Nuki

Startup · Graz, Austria

Nuki is a Graz-based Austrian startup, founded in 2014 by brothers Martin Pansy (CEO) and Jürgen Pansy, that makes retrofit smart locks and access hardware requiring no drilling and fitting most existing European door cylinders in minutes. Its line spans the flagship Smart Lock Ultra — with a brushless motor that unlocks in under a second and a 2025 CES Innovation Award — alongside the Keypad 2 (PIN, fingerprint and NFC), Opener (intercom bridge), Fob and Door Sensor, with compatibility across Apple Home, Alexa, Google Home and SmartThings. Nuki was the first electronic lock with native Matter support and an early adopter of the Aliro NFC access standard, and is privacy-first, requiring no mandatory user account. By early 2026 Nuki had over 600,000 smart locks deployed, more than one million active users and over two billion locking operations a year, positioning it as Europe's leading smart-lock brand after 50%+ annual sales growth in 2022 and 2023. The company entered the US market in July 2025 and is preparing a door-integrated Smart Module for late 2026. Nuki has raised roughly €22M, led by German growth investor Cipio Partners in a €20M+ 2021 round with Austrian backers Up to Eleven, Fortuna and Venta, and was an earlier strategic partner of Allegion.

https://nuki.io