Best Sensors Companies in Texas, United States
The 65 best Sensors companies in Texas, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Silicon Labs.
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 Texas
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Stage | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Silicon Labs Developer of wireless and non-wireless technologies, software, tools, and services 84Market top 17%Funding top 22%Tech top 26%Talent top 28% All 14 signals ▾Markettop 17% Fundingtop 22% Techtop 26% Talenttop 28% Globaltop 31% Moattop 32% Fin. healthtop 33% Newstop 36% Producttop 36% Patentstop 38% Customerstop 39% Innovationtop 40% Growthtop 46% Partnersbottom 42% Market: 1,846 employees (top 1% of High Tech) · Revenue ~$785M Funding: Raised $523M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 6 yrs (0.3/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 84/100 | $523M | 16 mo ago | 1,846 1,846 → 2,582 (+40%) | Matt Johnson President and CEO | Adobe Experience ManagerGetFeedbackApple iCloud Mail+33 | Acquired | 51 patents Fine-particle precious metal extraction via silicon‑based chemical leaching processes. | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 2 | Uhnder Provider of low-power consuming chips for IoT applications 32Moat top 19%Funding top 28%Patents top 33%Innovation top 36% All 11 signals ▾Moattop 19% Fundingtop 28% Patentstop 33% Innovationtop 36% Producttop 37% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 44% Marketbottom 42% Techbottom 38% Newsbottom 27% Growthbottom 18% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · IP moat: 169 patents Funding: Raised $145M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 9 yrs (0.2/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 32/100 | $145M | 28 mo ago | 81 | Manju Hegde Co-Founder & CEO | ExpressionEnginePHPCodeIgniter+13 | Series D | 169 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 3 | SigmaSense Developer of sensing technology for battery and interactive display applications 69Innovation top 9%Patents top 10%Moat top 29%Funding top 30% All 7 signals ▾Innovationtop 9% Patentstop 10% Moattop 29% Fundingtop 30% Newstop 34% Globalbottom 43% Marketbottom 42% Innovation: 855 patents (top 3% of patent-holders) · 636 filings since 2022 vs 219 in 2017-21 Patents: 855 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 636 filings since 2022 vs 219 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100 | $55M | 26 mo ago | 41 41 → 39 (-5%) | — | — | Series B | 855 patents Capacitive touch and bio‑signal acquisition hardware with noise‑cancellation and analog front‑end processing | — |
| 4 | DunAn Microstaq MEMS-based flow control systems | $15M | 188 mo ago | 11 | — | — | Acquired | 89 patents MEMS microfluidic valves and smart HVAC performance/maintenance monitoring platforms | — |
| 5 | Silicon Audio Innovating seismic sensors and magnet-free circulators for advanced technology solutions | $9M | 132 mo ago | — | Coe Schlicher CEO | — | Funding Raised | — | 1 partnership |
| 6 | Axzon Provider of cloud and IoT-enabled asset tracking solutions for multiple industries 45Innovation top 27%Growth top 28%Funding top 40%Product top 48% All 8 signals ▾Innovationtop 27% Growthtop 28% Fundingtop 40% Producttop 48% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 41% Globalbottom 29% Marketbottom 20% Innovation: 3 product lines · Deep-tech classification: Tech Hardware Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $6M | 3 mo ago | 3 | Bruno Salvador Leano CEO | YouTubeBootstrapAmazon Web Services+8 | Seed | — | 1 launch |
| 7 | Davidson Instruments Pressure measurement instrumentation based on fiber-optic sensing technology | $5M | 132 mo ago | — | Richard Lopushansky Founder & CEO | — | Series B | — | — |
| 8 | ResonantSensors Developer of biosensors for label-free analysis | $4M | 179 mo ago | 2 | Debra Weidanz Founder & CEO | — | Funding Raised | — | — |
| 9 | Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions Online community for safe betting: verification, recommendations, and community support | $3M | 257 mo ago | 3 | Jim Iannucci CEO | — | Acquired | — | — |
| 10 | Lantha Sensors Developer of chemical sensors | $3M | 80 mo ago | 8 | Nick Barnard Co-Founder | — | Seed | — | — |
| 11 | FreshLoc Technologies Develops wireless temperature sensors for various industries | $2M | 313 mo ago | 24 | — | — | Acquired | — | — |
| 12 | Max-IR Labs Developer of infrared sensor technology for liquid analysis across industries 16Moat top 32%Innovation top 35%Talent bottom 49%Funding bottom 48% All 8 signals ▾Moattop 32% Innovationtop 35% Talentbottom 49% Fundingbottom 48% Patentsbottom 47% Globalbottom 31% Marketbottom 21% Techbottom 16% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 5/10 · IP moat: 31 patents Innovation: 31 patents (top 41% of patent-holders) · Deep-tech classification: Tech Hardware rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 16/100 | $1M | 14 mo ago | 7 | Katy Roodenko Founder & CEO | — | Funding Raised | 31 patents Targeted delivery of glutathione and ATP via sugar‑cysteine nutraceuticals for oxidative‑stress mitigation. | — |
