12 Best Microprocessor Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Microprocessor Startups

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 12 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $1.0b. The average funding per company in this subset is $87.3m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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Cerebras logo

Cerebras

Cerebras is an AI company building computer systems designed to accelerate AI workflows.

6

Funding Rounds

$722.0m

Money raised

BraneCell logo

BraneCell

Company developing decentralized quantum hardware for portable quantum processing.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.8m

Money raised

EnOcean logo

EnOcean

EnOcean is an Oberhaching-based company founded in 2001 by Markus Brehler, Frank Schmidt, Andreas Schneider and Oliver Sczesny.

5

Funding Rounds

$40.7m

Money raised

Maxim Integrated Products logo

Maxim Integrated Products

Maxim Integrated develops innovative analog ICs for the automotive, industrial, healthcare, mobile consumer, and cloud data center markets.

1

Funding Rounds

$36.8m

Money raised

Hailo logo

Hailo

Hailo is a London-based company founded in 2011.

2

Funding Rounds

$69.0m

Money raised

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Tilera

Tilera is a San Jose, California-based company founded in 2004 by Anant Agarwal, Vijay Aggarwal and Devesh Garg.

7

Funding Rounds

$127.5m

Money raised

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Global Circuit Innovations, Inc.

Global Circuit Innovations offers reverse engineering services

6

Funding Rounds

$1.3m

Money raised

American Semiconductor, Inc. logo

American Semiconductor, Inc.

American Semiconductor, Inc. is a Boise, Idaho-based company founded in 2001.

1

Funding Rounds

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Cortus

Cortus is a semiconductor design services, embedded systems and IoT solutions company.

1

Funding Rounds

Digital Signal (company) logo

Digital Signal (company)

Digital Signal is a Chantilly, Virginia-based company founded in 2001 by Edward Hart.

2

Funding Rounds

$25.3m

Money raised

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Femtosense

FemtoSense is a company that specializes in enabling real-time, on-device AI through their sparse processing technology. They offer efficient, scalable, and affordable AI solutions for consumer, medical, industrial, and military products

1

Funding Rounds

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Dominion Aesthetic

Dominion Aesthetic is an Houston-based company founded by Janet Campbell.

1

Funding Rounds

$23.8m

Money raised