Best Internet of Things - Industry Applications Companies in Gelderland, Netherlands
The 31 best Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies in Gelderland, Netherlands in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: MindAffect.
Our analysis of 184 Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies
$13.9b in tracked funding; 91% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies in Gelderland
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MindAffect Manufacturer and developer of industrial robots | $2M | 30 mo ago | Series A | Ivo Box Co-Founder & CEO | 2017 | WixSentryBootstrap+15 | 10 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | — |
| 2 | 4Suites Cloud-based access control platform for commercial establishments | $440K | 111 mo ago | Seed | — | 2016 | — | — | — |
| 3 | NovioSense In the eye connected continuous glucose monitor for diabetes | $309K | 120 mo ago | Series A | — | 2012 | — | 17 patents Implantable biosensor devices with advanced biocompatible coating technologies | — |
| 4 | ThermoSmart Provider of smart thermostat for homes | $173K | 118 mo ago | Seed | Hans Kouwenhoven Co-Founder & Owner | 2011 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Sigrow Integrated hardware and software platform for continuous monitoring and data analytic in agriculture | $163K | 112 mo ago | Funding Raised | Javier Lomas Founder | 2014 | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+30 | — | — |
| 6 | BWaste Provides intelligent urban waste collection containers and waste management software | — | 112 mo ago | Series A | Arjen Bijsterbosch Owner | 2003 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Varibel Smart glasses as hearing aids | — | 161 mo ago | Series A | Hans Zwart CEO & Director | 2003 | — | 26 patents Integrated hearing aid spectacles with omni microphones and connector assemblies | — |
| 8 | Atris Provider of smart bracelet for elderly care | — | — | Unfunded | Govert de Vries Founder & Director | 2016 | — | — | — |
Top 7 Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies in Gelderland
#1
Series A · Nijmegen, Gelderland · founded 2017 · 10 employees$2.4Mraised▾
Manufacturer and developer of industrial robots. It supports communication and interaction for locked-in patients. The device is a headset that measures the electrical brain signals to control a computer for communicating using the brain-computer interface. The device doesn't need any training and can be controlled well with continuous use.
- Apr 2024Series A$1.2M
- Sep 2021Series A—
- Jul 2019Grant (prize money)$56.4K
- May 2018Seed$1.2M
#2
Seed · Apeldoorn, Gelderland · founded 2016 · 31 employees$440Kraised▾
4Suites offers a cloud-based access control platform for applications in smart buildings, hotels, and other industries. The platform is hardware agnostic thereby interfaces with multiple access hardware like electronic locks, doors, elevators, lockers, gates, and more for allowing remote and real-time access control to users. Claims to provide access with less than 250ms latency. Some of the other features include over-the-air updates and real-time logs, direct connection to multiple PMS, custom integration through API, keys can be integrated into white label web-applications, and more. Clientele includes Golden Tulip, Hotek, VAYA, Merin, Best Western, MEWS, among others.
- Aug 2017Seed$440K
#3
Series A · Nijmegen, Gelderland · founded 2012 · 3 employees$308.7Kraised▾
NovioSense has developed a small and flexible spring like device to be inserted under lower eye-lid. Device can detect minute changes in the sugar levels and calibrate the same to body glucose levels. Device is wirelessly connected to microchips which can read the data. it can be used for both continuous and on-demand monitoring in diabetics. The company owns a issued EU patent and also expects market in 2018.
- Oct 2016Series A—
- 2015Seed—
- Jan 2015Grant (prize money)$308.7K
- 2014Seed—
#4
Funding Raised · Wageningen, Gelderland · founded 2014 · 8 employees$163.2Kraised▾
Sigrow has developed an integrated hardware and software platform for continuous monitoring and data analytic for greenhouses. The hardware consists of modular sensors, routers, and control nodes for data transmission. The software platform can be used on web or mobile. Through the software platform, growers get advises for optimization of yields. As per the website, it designs the customized solutions for the automation of the farming activities as per the client requirement.
- Jun 2017Grant (prize money)$57K
- Feb 2017Grant (prize money)$53.8K
- Jan 2017Grant (prize money)$52.3K
#5
Seed · Arnhem, Gelderland · founded 2011 · 10 employees$172.7Kraised▾
ThermoSmart provides a smart connected thermostat to maintain house temperature. Enables customers to use a companion mobile/desktop app to have a look at the temperature, to set temperature schedule and control other functions remotely. Thermostat has a display screen which in addition to indoor temperature also displays outside temperature which it pulls from internet, screen doubles up as touch interface. Thermostat can be interoperated with other devices at home using services like IFTTT.
- Dec 2016Seed$172.7K
#6
Series A · Eefde, Gelderland · founded 2003—raised▾
BWaste, a subsidiary of BBF Holding manufactures, installs and maintains smart underground/over-ground waste collection bins and solar powered self-compressing bins in residential site and public places. These bins can measure fill percentage and can recommend collection routes to garbage trucks. BWaste also offers a software platform called Administrative Waste Registration System (AWRS) that helps authorities collect and analyze waste accumulation and collection data, as well as manage bin maintenance schedules. Provides a bin access control system which opens the bin lid through a smart chip card thus avoids unauthorized access & vandalism. The group companies also provide software products for route optimization and operations management.
- 2017Series A—
#7
Series A · Arnhem, Gelderland · founded 2003—raised▾
Varibel offers smart glasses as hearing aids. The glasses are fitted with microphone array technology along with wireless and bluetooth connectivity. The glasses deliver the sound directly to the ear. The product comes with a companion app which can be used to control hearing settings . In addition, users can stream music from their smartphone and internet including Youtube, spotify, facebook among others. Users can answer phone calls as well using the glasses.
- May 2013Series A—
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How research on Internet of Things is moving in the Netherlands
A read on the academic research around Internet of Things — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 213 Netherlands-affiliated papers.
- Delft University of Technology43
- University of Twente25
- Eindhoven University of Technology24
- University of Amsterdam13
- Wageningen University & Research12
- Wireless sensor network3→12
- Computer network2→4
- Computer security11
- Smart city10
- Corporate governance5
- Internet privacy5
- Wireless sensor network5
Where iot is researched across Netherlands
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
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