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Best Internet of Things - Industry Applications Companies in Portugal

The 70 best Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies in Portugal in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Adapttech.

70companies tracked
$39.2Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
20have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · INTERNET OF THINGS - INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS × PORTUGAL

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.

184companies analysed
91%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
11unicorns
2016median founding year
52kcombined LinkedIn audience
33%of audience held by top 3

Ranked: Best Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies in Portugal

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageEmployeesFoundedFounderRecent signals
1Adapttech
Provider of smart prosthetic technology for orthopedic rehabilitation
$7M50 mo agoSeries A282015——
2Kinematix
Wearable technology for running
$7M115 mo agoSeries B112007Paulo Ferreira dos Santos
Founder & CEO
—
3Habit
AI-based data analytics platform for insurers and underwriters
$6M43 mo agoSeries A492012Domingos Bruges
Co-Founder & CEO
1 partnership
4C-mo
Provider of a cough monitoring and diagnostic device for healthcare providers
$5M45 mo agoSeed82020Diogo Tecelao
Co-Founder & CEO
—
5Omniflow
Provider of cloud-based connected poles for public spaces
$3M49 mo agoSeed252013Pedro Ruao
Founder & CEO
—
6Virtuleap
VR-based platform for cognitive assessment and training
$3M30 mo agoSeed192016Hossein Jalali
Cofounder & CTO
1 award
7GLARTEK
IoT platform for visualizing data in real time using AR-enabled apps and devices
$2M11 mo agoSeed352016Luis Murcho
Co-Founder & CEO
—
8Bandora
Provider of AI and cloud-based energy management systems for buildings
$2M22 mo agoSeed102017Marcia Pereira
Co-Founder & CEO
1 partnership · 1 award
9Enging - Make Solutions
Predictive maintenance and energy solutions
$1M87 mo agoAcquired202012——
10Azitek
Provider of industrial IoT solutions for asset tracking and management
$806K24 mo agoSeed42017Rui Gomes
Co-Founder
1 partnership
11Agroop
Farm management software with integrated farm data collection
$712K67 mo agoSeed182014Bruno Rodrigues
Co-Founder
—
12Homeit
Connected locks for home automation applications
$596K84 mo agoSeed112015Andre Roque
Co-Founder
—
13KFactory
IoT enabled analytics solution for manufacturing companies
$242K41 mo agoSeed112019Adrian Dima
Co-Founder
—
14Infinite Foundry
Provider of a 3D digital twin platform
$167K75 mo agoSeed202017Bruno Eisinger
Co-Founder
1 launch
15Sensefinity
Provider of IoT enabled tracking solutions for end-to-end supply chain visibility
$128K67 mo agoSeed152015Tiago Andrade
Co-Founder & CMO
—
16Mater Dynamics
Sensors to track products in supply chain
$108K109 mo agoFunding Raised32015Tiago Cunha Reis
Founder
—
17Watt Intelligent Solutions
Energy efficiency solutions for households and SME's by analyzing smart meter data
$107K110 mo agoSeed92012Miguel Carvalho
Co-Founder & CEO
—

Top 12 Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies in Portugal

#1
Seed · Lisbon, Lisbon · founded 2016 · 35 employees
$1.7Mraised
▾

Glartek has developed an IoT platform that allows the user to visualize the collected data in real time using AR-enabled mobile apps and devices. The company has developed a gateway called GLARCONNECT that can be used for colleting data from various sources and a cloud-based platform called GLARBOARD that can be used for storing the sensor data. The company was incubated by Startup Lisboa Incubator and has worked with clients like Unilever and H-farm.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 8.9% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2025Seed$2.4M
  • Mar 2019Seed$1.7M
  • Jun 2018Grant (prize money)$58.3K
Founders & team
Luis MurchoCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Europa, EDP Ventures, HCapital, Novabase Capital, Portugal Ventures, August One
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser Insights
#2
Seed · Porto, Porto District · founded 2017 · 10 employees
$1.6Mraised
▾

