Best Sensors Companies in Italy
The 46 best Sensors companies in Italy in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Inxpect.
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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 Italy
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Employees | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | aGrisu Develops air quality monitoring solutions for cities | — | — | Unfunded | Marco Lacuaniello Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | BELT Detection Develops gas detection devices for industries and homes | — | — | Unfunded | Giorgio Romano CEO | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | — | — |
| 3 | Delta Ohm Manufacturer of multi-parameter sensors | — | — | Unfunded | Johannes Overhues CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Delta Ohm Develops various types of sensors for industrial measurements | — | — | Acquired | — | 51 | — | — | — |
| 5 | EYE4NIR Image sensor manufacturers | — | — | Funding Raised | Andrea Ballabio Co-Founder & CEO | 5 | — | 4 patents Photovoltaic-mode photodiode sensors for detecting electromagnetic radiation | — |
| 6 | EyeT+ Vision sensor for robot guidance and 3D vision | — | — | Unfunded | Stefano Tonello CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | HiGrow Develops and offers soil moisture sensor and app | — | — | Deadpooled | Luca Fabbri Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Infibra Technologies Fiber optic sensor technologies for harsh environments | — | — | Funding Raised | Alessandro Signorini Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
Top 12 Sensors companies in Italy
#1
Series B · Brescia, Lombardy · founded 2016 · 74 employees$20.6Mraised▾
Manufacturer of smart radar sensors intended to assist in industrial safety and robotics field. The company's sensors make it possible to detect objects and people through radio waves, which are harmless to human health, enabling the robotics industries to control access and prevent machinery from starting when humans are present thus automating their operations.
#2
Seed · Padua, Veneto · founded 2018 · 12 employees$1.2Mraised▾
Developer of CRNS probes for soil and snow water measurement. These probes utilize cosmic rays to non-invasively measure water content at depth and across large areas in real time. The technology provides unique insights applicable to precision agriculture, water resource management (including hydroelectric power generation and leak detection), hydrological risk monitoring, fire risk assessment, and scientific research. The probes offer solutions for various sectors by providing accurate and timely data on water levels.
- Jun 2023Grant (prize money)$3.3M
- Jun 2023Grant (prize money)$2.2M
- Aug 2022Seed$1.2M
#3
Acquired · Avezzano, Abruzzo · founded 2007 · 1300 employees$3.7Mraised▾
Importer and distributor of buffalo mozzarella cheese and provider of image clipping services. The company imports buffalo mozzarella cheese, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations. Additionally, it offers image clipping services, utilizing a large team to provide efficient and high-volume image processing for catalogs and e-commerce platforms. The image clipping operation is outsourced to a facility operating around the clock.
- Oct 2020Grant (prize money)$234.9K
- Apr 2020Grant (prize money)$869.3K
- Jul 2016Grant (prize money)$633.9K
- Mar 2016Grant (prize money)$472.3K
#4
Deadpooled · Segrate, Lombardy · founded 2011$2.7Mraised▾
Proxentia is a startup developing optical biosensors for conducting multi-parameter analyses in complex water-based fluids, from plasma to tears. The biosensor is based on a proprietary optical technology called the Reflective Phantom Interface (RPI) method, which provides rapid testing. RPI technology is protected by 2 patents owned by the Institute. The startup is a spinoff from the Molecular Biophysics and Complex Fluids group at the University of Milan in Italy.
- Jul 2018Grant (prize money)$1.8M
- May 2016Grant (prize money)$715.1K
- Mar 2015Grant (prize money)$54.3K
- Oct 2014Grant (prize money)$63.1K
#5
Acquired · Pedaso, Marche · founded 2012$2.7Mraised▾
Civitanavi Systems develops products that help in inertial navigation. As such, the company's product offerings include proprietary fiber-optic gyroscopes, navigation and inertial sensor fusion algorithms, and MEMS systems. The company also integrates its proprietary sensors with other MEMS sensors to form complete sensor fused IMUs for complex navigational applications. The sensors are used in industrial and defense sectors for movement tracking in land, sea and airspace.
#6
Funding Raised · Como, Lombardy · founded 2009$144.9Kraised▾
Provider of instrumentation and systems for metrology and power supply. It is a provider of instrumentation and systems for metrology, power supply, test measurement, and EMC applications. The company offers a range of products, including power supplies, hipot testers, and regenerative grid simulators for various industries.
