Best Semiconductors Companies in Sweden
The 245 best Semiconductors companies in Sweden in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Neonode.
Sweden's Semiconductors companies, ranked by disclosed equity funding and recent funding momentum, show $376M in total capital across 245 tracked firms. That's the real number. The global market sits at roughly $483.2B and is forecast to reach $580.2B by 2026 at a 3.0% CAGR, which tells you the opportunity is large but the growth is measured, not explosive. Neonode leads our directory at $75M in disclosed funding, followed by Arduino at $54M. Those two alone account for well over a third of the sector's total disclosed capital. Epishine sits at $19M. Below that, the numbers compress fast.
So what does Sweden's semiconductor funding picture actually look like? Concentrated at the top, thin in the middle. Most of the 245 companies here have raised modest rounds, with Almi Invest and Industrifonden among the most active backers keeping early-stage firms alive. I'd note that global momentum around chip manufacturing is accelerating, with India's domestic chip push signaling how competitive sovereign semiconductor strategy has become. Sweden's players are working in that context. AlixLabs at $6M and EmbeDL at $4M represent the smaller end of the directory, but they're operating in a market where wafer technology and device design are drawing serious coverage and capital globally.
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 Sweden
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founded | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neonode Developer of computer vision sensing technology and AI-driven automotive solutions | $75M | 70 mo ago | 49 49 → 55 (+12%) | 2001 | — | HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+21 | 45 patents Touchless optical sensing for vehicle and consumer user interfaces | — |
| 2 | Optillion Fiber-optic transceiver provider | $70M | 283 mo ago | 70 | 1999 | Lars Thylen Co-Founder & President | — | — | — |
| 3 | FlatFrog Developer of interactive touch display solutions for collaboration | $65M | 114 mo ago | 69 | 2007 | Dhwani Vyas CEO & President | — | — | — |
| 4 | Arduino Provider of an open-source electronics prototyping platform | $54M | 33 mo ago | 185 | 2005 | — | Cart FunctionalityShopifyApple iCloud Mail+37 | — | 1 launch |
| 5 | Epishine Developer and provider of solar modules | $19M | 8 mo ago | 52 | 2016 | Jonas Bergqvist Co-Founder & CTO | HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+18 | 40 patents Advanced laminated photovoltaic modules and manufacturing processes for high-efficiency solar panels | — |
| 6 | Finisar Sweden Developer of single-chip tunable lasers and transmitters for fiber optic communication | $13M | 225 mo ago | — | 2002 | Michael Hurlston CEO | — | 33 patents Integrated photonic components: on‑chip lasers, waveguides, and optical coupling devices | — |
| 7 | Mitrionics FPGA-based processing solutions for accelerated computing | $9M | 229 mo ago | — | 2001 | Stefan Mohl Co-Founder & CTO | — | 5 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 8 | Ascatron Manufacturing of Silicon Carbide (SiC) semiconductors | $7M | 83 mo ago | 10 | 2011 | — | — | 49 patents SiC power semiconductor wafer and grid manufacturing, including MOSFET and buried grid structures | — |
| 9 | Acconeer Developer of micro-radar based sensors | $7M | 117 mo ago | 62 | 2012 | Lars Lindell CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | 68 patents Short-range mm-wave radar sensing for motion detection, object tracking, and granular flow measurement | 1 job opening |
| 10 | Xenergic Developer of on-chip memory IP solutions for system-on-chip circuit designs | $7M | 50 mo ago | 21 | 2017 | Joachim Rodrigues Co-Founder | — | 50 patents Advanced multiport and shiftable memory architectures for high‑speed data access | — |
| 11 | AlixLabs Manufacturer of electronic components and nano device fabrication services | $6M | 2 mo ago | 16 | 2019 | Jonas Sundqvist Co-founder and CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+18 | 32 patents Nanofabrication of semiconductor nanostructure arrays and advanced etching/conditioning processes | 1 launch |
| 12 | Blixt Developer of programmable power infrastructure for electrical distribution systems | $5M | 26 mo ago | 8 | 2018 | Jan Johansson Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalityWordPressMySQL+30 | — | 1 partnership |
| 13 | TranSiC Develops Power Saving Transistors | $5M | 215 mo ago | 8 | 2005 | — | — | 7 patents High‑temperature, high‑power silicon‑carbide bipolar transistors for power electronics | — |
| 14 | EmbeDL Provider of an SDK and hub for edge AI model optimization | $4M | 12 mo ago | 18 | 2018 | Devdatt Dubhashi Co-Founder & CSO | HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+16 | 3 patents Neural network subnetwork generation for model compression and architecture search | — |
| 15 | SP Devices Signal processing solutions for communication industry | $4M | 54 mo ago | 31 | 2004 | — | Microsoft SharePointYouTubeMicrosoft ASP.NET+10 | — | — |
