What they do:
Predictive maintenance for power infrastructure.
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HQ: Baltimore, MD, United States
Top IoT & Telecom Startups
This list has 81 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 11 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (26), New York (6), and Toronto (3). Largest teams: Tractian, Somos, and garten. Latest round: Channel Companion raised $250K (Oct 6, 2026).
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What they do:
Building the first sensor enabled marketplace for repeat purchases
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HQ: Seattle, WA, United States
What they do:
Infrastructure Cartography
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
What they do:
An agentic phone that does your busywork
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HQ: Germany
What they do:
ISP for Africa
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YC W17Growth stage
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HQ: West Point, GA, United States
Incorporated: 2023
Funding:
$26M · Equity · Jan 2026
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HQ: Shenzhen, China
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$20.2M · Equity · Jun 2026
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HQ: Sunnyvale, CA, United States
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$8.4M · Equity · Feb 2026
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Incorporated: 2023
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$6.15M · Equity · Feb 2026
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HQ: Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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$4.89M · Debt · Mar 2026
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HQ: Mclean, VA, United States
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$3.89M · Equity · Apr 2026
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
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$2.3M · Equity · Sep 2026
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HQ: Irving, TX, United States
Incorporated: 2025
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$1.02M · SAFE · Apr 2026
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HQ: Orlando, FL, United States
Incorporated: 2023
Funding:
$1M · SAFE · Feb 2026
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HQ: Orono, MN, United States
Incorporated: 2026
Funding:
$250K · SAFE · Oct 2026
garten
Acquired
What they do:
Creating workplace wellbeing.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
UpKeep
Acquired
What they do:
Mobile-first software for maintenance teams.
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Memfault
Acquired
What they do:
First IoT reliability platform for debugging, monitoring, OTA updates
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Automatic
Acquired
What they do:
Automatic connects your car to the rest of your digital life.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Bluesmart
Acquired
What they do:
Bluesmart makes smart luggage powered by an app to empower people to…
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Dyte
Acquired
What they do:
Real-time audio & video SDKs, ready to launch 🚀
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PowerX
Acquired
What they do:
AI powered sensors that save energy, water and emissions
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Ravti
Acquired
What they do:
Software to track, manage, and procure HVAC for commercial real…
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Lockitron
Acquired
What they do:
Lockitron makes electronic locks you can control locally from your…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Kuna Systems
Acquired
What they do:
We're making a smart, front door camera with intercom that lets you…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Vanhawks
Acquired
What they do:
We are making the smart carbon fibre commuting bike and platform for…
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Techmate
Acquired
What they do:
A technology concierge for your home. We provide on-demand support…
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Tule
Acquired
What they do:
Help farmers make irrigation decisions with sensors / computer vision
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HQ: Davis, CA, United States
EzDubs
Acquired
What they do:
Real-time speech translation
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Doorport
Acquired
What they do:
Acquired by Alarm.com - We make existing apartment access smart.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Sunu
Shut down
What they do:
Audio and Haptics AR interface equipping blind users with super powers
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HQ: Zapopan, Mexico
Radix Labs
Shut down
What they do:
Operating systems for biology labs
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
Arylla
Shut down
What they do:
We connect products to the internet using an invisible, chip-less tag
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PhoneSys
Shut down
What they do:
The Phone System for Sales Teams.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Necto
Shut down
What they do:
ISP starter kit
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Portal Entryways
Shut down
What they do:
Portal Entryways upgrades disabled-accessible doors so they can be…
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HQ: Provo, UT, United States