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Best Semiconductors Companies in Stockholm County, Sweden

The 41 best Semiconductors companies in Stockholm County, Sweden in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Neonode.

41companies tracked
$167.8Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
12have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · SEMICONDUCTORS × STOCKHOLM COUNTY

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
56kcombined LinkedIn audience
70%of audience held by top 3
1companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Semiconductors companies in Stockholm County

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundEmployeesFounderTech stackWeb popularityPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Acreo
Printed biosensor with integrated display and peripherals
———Peter Bjorkholm
CEO & VP
——162 patents
Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation
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2AQSystems
Develops wind sensing instruments based on Sodar technology
———Pelle Hurtig
CEO
————
3Biosensor Applications
Device for drugs & explosives detection
——4———15 patents
Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation
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4Cobolt
Supplier of lasers and terahertz systems
——60Hakan Karlsson
CEO
——56 patents
Compact multi-wavelength laser modules for flow cytometry and biomedical imaging.
—
5Episentum
Developer of label-enhanced surface plasmon resonance biosensor instrument
——1Anders Hanning
Founder & CEO
————
6Expolinc
Manufacturer of multi-category displays
————Craft CMSPHPYii+15Top 10M8 patents
Modular large-format display panel arrangement and integration technology
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7HighTech Nordic
Provider of cutting-edge solutions in industrial PC, mini PC, panel PC, embedded systems, digital signage…
———Andreas Luther
Co Founder and CEO
Wix eCommerceWixSentry+14Top 50M——
8IRnova
Provider of IR detectors for defense and other business verticals
——27Ulrika Lidberg
CEO
WebflowAzureLenis+9Top 10M9 patents
Infrared imaging detector technology for thermal sensing and imaging applications.
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Top 12 Semiconductors companies in Stockholm County

#1
Seed · Stockholm, Stockholm County · founded 2018 · 8 employees
$5.4Mraised
▾

Developer of programmable power infrastructure for electrical distribution systems. The company provides hardware and software solutions for modern power infrastructure demands. Its offerings include solid-state switchgear combining hardware with real-time software execution. It also provides software-defined voltage conversion with integrated energy storage. The company's system enables devices to share data, respond instantly, and optimize power flows. The AI analyzes and adapts to systems in real time.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 3.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 2 partnerships (incl. celduc® relais) announced in 12 mo
Founders & team
Jan JohanssonCo-FounderJens SchroerCo-Founder & CTOCharlotta HolmquistCo-Founder
Investors
Union Square Ventures, ERV, Europa, Free Electrons, NEW, BayWa
Tech stack
WordpressCart FunctionalityMysqlMariadbPhpBootstrap
#2
Public · Stockholm, Stockholm County · founded 2001 · 49 employees
$74.6Mraised
▾

Developer of computer vision sensing technology and AI-driven automotive solutions. The company licenses its technology platform to automotive manufacturers and suppliers. This allows integration of technology into vehicle designs. The technology aims to deliver customizable solutions that meet the needs of automotive segments. The company’s technology is used in commercial vehicles and luxury sports cars.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers — 6.9% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2020Post IPO$13.9M
  • Dec 2018Post IPO$4.7M
  • Aug 2016Post IPO$8.7M
  • May 2014Post IPO$22.7M
Investors
Mobility Ventures
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailAzureCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementContentfulCookiebot
#3
Deadpooled · Stockholm, Stockholm County · founded 1999 · 70 employees
$70Mraised
▾

Optillion manufactures and sells fiber-optic transceivers for networking equipment suppliers in the enterprise, metropolitan area, cable television, and storage area networking markets. It went bankrupt in 2005 and its patents were bought by Finisar. Christer Svensson and Lars Thylen were other two co-founders

