Best Sensors Companies in France
The 109 best Sensors companies in France in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Exxelia.
France's Sensors sector has real money behind it. This ranking covers 109 companies tracked in the country, sorted by disclosed equity funding and recent momentum, and the $468M total tells you the ecosystem is past the scrappy-startup phase. Exxelia leads the pack at $170M raised, followed by Prophesee at $127M and ISORG at $57M. No unicorns yet, but the concentration of capital at the top is notable. According to MarketsandMarkets, the global sensors market runs from roughly $72.7B in 2021 to a forecast $101.1B by 2026, a 6.8% CAGR, and France's funded cohort is positioning squarely inside that growth window. Bpifrance and the EIC Fund are the institutional names you'll see most often across cap tables here.
So what's the live story this quarter? Coverage is accelerating fast, and the hot themes are meteorological sensors, weather AI models, and satellite interpretation, areas where real-time data tracking intersects with the security and surveillance demand that's reshaping procurement globally. I'd point you to how dense sensor networks now track aerial threats as a signal of where institutional appetite is heading. And France, with its deep defense and industrial base, is not a bystander in that shift.
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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 France
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exxelia Manufacturer of position sensors | $170M | 67 mo ago | 190 | Paul Maisonnier CEO | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceTailwind CSS+16 | Top 5M | 12 patents High‑frequency ferrite materials and precision impedance‑controlled transformer designs for RF power electronics. | 4 job openings · 1 expansion |
| 2 | Prophesee Platform for perception sensors and camera technologies | $127M | 44 mo ago | 110 | Christoph Posch Co-founder and CTO | WordPressMySQLPHP+28 | Top 5M | 208 patents Neuromorphic event‑based vision sensors and ultra‑low‑latency image processing | 2 launchs |
| 3 | ISORG Provider of printed and flexible 3D image sensors | $57M | 59 mo ago | 61 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+9 | Top 10M | 565 patents Advanced imaging sensors and optoelectronic components, including organic photodiodes and filters | — |
| 4 | Apix Analytics Highly miniaturized multigas analyzers systems | $14M | 52 mo ago | 29 | Philippe Andreucci Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressPleskMySQL+18 | Top 50M | 58 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 5 | Tronics Microsystems MEMS-based foundry and sensor developer | $14M | 136 mo ago | — | Peter Pfluger CEO | — | — | 75 patents MEMS vibration sensing and measurement modules for industrial condition monitoring | — |
| 6 | Upciti Provider of real-time data for smart cities and retailers | $13M | 8 mo ago | 23 | Jean Poljak CEO | — | — | — | 1 job opening |
| 7 | RUBIX Senses & Instrumentation Provider of IoT based environmental monitoring solutions | $10M | 76 mo ago | 56 | Jean-Christophe Mifsud Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | PKvitality Developer of connected watch for tracking blood glucose | $9M | 52 mo ago | 29 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+16 | Top 5M | 141 patents Microneedle-based wearable biosensors for continuous biochemical monitoring of bodily fluids | — |
| 9 | SP3H Develops an optical sensor for fluid quality measurement | $6M | 80 mo ago | 19 | Alain Lunati CEO | — | — | 116 patents Onboard fluid diagnostics and control systems for internal combustion engine performance | — |
| 10 | Neelogy Develops magnetic sensors for current measurement | $5M | 133 mo ago | 11 | — | — | — | 46 patents Isolated PCB‑integrated current/voltage sensors using the Néel effect for low‑crosstalk measurement | — |
| 11 | Affluences Provider of sensors to measure attendance | $5M | 66 mo ago | 49 | Paul Bouzol Co-Founder & CEO | WixSentryZoho+25 | Top 500k | — | — |
| 12 | Plume Labs Developer of air quality monitor and offers a pollution and weather forecast solution | $4M | 79 mo ago | 20 | — | styled-componentsReactGatsby+21 | Top 500k | 8 patents Foldable electric scooter steering mechanisms and integrated battery charging systems for micro‑mobility | — |
| 13 | New Imaging Technologie Manufacturer of CMOS imaging sensors and cameras | $4M | 189 mo ago | 21 | — | Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+34 | Top 50M | — | 1 job opening |
| 14 | Nanomade Touch sensor manufacturer | $3M | 25 mo ago | 7 | Faouzy Soilihi CEO | — | — | 2 patents Interdigitated micro-electrode sensors for chemical/biological detection | 1 launch |
| 15 | ForceA Integrated platform for phenotyping, capturing crop data and analytics | $3M | 180 mo ago | 8 | Jean-Luc Ayral Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Silina Manufacturer of curved imaging sensors | $3M | 57 mo ago | 17 | Michael Bailly CEO & Co-Founder | BootstrapSlickjQuery+8 | Top 1M | 8 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 17 | Morphosense manufacturer of MEM based sensors and electronic components | $2M | 87 mo ago | 24 | Guy Lauvergeon Co-Founder - non executive | — | — | 4 patents Vision-based object displacement measurement and tracking systems | — |
