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European semiconductor companies raised substantial funding in 2025, with the ten largest rounds ranging from NXP Semiconductors' €1 billion EIB loan down to IQE's £18 million convertible note, spanning AI chips, photonics, power electronics, memory, and chip cooling. Two graphene-focused companies, Paragraf ($55M Series C) and CamGraPhIC (€25M Series A), secured funding to scale graphene-based electronic devices and graphene silicon photonics respectively, signaling continued investor commitment to graphene's commercial role in semiconductors and optical interconnects.

Paragraf, a graphene electronics foundry based in Cambridgeshire, UK, has formed a new Advisory Committee comprising Oreste Donzella, Jean-Michel Richard, and Thomas Piliszczuk, with Donzella and Richard also joining the board as non-executive directors. The appointments signal Paragraf's push to scale graphene semiconductor manufacturing and expand into global electronics markets, drawing on advisors with deep experience at firms including Texas Instruments, Micron, KLA, and imec.