PE-VC Fund Investments
Chip design startup BigEndian raises $6-M led by IAN Alpha Fund
Bengaluru-based fabless semiconductor startup BigEndian Semiconductors has raised USD 6 million in a pre-Series A round led by IAN Alpha Fund, with participation from Vertex Ventures SEA & India, IvyCap Ventures and some angel investors. The round remains open for an additional USD 4 million.Founded in 2024 by Sunil Kumar, Renuka Prasad, Kanagaraju Ponnusamy, Dinesh Annayya, Harpreet Wadhawan and Jansen Cheng, BigEndian builds custom integrated circuits and System-on-Chip (SoC) for surveillance systems. The fresh capital will be used to commercialise its first SoC for surveillance equipment, scale product engineering efforts, strengthen foundry partnerships, and develop new form factors.
In Aug 2024, BigEndian had attracted about USD 3 M from Vertex and others.
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