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Semiconductors Landscape of India

2,338 Semiconductors companies in India, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, where they are based, what the news is about, which skills employers want and where the research is going. Updated August 2026.

Who leads Semiconductors in India

Shows the 2,338 tracked semiconductor firms in India, highlighting which are hiring, which have disclosed funding, and which rank highest for size, financing, and coverage.

How the Semiconductors ecosystem in India grew, 2016–2025

Displays the annual count of new semiconductor companies from 2016 to 2025, noting a peak of 115 startups in 2023 and 21 in 2025.

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Hub 01

Bengaluru

481 Semiconductors companies

36% of the Semiconductors companies across these hubs

481companies

$519.5Mdisclosed funding

77hiring now

The Semiconductors companies in Bengaluru →

Photo Wikipedia · Bangalore · CC BY-SA 4.0

Hub 02

Pune

162 Semiconductors companies

12% of the Semiconductors companies across these hubs

162companies

$4.4Mdisclosed funding

16hiring now

The Semiconductors companies in Pune →

Photo Wikipedia · Pune · CC BY-SA 4.0

Hub 03

Mumbai

148 Semiconductors companies

11% of the Semiconductors companies across these hubs

148companies

$69.2Mdisclosed funding

12hiring now

The Semiconductors companies in Mumbai →

Photo Wikipedia · Mumbai · CC BY-SA 4.0

Hub 04

Delhi

143 Semiconductors companies

11% of the Semiconductors companies across these hubs

143companies

$7.3Mdisclosed funding

11hiring now

Photo Wikipedia · Delhi · CC BY-SA 4.0

Hub 05

Hyderabad

131 Semiconductors companies

10% of the Semiconductors companies across these hubs

131companies

$66.6Mdisclosed funding

18hiring now

Photo Wikipedia · Hyderabad · CC BY-SA 4.0

Hub 06

Chennai

115 Semiconductors companies

9% of the Semiconductors companies across these hubs

115companies

$18.2Mdisclosed funding

10hiring now

Photo Wikipedia · Chennai · CC BY-SA 4.0

Hub 07

Noida

83 Semiconductors companies

6% of the Semiconductors companies across these hubs

83companies

$28.6Mdisclosed funding

13hiring now

Photo Wikipedia · Noida · CC BY-SA 4.0

Hub 08

Ahmedabad

82 Semiconductors companies

6% of the Semiconductors companies across these hubs

82companies

9hiring now

Photo Wikipedia · Ahmedabad · CC BY-SA 4.0

The Semiconductors market map of India: what these companies actually do

Breaks down the main product categories these firms develop and the revenue models they use, such as enterprise tech, deep tech, and physical commerce.

Funding, M&A and the deals moving Semiconductors in India

Counts 984 corporate events over the past two years, including earnings releases, announcements, funding rounds, contracts, and mergers.

Mergers and acquisitions

Deals from the last 24 months where a Semiconductors company in India was the buyer or the one bought, newest first. “Undisclosed” means the price was never published — not that the deal was worth nothing.

Acquirer	Target	Deal value	Status	Date
Elpro	ambuja cements ltd	undisclosed	Completed	2026-04-17
Moschip	Vayavya Labs	undisclosed	Announced	2026-04-16
quest global	BITSILICA	undisclosed	Announced	2026-04-07
tejas networks	Saankhya Labs	undisclosed	Announced	2026-03-31
Karkhana.io	Micron EMS Tech	undisclosed	Announced	2026-03-17
Avalon	YOOV Group Holding Limited	undisclosed	Announced	2025-12-30

Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work

Details specific corporate milestones like IPO filings, leadership changes, product launches, and contract wins.

Who is building Semiconductors in India

Profiles 1,077 founders and CEOs across 788 companies, noting common alma maters like IIT Madras and prior employers such as Intel.

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Co-Founder & CEO

Srini Chinamilli

Tessolve Semiconductor

Co-Founder & CEO-Tessolve · Ex-Centillium Communications, Cirrus Logic · BIT Mesra BE, University of Southern California MSc 1992

Co-Founder

Vivek Bansal

VVDN

Ex-Aricent · Maharshi Dayanand University BE 1999

Co-CEO

Jacob Pappen

SFO Technologies

Sfo Technologies, ex-Technotools Cyient, ex-Cyient, BITS Pilani, 2003

Founder & CEO

Rajendra Chodankar

RRP Electronics

Founder RRP S4E INNOVATION. Mumbai University Mumbai MSc

Founder & CEO

Vishwanath Padur

Coreel

Ex -CG-CoreEL Programmable Solutions. University of Mysore BE 1990

Co-Founder

Sudeep George

Tonbo Imaging

Ex-Serial Innovations india, Sarnoff, Samsung Research India, Infosys · Kuvempu University BE 2001

Chief Executive Officer

Abhijit Kabra

Sasken

Sasken Technologies, ex-Quest Global, ex-Barclays, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, 1986

