Deep Tech Startups

Hermes Biosciences develops a benchtop extracellular vesicle isolation system that purifies exosomes from bodily fluids and cell culture media for research and clinical applications in oncology, degenerative disease, and regenerative medicine.

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Hex builds autonomous battery-swapping infrastructure for drones to extend flight capabilities and make aerial data collection more accessible. The company develops hardware and software platforms that work with any drone aircraft for industrial and commercial operations.

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Hexwise builds a Digital Twin solution to optimize the performance of air-cooled heat exchangers in industrial plants. It works with plant operations teams to identify optimization opportunities for their cooling equipment.

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Highcon builds digital cutting and creasing machines for manufacturers of folding carton and corrugated packaging and displays, offering an alternative to conventional die-making and setup processes. Its systems serve global and local brands to address shorter time-to-market, smaller job sizes, and sustainability demands driven by e-commerce.

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Hinalea builds hyperspectral imaging systems that combine imaging hardware with application-specific AI and machine learning software to produce real-time, actionable insights. Its intelligent imaging solutions serve customers in food safety, food quality, precision agriculture, industrial and defense remote sensing, and biomedical/life sciences applications.

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Hololink provides augmented reality and virtual reality marketing solutions and campaigns for brands. The company guides clients through immersive marketing pilots and implementations across spatial computing, AR, VR, and metaverse technologies.

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Holos develops immersive experience creation software for the Apple Vision Pro and extended reality platforms. The company serves consumers, enterprises, and government entities with tools for building AR/VR applications.

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Hone develops Near-Infrared spectroscopy solutions for agricultural producers to measure quality attributes in crops, soil, and pasture, enabling data-driven management decisions. The company uses machine learning to create chemometric models that provide real-time measurement insights for improved productivity and sustainability.

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HoJing (Hongjing Drive) develops full-stack autonomous driving software algorithms and system integration, providing customized L1–L4 intelligent driving solutions that have reached mass production across more than 30 vehicle models. The company also builds hydrogen and electric truck solutions with advanced autonomous driving, deploying them in China, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Europe.

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Horizen Labs develops privacy and verification systems built on applied cryptography, using zero-knowledge proofs and trusted execution environments (TEEs) for high-stakes, high-performance environments. It also offers cryptographic protocol design, end-to-end product engineering, and post-quantum security consultancy.

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HILO is a Hokkaido University spin-out commercializing a drug-efficacy evaluation method based on fluorescence bioimaging technology developed by Professor Yusuke Ohba. The company operates a registered clinical testing laboratory and serves pharmaceutical research and development applications.

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hOS is a technology startup developing AI-driven technologies for people. It was founded in 2021 by DataRobot alumni.

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Hot Lime Labs develops patented limestone-based CO2 capture technology that captures and releases CO2 and heat on demand for the decarbonization of hard-to-abate industries such as horticulture, hydrogen production, and gas cleaning. Its first application, providing heat and CO2 for commercial greenhouses, has been demonstrated and is being commercialized through Aplenty.

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HoX develops hardware, software, and chemistry capabilities to integrate biological analysis into business and health applications. The company operates an integrated system that connects biological samples, data, and analysis tools for faster biological insights.

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Hprobe designs, manufactures, and markets automated wafer-level testing equipment for magnetic devices such as MRAM and magnetic sensors, using a patented 3D magnetic field generator technology. It serves semiconductor foundries, IDMs, and research institutes worldwide, spanning R&D to high-volume production.

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Humalike develops a behavior layer for AI agents that handles turn-taking, proactiveness, social dynamics, long-term memory of people, and real-time event awareness so agents act naturally among humans. Its technology targets AI companions, gaming characters (NPCs and teammates), and hardware such as pendants, speakers, glasses, and home humanoids.

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Humelo develops voice AI technology including high-quality voice cloning from short audio samples, emotional text-to-speech (DIVE TTS), speech synthesis, and voice conversion. It supplies these voice AI solutions for music, media, entertainment, and communication applications.

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Hushmesh operates the Mesh, a cryptographic infrastructure that gives every person, agent, and data object a globally verified identity, keychain, and encrypted space to assure data provenance, integrity, and privacy. It targets organizations deploying autonomous agents that need to coordinate and transact with verifiable, agent-centric cryptographic security.

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Husky manufactures injection molding systems designed to optimize productivity and consistency across industries including beverage packaging, medical devices, food containers, and diagnostics. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of specialized molding platforms for high-volume and mid-volume production applications.

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HVR Cardio develops medical devices for cardiovascular applications, drawing on a management team with combined expertise in structural heart technologies and medical device commercialization.

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Hychor develops HySET, an electrochemical technology that produces green hydrogen from seawater and renewable electricity, reducing reliance on freshwater and grid connection. Spun out of the University of Aberdeen, the company works on system design, materials testing, and scale-up ahead of planned industry projects.

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HyCom develops an xPU Connectivity Platform using electro-optic waveguide modulators for AI data centers, enabling higher-performance data transfer while consuming significantly less energy and requiring reduced physical space. The platform targets data center operators seeking more efficient cooling and compact infrastructure solutions.

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Hydromea builds autonomous underwater vehicles and high-bandwidth, low-power wireless communication systems to collect and relay inspection and sensor data from submerged infrastructure. It serves operators of subsea assets, offering wireless asset-integrity monitoring aimed at the offshore energy and ocean industries.

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Bertha 500 is an AI inference accelerator hardware chip designed for cloud data centers, optimized for energy efficiency and cost-effectiveness compared to traditional GPU alternatives. Built on 4nm technology with custom architecture, it delivers superior throughput and power efficiency for generative AI workloads.

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