Share of semiconductor startups by region worldwide 2020

As of the first quarter of 2020, 55 percent of semiconductor startups had their headquarters based in North America, with 29 percent of startups based in Europe. The remaining share of semiconductor startups were located in the Asia Pacific region. As noted by the source, in terms of countries, Israel (included in the European region) ranks second worldwide for the number of semiconductor startups, just behind the United States.

Distribution of semiconductor startups worldwide between 1st quarter 2015 and 1st quarter 2020, by region

Characteristic	Share of semiconductor startups
Asia Pacific (excluding China)	17%
Europe	29%
North America	55%

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April 2020

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Worldwide

Survey time period

Q1 2015 to Q1 2020

Supplementary notes

Only semiconductor chip startups, not software or IP companies. Companies based in China were excluded from the report. Only companies who have received less than or equal to 100 million U.S. dollars in funding to date.
Percentage points exceeding 100 percent are probably due to rounding.

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