2023Grant (prize money)$659.3K
- Jan 2021Grant (prize money)$505.6K
- Jun 2020Grant (prize money)$468.6K
#4
Series C · Madrid, Community of Madrid · founded 2016 · 32 employees$14.4Mraised▾
Wooptix has developed an innovative imaging technology which allows focusing in a picture after taking the picture. Basically their software allows 3D image processing in a mobile phone. The software can be used in varied situations such as 3D acquisition from a single mobile camera to high precision industrial measurement devices. It can be used to capture both video and photo acquisition with single camera with standard optics.
- Feb 2025Series C$10.5M
- Jul 2023Grant (prize money)$2.8M
- Jul 2023Series B$11.1M
- Jul 2016Series A$3.3M
#5
Seed · Madrid, Community of Madrid · founded 2018 · 9 employees$5.7Mraised▾
Designs and manufactures photonic integrated circuits
- Feb 2025Seed$1.6M
- 2023Grant (prize money)$4.2M
- Jul 2022Grant (prize money)—
#6
Series A · Valencia, Valencian Community · founded 2019 · 30 employees$3.8Mraised▾
Developer of lossless optical switches for AI cluster networking. These switches reduce latency for AI inference by avoiding packet queuing and processing. They also significantly reduce power consumption and improve cost-effectiveness by reducing capital expenditure and enabling effortless scaling of workloads. The switches are easily integrated into software-defined networks, allowing for rapid reconfiguration and real-time monitoring. They operate transparently across various bandwidths and modulation formats, maintaining losslessness across the entire O-band. The technology facilitates networking within the optical domain, enhancing AI performance.
#7
Seed · Barcelona, Catalonia · founded 2015$1.8Mraised▾
IoT platform providing real-time air and water monitoring solutions
- Apr 2025Seed$1.7M
- Nov 2018Grant (prize money)$56.9K
#8
Series A · Madrid, Community of Madrid · founded 2015 · 76 employees$17.3Mraised▾
Provider of AI and cloud-based manufacturing technology for magnetic components. It provides fabless magnetic design solutions to design inductors for high ripple currents and full-bridge converter transformers.
- Nov 2023Series A$12M
- May 2022Grant (prize money)$53.8K
- Sep 2021Series A$5.3M
#9
Funding Raised · Madrid, Community of Madrid · founded 2005 · 156 employees$22.5Mraised▾
Provider of technology solutions for aerospace, defense, science, and financial sectors. The company delivers solutions to high-demanding sectors using proprietary technologies. It focuses on research and development to create new products and services. The company participates in projects aligned with sustainable development. It adheres to quality and environmental policies.
- May 2023Grant (prize money)$14.1M
- Dec 2019Grant (prize money)$950.4K
- Jun 2019Grant (prize money)$2.4M
- Apr 2018Grant (prize money)$881.5K
#10
Seed · Elche, Valencian Community · founded 2017 · 4 employees$1.6Mraised▾
Provider of smart labeling solutions for food products. The company has developed sensors for wide applications in the agri-food sectors. The smart label helps in indicating the freshness of the products and the CO2 emissions due to food waste. The label is made from materials that are biodegradable with no microplastic generation.
- Sep 2024Grant (prize money)$55.1K
- May 2023Seed$1.6M
#11
Funding Raised · Paterna, Valencian Community · founded 2014$12Mraised▾
Provider of a depth-sensing solution for AR/VR and AI applications. It provides 3D depth sensing modules that have the capability to capture the 3D geometry of a scene. It features gesture recognition, face recognition, navigation, and other capabilities. It uses a CMOS processor and sensor technology for enabling its integration in mobile devices.
- Nov 2022Grant (prize money)$51.8K
- Dec 2020Grant (prize money)$3M
- Mar 2020Grant (prize money)$1.6M
- Sep 2018Grant (prize money)$1.6M
#12
Seed · Sabadell, Barcelona · founded 2021$1.6Mraised▾
Mapsi Photonics specializes in developing macroporous silicon filters for industrial applications such as gas identification and thermal vision. Their technology uses a novel silicon-based approach to avoid multilayers, providing more mechanical durability.
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 Spain
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 504 Spain-affiliated papers.
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya68
- Institut de Microelectrònica de Barcelona55
- Instituto de Microelectrónica de Sevilla49
- Universitat Politècnica de València46
- Universidad de Sevilla38
- CMOS9→17
- Detector2→10
- Transistor8→14
- Amplifier4→8
- Key (lock)1→5
- Power (physics)3→9
- Diode2→6
- Detector2→6
- Photonics5→7
- Laser4→6
- Electronic circuit9
- Electronic engineering8
- Photonics7
- Integrated circuit7
- Reliability (semiconductor)7
Where semiconductors is researched across Spain
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
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.