Top 10 IoT Investors
Vendors like Intel, Google, and Qualcomm have all been part of the surge of investments in Internet of Things companies over the past several years.
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Click through the slideshow to view the top 10 most active venture capital firms in the Internet of Things space, based on research from CB Insights.
For the past 20 years Cisco Investments has invested in hundreds of companies across cloud, data center, virtualization, SaaS, security and the Internet of Things.
Its active portfolio in the IoT space includes Control4, a Utah-based home automation and smart home systems provider, who’s 2013 IPO was considered to be the first pure-play home automation IPO ever, and Icontrol Networks, a Connected Home platform provider.
Founded in 2005, True Ventures focuses on investments in companies with “long-term market leadership” who are building “products that capture the imagination.”
Among its current IoT-related investments are Everywear Games, a wearable games studio, and Veniam, a company that is building “the Internet of Moving Things.” Among the more well-known companies in which it invests is the creator of a little wearable you may have heard of – or have on your wrist right now – Fitbit.
New Enterprise Associates has been around since 1977 and has offices across the globe. Its fund focuses on technology companies as well as healthcare.
Most recently it participated in a $7.5 million Series A investment in KONUX, a startup focused on building smart sensor systems for machine insights. Psikick is another one of its IoT-related investments, a semiconductor startup that has developed low power wireless sensors for the Internet of Things.
Founded in 2013, GE Ventures, the venture capital arm of General Electric, has invested in 56 companies since its launch.
Among those companies is a number of Internet of Things startups, including mPrest, a software provider of monitoring and control software for the Internet of Things.
Other IoT-related firms it has invested in include Ingenu, Maana, Lucid, PingThings and Bit Stew Systems.
Based in Boulder, CO, Foundry Group takes a unique approach to investment. According to the company, it takes a “thematic investing” approach, and focuses on themes that have the ability to drive a cycle of innovation over a period of five to ten years.
Foundry Group made a number of investments in IoT-related hardware companies including Fitbit, LittleBits, and MakerBot.
Based in Menlo Park, Calif., Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers investments span consumer and enterprise, life sciences and digital health, sustainability, and IoT and connected devices.
KPCB has invested in consumer connected devices including Dropcam, Jawbone, Nest, and MOTIV. On the enterprise IoT side, the firm was the primary investor in Relayr’s $11 million Series A funding. Based in Berlin, Relayr provides an enterprise middleware platform and tools that enable development of services and equipment for the Internet of Things. Kleiner Perkins has also invested in Enlighted, a creator of HVAC and space optimization apps, recently participating in a $25 million Series D round.
Khosla Ventures was founded in 2004 by Vinod Khosla, co-founder of Sun Microsystems. It currently has $4 billion under management across a variety of industries.
Its IoT-related investments include smart heart monitor AliveCor, smart home security system Canary, Jawbone, littleBits, andMisfit.
Founded in 2009, Andreessen Horowitz is located in Menlo Park, Calif.
Its investments in the IoT and wearables space include Jawbone, Halo Neuroscience, Leap Motion, Lockitron, and Prism, a device that transforms cameras and other connected devices into analytics tools.
The venture arm of Qualcomm Ventures launched in 2000 and has invested in the areas of virtual reality and robotics, wireless health, the cloud, and the Internet of Everything.
The firm has invested in Placemeter, an urban intelligence platform, Whistle, a device and mobile app system that monitors pet’s health, and August, which creates products that connects physical environments to respond to user behavior.
Intel Capital is the most active investor in the Internet of Things space. Since 1991 Intel Capital has invsted more than $11.7 billion US in over 1,445 companies in 57 countries. Intel Capital is focused on a range of areas including the Internet of Things, wearable and robotic technologies, SaaS, cloud, storage, big data, and data center technologies.
The firm has invested in 16 Internet of Things companies, including PraFly, SigFox, and UIEvolution.
In March 2016 Intel Capital most recently participated in a Series C round to Stratoscale, a cloud computing startup focused on IoT applications.
Intel Capital is the most active investor in the Internet of Things space. Since 1991 Intel Capital has invsted more than $11.7 billion US in over 1,445 companies in 57 countries. Intel Capital is focused on a range of areas including the Internet of Things, wearable and robotic technologies, SaaS, cloud, storage, big data, and data center technologies.
The firm has invested in 16 Internet of Things companies, including PraFly, SigFox, and UIEvolution.
In March 2016 Intel Capital most recently participated in a Series C round to Stratoscale, a cloud computing startup focused on IoT applications.
Vendors like Intel, Google, and Qualcomm have all been part of the surge of investments in Internet of Things companies over the past several years.
According to new research by Ovum, telecommunications firms and other tech companies have spent more than $31 billion on Internet of Things-related investments and acquisitions from 2011 to 2015.
And IoT investments in 2016 have hardly gone cold; according to CB Insights, the first quarter of 2016 was one of the strongest quarters for IoT funding ever with $846 million in financing, a 31 percent increase in dollars quarter-over-quarter.
Click through the slideshow to view the top 10 most active venture capital firms in the Internet of Things space, based on research from CB Insights.
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