50 Best Sensor Companies to Watch in 2026

The most prominent sensor companies ranked by global prominence, funding activity, and market position. Showing the top 50 out of 1,931 companies tracked on Fsome.

1,931
Total Companies
$52.8B
Total Funding
$27.3M
Avg Funding
Shenzhen
Top Location
# Company Location Employees Total Funding Last Round Last Funded
1
Flock Safety
Flock Safety provides end-to-end surveillance solutions to support law enforceme…
Atlanta 1K - 5K $655.6M Series F 2025-03-13
2
Waymo
Waymo is a mobility technology company that improves transportation by developin…
Mountain View 1K - 5K $27.1B Series D 2026-02-02
3
Theon International
Theon International is a leading developer and manufacturer of customisable nigh…
Nicosia 251 - 500 $522.8M Post Ipo Equity 2025-12-15
4
Mentee Robotics
Mentee Robotics combines robotics, sensing, and artificial intelligence to creat…
Herzliya 11 - 50 $17.0M Series Unknown 2024-04-17
5
Apella Technology
Apella Technology is an AI startup that brings modern engineering to improve sur…
Oakland 51 - 100 $104.0M Series B 2026-01-07
6
Orbem
Orbem provides AI-powered imaging and analytics solutions to deliver non-invasiv…
Munich 101 - 250 $106.5M Series B 2026-01-20
7
Syntiant
Syntiant is a deep learning tech company providing AI voice and sensor solutions…
Irvine 1K - 5K $106.4M Series D 2024-12-28
8
Hesai Technology
Hesai Technology is a designer and manufacturer of laser sensors for robots and …
Shanghai 1K - 5K $603.8M Post Ipo Equity 2025-09-11
9
SimpliSafe
SimpliSafe is a home security company that designs, engineers, and sells cameras…
Boston 1K - 5K $387.0M Debt Financing 2022-05-06
10
Innoviz Technologies
Innoviz develops LiDAR sensors and perception software for autonomous vehicles.
Tel Aviv 251 - 500 $587.0M Post Ipo Equity 2025-02-10
11
Brickeye
Brickeye's job site IoT platform reduces risk, drives productivity and protects …
Toronto 11 - 50 $17.5M Series B 2026-01-20
12
TeraDAR
TeraDAR offers 4D imaging sensors using Terahertz technology for high-resolution…
Boston 51 - 100 $174.6M Series B 2025-11-12
13
Nexar
Nexar develops software to protect the user and their business against car crash…
New York 101 - 250 $149.5M Series D 2021-11-17
14
Diffraqtion
Diffraqtion is a tech company that develops quantum imaging technology with low-…
Somerville 1 - 10 $5.4M Pre Seed 2026-01-12
15
Artisight
Artisight is an IoT sensor network for healthcare to provide virtual care, quali…
Chicago 51 - 100 $57.0M Series B 2024-01-11
16
Lumotive
Lumotive provides optical semiconductor solutions for sensing in various applica…
Redmond 51 - 100 $72.0M Series B 2025-02-19
17
BinSentry
BinSentry is a technology company that helps agriculture enterprises optimize fe…
Kitchener 101 - 250 $104.7M Debt Financing 2025-12-18
18
Algorized
Algorized develops software that enables people detection, positioning, and vita…
Campbell 11 - 50 $17.3M Series A 2026-02-10
19
SK Hynix
SK Hynix is a manufacturing company that specializes in producing and selling se…
Icheon c 10001 max $2.1B Post Ipo Debt 2024-08-06
20
Aeva
Aeva develops a sensing and perception paradigm for autonomous machines.
Mountain View 251 - 500 $568.5M Post Ipo Debt 2025-11-05
21
Ambient.ai
Ambient.ai provides a security platform that applies AI to existing camera infra…
Redwood City 101 - 250 $72.1M Series Unknown 2023-10-30
22
XPANCEO
XPANCEO is a deep tech company that develops the smart contact lens as the ultim…
Dubai 51 - 100 $290.0M Series A 2025-07-08
23
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Maritime Defense and Energy Solutions
Amsterdam 51 - 100 $53.0M Debt Financing 2026-01-15
24
AnySignal
AnySignal is an integrated sensing and communications products company.
