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피플앤드테크놀러지

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PNTbiz operates IndoorPlus+, a real-time location and asset tracking platform that uses RTLS, location-based services, and smart sensing technologies for indoor monitoring and navigation. The platform serves hospitals, enterprises, and industrial facilities for applications including worker safety, asset management, access control, and environmental monitoring.

Also known as (주)피플앤드테크놀러지 · People & Technology · People and Technology · PNT · PNTbiz

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Company profile

researched Aug 2026

피플앤드테크놀러지 (People & Technology) is a Seoul-based B2B solution provider specializing in indoor location estimation and real-time positioning. Its core technology uses Bluetooth Low Energy for indoor positioning with accuracy of around one meter, commercialized since the 2014 launch of the IndoorPlus+ LBS and IndoorPlus+ RTLS products. The IndoorPlus+ platform is an integrated IoT/digital-transformation suite that collects and analyzes indoor and outdoor location data together with sensor information in real time, with product lines covering industrial DX and smart safety, SmartCare for hospitals, smart sensing, LBS, and RTLS.

The company has extended the platform with IndoorPlus+ AI, a computer-vision oriented offering combining on-device AI, AI video analysis and AI-model-based data analytics, aimed at security, smart city, healthcare and industrial safety use cases. Applications marketed by the company include worker safety management, access control and security, asset tracking, process productivity, environmental and cold-chain monitoring, wayfinding, vital-signs monitoring, attendance and visitor management. Reference deployments cited by the company span manufacturing and enterprise sites such as LG Display's Paju plant, Hanwha Techwin's defense plant, a Hyundai Motor data center, Amorepacific and Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, and smartphone-based indoor navigation at Severance Hospital, Hanyang University Hospital, Pusan National University Hospital, Kyungpook National University Hospital and the Hotel Shilla duty-free store.

Business model

B2B enterprise software and solution sales: the company supplies its IndoorPlus+ location, sensing and AI platform, including hardware-linked deployments such as wearable patient monitoring, to corporate and institutional customers, and works with network infrastructure partners (HP Aruba, Cisco AP, Cisco DNA Spaces).

Revenue is generated from supplying and deploying its solutions to enterprise and institutional customers; reported revenue was KRW 8.39bn in 2022, KRW 11.31bn in 2023, KRW 7.09bn in 2024 and KRW 12.05bn in 2025.

Traction

The company reports 2014 product launch followed by deployments at about 30 major domestic organizations and two overseas references, more than 100 corporate customers, and smart hospital platforms at roughly 50 hospitals and public medical centers. During 2026 it announced real-time patient monitoring and smart hospital projects at Seongae Hospital, Gwangmyeong Seongae Hospital, Jeonju Saegang Hospital, Muan General Hospital, Gokseong Sarang Hospital, Damyang Sarang Hospital, Anyang Sam Hospital (357 beds), Andong Seongso Hospital, Hallym Hospital in Incheon (415 beds) and Nazareth International Hospital (282 beds).

Latest developments

In 2026 the company ran a proof-of-concept applying three AI services for infectious-disease response covering information provision, risk assessment and contact tracing, exhibited at KHF 2026 in a joint booth with Dong-A ST, and presented a system for confirming the safety of personnel remaining on industrial sites at the 2026 Building Fire Safety Industry Exhibition. It also completed multiple hospital real-time patient monitoring deployments through mid-2026.

Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies

Market position

The company describes itself as a leading domestic provider of smartphone-based indoor presence and turn-by-turn navigation in Korea and a pioneer in RTLS for industrial IoT and smart factories; it reports smart hospital platform builds at roughly 50 hospitals and more than 100 corporate customers, and ranked 740th among 742 listed companies by disclosed revenue in the Korean solution/SI/CRM/ERP category in 2025.

The company positions its differentiation on approximately 1 m BLE indoor positioning accuracy, an integrated platform spanning location, sensing and AI analytics, and cross-industry deployment experience ranging from medical institutions to nuclear power plant construction sites.

