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Perlego is an online library subscription service for textbooks and non-fiction titles that offers unlimited access to over 650,000 eBooks and publications through a monthly subscription, partnering with over 3,000 publishers to provide affordable learning materials. Founded in 2016 and based in London, it aims to make education more accessible worldwide.

BOX ID Systems GmbH is a Munich-based company that specializes in the development and manufacture of Internet of Things (IoT) positioning and identification systems tailored for the industrial supply chain. Founded in 2018, the company provides comprehensive solutions such as BOX ID DoubleTrack, an asset tracking system designed for the localization of mobile assets and containers within production logistics, and BOX ID TripleTrack, which offers real-time asset location capabilities. These systems enable users to track assets both indoors and outdoors, enhancing efficiency and transparency in logistics processes. BOX ID Systems employs a specialized analytics software platform, sensor tracking devices, and user-management tools to facilitate process automation and optimization, benefiting industrial and automotive production clients by improving logistics efficiency and cost management across various operational environments. The company also maintains an office in Regensburg, Germany.

CloudTalk is the fastest-growing AI-powered calling solution and call center software for modern businesses. CloudTalk was founded in 2016 to help businesses connect seamlessly with customers over the phone and make customer experience the greatest competitive advantage for driving more revenues.

Wirepas Ltd. is a Finnish company established in 2010, specializing in wireless communication solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT). Based in Tampere, Wirepas develops Pino, a unique multi-hop mesh network solution that enables reliable and scalable connectivity for IoT devices. This technology supports the creation of autonomous networks that can expand to millions of devices without the need for traditional infrastructure. Wirepas Pino offers deterministic performance, local radio adaptability, and high reliability, addressing key challenges faced by IoT platforms. The company provides extensive support throughout the design and delivery process, including pre-integrated and tested reference implementations to facilitate IoT connectivity projects across various applications.

Airalo is an eSIM storefront that provides travelers with digital SIM solutions for over 190 countries and regions. The company offers eSIMs at local rates for compatible smartphones, tablets, and PCs, allowing users to connect without carrying multiple physical SIM cards or changing numbers. Through a mobile app, Airalo enables customers to browse and activate plans themselves, delivering global connectivity and flexibility for international travel. By replacing traditional SIM cards with portable eSIM profiles, Airalo aims to simplify international roaming and help travelers stay connected wherever they go.

SMART Photonics specializes in the development and production of integrated photonic chips that utilize light for data transmission, enhancing speed and bandwidth while lowering energy consumption. The company provides a versatile portfolio that includes easy access to Multi-Project Wafer runs, facilitating low-cost and rapid prototyping of photonic integrated circuits. Additionally, SMART Photonics offers engineering services tailored to meet specific customer requirements, along with production development for volume manufacturing of customized products. By focusing on these innovative processes, the company aims to support advancements in various sectors, such as healthcare and mobility, enabling clients to efficiently manage and transmit large volumes of data.

Perlego is an online library subscription service for textbooks and non-fiction titles that offers unlimited access to over 650,000 eBooks and publications through a monthly subscription, partnering with over 3,000 publishers to provide affordable learning materials. Founded in 2016 and based in London, it aims to make education more accessible worldwide.

RangeForce is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company that specializes in human cyber defense readiness. It provides a learning platform designed to enhance cybersecurity training by simulating cyberattacks and other threats within a cloud-based environment. This platform enables businesses to conduct realistic cybersecurity simulations and exercises, allowing information technology employees to develop and refine their defensive skills against evolving threats. By offering a sandbox environment, RangeForce helps organizations better prepare for actual cyber incidents, ensuring their teams are equipped to respond effectively.

Qollabi specializes in Business Relationship Management (BRM) software designed to streamline indirect sales channels. Its platform enables professionals to create and manage partner plans, track action items, integrate with CRM systems, and collaborate using the OKR methodology.

Minut is a technology company established in 2014, with operations in Shenzhen, China, and Malmö, Sweden. It specializes in designing and manufacturing smart home security devices. Minut's flagship product, Point, is a camera-less device that monitors noise, temperature, motion, and other environmental factors within homes. When it detects anomalies, it sends alerts to users' smartphones, enabling them to maintain home security without compromising privacy.

