Startup · Japan
EdgeCortix
HQ Ginza, JapanFounded 201951-200 employeesUpdated
Next Wave of Generative AI at the Edge.
Funding16 rounds · ~$62.6M
- Equity raised
- ~$62.6M
- Debt, secondaries & grants
- ~$66.6M
- Latest
- UndisclosedStrategic · Apr 15, 2026
| Announced | Stage | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors | Other investors | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 2026 | Strategic | Undisclosed | — | — | Axiro Semiconductor Pvt. Ltd., MPower Partners | Confirmed |
| Apr 14, 2026 | Series B | Undisclosed | — | — | — | Reported |
| Apr 14, 2026 | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | — | — | — | Reported |
| Nov 6, 2025 | Debt | ~$9.7M | — | — | Mizuho Bank, Ltd. | Confirmed |
| Nov 6, 2025 | Series B | Undisclosed | — | — | Aero X Ventures, CDIB Cross Border Innovation Fund II LP, Global Hands-On VC, Jane Street Global Trading, NTT Finance Corporation, Pacific Bays Capital, SBI Investment, SBI Investment Co. Ltd., SiC Power, TDK Ventures, Yanmar Ventures | Confirmed |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Debt | ~$9.9M | — | Mizuho Bank | — | Confirmed |
| Aug 18, 2025 | Series B | Undisclosed | — | — | Aero X Ventures, Global Hands-On VC, NTT Finance Corporation, Pacific Bays Capital, SBI Investment, SBI Investment Co. Ltd., SiC Power, Yanmar Ventures | Confirmed |
| May 28, 2025 | Grant | $21.0M | — | NEDO | — | Confirmed |
| Nov 6, 2024 | Grant | ~$26.1M | — | NEDO | — | Confirmed |
| Oct 4, 2023 | Series A | $20.0M | — | Global Hands-On VC, SBI Investment, SBI Investment Co. Ltd. | Cycle Capital, Cycle Group, Monozukuri Ventures, Renesas Electronics Corporation | Reported |
- UndisclosedApr 15, 2026
- Series BUndisclosedApr 14, 2026
- UndisclosedUndisclosedApr 14, 2026
- DebtWith Mizuho Bank, Ltd.Confirmed~$9.7MNov 6, 2025
- Series BWith Aero X Ventures, CDIB Cross Border Innovation Fund II LP, Global Hands-On VC, Jane Street Global Trading, NTT Finance Corporation, Pacific Bays Capital, SBI Investment, SBI Investment Co. Ltd., SiC Power, TDK Ventures, Yanmar VenturesConfirmedUndisclosedNov 6, 2025
- ~$9.9MOct 27, 2025
- Series BWith Aero X Ventures, Global Hands-On VC, NTT Finance Corporation, Pacific Bays Capital, SBI Investment, SBI Investment Co. Ltd., SiC Power, Yanmar VenturesConfirmedUndisclosedAug 18, 2025
- $21.0MMay 28, 2025
- ~$26.1MNov 6, 2024
- Series ALed by Global Hands-On VC, SBI Investment, SBI Investment Co. Ltd.With Cycle Capital, Cycle Group, Monozukuri Ventures, Renesas Electronics Corporation$20.0MOct 4, 2023
Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.
Systems4
- Dynamic Neural Accelerator IIReconfigurable neural-network processor IP core for integration into semiconductor designs.
- MERACompiler and software framework for deploying neural-network models on heterogeneous processors.
- RAIDENAI compute chiplet platform under development, with customer sampling planned for 2027.
- SAKURA-IISemiconductor accelerator for neural-network inference at the edge.
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Capabilities1
| Technology | Role | Maturity | TRL | Notes | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semiconductors and microelectronics | Developer | — | — | classify_sectors run 37, sonnet, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Edge AI accelerator chip with no stated defense use. | Reported |
- Developerclassify_sectors run 37, sonnet, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Edge AI accelerator chip with no stated defense use.—Reported
Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.
People1
| Person | Role |
|---|---|
| Sakyasingha Dasgupta | Founder and Chief Executive Officer |
Sources27
Show all 27 sources and supporting evidence
Profile4
- 1
PitchBook · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · x url
“employee_range: 51-200 (profile: 66)”
- 2
Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind
“{"country": "Japan", "hq_iso2": "JP", "id": "a444406e-a06c-4824-828f-7b0f01e768c8"}”
- 3
Crunchbase · Supports Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · x url
“hq_city: Ginza”
- 4
EdgeCortix · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website
“Next Wave of Generative AI at the Edge. Introducing SAKURA-II, the world’s most flexible and energy-efficient AI accelerator.”
Systems4
- 5
EdgeCortix · Supports System
“EdgeCortix Dynamic Neural Accelerator II (DNA-II) is a highly-efficient and powerful neural network IP core that can be paired with any host processor. Achieving exceptional parallelism and efficiency through run-time reconfigurable interconnects between compute elements, DNA-II has support for both convolutional and transformer networks, and is ideal for a wide variety of edge AI applications.”
