Best Sensors Companies in Pennsylvania, United States
The 44 best Sensors companies in Pennsylvania, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Vishay Precision Group.
Our analysis of 50 Sensors companies
$7.1b in tracked funding; 75% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Sensors companies in Pennsylvania
| # | Company | Last round | Disclosed funding | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Sensors Corp Manufacturer of sensors and system technologies for the steel and metal industries | — | — | — | Francois Reizine Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Ametek Sensor Develops sensors for the aerospace industry | — | — | 110 | — | — | — | — | 1 internship |
| 3 | Analytical Technology Provider of water quality monitors and gas detection services | — | — | 50 | John Becker CEO | — | — | 16 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 4 | Bacharach Develops gas sensing devices for industries | — | — | 125 | — | — | — | 6 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 5 | BEA Provider of sensing solutions for automatic doors systems | — | — | — | Philippe Van Genechten CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | BWI Eagle Manufacturer of industrial wireless remote controls and safety systems. | — | — | 13 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+31 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 7 | Columbia Research Labs Sensors for industrial use | — | — | 33 | — | Site Search 360JavaWindows Server+12 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 8 | Conductive Technologies Manufacturer of printed biosensors for biological applications | — | — | 46 | — | — | — | 5 patents Variable-work‑electrode electrochemical sensors for precise analyte detection. | — |
Top 12 Sensors companies in Pennsylvania
#1
Series C · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · founded 2012 · 39 employees$24Mraised▾
Provider of impact sensors and app for real-time swing analytics. It offers real-time quantitative data, mechanics feedback, and training guidance to drive performance improvement. It requires a swing tracker sensor for data collection, and an app and online site to capture and analyze motion-based data. It has features like a 3D drill, sync data to video views, tracking swing progress, and the ability to connect with coaches and teams.
- Dec 2025Series C$8.6M
- Jun 2025Series C$1M
- Feb 2024Series C$11.9M
- Nov 2023Series B$900K
#2
Series A · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · founded 2018 · 12 employees$11.3Mraised▾
Strella Biotech is a manufacturer of gas chromatography biosensors for sensing the ripeness of fruits. It can be installed in controlled atmosphere storage rooms to monitor fruits as they ripen, supporting packers and distributors in identifying the location of their ripest and readiest fruits. It claims to minimize the spoilage and quality downgrade cost and helps to reduce food waste. It has won multiple awards and competitions including awards at the third annual Innovation Open competition.
- Feb 2024Conventional Debt$5.6M
- Jun 2022Series A$8M
- Apr 2020Seed$3.3M
- Apr 2020Grant (prize money)—
#3
Series A · State College, Pennsylvania · founded 2016 · 17 employees$11.4Mraised▾
Provider of IoT and AI-based solutions for oil and gas pipeline monitoring. The company has developed a proprietary technology platform, which leverages sensors and AI for oil and gas pipeline monitoring. The solution aggregates data and offers real-time analytic reporting. The sensors capture various data, including density, metallic wash, pressure, vibration, geo-positioning, and temperature. The data from the sensors is sent to the cloud, where the AI system detects any abnormalities and shares the info with the customer.
- Jun 2021Series A$10M
- 2018Seed$1.2M
- 2017Seed$250K
#4
Public · Malvern, Pennsylvania · founded 2010 · 2700 employees$25Mraised▾
VPG, a spin-off of Vishay Intertechnology is a designer and manufacturer of pressure, weight, load, stress and current measurement solutions for industries. The company has three major range of products, force sensors, weighing control systems & foil resistors. Force sensors are used as precision sensors by industries for force measurement. Weighing & control systems are used for on-board weighing and overload monitoring systems. Foil resistors are used as test equipment for aviation, space, semiconductor, process control etc. markets.
- Oct 2010PE$25M
#5
Seed · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · founded 2014 · 5 employees$520Kraised▾
Tozuda provides wearable head impact sensors. The main purpose of this wearable head impact sensor is to prevent head injury. Head Impact sensors react to the acceleration of an impact and indicate when an athlete should be evaluated by a medical professional before returning to activity.
- Jul 2024Seed$520K
#6
Series B · Wexford, Pennsylvania · founded 2005 · 5 employees$12.5Mraised▾
Non-invasive sensor platform for cardiovascular monitoring. Informatics System is composed of a pulse oximeter and a software application installed and operated on a personal computer. The pulse oximeter device is indicated for use in measuring, displaying and storing functional oxygen saturation of arterial hemoglobin (SpO2) and pulse rate of adult and pediatric patients. It is intended for spot checking and/or data collection and recording of patients who are well or poorly perfused. The intended use environments are hospitals, medical facilities, ambulatory, sub-acute and sleep studies.
