In a boost to India’s fabless semiconductor ecosystem, Bengaluru-based Sensesemi Technologies has secured fresh seed capital to scale its edge-AI silicon ambitions. The funding is expected to strengthen product development and accelerate the company’s roadmap across multiple high-growth sectors.
Fabless semiconductor startup Sensesemi Technologies has raised ₹25 crore, around $2.75 million, in a seed funding round led by Piper Serica. The round also saw participation from LetsVenture Angel Fund, Sun Icon Ventures, MyAsiaVC, Whitepine Investments, Jain Oncor, REAN Foundation, Niraj Shah, Deepak Khanna, and other investors.
According to the company, the capital will be used to advance product development, including chip tape-outs and reference design creation. It also plans to expand its engineering team and build strategic partnerships with device manufacturers and original design manufacturers.
Founded in 2014 by Vijay Muktamath and Namit Varma, Sensesemi Technologies is a DLI-approved fabless semiconductor company focused on building integrated edge-AI silicon. Its solutions are designed for industrial IoT, automotive, and medical device applications. The company develops ultra-low-power system-on-chips that integrate AI inferencing, wireless connectivity, and precision analog signal processing on a single platform.
Sensesemi said it is focused on owning core chip design intellectual property and creating next-generation silicon that supports long battery life, real-time on-device intelligence, and scalable deployment across global markets. These capabilities are aimed at meeting the rising demand for high-performance edge processing.
The company is also working on an analog AI inference processor to further cut power consumption in battery-operated and implantable devices. Analog-domain AI inferencing enables significant gains in power efficiency, allowing devices to achieve multi-year battery life without compromising performance or reliability.
Market research estimates that the global edge-AI chipset market could reach an annual volume of 5–7 billion units by 2030. Sensesemi’s chips are designed for use cases across industrial IoT, including predictive maintenance and vision-based quality checks, automotive applications such as multi-sensor ADAS and driver monitoring, and medical devices like cardiac monitoring, neurostimulation, and smart drug delivery systems.
Sensesemi competes with other players in the segment, including Netrasemi, Hrdwyr, Edgecortix, and Blumind.
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