Best High Tech Companies in Budapest, Hungary
The 99 best High Tech companies in Budapest, Hungary in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: AImotive.
Our analysis of 1,127 High Tech companies
$222.2b in tracked funding; 89% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best High Tech companies in Budapest
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founded | Founder | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3DefineMe Interactive augmented reality try-on solution for the eyewear industry | — | — | Deadpooled | — | 2014 | Peter Torma Co-Founder & CEO | — |
| 2 | 5Litres Low water consuming smart showerheads | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2013 | Csaba Kakas Founder & CEO | — |
| 3 | aerinx AerinX is an innovative aircraft inspection system, a smart technology that helps in reducing inspection time. | — | — | Private | 14 | 2015 | — | — |
| 4 | Aero Glass Aerial navigation using augmented reality head mounted display | — | — | Funding Raised | 4 | 2014 | Akos Maroy Founder | — |
| 5 | AgriAngel Farm data and analytic service in Hungary | — | — | Deadpooled | — | 2014 | Eric Pichler Founder | — |
| 6 | Airglass AR-integrated helmets for aerial sports | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2013 | Zsolt Mihályfi Founder & CEO | — |
| 7 | AiVenture Developer of custom chatbots and voice bots with NLP capabilities | — | — | Public | — | 2017 | — | — |
| 8 | Alkubot Provider of AI-powered optimization chatbot for e-commerce companies | — | — | Funding Raised | 2 | 2019 | Miklos Kekkoi Co-Founder | — |
Top 12 High Tech companies in Budapest
#1
Seed · Budapest, Budapest Fovaros · founded 2021$7.2Mraised▾
Developer of automated production technology for strong and soft fibrous tissues. It enables the production of nimble robotic mechanisms through 3D tissue braiding. The technology facilitates the creation of complex, multifunctional 3D structures in a single process, integrating pulleys, guides, and routed tendons during production. This approach reduces robotics production costs and offers quick prototyping cycles with design automation software. The technology is suitable for creating bio-inspired designs and soft, safe robotics.
- Feb 2026Seed$7.2M
#2
Acquired · Budapest, Budapest Fovaros · founded 2015 · 6 employees$88.8Mraised▾
Provider of automated driving software, simulation, data tools, and hardware. The company delivers embedded solutions, automotive-grade hardware, and tooling for automated driving features. It offers data processing tools, AI acceleration hardware IP, and a virtual environment. The company’s products enable development of advanced driver-assistance systems and automated driving solutions.
- Oct 2023Grant (prize money)$13.8M
- May 2020Series C$20M
- Apr 2019Grant (prize money)$55.8K
- Feb 2019Grant (prize money)$57.3K
#3
Series B · Budapest, Budapest Fovaros · founded 2012 · 140 employees$27Mraised▾
Commsignia is a technology company engaged in the development and manufacturing of cooperative intelligent transportation systems (C-ITS) including vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication technologies. Its chief offering comprises of a series of V2X hardware modules (On Board Units, integrated connected car router with cellular and WiFi access, Roadside Units) and V2X software stack which is an embedded solution that is developed based on the specification of the ISO / ETSI / IEEE / SAE / C2C-CC communication architecture, providing a modular framework and small footprint for multiple resource-constrained target platforms, supporting Linux and RTOS operating systems. In 2017, the company was selected by Brandmotion, the Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority (THEA), to supply its solution for the Tampa Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment project.
- Sep 2023Series B$15M
- Aug 2019Series A$11.9M
- May 2017Grant (prize money)$226.3K
- Jan 2017Grant (prize money)$220K
#4
Series A · Budapest, Budapest Fovaros · founded 2016 · 30 employees$6.1Mraised▾
Developer of a chatbot messenger platform designed to assist enterprises to automate communication with their customers. The company's platform offers technical and marketing services with a focus on data privacy and backend integration and supports all other chat platforms, enabling businesses to improve user experience with a digital approach.
#5
Series A · Budapest, Budapest Fovaros · founded 2014 · 118 employees$7.3Mraised▾
Shapr3D is a mobile CAD app, developed exclusively for the iPad Pro. It is a simple to use app to design in 3D. It imports STEP & IGES and supports low quality export in free version and high quality export in paid version.
- Sep 2019Series A$6M
- Dec 2017Seed$1.3M
- 2016Seed—
#6
Series A · Budapest, Budapest Fovaros · founded 2008 · 18 employees$3.6Mraised▾
Craftunique is a manufacturer of filament-based 3D printers and develops slicing software for 3D printing applications. The filament-based desktop printer has the build volume of 250*200*200 mm and a nozzle diameter of 0.4 mm. It can print the object with a volume of up to 10000 cubic centimeters. The printer is equipped with a removable bed, heated bed, color touchscreen display, and can perform standalone printing. Its slicing software, Craftware, enables the conversion of 3D digital models into the tool paths that can be understood by the 3D printers and enables the printing of non-watertight objects.
#7
Seed · Budapest, Budapest Fovaros · founded 2016 · 12 employees$3.6Mraised▾
Developer of AI-based sign language translation solution for deaf and hard of hearing communities. The technology is built using AI and computer vision to recognize and translate sign language It utilizes three webcams, a depth sensor, and a PC. The depth sensor is placed in front of the sign language user at chest height and the cameras are placed around them allowing the shape and the path of the hands and gestures to be tracked continuously. The PC syncs up and processes the images in real-time, which are then transformed into grammatically correct, fully formed sentences by a natural language processing module.
#8
Seed · Budapest, Budapest Fovaros · founded 2010$1.3Mraised▾
SmartVineyard is a precision agriculture company that has developed device and software to monitor micro climate. Its LHT sensors are integrated leaf moisture, humidity and temperature sensors which measure weather data after capturing data they send it to servers, for disease prediction and analysis.
- Feb 2015Seed$1.3M
- May 2012Grant (prize money)$40K
#9
Series A · Budapest, Budapest Fovaros · founded 2011 · 28 employees$798.6Kraised▾
OptoForce develops force sensors that can be integrated into robots and machines to bring force control to industrial automation. Their core technology relies on a layered structure of silicone which would change its form when subjected to a certain force, which is then measured. Their product offerings include a 6-axis force torque (F/T) sensor and a 3D force sensor. The 6-axis F/T sensor can be implemented in robot arms and enables the robots with a sense of touch. Their 3D force sensor employs light based sensing approach to arrive at the 3D force coordinated. It also has an inbuilt DAQ and up to 1KHz speed of data acquisition. Respective models are HEX-E Sensor (for lightweight tools) and HEX-H Sensor (for heavy loads).
#10
Seed · Budapest, Budapest Fovaros · founded 2005 · 15 employees$750Kraised▾
Developer of intelligent video surveillance systems designed to use for traffic management purposes. The company's systems use intelligent camera-side detectors which are fast, and efficient, and provide real-time event detection and efficient retrieval of events, or stored video recordings, enabling users to take immediate action during traffic issues.
#11
Seed · Budapest, Budapest Fovaros · founded 2012 · 5 employees$325Kraised▾
Developer of 3D scene scanning technology designed to reinvent how moving images are going to be processed in the future. The company's technology captures 3D data and scenery and adds a 3D layer to video footage, enabling film, production, broadcast and gaming industries to offer real-time depth mapping visuals for providing an authoring environment for all Virtual reality and Augmented reality platforms.
#12
Funding Raised · Budapest, Budapest Fovaros · founded 2012$253.4Kraised▾
Manufacturer of multi-modal biometric authentication systems
- Sep 2016Grant (prize money)$253.4K
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