IoT Startups

Partron ESL develops electronic shelf label (ESL) products and gateway systems for retail stores, including slim tags, durable displays, and digital signage-integrated labels. Its products serve retailers across various industries with wireless price/information display and large-scale tag network management.

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People & Technology develops IndoorPlus+, an integrated IoT and digital transformation platform that collects and analyzes indoor/outdoor location and sensor data in real time, along with IndoorPlus+ AI, a computer-vision solution combining on-device AI and video analytics. It serves hospitals with smart hospital platforms and expands into defense, logistics, and local government sectors in South Korea.

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Haechi Tech is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in sensor integrated circuits for robotics, data centers, and automotive applications. The company develops analog semiconductor sensor technology for physical AI systems.

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Amperact develops EV charging infrastructure software using license plate-based authentication to simplify the charging experience without requiring apps or RFID cards. The company serves EV charging operators and users across Japan.

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SmartMat offers "SmartMat," an IoT weight-scale device that tracks inventory by weight so stock levels are recorded automatically as items are added or removed. It targets industries such as automotive, chemical/pharmaceutical, machinery/assembly, medical/hospitality, and infrastructure, replacing manual counting with weight-based inventory data managed through its SmartMat Cloud system.

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Shinden is a Japanese company that supplies electronic components and systems including semiconductors, displays, batteries and power equipment, IoT solutions, and system products. It serves industrial and electronics customers as a distributor/provider of these hardware products.

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Safie provides a video platform accessible to all users, enabling organizations to capture, manage, and utilize video content across various business applications.

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PIMT operates a mobile autonomous vending robot service that delivers products to customers in high-traffic locations. The robots are deployed in venues like airports, parks, and leisure facilities to reduce foot traffic while enabling data-driven sales optimization.

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Ficha develops and sells AI-powered image recognition systems. The company serves customers requiring computer vision solutions for automated visual analysis and inspection.

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Re:Power Inc. is an energy-tech company that develops and sells grid-scale battery storage, renewable energy, and power transmission/distribution control systems, combining EMS technology, Japanese-made batteries, and electricity market operation expertise to support distributed energy operations. It serves energy operators across Japan with system development, equipment deployment, plant operation, and renewable-energy token trading.

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A Chinese semiconductor company that develops multi-core heterogeneous processors and builds a digital-vision AIoT ecosystem, promoting industrialization of the SVAC national standard. It positions itself around domestic chip development ("China Core" program) and partners with channel partners.

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Clourney Semi develops wireless communication chips, including in-house designed Wi-Fi SoCs, baseband, and RF chips. It offers complete hardware-to-software solutions to help customers bring terminal products through design, mass production, and launch.

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Viomi makes home water filtration and purification products — including reverse osmosis purifiers, under-sink filters, and water filter pitchers — along with related home appliances such as espresso machines and ice makers. The company (NASDAQ: VIOT) sells consumer water and kitchen hardware to households in the United States.

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UNI-T (Uni-Trend) designs and manufactures test and measurement instruments, including digital oscilloscopes, spectrum/signal analyzers, vector network analyzers, power supplies, multimeters, clamp meters, and infrared thermal imagers. The China-based company also supplies measurement-based solutions for new energy, industrial manufacturing, IoT, automotive electronics, power, and education sectors, with R&D centers in Dongguan, Chengdu, and Changzhou.

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A semiconductor company that designs and offers chips including microcontrollers, power management, signal conditioning, and sensors, along with IP and SoC chip customization services. Its products target automotive electronics, industrial control, motor applications, consumer electronics, medical health, and IoT markets.

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SwitchBot makes smart home and home-automation products built around IoRT (Internet of Robotic Things), including smart locks, multitasking household robots, curtain and roller-shade robots, hubs, sensors, and home appliances. Its consumer ecosystem connects these devices to automate and control the home.

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Tianyihexin is a semiconductor company founded in 2014 that designs, develops, and sells high-performance sensor chips and analog chips, including optical and capacitive sensing chips with accompanying algorithms. Its products serve consumer electronics such as wearables, mobile communications, laptops/tablets, and industrial/medical applications, with expansion into new-energy vehicles and information communications.

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ESWIN Computing develops RISC-V based processor technology and domain-specific software platforms, including its RISAA software platform, for applications spanning smart home, smart office, portable devices, automotive systems, industrial intelligence, and robotics. The company offers chips and computing solutions for products such as smart displays, laptops, smartphones, smartwatches, tablets, automotive cockpits, and smart manufacturing environments.

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Shenzhen Zhiyan Technology, founded in 2017, develops smart home products and optimizes their supply chain, including smart ambient lighting and small home appliances. Its consumer hardware brand Govee sells smart home devices in markets worldwide.

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Nano IC (Hangzhou Micro-Nano Technology) designs integrated circuits and end-to-end solutions for advanced human-machine interaction, intelligent audio processing, and IoT, offering 2.4G/BLE RF-SoC and Audio MCU/DSP/SoC chips along with core algorithms, wireless protocols, middleware, and apps. It serves device-to-host-to-cloud data input, processing, and wireless connectivity applications.

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CAST Inc. develops and manufactures sensors and peripheral equipment with software for IoT applications, guided by a philosophy of accurate physical measurement. The company serves markets requiring high-quality measurement systems in the IoT era.

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eWeLL is a Japanese company that develops iBow, an IT platform for home-visit nursing operations. It provides electronic medical record and management software for home nursing care providers.

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FaroStarVision is a smartphone application service that enables users to easily share and view disaster-related information with location and temporal data during emergency situations. The service serves both individual consumers via free mobile apps and organizations through a paid enterprise system.

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Greenphard develops IoT-based control technology for existing and new refrigeration, cold storage, and air conditioning equipment, cutting power consumption while enabling demand response (DR) to create new revenue. It combines optimized equipment control with power aggregation to turn customer facilities into virtual power plants (VPP), serving businesses in Japan with plans to expand to North America, the EU, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.

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