Fabless semiconductor design startup BigEndian Semiconductors has successfully raised $3 million in its seed funding round, with Vertex Ventures SEA & India leading the investment. Notable strategic investors, including Amitabh Nagpal, Head of Startup Business Development at Amazon Web Services, also participated in the round.
The capital infusion will enable BigEndian to bolster its engineering team, enhance its research and development capabilities, and scale its operations. Founded in 2024 by a team of industry veterans—Kumar, Renuka Prasad, Harpreet Wadhawan, Dinesh Annayya, Kanagaraju Ponnusamy, and Jansen Cheng—BigEndian is poised to make a significant impact in the semiconductor space, focusing initially on surveillance applications.
The company’s inaugural System-on-Chip (SoC) is designed for surveillance cameras catering to both enterprise and consumer markets. BigEndian is collaborating with Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturer UMC, with its first reference chip, based on a 28nm node process, slated for release in the first quarter of 2025.
Looking ahead, BigEndian plans to expand its focus to the broader Internet of Things (IoT) market, with a particular emphasis on 16- and 32-bit microcontrollers.
In a similar vein, the fabless semiconductor sector has seen notable activity this year. Morphing Machines raised $2.76 million in seed funding from Speciale Invest in June, while InCore Semiconductor secured $3 million from Peak XV earlier in 2023.
With its latest funding, BigEndian is well-positioned to accelerate its growth trajectory and cement its place in the evolving semiconductor landscape.