Provider of AI and cloud-based energy management systems for buildings. It takes inputs from users, regular sensors, building management systems, and financials from finance managers to analyze energy demand, leading to actionable insights to save energy.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers — 8.2% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. Rafael Lobo Galasso) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2024Seed$1.6M
Founders & team
Marcia PereiraCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
BlueCrow, Portugal Ventures, ClimateLaunchpad, Lanzadera
Tech stack
WixReactGoogle CloudPolyfillLodashPriority Hints
#3
Seed · Lisbon, Lisbon · founded 2016 · 19 employees
$2.6Mraised
▾

VR-based platform for cognitive assessment and training. The company offers Enhance a headset provides VR experience is a daily brain training workout that offers short, fun, and intense games designed to test and train various cognitive skills.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers — 11.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2023Seed$2.5M
  • Jul 2020Seed$100K
Founders & team
Hossein JalaliCofounder & CTOAmir BozorgzadehCEO and Cofounder
Investors
Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, GED Ventures Portugal, StartUp Health, Startup Lisboa, Bradford Brown, EthAum
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag ManagerGoogle WorkspaceNode.Js
#4
Seed · Leca da Palmeira, Porto District · founded 2017 · 4 employees
$805.6Kraised
▾

Provider of industrial IoT solutions for asset tracking and management. The company delivers real-time visibility and insights for streamlined operations within industrial and logistics environments. It offers precise asset localization, seamless system integration, and error reduction through process optimization. The company provides inventory management, material handling equipment monitoring, and predictive route planning.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 3.4% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 2 partnerships (incl. Tomás Proença) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2024Seed$804.8K
Founders & team
Rui GomesCo-FounderJose ValenteCo-Founder
Investors
Beta Capital, Portugal Ventures, Cedrus Capital
#5
Series A · Lisboa, Lisboa · founded 2012 · 49 employees
$6.1Mraised
▾

Developer of an insurance management platform designed to offer multi-line insurance capabilities to insurers. The company's platform helps to deploy innovative digital products fast and leverage real-time data to better assess risk and improve the claims ratio, enabling users to avail of suitable insurance plans for their desired service from their registered insurers.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 6.1% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 2 partnerships (incl. Carmine.pt.) announced in 12 mo
Founders & team
Domingos BrugesCo-Founder & CEOSasha DeWittCo-Founder
Investors
Iberis Capital, BiG Start Ventures, SixThirty, Bright Pixel Capital, WiseNext, Techstars
Tech stack
CloudflareCore-JsGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud CdnGoogle Font ApiGoogle Workspace
#6
Series A · Porto, Porto District · founded 2015 · 28 employees
$7.4Mraised
▾

Provider of smart prosthetic technology for orthopedic rehabilitation. In most prosthetics, there is a lack of adaptation between the stump of the amputee and his/her prosthesis socket which causes discomfort. Adapttech uses novel, smart and wearable technologies to deliver full adaptation and greater comfort in a very short period of time.

Investors
Mercia, ACF Investors, Wren Capital, WealthClub, Bionova Capital, Hovione Capital
#7
Seed · Costa da Caparica, Setubal District · founded 2020 · 8 employees
$4.8Mraised
▾

Provider of a cough monitoring and diagnostic device for healthcare providers. The company has developed a wearable smart device C-mo which has the ability to record cough patterns of an individual on a real time basis for further analysis. The device can be worn by patients or individuals to monitor cough patterns on a regular basis the recording of these can be analyzed on the C-mo’s software by doctors for disease diagnosis.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 5.2% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2022Seed$4.8M
  • Jun 2020Grant (prize money)—
Founders & team
Diogo TecelaoCo-Founder & CEOAlexandra LopesCo-Founder
Investors
EIT Health, Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund, Portugal Ventures, HTGF, Novalis Biotech
#8
Seed · Porto, Porto District · founded 2013 · 25 employees
$3.4Mraised
▾

