FaradaIC Sensors, a Berlin-based deep tech startup, is taking on one of the most overlooked yet critical technology gaps: gas sensing. With a market set to exceed $35 billion by 2030. Gas sensors are essential across healthcare, food safety, consumer electronics, aerospace, and industrial IoT. Yet, the core technologies behind them have barely changed in decades—until now.
With its patented Micro ElectroChemical Systems technology, or MECS-Technology™. FaradaIC is miniaturising electrochemical gas sensors and bringing them onto microchips for the first time. Today, the company has secured €4.5 million in new funding led by JOIN Capital. Alongside follow-on investment from Forma Prime and other deep tech-focused investors, bringing its total raised to €8 million. The fresh capital will be used to accelerate the commercialisation of its platform and launch its first generation of chip-based sensors at scale.
FaradaIC was founded in 2021 by chemist Dr. Ryan Guterman, microfabrication expert Dr. Alexey Yakushenko, and a third founder with extensive experience in PCB and electronics manufacturing. Together, they combined chemistry and semiconductor expertise to solve a challenge that’s held back modern electronics. Which include outdated, bulky gas sensors that consume too much power and don’t scale for mobile or IoT use. Traditional electrochemical sensors, though effective, haven’t kept pace with the miniaturisation wave seen in other areas of hardware, like MEMS gyroscopes or accelerometers. That’s exactly the gap FaradaIC is closing.
Unlike metal oxide sensors, which are compact but limited to air quality detection. Electrochemical sensors offer higher precision and a wider range of use cases—but have been stuck in large, power-hungry formats for decades. FaradaIC’s MECS platform changes that by replacing liquid electrolytes with a proprietary solid-state ion conductor. This leap eliminates one of the main barriers to integrating electrochemistry into chip-scale devices. Making them compatible with standard semiconductor fabrication lines.
The company’s first product, Faraday-Ox™, is the world’s first oxygen sensor on a chip. It allows manufacturers to embed energy-efficient, high-accuracy gas sensing into compact and portable devices. The sensor is already being validated by more than 10 partners, including global brands across medical, industrial, and consumer sectors. These companies all face the same pain point: existing sensors are too large, expensive, or inefficient to scale with modern products.
Guterman explained that FaradaIC’s vision is rooted in turning gas sensors into commodity components. “Our goal is to produce one billion sensors over the next 10 to 15 years. This is a once-in-a-generation leap forward that finally delivers a miniaturised and scalable solution for virtually any application,” he said. “Whether you’re building a health monitor, a smart fridge, or an air quality tracker, sensors must be small, cheap, and power-efficient—our technology finally makes that possible.”
Following Faraday-Ox™, the company plans to launch Faraday-Breath™, a combined oxygen and carbon dioxide sensor, in 2027. That will further expand its offering into breath analysis and wearable health devices—two rapidly growing verticals where form factor, battery life, and regulatory compliance are key. The team’s deep expertise allows FaradaIC to meet the requirements of these regulated markets while pushing sensor technology far beyond legacy capabilities.
The MECS approach is drawing comparisons to the early days of MEMS, which revolutionised inertial sensing and replaced bulky gyroscopes in everything from smartphones to satellites. Investors believe MECS could do the same for gas sensors. “For over half a century, gas sensing technology has barely evolved,” said Julia Flaig, Principal at JOIN Capital. “FaradaIC’s approach isn’t just an upgrade—it’s a fundamental shift that turns electrochemical sensing into a scalable, chip-based technology. This is exactly the type of foundational innovation we look to back.”
FaradaIC now joins a select group of companies aiming to disrupt the sensor market at the materials and architecture level. Its main competitors include Bosch, Infineon, Honeywell, and Sensirion—players who have built their gas sensing solutions on traditional platforms. FaradaIC is carving out a new category, offering a platform that’s miniaturised, power-efficient, and cost-effective enough to serve markets those legacy systems can’t.
The funding round also included support from the European Innovation Council, Elev8, Atlantis-Ventures, Tiburon, and Frontures. With this backing, the company plans to scale its production and begin mass-market entry over the next five years. That expansion is expected to unlock use cases ranging from food supply chains and industrial safety to wearables and digital health.
Guterman closed by emphasizing the scale of what’s possible. “We’ve proven the tech. We’ve got the right partners. Now we’re ready to scale. Within the next three to five years, our sensors will be produced in the millions and touch lives through medical, consumer, and industrial devices. We believe MECS is the next chapter in sensing—and FaradaIC is here to write it.”