| 18 | Senseor Process monitoring sensors based on SAW technology | $2M | 125 mo ago | 18 | — | — | — | 122 patents Wireless elastic-wave sensor devices for gas, temperature, and contact detection | — |
| 19 | SteerLight LiDAR-based optical sensor manufacturers | $2M | 27 mo ago | — | Francois Simoens Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Epsiline Laser based wind measurement solutions | $2M | 153 mo ago | 9 | — | — | — | 31 patents Laser‑based wind‑speed measurement and amplification for Doppler anemometry systems | 1 expansion |
| 21 | Nanoz Manufacturer of selective gas sensors | $2M | 96 mo ago | 10 | Thibaud Sellam CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Asystom Predictive maintenance for industrial equipment 32Talent top 28%Innovation top 39%Product top 43%Tech bottom 47% All 7 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Innovationtop 39% Producttop 43% Techbottom 47% Fundingbottom 43% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 22% Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 4 C-suite/founder profiles curated Innovation: 10 product lines rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 32/100 | $2M | 28 mo ago | 15 | Sebastien Lopez Co-Founder | ZohoNode.jsVideoJS+12 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 23 | FEELBAT Provider of smart sensors for remote structural health monitoring solutions | $2M | 25 mo ago | — | Jean-Christophe Habot Founder & CEO | BackdropOdooCart Functionality+15 | Top 10M | 10 patents Structural health monitoring sensors for crack detection and evolution measurement in walls | 2 job openings · 2 launchs |
| 24 | VizioSense Provider of AI and cloud-based optical sensors for people counting | $2M | 37 mo ago | 13 | — | WixSentryBootstrap+15 | Top 50M | — | 1 launch |
| 25 | Terabee Developer of lightweight sensors for deployment in robots | $1M | 54 mo ago | 35 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+27 | Top 10M | 40 patents Protective optics, synchronized 3D TOF imaging, and tamper‑proof IoT sensor systems | 1 partnership |
| 26 | FEBUS Optics Technology solutions for oil and gas industry | $1M | 90 mo ago | 35 | Malek Thabet Co-Founder | Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365PHP+9 | Top 10M | 33 patents Fiber-optic distributed sensing and backscatter signal reconstruction for structural health monitoring | 3 launchs |
| 27 | Intesens Provider of IoT sensors | $1M | 128 mo ago | 10 | Mathieu Sacrispeyre CEO | — | — | 10 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 28 | Nanolike Nano-particle based manufacturing of sensors | $835K | 33 mo ago | 17 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+30 | Top 50M | 30 patents Smart silo monitoring and transfer detection using sensor data and AI analytics | — |
| 29 | Sonaxis Manufacturer of custom-designed piezoelectric ultrasonic probes | $784K | 45 mo ago | 17 | Guillaume P CEO | — | — | 13 patents Ultrasonic inspection of metal welds for quality assessment | — |
| 30 | Pyxalis Customized CMOS image sensors and systems development | $730K | 78 mo ago | — | Sophie CARANHAC Co founder and COO | WordPressMySQLPHP+15 | Top 10M | 61 patents Analog image sensor arrays featuring global shutter, on‑chip binning, and dynamic‑range control | — |
| 31 | Icohup Developer of a radiation monitoring device for consumers | $150K | 68 mo ago | 23 | Gael Patton Co-Founder | — | — | 8 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 32 | AtmoTrack Developer of environmental sensor for measuring pollution | $143K | 78 mo ago | 13 | Valentin Gauffre Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 33 | Skipper NDT Contactless magnetic inspection solution provider for oil & gas pipelines | $117K | 91 mo ago | 18 | Maher Kassir Co-Founder | Framer SitesReactGSAP+7 | Top 50M | 15 patents Magnetic induction mapping for condition monitoring and geolocation of buried metallic structures | 2 launchs · 1 expansion |
Top 12 Sensors companies in France
#1
Series A · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2017 · 23 employees$12.9Mraised▾
Provider of real-time data for smart cities and retailers
- Oct 2025Series A$20M
- Nov 2023Series A$6.4M
- Nov 2023Conventional Debt$1.1M
- May 2021Series A$4.4M
#2
Series C · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2014 · 110 employees$127Mraised▾
Platform for perception sensors and camera technologies. It helps users understand systems designed to capture movement and visual information through structured technical details. The platform supports exploring components that improve real time perception across various applications. It offers insights into tools built for advanced sensing and imaging needs.
- Sep 2022Series C$49.5M
- Jul 2021Series C—
- Jan 2020Grant (prize money)$214.5K
- Oct 2019Series C$28M
#3
Acquired · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2009 · 190 employees$170.1Mraised▾
Exxelia manufactures position sensors. Its other products include capacitors, filters, magnetics, slip rings, joints, materials and tuning components. It also provides customized design and manufacturing solutions to its customers. It also manufactures capacitors, filters, and slip rings for enterprises. The sensors have application in aerospace industry, defence, medical, rail, space, and telecommunication industry.
