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1) Oculus

1) Oculus

Oculus, which makes the Rift, creates virtual reality systems and technologies that allow users to experience anything with anybody.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: United States
  • City: Menlo Park
  • Started in: 2012
  • Founders: Brendan Iribe, Jack McCauley, Maxwell Planck, Michael Antonov, Mike LeBeau, Nate Mitchell, Palmer Luckey
  • Number of employees: 501-1000
  • Funding amount: $98,387,429
  • Number of funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 10

You can find their website here.

2) Tenstorrent

2) Tenstorrent

Tenstorrent is a computer business that creates processors to aid in quicker training and future algorithm adaptation.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Canada
  • City: Toronto
  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Ivan Hamer, Ljubisa Bajic, Milos Trajkovic
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding amount: $234,549,999
  • Number of funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 7

You can find their website here.

3) Formlabs

3) Formlabs

Formlabs creates easy-to-use 3D fabrication tools for producing complex figures.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: United States
  • City: Somerville
  • Started in: 2011
  • Founders: David Cranor, Maxim Lobovsky, Natan Linder
  • Number of employees: 501-1000
  • Funding amount: $253,699,968
  • Number of funding rounds: 9
  • Number of investors: 24

You can find their website here.

4) Boston Dynamics

4) Boston Dynamics

Boston Dynamics is an engineering firm specializing in the development of dynamic robotics and software for human simulation.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: United States
  • City: Waltham
  • Started in: 1992
  • Founders: Marc Raibert
  • Number of employees: 251-500
  • Funding amount: $37,000,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 1
  • Number of investors: 1

You can find their website here.

5) Xanadu

5) Xanadu

Xanadu is a business that combines and builds quantum silicon photonic chips for photonic quantum computing.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Canada
  • City: Toronto
  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Christian Weedbrook
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding amount: $135,621,646
  • Number of funding rounds: 7
  • Number of investors: 16

You can find their website here.

6) goTenna

6) goTenna

By constructing intelligent and scalable mobile mesh networks, GoTenna is promoting universal access to connection.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: United States
  • City: Brooklyn
  • Started in: 2012
  • Founders: Daniela Perdomo, Jorge Perdomo
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: $40,800,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 18

You can find their website here.

7) Lightmatter

7) Lightmatter

Lightmatter employs light to produce AI-specific photonic computation processors.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: United States
  • City: Boston
  • Started in: 2017
  • Founders: Darius Bunandar, Nicholas Harris, Thomas Graham
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding amount: $113,000,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 7

You can find their website here.

8) Acer

8) Acer

Acer is a global hardware and technology business based in Taiwan.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Taiwan
  • City: Taipei
  • Started in: 1976
  • Founders: Carolyn Yeh, George Huang, Stan Shih
  • Number of employees: 501-1000
  • Funding amount: $150,594,138
  • Number of funding rounds: 1

You can find their website here.

9) GreyOrange

9) GreyOrange

GreyOrange is a warehousing technology business that develops artificial intelligence-driven software and AI-driven mobile robots.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: United States
  • City: Roswell
  • Started in: 2011
  • Founders: Akash Gupta, Samay Kohli, Wolfgang Hoeltgen
  • Number of employees: 501-1000
  • Funding amount: $170,000,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 10

You can find their website here.

10) Sense

10) Sense

For its customers, Sense specializes in designing and delivering tracking devices and home automation systems.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: United States
  • City: Cambridge-US
  • Started in: 2013
  • Founders: Christopher Micali, Mike Phillips, Ryan Houlette
  • Number of employees: 251-500
  • Funding amount: $46,999,998
  • Number of funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 13

You can find their website here.

11) Rainway

11) Rainway

Rainway is a web-based game streaming platform that allows players to play their favorite PC games on a variety of devices, allowing them to play whenever and wherever they choose.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: United States
  • City: Seattle
  • Started in: 2017
  • Founders: Andrew Sampson, Evan Banyash
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: $5,145,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 3

You can find their website here.

12) Markforged

12) Markforged

Markforged is a manufacturing startup that has developed a novel 3D printing technology for creating products made of Continuous Carbon Fiber.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: United States
  • City: Watertown
  • Started in: 2013
  • Founders: David Benhaim, Gregory Mark
  • Number of employees: 251-500
  • Funding amount: $136,800,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 7

You can find their website here.

13) Mason

13) Mason

For building and delivering single-use dedicated devices, a fully managed mobile infrastructure is available.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: United States
  • City: Seattle
  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: Jim Xiao
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: $25,120,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 9

You can find their website here.

