About Netrasemi
Netrasemi is an Indian fabless chip startup that designs processors for edge AI. Its A2000 is a system-on-chip for AI video analytics, and its R1000 is a microcontroller for smart IoT sensors, with both targeting TSMC's 12-nanometre process. In July 2025 it closed a Series A round of about 107 crore rupees, co-led by Zoho and Unicorn India Ventures. Zoho had earlier shelved its own plan to enter semiconductor manufacturing. Reports describe the company as Kerala-based.
Netrasemi was founded in 2020 and is based in Bangalore, India. It is listed under Edge Computing, AI Accelerators. Reported funding is $12M Series A (Jul 2025, Zoho-led).
Compute Technologies
- Edge Computing
- AI Accelerators
What Netrasemi works on
Edge Computing
Edge computing means processing data close to where it is produced, on a device or a nearby server, instead of sending everything to a distant cloud data center. In chip terms, edge processors are small, low-power chips that run software and AI models inside phones, cameras, cars and sensors.
AI Accelerators
An AI accelerator is a chip, or a part of a chip, designed to run machine learning faster or with less energy than a general-purpose processor. The category includes GPUs, TPUs, neural processing units (NPUs) and chips from many startups.