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2002Series C$15M
  • Dec 2000Series B$53M
Founders & team
Lars ThylenCo-Founder & PresidentChrister SvenssonCo-Founder & Director
Investors
Crescendo Ventures, Investor, Cisco Investments
#4
Public · Taby, Stockholm County · founded 1989 · 103 employees
$3.5Mraised
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Mycronic provides production solutions for the electronic assembly, display, and packaging industries. Its product offerings include placement equipment, jet printing & dispensing, tabletop dispensing, in-line dispensing, conformal coating, component storage, assembly process management, multi-purpose mask writer, and mask measurement system. Also provides services such as service for SMT equipment, service for mask writers, and financing services.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 18k LinkedIn followers — 32.2% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Sales Support Specialist
Founders & team
Eric ChenManaging DirectorAdrian HuangManaging DirectorAnders LindqvistGroup CEO
Investors
Europa, Industrifonden, Optronic, Bure Equity, Investor Growth Capital, Shenzhen Axxon Automation
Tech stack
AzureAzure MonitorCloudflareCookiebotCookiefirstDigicert
#5
Acquired · Stockholm, Stockholm County · founded 2011 · 10 employees
$7.3Mraised
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Ascatron is an independent manufacturer of Silicon Carbide (SiC) material and devices offering the complete fabrication from epitaxy to diced wafers. SiC is used to reduce losses in electrical transformers used in electric vehicles and renewable energy applications. They offer 3DSiC power diode products such as Schottky diodes, PiN diodes & Ascatron 3DSiC. User application includes electric vehicles motor drives, chargers and charge stations. Used as Power supplies with battery back-up (UPS) for data centers. Also used in industries for speed control for motor pumps, fans, and machines.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2019Series A$3.9M
  • Jan 2017Grant (prize money)$926.3K
  • May 2016Grant (prize money)$1.1M
  • Sep 2015Series A$3.4M
Investors
Europa, EIT, Quadrivio, Como Venture, InteBridge, LPE
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpNginxHsts
#6
Acquired · Stockholm, Stockholm County · founded 2005 · 8 employees
$4.5Mraised
▾

Developer of bipolar power transistors in silicon carbide designed to meet the standards of power control in harsh high temperature environments. The company's transistors offer the higher levels of efficiency yet suitable for operations at high temperature levels up to 250°C, enabling oil and gas and avionics industry to use them for hybrid vehicles, photovoltaic inverters, power factor corrector and motor drives.

Investors
Midroc, Volvo Group, Industrifonden, Sting
#7
Acquired · Stockholm, Stockholm County · founded 2013 · 12 employees
$1.8Mraised
▾

Imagimob has developed Sensorbeat product to learn about motion by using the sensor data from wearables or other devices. Sensorbeat is a software package using sensor technology to identify new motions and gestures. Company raise SEK 3 Million in June 2015 from Stockholm Business Angels among others.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers — 11.4% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2017Seed$471.4K
  • Sep 2016Seed$936K
  • Jun 2015Seed$365K
Founders & team
Anders HardebringCEO at Imagimob
Investors
Stoaf, Almi Invest, MobilityXlab
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerCaddyCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookieyes
#8
Funding Raised · Stockholm, Stockholm County · founded 2021
$161Kraised
▾

Manufacturer of end-to-end quantum photonics systems. These systems are based on single photon generation and detection. Products include a bright source of photon pairs, a quantum spectrometer with high temporal resolution, a quantum lidar for atmospheric pollutant mapping and defense applications, and a quantum microscope for bio-imaging. The company designs and manufactures these solutions.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2023Grant (prize money)$161K
Founders & team
Val ZwillerFounder
Investors
Europa
#9
Funding Raised · Stockholm, Stockholm County · founded 2007 · 9 employees
$110Kraised
▾

SenSic was formed for commercializing 20 years of research work at Linkoping University. It is based on the Silicon Carbide technology and can function at high temperatures and sustain harsh environments. It is targeted towards industrial and automotive applications to help optimize combustion. The single sensor unit can detect multiple gases as well as pressure and the company claims that the price is similar to normal sensors in the market.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2020Grant (prize money)$55K
  • Sep 2019Grant (prize money)$55K
Founders & team
Bo HammarlundCo-Founder & ChairmanOlle WestblumCEO
Investors
EIC Fund, Europa, Almi Invest
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpUbuntuJquery MigrateJquery
#10
Seed · Stockholm, Stockholm County · founded 2015 · 7 employees
$110Kraised
▾

Neue is a smart technology provider for the fashion industry. It is a Bluetooth enabled device equipped with accelerometer, gyroscope, humidity, and temperature sensors. It works in integration with a smartphone application "Neue Playground" compatible with iOS. The product has been featured in Fashnerd (a digital tech magazine).

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 310 LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2020Grant (prize money)$58.2K
  • Jan 2017Seed$110K
Founders & team
Fredrik TimourFounder & CEO
Investors
Europa, EIT Digital
#11
Seed · Stockholm, Stockholm County · founded 2014 · 5 employees
$122.4Kraised
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Neosense Technologies is a startup that has developed a sensor for monitoring blood oxygen level in patients. The device's primary use-case lies in neonatal care for monitoring pulmonary function of extremely pre-term babies. The sensor provides real-time measurement of blood oxygenation levels for critically ill patients. The company is a spin-off from KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Investors
KTH Holding, Almi Invest, Keiretsu Forum Nordics
#12
Funding Raised · Stocksund, Stockholm County · founded 2015 · 2 employees
$29.4Kraised
▾

