Our Mission
Our mission at Rise Design Automation is to raise the level of abstraction of design and verification beyond RTL and have it adopted at scale across the industry in order to transform how designs will be done for years to come. So, Adoption at Scale with Innovation at Scale.
Co-Founder and CEO Badru Agarwala
About Us
Badru Agarwala is the CEO and Co-Founder of Rise Design Automation (RDA).
With a strong track record of 40 years in EDA, he was previously the General Manager of the Calypto Systems Division at Mentor Graphics, now Siemens EDA. He advanced High-Level Synthesis with Catapult and drove innovations in high-level verification and power optimization.
Badru co-founded Axiom Design Automation, where he served as CEO and President until its acquisition by Mentor Graphics in 2012. He also co-founded Silicon Automation Systems (now Sasken Communication) and founded Frontline Design Automation, which was acquired by Avant! Corporation in 1997, where he then served as Vice President of Front End.
His extensive experience continues to shape the future of design and verification.
RISE Partners
Rise Design Automation is part of the Microsoft for Startup Founders Hub
Rise Design Automation is part of the Microsoft for Startup Founders Hub
Rise Design Automation is part of the Microsoft for Startup Founders Hub
