\n\tSince 2023, VC funds have invested $162.1 million across 29 funding rounds in domestic chip and semiconductor design companies. The average deal size in each round was $5.58 million, according to data from Tracxn.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\tThe data comes as the government plans to co-invest in chip design startups, matching funding from VC companies without any management control. The government announced its new Semicon 2.0 policy last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\tHowever, the latest trend in VC funding is encouraging. So far this year, VCs have invested more than $70.9 million in chip and semiconductor design companies \u2014 a sharp improvement compared with $53.7 million in 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\tVC funding in the space and satellite segment has also been modest \u2014 though still better than in chip design \u2014 despite coming into the limelight recently following Skyroot Aerospace\u2019s successful Vikram-1 launch and praise from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\tVC companies have invested $446 million across 89 rounds in space and satellite startups since 2023, with an average ticket size of $5.01 million per round. Crucially, VC funds invested over $175 million in home-grown players in 2025, while $100.7 million has already been raised in the first seven months of 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\tEven so, VC funds are treading carefully in these high-tech sectors. Among the top five chip design startups raising the largest amount of money, top spot went to Lemurian Labs. It secured $28 million in Series A funding last December \u2014 co-led by Pebblebed and Oval Park Capital, with participation from others \u2014 pushing its valuation to $100\u2013120 million. By comparison, the fifth-largest round was $12.4 million, led by Zoho into NetraSemi at a $75 million valuation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\tIn the satellite sector, the largest funding rounds stood at $50 million each, raised by Skyroot Aerospace and Digantara. Skyroot secured its round in May 2026, shortly before its rocket launch, lifting its valuation to $1.1 billion, while Digantara raised its funds in December 2025, pushing its valuation to $200 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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