Hardware Startups

Manipal Payment and Identity Solutions is India's largest banking and smart card manufacturer serving global banks, fintechs, and governments with card creation, design, manufacturing, and delivery services. The company operates across India, UK, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and MEA regions with 120 million cards annual production capacity.

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mui develops the mui Board, a natural-wood smart home controller that lets users send handwritten and voice messages, control connected lighting, air conditioning and speakers, display calendar events, and access alarms, weather and radio through a touch-sensitive wooden panel. The second-generation device supports HEMS energy management (ECHONET Lite, Matter, Web API) and qualifies for Japanese GX-oriented housing subsidies, targeting families and homeowners.

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munevo is a medtech company developing assistive technology for people with mobility impairments, centered on head-control of electric wheelchairs via smartglasses. Its product lets users steer a powered wheelchair hands-free through head movements, with products developed and manufactured in Germany.

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Munich Quantum Instruments develops superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) for quantum sensing and quantum communication applications. The company's photonic quantum sensors are designed for industrial-scale deployment in quantum key distribution, space-based optical communication, and photonic quantum computing.

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Muon Vision uses cosmic ray muons to provide 4D continuous subsurface monitoring, delivering volumetric scan data on heap leach pads, tailings dams, and underground assets. It serves mining operators looking to boost metal recovery, manage slope and dam stability, and detect ore bodies or geohazards.

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A Hong Kong-based technology company developing network coding technologies, particularly BATS (network coding for wireless multi-hop networks), to improve data transmission throughput and reliability in communication networks.

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Nabhdrishti Aerospace develops indigenous micro gas turbines, including its ND 400 (400 N) fuel-flexible engine, for use in aviation (UAVs, hybrid-electric flight, small planes and helicopters) and distributed power generation. The India-based company designs a single core engine architecture for dual use across propulsion and power applications, aiming for higher efficiency and lower cost than competing turbines.

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Nabu Optical Systems develops maskless lithography tools that combine projection lithography and direct laser writing using virtual masks, targeting the 180–500 nm node segment. The systems are aimed at small and medium enterprises, startups, and research, university, and government labs in the semiconductor manufacturing industry.

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Naked Energy develops solar heat and power hardware and software products aimed at decarbonising heat in commercial and industrial buildings. It serves businesses seeking to displace fossil fuels in their heating systems as part of the energy transition.

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nami builds Wi-Fi sensing and AIoT infrastructure that combines Wi-Fi sensing engines with a Thread mesh network of battery-operated ambient sensors to enable motion and occupancy detection. It delivers turnkey sensing systems and integration-ready building blocks (SDK, setup app, and cloud API) for partners in the security, CareTech, telecom, and IoT industries.

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Nanocrine develops nanoplasmonic biosensor chips that let cell biology researchers image protein secretions from living cells in real time, without labels, using standard live-cell microscopes. Its single-use biochips apply surface plasmon resonance sensing to map extracellular secretions spatially, functioning like a real-time, microscope-based ELISA.

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Nanoleaf designs and sells smart lighting products, including customizable LED panels, lightstrips, and outdoor lighting, along with gaming and desktop accessories, home intelligence devices, and light therapy wellness products for consumers. The company builds connected home hardware controlled through its mobile and desktop apps, with support for smart home ecosystems.

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Nanopattern Technologies is a company focused on nanopatterning, with a team including chemists, researchers, and engineers working on materials and related technology.

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Oxford Nanopore offers educational programs and tools to make DNA sequencing accessible to students and educators from high school through undergraduate levels. The company works with institutions and scientific educators to integrate nanopore sequencing technology into classroom settings and address the world's pressing challenges.

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Nanopower Semiconductors provides semiconductor products and technical support, offering product registration for their IPMIC and EVB devices.

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nanoSkunkWorkX develops nanostructured Scalable Devices (nSDs) — embedded interface devices made from bulk graphene that control heat, charge, energy, and signal flow at system interfaces. The company focuses on turning raw graphene into manufacturable hardware through materials engineering.

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nat is a Japanese space design and experience company that creates new spatial experiences for residential and commercial properties. The company operates design, space documentation, and talent development services across multiple Japanese cities and a research center in Shenzhen, China.

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Navion manufactures proprietary sodium-ion batteries for industrial applications and defense, enabling TWh-scale energy storage using only U.S.-sourced materials without critical minerals. The company's products serve mission-critical applications requiring non-flammable, high-power energy solutions.

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CMR Naviscan develops a breast imaging technology aimed at improving invasive cancer detection rates and reducing unnecessary biopsies, particularly in women with dense breast tissue. It positions its modality as a lower-cost alternative that addresses limitations of existing breast cancer screening methods.

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Ncerebro (주식회사 엔서) develops medical and wellness devices, including near-infrared spectroscopy-based instruments for measuring blood oxygen saturation, olfactory-based screening for cognitive impairment, and brain wellness devices for sleep and stress. The company serves surgical and neurological healthcare use cases.

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NComputing provides thin-client software and endpoint devices that let organizations migrate to Windows 11 by repurposing aging PCs and connecting them to cloud desktops such as Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365. Its offerings serve businesses, schools, manufacturing, and healthcare that use virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) platforms.

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NDT Global manufactures advanced ultrasonic inspection systems for detecting and analyzing defects in assets, providing operators with data-driven risk management and asset integrity predictions.

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Nearfield Instruments (NFI) develops automated high-throughput atomic force microscopy systems for atom-scale 3D metrology used in process control. Its systems serve the high-end nano-electronics and semiconductor manufacturing industry.

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Neato Robotics makes robot vacuum cleaners for home use, including its Connected D Series and D Series product lines. The company is part of Vorwerk, which has launched a voluntary exchange program for Neato customers in Europe.

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