Hardware's tech sector is booming. This year’s list of the best 121 Hardware tech startups is an eclectic mix of hyper-growth scaleups, small creative startups and everything in between.
The last update was made on September 12, 2021.
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Fabric
Fabric is a company that builds a supply-chain allowing retailers to offer sustainable delivery service to their online customers.
MessageBird
MessageBird is a cloud communications platform that connects enterprises to their global customers.
Shadow
Shadow is a high-performance cloud-based computer that has an automated hardware evolution.
OneWeb
OneWeb is building a space-based global communications network that will deliver high-speed, low latency internet access everywhere.
Immersive Labs
Immersive Labs is an on-demand cyber skills platform that rewards critical thinking, problem solving, and curiosity.
Aircall
Aircall is an advanced call center software, complete business phone and contact center 100% natively integrated in any CRM.
Innoviz
Innoviz delivers the vision and intelligence required for the mass-production of autonomous vehicles.
Signavio
Signavio provides tools for business process management.
pureLiFi
pureLiFi develops technology for communication networks that integrates data and lighting utility infrastructures.
Hibob
bob is a people management platform that helps fast-growing companies bring out the best in their employees.
ROBIN
E-Commerce customer service softwareplus expert coaching for a fixed monthy price for ambitious e-commerce & retail brands
DoiT International
We tackle complex problems of scale using our expertise in resolving problems, coding, algorithms, complexity analysis, and system design.
Northvolt
Enabling the future of energy.
GetNexar
Nexar makes every car smart and is building the world’s safe driving network.
trivago
trivago is an online hotel search platform that compares prices from various hotels on booking sites worldwide.
Back Market
Back Market is an online marketplace dedicated to refurbished products.
Binance
Binance is a cryptocurrency exchange platform that combines digital technology and finance.
Devialet
Devialet is a French implosive sound center that offers solutions ranging from ADH intelligence to sound amplification.
REE
REE is a technology company that develops cutting edge systems for the automotive andpersonal mobility industries.
Glassbox
Glassbox is adisruptive provider of ‘instant replay’ digital customer experience solutions for both the web and mobile.
Fairphone
Fairphone makes the world's first fairly designed and produced smartphone.
Framer
Framer is a tool to design interactive high-fidelity prototypes for iOS, Android, desktop, or the web.
Parrot
Parrot creates, develops and markets advanced technology wireless products for consumers and professionals.
Cityscoot
European scooter sharing market.
Aleva Neurotherapeutics
Aleva Neurotherapeutics has developed a proprietary neurostimulation platform based on microDBS Technology
Folio
The bank account that does your accounting for you. On a mission to give entrepreneurs the confidence to start and grow a business.
Anaconda
Anaconda Biomed is a medical device start-up that develops the next generation of catheters to perform efficient mechanical thrombectomies.
Brightpearl
Brightpearl is the omnichannel retail management system that puts your orders, inventory, financials, POS and CRM in one place.
Numbrs
Numbrs is a customer-centric financial services company.
Xeneta
Xeneta is the leading ocean freight rate benchmarking and market intelligence platform and index.
Cortica
Cortica is a technology company developing AI capable of learning and reacting on its own.
Aiven
Aiven develops managed cloud service hosting for software infrastructure services.
Actility
Actility provides smart energy management, machine-to-machine(M2M) and Internet of things(IoT) services.
Unicorn
Unicorn Systems is a renowned European company providing the largest information systems.
Ultrahaptics
Ultrahaptics is working to create the most remarkable connection between people and technology.
Persona
Persona represents the solution for identity management, aligned with the latest data protection regulations.
Carbyne911
Carbyne is a national emergency communication platform, running the most advanced technology for emergency infrastructure.
Labster
Labster is an internationally focused company dedicated to the development of pioneering online tools for teaching science globally.
NAVYA
NAVYA is a leading French name in the autonomous vehicle market and in smart shared mobility solutions.
TTTech
TTTech is a Vienna Austria-based technology leader in networked safety controls.