CensorNet specializes in cybersecurity solutions for managing internet activity and cloud application usage across all devices. Their platform offers real-time automated attack prevention, data loss prevention, and compliance monitoring, enabling organizations to safeguard their technology environments effectively.

Lendis GmbH, founded in 2018 and based in Berlin, Germany, specializes in providing a digital rental service for office infrastructure. The company offers a range of electronics and furniture, including desks, tables, chairs, laptops, cell phones, and acoustic solutions, on rent to businesses. Lendis enables companies to equip their employees with necessary devices and software, managing the setup and maintenance digitally. This service is particularly beneficial in hybrid working environments, allowing for flexible equipment management and freeing up IT resources. The company has equipped over 100,000 employees at more than 1,000 companies.

EclecticIQ is a company specializing in threat intelligence and cybersecurity solutions. It develops advanced technology for threat hunting and response, aimed at enhancing organizations' defenses against cyber adversaries. The company's platform integrates and interprets intelligence data sourced from open sources, commercial suppliers, and industry partnerships. This enables enterprises to bolster their detection, prevention, and response capabilities by embedding actionable intelligence into their cybersecurity infrastructures. Through its offerings, EclecticIQ strives to empower organizations to effectively combat evolving cyber threats.

SMART Photonics specializes in the development and production of integrated photonic chips that utilize light for data transmission, enhancing speed and bandwidth while lowering energy consumption. The company provides a versatile portfolio that includes easy access to Multi-Project Wafer runs, facilitating low-cost and rapid prototyping of photonic integrated circuits. Additionally, SMART Photonics offers engineering services tailored to meet specific customer requirements, along with production development for volume manufacturing of customized products. By focusing on these innovative processes, the company aims to support advancements in various sectors, such as healthcare and mobility, enabling clients to efficiently manage and transmit large volumes of data.

SettleMint is a developer of a user-friendly blockchain platform that allows web2 engineers to build, deploy, and integrate applications on web3 infrastructure. Its low-code platform encompasses the entire web3 application development lifecycle, featuring node hosting as a service that enables quick deployment across various protocols and cloud regions. The platform offers a library of customizable smart contract templates for over 50 use cases, efficient data querying through full Graph QL integration, and decentralized data storage via IPFS nodes. Additionally, SettleMint provides an automated user interface builder and scalable resources for deployed services. The company, SOC2 certified and designed for enterprise use, aims to simplify web3 development by reducing complexity and risk. With a presence in Europe, the Middle East, India, and Asia-Pacific, SettleMint operates offices in several major cities, including Belgium, Dubai, Delhi, Singapore, and Tokyo.

Sensara B.V., based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, focuses on home healthcare solutions through its product, Sensara HomeCare. The company aims to empower senior citizens and vulnerable individuals to maintain their independence while ensuring safety and health. Utilizing self-learning algorithms, Sensara monitors medically verified profiles through data collected from sensors, which is then communicated via user-friendly applications and interfaces. This system alerts family members and caregivers when assistance is needed, promoting proactive care. Sensara's modular product line seamlessly integrates solutions for various living situations, including independent, assisted, and nursing home environments. The company prioritizes data privacy, allowing clients to maintain control over their personal information, while emphasizing that understanding an individual’s history can enhance future care.

Founded in 2017, ZecOps specializes in automated cybersecurity solutions for enterprises, governments, and high-risk organizations. Its platform extracts, delivers, and analyzes mobile device logs to swiftly detect and investigate mobile cyber attacks.

Minut is a technology company established in 2014, with operations in Shenzhen, China, and Malmö, Sweden. It specializes in designing and manufacturing smart home security devices. Minut's flagship product, Point, is a camera-less device that monitors noise, temperature, motion, and other environmental factors within homes. When it detects anomalies, it sends alerts to users' smartphones, enabling them to maintain home security without compromising privacy.

