CIE Components in Electronics
VersaSense, a privately held Belgian industrial Internet of Things (IoT) company, has announced the completion of a financing round with the Gemma Frisius Fund which will bring the total amount of funds raised to date in excess of €1m. VersaSense will use the proceeds of this investment to expand its global commercial activities.
VersaSense’s IoT technology already powers diverse application domains, including production line monitoring, energy management and preventative maintenance. Their client base includes Fortune-500 and multinational companies in 30 countries worldwide.
The VersaSense wireless IoT fabric enables enterprises to capture data from sensors throughout their operational environment and securely deliver it to advanced analytics running on today’s leading IoT platforms. The plug-and-play nature of the VersaSense IoT fabric enables customers to instantaneously connect various assets in a reliable and secure way without the need for any custom hardware or embedded software development.
“Industrial companies urgently need pragmatic IoT solutions that quickly deliver return on investment by connecting their assets to value-generating analytics,” said Professor Koenraad Debackere, chairman of Gemma Frisius Fund. “We are confident that the VersaSense wireless fabric product family is uniquely positioned to meet this market demand and we strongly believe that this team has the capability to power this 4th industrial revolution.”
“The VersaSense IoT Fabric provides the asset-to-analytics connectivity that is critical to realising the vision of Industry 4.0,” said Dr. Nelson Matthys, CEO of VersaSense. “By supporting thousands of sensor types and connecting to all major IoT analytics platforms, we empower our customers to IoT-enable their business in a matter of days.”
