Top Test and Measurement Startups in 2026

Upwave plans, measures, and optimizes brand marketing. With our Brand Campaign Measurement and Instant Insights products, we provide a software data platform to the world’s largest brand marketers. Our customers are Fortune 500 companies across multiple verticals - including CPG, food, beverage, consumer technology, telecom, and financial services - as well as the world’s largest advertising agencies and media platforms. We are unapologetically supportive of brand advertising, and work hard every day to prove its value; we know if companies can measure the value of those dollars, they’ll spend more. Brand advertising pays for not only the movies we watch and music we hear, but the journalism we read and the information we access. In short, brand advertising supports the free flow of information through society. So, we’re proud to be the first company dedicated to using data science to show enterprises the true effectiveness of their brand spend. We are backed by leading venture investors (Y Combinator, Uncork Capital, Bloomberg Beta, Initialized Capital, PivotNorth, Ridge Ventures, Industry Ventures, Conductive Ventures,) and leading MarTech founders & CEOs. We’re a humble but ambitious team that takes its work seriously but never ourselves. Come join us.

UpGuard is a complete third-party risk and attack surface management platform. Our security ratings engine monitors millions of companies every day. VendorRisk enables UpGuard's enterprise customer to control third-party risk and improve their cyber security posture by monitoring, rating and sending targeted security questionnaires to its vendors. upguard.com/product/vendorrisk UpGuard's BreachSight continuously monitors businesses for data exposures, enabling them to prevent breaches, protect their reputation and avoid regulatory fines. upguard.com/product/breachsight Companies in regulated industries such as financial services, energy and health count on UpGuard daily to guarantee their systems. UpGuard.com

Applause is leading the app quality revolution by enabling companies to deliver digital experiences that win - from web to mobile to wearables and beyond. By combining in-the-wild testing services that span the SDLC with world-class automation services and mobile software tools such as Beta Management and App Store Sentiment Analysis. The Applause approach to 360° App Quality™ includes: • Functional Exploratory and Test Case Execution: Testers will search your app for issues using a test scope for guidance and/ or execute test cases where they follow a defined step-by-step testing script. • Test Automation: Our full-service automation solution includes script writing, maintenance, and execution services utilizing a framework that makes it easy to add test automation to your web and iOS/Android apps. • SaaS Tools: Beta management and app store sentiment analysis tools allow you to make quicker, more informed product decisions by listening to users before and after release.

Optical microscopy continues to be the tool of choice for the zebrafish research community. However, capturing clear images of relevant biological phenomena still remains a challenging task. It is not possible to simultaneously image a wide area and maintain high resolution using current microscope technology. At Ramona Optics, we are developing a new patent-pending gigapixel microscope that can capture cellular-scale resolution (5-10 µm) in 3D over an entire 100 mm diameter Petri dish. This unprecedented resolution/field-of-view combination opens up a new horizon for high-throughput, non-invasive imaging of the motion, behavior and activity of unconstrained organisms. Our microscope acquires high-resolution gigapixel images (with 1 billion pixels) in a single snapshot. This new capability frees researchers from the historical limitations imposed by classical optics, which typically can only capture megapixel-scale images from a small sample area.

dSPACE is a provider of hardware and software tools for developing and testing sophisticated electronic control systems. dSPACE develops and distributes integrated hardware and software tools for developing and testing electronic control units and mechatronic controls. The application areas for dSPACE systems are primarily in the automotiveindustry, but also in drives technology, aerospace, and other industrial sectors. The company's customer base includes virtually all major vehicle manufacturers and suppliers.