Semiconductor startup Sensesemi raises Rs 25 Cr led by Piper Serica

Fabless semiconductor startup Sensesemi Technologies has raised Rs 25 crore (approximately $2.75 million) in a seed funding round led by Piper Serica, with participation from LetsVenture Angel Fund, Sun Icon Ventures, MyAsiaVC, Whitepine Investments, Jain Oncor, REAN Foundation, Niraj Shah, Deepak Khanna, and others.

The proceeds will be used to advance product development, including chip tape-outs and reference design creation, expand its engineering team, and build strategic partnerships with device manufacturers and ODMs, Sensesemi said in a press release.

Co-founded in 2014 by Vijay Muktamath and Namit Varma, Sensesemi Technologies is a DLI-approved fabless semiconductor company building integrated edge-AI silicon for industrial IoT, automotive, and medical device applications. The company designs ultra-low-power system-on-chips that combine AI inferencing, wireless connectivity, and precision analog signal processing on a single platform, enabling intelligent, secure, and energy-efficient edge devices.

According to the Bengaluru-based company, it focuses on owning core chip design IP and developing next-generation silicon solutions that support long battery life, real-time on-device intelligence, and scalable deployment across global markets, addressing the growing demand for high-performance edge processing.

Sensesemi stated that it is developing an analog AI inference processor to further reduce power consumption in battery-operated and implantable devices. Analog-domain AI inferencing allows the company to achieve significant improvements in power efficiency, enabling multi-year battery life without sacrificing intelligence or reliability.

As per market research, the global edge-AI chipset market is projected to reach an annual volume of 5–7 billion units by 2030.

Sensesemi’s integrated edge-AI chips are designed for a broad range of applications across several high-growth sectors, including industrial IoT (predictive maintenance, vision-based quality checks, and environmental monitoring), automotive (multi-sensor ADAS, driver monitoring, and predictive diagnostics), and medical devices (cardiac monitoring, neurostimulation, and smart drug delivery solutions).

The company competes with other notable players in this space such as Netrasemi, Hrdwyr, Edgecortix, and Blumind, among others.