98 Top San Francisco Hardware Companies and Startups of 2021

June 18, 2021
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This article showcases our top picks for the best San Francisco based Hardware companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Hardware industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

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Top San Francisco Hardware Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

Square

Square

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Square is a merchant services aggregator and mobile payment company that aims to simplify commerce through technology.

Taulia

Taulia

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Taulia is a FinTech startup that provides working capital management and electronic invoicing services for supply chain companies.

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Revl

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AI Powered Video Souvenirs as a Service. Full end to end solution for roller coasters, skydive drop zones, race tracks, and zip lines.

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Bitcoin

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Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency company.

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Fictiv

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Fictiv is a Digital Manufacturing Ecosystem that delivers precision parts on-demand through its digital platform and global partner network.

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Particle

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Particle provides hardware and software tools to help users prototype, scale, and manage IoT products.

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Ouster

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Ouster builds high-resolution lidar sensors for autonomous vehicles, robotics, and many other applications.

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VergeSense

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VergeSense is a software-as-a-service company that develops artificial intellegence-powered workplace sensors.

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Swift Navigation

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Swift Navigation offers hardware and software that makes GPS positioning technology available for autonomous vehicle and device guidance.

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Humane

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Humane is a platform that creates and sells consumer hardware, software, and services.

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b8ta

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B8ta is a software-powered retailer designed to make physical retail accessible for all.

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Span.IO

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Span.IO develops products to enable rapid adoption of renewable energy and deliver an intuitive interface for the home.

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Bellabeat

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Bellabeat creates beautiful, innovative products that help women easily track their overall health and wellness.

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Edgecortix

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Edgecortix brings near cloud level performance to the edge with their novel dynamic neural accelerator IP designed for machine learning

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Ava

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Ava empowers 400M deaf & hard-of-hearing people to have accessible in-person conversations, anytime, anywhere.

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High Fidelity

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High Fidelity is an open source software for shared virtual reality.

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Click & Grow

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Click & Grow has developed smartpots that take care of plants automatically with no external assistance needed.

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Therma

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At Therma° we are combating climate change by building the smart cold chain.

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Lightform

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Lightform designs software & hardware for projected visuals.

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imgix

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imgix is a platform for managing, processing, rendering, optimizing and delivering your existing images, wherever they already live.

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Bumblebee Spaces

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Bumblebee Spaces creates a new way to live by thinking about space in cubic feet instead of square feet.

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Petcube

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Petcube is a worldwide leader in pet cameras & software, connecting pets to the internet and giving them a voice.

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Leap Motion

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Leap Motion is a software and hardware company that develops 3D motion-control technology for virtual reality and additional platforms.

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Common Networks

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Common Networks is a wireless internet service provider that brings fiber-class internet to homes.

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Eggtronic

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Revolutionary micro-sized and eco-friendly AC/DC & DC/DC power converters – inductive and capacitive wireless charging & data technologies

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HEXO+

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HEXO+ is the first Autonomous FlyingCam.

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Kura Technologies

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Kura Technologies is an augmented reality company focused on building the next generation AR optics/display module.

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Spinn Inc.

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Spinn makes wifi connected coffee machines that brew coffee using patented centrifugal technology.

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Sevenhugs

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Sevenhugs is a maker of smart remote.

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Anova Culinary

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Anova is changing the way people cook, making it easy for everyone to create restaurant-like experiences, everyday.

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Streetline

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Streetline builds solutions to manage vehicle parking through the customized design and application of new sensing technologies.

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Ravacan

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Ravacan is a Purchasing & Procurement software for commodity & supply managers, with a central place to analyze costs and manage suppliers.

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Rylo

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Rylo is a consumer electronic company that is behind of a powerful little 360° camera that shoots larger-than-life video.

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Loop

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Private family network

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FOVE

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FOVE offers an eye tracking head mount display.

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Sproutling

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Sproutling provides tools that help parents by providing real-time insights about their child through wearable monitors.

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Waggit

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A health & safety monitor providing key indicators to help detect health conditions early, improving/possibly extending dogs’ lives

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Autzu

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Introducing drivesharing – the future of sustainable and efficient urban transport

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Massless

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Massless creates revolutionary productivity tools for design, engineering and analysis

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Pubinno

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Pubinno develops an AI powered platform to minimize waste and maintain the quality of beer from brewery.

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Narrative

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Narrative provides hardware and software tools for automatic visual storytelling and known for the wearable camera narrative clip.

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Smart Mimic

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Enables consumers to get instant security on-the-go by leveraging portable hardware for insurance offerings and on-demand security response.

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Dropcam

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Dropcam develops a Wi-Fi camera with easy setup and continuous cloud recording.

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Soma

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Soma is a premium water filter service that includes a beautiful glass carafe and the world’s most innovative water filters.

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Purism

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Purism beautiful computers designed to respect and protect your privacy, security and freedom.

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Sutro

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Sutro is a drop in system that monitors the chemical quality of your pool or spa.

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Vitesy

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We’re Vitesy, producer of IoT devices that improve your daily life.

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ZoomSystems

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ZoomSystems is the global leader in automated retail, providing an end-to-end solution including hardware, software and managed services.

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CellScope

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CellScope is building a smartphone-enabled diagnostic toolkit to help patients get better answers, faster.

