8power
Cambridge, GB · Founded 2015 · 8 employees on LinkedIn · 7 known investors
8power builds 'Fit & Forget' wireless sensors that provide real-time condition monitoring, data and analytics for industrial machinery such as pumps, motors and gearboxes, allowing clients to track remote asset performance and plan maintenance. Its patented sensors harvest energy from asset vibrations rather than relying on batteries or wiring, serving industrial customers in the UK water industry with expansion into energy, chemical, HVAC and oil & gas markets.
Also known as 8power Limited · 8power Ltd
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Company profile
researched Aug 20268power Limited is a Cambridge, UK technology company that supplies wireless sensors and machine learning analytics for monitoring the health of rotating industrial equipment such as motors, pumps and gearboxes, independent of asset age, brand, size or model. The sensors are retrofittable, quoted at up to a 10-year operating life, and collect hourly high-resolution measurements of parameters including vibration, temperature, humidity, magnetic field and audio. Data is trended and reported over time so engineers and asset managers can track deterioration and decide when to maintain, repair or replace an asset, and is delivered through mobile and desktop interfaces or a secure API into third-party platforms, ranging from simple "traffic light" alerts to full condition analysis.
The company positions its offer as "Fit & Forget" condition monitoring aimed at 24/7 early warning for equipment installed in remote, unmanned or difficult-to-reach locations. Named target sectors are water and wastewater treatment, utilities, manufacturing, and oil and gas. In water and wastewater, 8power targets remote plants where assets such as large-volume blowers and abstraction pumps run at near-100% duty cycles; in oil and gas it emphasises reduced downtime, prioritised repairs and lower exposure of maintenance staff to hazardous environments. The company frames the buying case around total expenditure (TOTEX) over asset life, including the cost of maintaining batteries in alternative systems.
8power Limited is registered in England and Wales (company number 09396640) and is based at the Future Business Centre, Kings Hedges Road, Cambridge CB4 2HY.
Business model
8power supplies wireless condition monitoring sensors together with the data, analytics and reporting layer delivered via mobile, desktop or a secure API to third-party platforms, sold to industrial asset owners and operators.
Traction
Completed a remote condition monitoring trial with Anglian Water announced in June 2020; a joint condition monitoring project with Severn Trent Water received Highly Commended status in an industry water award in 2020; recognised by Gartner as a Cool Vendor in IoT Thingification (May 2020 report); and selected in 2021 as a partner in a Severn Trent-led coalition awarded GBP 2.8 million under Ofwat's first Water Breakthrough Challenge.
Latest developments
In November 2021 8power announced it was part of a Severn Trent Water-led coalition that won GBP 2.8 million in Ofwat's first Water Breakthrough Challenge for the "Artificial Intelligence of Things Enabling Autonomous Waste Catchments" project, alongside Southern Water, South West Water, BT, Microsoft, Rockwell, Exeter University and Blackburn Starling, with 8power contributing asset health data into AI decision making.
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Market position
The company describes itself as a leader in condition monitoring within the UK water sector and was named a Cool Vendor by Gartner in the May 2020 "Cool Vendors in IoT Thingification" report.
Battery-free, non-hardwired sensors that harvest energy from asset vibration, giving a stated 10-year "Fit & Forget" life and enabling continuous high-resolution data collection and on-device analytics without battery maintenance costs.
Technology
Patented sensor technology initially developed at the University of Cambridge. A stated differentiator is vibration energy harvesting: the sensors draw power from the vibration of the monitored asset rather than requiring batteries or hardwiring, which the company says removes the limits that battery power places on sensing, wireless communications and on-device analytics. Devices are retrofittable with a stated life of up to 10 years, capture hourly high-resolution data, and can measure vibration, temperature, humidity, magnetic field and audio; machine learning analytics are applied to the resulting data.
Go-to-market
Direct engagement with industrial and utility asset owners, supported by trials and collaborative projects with UK water companies including Anglian Water and Severn Trent Water, and participation in publicly funded innovation programmes such as Ofwat's Water Breakthrough Challenge.
Industrial asset owners and operators in water and wastewater treatment, utilities, manufacturing, and oil and gas, typically monitoring large fleets of remote assets such as pumps, motors, gearboxes, blowers and abstraction pumps.
Geography
Headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom, with a customer focus on the UK water industry and stated plans to grow in the UK and Europe and to operate internationally.
History
The underlying patented sensor technology was initially developed at the University of Cambridge. 8power Limited is registered in England and Wales under company number 09396640 and operates from the Future Business Centre in Cambridge. Product and recognition milestones reported include the Track 200 range of self-powered sensors in 2017 and an IDTechEx energy harvesting award in 2017, followed by water sector trials and awards in 2020 and an Ofwat innovation award in 2021.
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Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 7
launches, deals, and filings8power was named on 30 September 2021 as a partner in the Severn Trent Water-led 'Artificial Intelligence of Things Enabling Autonomous Waste Catchments' project, which won £2.8 million from Ofwat's £40 million Water Breakthrough Challenge. Other partners included Southern Water, South West Water, BT, Microsoft, Rockwell, Exeter University and Blackburn Starling.
8power Ltd completed a £2 million growth funding round including follow-on investment from IP Group, Cambridge Enterprise, company management and high-net-worth individual investors, and welcoming new investor Low Carbon Innovation Fund 2, managed by UK merchant bank Turquoise.
8power announced it was named in the Gartner 'Cool Vendors in IoT Thingification' report published 14 May 2020.
8power announced completion of a remote condition monitoring trial with Anglian Water using its sensors and analytics.
8power unveiled three new products in its Track 200 range of low power, energy harvesting sensors, introduced at the TC3 Summit for network providers.
8power was awarded Best Technical Development in Energy Harvesting at the 2017 IDTechEx conference in Berlin, following the launch of the Track100 self-powered sensor.
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Legal entities · 1
corporate structureCompanies House · registry record
View on Companies House ↗- Registered name
- SENSOR TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
- Company number
- 01242171
- Status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 29 Jan 1976
- Registered office
- Apollo Park Ironstone Lane, Wroxton, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 6AY
- Nature of business (SIC)
- 26511 — Manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control
- Previous names
- BULLERGLEN LIMITED (1976–1977)
- Accounts
- last made up to 31 Mar 2025 · next due 31 Dec 2026
- Confirmation statement
- last made up to 30 Mar 2026 · next due 13 Apr 2027
Current officers · 3
- Anthony John Ingham — secretary
- Anthony John Ingham — director, appointed 1 Oct 2021
- Mark Waller Ingham — director, appointed 17 Nov 2022
Source: Companies House public register · retrieved 5 Aug 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- 8power8power.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does 8power do?
- Cambridge, UK company making self-powered wireless sensors for remote condition monitoring of rotating industrial equipment.
- Who are 8power's investors?
- 8power's investors include Cambridge Angels group, Parkwalk Advisors.
- Where is 8power headquartered?
- 8power is headquartered in Cambridge, GB.