Hardware Startups

NGRAVE builds self-custody security products for cryptocurrency holders to protect and control their digital assets. The company focuses on hardware and design that reduces the risk of loss and hacking of crypto wealth.

4 investors

Nine Fives develops RF (radio frequency) test equipment for hardware engineers. The company focuses on delivering simple, easy-to-use testing equipment backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee and 2-year warranty.

4 investors

Niron Magnetics is a U.S.-based advanced manufacturing company producing rare-earth-free permanent magnets made from Iron Nitride, operating the full production chain from feedstock to finished magnets. Its magnets target industrial applications such as electric motors and electrified systems.

4 investors

Noble Machines builds general-purpose industrial humanoid robots designed to perform hazardous and physically demanding tasks. The company, founded in the United States, targets industrial environments and positions its product as America's first industrial humanoid robot.

4 investors

Nomiku makes a connected home sous vide immersion circulator and a prepared-meal delivery service (Sous Chef) for home cooks. The company manufactures its cooking hardware in the United States and integrates its app with smart kitchen platforms.

4 investors

NovoLINC develops nanocomposite thermal interface materials designed to lower thermal resistance and improve heat dissipation in electronic chipsets. Its technology targets high-performance, high-power computing systems where cooling is a bottleneck.

4 investors

NS Nanotech develops nanoscale gallium nitride nanowire LEDs based on nitride semiconductors, targeting microdisplays for TVs, phones, AR/VR devices, and AI eyeglasses, as well as UVC light for disinfection. The company was founded in 2017 on a patent portfolio stemming from nanowire-LED research by Dr. Zetian Mi at McGill University and the University of Michigan.

4 investors

Nuubo offers a wireless, non-invasive cardiac monitoring technology (aECG) based on textile electrodes for medium- and long-term remote heart monitoring. It serves healthcare professionals and patients in the cardiology monitoring field.

4 investors

obniz is an IoT platform that enables remote monitoring and control of machines and devices without requiring firmware development. It serves manufacturers, facility operators, and product makers across food, retail, and industrial sectors with managed connectivity, security, and cloud infrastructure.

4 investors

Ocean Oasis develops wave-powered offshore desalination buoys to produce fresh water for coastal regions facing water scarcity. The company operates under a water purchase agreement model targeting markets in the Canary Islands and other coastal areas globally.

4 investors

Oculi develops semiconductor-based AI vision processors that embed machine learning at the pixel level for real-time, energy-efficient edge AI. The technology targets autonomous systems, drones, robotics, and connected devices requiring intelligent visual processing without relying on cloud infrastructure.

4 investors

Ohm provides an AI platform that helps hardware engineering teams accelerate product development, testing, and validation for complex physical products including electric vehicles, batteries, and wearables. The platform ingests and analyzes multi-modal test data, predicts experiment outcomes, identifies anomalies, and automates root cause analysis to compress iteration cycles.

4 investors

Onboard Dynamics builds patented natural gas compression technology, including the GoVAC FLEX and GoVAC MAX pipeline evacuation systems used during pipeline blowdowns and evacuation projects. Its mobile systems compress and move low-pressure or renewable natural gas without an external power source, serving pipeline operators and fleet operations in the natural gas energy sector.

4 investors

StoreHub provides point-of-sale hardware and business management software for retail and food-and-beverage merchants. This page details its product lifetime and hardware support policy.

4 investors

OpConnect manufactures and deploys end-to-end fleet charging solutions for electric vehicles, serving public transit agencies, school districts, commercial fleets, and multi-family residential properties. The company produces Buy USA-compliant hardware manufactured in Portland, Oregon, along with monitoring and maintenance services.

4 investors

OpenHome is a platform for building ambient, voice-based AI devices, providing developers and OEMs with an on-device OS, local models, a sensor layer, voice SDK, and a DevKit. Its SDK handles wakeword, speech-to-text, LLM routing, text-to-speech, and hardware I/O, running privately and locally on the OpenHome DevKit or any Linux-based hardware for applications ranging from medical transcription to smart home integration.

4 investors

Opsys develops solid-state scanning LiDAR sensors with no moving parts, using VCSEL and SPAD chip technology for autonomous driving and industrial applications.

4 investors

Optalysys is a photonic computing company using silicon photonics to turn the optical layer into an arithmetic engine for high-performance computing. It targets applications in AI, security, and scientific discovery, aiming to overcome the data movement bottleneck of conventional electronic systems.

4 investors

Optivolt designs intelligent home solar systems that optimize energy generation in real time, claiming up to 50% more usable energy than traditional systems. The company serves homeowners seeking to reduce electricity costs and carbon footprint through renewable energy.

4 investors

Orangewood Labs develops physical AI and robotics, including programmable robotic arms, with real-world deployments performing millions of manufacturing tasks. It targets manufacturers and small and medium enterprises.

4 investors

Orbital Composites develops composite materials and structures for aerospace applications, including the STARFIGHTER X modular drone platform designed for efficient flight across various regimes and speeds.

4 investors

Orbital Matter designs and builds large rigid structures directly in orbit as an alternative to mechanical folding/deployable systems, targeting large-area elements such as solar arrays, radiators and antennas for satellite constellations, space data centers and multi-module space stations. Its approach constructs continuous monolithic booms in space rather than launching pre-folded hardware.

4 investors

OrCam builds AI-powered handheld and wearable assistive devices, such as the MyEye and Read product lines, that read text aloud, describe surroundings, and recognize faces. The products serve blind, visually impaired, and low-vision users as well as people with reading challenges like dyslexia and ADHD.

4 investors

Orion provides instruments and automated systems for environmental monitoring of air quality, water quality, and industrial emissions across sectors such as waste, energy, cement, glass, chemical, petrochemical, and pharmaceutical. It also offers equipment rental, outsourced environmental measurement services, specialized maintenance, and an accredited calibration laboratory.

4 investors