Artesian VC
Artesian VC is an alternative investment management company that specializes in early-stage venture capital, particularly in the clean energy sector. Established in 2004 after spinning out from ANZ Banking Group, the company has evolved to manage a range of specialized funds, with a focus on seed and follow-on investments in startups sourced from approved accelerators, incubators, and academic programs. Artesian's investment strategy emphasizes partnerships with leading organizations in the startup ecosystem, enabling it to identify and support high-potential ventures. With offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Shanghai, New York, London, and Singapore, the company has built a global presence and has successfully raised over AUD 255 million for its various funds. Additionally, Artesian has expanded its reach through initiatives like its China VC Fund and plans for a Southeast Asia VC Fund, underscoring its commitment to fostering innovation in diverse markets.
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Past deals in Internet of Things
Ohmie Go
Seed Round in 2024
Ohmie Go specializes in e-mobility solutions for buildings, focusing on energy management technology that enhances the intelligence and responsiveness of both buildings and vehicles in real-time. The company offers a platform that facilitates smart home and vehicle-sharing services within various structures, such as residential buildings and hotels. Through its smartphone application, Ohmie Go enables property owners to provide residents, tenants, and guests with on-demand access to electric vehicles on-site. This innovative approach not only improves convenience for users but also allows clients to better manage energy consumption and optimize resources within their properties.
BioScout
Seed Round in 2023
BioScout develops an integrated hardware and software platform designed to detect and prevent airborne diseases in farm fields worldwide. The platform combines air sampling, mapping, data analytics, and sensors to provide real-time disease tracking, enabling farmers to maximize yield, improve spray efficiency, and proactively manage diseases.
Zetifi
Series A in 2022
Zetifi specializes in wireless network technology designed to enhance mobile broadband coverage for farms, vehicles, and machinery in rural and remote locations.
On2Cook
Seed Round in 2022
On2Cook is a manufacturer of smart kitchen appliances focused on faster, convenient cooking. The company develops a patent-granted device that can cook with flame and microwaves simultaneously, using a combination of induction heating, flame, and safe microwave technology. The system aims to preserve color, texture, and water-soluble nutrients while reducing cooking time. It includes an IoT-enabled app that supports automated cooking and connections to food delivery services, as well as recipe sharing. The device is designed to streamline home cooking and enable seamless integration with digital food services, offering users a more efficient, versatile cooking experience.
EMOTAI
Venture Round in 2022
EMOTAI is a privately held company based in Lisbon, Portugal, founded in 2018. It specializes in the development of a wearable headband that monitors brain waves and heart rate, particularly targeting gamers. The company offers a biosignal tracking and training platform that provides performance reports, detailing metrics such as focus, stress, engagement, and heart rate levels. By analyzing these biosignals, EMOTAI aims to enhance human performance and wellness, helping users improve their focus and working memory, ultimately enabling them to perform better in gaming and other activities.
BioScout
Seed Round in 2022
BioScout develops an integrated hardware and software platform designed to detect and prevent airborne diseases in farm fields worldwide. The platform combines air sampling, mapping, data analytics, and sensors to provide real-time disease tracking, enabling farmers to maximize yield, improve spray efficiency, and proactively manage diseases.
BinaryTech
Seed Round in 2022
BinaryTech designs and manufactures devices and provides firmware-to-cloud software for asset tracking and monitoring. The company offers a holistic ecosystem comprising hardware, firmware, cloud algorithms, web platforms, and APIs that enable real-time data collection, processing and insights. It employs power-saving firmware and antennas and features a proprietary geolocation engine, a cloud processor, an IoT data store and data fusion and enrichment to generate actionable reports and alerts, giving businesses a comprehensive view of their data to improve operations, protect their reputation and gain operational insights across the organization.
BinaryTech
Seed Round in 2022
BinaryTech designs and manufactures devices and provides firmware-to-cloud software for asset tracking and monitoring. The company offers a holistic ecosystem comprising hardware, firmware, cloud algorithms, web platforms, and APIs that enable real-time data collection, processing and insights. It employs power-saving firmware and antennas and features a proprietary geolocation engine, a cloud processor, an IoT data store and data fusion and enrichment to generate actionable reports and alerts, giving businesses a comprehensive view of their data to improve operations, protect their reputation and gain operational insights across the organization.
