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Best High Tech Companies in Tampere, Finland

The 40 best High Tech companies in Tampere, Finland in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Wirepas.

40companies tracked
$115.9Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
16have raised
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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.

1,127companies analysed
89%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
124unicorns
2018median founding year
93kcombined LinkedIn audience
60%of audience held by top 3
4companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best High Tech companies in Tampere

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundEmployeesFounderTech stackWeb popularityPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1AM-X
AI based platform for building 4D digital twins
———Henri Memonen
Founder & CEO
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2Aviamaps
Offers real-time aviation map platform
———Juha Lindstedt
Founder & CEO
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3Carbofex
Provider of solutions to convert waste into biochar
——10Sampo Tukiainen
Co-Founder & CEO
WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+20Top 50M22 patents
Thermal conversion of biomass to biochar and non‑energetic biocoal
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4citynomadi
Citynomadi Ltd. is an innovative mobile technology company that was founded in 2009.
——4—Node.jsElement UIVue.js+4Top 5M4 patents
Dynamic digital mapping and real-time navigation route optimization for indoor/outdoor wayfinding
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5CoreIoT
Provider of antennas
———Vamsi Krishna Palukuru
Founder & CEO
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6creanex
Creanex design and develop software simulations for mobile work machinery and offers next-generation work…
——28———2 patents
Tree cutting and harvesting equipment for forest management.
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7Delta Cygni Labs
Provider of augmented reality based remote collaboration solution
——10Sauli Kiviranta
Co-Founder & CTO
——9 patents
Robust real-time data transmission over lossy channels and spatiotemporal alignment for visual communication systems
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8Evergreen Farm
Producer of climate-controlled vertical farming system
———Ali Amirlatifi
CEO
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Top 12 High Tech companies in Tampere

