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Best High Tech Companies in State of Hessen, Germany

The 83 best High Tech companies in State of Hessen, Germany in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Wingcopter.

83companies tracked
$165.2Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
15have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · HIGH TECH × STATE OF HESSEN

Our analysis of 50 High Tech companies

$3.5b in tracked funding; 85% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2022.

50companies analysed
85%cloud-native stacks
2022funding peak (by rounds)
4unicorns
2019median founding year
282kcombined LinkedIn audience
77%of audience held by top 3
5companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best High Tech companies in State of Hessen

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Wingcopter
Creates and produces unmanned eVTOL delivery drones for industrial and charitable uses
74Patents top 21%Funding top 23%Innovation top 25%Product top 30%
All 11 signals ▾
Patentstop 21%
Fundingtop 23%
Innovationtop 25%
Producttop 30%
Moattop 32%
Growthtop 35%
Techtop 38%
Talenttop 38%
Markettop 48%
Globalbottom 43%
Newsbottom 32%
Patents: 60 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 49 filings since 2022 vs 11 in 2017-21
Funding: Raised $110M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 7 yrs (0.4/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100
$110M11 mo agoSeries BJonathan Hesselbarth
Co-Founder & CTO
2014WordPressPleskApple iCloud Mail+2360 patents
Patents concentrated in transport & manufacturing processes
—
2Proemion
Provider of integrated telematics solutions for off highway fleet management
40Funding top 40%Product top 42%Tech top 45%Moat top 45%
All 11 signals ▾
Fundingtop 40%
Producttop 42%
Techtop 45%
Moattop 45%
Markettop 50%
Growthbottom 49%
Talentbottom 49%
Patentsbottom 38%
Globalbottom 37%
Innovationbottom 35%
Newsbottom 22%
Funding: Raised $33.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 4 yrs (0.2/yr)
Product: 1 published app (936 installs) · Company stage: Acquired
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100
$33M43 mo agoAcquiredRobert Michaelides
CEO
1987Neos CMSPHPSalesforce+244 patents
Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics
2 launchs
3CardioSecur
Heart health monitoring device
$9M112 mo agoSeries B—2008Cart FunctionalityTYPO3 CMSOdoo+22——
4BRAIN
Developr of bio-based products and natural compounds for biotechnological solutions
$5M25 mo agoPublicJurgen Eck
CEO
1993Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365PHP+1150 patents
Food sweetener formulations and bioengineered sweet proteins/flavonoids; microbial metal recovery processes.
—
5IntraNav
Developer of indoor navigation and positioning technology solutions
$4M86 mo agoAcquired—2013———
6ENVIOTECH
Developer of intelligent lighting upgrade systems for energy efficiency
14Talent bottom 49%Funding bottom 42%Global bottom 25%
All 3 signals ▾
Talentbottom 49%
Fundingbottom 42%
Globalbottom 25%
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Funding: Raised $1.2M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 14/100
$1M2 mo agoSeedAdrian Rhaese
Founder & Managing Director
2022———
7Advancis
Platform for security information management
$1M18 mo agoSeries AJan Meiswinkel
CEO / Co-Founder
1994WordPressMySQLPHP+21——
8Engineered Nanoproducts Germany
Coating & productivity enhancement solutions based on nanotechnology
$964K175 mo agoPublic—2003———
9CID
Semantic intelligence, Big data solutions
$364K146 mo agoFunding RaisedAlexander Lorch
Co-Founder
1997WordPressMySQLPHP+21——
10INGA
Provider of a social media recruitment bot for enterprises
$145K91 mo agoSeedCorinna Haas
CEO & Co-Founder
2017Node.jsRadix UITailwind CSS+19——
11doks. innovation
Provider of AI-enabled warehouse automation solutions
$110K78 mo agoFunding Raised—2017———

Top 12 High Tech companies in State of Hessen

#1
Series B · Weiterstadt, State of Hessen · founded 2014 · 147 employees
$110Mraised
▾

Creates and produces unmanned eVTOL delivery drones for industrial and charitable uses. It specializes in streamlining medical supply chains and the logistics of supplies that are urgently required. Healthcare, parcel and e-commerce, groceries and food delivery, and intersite logistics are some of its use cases.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 74how this company ranks against its industry peers
Patents
top 21%
Funding
top 23%
Innovation
top 25%
Product
top 30%
Moat
top 32%
Growth
top 35%
Patents: 60 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 49 filings since 2022 vs 11 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
Funding: Raised $110M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 7 yrs (0.4/yr) · Last round Series B (Jun 2025)
Innovation: 60 patents (top 27% of patent-holders) · 49 filings since 2022 vs 11 in 2017-21 · 11 product lines
Audience (LinkedIn): 44k LinkedIn followers — 15.5% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Senior Battery Systems Engineer
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2025Series B—
  • May 2023Series B$43.9M
  • Jun 2022Series A$42M
  • Dec 2021Series A—
Founders & team
Jonathan HesselbarthCo-Founder & CTOTom PlummerCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Drone Fund, Corecam Family Office, European Investment Bank, Futury Capital, REWE, Xplorer Capital
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailBorlabs CookieCloudflare TurnstileElement UiFlickityFont Awesome
#2
Seed · Bad Vilbel, State of Hessen · founded 2022
$1.2Mraised
▾

