Best Sensors Companies in Baden Wurttemberg, Germany
The 46 best Sensors companies in Baden Wurttemberg, Germany in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: SCANTINEL PHOTONICS.
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$7.1b in tracked funding; 75% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Sensors companies in Baden Wurttemberg
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SCANTINEL PHOTONICS Developer of frequency modulated continuous wave LiDAR sensor technology solutions 45Patents top 28%Innovation top 32%Moat top 32%Growth top 45% All 10 signals ▾Patentstop 28% Innovationtop 32% Moattop 32% Growthtop 45% Fundingtop 47% Techtop 47% Talentbottom 49% Newsbottom 41% Globalbottom 40% Marketbottom 33% Patents: 79 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 71 filings since 2022 vs 8 in 2017-21 Innovation: 79 patents (top 42% of patent-holders) · 71 filings since 2022 vs 8 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $20M | 45 mo ago | Series A | Andy Zott Founder & MD | 2019 | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | 79 patents FMCW LiDAR range/velocity sensing and on-chip polarization splitting for automotive optics | — |
| 2 | Jobst Technologies Developer of biosensors | $1M | 79 mo ago | Acquired | Gerhard JOBST Founder & CEO | 2002 | — | 3 patents Microfluidic fluid-control components and ergonomic beverage crate seating solutions | — |
| 3 | Bosch Sensortec MEMS based sensors and solutions | $618K | 107 mo ago | Funding Raised | Stefan Finkbeiner CEO | 2005 | Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365Headless UI+12 | — | 1 partnership |
| 4 | OndoSense Developer of industrial sensors for multiple applications | $444K | 80 mo ago | Seed | Mathias Klenner Co-Founder & CEO | 2018 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+19 | 8 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 5 | Wenglor Manufacturer of sensors, machine vision systems, and industrial communication technologies | $356K | 72 mo ago | Funding Raised | Dieter Baur Founder | 1983 | SAP Commerce CloudJavaGSAP+11 | — | — |
| 6 | Tsenso Solution to monitor temperature of temperature sensitive goods | $130K | 89 mo ago | Seed | Matthias Brunner Co-Founder & CEO | 2015 | — | 2 patents Food property analysis using sensor-based measurement techniques for quality assessment | — |
| 7 | PAMAS Provides optical sensors | $32K | 80 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 1992 | TYPO3 CMSPHPRed Hat+9 | — | 1 launch |
| 8 | Sick Manufacturer of sensors for use in industrial monitoring and automation applications | — | 67 mo ago | Funding Raised | Petri Kosonen Managing Director | 1946 | BootstrapHandlebarsReact+17 | 6,346 patents Industrial vision and sensor technologies for automated measurement, identification, and safety systems | — |
Top 10 Sensors companies in Baden Wurttemberg
#1
Series A · Oberkochen, Baden Wurttemberg · founded 2019 · 38 employees$19.5Mraised▾
Developer of frequency modulated continuous wave LiDAR sensor technology solutions. The company's technology offers integration on a silicon wafer platform. The LiDAR systems are designed for object detection, avoidance, and simultaneous localization and mapping. The technology is intended to improve object detection capabilities.
- Oct 2022Series A$10.3M
- May 2021Series A$9.2M
#2
Acquired · Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden Wurttemberg · founded 2002 · 12 employees$1.1Mraised▾
Provider of sensor based equipment. The company primarily provides chemical sensors for methanol, ethanol, and oxygen, biosensors for glucose and lactate, microfluidic systems such as static micromixers as well as other monitoring equipment such as sensor arrays, microfluidics, electronics, and software, and robotic dispensing systems.
- Jan 2020Grant (prize money)$451.8K
- Jan 2017Grant (prize money)$336.2K
- Jan 2016Grant (prize money)$344.1K
#3
Seed · Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden Wurttemberg · founded 2018 · 21 employees$443.8Kraised▾
Developer of industrial sensors for multiple applications. It realizes breakthrough sensor technology for a digitized industrial world. With sensor solutions based on high-precision, robust radar technology, and smart sensor software. It offers micrometer-precise radar sensors for distance measurement and collision avoidance and can be used reliably in a range of applications and industries. The sensors can be operated via the sensor software both in stand-alone mode and as an intelligent sensor network.