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SenseGiz

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SenseGiz design and produce innovative products in the wearables & IoT space that add value to users every single day.

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Nimbus Engineering

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Nimbus is developing advanced optical technology for ultra efficient energy logistics.

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MFlux

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MFlux provides a connected network for industrial job site intelligence using proprietary battery-powered, IoT light-towers.

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Loopd

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Loopd is an advanced event engagement platform that helps transform attendees into loyal customers.

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Clevernet

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Clevernet is the Spanish legal name of Clevernet https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/clevernet

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Orange Chef

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Orange Chef designs and manufactures hardware and software applications to answer questions regarding health and nutrition.

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Podo Labs

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We make Podo, Jack, Belle, and a whole lot more to come.

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Instabeat

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Instabeat is a swimming technology brand developing the first smart real-time performance monitor that adds-on to swimming goggles.

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Boombotix

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Boombotix markets portable and Bluetooth-enabled loudspeakers, mobile audio accessories and iOS audio mobile apps.

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Lively Inc.

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Lively is the connected home health platform that provides a medical alert device older adults actually want to wear

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BACtrack

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Drink Smarter with BACtrack, The Leader in Breathalyzers.

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Wazer

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The developer of a desktop waterjet digital cutting device.

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Fensens

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We are an automotive IoT company that focuses on creating IoT accessories and SaaS features for the connected car.

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Vue Glasses

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Vue is the world’s first pair of smart glasses that are designed for everyday use. Offered in prescription, plano, and sunglasses.

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SenseLabs (formerly Neurotopia)

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SenseLabs develops personal sensors to quantify the mental aspects of focus, decision speed, reaction time, and stress regulation.

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Brightloom

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Brightloom provides a cloud-based software as a service platform that weaves digital solutions into the entire guest experience.

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Pantry

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Pantry provides instant access to fresh food through a network of swipe, grab and go kiosks. Always fresh. Always open.

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Lambda

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Lambda provides Deep Learning servers, workstations, and software to Apple, Microsoft, Tencent, Lyft, MIT, Princeton, Airbus, and more.

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Atmotube

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Air quality monitoring solutions

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Vigo

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Vigo is a personal energy gauge that tracks blinking and motion patters in order to quantify user alertness in real time.

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Oyalabs

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Oyalabs is an evidence-based platform for new parents that allows them to monitor and improve their child’s development.

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DouZen

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DouZen specializes in the creation of highly dynamic, innovative user interaction or interface for any screen size and platform.

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Ardica Technologies

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Ardica Technologies creates mobile power solutions for the military and consumer markets.

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RAWR

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RAWR is a new 4G LTE IoT pet wearable featuring GPS Locator, Health&Activity Monitor, LED Lights and an accompanying app

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PCH International

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PCH provides a unique, intelligent, end-to-end product development and supply chain orchestration platform for the world’s best brands.

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Reduced Energy Microsystems

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Reduced Energy Microsystems develops the world’s most energy-efficient silicon for embedded computer vision and artificial intelligence.

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Lift Labs

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Lift Labs is a creator of a suite of home health hardware for people living with Parkinson’s Disease and Essential Tremor.

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oort Inc

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OORT designs and manufactures hardware and software solutions which enable customers to turn their home or office into a smart one.

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GIROPTIC

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GIROPTIC has developed and patented a unique real-time image fusion process from multiple sensors.

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Luciding Inc

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With VR and Neuroscience we built a fully-immersive experience. In a Dream. Wear LucidCatcher – and get into Lucid Dream. On Demand.

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EveryLayer

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Faster, Better, Cheaper Broadband. Everywhere.

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Smart Plate

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Smart Plate develops digital electronic license plate technology for cars.

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Wilderness Labs

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Professional connected things (IoT) development platform

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Zeepro

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Zeepro is a software application platform that allows its users to print objects using a 3D printing device.

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Cryptyk

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Decentralised Cloud Security & Storage

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Vibease

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Vibease helps couples stay intimate by offering a wearable vibrator that can be controlled through a smartphone app.

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Henge Docks

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Henge Docks is a supplier of docking stations for Apple products.

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Enflux

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Enflux provides motion tracking clothing for virtual reality.

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FOBO

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FOBO is a mobile app enabling users to sell goods using their mobile phones.

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Vyoocam

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Mobile apps on the communication wearables

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TRiiBE Networks

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TRiiBE Is A Custom Business Hardware Systems Provider Focused On Merchant Services

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Lemon

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Lemon is a corporation that designs, develops, and sells solar powered and audio consumer electronics.

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Lima

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Lima unifies the memory of your devices (smartphone, tablet, computer)

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Hidden Radio

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Hidden Radio produces wireless speakers.

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krtkl

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krtkl specializes in providing embedded systems, wireless communication, and robotics.

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Dolby Laboratories

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Dolby creates surround sound, imaging, and voice technologies for cinemas, home theaters, PCs, mobile devices, games, and more.

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InAIR

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InAiR overlays Internet content on the TV screen.

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Anchor Health

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Anchor Health is a software, hardware, and operating solutions for distributed health care networks and providers.

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DigiPuppets

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DigiPuppets offers an engaging, educational, socially-conscious character brand and play experience specifically designed for mobile.

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