Startup Funding: Aug. 2022

Investors funneled $1.9 billion into startups last month. The total was down from the previous few months for companies tracked by Semiconductor Engineering, but still a strong showing for the chip industry and related technologies.

By market segment, power devices were a bright spot in August’s funding, with 12 companies receiving new financing rounds. A manufacturer of multilayer ceramic chip capacitors drew nearly $300 million, the month’s largest round.

Other areas with lots of activity were automotive and batteries, where 20 startups making ADAS, autonomous driving systems, or supplying parts for vehicles raised a collective $265 million. The largest round went to a startup enabling object identification in harsh weather conditions. On the battery side, 14 companies collectively raise $375 million. These companies covered the entire spectrum, from mining raw materials and manufacturing precursors, to recycling and re-using them once they’ve reached the end of their useful life.

Investments in China outpaced the rest of the market. Chinese companies represent about 75% of those covered in this report, and took the two largest rounds for the month.

Other areas of focus include data center storage management, microLED-based chip-to-chip interconnects, chiplets, and a new type of qubit feature.

Supply chain segments covered in this funding report: 

• Chip design
• AI hardware
• Manufacturing & equipment
• Test, measurement & inspection
• Materials
• Memory & storage
• Analog & mixed signal
• Power devices
• Wireless
• Photonics
• Quantum computing
• Sensors
• Displays
• AR/VR
• ADAS & autonomy
• Auto components
• Batteries

Key features of this report include:

-110 chip industry companies receiving funding.

-Funding amount (when disclosed), funding round, funding source(s), company’s key product offerings, and headquarter’s country.

-Summary table sortable by company name, sector, amount raised, funding type or country.

-An in-depth look at China’s startup funding.

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Related Reading
Startup Funding: July 2022 (open access)
Massive rounds for batteries and quantum computing; 106 startups raised $4 billion.
Startup Funding: June 2022 (open access)
Analog foundry expansion; EDA investments; 112 startups raise over $2.6B.
All Prior Funding Reports for 2021 and 2022 can be found here.