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Netrasemi

Category: AI Chips / Semiconductors

A fabless semiconductor company building power-efficient, domain-specific system-on-chips (SoCs) for AI-powered edge computing devices. Netrasemi was founded in 2020. The company is led by Jyothis Indirabhai. Based in Thiruvananthapuram, India. Team size: 50-100. Total funding raised: $14.6 million. Latest round: Series A, $12.4M, 2025-07, led by Zoho Corporation. Key investors include Zoho Corporation, Unicorn India Ventures.

Founded
2020
Headquarters
Thiruvananthapuram, India
Team size
50-100
Total funding
$14.6 million

Value proposition

To provide cost-effective, powerful, and power-efficient advanced AI chipsets that enable product and solution makers to bring intelligent edge devices to market quickly.

Products and solutions

A2000: An AI video analytics chip., R1000: A microcontroller for smart IoT sensors., C1000: A connected vision SoC., C2000: An entry AI accelerator., A4000: An advanced AI SoC.

Unique value

Netrasemi's SoCs are built on a patented, heterogeneous parallel processing architecture called Graph-stream hardware acceleration. This allows for efficient processing of complex workloads like video analytics directly on the edge device, reducing reliance on the cloud.

Target customer

OEMs and product/solution makers in the IoT and smart device sectors.

Industries served

Smart IoT, Surveillance, Industrial Robotics, Smart Infrastructure

Technology advantage

The company's core advantage lies in its power-efficient and domain-specific SoC architecture. This allows them to create chips that are optimized for specific tasks, such as video analytics, leading to better performance and lower power consumption compared to general-purpose chips. Their flexible APIs, SDKs, and reference designs also help customers to go-to-market faster.

How they differentiate

Netrasemi focuses on developing power-efficient System-on-Chips (SoCs) specifically for edge AI and IoT applications. Their key differentiator is their proprietary 'Graph Stream Parallel Architecture,' designed for high-performance, low-power deep neural network processing directly on edge devices, reducing the need for cloud connectivity.

Main competitors

Mindgrove Technologies, InCore Semiconductors, SiFive

Key partnerships

Zoho Corporation (Investor), Unicorn India Ventures (Investor), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) - Supported under the Design Linked Incentive (DLI) Scheme and Chips to Startup (C2S) Programme., TSMC (Manufacturing partner for their 12nm chips)

Notable customers

Zoho Corporation will collaborate with Netrasemi on AI, robotics, and edge processing projects., The company has stated that it has received interest from several Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) for platform co-development.

Major milestones

Successfully raised $12 million in a Series A funding round., Selected for the Ministry of Electronics and IT's (MeitY) Design Linked Incentive (DLI) Scheme., Scheduled the first tape-out of its AI-optimized system-on-chips (SoCs)., Established a strategic partnership with Zoho for co-development in AI and robotics.

Growth metrics

Specific growth metrics such as revenue or customer numbers are not publicly available.

Market positioning

Netrasemi is positioned as a fabless semiconductor startup within India's growing deep-tech ecosystem. They are a part of the Indian government's Design Linked Incentive (DLI) scheme, targeting the burgeoning global market for AI-powered IoT devices in sectors like smart infrastructure, robotics, and surveillance.

Geographic focus

The company is headquartered in Thiruvananthapuram, India, with a primary focus on the Indian market. However, with their recent funding, they are planning to expand their operations and reach globally.

Patents and IP

Netrasemi has a patented heterogeneous parallel processing architecture. Specific patent numbers are not publicly available.

About Jyothis Indirabhai

Jyothis Indirabhai has over 25 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. Before co-founding Netrasemi, he held key positions at Arm, where he was the Director of CPU and System Architecture, and at Intel, where he worked as a CPU architect. His expertise lies in CPU and system-on-chip (SoC) architecture and design.

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