‏إظهار الرسائل ذات التسميات Electronics Startups. إظهار كافة الرسائل
‏إظهار الرسائل ذات التسميات Electronics Startups. إظهار كافة الرسائل

Full-Stack ESDM Startup Elecbits Raises $5.5M Led By Nexus Venture Partners

Full-Stack ESDM Startup Elecbits Raises $5.5M Led By Nexus Venture Partners

Elecbits, India’s first Full-Stack Electronics Design and Manufacturing startup has raised $5.5M in a Series A round of funding led by Nexus Venture Partners, with participation from SE Ventures and Riverwalk Holdings.

This round will further accelerate Elecbits’ mission of building the digital and physical infrastructure required to make India a global electronics powerhouse. The funds will be used to scale Elecbits XOR – the AI-powered Electronics Engineering and Manufacturing Platform, expanding their end-to-end engineering capabilities and building in-house manufacturing competencies.

For decades, hardware innovation has been stifled by a broken ecosystem: non-standardised engineering, opaque supply chains, and manufacturers ill-equipped for agility. The result was slow time-to-market and reliability issues. Elecbits has solved this by unifying the entire value chain under one roof— from designing, prototyping, manufacturing & quality control to delivery.

Elecbits, is redefining how hardware is built globally. By digitizing the fragmented supply chain and vertically integrating the entire product lifecycle, Elecbits is now the preferred partner for global enterprises as well as fast-growing startups, powering the blazing fast idea-to-product journeys.

The company is currently powering critical innovations across high-growth sectors like Digital Payments, IT Hardware, Power Electronics, Automotive and Consumer Electronics. Elecbits is powering global giants across sectors and is already a trusted partner to 200+ industry titans including Panasonic, Schneider Electric, Motherson, Urban Company, Zetwerk, Maruti Suzuki, OLA, Valeo.

Saurav Kumar, Nikhil Rawat ( L-R )

The company was founded by Saurav Kumar Singh and Nikhil Rawat in 2019. Saurav brings a strong IoT and enterprise engineering pedigree from his time at Amdocs, while Nikhil adds proven startup-scaling experience with one of the ventures acquired by Coupa. Elecbits is fueled by the combined experience of the founders and their vision to democratize the electronics ecosystem and turn India into a global Electronics leader.

Nikhil Rawat, Co-founder, Elecbits, said, Electronics powers every modern innovation, yet building hardware has always been painfully slow. At Elecbits, we aren’t just driving the change - we’re engineering the operating system for India’s electronics future. This fundraise takes us one step closer to a world where every idea can go from concept to creation in days, not months.


The Full-Stack Advantage - By combining end-to-end engineering expertise with a robust manufacturing network, Elecbits enables clients to scale from one to million units with unprecedented speed and precision with the help of Elecbits XOR - an AI-powered Digital Manufacturing Platform that brings Instant Quotes, Transparent Supply Chains, Part Intelligence & Risk Management all onto one single platform.

The world runs on hardware, yet the infrastructure to build it remains inefficient, at least in India. We partnered with Elecbits because they are solving this foundational problem with speed and precision and making India globally competitive. We invest in technologies that drive the world, and Elecbits is the engine that will power the next wave of electronics innovation”, Anand Datta, Partner, Nexus Venture Partners mentioned.

"SE Ventures is excited about Elecbits as a catalyst in the growing electronic design and manufacturing market in India, strengthening our thesis that AI will disrupt existing solutions to enhance quality and reduce time to market. This investment, and partnership with our LP, Schneider Electric, will accelerate rapid prototyping, co-development, and next-generation product innovation." - Siddharth Mehta, Investment Partner APAC, SE Ventures.

As global companies look to diversify supply chains beyond China, Elecbits stands as the "China+1" solution that offers not just capacity, but capability. With a rapidly expanding footprint and a "Made in India, for the World" mandate, the organization is scaling its operations to meet surging global demand, proving that India can lead globally. 

Elecbits is a Full-Stack Electronics Design and Manufacturing startup, enabling enterprises to go from an idea to a shelf-ready product - whether it’s a single prototype or millions of units - delivered with unmatched speed, precision, and visibility.

We are driven by a culture anchored in a larger mission: to build an organization that outlives us and shapes the future of electronics. Our commitment is to democratize and digitize electronics development and manufacturing, creating a seamless fusion of physical, digital, and talent infrastructure. With every new capability, we move closer to reimagining the global electronics ecosystem and powering innovation for generations to come.

Elecbits was founded by Saurav and Nikhil during their quest to build homegrown electronics. Their journey exposed them to the bureaucracy, engineering bottlenecks, import dependencies and structural inefficiencies that make hardware development and manufacturing unnecessarily complex for innovators.

About Saurav Kumar Singh, CEO, Elecbits

Saurav brings a deep background in scaling IoT and enterprise products globally from his time at Amdocs, where he worked across multiple markets and high-impact deployments. Gaining strong expertise in workflow management and analytics pipelines - later driving business intelligence initiatives for AT&T’s large-scale products.

With a proven track record of delivering reliability and scale, Saurav brings core leadership in building high-performance hardware-software ecosystems and accelerating enterprise adoption.

About Nikhil Rawat, COO, Elecbits

Nikhil has been part of early teams at two technology startups, gaining hands-on experience in zero-to-one product building, market scaling, and enterprise adoption. One of these ventures was eventually acquired by Coupa - one of the world’s largest supply-chain analytics companies—shaping his understanding of how high-velocity tech ecosystems operate.

