While no billion-dollar rounds led this week's list, we nonetheless saw a variety of startups in industries ranging from semiconductors to aerospace to biotech raise sizable rounds. The week's biggest deal was $400 million for SiFive, a semiconductor startup challenging incumbent Arm Holdings with chip designs built on an open rather than proprietary standard. 1. SiFive, $400M, semiconductors: San Mateo, California-based semiconductor startup SiFive raised a $400 million Series G round led by Atreides Management. SiFive makes the blueprints used by companies such as Alphabet to develop their own internal chip designs, on an open standard called RISC-V. CEO Patrick Little told Reuters he expects the raise to be SiFive's last funding round before an IPO, though didn't say when an offering would take place. 2. Hermeus, $200M, aviation: Hermeus, an El Segundo, California-based startup developing autonomous military aircraft, raised $200 million in equity in a Khosla Ventures-led round....
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