14) Smart Eye

14) Smart Eye

Smart Eye is a startup that creates real-time eye tracking devices that use numerous cameras to measure eye movement and direction.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Sweden
  • City: Göteborg
  • Started in: 2099
  • Founders: Martin Krantz
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: SEK139,000,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 1

You can find their website here.

15) Starry

15) Starry

Starry is an online startup that produces simple Wi-Fi gadgets and novel methods to access the Internet.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: United States
  • City: Boston
  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Chaitanya Kanojia
  • Number of employees: 251-500
  • Funding amount: $130,000,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 6

You can find their website here.

16) Superpedestrian

16) Superpedestrian

Superpedestrian is a venture-backed startup that creates light-weight electric cars with built-in online platforms.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: United States
  • City: Cambridge-US
  • Started in: 2012
  • Founders: Assaf Biderman
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: $136,700,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 7
  • Number of investors: 18

You can find their website here.

17) Bose

17) Bose

Bose is a sound research and development business that focuses on the entertainment, home audio, aviation, and automotive industries.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: United States
  • City: Framingham
  • Started in: 1964
  • Founders: Amar Bose
  • Number of employees: 10001+
  • Funding amount: $430,165
  • Number of funding rounds: 1

You can find their website here.

18) Dot Inc.

18) Dot Inc.

Dot is a leader in smart technology for the blind and deafblind, allowing people to live more independently.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: South Korea
  • City: Seoul
  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: Eric Kim, Eric Kim, Ki Seong, Ki Seong, Mason Joo
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: $12,973,192
  • Number of funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 11

You can find their website here.

19) Bitfury Group

19) Bitfury Group

Bitfury is the world's premier bitcoin and blockchain technology consulting firm.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: The Netherlands
  • City: Amsterdam
  • Started in: 2011
  • Founders: Valery Nebesny, Valery Vavilov
  • Number of employees: 501-1000
  • Funding amount: $170,000,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 24

You can find their website here.

20) Flock Safety

20) Flock Safety

Flock Safety provides security systems that collect photos while identifying a vehicle fingerprint using a proprietary machine-learning algorithm.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: United States
  • City: Atlanta
  • Started in: 2017
  • Founders: Garrett Langley, Matt Feury
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding amount: $80,584,142
  • Number of funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 7

You can find their website here.

21) MacroFab

21) MacroFab

MacroFab is an electronic manufacturing cloud platform that connects customers to a network of manufacturers.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: United States
  • City: Houston
  • Started in: 2013
  • Founders: Chris Church, Parker Dillmann
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: $30,672,396
  • Number of funding rounds: 9
  • Number of investors: 10

You can find their website here.

22) Openpath

22) Openpath

For businesses and landlords, Openpath Security offers a mobile and cloud-based access management system.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: United States
  • City: Culver City
  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Alex Kazerani, James Segil, Phil Goldsmith, Rob Peters, Samy Kamkar
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding amount: $63,000,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 12

You can find their website here.

23) CEEK

23) CEEK

CEEK is a smartphone VR app that allows users to connect with bands in a virtual reality environment.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: United States
  • City: Miami Beach
  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: Mary Spio
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: $7,247,500
  • Number of funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 1

You can find their website here.

24) Vapor IO

24) Vapor IO

Vapor IO creates and deploys a nationwide edge network solution that includes edge exchange, edge colocation, and edge networking.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: United States
  • City: Austin
  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: Andrew Cencini, Cole Crawford, Nick Velander, Steven White
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: $90,000,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 4

You can find their website here.

25) Shadow

25) Shadow

Shadow is a high-performance cloud-based computer with a hardware evolution that is automated.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: France
  • City: Paris
  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: Asher Kagan, Emmanuel Freund, Stéphane Heliot
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding amount: $266,238,332
  • Number of funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 13

You can find their website here.

26) Kymeta

26) Kymeta

Kymeta is a company that creates hybrid satellite-cellular networks to meet the demand for worldwide, always-on mobile access.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: United States
  • City: Redmond
  • Started in: 2012
  • Founders: Nathan Kundtz
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding amount: $332,776,847
  • Number of funding rounds: 7
  • Number of investors: 10

You can find their website here.

27) Miko

27) Miko

Miko is a robotics, AI, and Internet of Things (IoT) firm.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: India
  • City: Mumbai
  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: Chintan Raikar, Prashant Iyengar, Sneh Vaswani
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding amount: $21,540,065
  • Number of funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 9

You can find their website here.

