| Date | Title | Description |
| 26.05.2025 | Altron Nexus becomes Sentiv in high-profile MBO | Reshaad Sha
Well-known South African technology industry entrepreneur Reshaad Sha is involved in a buyout of Altron Nexus from JSE-listed Altron Group, it has emerged.
As part of the acquisition – which is still subject to the fulfilment of... |
| 19.08.2024 | IoT service provider UnaBiz raised $25 M Pre-series C funding from KOIF III and KCCS | Massive internet of things (IoT) service provider and integrator UnaBiz, based in Singapore, has announced the successful first close of its $25 million pre-series C funding, in which KYOCERA Communication Systems Co., Ltd. and KDDI Open In... |
| 17.07.2024 | UnaBiz UnaBiz launches “Sigfox Atlas Sparks Beta,” an AI-based location information service that reduces t otal cost of ownership for large-scale asset management in the logistics and supply chain fie... | - |
| 17.07.2024 | UnaBiz UnaBiz launches “Sigfox Atlas Sparks Beta,” an AI-based location information service that reduces t otal cost of ownership for large-scale asset management in the logistics and supply chain fie... | [UnaBiz] UnaBiz launches Sigfox, an AI-based location information service that reduces total cost of ownership for large-scale asset management in the logistics and supply chain field.
“Atlas Sparks Beta” now available
*UnaBiz*
Press releas... |
| 05.06.2024 | Sigfox SA lands big IoT smart meter contract | Sigfox SA, the internet-of-things (IoT) network operator, has secured a contract from national treasury to supply the technology that will underpin South Africa’s new smart water meter ecosystem.
“The tender, commonly known as ‘RT29’ [and] ... |
| 07.07.2023 | Startup Showcase: SIGFOX – Pioneering Global IoT Connectivity | The future of the Internet of Things (IoT) is here, and it’s been ushered in by a groundbreaking company from France’s “IoT Valley” – SIGFOX. Founded by Ludovic Le Moan and Christophe Fourtet in 2010, SIGFOX is an ambitious startup that’s t... |
| 05.03.2023 | Сравнительный анализ стандартов связи для сетей IoT | Интернет вещей (Internet of Things, IoT) — это одно из самых актуальных направлений современных технологий. Сети IoT позволяют подключать к сети интернет физические устройства, такие как датчики, устройства управления, электронные приборы и... |
| 17.01.2023 | South Africa: Technology and Sustainable Development - A Hamlet in Rural South Africa Shows How One Can Power the Other | It's hard to imagine that the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the fourth industrial revolution can be part of the same conversation.
But, as a briefing paper by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with PricewaterhouseCoopers ... |
| 03.08.2022 | Sigfox SA invests billions in mass IOT adoption | Raymond Ndlovu, non-executive director of Sigfox SA and CEO of Community Investment Ventures Holdings.
The consortium of investors backing the newly-launched Sigfox South Africa says it has spent billions of rands on building a reliable int... |
| 28.07.2022 | Loss-making SqwidNet owner launches Sigfox South Africa | Raymond Ndlovu, non-executive director of Sigfox South Africa and CEO of Community Investment Ventures Holdings.
European internet of things (IOT) wireless
WIRELESS UC-Wireless is a solutions-based distributor for integrated wireless commun... |
| 27.01.2022 | Sigfox, the French IoT startup that had raised more than $300M, files for bankruptcy protection as it seeks a buyer | We are continuing to see fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the tech industry, with one of the latest developments coming out from France. Sigfox — a high-profile IoT startup that had raised over $300 million in venture fu... |
| 26.01.2022 | Top 10 Startup Success Stories: January
Subscribe to our newsletter | 2022 started in lockdown again, but that did not hold our startups back. Some visited CES2022 in Las Vegas and presented their technology on television; others got seed funding or were nominated for an award. In this article, you will find ... |
| 30.11.2021 | 5G + IoT = Opportunity | Ultra-fast wireless connectivity has the power to handle burgeoning data volumes from connected sensors. Communication service providers should seize the moment to go to market with high-value vertical use cases, says Manju Kygonahally, a V... |
| 29.07.2021 | 3 Ways IoT is Empowering Modern Healthcare Industry Today | Ajay Rane, VP of Global Ecosystem Development, Sigfox
Today’s healthcare systems are nothing like their predecessors of even a decade ago, and their growth is due, in large part, to the rapid evolution of technology. In recent years, e-heal... |
| 05.01.2021 | Стартап-экосистема Парижа
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Что дальше?... | Стартап-экосистема Парижа |
| 05.01.2021 | Startup ecosystem of Paris
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What’s next? | Startup ecosystem of Paris |
| 23.12.2020 | How Sigfox hopes to rebound after becoming a cautionary IoT tale | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Almost four years ago, France’s Sigfox was riding high as a newly anointed unicorn and seemed to signal the potential of the internet o... |
