cimware
Composable infrastructure hardware for sustainable, scalable data centers.
| Date | Investors | Amount | Round |
|---|---|---|---|
* | $2.3m | Seed | |
| Total Funding | 000k | ||
CIMware is a deep-tech startup based in Bengaluru, India, developing hardware solutions to address efficiency and scalability challenges in data centers. The company was founded in 2018 by Rajiv Ganth, a technology veteran with extensive experience in distributed systems and hyperscale infrastructure, including leading CloudSimple India until its acquisition by Google. Ganth's background in data center architecture at companies like Intel, EMC, and LSI informed the company's direction.
The company's core product is the Composable Infrastructure Module (CIM), a patented, top-of-rack smart switch that unifies compute, storage, and networking resources. This technology pools and manages resources through a software control plane, allowing data centers to abstract physical hardware and provision them as on-demand services. The CIM is designed to significantly reduce the total cost of ownership, lower power consumption by up to 80%, and minimize the physical footprint of data center infrastructure. The product is specifically targeted at high-demand workloads such as AI, machine learning, video streaming, and social media applications.
CIMware's business model includes direct sales in India and the United States, with plans for white-labeling arrangements and partnerships in other regions like South Asia, Europe, South Korea, and Japan. The company serves clients such as AI-centric data centers, telecom networks, and enterprise cloud stacks. After receiving early grants from India's Department of Telecommunications, CIMware secured $2.3 million in a pre-Series A funding round in July 2025, led by Transition VC. This capital is intended to scale engineering and software teams, ramp up hardware production, and deploy its initial units to customer sites.
Keywords: composable infrastructure, data center solutions, disaggregated infrastructure, smart switch, hardware, hyperscale computing, data center efficiency, deep-tech, memory-based connection, IT framework, cloud infrastructure, sustainable data centers, rack-level architecture, total cost of ownership reduction, enterprise cloud, telecom networks, AI workloads, PCIe Fabric Switch, data center hardware