BigEndian Semiconductors

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Location Bengaluru, India
Founded 2024
Latest Stage Pre-Series A
Total Raised $6M
Website https://bigendian.io/
Sector
deep-tech semiconductors ai computer-vision hardware india

Founders

Sunil Kumar Co-Founder
Renuka Prasad Co-Founder
Dinesh Annayya Co-Founder
Kanagaraju Ponnusamy Co-Founder
Jansen Cheng Co-Founder

About

BigEndian Semiconductors is a Bengaluru-based fabless semiconductor startup founded in March 2024 by five engineers with prior experience designing chips at Arm, Intel, and Broadcom 12. The company is developing System-on-Chips (SoCs) focused on AI Vision applications such as smart surveillance, autonomous systems, industrial automation, and connected devices, enabling machines to interpret visual data on-device 123. The $6M Pre-Series A announced May 6, 2026 was led by IAN Alpha Fund with participation from Vertex Ventures SEA and India, IvyCap Ventures, and several angel investors; the round remains open with up to $4M of additional capacity, which would take the total Pre-Series A to $10M 123. Proceeds will fund commercialization of the first SoC, expansion of the product-engineering team, and partnerships with foundries, IP ecosystems, and OEMs 12.

Funding History

Date Round Amount Lead Co-investors
2026-05-06 Pre-Series A $6M IAN Alpha Fund Vertex Ventures SEA and India, IvyCap Ventures, angel investors 123

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Sources

  1. YourStory, “BigEndian Semiconductors bags $6M led by IAN Alpha Fund,” May 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://yourstory.com/2026/05/bigendian-semiconductors-bags-6-million-led-by-ian-alpha-fund↩↩↩↩↩

  2. Vertex Ventures SEA, “BigEndian Semiconductors Raises $6M to Strengthen India’s Fabless Semiconductor Ecosystem,” May 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://www.vertexventures.sg/news/bigendian-semiconductors-raises-6m-to-strengthen-india-s-fabless-semiconductor-ecosystem/↩↩↩↩↩

  3. Evertiq, “Indian startup BigEndian Semiconductors raises $6 million,” May 11, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://evertiq.com/news/2026-05-11-indian-startup-bigendian-semiconductors-raises-6-million↩↩↩