Best Startup Scotland
At Best Startup Scotland we track over 100,000 Scottish startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 17 Semiconductor companies in Scotland. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Semiconductor Companies & Startups (Scotland)
Vector Photonics
Vector Photonics is a producer of a semiconductor laser technology.
Founder(s): Neil Martin, Richard Taylor
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Semiconductor
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Chromacity
Chromacity Lasers is a spin-out from Heriot-Watt University, one of the UK’s leading technical universities with a focus on photonics.
Founder(s): Christopher Leburn
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Information Technology, Semiconductor
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CST Global
CST Global provides both a custom foundry service
Founder(s): Neil Martin
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Electronics, Manufacturing, Semiconductor
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Ateeda
ATEEDA offers built-in, self-test, silicon-proven, IP-generating tools that reduce the cost of analog tests.
Founder(s): Bill Buckie, David Hamilton
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Electronics, Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Test and Measurement
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Wolfson Microelectronics
Wolfson Microelectronics is a global leader in the supply of high performance mixed-signal semiconductor solutions.
Founder(s): David Milne, Jim Reid
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Electronics, Manufacturing, Semiconductor
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Verilab
Verilab is an elite international team of verification experts.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Consulting, Semiconductor
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Shin-Etsu Handotai Europe
Shin-Etsu Handotai Europe is a manufacturer of silicon wafers for semiconductor applications.
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Location: Livingston, West Lothian, United Kingdom
Industries: Electronics, Manufacturing, Sales, Semiconductor
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memsstar
memsstar has served as Europe’s premier process and equipment supplier of etch and deposition solutions for semiconductor.
Founder(s): Anthony McKie, Mike Leavy
Location: Livingston, West Lothian, United Kingdom
Industries: Manufacturing, Semiconductor
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Gold Standard Simulations
Gold Standard Simulations is the leader in the simulation of statistical variability in nano-CMOS devices.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Nanotechnology, Semiconductor
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Calvatec Ltd.
Calvatec Ltd., designs and manufactures analog and mixed signal System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Manufacturing, Semiconductor
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ITL
ITL is an electrical & electronic manufacturing company that provides current transformer design, control, and protection of low voltage.
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Location: East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Electronics, Manufacturing, Mechanical Design, Semiconductor
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Mixed Signal Systems
Mixed Signal Systems offers product development and consultancy services in the electronics, technology, and semiconductor industries.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Electronics, Information Technology, Semiconductor
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Spiral Gateway
Spiral Gateway is a fabless semiconductor chip vendor offering products for the image signal processing market.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: ISP, Manufacturing, Semiconductor
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Elonics
Elonics, a fabless mixed-signal semiconductor company, developed and supplied multi-band radio frequency integrated circuit products.
Founder(s):
Location: Livingston, West Lothian, United Kingdom
Industries: Broadcasting, Internet Radio, Semiconductor
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Helia Photonics
Helia Photonics is a photonics company, specialising in the production of thin film coatings on laser facets, free space optics, fibre ends.
Founder(s):
Location: Livingston, West Lothian, United Kingdom
Industries: Laser, Semiconductor
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Amcet Ltd
Amcet Ltd has develops organometallic materials.
Founder(s):
Location: Dundee, Dundee City, United Kingdom
Industries: Manufacturing, Semiconductor
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ChipEstimate.com
ChipEstimate.com chip planning portal is an ecosystem IP supplier.
Founder(s):
Location: Livingston, West Lothian, United Kingdom
Industries: Information Technology, Online Portals, Semiconductor
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