In 2019, Saurav and Nikhil left their careers to pursue a shared vision: transforming India into a global electronics powerhouse. Their approach is simple yet ambitious - solve every friction in the hardware lifecycle, no matter how small, and stitch these solutions into a vertically integrated, AI-Powered full-stack engine that becomes the GTM bridge for enterprises building electronics today.

IESA Launches Electronics and Semiconductors Startup Summit on August 25, Bringing Entrepreneurs, Investors and Govt Agencies Together

IESA Launches Electronics and Semiconductors Startup Summit on August 25

The event took place at The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore in Hybrid mode

It aims to strengthen the electronics and semiconductor entrepreneurial ecosystem by offering potential entrepreneurs much-needed guidance

In a bid to strengthen the electronics and semiconductors entrepreneurial ecosystem, the India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA) is making provisions for launching the first chapter of the Electronics and Semiconductors Startup Summit. The event is happening in hybrid mode on August 25 at The Lalit Ashok,Bengaluru . Through this day-long event, IESA aims to bring innovators, successful entrepreneurs, investors and government agencies on a single platform to promote and strengthen the electronics and semiconductors startup world.

Ruchir Dixit, VP & Country Manager Siemens EDA and IESA EC member, said, "A latest McKinsey report suggested that the global semiconductor industry is expected to become a trillion-dollar sector by 2030. This growth is primarily driven by proliferating digitisation, rapid integration of AI, ML and cloud computing, heavy investment by technical giants, growing government incentives and R&D funding and industry push towards autonomous computational technologies."

"Naturally, this growth has given a golden opportunity for Indian entrepreneurs to make it big in the electronics and semiconductor industry. We have a vast skilled workforce, great network and resources and unparalleled experienced resources, which, together with the government's help, can be converted into something magnificent. IESA Electronics and Semiconductors Startup Summit, a first in a series, aims to achieve precisely the same," He added.

The Electronics and Semiconductors Startup Summit is expected to have participants from all walks of life, including but not limited to startups, innovators, investors, entrepreneurs, technologies, the ESDM/Semiconductor industry and the government. It will offer the participants an opportunity to hear and learn from entrepreneurs who have built successful startups, investors who have mastery in funding startups and are always on the lookout for good investment ideas, and incubators looking for suitable cohorts to groom. The summit will also provide a brief overview of the government incentives available for electronics startups.

Furthermore, IESA is also planning to offer a master class prepared by industry experts on building business plans and pitch decks for budding entrepreneurs.

Link to register virtually-https://iesa.webex.com/iesa/j.php?RGID=r3bef893264f5906fea089fb6ee2d2bf

About IESA

India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA) is the premier industry organisation representing the Semiconductor and Electronics Systems design and manufacturing (ESDM) Industry In India. IESA members include Leading Global Semiconductor and ESDM MNCs, MSMEs, Startups and institutions. http://www.iesaonline.org


Digital Manufacturing Platform Mekr Raises INR 5.8 Cr from Better Capital and Titan Capital

Mekr raises funding from Better Capital & Titan Capital to simplify mass manufacturing of electronics products.

Funds raised will be utilized to strengthen sales, supply chain, tech and project management team among others

Mekr, one stop source for complete electronics product manufacturing, has raised INR 5.8 Cr from Titan Capital and Better Capital. The seed funding round also witnessed participation from 2AM VC.

The funds raised will be utilised in strengthening sales, supply chain, tech and project management team and working capital requirements. The company is currently working for many leading organisations across industries ranging from EV, Fintech, Telecom, IOT, agri-tech and home appliance industries to fulfil their hardware product manufacturing requirements.

Gaurang Kuchhal, Co- founder & CEO and Anand Yadav, Co-founder & COO Mekr (From L-R).

The journey of Mekr is encouraging as both the founders Anand Yadav & Gaurang Kuchhal are second-time founders and have themselves gone through the journey from prototype to mass production of hardware products. Having experienced manufacturing challenges first hand, they realized the difficulties in taking proof of concept projects to mass manufacture real products which are used by consumers. Even simple products require integration of manufacturing processes from multiple industries like plastics, PCBs, Metal, import etc.

Commenting on the funds raised, Gaurang Kuchhal, C0-founder & CEO, Mekr, “People often have a pre-conceived notion that it is not possible to beat China product costings. However, this is not true in reality. At Mekr, for all our projects, we have been able to match China pricing while delivering great product quality and a seamless manufacturing experience.”

Speaking on investing the funds in Mekr, Bipin Shah, Partner – Titan Capital, “Today electronics import comes second only after oil in India. It is very surprising that we have so much dependence on imports for electronics. Now, globally there is a shift of supply chains due to Covid and global geopolitical situations.

Further adding to it he said, “India can make most of it due to its favourable conditions like - Manpower-talent, electricity rate, land availability (SEZ), domestic market size and government policies and support. Companies like Mekr will be pivotal in strengthening the Indian manufacturing ecosystem and making most of the manufacturing wave.”

"Mekr is building the Aatmanirbhar Manufacturing Platform of India to empower domestic product companies of all sizes with quality, scaling and price economics to compete with global competitors for the domestic as well as global markets. We are fortunate to be the founding stage partner to Anand and Gaurang as they build an important piece of the puzzle for leapfrogging Indian companies towards manufacturing leadership", said Vaibhav Domkundwar of Better Capital, an early backer of breakout innovators like Teachmint, Wint, Open, Slice and many others across categories.

Mekr has a complete ecosystem for electronic product manufacturing like facilities for manufacturing of Plastics, PCBA’s, Metal, China sourcing and strong R&D team.

People looking to make electronics products can reach out to Mekr with their product specifications, samples or manufacturing files. Mekr works with its network of manufacturing partners, works on integration of different parts like software, plastics, electronics and seamlessly delivers complete product to the customer.

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