- Nov 2020Grant (prize money)$710.8K
- Apr 2017Venture Debt$169.4M
#4
Seed · Toulouse, Occitanie · founded 2009 · 7 employees$3Mraised▾
Nanomade develops touch sensors. Its features include high sensitivity, multipoint force sensing, input control system and structure deformation monitoring. The application areas for such sensors include robotics, electronics, and medical industry. Its partners include DigitalPlace, Renatech, bpifrance, etc. The technology has received multiple awards including 2013 Innovation award, 2014 IPC show in Korea, and was selected for 2016 EmTech Venture Point.
- May 2024Seed$2.2M
- May 2024Conventional Debt$1.1M
#5
Series C · Grenoble, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2010 · 61 employees$56.9Mraised▾
Provider of printed and flexible 3D image sensors. It manufactures organic photodetectors and image sensors in organic and printed electronics. Its technology converts any plastic or glass surface into a smart surface able to capture information and respond to it according to application specifications. It serves multiple markets including the medical, biometric, and consumer electronics markets.
- Jun 2021Series C$19M
- Sep 2018Series B$28.2M
- Jan 2015Grant (prize money)$516.6K
- Aug 2014Series A$8.5M
#6
Seed · Montpellier, Occitanie · founded 2020$1.6Mraised▾
Provider of smart sensors for remote structural health monitoring solutions. They offer sensors for crack, tilt, deformation, soil moisture, piezometric, and convergence monitoring. Fixations, accessories, connectivity solutions, and services are also available. The sensors are designed for use in buildings, infrastructure, mines, cultural sites, geotechnics, and railways. The company provides a mobile application for continuous structural monitoring.
- May 2024Seed$1.1M
- May 2024Conventional Debt$543K
#7
Seed · Grenoble, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2022$2.2Mraised▾
LiDAR-based optical sensor manufacturers
- Mar 2024Conventional Debt$1.3M
- Mar 2024Seed$2.2M
#8
Series A · Grenoble, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2014 · 29 employees$13.6Mraised▾
APIX is the commercialization of 8 years of collaborative research between CEA (France) and California Institute of Technology (Caltech, USA). APIX is focused on the development of highly miniaturized multigas analyzers systems based on integration on silicon of traditional analytical chains: sampling, injection of gases, separation of complex gas mixtures to enhance specificity and then detection, identification and quantification of each mixture compound. APIX technology is a nano-metric resonating device (NEMS – Nano Electro Mechanical System). It has integrated injection and detection functions on silicon chips to pave the way for ultra-compact and high performance gas chromatography systems. With further silicon-based and innovative separation columns, APIX envisions a complete analytical chain integrated on a few cm² surface.
- Feb 2022Grant (prize money)$2.8M
- Nov 2017Series A$9.5M
- 2015PE—
- May 2015Series A$4.1M
#9
Seed · Castelnaudary, Occitanie · founded 2016 · 15 employees$1.7Mraised▾
Asystom offers a predictive maintenance solution for industrial equipment. The solution enables users to monitor all components of the system. The solution warns the users in real-time of the status of each monitored device and predicts possible failures, drifts, and anomalies.
- Jan 2024Seed—
- Jun 2020Seed$1.7M
#10
Series A · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2017 · 29 employees$9.2Mraised▾
Developer of connected watch for tracking blood glucose. The watch uses a proprietary biosensor called K'apsul that can test the glucose level from the skin without requiring any blood sample. The data collected by the device can be accessed using the watch display or synced with the mobile app. The watch can also track steps taken, distance travelled and calories burned. The company offers 2 variants of the device one for the diabetic patients (for tracking glucose levels) and the other one for the athletes (for tracking lactate levels).
- Jan 2022Series A$6.7M
- Sep 2021Grant (prize money)$2.7M
- Nov 2020Grant (prize money)$2.7M
- Jan 2020Series A$2.5M
#11
Seed · Labege, Occitanie · founded 2012 · 17 employees$835Kraised▾
Nanolike is a manufacturer of sensors based on nanoparticles. It provides a solution to monitor the fill level of industrial assets in real-time. The company offers a solution including monitoring solution for IBC and SILOS with a cloud platform for geolocation, geofencing and remote visualization. It also offers IBC(Intermediate bulk containers) fill monitoring solution used in chemical, petrochemical and food industry for transportation and storage of liquid or solid products.
- Sep 2023Seed—
- Jan 2020Grant (prize money)$2M
- Aug 2016Grant (prize money)$55.8K
- Jan 2015Seed$835K
#12
Seed · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2020 · 13 employees$1.5Mraised▾
Provider of AI and cloud-based optical sensors for people counting. It develops customized plug-and-play sensors and API-based dashboards. It has applications in people counting, parking management, advertisement and marketing impact measurement, helmet detection, waiting for line measurements, transportation peak monitoring, and automated inventory management.
- May 2023Seed$1.5M
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