#1
Series A · Tampere, Pirkanmaa · founded 2021 · 18 employees
$9.9Mraised
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Provider of a cloud-based quantum simulation platform. It offers a cloud-based API that enables users to create custom simulations solutions for diversified quantum computing applications. It has applications in the design and development of electromagnetic, mechanic, and aerodynamic applications.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 9k LinkedIn followers — 9.3% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2024Series A$5.7M
  • Apr 2023Grant (prize money)—
  • Apr 2023Conventional Debt—
  • Apr 2023Seed$4.3M
Investors
Maki, Crowberry Capital, First Fellow Partners, Speen Holdings, Businessfinland, 55North
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAosCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#2
Series A · Tampere, Pirkanmaa · founded 2016 · 61 employees
$7Mraised
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TREON is a Finnish startup that develops Internet of Things enabled wireless devices and hardware for applications in smart buildings, asset management, and in industrial settings. It offers a gateway device which is an edge computing hardware that can connect a mesh of sensor devices to any cloud platform. It also offers wireless nodes which are essentially battery-operated sensor devices that operate in a mesh network and can measure parameters like indoor environmental and air quality, the condition of rotating equipment, such as pumps, by measuring equipment vibration and surface temperature.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 23k LinkedIn followers — 24.1% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2026Series A$7.9M
  • Sep 2023Series A$5.9M
  • May 2019Seed$1.1M
Founders & team
Pasi HyttinenCo-FounderJanne JulkunenCo-Founder & Head Of Business LineIsmo ManninenCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
Ventech, ACME, Businessfinland
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookiebotCore-JsElementorGoogle Analytics
#3
Series D · Tampere, Pirkanmaa · founded 2010 · 73 employees
$74.9Mraised
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Provider of wireless connectivity software for industrial and commercial IoT deployments. This software offers infinitely scalable and ultra-reliable mesh networking solutions. The system is self-organizing, creating its own infrastructure to minimize total cost of ownership. It supports various node types, including low-latency, low-energy, mains-powered, and battery-powered devices. The technology is proven in millions of devices globally.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 14k LinkedIn followers — 15.0% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 3 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +3 · hiring: Application Engineer, Senior AMI embedded software developer
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Wirepas) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2023Series D$22M
  • Sep 2021Series B$11.8M
  • Nov 2020Grant (prize money)$326.9K
  • Nov 2019Series B$16.5M
Founders & team
Mikko KohvakkaCo-FounderTeppo HemiäChief Executive Officer
Investors
Karma Ventures, Tesi, ETF Partners, KPN Ventures, Vito Ventures, Inventure
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesGatsbyHstsHubspotMicrosoft 365Netlify
#4
Series A · Tampere, Pirkanmaa · founded 2015 · 427 employees
$14.2Mraised
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Provider of software engineering and automated marshalling solutions for various industries. Specialized in physical AI, the company real-time intelligence and autonomous capabilities into vehicles, devices, networks, defence systems, and industrial solutions. It offers services in areas such as embedded software, AI, and cybersecurity. The company provides solutions for automated vehicle movements within plants, depots, and logistics environments.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 19k LinkedIn followers — 20.8% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches · 1 partnerships (incl. Unikie) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2020Series A$14.2M
Founders & team
Jani VaisanenCo-Founder & CIO & CTOSeppo KolariCo-Founder & Managing DirectorEsko MertsalmiCo-Founder & Defense Fellow
Investors
CapMan, Tesi
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailBackdropBootstrapCart FunctionalityCdnjsChoices
#5
Series B · Tampere, Pirkanmaa · founded 2015 · 19 employees
$4.6Mraised
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Provider of IoT-based flexible pressure sensor components for multiple industries. It develops IoT-based flexible pressure sensors that can be employed in wearable and industrial applications. Their sensors can be integrated to monitor parameters like force distribution, load balance, motion, among others. It has applications in shoes for athletic performance tracking, logistics and automotive to optimize load balancing and prevent fluttering of machine components, among others.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 2.7% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public)
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2021Series B—
  • Jan 2019Series A$4.6M
Founders & team
Tytti JulkunenCBO & Chairman of the Board of DirectorsPetri JärvinenCo-founder and CTO
Investors
Heraeus, Volvo Cars, Gentherm, Startup Autobahn
Tech stack
AddtoanyAddtoany Share ButtonsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementDiviFacebook Login
#6
Acquired · Tampere, Pirkanmaa · founded 2005 · 272 employees
$4Mraised
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Provider of testing systems for augmented, virtual, and mixed reality devices. The company offers automated solutions for image quality measurement and performance testing of waveguides and smart glasses. These systems address manufacturing and research and development needs. The offerings include instruments for waveguide characterization, cosmetic grading, and human-machine interface testing.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 10k LinkedIn followers — 10.8% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • May 2016Series A$4M
Investors
Vision+, Tesi
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookiebotGoogle Analytics
#7
Deadpooled · Tampere, Pirkanmaa · founded 2011 · 12 employees
$587.1Kraised
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Trelab offers a "Smart Data Mill" software which tracks utilization rates, performance and working conditions in real-time. Data is collected through small "Smart Tags" sensors which are installed on-site. Provides a mobile application for monitoring surrounding plant conditions. Reports regarding downtime hours, usage patterns, capacity, and environment etc. can be viewed online. Helps in predictive business planning and equipment maintenance.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2016Seed$587.1K
Founders & team
Mika ParikkaCEOTero KarkkainenCo-Founder & CTOKimmo SaarelaFounder & ex-CEO
Investors
Jukka Hakosalo
#8
Funding Raised · Tampere, Pirkanmaa · founded 2014 · 31 employees
$302.3Kraised
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Arctic Biomaterials Oy develops biodegradable glass fiber reinforced (PLA) composite solutions for the medical and technical industries (LFT). The biodegradable material manufactured by the company is used in making the medical models, and materials that have heat deflection temperature of up to 160-degree centigrades. The fiber material manufactured by the company claims to comply with ISO 9001 requirements.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers — 4.1% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public)
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2019Grant (prize money)$302.3K
Investors
Europa
Tech stack
Anime.JsCookieyesEmbed OptimizerEnhanced Responsive ImagesFlickityFont Awesome
#9
Seed · Tampere, Pirkanmaa · founded 2012 · 2 employees
$126.9Kraised
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Fourdeg has developed a solution to control water based building heating system. Company's solution include hardware device to connect radiators to cloud, a cloud system that uses neural networking for optimizing heating performance. All the devices are brought to a single platform from where they can be controlled. Solution can also balance the district heating network loading thus reducing cost. Company won the pitching competition at the Arctic15 conference and is backed by Finnish funding agency Tekes and Butterfly VC.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 340 LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2016Grant (prize money)$126.9K
  • Oct 2016Seed—
  • Jan 2016Grant (prize money)—
Investors
INCENSe Accelerator, Europa, Butterfly Ventures, Vincit, Takeoff Partners, Businessfinland
#10
Funding Raised · Tampere, Pirkanmaa · founded 2012
$108.4Kraised
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Sampo Software designs and develops 3D modeling and gesture recognition solutions. It has developed Gesture Studio, a gesture recognition plug-in for Kinect application developers. Based on SampoSoftware’s Signsense technology, Gesture Studio is suitable for game and infotainment app developers. The company claims its SignSense technology-based solutions can identify and measure complex objects with up to 0.01mm precision using simple optical systems.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2016Grant (prize money)$52.7K
  • Jul 2016Grant (prize money)$55.7K
Founders & team
Chandrashekar ChallagondaCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
EIC Fund, Europa, New Factory
#11
Seed · Tampere, Pirkanmaa · founded 2012 · 1 employees
$64Kraised
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Provider of a wearable performance monitoring platform for athletes. It develops and sells personal running technique monitoring and evaluation solution that gives truly personal instructions on how to improve as a runner. It provides a coaching app with small size wearable sensor to measure and analyze running.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2018Seed—
  • May 2012Venture Debt$64K
Investors
Nokia, Businessfinland, Comb+ Technology
#12
Funding Raised · Tampere, Pirkanmaa · founded 2006
$36.6Kraised
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Provider of surface plasmon resonance solutions for biomolecular interaction and nanolayer analysis. It provides real-time label-free surface-sensitive technology that is used for the measurement of surface biomolecular interactions and nanolayer property analysis. Its product MP-SPR Navi is claimed to be the only multi-parametric SPR instrument in the market. It can measure molecular interactions in gas and liquid, film thickness, and optical properties as well as be used with electrochemistry. Finds applications in life sciences, biosensors, and material sciences.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 2.1% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2019Grant (prize money)$36.6K
Founders & team
Johana Kuncova-KallioCEO
Investors
Europa
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpGoogle MapsLitespeedJquery Migrate