| 23.12.2020 | How Sigfox hopes to rebound after becoming a cautionary IoT tale | Almost four years ago, France’s Sigfox was riding high as a newly anointed unicorn and seemed to signal the potential of the internet of things (IoT). These days, SigFox is a cautionary tale about how too much hype can lead to expectations ... |
| 09.12.2020 | 12 predictions for HR and the workplace in 2021 | Image: Istock/Jacephoto
Predictions for what’s ahead in the job market and the economic potential of the country are popular at year-end. But this year has proved to be a conundrum with observers’ opinions skewed, hampered, or dictated by t... |
| 13.09.2019 | How a 0G network can make smart cities using IoT that much smarter | The IoT has the power to unleash the smart city, providing data-backed insights that can be used to inform sustainability initiatives, enhance operations and influence municipal planning and budgeting. However, the potential of this technol... |
| 01.02.2019 | Unpacking the influence of the IoT in travel | You cannot miss the signs of technological advancement in travel today. From mobile ticketing to biometric scanning at amusement parks, today’s business trips and family vacations look vastly different than in years past. Innovation has com... |
| 28.08.2018 | UnaBiz Raises USD$10M in Series A Funding | UnaBiz, a Sigfox*’ operator for Singapore and Taiwan, raised over USD10m in Series A funding.
The round was led by KDDI, Japan’s global telecommunications pioneer, through “SORACOM IoT Fund Program”. SORACOM Inc, the KDDI Group company that... |
| 30.04.2018 | Heliot und Sigfox lancieren IOT-Netzwerk in der Schweiz | |
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| 26.08.2017 | Hardware unicorns are on the rise, and China is dominating | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Four years ago, when the first unicorn count took... |
| 26.08.2017 | Hardware unicorns are on the rise, and China is dominating | Four years ago, when the first unicorn count took place, there were 39 startups on the list, only one of them a hardware company. Today the world has some 213 unicorns, and 18 of those are hardware startups. Considering hardware accounts fo... |
| 18.08.2017 | Government buys into IoT network builder Thinxtra | The government has taken a 15 percent equity stake in Thinxtra valued at $10 million to fund a nationwide low-power wide area network for internet of things (IoT) devices and applications.
Minister of the environment and energy Josh Frydend... |
| 12.07.2017 | Nodle.io uses Bluetooth to build delay-tolerant IoT networks | As the number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices continues to grow at an exponential rate, it’s becoming clear that we also need the right networks to connect these devices to each other and the wider internet. Standard procedure these day... |
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| 05.07.2017 | IoT In Africa: SqwidNet Keen to Build Africa’s IoT Network | wp_booster error:
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| 04.07.2017 | SqwidNet’s IoT Network Goes Nationwide, Now Covers All South African Cities | wp_booster error:
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| 06.02.2017 | The Connected Things: SA’s Battle to Deliver Internet of Things Solutions | by Gugu Lourie
The stage to do battle for a connected user is being laid by tech firms – Comsol, Sigfox and Vula Telematix – in a lucrative race to connect homes, farmers, doctors, patients, cars, utilities, and other everyday devices such ... |
| 06.02.2017 | The Connected Things: SA’s Battle to Deliver Internet of Things Solutions | - |
| 06.01.2017 | French IoT unicorn Sigfox carries hopes of a nation hungry for a global startup hero | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Xavier Torres-Tuset saw his future the first time he heard of Sigfox.
The French engineer had been interested in building a new type of... |
| 06.01.2017 | French IoT unicorn Sigfox carries hopes of a nation hungry for a global startup hero | Xavier Torres-Tuset saw his future the first time he heard of Sigfox.
The French engineer had been interested in building a new type of tracking device for remote objects, one that was unlimited by range. But the combination of cost, batter... |
| 21.11.2016 | Sigfox cierra una ronda de €150M, acuden Alto Invest, Salesforce, Henri Seydoux, Swen CP, Tamer, Total y accionistas actuales | 21/11/2016
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Sigfox acaba de cerrar su ultima ronda serie E con la captación de €150 millo... |
| 18.11.2016 | French IoT startup Sigfox nabs €150M Series E, reportedly at €600M valuation | Sigfox, the IoT company based out of France that is building a dedicated, global network to connect, monitor and control devices like smart-home alarms, machinery, refrigerators and city streetlights, today confirmed that it has closed its ... |
| 18.11.2016 | French startup Sigfox raises €150 million Series E to expand global IoT network | French IoT startup Sigfox announced it has closed a €150 million Series E round to accelerate the expansion of its global network to 60 countries by 2018 and reach profitability.
