Sectors/Semiconductors/2010

Semiconductors funding in 2010

European Semiconductors startup funding raised during 2010.

In 2010, 21 European Semiconductors companies closed 23 funding rounds and raised €86M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants). Sweden led by capital raised, and Kernel Capital Partners was the most active investor. Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€86M

excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

Companies

Top country

Sweden

Semiconductors: last three years

change vs the year before

Year	Equity	Change	Rounds	Change	Debt
2008	€112M	-52.0%	11	-52.2%	—
2009	€78M	-30.7%	17	+54.5%	—
2010	€86M	+10.1%	23	+35.3%	—

Rank among sectors

#13

2.5% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

84.5%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€12M	1
Mar	€1.3M	1
Apr	€594k	1
May	€9.7M	4
Jun	€2.1M	2
Jul	€19M	4
Sep	€6.2M	2
Oct	€5.6M	2
Nov	€26M	5
Dec	€1.7M	1

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Semiconductors — top countries by capital, 2010
Sweden	€16M
Germany	€15M
UK	€13M
Ireland	€10M
France	€9.6M
Israel	€8.7M
Italy	€5.0M
Finland	€4.7M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Semiconductors — stage mix, 2010
Growth/Late	€38M
Series D+	€16M
Early VC	€15M
Series A	€8.2M
Series B	€5.6M
Other	€2.0M
Seed	€1.8M

Exits & M&A

1 Acquisition · 1 IPO

2 exits.

Largest equity rounds

by disclosed amount, 2010

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
AZZURRO Semiconductors	Growth/Late	Nov 2010	€15M
FlatFrog Laboratories	Growth/Late	Jan 2010	€12M
Mirics Semiconductor	Growth/Late	Jul 2010	€11M
Celeno	Series D+	Nov 2010	€8.7M
Sequans Communications	Series D+	Jul 2010	€7.0M
Movidius	Series B	May 2010	€5.6M
Accent	Early VC	Oct 2010	€5.0M
Canatu	Series A	Sep 2010	€4.7M
DecaWave	Series A	Nov 2010	€2.0M
Ferfics	Early VC	Dec 2010	€1.7M

View all 23 Semiconductors deals in 2010 →

Top investors

most active in 2010, by deal count

Source: Tech.eu Funding Explorer · data as of 4 Nov 2026 · licence CC BY 4.0 · Methodology

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