Alexapath
Venture Round in 2022
Alexapath Corporation, founded in 2015 and based in Brooklyn, New York, specializes in the design and development of smartphone-based medical imaging tools. The company has created the patent-pending Alexapath Telepathology System, which leverages smartphone technology to improve accessibility to microscopic diagnoses globally. This innovative tool captures multiple panoramic images to create a single composite image of biological specimens, allowing for detailed examination. By integrating Internet of Things connectivity and a user-friendly smartphone application, Alexapath's solution facilitates the automation of routine lab workflows and telepathology, enabling healthcare providers to diagnose various specimens, including blood cytology and histology samples, at a lower cost compared to traditional imaging systems.
iMAGsystems
Venture Round in 2022
iMAGsystems specializes in transporting audiovisual content through advanced networking infrastructure. The company develops Audio-Visual over Internet Protocol products designed to enhance hardware support for video streaming. Its product range includes wireless presenters, video decoders, encoders, and compressed solutions, all aimed at improving the quality of footage delivered by broadcasters. By focusing on Internet of Things (IoT) objectives, iMAGsystems aims to bring significant improvements to the professional audiovisual (pro-AV) industry.
Goldilocks Suit
Venture Round in 2022
Goldilocks Suit offers an innovative baby monitoring system designed to provide parents with comprehensive insights into their newborn's health and well-being. The product is a smart singlet that tracks vital parameters such as feeding, breathing, temperature, and sleep patterns. It connects to a user-friendly app that delivers real-time data, helping parents monitor their child's condition 24/7. By consolidating essential information in one accessible platform, Goldilocks Suit aims to alleviate parental concerns and enhance the care provided to infants, ensuring that caregivers are equipped with the knowledge needed to respond to their baby's needs effectively.
HakkoBako
Venture Round in 2022
HakkoBako specializes in a smart fermentation device designed for professional chefs, facilitating the creation of distinctive flavors through consistent and controlled fermentation processes. Utilizing advanced thermodynamic technology and Internet-of-Things components, the device simplifies the fermentation of a variety of foods and beverages, including bread, cheese, salami, beer, yogurt, kombucha, and miso. By providing a reliable and user-friendly solution, HakkoBako empowers chefs to enhance their culinary creations with precision and ease.
Empirical Automation
Venture Round in 2022
Empirical Automation specializes in providing industrial robotic hardware, programming, and integration services aimed at enhancing business automation. The company has developed a smart device designed to monitor and control robotic systems and machines. This device, which functions as a smart camera eye, can be attached to various equipment, including robots, 3D printers, and CNC machines. By enabling these physical assets to connect to the internet, Empirical Automation allows businesses to monitor production statuses remotely and operate their machinery from afar. This innovation offers flexibility and efficiency in managing industrial operations, facilitating improved oversight and control for clients.
viACT
Seed Round in 2021
viAct is an innovative AI company that specializes in providing scenario-based vision intelligence solutions tailored for the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry across Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Established in 2016, viAct has successfully implemented hundreds of deployments, utilizing its proprietary AI algorithms to deliver detailed insights into job sites. The company's suite of over 30 pre-built AI modules empowers stakeholders to enhance personnel safety, minimize accidents, optimize operational costs, and monitor compliance with environmental regulations. By tracking site activities and assessing safety measures, viAct plays a crucial role in improving efficiency and safety standards within the construction sector.
SenseGrass
Angel Round in 2021
Founded in 2017, SenseGrass develops IoT devices and AI software for sustainable farming. It offers real-time soil intelligence via sensors and analytics, enabling farmers to optimize nutrient management, reduce chemical fertilizer use, and increase crop yields.
AgMesh
Venture Round in 2021
Founded in Australia in 2018, AgMesh designs and builds Internet of Things sensors and smart farming solutions tailored for the Australian agriculture sector. The company simplifies sensor deployment and data capture, enabling livestock producers to adopt advanced technology for remote monitoring of grazing animals.