- Nov 2019Grant (prize money)$55K
- Aug 2019Seed$443.8K
- Aug 2019Grant (prize money)$55.4K
#4
Funding Raised · Tettnang, Baden Wurttemberg · founded 1983 · 32 employees$356.1Kraised▾
Manufacturer of sensors, machine vision systems, and industrial communication technologies. The company provides photoelectronic, ultrasonic, inductive, and fluid sensors, along with safety technology and industrial RFID solutions. It develops machine vision software, controllers, cameras, profile sensors, and smart vision sensors. Illumination technology and barcode scanners are also part of its product line.
- Aug 2020Grant (prize money)$356.1K
#5
Seed · Stuttgart, Baden Wurttemberg · founded 2015 · 3 employees$130Kraised▾
Tsenso has developed solution to measure in real-time and relay the temperature of goods whether food or other temperature sensitive products. The solution consists of connected sensors, a cloud where all the readings are logged and a user-facing application to keep user updated about temperature. The solution is used for measuring temperature of food storage units and for containers in last mile delivery.
- Feb 2019Grant (prize money)$56.9K
- Nov 2018Grant (prize money)$57K
- 2016Seed$130K
#6
Funding Raised · Reutlingen, Baden Wurttemberg · founded 2005$617.9Kraised▾
Bosch Sensortec GmbH is a fully owned subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH dedicated to consumer electronics applications. It has a portfolio of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) based sensors and solutions for applications in smart phones, tablets, wearable devices, and various products within the IoT (Internet of Things). It has an integrated environmental sensor developed specifically for mobile applications and wearables which senses VOC gases, pressure, humidity and temperature. It consists of an 8-pin metal-lid 3.0 x 3.0 x 0.95 mm³ LGA package.
- Aug 2017Grant (prize money)$617.9K
#7
Funding Raised · Rutesheim, Baden Wurttemberg · founded 1992$31.9Kraised▾
Provides optical sensors
- Dec 2019Grant (prize money)$31.9K
#8
Funding Raised · Waldkirch, Baden Wurttemberg · founded 1946 · 133 employees—raised▾
Manufacturer of sensors for use in industrial monitoring and automation applications. Its sensor portfolio includes bar code scanners, gas analyzers, proximity sensors, photoelectric laser scanners, gas flow sensors, traffic sensors, and dust measuring devices. It uses a wide range of technologies in developing sensors such as photoelectric, magnetic, optical gas analysis, ultrasonic, and time of flight. The sensors are used in factories, logistics automation, and industrial process monitoring and automation.
#9
Funding Raised · Ingelfingen, Baden Wurttemberg · founded 1964 · 79 employees—raised▾
Manufacturer of flow-measurement sensors. It offers valves, measurement and control systems for liquids, vapours and gases. It has application in multiple industries, including pharmaceutical, water treatment, semiconductor, power generation, food and medicine.
#10
Acquired · Gernsbach, Baden Wurttemberg · founded 1996—raised▾
burster develops multi-parameter sensors for monitoring displacement, torque, load, pressure, and angle of rotation. It offers tension and compression load cells, miniature compression load cells, miniature tension load cells, bending load cells, pressure sensors, torque sensors and sensors for measuring angle of rotation. In addition, it offers calibration instruments such as RTD simulators, portable calibrators, calibration devices for mechanical valves and other instruments.
- 2015Grant (prize money)—
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How research on MEMS & Sensors is moving in Germany
A read on the academic research around MEMS & Sensors — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 1,005 Germany-affiliated papers.
- Chemnitz University of Technology51
- RWTH Aachen University42
- Technische Universität Berlin36
- University of Bremen36
- University of Freiburg35
- Mechanical engineering6→11
- Piezoelectricity1→6
- Capacitive sensing6→10
- Capacitance1→5
- Ultrasonic sensor2→6
- Biomedical engineering4→12
- Pressure measurement7→15
- Mechanical engineering4→9
- Ultrasonic sensor2→7
- Fiber optic sensor3→7
- Pressure sensor7→9
Where mems sensors 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.
Who's filing mems sensors patents in Germany
Germany mems sensors patent filing is accelerating — 3,104 filings from 1,256 assignees (2016–2025), led by Robert Bosch, Infineon Technologies, Fraunhofer GES Forschung; annual filings 320→359.
- Robert Bosch1935
- Infineon Technologies881
- Fraunhofer GES Forschung271
- Endress & Hauser & KG247
- Epcos244
- Endress Hauser SE KG113
- Siemens100
- Continental Automotive97
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