Hardware startup ecosystem
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Orqa
Orqa is an Osijek-based hardware company that builds high-performance FPV (first-person-view) goggles, video transmission systems, and drone software used by professional drone racers, industrial inspection teams, cinematography crews, and — increasingly — military users in Ukraine and elsewhere who need low-latency remote flight at scale. The company's flagship FPV.One family of goggles became a reference product in the high-end racing scene for its micro-OLED displays, refresh rates, and firmware openness, and the team has since expanded into digital HD video links and open FPV platforms. Orqa runs a full electronics design and manufacturing operation out of Slavonia, which is unusual in a region better known for software, and has become a visible example of defense-and-dual-use hardware built on a European open supply chain. For the directory it rounds out Croatia's industrial-tech picture alongside Rimac's automotive deep tech and Infobip's telecom infrastructure.
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Pasqal
Pasqal is a French quantum computing company founded in 2019 and spun out of the Institut d'Optique that builds quantum processors based on neutral atoms held and arranged with optical tweezers. Co-founded by researchers including Nobel laureate Alain Aspect, it develops full-stack hardware and software for applications in chemistry, finance and optimisation, and raised a 100 million euro Series B round in 2023.
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Petcube
Pet-tech company founded in Kyiv in 2012 making interactive pet cameras with treat dispensers, GPS trackers and AI safety alerts, plus a Petcube Care subscription and online vet service.
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Provizio
Develops AI radar-perception software (Software Defined Radar, 5D Perception) for automotive safety and autonomous driving, offering a LiDAR-free ADAS alternative plus off-road, smart-city and drone-detection uses. Founded 2019.
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Q.ANT
Q.ANT is a Stuttgart-based deep-tech company developing photonic processors that compute natively with light as a scalable alternative to transistor-based chips. Its Native Processing Server (NPS) is positioned as the first commercial photonic processor, targeting AI and HPC data center workloads with up to 30x higher energy efficiency and 50x faster computation than conventional CMOS technology. Q.ANT operates its own photonic chip pilot line, built on thin-film lithium niobate material, in collaboration with the Institute for Microelectronics Stuttgart (IMS CHIPS). The company was founded by CEO Michael Foertsch in 2018.
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Quantum Brilliance
Quantum Brilliance is a diamond-based quantum computing company building room-temperature, deployable quantum computing and sensing hardware, with a registered office in Stuttgart, Germany (as well as an R&D site in Freiburg) alongside its Australian and Japanese offices. Its technology targets both computing and sensing applications, including a Honeywell Aerospace-led consortium project to develop a compact quantum space magnetometer for studying Earth's magnetic field. The company is legally Quantum Brilliance Pty Ltd.
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reMarkable
reMarkable is a Norwegian technology company based in Oslo that develops digital paper tablets designed to replicate the feel of writing on paper while reducing digital distraction. It was founded in 2013 by Magnus Haug Wanberg, who conceived the idea while studying at Harvard after finding it hard to focus on a laptop. Its first device, the reMarkable 1, began shipping in 2017, followed by the reMarkable 2 (2020) and the Paper Pro (2024). The company sells e-paper writing devices alongside a Connect subscription service offering features such as cloud storage and handwriting conversion. By May 2022 reMarkable reported it had sold over 1 million devices and reached a $1 billion valuation.
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ReOrbit
ReOrbit is a Helsinki-based satellite manufacturer founded in 2019, building advanced satellites for GEO-based critical communications and next-generation LEO direct-to-device connectivity. Its products include Silta, a sovereign communication satellite, and OrbitCloud, which provides private D2D connectivity and orbital AI inference, both built on a software-defined architecture designed for a flexible manufacturing supply chain. The company, which has more than 100 employees and targets a first launch in 2026, received a EUR 4.6 million grant from Business Finland for its OrbitCloud R&D programme.
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Rocket Factory Augsburg
Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) is a German launch services company headquartered in Augsburg, building the RFA ONE orbital rocket around its proprietary Helix staged-combustion engine, produced using automotive-style serial manufacturing to cut launch costs. Its Redshift orbital transfer stage offers last-mile payload delivery from LEO to GTO and beyond. RFA became the first European company to complete a full upper-stage test of a staged-combustion engine in June 2023, and in May 2024 it conducted a hot-fire campaign of four Helix engines for its first stage at SaxaVord Spaceport in the UK.
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Sabine Herlitschka
Austrian executive and Chief Executive Officer of Infineon Technologies Austria, a leading semiconductor manufacturer, and a prominent advocate for research, innovation and industrial competitiveness in Europe. She is an announced speaker at the 2026 Technology Talks Austria conference.
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SemiQon
SemiQon is a Finnish quantum computing hardware startup pioneering silicon-based quantum processors. The company develops silicon quantum dot devices (SemiQit), cryo-CMOS transistors optimised for cryogenic environments, and quantum integrated circuit chips, with the stated goal of making quantum computers more affordable, scalable, and sustainable through standard silicon manufacturing techniques. SemiQon is a sponsor of Finnish Quantum Days 2026 and has partnered with the European Space Agency on space technology applications.