- Jan 2017Conventional Debt$502.4K
- Jan 2016Series B$1.9M
- Jul 2014Series B$3.8M
- Sep 2013Series B$4M
#7
Deadpooled · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · founded 2014 · 7 employees$3.1Mraised▾
Airviz is a manufacturer of environmental sensors for monitoring parameters such as air quality, and other parameters. It enables its user to control the quality of the indoor air by using the sensors in collaboration with IoT hardware and software. It also offers devices for wireless connectivity, over the air device upgrades, desktop, and mobile apps, web sites, data storage, and server-side development. Additionally, it offers analytics to organizations leveraging machine learning techniques and qualitative and quantitative analysis.
- Apr 2021Grant (prize money)$149.8K
- Oct 2017Seed$1M
- Apr 2015Seed$2M
- Nov 2014Seed$25K
#8
Series A · Royersford, Pennsylvania · founded 2013 · 3 employees$3.8Mraised▾
Developer of power system management and sensor data analytics for smart grid. It offers a solution to simplify the installation, operation, and maintenance of large and distributed sensor networks, fault anticipation and detection, substation monitoring, synchrophasor streaming, power quality, troubleshooting, distributed energy resources monitoring, and cyber threat reduction solutions to improve energy reliability and prevent power outages by application of data analytics and predictive analysis techniques intelligent recording devices and a software analytics System, which analyzes three-phase RMS and high-speed data.
- Aug 2018Series A$3.5M
- Feb 2016Seed$300K
- Jan 2015Seed—
#9
Seed · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · founded 2011 · 9 employees$750Kraised▾
Developer of taste sensory evaluation technology for the flavor industry. It offers solutions for food & beverage and flavor ingredients industries for sensory evaluation. Its Microtiter Operant Gustometer (MOG) technology platform has generated an automated TāStation system that claims to determine the taste characteristics of hundreds of samples in less than an hour. Testing with MOG-based technology does not rely on subjective rating scales of taste sensation and can be done with as few as 3 to 4 subjects for either humans or animals.
- Jan 2015Seed—
- Dec 2014Seed$750K
#10
Seed · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · founded 2010 · 102 employees$594Kraised▾
Manufacturer of ruggedized autonomous systems, edge computing, and situational awareness products. The company designs and manufactures products for autonomy in harsh environments. Offerings include stereo cameras, GNSS receivers, compute devices, and autonomous vehicles. The company provides manufacturing and engineering services to develop custom solutions. The company serves the defense, agriculture, construction, industrial, and marine industries.
- Aug 2010Seed$594K
#11
Deadpooled · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · founded 2016 · 4 employees$153.3Kraised▾
PHase2micro develops MEMS-enables pH sensor technology platforms. It has created a technology that could replace the traditional glass electrode in pH measurement and aims to be a OEM supplier of MEMS pH sensor chips for use in applications like bioprocessing, water purification, environmental analysis, oil/gas exploration, etc.
- Aug 2016Seed$153.3K
#12
Acquired · California, Pennsylvania · founded 2013 · 14 employees$120Kraised▾
Irrigation decision support using sensors, AI, and mobile leaf water potential. They provide growers with tools to make informed irrigation decisions, measuring crop water stress and needs. Their system uses in-field sensors to measure Actual Evapotranspiration, water stress, and applied irrigation. They also offer a mobile app for leaf water potential readings. Their easy-to-use system uses Artificial Intelligence to connect farm data, field conditions, and agronomy to guide successful and sustainable farming. This technology-driven approach helps growers optimize water usage, improve crop yields, and promote responsible resource management. They offer a comprehensive solution for irrigation management, combining sensor technology, mobile accessibility, and data-driven insights to support growers in achieving their production goals.
- Jan 2015Seed—
- 2014Seed$120K
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How research on Mems Sensors in Pennsylvania is moving
A read on the academic research around Mems Sensors in Pennsylvania — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 46 papers.
- Pennsylvania State University38
- University of Pennsylvania11
- California University of Pennsylvania1
- Pressure sensor11
- Wearable computer5
- Biomedical engineering3
- Nanotechnology3
- Intracranial pressure monitoring2
- Pressure sensor1→3
- Caprock1
- Geology1
- Plume1
- Pore water pressure1
- Petroleum engineering1
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