Funding & investor landscape

$115.9Mtotal disclosed funding
12companies funded
23disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
New Factory6 rounds
Europa5 rounds
Businessfinland4 rounds
Tesi3 rounds
55North1 rounds
ACME1 rounds
Amalfi1 rounds
B&C Group1 rounds
Butterfly Ventures1 rounds
CapMan1 rounds

Notable founders

Pasi Hyttinen
Co-Founder · Treon
Janne Julkunen
Co-Founder & Head Of Business Line · Treon
Mikko Kohvakka
Co-Founder · Wirepas
Teppo Hemiä
Chief Executive Officer · Wirepas
Jani Vaisanen
Co-Founder & CIO & CTO · Unikie
Seppo Kolari
Co-Founder & Managing Director · Unikie
Tytti Julkunen
CBO & Chairman of the Board of Directors · Forciot
Petri Järvinen
Co-founder and CTO · Forciot
Mika Parikka
CEO · Trelab
Tero Karkkainen
Co-Founder & CTO · Trelab
Chandrashekar Challagonda
Co-Founder & CEO · Sampo Software
Johana Kuncova-Kallio
CEO · Bionavis
Prism market signals · Finland · country-scoped Prism corpus, 275,196 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 FROM Tampere · institutions

What Tampere researches in semiconductors

29 papersstance +0.6146% breakthrough4% concern
breakthrough · advancement · concern
local research themes
Photonic and Optical DevicesSemiconductor Lasers and Optical DevicesAdvanced Fiber Laser TechnologiesSilicon Carbide Semiconductor TechnologiesSemiconductor Quantum Structures and DevicesNanomaterials and Printing Technologies
top institutions
  • Tampere University29
  • Tampere University of Applied Sciences6

Common questions

How many High Tech companies are there in Tampere, Finland?
Radar tracks 40 indexable High Tech companies headquartered in Tampere, Finland that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by High Tech companies in Tampere, Finland?
The High Tech companies in Tampere, Finland on this list have raised a combined $115.9M in disclosed equity funding across 12 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded High Tech company in Tampere, Finland?
Wirepas is the highest-funded High Tech company in Tampere, Finland, with $74.9M in disclosed equity funding.
How many High Tech companies in Tampere, Finland are funded?
12 of the 40 High Tech companies in Tampere, Finland on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many High Tech unicorns are there in Tampere, Finland?
None of the High Tech companies in Tampere, Finland on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Tampere, Finland High Tech companies?
The most active investors in Tampere, Finland High Tech companies on this list include New Factory, Europa, Businessfinland, Tesi, 55North.
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