Drone Delivery Systems Corporation DBA AirBox Technologies
Venture Round in 2021
Drone Delivery Systems Corporation, operating as AirBox Technologies, specializes in secure and innovative drone delivery solutions aimed at transforming postal services globally. Founded in 2015 by Brandon Pargoe, the company offers a unique solar-powered smart mailbox, designed to facilitate safe and private collection of items delivered by drones. This technology enables users to receive a variety of packages, including medical supplies, retail products, and postal items, with a focus on contactless delivery. The smart mailbox features IoT lockable technology and integrates with smartphone applications, allowing customers to monitor and manage deliveries efficiently. By ensuring the safety and security of packages, AirBox Technologies addresses the challenges of package theft and enhances the overall delivery experience for users.
Curatek
Venture Round in 2021
Curatek is a medical device company focused on improving patient outcomes and enhancing hospital efficiency through early detection of clinical deterioration. The company's primary product is a wireless disposable patch that continuously monitors a patient's respiratory rate. By providing real-time data, this device enables clinicians to identify potential health issues early, thereby preventing adverse events such as cardiac arrest, unexpected death, and unplanned admissions to intensive care units. Curatek's innovative approach aims to save lives by facilitating timely interventions in critical healthcare settings.
Rexergy
Seed Round in 2021
Rexergy is a company that specializes in the development of remote control appliances aimed at optimizing energy systems. By utilizing advanced machine learning algorithms and high-resolution smart meter data, Rexergy's appliances assess energy plans for users and automatically switch them to more cost-effective options. This innovative approach helps households and small businesses reduce their energy bills while enhancing overall energy efficiency.
Fasade
Venture Round in 2021
Fasade is a developer of a data management platform designed to help organizations unify, audit, and clean their dispersed systems and unstructured data. The company's technology identifies unstructured data and facilitates informed decision-making by integrating various IoT data sources with organizational data. This integration enables clients to enhance their business outcomes by optimizing and effectively utilizing their existing cloud and software services. Additionally, Fasade's platform supports businesses in working smarter and more efficiently while also reducing their carbon footprint.
MyrLabs
Seed Round in 2020
MyrLabs is an A*STAR spin-off that designs and manufactures hardware, sensors, and algorithms for robotics. The company delivers its technology as add-on modules that upgrade existing equipment to enable next-generation capabilities, and it offers three variants of a positioning system focused on fast-moving robots, serverless positioning, and infrastructure-free IoT communications.
Styckr
Seed Round in 2020
Styckr is a technology company based in Berkeley, California, specializing in autonomous data retrieval for risk management in industrial assets. Founded in 2017, Styckr offers a comprehensive end-to-end solution that ensures security, traceability, and control throughout the lifecycle of assets. Its innovative system utilizes advanced sensors to collect and process various types of big data, including geo-positioning, temperature, humidity, shocks, and pressure. The company employs strong algorithms to monitor fleets, predict both internal and external risks, detect malicious activities, and identify fraudulent networks. Additionally, Styckr's AI-powered platform provides in-depth data analysis, enabling insurers to automate processes such as triggering refunds based on verifiable events and measurements, thus enhancing operational efficiency and accountability.
EloCare
Venture Round in 2020
EloCare specializes in the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT), developing healthcare devices designed for optimized chronic and aging care. Their wearable device provides continuous monitoring, creating personalized health profiles based on biomarkers and self-assessments, enabling timely diagnosis for optimal treatment.
eBottli
Pre Seed Round in 2020
eBottli, established in 2019 and based in Port Adelaide, Australia, specializes in a digital platform that ensures product authenticity and traceability, primarily serving the food and beverage industry. The company's core offerings include real-time tracking, monitoring, and anti-counterfeiting services, facilitated by IoT and blockchain technologies. Additionally, eBottli provides consulting and design services to enhance user experience and product quality.
Zetifi
Venture Round in 2020
Zetifi specializes in wireless network technology designed to enhance mobile broadband coverage for farms, vehicles, and machinery in rural and remote locations.
