Bengaluru-based fabless semiconductor design startup BigEndian Semiconductors has raised $3 million in seed funding funds round led by Vertex Ventures SEA & India.
Other strategic investors, including industry leaders, also participated in the round.
Who are the founders?
Founded in 2024 by Kumar, Renuka Prasad, Harpreet Wadhawan, Dinesh Annayya, Kanagaraju Ponnusamy and Jansen Cheng, BigEndian is developing semiconductor solutions in the surveillance sector.
The startup is building its first surveillance system-on-chip (SoC) for surveillance cameras for enterprise and consumer applications.
Purpose of fundraising
The startup plans to use the capital raised to strengthen its engineering team, enhance research and development, and scale operations to meet the growing demand for advanced surveillance technology in India and around the world.
“This investment enables us to accelerate our journey to revolutionize the value chain with open, secure and collaborative technology. In addition to our SoCs, we are also building an advanced and truly Indian ecosystem with upstream and downstream innovations, which would be transformative in the nascent Indian semiconductor industry,” said Sunil Kumar, Co-Founder and CEO of BigEndian.
Ben Mathias, Managing Partner at Vertex Ventures SEA & India, said: “The restructuring of electronics supply chains has provided a unique opportunity for India to become a global leader in semiconductors. We are excited to be a part of this macro trend, starting with our investment in BigEndian. Their approach to developing a surveillance SoC aligns perfectly with the growing demand for advanced security solutions globally, and the founding team has all the elements that point to BigEndian becoming a future leader in the global semiconductor industry.”
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