| 16 | Epinova Technologies Developer of III-V Si wafers for the semiconductor industry | $4M | 47 mo ago | — | 2016 | Kristofer Jansson Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 17 | Mycronic Production solutions for the electronics assembly, display, and packaging industries | $4M | 44 mo ago | 103 | 1989 | Anders Lindqvist Group CEO | Tailwind CSSAzureMicrosoft Application Insights+11 | 354 patents Advanced mask aligner and lithography equipment for precise exposure and pattern generation | 1 job opening |
| 18 | Sensative Door and window position sensors for homes | $3M | 68 mo ago | 36 | 2013 | Mats Pettersson Co-founder & CTO | WordPressMySQLPHP+30 | 22 patents Capacitive fluid/oil level sensing and wireless IoT sensor modules for structural and glass monitoring | 1 launch |
| 19 | Percepio Provider of run-time analysis tool for embedded software | $3M | 71 mo ago | 11 | 2009 | Johan Kraft Founder & CEO | WordPressZohoMySQL+24 | 5 patents Runtime software anomaly detection and monitoring using specialized analysis nodes. | 2 launchs |
| 20 | Coresonic Low-powered digital signal processing (DSP) cores for wireless baseband applications. | $2M | 192 mo ago | 27 | 2004 | — | — | 18 patents high-performance configurable digital signal processors with clustered SIMD architecture and programmable interconnect | — |
| 21 | Imagimob Sensor fusion systems for learning movements | $2M | 102 mo ago | 12 | 2013 | Anders Hardebring CEO at Imagimob | PHPUbuntuCaddy+18 | 6 patents AI-driven motion pattern generation from accelerometer and sensor data | 1 launch |
| 22 | AnaCatum Analog Mixed-Signal Semiconductor IP subsystems providers | $1M | 169 mo ago | 5 | 2009 | Emil Hjalmarson Co-Founder & VP Product | — | — | — |
| 23 | Smart High Tech Provider of graphene-enhanced materials for thermal management applications | $1M | 89 mo ago | — | 2006 | Johan Liu Founder & CTO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+15 | 55 patents Graphene‑enhanced thermal interface materials for high‑performance heat dissipation | 1 partnership · 1 award |
| 24 | Unibap Develops vision based robot navigation systems | $1M | 43 mo ago | 36 | 2013 | Johan Aman CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | 15 patents Industrial robot inspection, measurement, and cell configuration systems for automated quality control | 1 partnership |
| 25 | Aligned Bio Provider of nanowire-based sensors | $909K | 21 mo ago | 17 | 2019 | Jaime Castillo-Leon Co-Founder & Director | HubSpot CMS HubMicrosoft ClarityHubSpot+11 | — | — |
| 26 | AdamantQ Developer of diamond-based ICs | $859K | 35 mo ago | 3 | 2022 | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | CombiQ Cloud-based IoT sensor solutions for industrial monitoring | $778K | 84 mo ago | 8 | 2008 | Kenneth Johansson CEO | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 28 | InviSense Provider of moisture sensor for buildings | $445K | 89 mo ago | 3 | 2015 | Bjorn Garplind CEO & Owner | — | 14 patents Concrete curing monitoring and moisture detection sensor technologies | — |
| 29 | Insplorion Developer of sensors for hydrogen infrastructure, production, and application | $410K | 67 mo ago | 8 | 2010 | Christoph Langhammer Co-Founder | Node.jsLuaYouTube+14 | 6 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 30 | Synective Labs Provider of field programmable gate arrays and application-specific integrated circuits | $400K | 124 mo ago | 19 | 2003 | Niklas Ljung CEO | — | — | — |
| 31 | C2amps Manufacturer of nano-wire transistors | $352K | 77 mo ago | — | 2016 | Lars-Erik Wernersson Co-Founder | — | 17 patents 3D vertical nanowire MOSFETs and dense multi‑transistor semiconductor structures | — |
| 32 | Retenua Developer of software for mobile robotics and advanced perception systems | $197K | 69 mo ago | — | 2015 | Henrik Andreasson Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 33 | Quantum Scopes Manufacturer of end-to-end quantum photonics systems | $161K | 41 mo ago | — | 2021 | Val Zwiller Founder | — | — | — |
| 34 | Neosense Technologies Sensor for monitoring blood oxygen levels | $122K | 103 mo ago | 5 | 2014 | — | — | — | — |
| 35 | Orthocone Innovation Technologies Manufactures liquid crystal for imaging and photonics | $118K | 195 mo ago | — | 2009 | Per Rudquist Founder | — | 4 patents Stabilizing antiferroelectric liquid crystals for greyscale display technologies | — |
| 36 | Neue Smart technology provider for fashion industry | $110K | 77 mo ago | 7 | 2015 | Fredrik Timour Founder & CEO | — | 2 patents Electrochromic display technology for low‑power, color‑change visual interfaces. | — |
| 37 | SenSic Silicon carbide based gas sensor | $110K | 75 mo ago | 9 | 2007 | Bo Hammarlund Co-Founder & Chairman | — | 7 patents Graphene FET-based chemical and gas sensing devices | — |
| 38 | FluoLink Developer of a fluorescence-based spectroscopy system to detect brain cancer | $107K | 87 mo ago | — | 2002 | Johan Richter Co-Founder | — | 4 patents Optical biopsy guidance probes for tissue identification and harvesting | — |
Top 12 Semiconductors companies in Sweden
#1
Series A · Lund, Skane County · founded 2019 · 16 employees$5.6Mraised▾
Manufacturer of electronic components and nano device fabrication services
#2
Series A · Linkoping, ostergotland County · founded 2016 · 52 employees$19.4Mraised▾
Developer and provider of solar modules. The solar cells produced can be printed on recyclable plastic. It offers a tool that converts indoor light into a power source. The solar cells can be integrated into devices and applications, in sectors such as retail, smart buildings, and consumer electronics.
