Semiconductors
AI accelerators, photonics, quantum
Adjacent sectors by EV
Top hubs
Where Semiconductors startups concentrate
Cities ranked by the count of Semiconductors unicorns headquartered there.
Featured companies
Headliners in Semiconductors
Selected unicorns and decacorns. Tap any card for the public Dealroom company profile, or open the live cap-table on the platform.
Sector funnel
From 980 Semiconductors startups to 3 decacorns
Sequential progression from every tracked Semiconductors startup down to the biggest scale-ups. Conversion rates show what fraction of one tier graduate to the next valuation cohort.
🔥 Hottest sub-sectors
What's heating up inside Semiconductors
The fastest-accelerating slices of Semiconductors ranked by a composite heat score combining YoY VC growth, new-unicorn count, and scale. Tap any row to drill into the matching market map.
Heat = 50% YoY VC growth (capped at 5×) + 30% new unicorns 2025 + 20% scale (log EV). Filter floor: ≥30 VC-backed companies, ≥$1B sub-sector EV, ≥$10M last-12mo VC.
Vs. similarly-sized sectors
How Semiconductors stacks up
Combined EV vs. the other 17 simplified sectors, plus a 5-yr growth × current-size scatter. Outliers in the upper-right are sectors compounding fastest.
Top overview
All 18 sectors — combined view
Every simplified sector ranked by combined EV. Semiconductors's row is highlighted.
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | 5-yr EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AI | $3.5T | 9.2× | 320 | $145B | 18.5K |
| 2 | Fintech | $1.9T | 4.8× | 318 | $38B | 21.8K |
| 3 | Other B2B Software | $1.7T | 4.4× | 305 | $28B | 36K |
| 4 | Consumer Services | $1.3T | 2.4× | 220 | $22B | 23K |
| 5 | Biotech & Life Sciences | $1.1T | 3.4× | 158 | $26B | 9,200 |
| 6 | eCommerce & Marketplaces | $1.1T | 2.8× | 175 | $18B | 18.8K |
| 7 | Energy | $920B | 6.2× | 110 | $32B | 7,600 |
| 8 | Transportation | $880B | 3.7× | 88 | $19B | 4,400 |
| 9 | Health Tech & Medtech | $720B | 4.1× | 142 | $16B | 12.4K |
| 10 | Cybersecurity | $480B | 4.4× | 92 | $14B | 6,800 |
| 11 | Space | $380B | 5.6× | 32 | $7.4B | 1,400 |
| 12 | Food | $320B | 3.0× | 56 | $5.8B | 4,200 |
| 13 | Semiconductors | $240B | 7.6× | 26 | $8.4B | 980 |
| 14 | Edtech | $220B | 2.1× | 38 | $4.2B | 5,800 |
| 15 | Defence | $175B | 7.8× | 14 | $6.2B | 720 |
| 16 | Robotics | $165B | 6.1× | 28 | $9.1B | 1,600 |
| 17 | Marketing | $150B | 3.6× | 38 | $4.4B | 6,200 |
| 18 | Aviation | $95B | 4.2× | 12 | $3.8B | 540 |
Geographic concentration
Where the Semiconductors unicorns cluster
Countries whose share of the global Semiconductors unicorn pool is bigger than their overall share of global unicorns. A 5× over-index means that country is 5× more represented in Semiconductors than in the global average.
Related market maps
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What X is saying about Semiconductors
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Semiconductors on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.
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