Sectors/Semiconductors/2014

Semiconductors funding in 2014

European Semiconductors startup funding raised during 2014.

In 2014, 14 European Semiconductors companies closed 15 funding rounds and raised €77M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants). Israel led by capital raised, and Amadeus Capital Partners was the most active investor. Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€77M

excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

Companies

Top country

Israel

Semiconductors: last three years

change vs the year before

Year	Equity	Change	Rounds	Change	Debt
2012	€76M	-1.4%	13	-7.1%	—
2013	€149M	+95.4%	22	+69.2%	—
2014	€77M	-48.2%	15	-31.8%	—

Rank among sectors

#22

0.6% of sector funding

Top-10 round share

98.6%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€7.3M	1
Apr	€6.4M	2
May	€5.3M	1
Jun	€22M	4
Jul	€19M	2
Aug	€3.0M	1
Nov	€765k	2
Dec	€14M	2

Top countries

by € raised

Data table

	Semiconductors — top countries by capital, 2014
Israel	€32M
UK	€24M
France	€9.7M
Sweden	€7.3M
Netherlands	€2.3M
Czech Republic	€2.0M
Switzerland	€0
Italy	€0

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Semiconductors — stage mix, 2014
Series D+	€38M
Series B	€20M
Early VC	€7.3M
Series C	€5.3M
Series A	€5.0M
Seed	€1.6M
Other	€300k

Largest equity rounds

by disclosed amount, 2014

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
XMOS	Series D+	Jul 2014	€19M
Altair Semiconductor	Series D+	Jun 2014	€18M
Sckipio Technologies	Series B	Dec 2014	€14M
FlatFrog Laboratories	Early VC	Jan 2014	€7.3M
DelfMEMS	Series C	May 2014	€5.3M
Senseg	Series B	Apr 2014	€4.4M
SmartKem	Series A	Aug 2014	€3.0M
Codasip	Series A	Apr 2014	€2.0M
Aito BV	Series B	Jun 2014	€2.0M
Radio Physics Solutions	Seed	Jun 2014	€882k

View all 15 Semiconductors deals in 2014 →

Top investors

most active in 2014, by deal count

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

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