28) Muse

28) Muse

Muse is a company that creates brainwave-controlled computing technology and apps that convert brainwaves to digital data.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Canada
  • City: Toronto
  • Started in: 2007
  • Founders: Ariel Garten, Chris Aimone, Steve Mann, Trevor Coleman
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: $30,449,919
  • Number of funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 14

You can find their website here.

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29) Varjo

29) Varjo

Varjo creates industrial VR/XR gear and software.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Finland
  • City: Helsinki
  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Klaus Melakari, Niko Eiden, Roope Rainisto, Urho Konttori
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding amount: $99,900,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 7
  • Number of investors: 16

You can find their website here.

30) Secretlab

30) Secretlab

Secretlab is a Singapore-based gaming chair manufacturer that was established in 2014.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Singapore
  • City: Singapore
  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Alaric Choo, Ian Ang
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding amount: SGD10,000,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 1
  • Number of investors: 1

You can find their website here.

31) Rotimatic

31) Rotimatic

Rotimatic is a product design firm that creates smart kitchen equipment that promote healthy eating by combining simplicity and automation.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Singapore
  • City: Singapore
  • Started in: 2008
  • Founders: Pranoti Nagarkar, Rishi Israni
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding amount: $48,500,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 7

You can find their website here.

32) KIOXIA

32) KIOXIA

KIOXIA is a firm that develops and manages group strategies.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Japan
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2017
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding amount: ¥1,300,000,000,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 4

You can find their website here.

33) TRACTIAN

33) TRACTIAN

Maintenance personnel can use Shazam to spot machine problems early on.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Brazil
  • City: Sao Paulo
  • Started in: 2019
  • Founders: Igor Marinelli
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: $3,700,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 8

You can find their website here.

34) Validere

34) Validere

Validere develops software and hardware to improve oil testing transparency and trust.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Canada
  • City: Toronto
  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Ian Burgess, Nouman Ahmad
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: $25,000,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 22

You can find their website here.

35) DUCKT

35) DUCKT

Duckt is a solution for micromobility infrastructure. For better operations, a better experience for people, and a better city, we dock, lock, and charge.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Estonia
  • City: Tallinn
  • Started in: 2019
  • Founders: Cagri Selcuklu, Evren Yazıcı, Goksen Atalay
  • Number of employees: 1-10
  • Funding amount: € 800,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 2

You can find their website here.

36) KIWI

36) KIWI

For big multi-tenant buildings, KIWI provides safe, keyless access.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Germany
  • City: Berlin
  • Started in: 2012
  • Founders: Christian Bogatu, Claudia Nagel, Peter Dietrich
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding amount: € 14,000,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 6

You can find their website here.

37) IQM

37) IQM

IQM focuses on superconducting technology to create scalable hardware for universal quantum computers.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Finland
  • City: Espoo
  • Started in: 2018
  • Founders: Jan Goetz, Juha Vartiainen, Kuan Yen Tan, Mikko Möttönen
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding amount: € 70,750,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 11

You can find their website here.

38) SwitchBot

38) SwitchBot

With smart home goods, SwitchBot aids in the creation of a comfortable environment.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: China
  • City: Shenzhen
  • Started in: 2015
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: CN¥3,000,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 1
  • Number of investors: 2

You can find their website here.

39) Avidbots

39) Avidbots

Avidbots creates indoor autonomous robots systems to solve real-world business problems.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Canada
  • City: Kitchener
  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Faizan Sheikh, Pablo Molina
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding amount: $26,584,504
  • Number of funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 12

You can find their website here.

40) Halter

40) Halter

Halter is changing the way cattle herd management is done.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: New Zealand
  • City: Auckland
  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Craig Piggott, Max Olson
  • Number of employees: 1-10
  • Funding amount: NZ$40,000,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 9

You can find their website here.

41) Hubs

41) Hubs

Hubs is a web-based manufacturing platform that connects engineers to a global network of manufacturing partners on demand.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: The Netherlands
  • City: Amsterdam
  • Started in: 2013
  • Founders: Bram de Zwart, Brian Garret, Filemon Schöffer
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding amount: $31,499,998
  • Number of funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 8

You can find their website here.

42) Tul

42) Tul

Tül has an app that allows users to purchase hardware and construction materials directly from their phone.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Colombia
  • City: Bogotá
  • Started in: 2020
  • Founders: Enrique Villamarin Lafaurie, Juan Carlos Narváez, Nicolas Villegas
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding amount: $4,000,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 2

You can find their website here.