Wirepas Ltd. is a Finnish company established in 2010, specializing in wireless communication solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT). Based in Tampere, Wirepas develops Pino, a unique multi-hop mesh network solution that enables reliable and scalable connectivity for IoT devices. This technology supports the creation of autonomous networks that can expand to millions of devices without the need for traditional infrastructure. Wirepas Pino offers deterministic performance, local radio adaptability, and high reliability, addressing key challenges faced by IoT platforms. The company provides extensive support throughout the design and delivery process, including pre-integrated and tested reference implementations to facilitate IoT connectivity projects across various applications.

Cloudify is a developer of a cloud orchestration platform that enables service providers and enterprises to automate and manage network and application services across various environments, including core locations, branches, and edge devices. By utilizing its open-source, intent-based orchestration technology, Cloudify simplifies end-to-end network automation, connecting and managing distributed containers, network elements, and edge devices on both physical servers and cloud infrastructures. The platform enhances the deployment, configuration, and remediation of applications, allowing businesses to improve the velocity and reliability of software deployment and lifecycle management. With a focus on flexibility and cost reduction, Cloudify's TOSCA-based technology prevents vendor lock-in and facilitates collaboration across heterogeneous cloud environments. The company is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel, with additional offices in the United States and Europe.

Cybersprint is a cybersecurity company that specializes in Digital Risk Protection services, aimed at enhancing internet safety. The company has developed a cybersecurity compliance platform focused on attack surface management. This platform continuously maps a company's attack surface, identifying and prioritizing relevant risks to prevent significant incidents. By adopting an outside-in approach similar to that of a hacker, Cybersprint enables businesses to detect vulnerabilities effectively and make informed decisions regarding their external exposure.

CUJO AI develops an artificial intelligence-driven cybersecurity platform for global network operators. This platform enhances digital life protection for customers by identifying and blocking security threats, problematic content, and privacy concerns in real-time. It enables operators to improve customer value proposition, monetize networks, and reduce operational complexity.

Founded in 2017, ZecOps specializes in automated cybersecurity solutions for enterprises, governments, and high-risk organizations. Its platform extracts, delivers, and analyzes mobile device logs to swiftly detect and investigate mobile cyber attacks.

Sentiance is a data science company specializing in motion insights derived from IoT sensor data. It develops advanced technology that transforms motion data into contextual insights, enabling better understanding of individual behavior and real-time contexts. Sentiance serves various sectors, including motor insurance, ride-hailing, delivery services, automotive OEMs, and transport authorities. By employing on-device AI and behavioral change techniques, the company personalizes engagement strategies aimed at enhancing safety and sustainability in mobility. This innovative approach helps clients reduce accidents, improve claims handling, boost customer engagement and acquisition, enhance loss ratios, and implement tailored driver safety programs.

Sound Energy BV is focused on developing and commercializing innovative technologies aimed at reducing fossil energy consumption. The company specializes in Thermo Acoustic Technology, which provides a sustainable solution for climate control in buildings. By utilizing hot water for cooling, Sound Energy's heat engines and heat pumps eliminate the need for electricity or gas, allowing homeowners to manage energy consumption while achieving zero carbon dioxide emissions. With a commitment to sustainability, the company integrates environmental considerations with scientific expertise and a pragmatic business approach, ensuring that its technologies serve both ecological and economic interests.

Sentiance is a data science company specializing in motion insights derived from IoT sensor data. It develops advanced technology that transforms motion data into contextual insights, enabling better understanding of individual behavior and real-time contexts. Sentiance serves various sectors, including motor insurance, ride-hailing, delivery services, automotive OEMs, and transport authorities. By employing on-device AI and behavioral change techniques, the company personalizes engagement strategies aimed at enhancing safety and sustainability in mobility. This innovative approach helps clients reduce accidents, improve claims handling, boost customer engagement and acquisition, enhance loss ratios, and implement tailored driver safety programs.

Sensara B.V., based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, focuses on home healthcare solutions through its product, Sensara HomeCare. The company aims to empower senior citizens and vulnerable individuals to maintain their independence while ensuring safety and health. Utilizing self-learning algorithms, Sensara monitors medically verified profiles through data collected from sensors, which is then communicated via user-friendly applications and interfaces. This system alerts family members and caregivers when assistance is needed, promoting proactive care. Sensara's modular product line seamlessly integrates solutions for various living situations, including independent, assisted, and nursing home environments. The company prioritizes data privacy, allowing clients to maintain control over their personal information, while emphasizing that understanding an individual’s history can enhance future care.

