Hardware Startups

Kyber Labs builds a bimanual robotic manipulation platform and novel low-cost, mechanically compliant robotic hands designed for embodied AI, targeting assembly and manufacturing tasks in unstructured environments. The platform is intended to support large-scale data collection for AI training and dexterous manipulation.

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KYMIRA develops advanced smart textile technologies embedded directly into clothing for continuous health monitoring and performance support. The company serves elite sport, healthcare, defense, and consumer markets with clinically validated infrared, filtration, and biomedical sensing technologies.

2 investors

Labrador Systems develops robots for everyday assistance, applying sensor, processor, and algorithm technology from augmented reality and self-driving fields to build practical robots that support people in daily life.

2 investors

Laki Power provides grid monitoring technology that delivers real-time data on power grid infrastructure, including monitoring in extreme weather and surveillance of critical assets. Its products serve power grid operators to improve grid efficiency and safety.

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

LASE Innovation provides single-cell tracking and barcoding technology that captures time-dimension data to train AI/ML models for biological research. The company commercializes optical cell barcoding developed at Massachusetts General Hospital and MIT, enabling researchers to track millions of cells across time and conditions.

2 investors

Latham Pool manufactures fiberglass swimming pools for residential use, including the Astoria series featuring built-in spas and customizable finishes. The company serves homeowners seeking prefabricated pool solutions that can be installed within weeks.

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

LayerLogic builds a portable graphene field-effect transistor (gFET) biosensor that detects Listeria monocytogenes in food-production environments, returning pass/fail results in under fifteen minutes without a lab. The single-use sensor is aimed at food producers for on-line microbial contamination testing, with a platform that can be re-tuned for other bacteria, viruses, and analytes.</parameter> <parameter name="hq_city">Göteborg

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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.

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Telemetron provides AI-powered customer support solutions for hardware companies by leveraging device telemetry and large language models to diagnose and resolve hardware issues more efficiently.

2 investors

Layla makes a single smart home device that monitors energy consumption, air quality, and noise levels without cameras or complex setup. The device is designed for homeowners seeking simplified, non-intrusive home monitoring.

2 investors

Lazarus 3D produces patient-specific, 3D-printed anatomical models made from soft synthetic polymers that mimic human tissue, under its FDA-cleared Pre-Sure platform, so surgeons can rehearse incisions, sutures, and complex procedures before operating. The models serve hospitals, surgeons, and healthcare administrators for pre-operative surgical planning and rehearsal.

2 investors

Lazarus builds modular supercritical CO₂ (sCO₂) turbines that ship in a standard container and assemble in weeks, providing onsite power generation for customers such as data centers. The turbines use direct air cooling instead of water and are compatible with multiple heat sources including natural gas, biogas, advanced nuclear, and concentrated solar.

2 investors

Leaficient provides a camera system that measures plant vitals to deliver real-time insights on photosynthesis, growth, and disease detection for agricultural growers. The cloud-based platform enables growers to optimize environments, identify issues promptly, and estimate crop yields.

2 investors

Leakster provides remote acoustic leak detection for water utilities, using IoT sensors deployed on hydrants or valves to collect real-time or scheduled samples. Leak location and classification results are accessible through a web-based portal on phone or in the office.

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LEAP is building a distributed manufacturing and launch network for rapid logistics on Earth and in space, using simplified propulsion designs that cut part count to enable vehicles built at scale and frequent launch cadence. The company focuses on expanding U.S. rapid launch capabilities and strengthening the American space industrial base.

2 investors

LEDCity sells pre-configured sensor lighting fixtures for construction and commercial applications, delivered ready to install from Swiss inventory. The company offers plug-and-play LED lights with occupancy sensors, replacement parts, and project consulting for contractors and facility managers.

2 investors

Legend Power Systems develops the SmartGATE platform, an intelligent electrical management system for the electric rooms of modern commercial buildings, targeting energy risk and waste for building owners. The company is publicly traded on the TSX Venture Exchange under the ticker LPS.

2 investors

LegWorks develops prosthetic knee devices, specifically the ATK HydraPro, for individuals with lower limb amputations. The company focuses on creating affordable, functional mobility assistive technologies for global populations.

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Leica Microsystems manufactures optical microscopy instruments and fluorescence reagents for scientific research and diagnostics. The company serves laboratories, research institutions, and diagnostic facilities requiring advanced imaging and analytical equipment.

2 investors

LENZO develops TokenProcessor, an AI compute chip built on its proprietary CPU-Grounded Linear Array (CGLA) architecture developed at NAIST, along with the A-Series accelerator for edge and physical AI workloads. Its hardware targets real-world AI deployments such as robotics, industrial automation, autonomous systems, and intelligent infrastructure.

2 investors

Letara develops hybrid propulsion systems for small satellites, focused on compact, safe, and affordable "last-mile" in-space transportation. The company builds throttleable hybrid engines for spacecraft operators and is based in Sapporo, Japan.

2 investors

Letara develops hybrid space propulsion systems that use plastic as rocket fuel, along with proprietary ignition and thrust control technologies. Spun out of Hokkaido University's Laboratory of Space Systems in Japan, it targets high-thrust in-space propulsion.

2 investors