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Snowision
Snowision is a Latvian deep-tech company building automatic, remote snow-cover-monitoring sensors that map snow depth and surface conditions to give mountain and ski-resort operators a wider, faster view of conditions before sending out crews. Its sensor produces a 3D snow map from fixed or mobile mounting points and transfers field data remotely for winter-operations planning.
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SunRoof
SunRoof is a Polish-Swedish cleantech company building 2-in-1 integrated solar roofs — building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) that replace conventional roofing material entirely with a solar-generating surface for residential and commercial buildings. Founded in 2013 by Lech Kaniuk, Karol Kaniuk, Marek Zmysłowski and Rafał Plutecki, the company runs its main R&D and production hub in Gdańsk under a Swedish holding (SunRoof International), and operates across Poland, Sweden and Germany. SunRoof has raised roughly €28.5M, including a €15M round led by the Klima Energy Transition Fund (Alantra), with earlier backing from World Fund, Nordic Alpha Partners, Inovo Venture Partners, SMOK Ventures and Alfabeat. It grew past 130 employees and positions its integrated roofs as a lower-carbon, design-led alternative to bolt-on solar panels.
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Swiss Robotics Day 2026
The national robotics gathering, organised by ETH Zurich's RobotX at the StageOne Convention Center, showcasing Swiss robotics research, spin-offs, and live demos. For a robotics or hardware founder it concentrates the Swiss robotics talent pool, lab spin-offs, and industrial partners into one day.
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Tachyum
Tachyum is developing the Prodigy Universal Processor, a bold attempt to unify CPU, GPU, and TPU workloads into a single hyperscale chip. The vision is a high-efficiency architecture that could dramatically reduce data center power consumption and cost. By 2026, the company is in moonshot territory, with tape-out success positioned as a potential disruption to incumbent giants like Nvidia and Intel. It is one of the most ambitious semiconductor bets in Central Europe.
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Tech2b
tech2b is a startup incubator in Upper Austria, based in Linz, that supports innovative, future-oriented founders in building and scaling their businesses. It runs a structured pipeline of programmes — IDEATE, ACTIVATE and INCUBATE — plus sector-specific tracks including a tourism incubator (#tourismusinkubator), Business2Excellence, and PIER4, with focus areas spanning diversity-led founding teams, hardware, greentech and medtech. It offers coaching, funding access and connections across the regional Upper Austrian innovation ecosystem, and runs the annual EDISON startup awards.
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TechChill 2026
Baltic startup conference at Hanzas Perons with 2,300+ attendees and 250+ investors. Known for the Fifty Founders Battle (EUR 200k+ syndicate prizes) and strong Day 0 networking side events.
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TechChill 2027
TechChill 2027, one of the largest Baltic tech events, runs its main event days 18-19 March in Riga, with side events on 17 March. The three-day event brings together roughly 2,000 attendees, 310+ startups, 250+ investors and 80+ speakers, including the annual 50 Founders Battle pitch competition.
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VanMoof
VanMoof is a Dutch e-bike maker known for its design-forward electric bicycles with a built-in anti-theft system, companion app for unlocking, ride tracking, and motor and gear customization. Its current flagship model is the S6, and the company sells and ships internationally from its Netherlands base after restructuring and relaunching following a 2023 bankruptcy.
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YES!Delft
YES!Delft is a renowned tech incubator in the Netherlands, focused on turning university research and technical inventions into successful startups. Founded in 2005 by Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) – one of Europe’s top engineering schools – YES!Delft has grown into a deep-tech startup ecosystem supporting hardware and high-tech software ventures. The incubator offers a 3-4 month validation program for idea-stage teams, longer-term incubation for growth-stage startups, access to specialized labs and maker spaces, and connections to TU Delft’s extensive research facilities. Over the past 20 years, YES!Delft has incubated nearly 500 startups, collectively valued at over €1.2B. Notable alumni include Ampelmann (offshore access systems, now a global marine company) and E-nevia (electric mobility). The sectors span AI, robotics, medtech, aerospace, clean energy, and more – reflecting Delft’s engineering strengths. The incubator actively leverages partnerships: it works with corporates like KLM (aviation) and NS (railways) for pilot opportunities, and with government initiatives for grants. Startups at YES!Delft benefit from an entrepreneur-centric approach; the incubator was twice ranked a global top 5 university incubator by UBI Index. It offers an in-house venture fund (UNIIQ) that provides proof-of-concept funding (~€100k) to the most promising teams, bridging the gap to seed rounds. YES!Delft’s campus in Delft has co-working, an auditorium for events, and proximity to cutting-edge labs (e.g., quantum computing labs at QuTech). It has expanded with satellite branches in Rotterdam (focused on port and logistics tech) and The Hague (focused on AI and security) to tap regional industries. The name YES stands for “Young Entrepreneurs Society,” underscoring its community vibe: seasoned mentors, many of whom are TU Delft alumni entrepreneurs, guide newcomers. With continued support from TU Delft and the city, YES!Delft is a cornerstone of the Dutch innovation ecosystem – ensuring that inventions from classrooms and labs (like next-gen drones, solar cars, or medical devices) find their way to market via robust startups.