Habibi Garden
Venture Round in 2020
Habibi Garden is an agricultural technology company that develops an Internet of Things platform for farming. The platform provides sensor-based monitoring and automation, including irrigation systems and climate-adaptive tools, with real-time crop data integration to help smallholder and commercial farmers optimize resource use, increase yields, and simplify cultivation.
Kegit
Venture Round in 2020
Kegit is a developer of innovative keg monitoring systems aimed at assisting breweries in efficiently managing their keg inventory. The company's application enables brewers to track their fleet of kegs, providing vital information such as alerts for leakages or unauthorized access. Kegit’s technology also monitors the status of kegs to ensure they are not left empty and tracks temperature conditions during storage and delivery. This real-time monitoring capability allows brewery operators to maintain quality control over their products and optimize their liquor supply, ultimately enhancing operational efficiency in the brewing process.
GlobalWhere
Venture Round in 2020
GlobalWhere operates a data-sharing platform centered around enhancing worker safety, particularly focusing on mitigating fatigue-related risks. The company collects safety-relevant data, with a primary emphasis on fatigue levels obtained through wearable wristbands. This data is then processed using predictive analytics to create comprehensive worker profiles, enabling real-time visibility into fatigue risk and facilitating better decision-making among workers, operators, and customers for up to 18 hours in advance.
Sparrows.io
Seed Round in 2020
Sparrows.io is a developer of a shipping logistics platform that delivers real-time actionable alerts focused on location and temperature for logistics teams. The company combines software and hardware to offer customizable checkpoint alerts, notifying users when shipments and assets are departing or nearing their destination. This system allows clients to establish safe thresholds and receive alerts if any issues arise, enhancing visibility across their operations. By improving monitoring and control, Sparrows.io enables businesses to save costs and optimize their logistics processes.
Fasal
Seed Round in 2019
Fasal, developed by Wolkus Technology Solutions, is an agri-tech platform that leverages artificial intelligence to enhance the agricultural ecosystem. It records various growing conditions on farms and employs data science to make accurate predictions regarding on-farm practices. The platform delivers insights across multiple devices, including iOS, Android, tablets, and web interfaces, ensuring accessibility for users. Fasal's precision agriculture solutions provide real-time agronomic recommendations based on data collected from agnostic sensors, which monitor on-farm and micro-climate conditions. By offering detailed, crop-specific intelligence—including predictive weather information and pest management strategies—Fasal helps farmers optimize their resources, resulting in significant cost savings on water, energy, fertilizers, and pesticides while increasing overall harvest yields.
Agrolabs
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Agrolabs develops IoT-based solutions for greenhouse farming. Its platform collects real-time data on crop growth, environment, and pollination, using predictive analytics to boost yield efficiency.
Eyedentify
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Eyedentify, established in 2016 and based in Hyderabad, India, specializes in automotive IoT solutions focused on enhancing vehicle security for drivers and passengers. The company offers services such as fleet management, in-vehicle surveillance, driver monitoring, and analytics to deter potential offenders and swiftly alert authorities during incidents. These services employ face recognition, behavioral analysis, and secure data storage, ensuring proactive security measures for commuters.
Revsmart Technologies
Seed Round in 2019
Revsmart Technologies is focused on developing innovative communication wearables designed specifically for motorcycle riders. Founded in 2016 and based in Hong Kong, the company has created a wearable audio device that utilizes advanced sound exciter technology and vibro-sound capabilities to deliver high-quality audio directly within helmets. This device allows riders to effectively access communication, navigation, and music while on the move, enhancing their riding experience. Powered by a rechargeable lithium-ion battery with a lifespan of up to eight hours, the wearable ensures that riders can remain connected and informed without compromising safety. Revsmart is supported by notable institutions such as IIT Bombay and Intel, and has received backing from the Brinc accelerator.
Blank!t
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Blank!t is a tech startup specializing in medical technology, IoT, data analysis, AI, cloud computing, edge computing, and 3D printing. Its innovative solutions aim to enhance patient care and experience while providing medical professionals with more time for improved services.
