At Best Startup Scotland we track over 100,000 Scottish startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 11 Sensor companies in Scotland. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Sensor Companies & Startups (Scotland)
PneumoWave
Advanced Respiratory Monitoring and Digital Therapeutics. Powering the future diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of respiratory illness
Founder(s): Bruce Henderson, Jonathan Guthrie
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Health Diagnostics, Home Health Care, Machine Learning, Medical, Medical Device, Sensor, Therapeutics
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Synaptec
Synaptec develops and deploys photonic sensing systems.
Founder(s): Campbell Booth, Pawel Niewczas, Philip Orr
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Information Services, Information Technology, Innovation Management, Sensor
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Pyreos
Pyreos develops and supplies a specialised infra-red sensor platform.
Founder(s): Jeff Wright
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Food and Beverage, Hardware, Oil and Gas, Sensor
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Machines With Vision
Transforming the maintenance of linear infrastructure using millimetre-accurate mapping.
Founder(s): Anthony Ashbrook, Jan Wessnitzer, Tim Lukins
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Infrastructure, Railroad, Robotics, Sensor
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Insignia Technologies
Insignia Technologies develops smart pigments and ink-based sensing technologies for the food packaging industry.
Founder(s): Erik Smyth
Location: Lanark, South Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Chemical, Hospitality, Sensor
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Spot Sensor Technologies
Spot Sensor Technologies has invented AirSpot, an ultra-low cost, low energy air quality sensor device for use in a network .
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Energy, Information Technology, Sensor
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Omni instruments
Omni Instruments is providing measurement and data acquisition products and solutions.
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Location: Dundee, Dundee City, United Kingdom
Industries: Industrial Automation, Sensor, Test and Measurement
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d.FL
Digitising process handling
Founder(s): Nadimul Faisal
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Consumer Electronics, Internet of Things, Sensor, Software
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Lupo
Lupo helps you to keep track of things so you don’t lose or misplace your valuables & is a handy Bluetooth Remote Controller.
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Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Information Technology, Mobile, Sensor
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Traak Systems
Traak Systems delivers high performance, complex event-processing-based solutions for the growth of RFID and sensor network markets.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Sensor
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Impact Subsea
Impact Subsea is a subsea technology company that offers sensor solutions for underwater vehicles and associated applications.
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Location: Ellon, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Manufacturing, Marine Technology, Sensor
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