43) Unu motors

43) Unu motors

Unu is a battery-powered, smart electric scooter that allows people to commute in an urban area.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Germany
  • City: Berlin
  • Started in: 2013
  • Founders: Elias Atahi, Mathieu Caudal, Pascal Leonard Blum
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding amount: $43,282,884
  • Number of funding rounds: 7
  • Number of investors: 8

You can find their website here.

44) Save

44) Save

Save rapidly and efficiently repairs your smartphone.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: France
  • City: Puteaux
  • Started in: 2013
  • Founders: Damien Morin
  • Number of employees: 251-500
  • Funding amount: $16,700,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 1
  • Number of investors: 4

You can find their website here.

45) Enevo

45) Enevo

Enevo is a forward-thinking organization with a mission to reduce waste's financial, environmental, and social costs.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Finland
  • City: Espoo
  • Started in: 2010
  • Founders: Fredrik Kekalainen, Johan Engström
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding amount: $55,363,230
  • Number of funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 15

You can find their website here.

46) LightOn

46) LightOn

LightOn is a technological business that creates cutting-edge computing hardware based on optics.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: France
  • City: Paris
  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Florent Krzakala, Igor Carron, Laurent Daudet, Sylvain Gigan
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: $3,705,407
  • Number of funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 3

You can find their website here.

47) Netatmo

47) Netatmo

Netatmo is a cutting-edge smart home firm that creates innovative, intuitive, and aesthetically pleasing connected consumer devices.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: France
  • City: Boulogne-billancourt
  • Started in: 2011
  • Founders: Fred Potter
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding amount: € 34,500,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 5

You can find their website here.

48) N.THING

48) N.THING

N.THING is a Seoul-based agri-tech firm that uses IoT technology and data to drive innovation in the farm-to-table food value chain.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: South Korea
  • City: Seoul
  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: J Jeong, Kenny Chung, Leo Kim, Seth Nam, SS Han, Tony Baik
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: $15,076,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 8

You can find their website here.

49) Aledia

49) Aledia

Aledia creates cutting-edge light-emitting diodes (LEDs) using a proprietary 3D architecture.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: France
  • City: Grenoble
  • Started in: 2011
  • Founders: Giorgio Anania, Philippe Gilet, Xavier Hugon
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding amount: $175,106,023
  • Number of funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 11

You can find their website here.

50) Chipolo

50) Chipolo

Chipolo is an iPhone and Android-based Bluetooth-based item finder.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Slovenia
  • City: Trbovlje
  • Started in: 2013
  • Founders: Primoz Zelensek
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: $700,758
  • Number of funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 3

You can find their website here.

51) ChargeLab

51) ChargeLab

The Android of EV charging is ChargeLab. Our software, which is hardware neutral, runs on the world's most common EV chargers.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Canada
  • City: Toronto
  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Ehsan Mokhtari
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: $5,400,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 8

You can find their website here.

52) Airly

52) Airly

Airly is a web-based startup that specializes in providing hyper-local air pollution data.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Poland
  • City: Kraków
  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Aleksander Konior, Michal Misiek, Wiktor Warchałowski
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: $6,395,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 17

You can find their website here.

53) Pythian

53) Pythian

Pythian is an IT consulting firm specializing in the optimization and management of mission-critical data systems.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Canada
  • City: Ottawa
  • Started in: 1997
  • Founders: Laine Campbell, Paul Vallee
  • Number of employees: 251-500
  • Funding amount: $21,000,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 3

You can find their website here.

54) Ultimaker

54) Ultimaker

Since May 2011, when Ultimaker began shipping its first Ultimaker 3D printers, the business has occupied a key place in the 3D printing industry.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: The Netherlands
  • City: Geldermalsen
  • Started in: 2010
  • Founders: Erik de Bruijn, Martijn Elserman, Siert Wijnia
  • Number of employees: 251-500
  • Funding amount: € 15,000,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 2

You can find their website here.

55) Submer

55) Submer

Immersed datacenters that are very efficient, ultra-dense, and long-lasting.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Spain
  • City: Barcelona
  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: Daniel Pope, Pol Valls Soler
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding amount: $17,162,363
  • Number of funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 3

You can find their website here.

56) Fairphone

56) Fairphone

Fairphone is the world's first smartphone that is fairly designed and manufactured.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: The Netherlands
  • City: Amsterdam
  • Started in: 2010
  • Founders: Bas van Abel, Miguel Ballester
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: $40,675,648
  • Number of funding rounds: 9
  • Number of investors: 8

You can find their website here.