Unreal AI
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Unreal AI is a software company that develops edge AI capabilities and decentralizes AI workloads originally hosted in major cloud providers. It researches neural network models that run on low-cost edge devices to extend AI access beyond centralized infrastructure. The company offers Vizor ID, an easy-to-install security device that uses face recognition to authenticate employees at locations such as offices, banks, events, and schools. Unreal AI also provides services to improve model performance for technical teams, including a marketplace for pre-trained models where data scientists can list and sell their models, plus a machine learning framework for IoT that helps clients optimize efficiency and minimize resource use. Founded in 2018 and based in New Delhi, India.
GoFar
Seed Round in 2019
GoFar develops a connected car device that automates business mileage tracking for cars and light vehicles. The Internet of Things device provides real-time feedback to curb speeding and aggressive driving and monitors vehicle health, enabling freelancers, ride-share drivers, tradespeople, and other gig workers to log and claim work miles efficiently and reduce costs related to car tax and maintenance. Based in Ultimo, Australia, GoFar translates complex driving data into simple actions that save time and money while promoting safer driving.
QOOWEAR
Pre Seed Round in 2018
QOOWEAR is a company that specializes in developing wearable hardware and software technologies aimed at enhancing the safety and productivity of industrial workers in extreme environments. The company focuses on creating artificial intelligence-based apparel technology that regulates body temperature in response to surrounding conditions. Its product line features two-piece winter apparel made from advanced technical fabrics, which incorporate integrated sensor systems and AI algorithms. Additionally, these garments include geo-tagging capabilities, enabling users such as workers, athletes, and outdoor enthusiasts to maintain body heat and safeguard themselves against harsh cold conditions encountered in challenging terrains.
Volareo
Seed Round in 2018
Volareo is a technology company that develops smart voice speakers designed to serve as a hub for decentralized music and commerce utilizing blockchain technology. Its innovative product enables users to stream music, videos, and podcasts, as well as make calls and purchase cryptocurrencies. The platform fosters an open and decentralized ecosystem, catering to creators, developers, and cryptocurrency enthusiasts, and facilitates seamless integration between voice commands, online shopping, and the Internet of Things. Volareo made its debut at notable events such as SXSW and has been recognized in various influential media outlets, highlighting its commitment to advancing the intersection of voice technology and blockchain.
GeoMeo Informatics
Seed Round in 2018
GeoMeo Informatics specializes in bridging the digital divide by providing robust wireless networking solutions tailored for rural areas. Their flagship product, GeoMesh router, delivers high-speed internet access via a self-healing mesh network, ensuring reliable connectivity even in remote locations.
Fasal
Seed Round in 2018
Fasal, developed by Wolkus Technology Solutions, is an agri-tech platform that leverages artificial intelligence to enhance the agricultural ecosystem. It records various growing conditions on farms and employs data science to make accurate predictions regarding on-farm practices. The platform delivers insights across multiple devices, including iOS, Android, tablets, and web interfaces, ensuring accessibility for users. Fasal's precision agriculture solutions provide real-time agronomic recommendations based on data collected from agnostic sensors, which monitor on-farm and micro-climate conditions. By offering detailed, crop-specific intelligence—including predictive weather information and pest management strategies—Fasal helps farmers optimize their resources, resulting in significant cost savings on water, energy, fertilizers, and pesticides while increasing overall harvest yields.
Symbiot Technology
Seed Round in 2018
Symbiot Technology mission is to change and optimize the way they use energy in their homes. Leveraging both their own IoT devices and mainstream third party devices (such as Nest), they have developed a platform for automated energy optimisation. This integrated platform also enables more effective demand response programs for utilities. They believe that this optimisation can save 30% of current residential energy consumption.
Thinxtra Pty Limited
Series B in 2017
Thinxtra Pty Limited, established in 2015 and based in Sydney, Australia, specializes in providing Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and services. The company utilizes Sigfox technology to deliver connectivity tailored for various applications, including asset tracking, smart industry, and smart building solutions. Its offerings enable real-time monitoring of operations, facility metrics, and valuable assets, while also facilitating efficient management of utilities such as water and electricity. Thinxtra's services extend to security solutions for homes and businesses, smart agriculture for farmers, and e-health systems for elderly monitoring. Additionally, the company provides innovative products like Xkit and Oyster, aimed at enhancing connectivity and operational efficiency across diverse sectors. As of April 2016, Thinxtra operates as a subsidiary of Rakon Limited.
