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IAN Group is hiring a Portfolio Associate (0–2 years) in Delhi!

Work with founders, investors, and the startup ecosystem.

As a Portfolio Associate, you will:

📌 Manage relationships with portfolio founders and support them with guidance, connections, and ecosystem engagement.

📌 Oversee portfolio reporting, compliance, and investment documentation across portfolio companies.

📌 Maintain portfolio databases and track funding rounds, exits, and investor-related information.

📌 Support fundraising efforts, investor relations, and coordination with VCs and ecosystem partners.

📌 Assist portfolio companies with recruitment, financial, and operational support services.

📌 Collaborate with marketing teams on newsletters, events, and ecosystem engagement initiatives.

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Semiconductors sit at the core of every major technology shift unfolding today. India is steadily carving out its position in this space through capital, policy intent, and rising demand across AI, mobility, and electronics. While fabrication will take time to fully take shape, the early signs of momentum are already visible in design, packaging, and enabling infrastructure, where real value is beginning to build.

If you want to understand where India stands today, where the gaps still exist, and where the earliest opportunities are emerging, the slides ahead lay it out simply.

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐲!

Join us for a round-up of startup ecosystem updates with the IAN Group Startup Wrap.

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What happens to waste after it leaves our homes is something most cities prefer to keep out of sight. But building truly liveable cities depends on getting that invisible system right.

IAN Group portfolio company Saahas Zero Waste is working on exactly that, rethinking waste as the starting point of a circular economy where materials are recovered, reused, and brought back into the system.

The conversation goes beyond waste management to explore how cities can function more intelligently beneath the surface. It opens up perspectives on how to make circular systems work at scale and why it matters more than we think.

Watch the full discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooKVLHsmkQU

The New Indian Express 12 likes. "Wilma Rodrigues on India's waste crisis & real solutions | Saahas Zero Waste | Expressions Podcast"

RoshAi is building autonomy with a clear sense of where it needs to work—in ports, mining sites, and industrial environments where conditions are far from predictable. Its retrofit-ready stack, combining hardware, AI software, and fleet management systems, allows existing vehicles to transition into Level 4 autonomous operations without starting over. The technology has been shaped over years of testing and iteration, trained on real conditions, and designed to solve challenges like driver shortages and operational inefficiencies in a way that is both practical and scalable.

At IAN Group, we are proud to support RoshAi on this journey. As the company grows across markets and use cases, it exemplifies a thoughtful approach to applying AI where it can create meaningful, lasting impact.

Read more: https://inc42.com/startups/how-roshai-is-driving-autonomy-in-ports-and-mining-operations/

How RoshAi Is Driving Autonomy In Ports And Mining Operations RoshAi currently offers retrofit-ready hardware paired with AI software and a cloud-based fleet management system

It is encouraging to see Indian semiconductor stories find space across the ecosystem today.

Behind every line of coverage lies years of invisible work, design iterations, uncertainty, and a team willing to stay with hard problems longer than most would. Excited to see BigEndian Semiconductors entering this next phase and delighted to support their journey as they build from India, for global markets.

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While most companies cut entry-level hiring in the age of AI, Cognizant CEO Ravi Kumar S and Uniphore CEO Umesh Sachdev are betting on the opposite: that AI will expand opportunity, not shrink it.

See how this view is already playing out in real enterprise use cases.

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2026/04/29/ceos-of-cognizant-and-uniphore-on-ai-adoption-a-fortt-knox-update.html

CEOs of Cognizant and Uniphore on AI Adoption: A Fortt Knox Update Cognizant CEO Ravi Kumar and Uniphore CEO Umesh Sachdev told Jon Fortt about their partnership building industry-specific small language models. Kumar's contrarian thesis: hire MORE entry-level workers (15K→20K→25K grads, 2024–26) as AI becomes an "equalizer" lifting up the bottom of the pyram...

The next phase of computing is happening at the edge, where machines need to process, interpret, and respond in real time. BigEndian Semiconductors is building secure, high-performance system-on-chips for AI vision applications, designed to make that intelligence faster and more reliable at the silicon level itself.

Today, a large part of surveillance and connected infrastructure still depends on imported chipsets, which leads to dependency and security challenges. BigEndian is addressing the issue with trusted, indigenous alternatives built for modern AI workloads and edge use cases. As demand shifts towards secure, domain-specific design, this is a step towards strengthening India’s fabless semiconductor ecosystem.

IAN Group is pleased to back BigEndian Semiconductors as they build for a more secure and self-reliant semiconductor future.

Read more: https://entrackr.com/snippets/bigendian-semiconductors-raises-6-mn-in-pre-series-a-round-led-by-ian-alpha-fund-11804240

BigEndian Semiconductors raises $6 Mn in pre Series A round led by IAN Alpha Fund BigEndian Semiconductors has raised $6 million in a pre Series A funding round led by IAN Alpha Fund, with participation from existing investors Vertex Ventures SEA and India, and others

𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐀𝐈-𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬

IAN Group, through IAN Alpha Fund, has led a $6 million investment round in BigEndian Semiconductors. At a time when AI and edge computing are reshaping how data is processed, BigEndian is building chips that work in real time, with security built in from the ground up, not added later.

As India looks to move beyond services into product-led semiconductor innovation, companies like BigEndian are stepping in with trusted, homegrown alternatives in a space long dominated by imports. With early market traction and a strong ex*****on-focused team, the company is well placed to ride this shift.

IAN Group is delighted to back BigEndian Semiconductors as they build secure, high-performance silicon solutions from India for the world.

Read more: https://iangroup.vc/2026/05/06/ian-alpha-fund-leads-usd-6-million-investment-round-in-bigendian-semiconductors/