New investors include Alto Invest, Salesforce Ventures, Henri... |
| 18.11.2016 | Term Sheet — Friday, November 18 | Et Cetera
Gig Economy: On-demand startups—the ones bringing us grocery, housecleaning, parking, lawn mowing, and personal butlers with a tap on our smartphones—have been out of vogue with venture investors for most of this year. When Postma... |
| 18.11.2016 | Sigfox To Close €150M Series E Funding | Sigfox, a Labege near Toulouse, France-based provider of connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT), is to close its €150m Series E funding round.
Backers included new investors Salesforce, Total, Henri Seydoux, Alto Invest, Swen CP and ... |
| 18.11.2016 | France’s Sigfox raises $160 million to expand its IoT network to 60 countries | French IoT startup Sigfox announced today that it has raised $160 million as it continues to build out its communication network for connected objects.
The latest round comes less than two years after the company raised $115 million, a sum ... |
| 06.10.2016 | IoT startup Sigfox is raising $100M-$200M at a $600M valuation to grow globally | The Internet of Things — the area of technology where previously dumb objects are getting equipped with radio signals and microprocessors to be connected, monitored, controlled and supercharged through networks — is still in its early days,... |
| 22.08.2016 | 5 women who are changing the IoT world | Many argue that the tech world — including IoT — is one big bro-nopoly. Why?
Well, maybe because only 5% of all VC funding goes to women-led startups. Embarrassing.
In addition, according to LinkedIn’s Talent blog survey, 91% of hardware en... |
| 28.05.2016 | Who’s afraid of the IoT? | Jon Evans Contributor
Jon Evans is the CTO of the engineering consultancy HappyFunCorp; the award-winning author of six novels, one graphic novel, and a book of travel writing; and TechCrunch's weekend columnist since 2010.
More posts by th... |
| 04.05.2016 | France’s SigFox will expand its dedicated IoT network to 100 U.S. cities | SigFox, the French startup that is building dedicated cellular networks for Internet of Things objects from connected smoke alarms and refrigerators to interactive billboards, traffic systems and factory robots, has announced a big move int... |
| 22.03.2016 | Tech Tour Selects European 50 High Growth Companies | Tech Tour, a platform that allows high-tech companies to develop strategic relations with investors, announced the 2016 Tech Tour Growth 50 (TTG50), which highlights the next generation of Europe’s fastest growth tech businesses.
The compan... |
| 08.03.2016 | GLOMO Awards winners 2016 announced | We already know the leaders in mobile innovation of 2016. Let’s see the stars of this year’s Glomo Awards.
The global mobile awards, or GLOMO, winners were revealed during the official ceremony, which took place on Tuesday 23 February at H... |
| 25.02.2016 | The Politics Of The Internet Of Things | Dominique Guinard Contributor
Dominique Guinard is the co-founder and CTO of EVRYTHNG.
The prospective scale of the Internet of Things (IoT) has the potential to fill anyone looking from the outside with the technical equivalent of agorapho... |
| 18.12.2015 | Lost In Translation: IoT Adoption In Southeast Asia In 2015 | Zaf Coelho Contributor
Zaf Coelho is the project director at Industry Platform.
We spent a large part of the year in the cities of Manila, Bangkok, Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur speaking to local enterprises about this (too) broad and (too) over... |
| 05.08.2015 | IoT could demand a whole new, dedicated network — here’s why | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Today, most networked appliances on the Internet of Things (IoT) are not too demanding from a bandwidth perspective. Often they just sh... |
| 05.08.2015 | IoT could demand a whole new, dedicated network — here’s why | Today, most networked appliances on the Internet of Things (IoT) are not too demanding from a bandwidth perspective. Often they just share simple data that only require a few bytes to transfer from one device to another. For example, a sens... |
| 13.02.2015 | Digital minister wants to ‘break some clichés’ about the French startup scene (interview) | TOULOUSE, France – French digital minister Axelle Lemaire arrived in this southwestern city today with plenty of good news to celebrate.
