IoT Startups

Socket Mobile designs cordless barcode scanners and data capture readers for businesses in specialty retail, field service, logistics, and industrial settings. It also offers a CaptureSDK for developers to integrate its readers into mobile and desktop apps, including support for macOS.

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Soden combines battery storage with software that integrates and controls distributed batteries placed in small urban spaces, operating them collectively like a power plant to stabilize the electricity grid. The company targets energy infrastructure, aiming to balance economic efficiency and grid resilience in Japan.

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Sofi develops ultra-fine particle separation and filtration technology to address industrial water challenges and mineral recovery. It serves the power, mining, and metals industries through a build-own-operate, Sofi-as-a-Service model.

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Solarlytics develops a smart IoT platform that increases energy output at large solar installations by 3-10% through string-level performance optimization and real-time fault detection. The company serves solar asset owners and operators seeking to maximize power generation and reduce maintenance costs without equipment replacement.

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Solwena develops percee®, an Energy Management and Optimization System (EMOS) that reduces energy bills by 15–40% through real-time energy balancing, billing control, and autonomous optimization of energy purchasing, renewables, storage, and flexible loads. It serves retail chains, local governments, logistics and industrial companies, working with automation/BMS integrators, ESCO firms, facility management, and equipment manufacturers.

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Sonicu provides automated environmental monitoring combining hardware sensors and a cloud platform to track temperature, humidity, differential pressure, and air quality, with alerting and automated compliance reporting. It serves regulated industries including healthcare, pharmacies, life sciences labs, food safety, and industrial operations, helping customers meet standards such as Joint Commission, FDA, CDC, HACCP, and 21 CFR Part 11.

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Sonify makes a hardware sound-masking system consisting of a base station and surface exciters that detect unwanted noise entering a room and mask it at the walls, windows, and ceiling using frequency-matched adaptive masking. Marketed to consumers for quieter sleep and living spaces, it processes audio locally and works offline, with an optional iOS/Android app and wake-light features.

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SonoBeacon provides a three-part system of local sensors (SonoEdge), a cloud platform (SonoCloud), and analytics dashboards (SonoAdvice) that capture and analyze anonymized pedestrian and passenger movement data in real time. It serves public transport operators, retail/shopping centers, and entertainment/tourism venues across Europe, offering crowd-management and motion data intelligence.

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Sorama develops acoustic sensing technology that turns sound into actionable insights, offering solutions for leak detection, asset condition monitoring, building and façade inspection, noise reduction, and urban environmental sound monitoring. It serves industrial, building, and urban environments across a range of sound-related applications.

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Soundsensing provides predictive maintenance for HVAC systems, using real-time monitoring to detect problems early and prevent failures. Its dashboard lets building professionals track the health of every unit to reduce downtime, maintenance costs, and energy use.

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South Bay Hardware is a national smart building integration partner providing consulting, product specification, installation, and ongoing support for access control, door hardware, security, and IoT systems. It serves property owners, developers, general contractors, property managers, and integrators across commercial and multi-family properties in the United States.

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Sovrinti provides a monitoring system that uses non-invasive sensors (no cameras or audio) to track behavior changes and predict health concerns up to 14 days in advance, alerting caregivers to risks. It serves seniors living independently, their families and caregivers, and care facilities or providers.

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Spacebands provides a people-focused product or service for businesses; the company operates a referral program offering recurring commissions to affiliates who introduce new customers.

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Spare-it offers an AI-powered waste intelligence platform that helps organizations measure, report, and reduce in-building waste using battery-operated smart scales, a mobile web app, and dashboard/API analytics down to the building, floor, and bin level. It serves enterprises and property operators across sectors, adding employee engagement features like leaderboards and competitions to support sustainability and waste-reduction goals.

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Spectromarine builds an optical sensor system (SM One) that continuously monitors biofouling-relevant water quality indicators such as chlorophyll, phycocyanin, dissolved organic matter and turbidity, integrating with SCADA and PLC historian systems to detect biological instability early. It primarily serves seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination operations, with additional applications in aquaculture, post-mining water monitoring, and environmental lake studies.

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Spectronix develops multi-sensor monitoring systems using computer vision and AI to detect human behavior and vital signs in monitored spaces. The technology serves security and safety applications in high-security environments through privacy-preserving skeletal visualization.

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Spiio offers a digital agronomy platform that turns environmental sensor data into insights for optimizing turf performance in turf and landscape management operations. It serves commercial customers in the turf and landscape industry.

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SpinetiX develops digital signage products, including networked hardware and software for content playback and management. The company applies its expertise in video streaming and networked infrastructure to the digital signage market.

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Spireon provides connected vehicle intelligence solutions and GPS tracking devices for fleet management, dealerships, lenders, and consumers across North America. The company serves automotive dealers, financial institutions, rental agencies, and fleet operators with visibility and management tools for mobile assets.

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Sponge builds the EMC, an on-site energy controller that forecasts load, generation cost, and grid conditions every 10 minutes to automatically dispatch battery and energy assets, paired with a subscription software layer for optimization and export compliance. It targets battery installers and energy operators managing on-site storage and solar arrays.

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SpotmyEnergy is a German energy provider and independent smart-meter operator offering dynamic and fixed electricity tariffs for single-family homes. It installs smart meters and connects batteries, heat pumps, wallboxes and EVs to an energy manager that automatically shifts consumption to the cheapest hours to lower electricity costs.

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Spreadtrum Communications designs RF transceivers, computational algorithms, and computer vision solutions for mobile handset manufacturers, wireless communication systems, and IoT applications. The company specializes in integrated circuits for multi-mode wireless connectivity and serves the mobile communications and RFIC industries.

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Squair offers an IoT platform that unifies energy, water, and temperature data to monitor and control industrial assets in real time using protocols such as Modbus and BACnet. It serves industrial companies looking to improve energy efficiency, reduce consumption, cut maintenance costs, and manage CO2 emissions.

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Squarehead Technology designs and manufactures electronically steerable microphone arrays that turn sound into actionable data for acoustic situational awareness. Its systems serve the industrial and security/defense sectors, with applications including passive sound-based drone detection and acoustic monitoring of machinery for early failure detection.

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