13 Best Networking Hardware Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Networking Hardware Startups

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 13 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $439.6m. The average funding per company in this subset is $33.8m.

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IoTium logo

IoTium

IoTium is a provider of secure managed software-defined network infrastructure.

3

Funding Rounds

$30.4m

Money raised

Skrumble Network logo

Skrumble Network

Skrumble Network is a communication-centric blockchain and decentralized social media application.

2

Funding Rounds

$16.0m

Money raised

Silver Peak Systems logo

Silver Peak Systems

Historically a WAN optimization player like Riverbed, Silver Peak has released an SD-WAN product called Unity, including the Unity EdgeConnect appliance that can terminate WAN circuits.

6

Funding Rounds

$140.2m

Money raised

Quantenna Communications logo

Quantenna Communications

Wireless networking semiconductor company and subsidiary of ON Semiconductor.

1

Funding Rounds

$21.0m

Money raised

Zeetta Networks Limited logo

Zeetta Networks Limited

Zeetta Networks simplifies the monitoring, management and automation of complex ICT networks

5

Funding Rounds

$7.0m

Money raised

Firetide logo

Firetide

Firetide is an international provider of wireless mesh network technology engaged in the design and marketing of hardware and software for wireless networks.

4

Funding Rounds

$39.8m

Money raised

Cambridge Communication Systems logo

Cambridge Communication Systems

Cambridge Communication Systems is a Cambridge, U.K.-based company developing computer networking hardware for deployment in urban wireless networks.

2

Funding Rounds

$8.8m

Money raised

Mesh++ logo

Mesh++

Mesh++ created solar powered wifi routers.

1

Funding Rounds

$4.9m

Money raised

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Innovium

Innovium is a San Jose, California-based company founded in 2015.

2

Funding Rounds

$115.3m

Money raised

Q-Net Security logo

Q-Net Security

Q-Net Security is a St. Louis, Missouri-based company which makes and distributes endpoint security hardware and software to clients with high security needs.

1

Funding Rounds

$3.0m

Money raised

Gnodal logo

Gnodal

Gnodal is a Bristol-based networking hardware company founded in 2007.

2

Funding Rounds

$2.2m

Money raised

Exinda logo

Exinda

Exinda is a Boston-based company founded in 2002.

2

Funding Rounds

$18.0m

Money raised

vIPtela logo

vIPtela

Viptela works with a central policy controller and SD-WAN forwarders.

1

Funding Rounds

$33.0m

Money raised