Nello is a technology company dedicated to streamlining urban living. It specializes in upgrading multi-family home intercom systems, enabling keyless access via smartphones. This technology also facilitates unattended deliveries and pickups, enhancing convenience and efficiency for residents.

Actility develops ThingPark, a machine-to-machine communication platform designed for large-scale deployments of critical applications. It offers carrier-grade IoT solutions, including low-power wide-area networks, middleware, and an IoT device marketplace. Actility is a founding member of the LoRa Alliance.

CardioSecur, a subsidiary of Personal MedSystems, specializes in innovative mobile health solutions, particularly in the realm of instant cardiac monitoring. The company develops a smartphone-based ECG application that is designed to provide personalized cardiac monitoring services. This application is accompanied by a set of electrodes, allowing users to conduct high-level 12-lead ECG tests with ease. One of the key features of the application is its ability to share data with healthcare professionals, enabling patients to receive timely recommendations based on their cardiac health within minutes. CardioSecur's focus on user-friendly design and sophisticated technology positions it as a leader in the field of personalized ECG systems for individual use.

Viloc is a Belgian scale-up specializing in tool tracking and automated tool management for construction, installation, and equipment rental industries. It offers an integrated platform combining scanning, GPS tracking, and Viloc Tags to address tool management challenges. For smaller, less expensive equipment, Viloc developed the Viloc Tag, a tiny tracking device that transmits data about status and location.

SecurityMatters is an international company specializing in advanced network monitoring and protection technologies designed to enhance cybersecurity for its clients. The firm offers a unique approach to securing computer networks through self-configuring, deep-protocol, network whitelisting, which is based on over two decades of research in network intrusion detection. Its products and services provide instant visibility and detection of cyber threats, specifically targeting industrial environments. By translating complex security challenges into clear, actionable intelligence, SecurityMatters enables its clients to effectively identify and swiftly recover from potential threats, thereby ensuring the continuity and integrity of their operations.

OPNT is a Dutch company specializing in accurate time and frequency transfer solutions. Originally spun off from LaserLaB at VU University Amsterdam, OPNT aims to provide reliable and affordable network timing services, enabling businesses to operate independently of GPS timing and reduce operational expenses.

EclecticIQ is a company specializing in threat intelligence and cybersecurity solutions. It develops advanced technology for threat hunting and response, aimed at enhancing organizations' defenses against cyber adversaries. The company's platform integrates and interprets intelligence data sourced from open sources, commercial suppliers, and industry partnerships. This enables enterprises to bolster their detection, prevention, and response capabilities by embedding actionable intelligence into their cybersecurity infrastructures. Through its offerings, EclecticIQ strives to empower organizations to effectively combat evolving cyber threats.

Actility develops ThingPark, a machine-to-machine communication platform designed for large-scale deployments of critical applications. It offers carrier-grade IoT solutions, including low-power wide-area networks, middleware, and an IoT device marketplace. Actility is a founding member of the LoRa Alliance.

Jasper Technologies, Inc. specializes in providing a cloud-based Internet of Things (IoT) platform that enables businesses to launch, manage, and monetize IoT services globally. The company offers its Control Center, an automated connectivity management platform that allows users to oversee connected devices, including low power and low usage devices, as well as to manage connected car services. Additionally, Jasper Technologies provides Control Center for Mobile Enterprise, which facilitates mobility management for employee mobile devices. The company serves a diverse range of sectors, including agriculture, connected cars, smart homes and buildings, healthcare, industrial equipment, retail, smart cities, and transportation and logistics. Founded in 2004 as Jasper Wireless, the company rebranded to Jasper Technologies in May 2014 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with operations in Alpharetta, Georgia. As of March 2016, Jasper Technologies operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems.

Openlayer develops a debugging workspace platform that identifies and mitigates failure patterns and biases in machine learning models. Its platform analyzes model predictions to detect common failures and edge cases, facilitating tracking of models and datasets, and enabling developers to create production-ready models.