61 Best Hardware Startups in Germany to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Hardware Startups in Germany

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There are 61 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $3.3b. The average funding per company in this subset is $53.6m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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Funding Rounds

$18.3m

Money raised

German Autolabs is a Berlin, Deutschland-based automotive company founded by Patrick Weissert and Holger G. Weiss in 2016.

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A company developing cryogenic cooling solutions for research, material science, quantum computing, high-performance electronics, and detector applications.

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$2.0m

Money raised

MatchX is a Berlin-based company manufacturing LPWAN hardware and software.

$1.6m

Money raised

A company providing an ultrasonic sensor solution for three-dimensional positioning in vehicles in order to drive autonomously in close proximity and low-speed environments.

12

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$200.8m

Money raised

Sono Motors is a car company manufacturing solar electric vehicles founded in 2016 by Jona Christians, Laurin Hahn and Navina Pernsteiner.

3

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$29.5m

Money raised

Dopavision is a therapeutic company developing a digital therapeutic for myopia.

5

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$144.9m

Money raised

EMnify is the leading cloud communication platform provider for IoT that enables businesses with high-growth IoT products to scale across networks worldwide with a single API.

5

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$237.9m

Money raised

A biotechnology company the develops tools for detection of microbial contamination

7

Funding Rounds

$102.4m

Money raised

Dance is an e-bike subscription service.

5

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$47.4m

Money raised

inne is a biotechnology startup company developing a hormone-based mini lab for women.

10

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$42.8m

Money raised

Arculus is a company headquartered in Ingolstadt, Germany.

3

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$26.9m

Money raised

Silicon Line GmbH is a Munich-based manufacturing company founded by Holger Hoeltke, and Martin Groepl in 2005.

3

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$5.0m

Money raised

HeyCharge is a Munich, Germany-based electric vehicle company developing charging infrastructure for electric vehicles.

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3

Funding Rounds

$130.0m

Money raised

Real-time location intelligence for the Internet of Things.

1

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$30.0m

Money raised

Morpheus Space is a space technology company developing next-generation spacecraft propulsion founded in 2018.

4

Funding Rounds

$12.7m

Money raised

Fos4x is a manufacturing industry founded by Lars Hoffman and Rolf Wojtech in 2010.

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4

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$12.0m

Money raised

Unu offers a battery-powered, smart electric scooter that enables individuals to commute through an urban environment.

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4

Funding Rounds

$20.5m

Money raised

Platform improving motion control using advanced digital technology.

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5

Funding Rounds

$195.7m

Money raised

Plastic Logic is a Dresden-based company.

4

Funding Rounds

$57.1m

Money raised

Nuventura is a Berlin-based developer of GIS switchgear for environmental monitoring.

1

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$7.0m

Money raised

Proptech company that digitizes complex buildings and physical processes within offices, coworking spaces, and hotels.

1

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Developer of a computer-brain-interface platform intended to transmit information to the brain. The company's platform augments the programming of neuromodulation systems such as implants that are placed into the brain or spinal cord, enabling patients with neurological disorders or sensory deficits to access new opportunities to adapt and improve.

2

Funding Rounds

$58.9m

Money raised

planqc is a quantum computing company founded in 2022.

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4

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$107.2m

Money raised

HiveMQ empower businesses to succeed in a connected world by providing data movement technology for fast, efficient & secure communication.

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$5.6m

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AI and robot-assisted mobilisation solutions provider for hospitals.

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1

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$4.3m

Money raised

System for transforming tennis courts into smart, connected playing environments.

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1

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$2.4m

Money raised

Valispace is a company founded in 2016.

4

Funding Rounds

$20.0m

Money raised

German Bionic is a robotics company focused on developing and building exoskeletons for use in industrial production.

1

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$3.4m

Money raised

Cedalo is a company that provides and sponsors Streamsheets and Mosquitto.

2

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$4.6m

Money raised

MetisMotion GmbH is a technology enabling ultra-light and dynamic actuators founded in 2018 by Wolfgang Zoels.

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2

Funding Rounds

$196.1m

Money raised

Platform offering tools for managing business processes.

4

Funding Rounds

$42.0m

Money raised

Software for managing health & safety, environmental, and sustainability needs.

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1

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$2.0m

Money raised

Platform improving people's relationship with smartphones by making them more focused, faster, and mindful.

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2

Funding Rounds

$11.6m

Money raised

Quantum Brilliance is a quantum technology company.

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2

Funding Rounds

$72.0m

Money raised

Software and hardware solutions for scooter, bike, moped, and car sharing.

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5

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$1.0b

Money raised

Vertical commerce platform offering sound and light, home and living, and consumer electronic products.

1

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$18.0m

Money raised

Anvajo is a male fertility home testing company founded in 2016 by Verena Kretschmann.

3

Funding Rounds

$5.5m

Money raised

vilisto is an AI-driven solution to energy consumption founded in 2016 by Christian Brase, Christoph Berger and Lasse Stehnken.

1

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$1.5m

Money raised

Platform providing robots and automated guided vehicles on demand for flexible and efficient logistics.

3

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$100.0m

Money raised

1NCE is a connectivity platform offering global flat-rate IoT solutions founded in 2017 by Alexander Sator.

1

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$2.3m

Money raised

Ariadne Maps is a high technology company that provides detailed customer analytics with its cutting edge artificial intelligence approach.

1

Funding Rounds

$10.6m

Money raised

mitte is a Germany-based company founded by Karan Sarin, Moritz Waldstein-Wartenberg and Faebian Bastiman.

2

Funding Rounds

$54.5m

Money raised

Orcan Energy is a transforming waste into energy founded in 2008 by Andreas Sichert.

1

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$5.6m

Money raised

Platform that transforms the daily hassle of finding parking into a calm and easy experience.

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2

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$19.5m

Money raised

topi is a B2B office equipment rental platform founded in 2021 by Charlotte Pallua.

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$5.9m

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eleQtron develops and operates quantum computers.

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$2.0m

Money raised

Mellow Boards is an electric drive system designed for skateboards founded in 2015 by Johannes Schewe, Kilian Green and Tony Günther.

2

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$3.6m

Money raised

Retail AI Startup from Berlin. We develop Embedded Visual deep-learning AI for Mobile & Edge Devices.

1

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

Low-Code SaaS platform that streamlines manufacturing processes to boost revenue by over 20%.

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$4.0m

Money raised

BUDDYGUARD is a company founded in 2017.

1

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$3.3m

Money raised

Platform offering precision therapy through personalized digital twins.

1

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$680.0k

Money raised

DeepSpin is an artificial intelligence-powered MRI imaging machine founded in 2019.

3

Funding Rounds

$25.3m

Money raised

MergeOptics is a Berlingen, Germany-based company founded by Dag Neumeuer.

1

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A Smart charging solution for e-fleets that integrates live vehicle data and optimizes charging to guarantee low-cost, and smooth operation.

1

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Hand hygiene monitoring system prevents infections in hospitals.

2

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Lock8 is a platform that provides bike sharing and fleet management solutions to its clients.

1

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$11.6m

Money raised

Data-centers optimized for maximum energy efficiency development, construction, and operation.

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1

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$11.0m

Money raised

Air-to-air counter-drone system provider.

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1

Funding Rounds

$4.0m

Money raised

Medical technology that specializes in 3D printing solutions for healthcare.

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3

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$53.4m

Money raised

Industrial wearables allow manufacturing and logistics staff to work faster, safer, and easier.

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Funding Rounds

$19.7m

Money raised

Fruitcore is a robotics platform to automate manufacturing processes founded in 2017.

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