| 13 | OMMO Developer of 3D tracking technology powered by permanent magnets | $1M | 37 mo ago | 15 15 → 34 (+127%) | Minjie Zheng Founder & CEO | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+10 | Seed | — | — |
| 14 | MicroSilicon Micro-sensors for industrial process monitoring | $946K | 61 mo ago | 6 | Omar Kulbrandstad Co-Founder & CEO | — | Seed | 18 patents Real-time electron paramagnetic resonance monitoring of fluid properties for flow assurance | — |
| 15 | Intelligence Surveillance Corp Developer of the sensor-based object detection and ranging systems | $575K | 60 mo ago | 8 | David Buschhorn Founder & CEO | — | Seed | — | — |
| 16 | Sarkitech Sensors Ammonia sensing technology | $430K | 165 mo ago | — | Sergey Sarkisov Founder | — | Deadpooled | — | — |
| 17 | Atlas Regeneration Technologies Provider of hardness sensor for water softeners | $244K | 68 mo ago | — | Malynda Cappelle Founder & CEO | — | Seed | — | — |
| 18 | Pascalor Flexible pressure and temperature sensor arrays | $150K | 125 mo ago | — | Ranulfo Allen Co-Founder & CTO | — | Deadpooled | — | — |
| 19 | Rheidiant Solution for pipeline infrastructure monitoring | $100K | 101 mo ago | 1 | — | — | Deadpooled | 5 patents Wireless sensor networks for pipeline monitoring and integrity assessment | — |
| 20 | WcSystems Corporation Developer of electro optical sensors | $100K | 123 mo ago | — | Wallace D Chalmers Founder & CEO | — | Seed | 4 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
Top 12 Sensors companies in Texas
#1
Acquired · Austin, Texas · founded 1996 · 1846 employees$523Mraised▾
Developer of wireless and non-wireless technologies, software, tools, and services. The company provides solutions for wireless protocols, including Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and Zigbee. It offers products for industrial IoT, smart cities, connected health, and smart retail applications. The company also provides development tools, software development kits, and documentation. Services include custom part manufacturing, developer support, and extended maintenance.
- Feb 2025Grant (prize money)$23M
- May 2020Post IPO$500M
#2
Seed · Austin, Texas · founded 2006 · 3 employees$5.8Mraised▾
Provider of cloud and IoT-enabled asset tracking solutions for multiple industries. The product line includes a series of connected sensors for measuring multiple parameters including temperature, moisture, and intrusion, and a system solution that collects the relevant sensor data while managing the RF communication process. The company also provides an industrial IoT sensor platform that handles the sensor and reader details and provides an interface to connect with the internal business processes. In addition, the company provides evaluation systems comprising sensors paired with either a handheld reader or a fixed reader. It caters to automotive, electric power distribution, data centers, cold chains, and factories.
- Mar 2026Seed$500K
- Jul 2025Seed$1M
- Sep 2014Seed$2.2M
- May 2012Seed$2M
#3
Series D · Austin, Texas · founded 2015 · 81 employees$145Mraised▾
Uhnder is a provider of low-power-efficient chips for IoT applications. The company claims that its product will be targeted for industrial & commercials IoT, ADAS, AR & VR, robotics, and industrial automation market.
- Feb 2024Series D$50M
- Nov 2020Series C$45M
- 2019Series B—
- 2017Series A—
#4
Series B · Austin, Texas · founded 2015 · 41 employees$55.3Mraised▾
Developer of sensing technology for battery and interactive display applications. The company's technology enhances battery quality, safety, and performance through real-time insights. It also redefines touch and touch-less interactivity, overcoming thin stacks and high capacitive loads. The technology extracts high-resolution, high-accuracy data, even in noisy environments, and reduces hardware constraints for faster iterations.
- Apr 2024Conventional Debt$9.3M
- Oct 2021Series B$24M
- Apr 2021Conventional Debt$8.3M
- Sep 2020Series A$22.3M
#5
Funding Raised · Dallas, Texas · founded 2017 · 7 employees$1.2Mraised▾
Developer of infrared sensor technology for liquid analysis across industries. The technology enables real-time, continuous measurements of liquid composition without alteration. It utilizes an immersed optical fiber and ion-selective material for enhanced differentiation of molecules. The sensors are designed for use in water treatment, biomedical analysis, food processing, and the energy sector. The technology offers accurate readings and self-calibration to avoid measurement drift.
