Hardware startup ecosystem
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ITF World 2026
imec's flagship technology forum, bringing the global semiconductor and nano-electronics value chain to Antwerp. Founders in chip design, AI hardware, quantum, and sensing get direct exposure to imec research roadmaps and corporate R&D leads.
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ITF World 2027
ITF World 2027, imec's flagship Imec Technology Forum, returns to Antwerp 25-26 May. The conference connects the deep-tech innovation ecosystem across academia and industry, with keynotes, demos of breakthrough technologies and networking, drawing on imec's network of 600+ industry partners.
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JOYNED
JOYNED (Joyned GmbH) is an Austrian professional audio technology company building deterministic Milan/AVB audio networking hardware and software, including USB audio interfaces such as the MU16, its Dash Milan controller software, and OEM AVB switches. The company also licenses its modular hardware and software platform to other manufacturers through its OEM & Licensing programme. JOYNED is a Promoter Member of the Avnu Alliance, the industry body behind the Milan networked-audio standard, and runs workshops such as its Milan networking session at Thomann Live Days 2026.
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Kiutra
Kiutra is a Munich-based deep tech startup developing cryogenic systems and services for quantum technologies. The company manufactures helium-3-free cryostats that reach sub-kelvin and millikelvin temperatures, including the L-Type Rapid, X-Type, S-Type, and T-Type product lines, and offers cryogenic characterisation lab services for quantum device development. Kiutra serves leading quantum computing companies and research institutions globally and is a sponsor of Finnish Quantum Days 2026.
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Kuube
Kuube is a Hungarian hardware company that makes solar-powered outdoor furniture and public charging hubs (its SMART HUB, NANO, ECO, BOOK and BASIC product lines) that let people charge devices while sitting on public benches and similar street furniture. Its dashboard tracks solar energy generated and devices charged, and its site is available in Hungarian, Spanish, Japanese and Romanian, reflecting an international distributor network.
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Lars Reger
German engineer and technology executive serving as Chief Technology Officer of NXP Semiconductors, a leading global semiconductor company, with deep expertise in automotive, IoT and edge computing. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 Technology Talks Austria conference.
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Ledger
Ledger is the global leader in hardware wallets for cryptocurrency, providing secure cold-storage devices that protect digital assets offline. The company's Nano S and Nano X devices have sold over 6 million units worldwide, and its enterprise solution, Ledger Enterprise, serves institutional clients including funds and exchanges. Ledger also develops Ledger Live, a companion software for managing crypto portfolios. The company is a cornerstone of Europe's Web3 infrastructure ecosystem.
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Mainstay Medical
Medical device company commercializing ReActiv8, an implantable restorative neurostimulation system that treats disabling mechanical chronic low back pain by stimulating the lumbar multifidus muscle. HQ in Dublin.
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Matoha
Matoha Instrumentation is a UK company that makes handheld, desktop and bench devices for fast, non-destructive material identification. Its FabriTell and PlasTell product lines use infrared sensors and AI algorithms to identify textiles, plastics, and carpet or flooring materials on the spot, with a cloud interface for tracking results. The technology targets recycling, sorting and quality-control use cases where knowing material composition quickly matters.
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Meredot
Meredot is a wireless EV-charging technology company, founded in 2017, that builds contactless charging stations for micro-mobility vehicles, robots and drones with over 93% efficiency and tolerance for several inches of pad misalignment. Its thin, robust chargers are designed to integrate into existing manufacturing lines or be retrofitted into public spaces such as city centers and shorelines, and it recently partnered with Cyberworks Robotics on autonomous-driving charging.
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MSV International Engineering Fair 2026
Central Europe's largest industrial trade fair, held at the Brno Exhibition Centre with Industry 4.0 and the digital factory as core themes. A key venue for hardware, industrial-tech, and manufacturing-software founders.
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Multivative
Multivative is a Graz-based early-stage startup that builds modular prototyping systems and Pick2Place workflows designed to accelerate electronics and hardware development for manufacturing teams. The company focuses on helping SMEs and industrial R&D labs produce electronic prototypes faster and more affordably by simplifying component placement and assembly steps. Multivative has received funding through the SURE5.0 Industry 5.0 programme and is part of the growing Styrian hardware and industrial automation startup cluster in Austria.
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NDC TechTown 2026
NDC's software conference focused on embedded and systems programming at Magazinet Kongsberg — a specialist technical conference for engineers building real-world embedded products.
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NEURA Robotics
NEURA Robotics is a German high-tech company founded by David Reger that develops cognitive robots combining integrated sensing with artificial intelligence for human-robot collaboration. Its product lineup includes the 4NE-1 humanoid robot, the MAiRA cognitive collaborative robot with integrated 3D vision and voice recognition, the LARA lightweight robotic arm, the MiPA service robot, and the MAV autonomous mobile robot. The company designs and manufactures its intelligent robots in-house. In June 2026 NEURA announced a record Series C of up to $1.4 billion at roughly a $7 billion valuation, led by Tether with backers including Nvidia, Amazon and Qualcomm.
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Neural DSP
Neural DSP (Neural DSP Technologies Oy) is a Helsinki-based music technology company that builds guitar and bass amp-modeling software plugins, such as its Archetype series developed with artists like Gojira and Plini, alongside hardware including the Quad Cortex and Nano Cortex floorboard modelers. The company assembles its hardware at a factory near its Helsinki headquarters, where more than half of its 150+ person team is based. Neural DSP's plugins and devices are used by guitarists and bassists to recreate iconic amp and pedal tones digitally.
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Neuromod Devices
Medical-device company developing bimodal neuromodulation technology. Its flagship product Lenire is the first FDA-approved bimodal neuromodulation tinnitus treatment, available in 130+ clinics across the US and Europe. Founded 2010.
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Nicolas Bacca
Co-founder and former CTO of Ledger, designing the secure-element architecture behind its hardware wallets. He is a long-standing expert in Bitcoin and embedded security.
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Nothing
Design-led consumer electronics brand behind transparent Android smartphones and earbuds. Nothing is a startup based in London, United Kingdom at the growth stage. The company operates in the Consumer Electronics, Hardware space. Learn more at their website.
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Nscale
Nscale develops and operates AI-native infrastructure, including modular data center capacity optimized for high-density GPU workloads. The company focuses on sovereign and energy-efficient compute supply for enterprise and model providers, and has expanded rapidly through large infrastructure financing and strategic partnerships.
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Nuki
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.
