Deep Tech Startups

Keyo builds a palm-based biometric identification system that lets people verify their identity by waving their hand, replacing wallets, keys, and physical IDs. Its device analyzes data points from the hand for touchless authentication and offers integration APIs, an app hub, and an ID vault for developers and businesses.

2 investors

KikiTora is a markerless motion capture technology that extracts high-fidelity 3D performance data from any RGB or grayscale video, capturing full-body movement, facial expressions, hand gestures, camera data, and props without specialized equipment. It processes footage locally in real time and streams results to 3D animation tools like Maya, Blender, Unity, MotionBuilder, and Unreal, serving character animators and 3D content creators.

2 investors

Kilsar provides an AI-powered platform that captures and enriches technical documentation for industrial operations, serving aerospace, heavy equipment, manufacturing, and utilities sectors. The platform enables organizations to preserve expert knowledge, create standardized assembly guidance, and improve technician onboarding and maintenance execution across complex systems.

2 investors

Kimia develops a drug discovery platform called ATLAS that combines active learning, automated chemical synthesis, high-throughput screening, and machine learning to design and optimize novel drug molecules. The company generates large-scale chemical and biological datasets to map the relationship between chemical structure and protein function for generative drug design.

2 investors

Kinetica is a GPU-accelerated database that runs vector similarity search alongside structured filters, joins, and time windows within a single SQL statement, keeping new embeddings queryable the moment they land. Built on NVIDIA's cuVS ANN stack, it targets teams handling real-time operational and analytical data who want to avoid running a separate vector store.

2 investors

Kinetix is an AI research company that combines 3D and machine learning to understand and generate human motion, building generative models for character animation, human pose estimation, and video generation. Its technologies include Kamo-1, a 3D-conditioned video generation model, and video-to-animation tools integrated into products like Unity Muse, KRAFTON's OVERDARE, and Adobe Mixamo for game developers and creators.

2 investors

KisoJi Biotechnology discovers and develops differentiated antibody therapeutics targeting difficult targets in oncology and other diseases. Its platform combines proprietary multi-species single domain antibody transgenic mice, AI-enabled antibody fingerprinting, and multi-specific antibody engineering for therapeutic, diagnostic, and vaccine development.

2 investors

Kolmostar develops GNSS (GPS, Beidou, etc.) positioning technology using proprietary signal processing algorithms to deliver ultra-low-power, high-precision outdoor positioning. Its GNSS sensors are optimized for smartphones, wearables, and IoT devices, consuming a fraction of the energy of traditional positioning solutions.

2 investors

KOMO Biosciences develops genome engineering technology based on hyperactive large serine integrases to transform cell-based manufacturing of biologics and advanced therapies. The company was founded around record-breaking integrase technology for improving gene editing vectors.

2 investors

Koniku develops co-processors built from biological neurons, using DNA sequences to create receptors that enable sensing applications. Its uses include detecting threats for airport security, drones for identifying buried IEDs, and taste-sensitive devices for quality assurance.

2 investors

Korsana develops technology to deliver large-molecule biologic drugs across the blood-brain barrier using transferrin receptor shuttling, aimed at treating neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's. Its approach uses antibody engineering to enable therapies with meaningful central nervous system exposure delivered subcutaneously.

2 investors

KronosAI provides AI-powered multiphysics simulation software for engineers, combining frontier AI models with best-in-class numerical solvers to enable autonomous, high-fidelity simulations through natural language interfaces. The platform serves engineering teams across photonics design, geophysical exploration, and other physics-intensive domains.

2 investors

Kubos Semiconductors develops a Cubic GaN growth process to produce more efficient long-wavelength (green, amber, red) LEDs and full-colour microLED displays for applications including AR/VR headsets, TVs, general lighting, and visible light communications. Its technology is compatible with standard silicon CMOS substrates and MOCVD production tools, serving the LED and display device market.

2 investors

Kura develops AI-powered augmented reality glasses with features including a high-performance AR display, 6-DoF head tracking, SLAM environment mapping, eye-tracking, and gesture input. The hardware supports Unity, Unreal, and OpenXR development and includes a telepresence platform with robotics integration and AI app development toolkits.

2 investors

Kypha develops clinical diagnostic tests for immune system biomarkers, particularly complement activity markers, and provides solutions for real-time immune insights across therapeutic areas. The company serves biopharma firms, clinical laboratories, and medical institutions through a network of clinical collaborators and research partners.

2 investors

kyron.bio develops protein and antibody therapeutics using a glycan-engineering platform that controls glycosylation patterns. The company operates in the biotech sector and is based in Paris within the Paris Biotech Santé incubator.

2 investors

LabsCubed builds automated tensile testing machines, including its CubeOne system, for testing material samples such as rubber, plastics, and adhesives. The company serves materials and manufacturing companies and operates production facilities in North America with plans to expand into Europe.

2 investors

Lam Research designs and manufactures semiconductor processing equipment used in the fabrication of computer chips. The company serves chipmakers globally with deposition, etch, and advanced packaging solutions for next-generation semiconductor production.

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Lanaco develops high-performance air filtration media made from New Zealand wool, applying natural fibre materials to industrial filters and breathable masks. Founded in 2011, the company focuses on sustainable, low-footprint filtration solutions.

2 investors

Lapto develops CPL (Capping Layer) materials with improved refractive index — both high- and low-refractive types — used to increase the efficiency of smartphone displays. The company supplies high-refractive CPL material to customers and is pursuing overseas licensing deals for its developed materials.

2 investors

Lattica works on accelerated encrypted compute technology.

2 investors

LATYS builds protocol-agnostic, non-reciprocal wireless relay antennas based on reconfigurable metasurfaces that operate below the MAC/physical layer. The hardware targets edge AI, autonomous systems, real-time inference, and sensor fusion workloads that require low-latency, deterministic wireless links.

2 investors

Launcher develops the E-2 liquid rocket engine, a LOX/Kerosene oxidizer-rich staged combustion engine, sold as a product to launch vehicle companies. The engine is aimed at small launch vehicle applications.

2 investors

LayerMetrics develops opto-photonic sensing and metrology technology for real-time optical measurement and process control. Its systems are aimed at advanced manufacturing of highly-integrated, 3D, nano-scale components.

2 investors