SiFive

Application Specific Semiconductors · Santa Clara, CA · Founded 2015 · Privately Held (backing)

Developer of customized and open-source-enabled semiconductors designed to democratize access to custom silicon. SiFive is based in Santa Clara, CA and was founded in 2015. It was valued at $3.6 billion at its later-stage round in Apr 2026, the last priced event on record. It has raised $766 million across 6 recorded rounds; the latest was a $175 million Series F in Mar 2022.

PMV mark · valuation
$3.6B
Oct 2026
Priced at
its later-stage round
Apr 2026
Total raised
$765.6M
Last round
Later Stage VC (Series F)
Mar 2022

SiFive key facts

as of Oct 2026
  • Developer of customized and open-source-enabled semiconductors designed to democratize access to custom silicon.
  • SiFive is valued at approximately $3.6B as of Oct 2026, set at its later-stage round, Apr 2026; nothing has traded since, per PrivateMarketView’s mark.
  • It has raised $765.6M across 6 recorded rounds; the latest was Later Stage VC (Series F) ($175.0M) in Mar 2022.
  • Notable investors include Qualcomm Ventures, Spark Capital, D1 Capital Partners, Coatue Management, Nvidia — 32 tracked in total.
  • SiFive has filed 4 Form Ds with the SEC since 2017, most recently Nov 2018 ($25.4M sold to 33 investors).
  • Status: Privately Held (backing).
PrivateMarketView mark
MEDIUM confidence
$3.6B

Valued at $3.6B at its later-stage round, Apr 2026. Nothing has traded since.

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SiFive funding rounds

6 rounds
Mar 2022Later Stage VC (Series F)$175.0M▮
Aug 2020Later Stage VC (Series E)$61.0M▮
Jun 2019Later Stage VC (Series D)$65.4M▮
Feb 2018Early Stage VC$29.3MSEC filing▮
Mar 2017Early Stage VC$8.5MSEC filing▮

SiFive valuation

SiFive was valued at $3.6 billion at its later-stage round in Apr 2026. That is the last priced event on record: no secondary trade or institutional fund mark has moved the figure since.

How much has SiFive raised?

SiFive has raised $766 million in total; 6 of its rounds are on record, from 2015 on. The largest on record was an $8.5 million early-stage round in Mar 2017; the most recent was a $175 million Series F in Mar 2022.

SiFive has filed 4 Form Ds with the SEC since 2017, most recently in Nov 2018 ($25.4 million sold to 33 investors).

SiFive investors

32 investors are on record for SiFive, including Qualcomm Ventures, Spark Capital, D1 Capital Partners and Coatue Management. By type, the record holds 11 venture capital firms and 2 hedge funds. The Series F in Mar 2022 drew 12 investors.

Comparable companies

Comparable application specific semiconductors names by valuation on PrivateMarketView: Positron ($5 billion), Lightmatter ($4.6 billion) and Tenstorrent ($3.2 billion).

About SiFive

Developer of customized and open-source-enabled semiconductors designed to democratize access to custom silicon. The company's products are based on the free and open instruction set architecture for modern microprocessors that consist of all of the software instructions needed to program a microprocessor based on the architecture, enabling system designers to reduce time-to-market and realize cost savings with customized semiconductors.

Industry
Application Specific Semiconductors
Sector
Information Technology
HQ
Santa Clara, CA, United States
Founded
2015
Employees
502
Ownership
Privately Held (backing)

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