- Apr 2025Grant (prize money)$206.5K
- Jun 2020Grant (prize money)$800K
- Jan 2018Grant (prize money)$225K
#6
Acquired · Austin, Texas · founded 1997 · 11 employees$14.7Mraised▾
DunAn Microstaq is a MEMS technology company dedicated to advancing flow control solutions. The company specializes in the following technologies - MEMS sensing technology, MEMS Microvalave Technology, Electro Hydraulic Flow control Technology, and Refrigerant Flow control technology. The product portfolio includes Silicon servo valve, Silicon expansion valve, and heat controllers & sensors among others. The solutions find applications in the HVAC, refrigeration and automotive industries.
- Oct 2010Series B$10.2M
- May 2010Conventional Debt$4.5M
- Sep 2008Series B$12.5M
- 2006Series A$10M
#7
Funding Raised · Austin, Texas · founded 2007$9.2Mraised▾
Innovating seismic sensors and magnet-free circulators for advanced technology solutions. They research, create, and prototype cutting-edge sensor technology, focusing on seismic applications and communication systems. Their seismic sensors utilize optical interferometry for low noise data acquisition and are tilt-insensitive, simplifying deployment. They also develop magnet-free circulators, aiming to replace bulky magnetic devices and enable full-duplex functionality in communication systems. They are experts in sensor-based technology, maturing inventions from labs into commercial products. Their team of engineers and designers are passionate about creating unique and valuable products, adding value to the world through innovative engineering and design.
- Jun 2015Grant (prize money)$1.1M
- Dec 2013Grant (prize money)$1.1M
- Sep 2010Grant (prize money)$490K
- Aug 2010Grant (prize money)$490K
#8
Seed · Dallas, Texas · founded 2015 · 15 employees$1Mraised▾
Developer of 3D tracking technology powered by permanent magnets. The company offers multipurpose motion tracking solutions. It provides general inquiries and system support. A pilot program is available for early access.
- May 2023Grant (prize money)—
- 2020Grant (prize money)—
- Feb 2017Seed$1M
#9
Funding Raised · Arlington, Texas · founded 2004 · 2 employees$3.9Mraised▾
ResonantSensors develops biosensors for label-free analysis. Its flagship ResoSens bioassay system uses Bionetic microarray plates that use label-free optic technology. Biochemical interactions are monitored using guided-mode resonance sensor technology that measures refracted light. The system is available in disposable 96- and 384-well formats.
- Jul 2011Grant (prize money)$300K
- Sep 2009Grant (prize money)$900K
- Jul 2009Grant (prize money)$301.6K
- Jun 2009Grant (prize money)$301.6K
#10
Series B · The Woodlands, Texas · founded 1995$5.2Mraised▾
Davidson Instruments designs and manufactures pressure measurement devices for industrial applications. Their pressure measurement systems employ fiber optic sensing technology - hence making rugged and immune to electromagnetic radiation. The sensors are used in various applications such as gas turbine monitoring, engine cylinder monitoring, subsea instrumentation, nuclear power equipment monitoring etc. It sold a part of its operations to Halliburton Co. in 2008.
- 2015Series B—
- Jun 2004Series A$5.2M
#11
Seed · Austin, Texas · founded 2019 · 8 employees$2.6Mraised▾
Lantha Sensors is a developer of chemical sensors. The company offers analysis for isotope analysis, moisture analysis, fuel and quality integrity, and tailored testing solutions. It also offers analysis tool for chemical analysis processes. It is used for metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), phosphine coordination materials (PCMs), and to trace chemical detection.
- Oct 2019Seed$2.6M
#12
Seed · Houston, Texas · founded 2015 · 6 employees$946.2Kraised▾
US-based MicroSilicon is an early-stage startup focused on developing advanced micro-sensors for industrial process monitoring. The company's product Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) spectrometer can monitor and analyze the chemical contents of hydrocarbon fluids in real-time. The company uses IOT solutions to provide real-time analytics and alerts to improve operational efficiency and productivity.
- Apr 2021Seed$145K
- Jul 2018Seed$372.3K
- Mar 2017Seed$408.9K
- Jun 2016Seed$165K
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How research on Mems Sensors in Texas is moving
A read on the academic research around Mems Sensors in Texas — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 151 papers.
- The University of Texas at Austin42
- Texas A&M University30
- The University of Texas at Arlington23
- The University of Texas at Dallas18
- University of North Texas11
- Microfluidics1→3
- Piezoelectricity1→3
- Accelerometer1→3
- Piezoresistive effect3→4
- Pressure sensor15→17
- Mechanical engineering1→3
- Pressure sensor4
- Transducer2
- Wearable computer1
- Scope (computer science)1
- Health care1
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