iNGage announced it has raised €6 million ($7M) in first-round funding to accelerate commercialisation of its breakthrough technology.
iNGage’s ultra-integrated, tactical-grade, multi-axis inertial sensor components will be deployed in Attitude and Heading Reference Systems (AHRS), Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs), and Inertial Navigation Systems (INS). These components provide precise guidance, control, and navigation when Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals are weak or unavailable – such as in tunnels, dense cities, and forests, or under spoofing or jamming.
Revolutionising navigation for strategic industries
Reliable positioning is mission-critical for defence, industrial robotics, automotive, and survey mapping. But current capacitive MEMS sensors drift rapidly, while fibre-optic gyroscopes (FOGs) and bulky inertial systems remain too costly or impractical.
iNGage closes those gaps with an innovative piezoresistive nano-gauge detection technology –10 times more sensitive and twice as compact as traditional capacitive MEMS. The result: very high performance in a compact and affordable multi-axis component. iNGage’s technology will enable positioning accuracy of 50cm after several minutes of high-speed driving without GPS, compared to a few meters of error within seconds using current MEMS sensors.
Roadmap to differentiation
The funding will be used to finalise first inertial sensor components:
- A miniature high-performance 3-axis gyroscope
- A 6-DOF (degrees of freedom) inertial sensor measuring acceleration and angular velocity in all directions with exceptional low noise and bias stability.
Integrated on a single chip, those sensors will dramatically reduce size, power consumption, and the cost of advanced sensor-fusion systems and ensure resilience when GPS fails. The first-round investment also will support technology transfer to a commercial MEMS foundry for sampling and production across defence, industrial, and automotive markets.
“This technology has been confined too long either in smartphones and cars with limited performance, or in aerospace-grade systems with high costs,” said co-founder and CEO Philippe Robert. “The beauty and the differentiation of our approach is combining three high-performance gyros and three accelerometers on a single component – delivering tactical-grade performance and supporting European technological sovereignty.
Strong research & global roots
Founded in February 2025, iNGage is building on 15+ years of joint research at CEA-Leti (France) and Politecnico di Milano (Italy), where it continues R&D joint labs.
With 30+ licensed patents protecting its technologies, the company is headquartered in Grenoble with a design team in Milan, leveraging two of Europe’s leading MEMS hubs for engineering expertise and industry collaboration.
The startup was incubated at CEA-Leti and is backed by a founding team including CEO Robert (formerly CEA-Leti), Bertrand Gautheron (formerly Aryballe Technologies & STMicroelectronics), and Vincent Gaff (formerly Tronics Microsystems/TDK).
The initial funding round was led by Supernova Invest and 360 Capital, with participation from BNP Paribas Développement, Crédit Agricole Alpes Développement and CEA Investissement
