Hardware Startups

Apple designs and manufactures consumer electronics, computing devices, and digital services including smartphones, tablets, computers, wearables, and streaming content platforms.

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AO manufactures optical components and photonic products for data center infrastructure, telecommunications, and cable networks, including engineered wafers, optical transceivers, and HFC network solutions.

3 investors

Applied Particle Technology develops air quality sensors and AI-driven analytics platforms for industrial operations monitoring. The company serves mining, construction, and industrial customers in North America to improve workplace safety, environmental compliance, and operational efficiency.

3 investors

APR is a South Korean beauty-tech company that develops and manufactures beauty devices (such as EMS, HIFU, and radio-frequency skincare devices under its Medicube AGE-R line) alongside cosmetics, fragrance, and fashion brands including APRILSKIN, Medicube, Forment, and NERDY. The company sells through its own direct-to-consumer online stores and operates internationally with subsidiaries across Asia and the US.

3 investors

Aqara provides smart home and IoT solutions with over 1,000 connected devices and platforms that integrate spatial intelligence, advanced sensors, and AI to enable spaces to adapt to occupants' needs. The company serves residential, commercial, and public environments globally through products, cloud services, and customizable software platforms.

3 investors

Aqua-Cell develops batteries for energy storage used to defer costly electricity substation upgrades, enable peak-load-shifting for factories and industrial facilities, and provide renewable self-sufficiency for microgrids and remote communities. It serves grid providers, industrial electricity users, and off-grid/island communities.

3 investors

Aquaria develops atmospheric water generation technology that harvests drinking water from the air. The company aims to provide clean water supply to people and communities.

3 investors

Aquark Technologies develops miniaturised, cold-atom-based quantum hardware for quantum sensing, navigation, and timing, designed to operate reliably in real-world conditions across air, sea, and underwater environments. The company serves critical infrastructure and defence sectors and is working toward a sovereign European quantum supply chain.

3 investors

Arago develops a photonic AI accelerator chip that uses light-based computing to reduce energy consumption for AI workloads. The system is designed for high-throughput AI inference tasks with significantly lower power overhead and cost compared to traditional silicon-based accelerators.

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Archangel builds laser (optical) communication systems that connect satellite networks in space with terrestrial networks, offering an alternative to radio frequency and subsea cable infrastructure. Its deployable optical ground stations, such as the TERRA-M, target cloud providers, network operators and governments needing secure, high-volume connectivity in regions lacking or with vulnerable infrastructure.

3 investors

Arcomedlab develops personalized medicine implants and drug-releasing systems to improve patient quality of life. The company designs and manufactures medical devices including orthopedic and dental implants using advanced technologies such as 3D printing.

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Arculus develops autonomous mobile robots and fleet management software for intralogistics automation, serving warehouse and industrial operations. The company designs and manufactures its own AMRs alongside a cloud-based fleet control platform, with all technology developed in-house.

3 investors

Arduino designs and manufactures open-source electronic devices (boards, sensors) and accompanying software that let people build projects interacting with the physical world. It serves makers, educators and students, and businesses through three lines — Maker, Education, and PRO — covering IoT hardware, cloud, and SaaS platforms.

3 investors

Arena Physica develops electromagnetic superintelligence, combining AI engineering and applied research in RF and electrical engineering for enterprise deployments.

3 investors

Argá Medtech is developing a non-thermal cardiac ablation system based on a proprietary Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA) technology using sine wave energy and a proprietary catheter to treat atrial fibrillation and other heart arrhythmias. The system targets electrophysiology and interventional cardiology, aiming to improve the safety, speed, and long-term outcomes of cardiac ablation.

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Arieca develops patented Liquid Metal Embedded Elastomer (LMEE) thermal interface materials that combine thermal performance with mechanical reliability for semiconductor applications. The company works with customers to develop system-level thermal cooling solutions ready for high-volume manufacturing.

3 investors

ARK is a land-based aquaculture company that recreates marine environments on land to raise various organisms using controlled water, air, soil, and heat systems. The company operates research facilities and manufacturing operations in Japan and internationally under the "Made in Japan" philosophy.

3 investors

Arsenals.ai builds autonomous, attritable maritime vessels produced in software-defined factories, serving European defense and naval missions. Its vessels operate alone or in coordinated fleets to perform ISR, strike, decoy, mining, and counter-mining missions.

3 investors

Arteris licenses interconnect IP and software products used in system-on-chip design, serving semiconductor and electronics customers in the Americas, Asia, and Europe. It sells its technology primarily through a direct sales team rather than distributors.

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Artifact is a collaborative ECAD (electrical CAD) design tool for managing complex electrical systems. It enables teams in design, manufacturing, and procurement to collaborate in real-time while automatically generating harness drawings, pin tables, and BOMs, with support for version control, electrical verification, and multi-layered system views.

3 investors

ARUM Inc. develops ARUMCODE, an AI software product for the manufacturing industry, along with machine tools and automation systems for production processes. The company serves manufacturers—particularly small and mid-sized firms in the automotive and semiconductor sectors—with automation, machining, and AI technologies, and is based in Japan.

3 investors

Arylla makes an invisible, chip-less printable tag that can be scanned with any smartphone through its API, connecting physical products to the internet. It prints tags onto products at scale using existing commercial printers and licenses its API to developers building services on top of the tag, positioning itself as a cheaper, more scalable alternative to NFC.

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Aseon builds "depot in a box" robotic pitstops that charge, clean, and inspect autonomous vehicle fleets within their operating zones. The distributed stations serve operators of self-driving car fleets.

3 investors

Astera Labs develops connectivity solutions for hyperscale data centers. The company operates in the data center infrastructure and semiconductor space.

3 investors