피플앤드테크놀러지
3 known investors
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 2026피플앤드테크놀러지 (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.
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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.
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Key figures
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Timeline · 17
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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.