QEDIT
QEDIT helps businesses accelerate trust with Zero-Knowledge Blockchains.
Adverty
Adverty is the next generation advertising platform.
Hedvig
Hedvig is a tech startup that focuses on building insurance solutions.
Exotec Solutions
Exotec Solutions offers an innovative order preparation system, based on a fleet of collaborative mobile robots.
obilet
obilet.com is an online platform that provides bus and airplane tickets to consumers.
Bancor
Bancor iscrypto company protocol for the creation of Smart Tokens that touts a decentralized exchange service.
Zwipe
Zwipe is enabling battery-less biometric authentication solutions for payment cards, wearables and beyond
SoundBoks
SoundBoks is a Copenhagen-based hardware company developing and selling battery-powered speaker.
Quentic
Quentic is a computer software company for health & safety, environmental, and sustainability management.
Avast
Avast is a security software development company that protects people from threats on the internet.
Canatu
Canatu develops and manufactures innovative 3D formable and stretchable films and sensors for 3D touch surfaces andheater solutions.
Accedo
Accedo is a provider of interactive apps for smart TVs and connected TV devices for media companies, consumer electronics, and TV operators.
ABB
ABB provides power and automation technologies for smart grids, robotics, electric cars, renewable energy and motors.
Metail
Metail is a virtual fitting room service for fashion retailers that allows customers to create a 3D model of themselves and try on clothes.
Pointy
Pointy helps stores by bringing products online, allowing them to get found by people who are searching on the web.
Magazino
Magazino develops mobile, perception driven robots for warehouse logistics and intralogistics.
Alkemics
Alkemics helps retailers and CPG manufacturers collect, enrich, and share content across the retail ecosystem.
Arago
Arago is a leading artificial intelligence company that helps businesses automate their IT processes through intelligent automation.
Brodmann17
Brodmann17 develops artificial visual intelligence that allow devices to understand the environment in real-time.
Deepomatic
Deepomatic designs a platform to let professionals build custom image recognition AI and delivers computer vision systems to clients.
Psious
Psious develops a virtual reality platform designed to bring value to mental health treatment.
Corephotonics
Corephotonics is the pioneer and worldwide market leader of dual camera technologies for mobile devices.
aito
Aito is a predictive database that uses existing relational datasets for predictions and recommendations.
InceptionVR
Inception is a leading 360 & VR content creator and destination of choice for premium content for millennials.
RISE
RISE is a device that turns your regular window shades into smart shades.
Sigma Capital Group
Sigma Capital Group focus on the creation of communities by delivering new, good quality and well located family homes to rent.
Learnosity
Learnosity provides the technology framework for authoring, assessment delivery, and reporting for the world's best assessment solutions.
Nym
Nym is a NLU based autonomous medical coding technology that enables healthcare facilities to optimize their revenue cycle processes.
Augment
Augment is an augmented reality platform that allows users to visualize 3D models in real time and the real environment at scale.
Astralis
Astralis is a professional e-sports organization which represents one of the best Counter-Strike teams in the world.
Resolution Games
Resolution Games operates as a virtual reality and augmented reality games studio.
Lifen
Lifen is your simple and secure exchange of medical letters assistant.
Collab
Collab was founded with a clear strategy: disruptive innovation in enterprise grade contact centers.
Sellpy
Sellpy makes it easier than any other service to sell the things you don’t use.
Nova Lumos
Nova Lumos is a distributed utility company that offer solar power to off-grid homes and small businesses.
Heliatek
Heliatek is engaged in the development and production of organic solar cells with the ability to absorb a broad spectrum of light.
TrustInSoft
TrustInSoft is a game-changer in cybersecurity and provides solutions to mathematically guaranteed software.
Sweepr
Providing simple care for the connected home by reshaping the way technical support is provided to make it intuitive for non-tech homeowners
Skello
Skello makes schedule in a few clicks, communicate with teams and automatically process payroll.