She began her visit to France’s fourth largest city in the morning by stopping at La Cantine, a startup... |
| 13.02.2015 | Digital minister wants to ‘break some clichés’ about the French startup scene (interview) | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
TOULOUSE, France – French digital minister Axelle... |
| 13.02.2015 | Funding roundup - week ending 2/13/15 | AppDirect, Pursuit, Jet, WedPics, Laurel & Wolf, Sigfox, Soothe, Reserve, TrueFacet, Capital Float
Seed Stage
Pursuit Vascular, the maker of a preventive medical device for catheter-related bloodstream infections, raised $1.6 million in... |
| 12.02.2015 | La startup francesa Sigfox cierra una ronda de $115M, acuden Telefónica, SKTelecom, NTT, GDF, Air Liquide y Elliot Management | 12/02/2015
LA STARTUP FRANCESA SIGFOX CIERRA UNA RONDA DE $115 MILLONES, ACUDEN TELEFÓNICA, SKTELECOM, NTT, GDF, AIR LIQUIDE Y ELLIOT MANAGEMENT.
La startup tecnológica francesa especializada en redes inalámbricas para Internet de las cos... |
| 11.02.2015 | Sigfox raises France’s biggest VC round ever at $115M to expand its IoT wireless network | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
LABEGE, France – Sigfox, a startup based in the s... |
| 11.02.2015 | Sigfox Secures $115M Round of Funding | Sigfox, a Labège, France-based provider of a cellular network dedicated to the Internet of Things, secured a record $115m round of financing.
The round included a first close of $93m and a portion of $22m that will allow new strategic partn... |
| 11.02.2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. Emergence Capital raises $335M fund to invest in enterprise startups
Emergence Capital has closed its fourth fund, Emergence... |
| 11.02.2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, up... |
| 11.02.2015 | Sigfox Raises $115M To Take Its Internet of Things Network Global | Mobile carriers want to play a central role in the Internet of Things — as the glue that links up connected objects and lets them communicate with each other — and now they are funding a startup out of France that is making IoT networks a r... |
| 11.02.2015 | France's Sigfox raises $115 million for 'Internet of Things' network | By Sophie Sassard
3 Min Read
LONDON (Reuters) - French startup Sigfox has raised $115 million from seven heavyweight investors to help it build new networks globally to connect everything from washing machines to smart meters to the Interne... |
| 02.12.2014 | The Internet Of Things Is Reaching Escape Velocity | Matt Turck Contributor
Matt Turck, a Managing Director of FirstMark Capital, invests across a broad range of enterprise and consumer startups. Prior to FirstMark, he was a Managing Director at Bloomberg Ventures, the investment and incubati... |
| 23.09.2014 | Sigfox Wants To Turn Its Network For Connected Objects Into A Platform, Hires Cédric Giorgi | French startup Sigfox is building a low cost, alternative cellular network for connected objects. It allows small connected objects to talk with Sigfox’s server with a very small battery and cheap hardware. It sounds too good to be true, bu... |
| 31.03.2014 | Sigfox Raises €15M in VC Funding | Sigfox, a Labège, France-based provider of global cellular connectivity for the Internet of Things, raised €15m in venture capital funding.
Backers included Idinvest Partners, the FSN PME, Fonds Ambition Numérique, Elaia Partners, Intel Cap... |
| 28.03.2014 | Sigfox Raises $20.6 Million To Create A Global Cellular Network For Connected Objects | French startup Sigfox raised a Series B round of $20.6 million (€15 million) from IDInvest and BPIFrance. Existing investors (Elaia Partners, Partech Ventures, Ixo and Intel Capital) also participated. As a reminder, Sigfox wants to create ... |
| 04.09.2013 | Two Models of Success for European Startups | In the 18th century, the French philosophers invented l'esprit critique. Centuries later, it seems we French people value criticism over a lot of things – such as enthusiasm, for instance. As a French entrepreneur living in San Francisco, I... |
| 11.09.2012 | SIGFOX Closes €10M Series B Funding | SIGFOX, a Toulouse, France-based operator of a cellular network fully dedicated to Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things communications, has closed a €10m Series B funding round.
The investment was led by Intel Capital, with parti... |
| - | Акселератор в Хельсинки запустил программу для интернета вещей | Программа акселератора рассчитана на полгода. Первый месяц посвящен подготовке (bootcamp) в коворкинге в Хельсинки, следующие пять месяцев команда стартапа может либо оставаться работать в коворкинге, либо вернуться в собственный офис.
Вмес... |
| - | Amadeus to explore IoT in travel | Travel booking software maker Amadeus is set to work with Sigfox to explore use cases for IoT in the travel industry.
“IoT is a huge market which has far reaching implications for a number of industries, especially travel,” Amadeus said in ... |
