Fabless Semiconductor Startup BigEndian Secures $3 Million in Seed Funding
In a significant development in the tech industry, fabless semiconductor design startup BigEndian has announced that it has raised $3 million in its seed round. The investment round was led by Vertex Ventures SEA & India, with participation from strategic investors, including Amitabh Nagpal, head of startup business development at Amazon Web Services.
The proceeds from the investment will be used to bolster BigEndian’s engineering team, enhance its research and development capabilities, and scale its operations. The startup has ambitious plans to expand its presence in the market and has identified the surveillance vertical as its initial focus.
Founded in 2024 by a team of experienced individuals, including Kumar, Renuka Prasad, Harpreet Wadhawan, Dinesh Annayya, Kanagaraju Ponnusamy, and Jansen Cheng, BigEndian is aiming to disrupt the existing semiconductor landscape by offering innovative solutions. Its first System-on-Chip (SoC) is being developed specifically for surveillance cameras in enterprise and consumer applications. The SoC will be built on a 28nm node process and is expected to be ready in the first quarter of 2025, in collaboration with Taiwanese fab company UMC.
The company plans to extend its offerings beyond surveillance chips to the broader IoT market, focusing on 16- and 32-bit microcontrollers. BigEndian joins a growing list of fabless semiconductor startups that have recently secured significant funding in the industry. Morphing Machines raised $2.76 million in its seed round led by Speciale Invest in June this year, while InCore Semiconductor secured $3 million from Peak XV in early 2023.
As the demand for innovative semiconductor solutions continues to grow, BigEndian’s seed round demonstrates the growing confidence in the startup ecosystem and its ability to drive disruption in the tech industry.