57) FoodMarble

57) FoodMarble

FoodMarble is a digital digestive health startup that identifies foods that are most suited to each individual's digestive system.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Ireland
  • City: Dublin
  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Aonghus Shortt, James Brief, Lisa Ruttledge, Matt Lynch, Patrick Dennis, Peter Harte
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: $8,698,117
  • Number of funding rounds: 7
  • Number of investors: 7

You can find their website here.

58) Nevomo

58) Nevomo

Nevomo is the world's only company capable of gradually implementing hyperloop-inspired ideas as a railway improvement.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Poland
  • City: Warszawa
  • Started in: 2017
  • Founders: Katarzyna Foljanty, Paweł Radziszewski, Przemek Paczek, Łukasz Mielczarek
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: € 5,956,513
  • Number of funding rounds: 7
  • Number of investors: 2

You can find their website here.

59) Snowplus

59) Snowplus

Snowplus is a brand of electronic cigarettes.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: China
  • City: Beijing
  • Started in: 2017
  • Founders: Derek Li, Ray Xiao, Sa Wang
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: $181,194,198
  • Number of funding rounds: 10
  • Number of investors: 3

You can find their website here.

60) Augmenta

60) Augmenta

Using deep learning, automate the precision application of farm inputs in real-time, increasing production, improving quality, and lowering input costs.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Greece
  • City: Athens
  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Dimitri Evangelopoulos, George Varvarelis
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: $11,150,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 5

You can find their website here.

61) Nymi

61) Nymi

Workplace wearables with enterprise apps for security, productivity, and health and safety, based on a connected worker platform.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Canada
  • City: Toronto
  • Started in: 2011
  • Founders: Karl Martin
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding amount: $36,300,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 19

You can find their website here.

62) Envision

62) Envision

Envision creates AI-based technologies that allow visually impaired persons to autonomously access visual information in their environment.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: The Netherlands
  • City: The Hague
  • Started in: 2017
  • Founders: Karthik Kannan, Karthik Mahadevan
  • Number of employees: 1-10
  • Funding amount: € 1,750,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 7

You can find their website here.

63) LeapMind

63) LeapMind

LeapMind transforms the Internet of Things by making deep learning "small and compact" and accessible across a wide range of applications.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Japan
  • City: Tokyo
  • Started in: 2012
  • Founders: Matsuda Soichi, Shohei Sasaki, Soichi Matsuda
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: ¥4,990,000,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 13

You can find their website here.

64) No Isolation

64) No Isolation

To put an end to loneliness, we create customized communication solutions.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Norway
  • City: Oslo
  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: Karen Dolva, Marius Aabel, Matias Doyle
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding amount: $10,649,711
  • Number of funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 3

You can find their website here.

65) EAVISION

65) EAVISION

EAVISION is a manufacturer of intelligent gear.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: China
  • City: Suzhou
  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Wang Xinyu, Xuesong Dong
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding amount: $40,614,526
  • Number of funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 11

You can find their website here.

66) Nectarine Health

66) Nectarine Health

IoT and Machine Learning are transforming geriatric care.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Sweden
  • City: Stockholm
  • Started in: 2015
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: $12,579,564
  • Number of funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 1

You can find their website here.

67) I-Pulse

67) I-Pulse

I-Pulse is a high-pulsed-power technology business that creates cutting-edge commercial uses for pulsed power.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Singapore
  • City: Singapore
  • Started in: 2007
  • Founders: Laurent Frescaline, Robert M. Friedland
  • Number of employees: 1-10
  • Funding amount: $142,550,024
  • Number of funding rounds: 4

You can find their website here.

68) mittemitte

68) mittemitte

Mitte is a smart water system provider that combines water filtration and augmentation.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Germany
  • City: Berlin
  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: Faebian Bastiman, Karan Sarin, Moritz Waldstein
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: $11,006,466
  • Number of funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 6

You can find their website here.

69) Nordsense

69) Nordsense

Nordsense is a cloud-based smart trash management technology that assists with rubbish collection.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Denmark
  • City: Copenhagen
  • Started in: 2017
  • Founders: Manuel Maestrini, Søren Christensen
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: $12,625,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 10

You can find their website here.

70) Airtame

70) Airtame

For schools and corporations, Airtame is the most user-friendly wireless HDMI streaming option.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Denmark
  • City: Copenhagen
  • Started in: 2013
  • Founders: Attila Sukosd, Brian Kyed, Jonas Gyalokay, Marius Klausen, Peter Ørntoft
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding amount: $7,621,965
  • Number of funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 8

You can find their website here.

