Nuvia

Full-time headcount: 200 | Headquarters: Santa Clara, Calif. | Year founded: 2019 | Most common skills: Embedded Systems, Verilog, Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC) | Largest job functions: Engineering, Arts and Design, Information Technology | What you should know: Semiconductor company Nuvia, which focuses on designing chips for high-performance computers, raised $53 million at the end of 2019. Co-founders John Bruno, Manu Gulati, and Gerard Williams III worked together at Apple before joining forces to meet increased demand for silicon that can rapidly process ever-growing amounts of data.