CEO

Eswara Nandam

Polymatech Electronics

CEO-Polymatech

CEO CENTUM T&S Group

Eric Rouchouze

Centum Electronics

Centum Electronics, ex-Akka Technologies, ex-Assystem, Business school, 1995

Co-Founder & CEO

Ram Anant

C2I Semiconductors

Ex- The Resource, Texas Instruments. Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engg BSEE, Rutgers Graduate School of Education MSEE

Co-Founder & CEO

Jyothis Sivasankarapillia

Netrasemi

Ex-CEO Westghats Technologies, Intel, Amedia Networks, Jaalaa, Microtune, Widcomm, HEC. College of Engineering Trivandrum BTech 1995

Co-Founder & COO

Ganesh Guruswamy

HrdWyr

Ex-NexGen Power Systems, Western Digital, SanDisk · B. M. S. College of Engineering BE 1987, University of Idaho MS 1992

Who funds Semiconductors in India

Summarizes 276 funding rounds since 2016 from 783 investors, with a typical round size of $537 k.

The biggest Semiconductors funding rounds in India

Highlights the largest disclosed funding round—Rikun’s $130 M Series D—and lists ten other major recent rounds.

Company	Round	Size	When	Backers
Rikun	Series Dmega-round	$130M	May 2025	Aoasa Advisors, Padmaparshva Capital, Anil Kumar Jain +72 more
VVDN	Series D	$42.6M	Apr 2023	Motilal Oswal Private Equity
Tessolve Semiconductor	Series F	$40M	Apr 2021	Novo Tellus
VVDN	Series C	$35.3M	Dec 2019	Motilal Oswal Private Equity
RRP Electronics	Series C	$33.4M	Sep 2024	Bramhi Research, Equity4life Ih Analytics, Manisha Pharmo Plast +21 more
VVDN	Series D	$30.1M	Sep 2023	Motilal Oswal, Lv Holdings Private Family Trust, Motilal Oswal Private Equity +1 more
Coreel	Series B	$30M	Dec 2025	ValueQuest, 360 One, Kalpraj Damji Dharamshi
Polymatech Electronics	Series C	$24.4M	Aug 2023	Turning Leaf Asset Management, SKG, ITUS Capital +73 more
Tonbo Imaging	Series D	$20.5M	Apr 2025	Florintree, Exim Bank, Tenacity Ventures
Ineda Systems	Series B	$19.9M	Aug 2014	Cisco Investments, Samsung, Qualcomm Ventures +1 more

Venture round sizes · 2023–2025

<$1M35

$1–10M36

$10–50M10

$50–250M1

>$250M0

82 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.

Fresh cheques · last 6 months

• HrdWyrSeries A$13MMay 2026
• BigEndianSeed$6MMay 2026
• Mekr TechnologiesSeries A$7MApr 2026
• Morphing MachinesSeries A$4.4MApr 2026
• SoilSensAngel$27kApr 2026
• BigEndianSeedundisclosedApr 2026
• SFO TechnologiesPE$82MMar 2026
• SoilSensAngel$27kMar 2026

What the news says about Semiconductors in India

Counts 56,645 news articles in the last year, focusing on product launches, partnerships, technology adoption, and mobile operating systems.

The pressures the press keeps returning to

Three recurring angles in India Semiconductors coverage, and whether each is getting more attention year on year (through 2025).

Semiconductors jobs in India: who is hiring and what they ask for

Reports 2,645 job postings from 131 firms in the past year, with top skills like Python and AWS and a median salary of $8 k per year.

What Semiconductors research in India is working on

Shows 1,671 India‑affiliated academic papers, most of which identify opportunities, with fewer addressing common problems or cautions.

Common problems researchers identify86 papers · 4 recurring themes

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Problems · theme 01

Power and Signal Integrity Challenges

28 papers · 32.6% of this block

▼ -55% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject

Researchers highlight low‑power design and signal interference issues in large‑scale integrated circuits.

Very-large-scale integration · Integrated circuit · Interconnection · Electronic engineering

“A Review on low-Power VLSI CMOS and CNTFET Circuits”

28 of these papers raise it as a problem

Problems · theme 02

Hardware Trojan Threats

25 papers · 29.1% of this block

▼ -13% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject

Papers discuss the risk of malicious modifications in programmable and ASIC designs and their impact on reliability.

Hardware Trojan · Electronic circuit · Integrated circuit · Trojan

“A Review on HT Attacks in PLD and ASIC Designs with Potential Defence Solutions”

25 of these papers raise it as a problem

Problems · theme 03

EDA and Automation Limitations

20 papers · 23.3% of this block

▲ +28% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject

Studies point out gaps in electronic design automation for secure mixed‑signal and analog circuit testing.

Automation · Mixed-signal integrated circuit · Electronic design automation · SIGNAL

“Towards Secure Composition of Integrated Circuits and Electronic Systems: On the Role of EDA”

20 of these papers raise it as a problem

Problems · theme 04

Nanotech Device Material Constraints

13 papers · 15.1% of this block

▼ -37% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject

Works examine material and performance limits of emerging nanostructured power devices and transistors.

