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Startups are the driving force behind innovation in electronics, from cutting-edge tech solutions to revolutionary manufacturing techniques. In this section, we explore how new ventures are navigating challenges like funding, supply chain disruptions, and market competition. Discover success stories, expert tips on scaling your startup, and insights into how new entrants are reshaping the electronics landscape. Whether you’re a budding entrepreneur or an industry veteran, get inspired by the next wave of electronics innovation.

Chiltier’s Personal Wearable Cooling System Based On The Peltier Effect

An India-based startup is turning thermoelectric technology into a portable, personal cooling system, delivering real-time body-temperature control through wearable devices—no air-conditioners, no large infrastructure,...

“We are building humanoid robots that can replicate human tasks.”- Athil Krishna, iHUB Robotics

This Indian startup is building humanoid robots from scratch. Athil Krishna of iHUB Robotics speaks with Nidhi Agarwal from Electronics For You about the...

Why Capability, Not Capacity, Is Driving India’s Semiconductor Investment Story

What separates semiconductor companies that attract funding from those that do not? As investor priorities evolve, proprietary IP, financial discipline and scalable business models...

“Most Companies Import RFID Hardware. We Chose to Build It in India.” – Dhaval H Kotecha, RapidRadio

RapidRadio is driving India’s automation push with indigenous RFID readers and OEM modules. How did it turn RFID into the unseen engine behind tolling,...

The Innovator’s Paradox

From the warm intro tax and familiarity trap to the innovation penalty, hardware tax, and SaaS-blind capital pool, inventors must navigate a series of...

“We Are Building a Search Engine for the Physical World, What Google Did for the Internet, We Are Now Doing for Factories by Making...

As industries embrace AI-led automation, the physical world inside factories remains largely invisible. Kaushal Kukkar of AmiMotion tells EFY's Akanksha Sondhi Gaur how the...

“We Are Focusing On Partnerships With Large Fleet Aggregators To Expand Our Leasing Ecosystem And Market Reach” – Bharath Rao, Emobi

The future of logistics is electric, but high costs keep the brakes on. How is Emobi tackling this? Explaining their all-in-one framework for fleet...

“Our system converts existing CCTV cameras into recognition systems without additional hardware”- M. Saravanan, Quantum Sharqs

Processing, analysing, and predicting, a camera security system does everything in real time. How? M Saravanan from Quantum Sharqs explains to EFY’s Nidhi Agarwal...

We Are Reinventing Cooling as an Intelligent, Adaptive System” – Kulpreet Sahni, Chiltier

What if cooling the person mattered more than cooling the room? Chiltier is challenging conventional cooling with its concept of personal thermal architecture. Founder...

Kerala Startup Building Humanoid Robots From Scratch

An Indian startup is building humanoid robots in-house. The robots are trained like workers, tested in controlled spaces, corrected using feedback, and improved through...

“We Are Building What Could Be the First Single-Chip Battery Management System IC”- Rajesh Gupta, MOSart Semiconductor

Rajesh Gupta from MOSart Semiconductor speaks with Nidhi Aggrawal and Nikita Kumari from Electronics For You about developing a single-chip Battery Management System architecture,...

India’s First Open-Access Quantum Hardware Startup BuildingA ‘Cooperative for Technology’

India’s quantum ambitions are finally moving beyond theory, as a small team builds open-access hardware designed, tested, and manufactured locally. A small team of quantum...

Industry's Buzz

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Qualcomm To Supply Radio Equipment To Starlink

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Together the technologies of Starlink and Qualcomm will improve performance per watt across radio, improving the terrestrial network for 5G and its spectral efficiency. Qualcomm...
AMD

AMD Face a $1B charge in Q3 FY27 for AI-Chip Deals

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The deals that AMD signed with Meta and OpenAI were part of the growing trend of giving equity incentives for long-term contracts from a...
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Samsung Display To Transfer 10.16% Stake in TCL To Its Parent

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Samsung Electronics and TCL Technologies expect to create avenues for closer collaboration in the display panel value chain. Samsung Display transferred its 10.16 per cent...
Aimtron

Aimtron Reports 83% Revenue Growth in H1 FY27

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The demand for Aimtron’s products is spread across various sectors like telecom, network security, IoT, Robotics, Power and Energy, as well as Industrial Electronics  Original...

RIOD Logic Opens EV Charger Manufacturing Facility In Kerala

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The chargers manufactured at the new facility will support UPI-based payments, enabling users to make payments directly through the chargers RIOD Logic Pvt Ltd, an...

Learn From Leaders

Pravin Patel, Founder and Chairman, Brio Agri, India

“Our goal is not to replace farmers, but to empower them with better tools,...

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In an exclusive interaction with EFY's Saba Aafreen, Pravin Patel, Founder and Chairman of Brio Agri, discusses building hydroponics and controlled-environment agriculture in India,...

Does India’s Chip Packaging Growth Need Local Materials At Scale?

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What will it take for specialised semiconductor materials manufacturing to grow in India? Packaging volumes will be a key factor as OSAT facilities move...
Ronak Kumar Samantray, Founder, TM2Space Technologies Pvt Ltd.

“Our goal is to build data centres in space.” – Ronak Kumar Samantray, TM2Space

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A space startup aims to build orbital data centres, letting users run AI models and store data on satellites while also supplying satellite hardware...

India’s Photonics Puzzle Is Finally Coming Together 

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Can India turn its scattered photonics capabilities into a stronger industry? A new association aims to connect the ecosystem and strengthen the domestic value...
Jin Bains, CEO, Mini-Circuits

Mini-Circuits CEO Jin Bains on Navigating High-Frequency Component SWaP-C Constraints, Emerging Markets, and Career...

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In this exclusive, Jin Bains, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Mini-Circuits, explains in a conversation with Dilin Anand of EFY about areas of emerging...

Startups

Vimag Labs’ Magnet-Free Motors Set To Redefine EV Efficiency

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Can software replace rare-earth materials? This Bengaluru startup uses virtual magnets to eliminate traditional permanent magnets, boosting EV motor efficiency up to 95 per...

Pine Labs Q2 FY27 Profit Soars 6.5x

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Pine labs said that it processes 25 million transactions per day, a 22 per cent increase from the previous year. Fintech company Pine Labs, reported...
Dr Venkata Sai Kiran, Founder, Red Balloon Aerospace

How Near-Space Platforms Could Revolutionise Broadband Connectivity – Dr Venkata Sai Kiran, Red Balloon...

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As nations explore high-altitude platforms for communication, surveillance, and scientific research, Red Balloon Aerospace is developing super-pressure balloons, tethered aerostats, and airships for near-space...
Manish Seth, Founder, Vimag Labs

Beyond Rare-Earth Magnets: How Vimag Labs Is Reimagining Electric Motors – Manish Seth, Vimag...

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Can software replace rare earth magnets in electric motors? Manish Seth of Vimag Labs speaks to EFY’s Nitisha Dubey about Virtual Magnet Technology, which...
Pavan Kosaraju, Founder of AquaExchange

“Our AI Predicts Shrimp Disease Three To Four Days Before Visible Symptoms Appear.”- Pavan...

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An agritech startup has built AI- and IoT-powered solutions that help shrimp farmers monitor ponds, detect diseases early, automate feeding, and reduce operational risks....