Developer of intelligent lighting upgrade systems for energy efficiency. These systems utilize motion detection, dimming capabilities, and IoT technology to retrofit existing lighting infrastructure. The upgrades aim to significantly reduce energy consumption while enhancing functionality. The company has collaborated with other organizations on product development and has showcased prototypes at industry events. The technology is designed for easy integration into various lighting fixtures, offering a sustainable solution for both public and private sectors.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 14how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
bottom 49%
Funding
bottom 42%
Global
bottom 25%
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Funding: Raised $1.2M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Seed (Apr 2026)
Global: Single-market focus (Germany)
Audience (LinkedIn): 977 LinkedIn followers
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Embedded Systems Engineer - Hardware, Embedded Systems Engineer - Firmware
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2026Seed$1.2M
Founders & team
Adrian RhaeseFounder & Managing Director
Investors
Frankfurt School Entrepreneurship Centre
#3
Series A · Langen, State of Hessen · founded 1994
$1Mraised
▾

Advancis Software provides a platform for security information management. Products offered by the company are WinGuard Express, WinGuard Basic, WinGuard Professional, and WinGuard Enterprise. The platform can be integrated with other security system and provides the facility to control and manage the security of the building, communications and IT infrastructure. It can be integrated with video surveillance systems, access control systems, and perimeter protection systems. Platform offered by the company can be used to provides security service in the field of healthcare, finance, education, transportation, and retail. Technology partners include Sony, Siemens, Bosch, and Schneider.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 7k LinkedIn followers — 2.6% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2024Unattributed—
  • Nov 2009Series A$1M
  • Seed—
Founders & team
Jan MeiswinkelCEO / Co-Founder
Investors
Keensight Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Plug and Play Tech Center
Tech stack
Borlabs CookieCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsDiviEwww Image OptimizerHsts
#4
Public · Zwingenberg, State of Hessen · founded 1993 · 308 employees
$5.4Mraised
▾

Developr of bio-based products and natural compounds for biotechnological solutions. It provides users with a platform that offers a wide range of biobased products and solutions for various industries, including feed, food, health, and chemicals, as well as environmental applications. The company also provides high throughput isolation of biological products, compound discovery, product development, gene and protein engineering, data analytics, bioinformatics, process development, and process optimization among others.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 10k LinkedIn followers — 3.6% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • May 2024Unattributed$5.4M
  • Jun 2021Grant (prize money)$645.9K
Founders & team
Jurgen EckCEO
Investors
BMH, Europa
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCore-JsGodaddyHstsKlaroLazysizes
#5
Acquired · Fulda, State of Hessen · founded 1987 · 119 employees
$33Mraised
▾

Provider of integrated telematics solutions for off highway fleet management. It provides embedded systems and cloud-based web services for fleet management including vehicle position detection, monitoring (using GPS), remote diagnostics maintenance, access to vehicle operating diagnostics data, etc. The technology can transmit analyze CAN-based telemetry data of mobile industrial machinery and helps in improving their efficiencies. It also provides a cloud-based data platform for developers and service providers to build various solutions.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 40how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 40%
Product
top 42%
Tech
top 45%
Moat
top 45%
Market
top 50%
Growth
bottom 49%
Funding: Raised $33.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 4 yrs (0.2/yr) · Last round Series C (Oct 2022)
Product: 1 published app (936 installs) · Company stage: Acquired
Tech: 32 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Ses, Amazon Web Services · Devops: Nginx
Audience (LinkedIn): 5k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2022Series C$33M
Founders & team
Robert MichaelidesCEO
Investors
Battery Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerAtlassian StatuspageBootstrapCore-Js
#6
Series B · Frankfurt, State of Hessen · founded 2008 · 14 employees
$8.6Mraised
▾

CardioSecur offers a mobile EKG device for monitoring heart health. Device consists of 4 disposable electrodes connected a mobile app which can record clinic-quality 15-lead ECG. App can monitor the data for any abnormalities and recommend further doctor consultation if required.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2017Series B$5.3M
  • Jan 2016Series A—
  • Apr 2013Series A$3.3M
  • Nov 2010Seed—
Investors
KPN Ventures, Seventure Partners, NRW.Bank, Kfw, HTGF, Sino-German High-Tech Fund
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerApple Icloud MailBootstrapCart FunctionalityDebianFlask
#7
Acquired · Hofheim, State of Hessen · founded 2013 · 17 employees
$4.4Mraised
▾