Nanotechnology · Power semiconductor device · Transistor · Electronics

“P‐Type 2D Semiconductors for Future Electronics”

13 of these papers raise it as a problem

Cautions32 papers · 4 recurring themes

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Cautions · theme 01

CMOS Threshold and Reliability Risks

12 papers · 37.5% of this block

▼ -12% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject

Authors caution about interface traps and voltage stability affecting MOSFET performance and circuit longevity.

CMOS · Transistor · Threshold voltage · MOSFET

“Impact of Interface Traps on Negative Capacitance Transistor: Device and Circuit Reliability”

12 of these papers raise it as a problem

Cautions · theme 02

Quantum and Radiation Effects

7 papers · 21.9% of this block

▼ -16% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject

Research warns of tunnelling phenomena and radiation‑induced degradation in advanced semiconductor structures.

Quantum tunnelling · Semiconductor

“A Framework for TSV Based 3D-IC to Analyze Aging and TSV Thermo-Mechanical Stress on Soft Errors”

7 of these papers raise it as a problem

Cautions · theme 03

Electromigration and Thermal Stress

7 papers · 21.9% of this block

▼ -13% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject

Papers highlight how current‑induced migration and heating threaten interconnect reliability in dense VLSI.

Electromigration · Electronic circuit · Very-large-scale integration · Interconnection

“Cross-coupled Self-Heating and Consequent Reliability Issues in GaN-Si Hetero-integration: Thermal Keep-Out-Zone Quantified”

7 of these papers raise it as a problem

Cautions · theme 04

3‑D Integration Fabrication Hurdles

6 papers · 18.8% of this block

▲ +2% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject

Studies note manufacturing and material challenges for three‑dimensional interconnects and photonic integration.

Three-dimensional integrated circuit · Fabrication · Integrated circuit

“Carbon Nanotube Based 3-D Interconnects - A Reality or a Distant Dream”

6 of these papers raise it as a problem

Opportunities1,197 papers · 7 recurring themes

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Opportunities · theme 01

Emerging Semiconductor Materials

283 papers · 23.6% of this block

▼ -14% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject

Opportunities focus on novel devices such as carbon‑nanotube and 2D transistors for next‑generation circuits.

Semiconductor · Transistor · Semiconductor device · Carbon nanotube field-effect transistor

“An atom-to-circuit modeling approach to all-2D metal–insulator–semiconductor field-effect transistors”

Opportunities · theme 02

Low‑Power CMOS Design Advances

260 papers · 21.7% of this block

▼ -12% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject

Research showcases efficient logic, memory, and layout techniques to reduce power consumption in CMOS chips.

CMOS · Static random-access memory · Transistor · Electronic circuit

“Design and Simulation of Reliable Low Power CMOS Logic Gates”

Opportunities · theme 03

VLSI Architecture for Specialized Applications

159 papers · 13.3% of this block

▼ -6% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject

Papers explore optimized floorplanning and ASIC designs for neural networks, embedded systems, and energy‑efficient processing.

Very-large-scale integration · Floorplan · Application-specific integrated circuit · Routing

“VLSI Architecuture for Neural Network Based Image Compression”

Opportunities · theme 04

Hardware Security and Trojan Mitigation

150 papers · 12.5% of this block

▼ -29% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject

Works propose testing, simulation, and design methods to detect and prevent hardware Trojan attacks.

Hardware Trojan · Trojan · Integrated circuit · Hardware security module

“Thermal-Aware Small-Delay Defect Testing in Integrated Circuits for Mitigating Overkill”

Opportunities · theme 05

Photonic Integrated Circuit Integration

149 papers · 12.4% of this block

▲ +9% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject

Studies present techniques for merging photonic components with electronic circuits to boost performance.

Photonic integrated circuit · Integrated circuit · Photonics · Electronic circuit

“Innovative Techniques in the Construction of Very Large Scale Integration Circuits for Low-Power and High-Performance Circuits”

Opportunities · theme 06

Thermal‑Aware 3‑D IC Placement

98 papers · 8.2% of this block

→ -0% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject

Research offers optimization strategies for through‑silicon vias and placement to manage heat in stacked chips.

Three-dimensional integrated circuit · Through-silicon via · Integrated circuit · Interconnection

“Minimizing Thermal Disparities during Placement in 3D ICs”

Opportunities · theme 07

Efficient Test and Scan Architectures

98 papers · 8.2% of this block

▼ -71% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject

Papers develop low‑power scan chains and compression methods to improve testability and security.

Scan chain · Automatic test pattern generation · Test compression · Design for testing

“A generic low power scan chain wrapper for designs using scan compression”

Which of these themes are growing fastest

Tracks how the share of Indian research themes has changed globally between 2022 and 2025.