- Dec 2021Grant (prize money)$28.4K
- Apr 2021Grant (prize money)$23.2K
- Dec 2019Grant (prize money)$82.8K
- Jan 2014Grant (prize money)$10.5K
#7
Seed · Rome, Lazio · founded 2013 · 4 employees$700Kraised▾
Snapback develops gesture-based interfaces for controlling connected devices. Their software uses data collected by the third party sensors that are already present in mobile phones or wearable devices (fitness bands, smart watches etc) and uses machine learning and AI algorithms to analyse this data. The company has released a beta version of their solution in 2014 which allowed the user to navigate between the tabs of app, manage music, snap and share a photo and control camera through gestures without the use of any external hardware. The company is working on another project called Pollicino which is a wearable band which feeds non-visual information on users command helping them to navigate without looking at their phone.
- Sep 2015Seed$510K
- 2015Seed$123K
- Apr 2015Grant (prize money)$160.6K
- Feb 2015Seed—
#8
Deadpooled · Milan, Lombardy · founded 2016$198Kraised▾
RevoTree provides an integrated platform for automation or remote control of irrigation operations in farm fields. The system has an on-field device which monitors the soil and climatic parameters on a real-time basis. Data is analyzed in the RevoTree software's analytics platform and water required is dispensed through the system. Farmers can remotely control the irrigation operation through a mobile application. The company claims that the on-field device uses solar-powered batteries and low consumption of electricity and system is compatible with any existing irrigation setup. The company also claims that farmers can save up to 50% of the total water requirement by using its system.
- May 2019Grant (prize money)$55.7K
- Dec 2018Grant (prize money)$56.6K
- 2018Seed$198K
#9
Funding Raised · Pisa, Tuscany · founded 2014 · 9 employees$168Kraised▾
Zenup has developed a solution to monitor gas consumption behavior of user and detect leaks in the supply. The solution consist of a wireless gas meter that can be clamped onto the supply pipe and communicate data to a gateway, the gateway will collect and send the data to the web. The company provides this solution to gas traders and gas boiler manufacturers to offer it as an additional service to their customers. Additionally, the company is also developing a smart thermostat.
- Nov 2017Grant (prize money)$59.3K
- Jun 2017Grant (prize money)$56.1K
- Jan 2017Grant (prize money)$52.7K
- Apr 2015Grant (prize money)—
#10
Deadpooled · Rome, Lazio · founded 2010 · 11 employees$110Kraised▾
Energie Etiche provides software that reduce costs and time of wind assessment. The company's flagship product 'Eolo' is installed on a small wind mill and helps to estimate the wind resource precisely.
- Nov 2012Seed$33K
- Sep 2012Seed$11K
- Jun 2012Angel$55K
- Feb 2012Seed$11K
#11
Funding Raised · Turin, Piedmont · founded 2015$108.7Kraised▾
InSensus Project offers structural health monitoring technology for the security of building and infrastructure. The technology uses the Smart Skin Deformation Sensors (made up of advanced composite material) and is used to measure the parameters such as strain, temperature, tilt, and seismic activity. As of April 2019, the company is also engaged in developing solutions for conductive ink, energy harvesting, subsea sensors, and long-range sensors.
- Nov 2016Grant (prize money)$53K
- Jul 2016Grant (prize money)$55.7K
#12
Funding Raised · Formello, Lazio · founded 2003$111.9Kraised▾
Bio-sensors for agricultural applications. It designs and manufactures sensors for measuring the levels of gas, chemicals, and pesticides, in water, soil, and bio-fluids. It also helps with measuring catecholamines in plasma and urine.
- Aug 2015Grant (prize money)$55.9K
- May 2015Grant (prize money)$56K
Funding & investor landscape
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How research on MEMS & Sensors is moving in Italy
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 708 Italy-affiliated papers.
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Roma Tor Vergata209
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I209
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma Tre209
- Politecnico di Milano33
- University of Pisa32
- Pressure sensor35→49
- Calibration1→8
- Acoustics4→10
- Piezoresistive effect5→10
- Optoelectronics2→7
- Pressure sensor47→64
- Sensitivity (control systems)2→9
- Mechanical engineering3→8
- Fiber Bragg grating1→6
- Microelectromechanical systems2→5
- Physical medicine and rehabilitation1→4
Where mems sensors is researched across Italy
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.
Common questions
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