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Sensefinity
Techstars '17Lisbon, PT · Founded 2013 · 9 employees on LinkedIn · 3 known investors
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Sensefinity provides IoT sensors and software analytics for supply chain and logistics visibility, enabling companies to track physical assets, monitor environmental conditions, and prevent losses through real-time monitoring of containers, warehouse materials, and temperature-sensitive goods.
Also known as Sensefinity - Everything Connects · The Internet of Cargo
Investors · 3
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Company profile
researched Sep 2026Sensefinity is a Portuguese Internet of Things company that sells what it calls an "Internet of Cargo" platform: sensors and trackers, connectivity, a cloud analytics application, a blockchain ledger option and AI-based prediction features, delivered together so customers do not have to assemble their own IoT infrastructure. The hardware locates itself via GPS and communicates over GSM, NB-IoT or LTE-M (CAT-M), with 4G tracking, NB-IoT gateways, near-field readout from a smartphone, IP69k water and dust protection, rechargeable and long-life batteries (stated up to 10 years), intrinsically safe and plug-and-play modular variants, and a beacon mode used for indoor location and check-in control. Monitored parameters include position, temperature, humidity, shock and door state, with unlimited geo-fence alarms and sensor-fusion analysis in the cloud to flag abnormal conditions.
Application areas described by the company include track-and-trace of maritime shipping containers and identification of idle containers, retrofit and OEM installations on vehicles and transport containers, indoor real-time location of tools and raw materials in warehouses (x, y and height) with alarms on unauthorised movement, cold-chain monitoring for pharma, supermarkets and restaurants, and compliance use cases such as HACCP reporting and the EU digital product passport initiative. The platform also markets machine-learning optimisation aimed at reducing demurrage and detention costs in container logistics. Outputs are delivered as map views, real-time alerts and SMS, historical and HACCP reports, KPI dashboards and an API for ERP integration, plus a smartphone asset-management application.
A blockchain module registers sensor events (temperature, humidity, shock, location) in a tamper-evident ledger shared between producers, third-party logistics operators, warehouse operators and retailers, positioned around food provenance and auditability; the company emphasises that its sensors act as oracles feeding physical-world data into that ledger.
Business model
Sensefinity supplies an integrated offering of hardware (sensors and trackers), communications, cloud software and analytics, marketed as IoT-as-a-Service requiring no programming and usable from day one, positioning itself as a digital-transformation partner for logistics operators.
Traction
A deployment with Vodafone equipped 90% of the container fleet of Transinsular, described as the largest Portuguese maritime cargo transport company. The company states it has retrofitted warehouses as smart warehouses and developed Sensorice, an integrated cold-chain management system. It participated in Blockstart, an EU programme promoting adoption of blockchain-based solutions, and in October 2023 was selected for Startup Portugal and to represent Portugal at the EU Startup Village Forum in Brussels.
Latest developments
Sensefinity's solution was installed by Vodafone across 90% of Transinsular's container fleet. In October 2023 the company was selected as part of Startup Portugal and to represent Portugal at the EU Startup Village Forum in Brussels. As of April 2025, Nuno Goncalves is listed as CEO.
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Market position
Positions itself as an award-winning, ANI-certified IoT platform setting a standard for the "Internet of Cargo"; a directory listing puts headcount at 15 employees.
Sensefinity markets the combination of self-produced sensor hardware with cloud analytics, arguing that software alone cannot make logistics visible, and highlights that its blockchain offering includes oracles linking physical sensor readings to the ledger, which it says most blockchain providers lack.
Technology
Proprietary, described by the company as patented 5G hardware: IP69k-rated sensors with GPS positioning and GSM, NB-IoT or LTE-M connectivity, NFC readout, beacon functionality for indoor positioning, an industrial I/O port for plug-and-play expansion of industrial sensors, and low power consumption with battery life quoted up to 10 years. Data flows over an encrypted protocol into a cloud analytics application offering maps, alerts, historical and HACCP reports, KPIs and ERP APIs, complemented by sensor fusion, AI prediction of risk scenarios and a blockchain ledger with sensor-based oracles.
Go-to-market
Direct engagement via consultative introductory meetings offered on the website, alongside named technology and channel partners such as Vodafone, which installed the Sensefinity solution at a Portuguese maritime cargo carrier, and a network of partners and distributors supporting international customers.
Cargo and container shipping operators, freight and trucking companies (from full truck load to less than truck load), warehouse managers, freight rail operators, and cold-chain users in pharma, supermarkets, restaurants and food production; the company also lists food and beverage, agriculture, automotive and construction as served industries.
Geography
Headquartered in Portugal — described as Lisbon in the company's own market context and listed at the LACS Cascais co-working building, Rua da República nº 170, Cascais — with a further listed location in Helsinki, Finland, and customers served across Europe, North America and Asia. A reference deployment covers routes between mainland Portugal, the Azores, Madeira and Cape Verde.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
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Timeline · 4
launches, deals, and filingsVodafone deployed Sensefinity's IoT solution at Transinsular, described as the largest Portuguese maritime cargo transport company, covering 90% of its container fleet on routes between mainland Portugal, the Azores, Madeira and Cape Verde.
Sensefinity was selected to be part of Startup Portugal and to represent Portugal during the EU Startup Village Forum in Brussels.
Sensefinity joined Blockstart, a European Union programme to foster development and adoption of blockchain-based solutions.
Sensefinity describes Sensorice as a fully integrated cold chain management system it created.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Sensefinity do?
- Portuguese IoT company providing sensors, trackers and cloud analytics for supply-chain and cold-chain visibility.
- Who are Sensefinity's investors?
- Sensefinity's investors include LeadX Capital Partners, REDangels, Techstars.
- Where is Sensefinity headquartered?
- Sensefinity is headquartered in Lisbon, PT.