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Hardware Startups

Updated August 2026

Companies in the hardware sector developing innovative solutions and technologies.

Explore 874 recently funded hardware companies with verified founder contact information and fundraising data.

Total Companies
874
Total Funding
$1.8B
Avg Funding
$72.0M
Global Reach
12
countries

Top Cities for Hardware

Palmerston
Coeur D'alene
London
San Francisco
Little Rock
Los Angeles

Recently Funded Companies

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Palmerston, Australia

Corrosion instruments is an electronics manufacturing company that produces hardware devices and corrosion instruments.

Jul 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Coeur D'alene, United States

Continuous is a composites manufacturer that delivers a fully automated, affordable, and tailorable manufacturing solution.

Jun 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

ORCA Computing is building the first scalable and flexible quantum computer powered by photonics.

$15.0M raised
Jun 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Config combines engineering, operations, and manufacturing to simplify the large-scale shipment of high-quality hardware.

$5.0M raised
Jun 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Carv is the first wearable dedicated to skiing that speaks to you as you ski, serving as a digital ski coach.

$5.1M raised
Jun 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Little Rock, United States

Uniti Group, provide the critical communications infrastructure needed to seamlessly connect the world.

$1.1B raised
Jun 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Los Angeles, United States

Hawkeye Systems is develops cutting edge optical imaging products for military and law enforcement markets.

$5.0M raised
Jun 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Menlo Park, United States

AssembleAI runs your hardware lab

$1.3M raised
Jun 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Yokohama-shi, Japan

Tokyo Artisan Intelligence is an AI outsourced development company that includes sales of edge AI products.

$7.8M raised
Jun 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Grenoble, France

Quobly develops quantum computing hardware using silicon-based spin qubits on FD-SOI substrates.

$133.7M raised
Jun 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Reading, United Kingdom

Oxford Quantum Circuits develops quantum computers designed for breakthrough discoveries.

$350.0M raised
Jun 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Fairborn, United States

VigiLife is SaaS connected health & safety company working to protect and enrich the lives of those at risk.

$2.1M raised
Jun 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Warsaw, Poland

NanoSci develops patented light-powered nanotech for air purification, food preservation, and green hydrogen.

$833K raised
Jun 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Aito develops configurable touch-interface chips using Software Enhanced Piezo (SEP) for overlays on glass, metal, plastic, wood, or fabric.

$6.5M raised
Jun 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Loop offers digital photo frames that enable instant photo and video sharing through an app or text messages.

$39K raised
Jun 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Sint-joost-ten-node, Belgium

SaaS, Business Relationship Management Software (BRM) for professionals managing indirect sales channels (eg agents, partners, resellers)

$2.3M raised
Jun 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Omen AI focuses on building the Prediction Platform for the critical industries in the world.

$31.0M raised
Jun 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Pocket is an AI hardware device that provides a personal AI assistant designed to record and organises spoken thoughts and conversations.

Jun 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Jose, United States

Lightbits Labs, inventors of NVMe/TCP, offer next-gen software-defined block storage for AI, analytics, and transactional workloads.

$42.0M raised
Jun 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Camas, United States

Kagwerks specializes in training, tactical hardware and communications technology for the national defense sector.

$1.9M raised
Jun 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Toronto, Canada

e-Zinc is an electrochemical technology developer of energy storage solutions.

$31.0M raised
Jun 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Pisa, Italy

Planckian develops next -generation superconducting quantum computing architecture scalable by design

$3.0M raised
Jun 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

The market behind AI hardware.

$500K raised
Jun 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Moscow, Russian Federation

Neiry is a neurotech startup that develops neuro interfaces and processing algorithms for neuro data.

$3.4M raised
Jun 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Dresden, Germany

SpiNNcloud is an AI hardware company that develops brain-inspired computing systems and hardware for high-performance computing.

$11.6M raised
Jun 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

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About the Hardware Startup Ecosystem

The hardware sector is an active area of startup innovation and venture capital investment. Companies in this space are developing new technologies, platforms, and services that address evolving market needs and create new business opportunities.

Funding Trends in Hardware

Hardware companies raise capital across various funding stages, from early seed rounds to late-stage growth financing. Investor interest in this sector is driven by the size of the addressable market, the pace of technology adoption, and the potential for scalable business models.

Growth Outlook

The hardware sector is expected to continue evolving as technology advances, market dynamics shift, and new opportunities emerge. Companies that demonstrate strong product-market fit, efficient growth, and clear competitive advantages are well-positioned to attract continued investment.

Hardware Funding Breakdown

Here is how funding is distributed among the 874 hardware companies tracked in the VCBacked database.

Average Funding
$72.0M
Total Funding Tracked
$1.8B
Countries Represented
12

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Hardware

1.San Francisco
5 companies$36.5M
2.London
2 companies$20.1M
3.Palmerston
1 companiesUndisclosed
4.Coeur D'alene
1 companiesUndisclosed
5.Little Rock
1 companies$1.1B

Related Industries

Companies in the hardware sector often overlap with or complement businesses in adjacent industries. Exploring related verticals can help you discover additional companies, identify partnership opportunities, and understand the broader competitive landscape.

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