Avo
Make your data as robust as your code. Say goodbye to missing properties, typos, and type errors.
fring
fring is a mobile communications service that supports free mobile group video calls, video calls, voice calls, and live chat.
OnePark
OnePark is a booking platform of parking spaces .
DOC+
DOC+ is a digital health company specializing in on-demand medical services (house calls and telemedicine), EHR and medical data management.
GenomSys
GenomSys is a Swiss company composed by engineers with extensive experience in research, development and project management.
Aprila
Aprila Bank is a highly automated niche bank focusing on intuitive on-the-spot financing solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises.
Deeptrace
The antivirus for deepfakes
Knip
Knip is an innovative digital insurance manager for an easy-to-understand overview of existing insurance policies, tariffs and services.
Starbreeze
Starbreeze Studios creates, publishes, and distributes high quality entertainment products.
Novelda
Novelda is a sensor company specializing in nanoscale wireless low-power technology for ultra-high resolution impulse radar.
Livestorm
Livestorm help companies make their webinars simpler, smarter and more efficient.
Ardoq
Ardoq is an Enterprise Intelligence Graph for Compliance, Governance, and Digital Transformation.
YellowDog
YellowDog is the only predictive and intelligent scheduling & orchestration platform.
Kovrr
Enabling (Re) Insurers to transparently predict and price cyber risk.
O3b Networks
O3b Networks develops satellite-based internet backbone infrastructure solutions for fixed line, mobile and internet service operators.
Zeek
Zeek is an online marketplace that enables its users to sell unwanted vouchers in exchange for cash and purchase discounted gift cards.
IQM
IQM builds scalable hardware for universal quantum computers, focusing on superconducting technology.
Ecrebo
Ecrebo is a point of sale marketing platform.
Photoneo
Photoneo is a leading provider of robotic vision and intelligence.
Thingstream
Thingstream is a leading provider of Connectivity-as-a-Service (CaaS) for the Internet of Things (IoT) applications.
Volumental
Cloud-based platform using 3D for product customization.
PlayGiga
Premium videogames in streaming for an affordable monthly fee.
Nordigen
Nordigen is building transaction analytics tools for banks and lenders
MetaNetworks
Meta Networks is rebuilding the enterprise WAN for the cloud age, with a new paradigm that is secure, simple and cloud-native.
Jenji
Jenji is a essential application for managing your expense reports free of charge.
The ID Co.
The ID Co. help businesses onboard their customers using Open Bank data to solve business pains such as credit risk and affordability.
Crosser
Crosser designs and develops Streaming Analytics and Integration software for any Edge, Fog or Cloud. Target market is Industrial IoT.
3fbio
A technology spin-out company from the University of Strathclyde.
Gmelius
Gmelius transforms Gmail into your company's workspace.
Urban Sharing
Urban Sharing is a fleet management platform for shared micromobility.
Configit
Configit is a Danish software business.
Oxipit
Oxipit research team consists of Kaggle-winning experienced deep learning engineers and radiologists.
Toposens
Toposens builds highly robust and low-cost near-field 3D ultrasound vision technology for robotics and autonomous vehicles.
Dispelix
Dispelix simply removes the challenges that the product designers have been trying to hide for years.
Nezasa
Hyper-Personalised Travel Solutions - Nezasa's booking software optimises your travel service
PayCore
End-to-end payment technology solutions partner serving more than 150 clients in 40 countries.
OptiNose
OptiNose develops nasal drug delivery technologies and combined drug and device therapies.
Forky
Forky aims to be the go-to brand for your daily food, offering healthy and delicious dishes in the most convenient way possible.
Altitude Angel
Altitude Angel makes drones safer by providing the data and cloud services needed to safely unlock their potential.
Basemark
Rocksolid Engine by Basemark is the leading compute (AI, machine learning) and graphics (AR, VR) solution for professional applications
Latecoere
Latecoere specializes in the manufacturing and marketing of structures for the aeronautics sector.
Artomatix
Artomatixis a software company that uses Artificial Intelligence to create realistic 3D art creation.
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