Speedata is an Israel‑based fabless semiconductor startup founded in 2019 by a team of serial entrepreneurs and academic leaders. It develops an advanced Analytics Processing Unit (APU) purpose‑built to accelerate large‑scale big data and AI workloads—filling a gap traditional CPUs cannot efficiently address.
With around $114 million raised across three funding rounds and bolstered by a $44 million Series B in mid‑2025, Speedata is positioning itself as a formidable challenger to incumbents like Nvidia in the high‑performance data space.

Why we invested?

As data volumes explode, analytics workloads have outpaced the capabilities of general-purpose CPUs and even GPUs. Speedata is pioneering a dedicated Analytics Processing Unit (APU) that accelerates database and query performance by orders of magnitude, enabling organizations to unlock insights in real time while dramatically reducing cost. With a founding team of seasoned semiconductor architects and database experts, Speedata is bringing custom silicon innovation to one of the largest and fastest-growing segments of enterprise IT. Their differentiated hardware-software co-design positions them to become a key enabler of the data-driven economy.