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SK Hynix

Asia, Kyonggi-do, South Korea, Icheon

Description

SK Hynix is a manufacturing company that specializes in producing and selling semiconductor devices for various sectors.

Investor Profile

SK Hynix has backed more than 15 startups, with 1 new investments in the last 12 months alone. The firm has led 4 rounds, about 27% of its total and boasts 4 exits across its portfolio.

Investment Focus Highlights

  • Concentrates on Series B, Series C, Series A rounds (top funding stages).
  • Majority of deals are located in United States, Israel, Canada.
  • Strong thematic focus on Semiconductor, Electronics, Manufacturing.

Stage Focus

  • Series B (47%)
  • Series C (20%)
  • Series A (13%)
  • Seed (7%)
  • Series D (7%)
  • Series E (7%)

Country Focus

  • United States (73%)
  • Israel (13%)
  • Canada (7%)
  • Germany (7%)

Industry Focus

  • Semiconductor
  • Electronics
  • Manufacturing
  • Artificial Intelligence (Ai)
  • Software
  • Machine Learning
  • Information Technology
  • Cloud Infrastructure
  • Analytics
  • Computer
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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Learn who this investor regularly partners with—both firms and angels—and explore their latest activity.

Who does SK Hynix frequently co-invest with?

Applied Ventures
North America, California, United States, Santa Clara
Co-Investments: 1
Prosperity7 Ventures
Asia, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia, Dhahran
Co-Investments: 2
Air Liquide ALIAD
Europe, Ile-de-France, France, Paris
Co-Investments: 1
Lam Research
North America, California, United States, Fremont
Co-Investments: 2
Samsung Ventures
Asia, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea, Seoul
Co-Investments: 3
Tiger Global Management
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 2
Glory Ventures
Asia, Shanghai, China, Shanghai
Co-Investments: 2
Cleveland Avenue
North America, Illinois, United States, Chicago
Co-Investments: 2
Intel Capital
North America, California, United States, Santa Clara
Co-Investments: 8
MESH
Asia, T'ai-pei, Taiwan, Taipei
Co-Investments: 2

Which angels does SK Hynix often collaborate with?

Shared Deals: 1
NC
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
GE
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
LT
North America, California, United States, San Jose
Shared Deals: 1

What are some of recent deals done by SK Hynix?

Avicena Tech

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Avicena Tech manufactures ultra-dense, ultra-low power petabit per second optical chip interconnects.

ElectronicsIndustrial ManufacturingManufacturingSemiconductor
Series BMay 14, 2025
Amount Raised: $65,000,000
Eliyan

Santa Clara, California, United States

Eliyan manufactures semiconductor interconnects to accelerate chiplet-based systems.

ElectronicsManufacturingSemiconductor
Series BMar 25, 2024
Amount Raised: $60,000,000
Movellus

San Jose, California, United States

Movellus is developing disruptive technologies for semiconductor design.

Electronic Design Automation (EDA)ElectronicsSemiconductor
Series BSep 20, 2022
Amount Raised: $23,000,000
Pliops

Abba Hillel, HaDarom, Israel

Pliops is a creator of new category of product that enables cloud and enterprise data centers.

AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Big DataCloud Data ServicesData StorageDatabaseMachine LearningProduct DesignSemiconductor
Series DAug 16, 2022
Amount Raised: $100,000,000
NeuReality

Caesarea, Hefa, Israel

NeuReality is a semiconductor start-up that designs AI-as-a-service infrastructure.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Machine LearningSoftware
Series AJun 21, 2022
Amount Raised: $35,000,000
d-Matrix

Santa Clara, California, United States

D-Matrix is a computing platform that targets artificial intelligence inferencing workloads in the datacenter.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud InfrastructureData CenterSemiconductor
Series AApr 20, 2022
Amount Raised: $44,000,000
GigaIO

Carlsbad, California, United States

GigaIO develops high performance interconnect memory fabric solutions for computing clusters.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)ComputerElectronicsInformation TechnologyMachine LearningNetwork HardwareNetwork SecuritySoftware
Series BSep 16, 2021
Amount Raised: $14,700,000
Ferroelectric Memory Company

Dresden, Sachsen, Germany

Ferroelectric Memory Company solves one of the most important hardware challenges in the age of Internet-of-Things.

HardwareInformation TechnologySemiconductor
Series BNov 17, 2020
Amount Raised: $20,000,000
SiFive

San Mateo, California, United States

SiFive is a platform offering open-source semiconductor technology and software automation.

ElectronicsManufacturingSemiconductorWearables
Series EAug 11, 2020
Amount Raised: $61,000,000
MemVerge

San Jose, California, United States

MemVerge is delivering the world’s first Memory-Converged Infrastructure system, built with proprietary DMO technology.

ComputerSoftware
Series BMay 12, 2020
Amount Raised: $19,000,000