Provider of active printed light technology for safety garments and accessories. The company mainly offers plug-and-play printed active light integration kit for garments, energy-efficient light panels that generate no heat and can be printed in any shape, and customized printed active light garments.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2020Grant (prize money)$29.4K
Investors
Sting

Funding & investor landscape

$167.8Mtotal disclosed funding
13companies funded
27disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Europa9 rounds
Almi Invest3 rounds
Sting3 rounds
Industrifonden2 rounds
Uppsala Innovation Centre2 rounds
AEDC Capital1 rounds
BayWa1 rounds
Blue Tiger Solutions1 rounds
Bure Equity1 rounds
CVX Ventures1 rounds

Notable founders

Jan Johansson
Co-Founder · Blixt
Jens Schroer
Co-Founder & CTO · Blixt
Lars Thylen
Co-Founder & President · Optillion
Christer Svensson
Co-Founder & Director · Optillion
Eric Chen
Managing Director · Mycronic
Adrian Huang
Managing Director · Mycronic
Anders Hardebring
CEO at Imagimob · Imagimob
Val Zwiller
Founder · Quantum Scopes
Bo Hammarlund
Co-Founder & Chairman · SenSic
Olle Westblum
CEO · SenSic
Fredrik Timour
Founder & CEO · Neue
Axel Hammar
CEO · Smart Sensor Devices
Prism market signals · Sweden · country-scoped Prism corpus, 821,652 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 · Sweden

How research on Semiconductors is moving in Sweden

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 289 Sweden-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201020182026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 53% → 66% across 2010–2026.
top research entities
  • KTH Royal Institute of Technology86
  • Chalmers University of Technology78
  • Linköping University27
  • Lund University26
  • Ericsson12
leading researchers
Erik Larsson · Herbert Zirath · Carl‐Mikael Zetterling · Mikael Östling · Vessen Vassilev · Luigia Lanni · Hans‐Peter Nee · B. Gunnar Malm
▲ Breakthroughs113 · 39%
▲ 37%→44% share
▲1.2× share momentum4 median citations36% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (37%→44% of field), led by Scalability.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Scalability3→7
  • Photonics2→5
  • Photonic integrated circuit1→4
Landmark All-printed large-scale integrated circuits based on organic electrochemical transistors · 251 cites
◆ Advancements123 · 43%
▼ 46%→34% share
▼0.7× share momentum3 median citations26% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are cooling (46%→34% of field), led by Substrate (aquarium).
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Substrate (aquarium)1→5
  • Amplifier2→4
Landmark Nanoplasmonic waveguides: towards applications in integrated nanophotonic circuits · 636 cites
▼ Concerns31 · 11%
▲ 11%→13% share
▲1.2× share momentum3 median citations39% since 2021mostly reviews
Concerns are rising (11%→13% of field), led by Optoelectronics.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Optoelectronics1→4
Landmark Single-molecule electronics: from chemical design to functional devices · 506 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Sweden

Where semiconductors is researched across Sweden

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.

Stockholm88 · +0.51
Hot · Photonic integrated circuitAdvancing · Bipolar junction transistorOpportunity · Logic gateConcern · Silicon carbide
Gothenburg88 · +0.55
Hot · AmplifierAdvancing · MicrowaveOpportunity · VoltageConcern · Electronics
Linköping34 · +0.56
Hot · ElectronicsAdvancing · Power consumptionConcern · Reliability (semiconductor)
Lund27 · +0.53
Hot · Standard cellAdvancing · Computer hardwareOpportunity · Computer architectureConcern · Embedded system
Uppsala10 · +0.41
Hot · Diode
Umeå5 · +0.66
Opportunity · Photonics

Common questions

How many Semiconductors companies are there in Stockholm County, Sweden?
Radar tracks 41 indexable Semiconductors companies headquartered in Stockholm County, Sweden that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Semiconductors companies in Stockholm County, Sweden?
The Semiconductors companies in Stockholm County, Sweden on this list have raised a combined $167.8M in disclosed equity funding across 13 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Semiconductors company in Stockholm County, Sweden?
Neonode is the highest-funded Semiconductors company in Stockholm County, Sweden, with $74.6M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Semiconductors companies in Stockholm County, Sweden are funded?
13 of the 41 Semiconductors companies in Stockholm County, Sweden on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Semiconductors unicorns are there in Stockholm County, Sweden?
None of the Semiconductors companies in Stockholm County, Sweden on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Stockholm County, Sweden Semiconductors companies?
The most active investors in Stockholm County, Sweden Semiconductors companies on this list include Europa, Almi Invest, Sting, Industrifonden, Uppsala Innovation Centre.
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