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Semiconductor startup Netrasemi raises Rs 10 Cr in pre-Series A

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
Semiconductor startup Netrasemi raises Rs 10 Cr in pre-Series A
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Kerala-based semiconductor startup Netrasemi has raised Rs 10 crore in its pre-Series A round from Unicorn India Ventures to build Edge AI for IoT products. The proceeds will be used raised will be used for the fabrication of two ML SoC chips (Netra A2000 and Netra R1000). Founded in 2020 by Jyothis Indirabhai, Sreejith Varma, and Deepa Geetha, Netrasemi is an Indian Edge AI semiconductor technology company building system-on-chips (SOC) to enable the new-age need for optimal computing for smart IoT products. The company claims to bring a family of AI/ML capable SOCs and reference designs for solving over 100 AI/ML use cases making Edge AI product development efficient, simple, and economical. These chips go into motherboards that make these products capable of doing advanced AI-based analytics without the need for sending the data to servers and the cloud hence, making them smart, cheap, responsive and independent. In the last 12 months, the company has received encouraging responses from large OEMs across various countries operating in medical, telecom, and industrial segments. According to the company, it has started generating strong revenue growth and profits of around $0.75 million from chip design and porting service for strategy partners, which will grow further in FY25 to 150% with IP revenue and will grow starting FY27 once volume production of chips starts.

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ProcMart raises Rs 25 Cr in pre-Series B round

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
ProcMart raises Rs 25 Cr in pre-Series B round
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Business-to-business procurement marketplace ProcMart has raised Rs 25 crore ($3 million) in its pre-Series B round from Sixth Sense Ventures India. The board at ProcMart has issued 5,933 pre-series B CCPS at an issue price of Rs 42,127 each to raise Rs 25 crore, its regulatory filing soured from the RoC shows. Previously, the startup had raised $10 million in its Series A round led by Sixth Sense Ventures in November 2022. Following the fresh proceeds, Sixth Sense became the largest external stakeholder with 30% stake in ProcMart while its founder and chief executive officer Anish Popli will command 41.76% of the company. As per the startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, the latest capital injection has been done at a valuation, which is Rs 275 crore. Founded in 2015 by Anish Popli, the IndiaMART-backed startup provides supply chain solutions and infrastructure to businesses including services such as purchase order management, contract administration, master data management, e-catalogue management and market intelligence. ProcMart’s clients include Colgate, Mondelez, Harman, and Vedanta. It has 13 offices in India and one in Malaysia. The company also launched white-label in 2022 to provide construction equipment. The Noida-based company recently announced a strategic collaboration with local vendors in the biomass briquettes and pellets manufacturing sector. It competes with Lightspeed Ventures-backed Udaan in the B2B supply chain space.

Semiconductor startup Sensesemi raises Rs 25 Cr led by Piper Serica

EntrackrEntrackr · 14d ago
Semiconductor startup Sensesemi raises Rs 25 Cr led by Piper Serica
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Semiconductor startup Sensesemi raises Rs 25 Cr led by Piper Serica Fabless semiconductor startup Sensesemi Technologies has raised Rs 25 crore (approximately $2.75 million) in a seed funding round led by Piper Serica, with participation from LetsVenture Angel Fund, Sun Icon Ventures, MyAsiaVC, Whitepine Investments, Jain Oncor, REAN Foundation, Niraj Shah, Deepak Khanna, and others. The proceeds will be used to advance product development, including chip tape-outs and reference design creation, expand its engineering team, and build strategic partnerships with device manufacturers and ODMs, Sensesemi said in a press release. Co-founded in 2014 by Vijay Muktamath and Namit Varma, Sensesemi Technologies is a DLI-approved fabless semiconductor company building integrated edge-AI silicon for industrial IoT, automotive, and medical device applications. The company designs ultra-low-power system-on-chips that combine AI inferencing, wireless connectivity, and precision analog signal processing on a single platform, enabling intelligent, secure, and energy-efficient edge devices. According to the Bengaluru-based company, it focuses on owning core chip design IP and developing next-generation silicon solutions that support long battery life, real-time on-device intelligence, and scalable deployment across global markets, addressing the growing demand for high-performance edge processing. Sensesemi stated that it is developing an analog AI inference processor to further reduce power consumption in battery-operated and implantable devices. Analog-domain AI inferencing allows the company to achieve significant improvements in power efficiency, enabling multi-year battery life without sacrificing intelligence or reliability. As per market research, the global edge-AI chipset market is projected to reach an annual volume of 5–7 billion units by 2030. Sensesemi’s integrated edge-AI chips are designed for a broad range of applications across several high-growth sectors, including industrial IoT (predictive maintenance, vision-based quality checks, and environmental monitoring), automotive (multi-sensor ADAS, driver monitoring, and predictive diagnostics), and medical devices (cardiac monitoring, neurostimulation, and smart drug delivery solutions). The company competes with other notable players in this space such as Netrasemi, Hrdwyr, Edgecortix, and Blumind, among others.

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