M&S Biotics
Seed Round in 2017
M&S Biotics develops healthcare IoT systems that enhance surgical efficiency, safety, and outcomes by automating instrument counting and data collection in the operating room. Its Biotic Integration system uses radio frequency identification and artificial intelligence to track, count, and locate surgical items in real time, while Biotic Insight provides analytics on instrument utilization. The platform also includes a Smart Table for real-time monitoring and coordination of tools and staff across procedures, enabling hospitals to reduce procedural risks, optimize resource use, and potentially increase surgical capacity.
SmartPeep
Seed Round in 2017
SmartPeep develops an AI-powered camera system for hospitals and elderly homes, automatically detecting high fall-risk patients' movements and alerting caregivers. This improves nursing care quality through monthly performance reports. Initially targeting Singapore and Malaysia, the company operates on a hardware and software as a service model with no upfront costs.
FarmApp
Seed Round in 2017
FarmApp designs and develops mobile apps and integrated pest management solutions for the agricultural production industry, based in Colombia. The platform combines scouting and fumigation apps with sensors and IoT automation to collect and integrate data from multiple modules, enabling farmers to monitor pests, crop health, and environmental factors and to automate decision making in pest management.
Smart Foal
Seed Round in 2017
Smart Foal Pty Ltd, established in 2016 and based in Fyshwick, Australia, specializes in designing and manufacturing foaling alarm systems. Their core products include a transmitter and a base station, with the transmitter using radio waves to send real-time information to the base station, which then sends alerts to users' mobile devices. Additionally, the company offers a web application for advanced foal monitoring, enabling breeders to remotely track their mares and enhance foaling safety.
Iotag
Seed Round in 2017
Iotag is a technology company that provides GPS tracking solutions for pastoral farms. It enables farmers to monitor cattle over long distances, automate detection of key breeding events, and improve health management.
SmartAHC
Seed Round in 2017
SmartAHC is a company focused on enhancing husbandry management through the development of intelligent farming models. Incubated by Nanyang Technological University, it has garnered support from various prominent investors. The company specializes in creating pig wearables and tracking systems that monitor health metrics and predict ovulation periods for pigs. This technology allows farmers to streamline their operations by reducing labor needs and enhancing animal care. SmartAHC's solutions facilitate comprehensive management of farming activities, including breeding, inventory counting, growth monitoring, and behavioral assessments, ultimately improving the efficiency of livestock farming.
SpaceConnect
Seed Round in 2015
SpaceConnect Pty Ltd. is a Sydney-based company that specializes in Bluetooth-based space management systems to enhance office utilization. Founded in 2015, the firm offers automated solutions for desk and meeting room bookings, allowing users to navigate the office environment seamlessly. Its platform leverages ambient intelligence and IoT sensors to provide real-time management of office spaces, enabling employees to automatically reserve available desks or meeting rooms without the need to interact with their mobile devices. This innovative approach facilitates efficient space management, streamlining both user experience and operational effectiveness. As of late 2019, SpaceConnect operates as a subsidiary of Smartspace Software plc.
OutofBox Solutions
Seed Round in 2014
OutofBox Solutions develops technology solutions to support farming and environmental monitoring, focusing on areas with low tech awareness. Drawing on expertise in accessibility and assistive technology, the company applies the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence to agriculture and environmental monitoring. Its image analysis platform uses connected devices and AI to deliver real-time data, automate tasks, and support decision-making for farmers and conservation agencies, aiming to improve productivity, efficiency, and biosecurity while reducing manual work.
Ninja Blocks
Seed Round in 2012
Ninja Blocks is the creator of the Ninja Sphere, the missing brain for your _smart_ devices. Ninja Sphere learns from your behaviour, identifies your preferences, and manages your devices so you don't have to.
The Ninja Sphere incorporates a gesture interface and micro-location technology that accurately locates radios within the home. It is backwards compatible with the Ninja Block, a popular device and platform that supports 100s of third-party devices.
Ninja's should be effective and invisible as should the interface to your home.
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