Developer of indoor navigation and positioning technology solutions. It provides users with a platform that claims to offer a solution that supports UWB, WiFi, Bluetooth Beacons or iBeacons, QRs, NFC and RFID-based systems. It also offers an API to retrieve the location data and clients can also integrate the IntraNav Fast Localization Protocol (FLIP) into their existing embedded devices or 3rd Party systems.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2019Series A$4.4M
Investors
LEA Partners, Vito Ventures, Tengelmann Ventures, SAP.iO, Possible Ventures, TEV Ventures
#8
Public · Griesheim, State of Hessen · founded 2003 · 41 employees
$963.9Kraised
▾

Engineered Nanoproducts Germany is a spin-off company by the Institute for New Materials, Saarbrücken. Provides coating technology solutions for metal coatings, synthetic material coating technologies, and hygiene technology for self-cleaning surfaces. Also offers customized nanotechnology solutions for materials to enhance the productivity of oil and gas extraction process. These find applications in medical, as well as engineering sectors.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2011Post IPO$963.9K
#9
Seed · Frankfurt, State of Hessen · founded 2022 · 3 employees
$51.9Kraised
▾

Provider of application development services for gaming industry

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 product launches · 1 partnerships (incl. GoDEAP.ai) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2023Seed$51.9K
Founders & team
Jan HankenCo-FounderMarcos MedeirosCo-Founder & CPOAyoub ChaliahCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
Tenity
#10
Funding Raised · Freigericht, State of Hessen · founded 1997
$364.1Kraised
▾

CID provides semantic intelligence solutions and provides insights from big data. Its topic analyst tool helps to collect a vast amount of raw data from websites, databases, documents and unstructured sources. Data mining algorithm process the data to bring structure and coherence. Its proprietary semantic analysis tool helps to find out various parameters such as people, location, companies and more in the data and organizes it. The analysis tool provides further insights from the data.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2014Grant (prize money)$364.1K
Founders & team
Alexander LorchCo-FounderRouven LorchCo-Founder
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementFlying PagesGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag Manager
#11
Funding Raised · Kassel, State of Hessen · founded 2017 · 23 employees
$110.4Kraised
▾

Provider of AI-enabled warehouse automation solutions. Product offerings include a drone-based automated inventory management solution compatible with autonomous vehicles, a multi-sensor hardware solution that features vision sensors and scanning technology for automated data capture and physical parameters monitoring, an AI-enabled inventory counting solution, and an integrated drone-based solution for autonomous intra-warehouse transportation. The solutions can be integrated with other third-party systems including ERP systems and WMS.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Senior Software Developer Robotik, Fullstack Developer
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2019Grant (prize money)$55K
  • Aug 2019Grant (prize money)$55.4K
Investors
EIC Fund, Europa, Fraunhofer Venture, Fraunhofer
#12
Seed · Bad Nauheim, State of Hessen · founded 2017 · 25 employees
$145Kraised
▾

Provider of a social media recruitment bot for enterprises. It claims to use artificial intelligence to predict fitness and the candidates' willingness thereby ensuring a high quality of applicants. The offering sectors include administration, IT software, construction industry, logistics, nursing, marketing, and more.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2018Seed$145K
Founders & team
Corinna HaasCEO & Co-FounderKim KorberCo-Founder & MD
Investors
Next Commerce Accelerator, The Pitch Club, Frankfurt School Entrepreneurship Centre
Tech stack
CalendlyCdnjsCloudflareCore-JsFacebook PixelGodaddy

Funding & investor landscape

$165.2Mtotal disclosed funding
12companies funded
17disclosed rounds
1rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Europa5 rounds
Frankfurt School Entrepreneurship Centre2 rounds
Fraunhofer Venture2 rounds
Futury Capital2 rounds
German Accelerator2 rounds
Tenity2 rounds
The Pitch Club2 rounds
Acceed1 rounds
Agro Innovation Lab1 rounds
BMH1 rounds

Notable founders

Jonathan Hesselbarth
Co-Founder & CTO · Wingcopter
Tom Plummer
Co-Founder & CEO · Wingcopter
Adrian Rhaese
Founder & Managing Director · ENVIOTECH
Jan Meiswinkel
CEO / Co-Founder · Advancis
Jurgen Eck
CEO · BRAIN
Robert Michaelides
CEO · Proemion
Jan Hanken
Co-Founder · ChainsAtlas
Marcos Medeiros
Co-Founder & CPO · ChainsAtlas
Alexander Lorch
Co-Founder · CID
Rouven Lorch
Co-Founder · CID
Corinna Haas
CEO & Co-Founder · INGA
Kim Korber
Co-Founder & MD · INGA
Prism market signals · Germany · country-scoped Prism corpus, 2,147,793 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of High Tech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Germany

