Deep Tech Startups

H3 Platform builds PCIe and CXL-based hardware for data centers, including memory pooling solutions, composable GPU deployment systems, PCIe expansion chassis, and multi-host NVMe storage solutions. Its products target data-intensive and generative AI workloads through flexible memory expansion, sharing, and device density on server racks.

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Hadron is a decentralized AI platform that lets people build AI applications ("AiApps") running on its protocol and token, using distributed intelligence collection to gather ground-truth data and a decentralized network to train and run machine learning models. It offers multiple mining options, from smartphones to enterprise GPUs, letting participants contribute knowledge or compute and earn Hadron tokens.

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Haelixa is a deep tech company, spun off from ETH Zürich, that uses DNA-based markers to verify the origin and authenticity of physical products. Its technology serves textile traceability and luxury product anti-counterfeiting needs.

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Jeeves is a collaborative project involving engineers, designers, and researchers focused on developing robotics and mechanical systems.

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HallTech develops advanced plasma physics-based deposition tools for semiconductor manufacturing that overcome limitations of traditional PVD, CVD, ALD, and PECVD processes. The company targets chip makers and fabs requiring next-generation materials with higher purity and precise atomic-level control for advanced compute nodes.

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HallTech develops a new semiconductor deposition platform designed for next-generation chip manufacturing, offering fast, high-quality film deposition at low temperature with precise control over how atoms land and form structures. It targets the chip fabrication industry, aiming to produce advanced materials that current deposition tools cannot make.

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HaptX develops wearable haptic gloves and related technology that enable realistic touch simulation in virtual reality, spatial computing, and robotics applications. The company creates hardware and software for human-machine interaction using microfluidic technology.

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Harbor Compute designs, deploys, and operates infrastructure for large-scale industrial compute workloads. The company is built by a team with experience operating large supercomputers.

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Hardhat is a development environment for Ethereum smart contracts, providing tools for testing, deployment, debugging, code coverage, and verification, with a runtime rewritten in Rust for performance. It serves Solidity developers ranging from individual builders to engineering organizations, supporting tests in both Solidity and TypeScript along with an extensible plugin ecosystem.

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Hardolass is a materials technology company that develops functional nanomaterial coatings and thin films through collaborative research with multiple universities. The company originated as a painting contractor and evolved into a specialized liquid chemical manufacturer focused on advanced coating solutions.

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Harmoniqs develops autonomous research tools aimed at researchers, with an initial focus on quantum research.

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Genesis Molecular uses deep learning and molecular simulation to accelerate drug discovery and development. The platform helps identify and optimize drug candidates for challenging diseases.

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Hartley Ultrafast builds optoelectronic coprocessors that fuse silicon photonics and electronics to run AI neural network inference at nanosecond-scale latency. Its hardware targets real-time and low-latency applications such as defence, industrial control, and capital markets.

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Harvard Bioscience manufactures and supplies life science research tools and laboratory equipment for academic institutions and pharmaceutical companies. The company serves the research and development market with advanced instrumentation and solutions.

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Hashlist provides tooling and integration services for OEMs and technology partners building physical AI systems, bridging the gap between chip performance and AI model deployment in vehicles, robots, and autonomous systems. The company operates a platform connecting customers with a network of experts to handle full-stack system integration from silicon constraints to production deployment.

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Hawcx provides a passwordless authentication protocol that uses device-bound, on-device cryptographic proof to verify user and agent identity without passwords or passkeys. Its technology supports NIST post-quantum cryptographic algorithms and is aimed at security teams and businesses seeking to reduce credential-related breaches and simplify onboarding.

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HAXTRON is a Polish company developing PROBE, an aerial robotic platform built around a turbine engine mono-unit designed to operate in extreme conditions and withstand physical contact with surrounding objects. The platform can be fitted with sensors for industrial inspections (including ATEX-rated areas) and used in marine or fire search-and-rescue missions.

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HBOX Therapies is a medical device company developing the MiRA system, an extracorporeal gas exchange device that oxygenates blood and removes carbon dioxide independently of the lungs as a less invasive alternative to mechanical ventilation. It targets patients with acute respiratory failure in intensive care units, using proprietary technologies including an artificial lung, a hyperbaric gas management system, and a novel blood pump.

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Helio Display Materials develops perovskite-based materials for colour conversion in next-generation display technology, offering high conversion efficiency, narrow emission, and high optical density. The company builds on fundamental IP exclusively licensed from Oxford and Cambridge Universities and is scaling its materials to pilot production for display manufacturers and partners.

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Hellen Systems develops eLORAN, a terrestrial positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) technology that serves as an independent complement to GPS/GNSS for critical infrastructure, government, and commercial customers. The company integrates low-frequency transmission, timing equipment, antenna design, and cybersecurity to provide resilience against satellite service disruptions.

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Hello Robot develops mobile manipulator robots designed to assist and enhance life for people of all ages, including children, older adults, and people with disabilities. The company provides a platform for innovators to build new applications and technologies in robotics.

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HelloWorld Robotics develops autonomous delivery robots for last-mile logistics in both outdoor and indoor environments, with its flagship robot TARS already deployed in Japan. The Malaysian company also manufactures autonomous driving golf carts for controlled environments.

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HemostOD engineers and manufactures universal (HLA-low) platelets using a proprietary platform that immortalizes hematopoietic progenitor cells and generates platelets via microfluidic bioreactors. The preclinical biotech targets applications in thrombocytopenia, tissue-targeted cargo delivery, regenerative medicine, and therapeutic stem cell culture.

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