Sensesemi secures seed funding led by Piper Serica
21 Jan 2026, 05:51 PMThe funding round saw participation from LetsVenture Angel Fund and Sun Icon Ventures, among others.
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Fabless semiconductor startup Sensesemi Technologies has secured Rs 25 crore in a seed funding round led by Piper Serica.
The funding round saw participation from LetsVenture Angel Fund, Sun Icon Ventures, MyAsiaVC, Whitepine Investments, Jain Oncor, REAN Foundation, Niraj Shah, Deepak Khanna, and others.
The startup will use the fresh capital for to upgrade its product and to expand its team. A portion of the funds will also be utilized to build strategic partnerships with device manufacturers and ODMs (Original Design Manufacturers).
Sensesemi, which was founded in 2014 by Vijay Muktamath and Namit Varma, is focused on building integrated, ultra-low power edge-AI silicon (SoCs) for IoT, medical, and automotive sectors, integrating AI, analog processing, and wireless connectivity onto single chips to enable intelligence directly at the sensor node.
India's semiconductor market is expected to grow from $52 billion (Rs 4.5 trillion) in 2024 to $103.4 billion (Rs 9 trillion) by 2030, according to a report by the India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA).
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