How research on Semiconductors is moving in Germany

A read on the academic research around Semiconductors — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 2,404 Germany-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 50% → 58% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
  • Infineon Technologies160
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology124
  • RWTH Aachen University113
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration104
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics94
leading researchers
Arnulf Leuther · A. Tessmann · H. Maßler · Mehdi B. Tahoori · Bernhard Wunderle · Hussam Amrouch · Dietmar Kissinger · Ingmar Kallfass
▲ Breakthroughs888 · 37%
▲ 34%→40% share
▲1.2× share momentum2 median citations46% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (34%→40% of field), led by Photonics.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Photonics15→47
  • Electronic circuit38→59
  • Power (physics)4→24
  • Scalability4→23
  • Photonic integrated circuit20→37
Newly emergingNeuromorphic engineering 0→13 · Resistive random-access memory 0→8 · Pickup 0→7
Landmark Modulation, Losses, and Semiconductor Requirements of Modular Multilevel Converters · 926 cites
◆ Advancements1,020 · 42%
▼ 43%→42% share
▲1.0× share momentum2 median citations41% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are cooling (43%→42% of field), led by Detector.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Detector3→20
  • Photonics15→31
  • CMOS28→44
  • Voltage15→30
  • Fabrication8→20
Newly emergingArtificial neural network 0→7 · Neuromorphic engineering 0→6 · Resistive random-access memory 0→5
Landmark An introduction to InP-based generic integration technology · 569 cites
▼ Concerns213 · 9%
▼ 10%→8% share
▼0.8× share momentum1 median citations38% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (10%→8% of field), led by Electronics.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Electronics8→15
  • Power electronics1→6
  • Reliability (semiconductor)13→16
  • Transistor6→9
  • Current (fluid)2→5
Newly emergingSoftware 0→7 · Field (mathematics) 0→6 · Scalability 0→5
Landmark β-Gallium oxide power electronics · 473 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Germany

Where semiconductors is researched across Germany

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Karlsruhe124 · +0.64
Hot · Monolithic microwave integrated circuitAdvancing · Through-silicon viaOpportunity · Very-large-scale integrationConcern · Reliability (semiconductor)
Aachen121 · +0.57
Hot · GrapheneAdvancing · MemristorOpportunity · Neuromorphic engineeringConcern · Electronics
Berlin118 · +0.51
Hot · MicroelectronicsAdvancing · Wafer-level packagingOpportunity · Hardware TrojanConcern · Optoelectronics
Jülich/Bonn117 · +0.58
Hot · CMOSAdvancing · PixelOpportunity · Memristor
Munich113 · +0.62
Hot · SizingAdvancing · Analogue electronicsOpportunity · Electronic design automation
Dresden109 · +0.49
Hot · SolderingAdvancing · NanowireOpportunity · PickupConcern · Interconnection
Stuttgart105 · +0.70
Hot · Scan chainAdvancing · DebuggingOpportunity · Detector
Heidelberg21 · +0.71
Hot · Tracking (education)Advancing · UpgradeOpportunity · Photonics
PATENT SIGNAL · Germany

Who's filing semiconductors patents in Germany

Germany semiconductors patent filing is cooling — 11,058 filings from 3,473 assignees (2016–2025), led by Infineon Technologies, Osram OPTO Semiconductors, Osram OLED; annual filings 1473→601.

11,058 filings3,473 assigneespeak 1473/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • Infineon Technologies5090
  • Osram OPTO Semiconductors1686
  • Osram OLED593
  • Robert Bosch551
  • Fraunhofer GES Forschung290
  • Merck Patent268
  • BASF SE254
  • Siltronic217

Common questions

How many High Tech companies are there in State of Hessen, Germany?
Radar tracks 83 indexable High Tech companies headquartered in State of Hessen, Germany that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by High Tech companies in State of Hessen, Germany?
The High Tech companies in State of Hessen, Germany on this list have raised a combined $165.2M in disclosed equity funding across 12 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded High Tech company in State of Hessen, Germany?
Wingcopter is the highest-funded High Tech company in State of Hessen, Germany, with $110M in disclosed equity funding.
How many High Tech companies in State of Hessen, Germany are funded?
12 of the 83 High Tech companies in State of Hessen, Germany on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many High Tech unicorns are there in State of Hessen, Germany?
None of the High Tech companies in State of Hessen, Germany on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in State of Hessen, Germany High Tech companies?
The most active investors in State of Hessen, Germany High Tech companies on this list include Europa, Frankfurt School Entrepreneurship Centre, Fraunhofer Venture, Futury Capital, German Accelerator.
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