- 6
EdgeCortix · Supports System
“EdgeCortix® MERA is a compiler and software framework providing a robust platform for deploying the latest neural network models in a framework agnostic manner. MERA enables deep neural network graph compilation and AI inference using the [Dynamic Neural Accelerator (DNA”
- 7
EdgeCortix · Supports System
“RAIDEN™ is a scalable, energy-efficient chiplet platform designed to run the complete workload and scale the entire system. At its core, our new DNA-X® architecture preserves the runtime-reconfigurable benefits from the previous generation, while adding entirely new microcode-programmable matrix and vector processing engines.”
- 8
EdgeCortix · Supports System
“SAKURA-II is an advanced AI accelerator providing best-in-class efficiency, driven by our low-latency Dynamic Neural Accelerator (DNA). SAKURA-II is designed for applications requiring fast, real-time Batch=1 AI inferencing with excellent performance in a small footprint, low power silicon device.”
Funding18
- 9
EdgeCortix · Apr 15, 2026 · Supports Funding round · stage, Organization · ownership
“TOKYO, Japan (April 15, 2026) - EdgeCortix, a leading fabless semiconductor company specializing in energy-efficient AI processing at the edge, today announced a new investment from Axiro Semiconductor Pvt. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of CG Power and Industrial Solutions, and MPower Partners, a Japan-based global venture capital fund, building on the strong momentum of its previously oversubscribed funding round.”
- 10
Semiconductor Digest · Apr 15, 2026 · Supports Funding round · amount
“today announced a new investment from Axiro Semiconductor Pvt. Ltd.”
- 11
EdgeCortix · Nov 6, 2025 · Supports Funding round · amount, Funding round · stage
“In parallel to the equity financing, Mizuho Bank, Ltd. has extended a ¥1.5 billion (≈US$10 million) unsecured credit facility, strengthening EdgeCortix’s balance sheet and deepening its long-term banking relationship.”
- 12
FinSMEs · Nov 6, 2025 · Supports Funding round · amount
“The amount of the deal was not disclosed.”
- 13
Business Wire via StreetInsider · Nov 6, 2025 · Supports Funding round · amount
“announced the second close of its oversubscribed Series B financing round”
- 14
EdgeCortix · Oct 27, 2025 · Supports Funding round · amount
“today announced that it has secured a ¥1.5 billion line of credit from Mizuho Bank, Ltd.”
- 15
EdgeCortix · Aug 18, 2025 · Supports Funding round · stage
“Tokyo, Japan – August 18, 2025 – EdgeCortix® Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor company specializing in energy-efficient artificial intelligence (AI) processing at the edge, today announced the initial close of its Series B funding round.”
- 16CompanyEdgeCortix completes initial close of Series B financing, driving total funding to nearly $100m
TelecomTV (EdgeCortix release) · Aug 18, 2025 · Supports Funding round · amount
“today announced the initial close of its Series B funding round”
- 17
EdgeCortix · May 28, 2025 · Supports Funding round · amount
“awarded an additional 3 billion Yen ($21 Million USD) project”
- 18
EdgeCortix · Nov 6, 2024 · Supports Funding round · amount
“awarded a 4 Billion Yen subsidy from Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)”
- 19
TNGlobal · Oct 4, 2023 · Supports Funding round, Funding round · amount
“led by Japan’s venture capital (VC) firm SBI Investment Co. Ltd. and Global Hands-On VC (GHOVC)”
- 20
EdgeCortix · Oct 4, 2023 · Supports Funding round · amount
“EdgeCortix® Inc., a Japan-based edge artificial intelligence (AI) fabless semiconductor development and design company today announced the closing of a $20 million (approximately ¥3 billion) funding round led by Japan’s foremost venture capital (VC) firm SBI Investment Co. Ltd. and Global Hands-On VC (GHOVC), a leading Japan-US collaboration-focused VC with a history of successful semiconductor investments.”
- 21
EdgeCortix / PRNewswire · Feb 28, 2022 · Supports Funding round · amount
“EdgeCortix® the AI-focused fabless semiconductor company today announced that it has closed over $8 Million USD in series A funding.”
- 22
PR Newswire · Feb 28, 2022 · Supports Funding round, Funding round · amount
“The Series A was led by US-based Vajra Direct”
- 23
PR Times (EdgeCortix) · Jan 29, 2020 · Supports Funding round · amount
“この度米国の投資家による１００万米ドルの資金調達をしました。”
- 24
LinkedIn · Supports Funding round, Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url
“funding round: Venture Round, 2023-10-03, JPY 3,000,000,000, lead: Global Hands-On VC;SBI Investment”
- 25
LinkedIn · Supports Funding round · announced on, Funding round · stage
“has successfully raised a follow-on seed B of US $1Million in January 2020 from strategic US based investors.”
- 26
Seedtable · Supports Funding round · amount
“EdgeCortix Raises 3.0M USD in Seed Funding”
People1
- 27
asiatechdaily.com · Supports Role
“EdgeCortix Founder and Chief Executive Officer Sakyasingha Dasgupta expressed excitement about the new endeavor.”
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