Technology

Bluetooth Low Energy-based indoor positioning with approximately 1 m accuracy, real-time location systems and smart sensing, LPWA-linked indoor/outdoor IoT, machine-learning-based analytics for large IoT data volumes, and on-device AI with AI video analysis and AI modeling.

Go-to-market

Hospitals and public medical centers, manufacturing and industrial plants, defense and national-security sites, logistics operators, local governments and public infrastructure, plus enterprise sectors such as banking, retail and energy.

Geography

Headquartered in Gangnam-gu, Seoul (Samseong-ro); a European branch was established in December 2017 and the company reports two overseas reference deployments alongside about 30 major domestic customers.

History

The company was established on 2013-11-14 and obtained venture business certification in May 2014. It launched IndoorPlus+ LBS and RTLS in 2014, received investment from Bon Angels in June 2015, participated in a Korea Centers for Disease Control infectious-disease project in October 2015, closed a Series A round in June 2017, established a European branch in December 2017, became an HP Aruba and Cisco AP partner in 2019 and a Cisco DNA Spaces partner in 2020, and attracted KRW 3 billion in strategic investment in 2021.

Risks & controversies

Reported financials show operating losses in each year from 2022 through 2025 (KRW -2.07bn, -1.13bn, -3.22bn and -2.82bn respectively) and a 2025 net loss of about KRW 11.6bn, with total capital reported as negative in 2024 and 2025 and current liabilities of about KRW 35.1bn against current assets of about KRW 10.3bn at end-2025.

Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Corporate customersJan 2026More than 100 corporate customers
Employee countJan 2026110 employees
HeadcountAug 2026101
Indoor positioning accuracyJan 2026approximately 1 m using Bluetooth Low Energy
Net income krwDec 2025−$11.6B
Operating income krwDec 2025−$2.8B
Registered capital krwJan 2026$50M
Revenue krwDec 2025$12B
Total assets krwDec 202513,284,089,000 KRW
Total fundingJan 2026$10M

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Timeline · 17

launches, deals, and filings
Aug 2026
Field validation of three AI services for infectious disease response, covering information provision, risk assessment and contact tracing

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Aug 2026
Inpatient real-time monitoring systems built at Seongae Hospital and Gwangmyeong Seongae Hospital

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Aug 2026
Smart hospital operating system based on real-time patient monitoring at Jeonju Saegang Hospital

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Aug 2026
Real-time patient monitoring solution introduced at Muan General Hospital

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Aug 2026
Smart hospital build at Gokseong Sarang Hospital

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Aug 2026
Wearable-based patient monitoring system introduced at Damyang Sarang Hospital

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Jul 2026
Joint booth with Dong-A ST at KHF 2026 international hospital and health tech fair

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Jul 2026
Exhibited on-site personnel safety confirmation system at 2026 Building Fire Safety Industry Exhibition

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Jul 2026
Real-time patient monitoring deployments at Anyang Sam Hospital (357 beds), Andong Seongso Hospital, Hallym Hospital Incheon (415 beds) and Nazareth International Hospital (282 beds)

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Jan 2021
Attracted KRW 3 billion strategic investment

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Jan 2020
Became Cisco DNA Spaces partner

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Jan 2019
Became HP Aruba and Cisco AP partner

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Dec 2017
European branch established

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Oct 2015
Participation in Korea Centers for Disease Control infectious disease project

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May 2014
Venture business certification obtained

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Jan 2014
Launch of IndoorPlus+ LBS and IndoorPlus+ RTLS

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Nov 2013
Company established

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Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

Research sources · 8

primary sources listed

8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does 피플앤드테크놀러지 do?
Korean B2B provider of IndoorPlus+, an indoor positioning, RTLS and IoT/AI platform for hospitals, industry and defense.
Who are 피플앤드테크놀러지's investors?
피플앤드테크놀러지's investors include Kiwoom Investment, Solidus Investment.