- Oct 2025Grant (prize money)$3.5M
- Jul 2023Series A$5.5M
- Sep 2022Grant (prize money)$2.4M
- Jul 2021Grant (prize money)$59.4K
#3
Seed · Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland County · founded 2018 · 18 employees$4.2Mraised▾
Provider of an SDK and hub for edge AI model optimization. The SDK streamlines deep learning model deployment on embedded systems. The hub facilitates AI model compilation and profiling on devices via a cloud platform. It offers tools for testing, reporting, and benchmarking. The solution aims to reduce memory usage and energy consumption, while accelerating inference speeds.
- Jun 2025Seed$6.3M
- Jun 2023Seed$2.1M
- Oct 2022Grant (prize money)$2.5M
- Nov 2020Grant (prize money)$1M
#4
Acquired · Malmo, Skane County · founded 2005 · 185 employees$54Mraised▾
Provider of an open-source electronics prototyping platform. Its software and the hardware-based platform are designed for providing a solution for hobbyists, students, and professionals to create devices that interact with their environment using sensors and actuators.
- Sep 2023Series B$22M
- Jun 2022Series B$32M
- Feb 2016Grant (prize money)—
#5
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.
- Aug 2020Post IPO$13.9M
- Dec 2018Post IPO$4.7M
- Aug 2016Post IPO$8.7M
- May 2014Post IPO$22.7M
#6
Seed · Lund, Skane County · founded 2019 · 17 employees$908.5Kraised▾
Provider of nanowire-based sensors. It provides nanowire material types and dimensions to organize and align the nanowires on platforms. It also provides technology to enable nanowires to detect single molecules at an order of magnitude optical contrast. It also owns a patent regarding nanowire development.
- Aug 2024Seed$389.7K
- 2023Grant (prize money)$54.6K
- Jun 2022Grant (prize money)$2.5M
- Oct 2019Seed$518.8K
#7
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.
#8
Series C · Lund, Skane County · founded 2007 · 69 employees$64.9Mraised▾
Developer of interactive touch display solutions for collaboration. This company provides hardware and software to upgrade large format touch displays into collaborative whiteboards, enabling wireless screen sharing and video conferencing. Their offerings include integrated whiteboarding capabilities and AI-driven gesture recognition technology. The solutions are designed for seamless integration into meeting rooms and other collaborative spaces.
- Dec 2016Series C$6.5M
- Apr 2016Series C$5.2M
- Jan 2014Series C$10M
- Jun 2012Series B$25.3M
#9
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
- Oct 2002Series C$15M
- Dec 2000Series B$53M
#10
Series A · Lund, Skane County · founded 2017 · 21 employees$6.5Mraised▾
Developer of on-chip memory IP solutions for system-on-chip circuit designs. The company provides memory families for low-power and high-speed applications. These memory solutions include high-speed low-power SRAM, ultra-high speed SRAM, and high-speed turbo memory. The company’s memory IPs are designed for integration into circuit designs.
- Apr 2022Grant (prize money)$2.8M
- Mar 2022Grant (prize money)$2.8M
- Jul 2021Series A$4.6M
- Dec 2020Seed$1M
#11
Public · Taby, Stockholm County · founded 1989 · 103 employees$3.5Mraised▾
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.
#12
Acquired · Linkoping, ostergotland County · founded 2004 · 31 employees$3.9Mraised▾
SP Devices provides High-performance Analog-to-Digital Technology for Communications, Radio Base Stations, Radar, Signals Intelligence and Test & Measurement. It provides products as FPGA IP and also provides services for improved digital performance of analog circuits.
- Dec 2021Grant (prize money)$25.2K
- Nov 2019Grant (prize money)$71.9K
- Dec 2016Grant (prize money)$77.1K
- Nov 2015Grant (prize money)$102.9K
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 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.
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology86
- Chalmers University of Technology78
- Linköping University27
- Lund University26
- Ericsson12
- Scalability3→7
- Photonics2→5
- Photonic integrated circuit1→4
- Substrate (aquarium)1→5
- Amplifier2→4
- Optoelectronics1→4
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.
Common questions
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