71) Quicktron Robotics

71) Quicktron Robotics

Quicktron Robotics is a manufacturer of industrial automation hardware, control software, and robotic systems.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: China
  • City: Yanghe
  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Di Sun, Dong Li, Yadong Shen, Zhang Clint
  • Number of employees: 251-500
  • Funding amount: $129,058,153
  • Number of funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 8

You can find their website here.

72) GBatteries

72) GBatteries

GBatteries is a company that creates sophisticated fast charging technology and is supported by some of the world's most prestigious investors.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Canada
  • City: Ottawa
  • Started in: 2013
  • Founders: Alex Tkachenko, Kostya Khomutov, Nick Sherstyuk, Tim Sherstyuk
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: $3,916,485
  • Number of funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 13

You can find their website here.

73) Keruyun

73) Keruyun

Keruyun is a leading global O2O and SaaS technology supplier in the food and beverage, retail, and services industries.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: China
  • City: Beijing
  • Started in: 2012
  • Founders: KK Ng, Lei Peng
  • Number of employees: 1001-5000
  • Funding amount: $48,035,432
  • Number of funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 1

You can find their website here.

74) Real Image Media Technologies

74) Real Image Media Technologies

Real Image Media Technologies is a technology company that specializes in film, video, and audio.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: India
  • City: Chennai
  • Started in: 1986
  • Founders: Jayendra Panchapakesan
  • Number of employees: 501-1000
  • Funding amount: $22,336,472
  • Number of funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 3

You can find their website here.

75) Dronehub

75) Dronehub

Inspection and delivery using automated industrial drones, all-terrain hubs, and AI-powered software.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Poland
  • City: Warsaw
  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: Vadym Melnyk, Vadym Melnyk
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: PLN2,200,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 1

You can find their website here.

76) Tonbo Imaging

76) Tonbo Imaging

Tonbo Imaging provides advanced imaging and sensor systems for military reconnaissance and vital industrial facility security.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: India
  • City: Bengaluru
  • Started in: 2003
  • Founders: Ankit Kumar, Arvind Lakshmikumar, Cecilia D’Souza, Sudeep George
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding amount: $30,900,001
  • Number of funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 5

You can find their website here.

77) Orvibo

77) Orvibo

Orvibo is a Chinese technology company that specializes in Internet-of-Things (IoT) and smart home hardware.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: China
  • City: Shenzhen
  • Started in: 2011
  • Founders: Xionghui Wang
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding amount: $49,488,948
  • Number of funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 7

You can find their website here.

78) Deerma

78) Deerma

Deerma is a company that creates and manufactures next-generation home appliances.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: China
  • City: Foshan
  • Started in: 2011
  • Number of employees: 1-10
  • Funding amount: $176,870,598
  • Number of funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 8

You can find their website here.

79) JMGO

79) JMGO

JMGO specializes on smart projector and laser TV R&D and manufacture.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: China
  • City: Shenzhen
  • Started in: 2011
  • Founders: Chen Xingbo, Zhenyu Hu
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: $219,973,178
  • Number of funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 13

You can find their website here.

80) KANG

80) KANG

KANG is a provider of health-care and medical-device solutions.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: China
  • City: Beijing
  • Started in: 2011
  • Founders: Jing Liu, Mingfa Ceng
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: CN¥84,000,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 2

You can find their website here.

81) SmartSens Technology

81) SmartSens Technology

SmartSens Technology is a firm that designs high-performance CMOS image sensor chips.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: China
  • City: Shanghai
  • Started in: 2011
  • Funding amount: $20,000,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 1
  • Number of investors: 2

You can find their website here.

82) Calterah

82) Calterah

Calterah develops and designs millimeter-wave radar semiconductors using the CMOS technique.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: China
  • City: Shanghai
  • Started in: 2014
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: CN¥33,000,000
  • Number of funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 6

You can find their website here.

83) HyperStrong

83) HyperStrong

HyperStrong is a Chinese developer of integrated battery management and energy storage solutions.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: China
  • City: Beijing
  • Started in: 2011
  • Founders: Hao Qian, Jianhui Zhang, Peng Shu
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: $88,842,682
  • Number of funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 3

You can find their website here.

84) Shadow Creator

84) Shadow Creator

Shadow Creator is a virtual reality software and headgear developer.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: China
  • City: Shanghai
  • Started in: 2014
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding amount: $14,525,337
  • Number of funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 2

You can find their website here.

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