Semiconductor startup Sophrosyne Technologies secures $2 million from Bluehill VC

Sophrosyne Technologies, a semiconductor startup has raised $2 million in its seed funding round from Chennai-based Bluehill VC.

The new funding will help move from prototype chips to full production, grow the engineering team, and start early customer launches in India and other countries.

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"By consolidating multiple sensing functions into one compact architecture, the company enables wearable devices to deliver richer and more continuous health insights with a smaller silicon footprint," the startup said.

“Wearable health is entering a new phase where accuracy and continuous monitoring are becoming standard expectations,” said Sridhar Parthasarathi, managing partner at Bluehill VC. He added that Sophrosyne is solving practical problems for device makers, especially around power use and system complexity.

Manish Srivastava, cofounder and CEO of Sophrosyne, “We are moving toward production-grade silicon and early rollouts with OEMs. Bluehill’s semiconductor expertise will help us scale globally,” he said.

The startup recently received a $1.2 million MeitY grant after passing technical checks under the government’s semiconductor design program.

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Founded in 2024 by Manish Srivastava, the Bengaluru-based Sophrosyne Technologies is developing a biosensing system-on-chip (SoC) that can track ECG, PPG, breathing, temperature, and other signals in wearable devices while consuming less power.

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