Gardena 11 - 50 $46.0M Series A 2025-12-09
25
StretchSense
Makers of stretch sensor-enabled motion capture gloves and machine learning glov…
Penrose 11 - 50 $10.4M Series Unknown 2025-12-19
26
Q.ANT
Q.ANT develops and manufactures quantum sensors, photonic chips, and processors …
Stuttgart 101 - 250 $72.0M Series A 2025-07-17
27
Prophesee
Prophesee is the inventor of the world’s most advanced neuromorphic vision syste…
Paris 101 - 250 $112.1M Series C 2022-09-22
28
Polycam
Polycam develops tools for easy-to-use 3D capture and editing that serve the AEC…
San Francisco 11 - 50 $22.1M Series A 2024-02-07
29
Neuranics
Neuranics is a deep-tech startup that creates game-changing sensing solutions fo…
Glasgow 11 - 50 $11.4M Seed 2025-04-09
30
Dexcom
Dexcom develops, manufactures, and distributes continuous glucose monitoring sys…
San Diego c 10001 max $2.2B Post Ipo Debt 2023-05-02
31
Sauron
Sauron develops a home security platform that integrates AI, advanced sensors, a…
San Francisco 11 - 50 $18.0M Seed 2024-12-05
32
Metalenz
Metalenz designs and sells metasurface optics for sensing in consumer electronic…
Boston 11 - 50 $47.4M Series B 2022-10-05
33
Butlr
Butlr is a physical AI startup that specializes in wireless anonymous people sen…
Burlingame 51 - 100 $75.0M Series Unknown 2025-01-01
34
Dedrone
Dedrone develops drone detection technology to protect organizations from malici…
San Francisco 51 - 100 $127.9M Series C 2022-07-13
35
Heimdall Power
Heimdall Power provides software and sensors designed for monitoring overhead po…
Oslo 51 - 100 $37.7M Series B 2024-07-16
36
Echodyne
Echodyne develops and manufactures meta-materials-based radar technologies.
Kirkland 101 - 250 $199.0M Series C 2022-06-13
37
Density
Density builds the technical infrastructure for cities, buildings, and spaces to…
San Francisco 101 - 250 $217.2M Series D 2021-11-10
38
UltraSense Systems
UltraSense Systems offers sensor solutions for smartphones, home appliances, aut…
Santa Clara 11 - 50 $23.9M Series B 2020-02-18
39
Strella Biotechnology
Strella Biotechnology offers a biosensing platform that predicts the ripeness of…
Philadelphia 11 - 50 $17.4M Debt Financing 2024-09-10
40
NUVIEW
NUVIEW is building the world's first commercial LiDAR satellite constellation.
Orlando 11 - 50 $22.8M Grant 2025-08-28
41
Mobilint
Mobilint provides integrated sensor fusion and deep learning SoC solutions.
Yeoksamdong 11 - 50 $69.9M Series C 2026-04-01
42
Mesa Quantum
Mesa Quantum is a quantum sensor manufacturing company that provides volume manu…
Boulder 11 - 50 $15.0M Series A 2026-01-05
43
Voyant Photonics
Voyant Photonics manufactures light detection to perform three-dimensional sensi…
New York 11 - 50 $22.9M Debt Financing 2026-04-07
44
Autonomous a2z
Autonomous a2z is a driving mobility platform that provides autonomous driving s…
Gyeongsan 101 - 250 $68.2M Series Unknown 2026-03-12
45
Laminar
Laminar delivers factory floor transformation with our spectral sensors and scie…
Cambridge 11 - 50 $19.8M Series A 2025-07-16
46
Hud
Hud is a software company that offers AI tools such as copilot, cursor, and wind…
New York 11 - 50 $21.0M Series Unknown 2025-12-10
47
Unacast
Unacast built the Real World Graph® and is the leading transparent and contextua…
New York 51 - 100 $79.1M Debt Financing 2025-12-03
48
InnerPlant
InnerPlant is harnessing plant physiology to unlock data at scale and boost glob…
Davis 11 - 50 $52.3M Series B 2024-07-25
49
Nicoya Lifesciences
Nicoya is a nanotechnology company developing sensor products that will change t…
Waterloo 51 - 100 $28.2M Series A 2021-12-16
50
Omnitron Sensors
Omnitron Sensors develops and manufactures sensors for various applications, inc…
Los Angeles 11 - 50 $23.7M Series A 2025-01-30