Provider of cloud-based connected poles for public spaces. It offers self-powered light poles with in-built electric vehicle charging points, environment monitoring sensors, and surveillance cameras. Its features include a companion cloud platform for traffic monitoring, electric cycle docking capability, and usage of recyclable materials. It also offers IoT-enabled smart benches as public infrastructure.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers — 11.3% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • May 2022Grant (prize money)$150K
  • Nov 2019Grant (prize money)$178K
  • Jan 2019Seed$2.3M
  • Jul 2015Grant (prize money)$54.8K
Founders & team
Pedro RuaoFounder & CEO
Investors
EIC Fund, HCapital, Portugal Ventures, CalSEED, Europa, Digital Catapult
Tech stack
BootstrapGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud CdnGoogle WorkspaceGsapHsts
#9
Series B · Porto, Porto District · founded 2007 · 11 employees
$7.1Mraised
▾

Developer of wearable device designed to deliver personalized exercise plans. The company's devices measure basic GPS stats such as pace or speed as well as each foot's behavior on the ground via sensors in-shoe like stance dynamics, stance time, strides and symmetry, enabling runners to improve their form and fitness.

Founders & team
Paulo Ferreira dos SantosFounder & CEO
Investors
Portugal Ventures, PME Investimentos
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpContact Form 7Yoast SeoNginx
#10
Seed · Vendas Novas, Evora District · founded 2019 · 11 employees
$242.4Kraised
▾

KFactory offers an Internet of Things enabled solution for industrial applications, chiefly for the manufacturing sector. The cloud-based platform gathers data from different sources thereby enabling users to monitor business and system events for taking right actions by sending messages using multiple channels to businesses responsible. It also gives insights on operators and orders performance, also on side-processes performance, like maintenance, manage improvement plans, show data inside the factory and communicate in real-time evolution of production. The platform can be integrated with ERPs and other external sources. The target market includes automotive, printing, textile, wood, electrical components, food, plastic, and others.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 6.5% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2023Grant (prize money)$38.2K
  • Jun 2020Seed$242.4K
Founders & team
Adrian DimaCo-FounderVlad CazanCo-Founder
Investors
Sparking Capital, SeedBlink, Europa, Orange Fab Romania, Techcelerator
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsElementorGoogle AnalyticsHttp/3
#11
Seed · Oeiras, Lisbon · founded 2014 · 18 employees
$712.1Kraised
▾

Agroop is a farm management software that enables farmer to organize and integrate all the farm data (even the soil data collected from sensors), maintain activity records, macro management of field force, etc. The software is cloud based available as a service on multiple platforms including Android and iOS. The company is incubated at EDP Starter as of June, 2016.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 5.2% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2020Grant (prize money)$68K
  • Apr 2018Grant (prize money)$60.6K
  • Jan 2018Grant (prize money)$60.1K
  • Aug 2017Seed$618.9K
Founders & team
Bruno RodriguesCo-FounderBruno FonsecaCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
EIC Fund, Europa, EDP Starter, BGI, H-FARM, FIS
Tech stack
Wix EcommerceWixReactGoogle CloudGoogle AdsPolyfill
#12
Acquired · Oliveira do Hospital, Coimbra District · founded 2012 · 20 employees
$1.2Mraised
▾

Enging - Make Solutions (EMS) offers a wide range of products and services in Predictive maintenance, Energy Solutions, Security Solutions, Automation & Instrumentation, Networks and infrastructure. EMS TCM - Power Transformers Condition Monitoring is a tool for online monitoring and know in real time the condition of various assets to reduce preventive maintenance costs and increase the transformers life, and lifetime of assets.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2019Series A$1.2M
  • Aug 2017Grant (prize money)$59.1K
  • Jan 2017Grant (prize money)$52.6K
  • Seed—
Investors
Europa, Bynd Venture Capital, EDP Ventures, Free Electrons, EIC Fund
Tech stack
Animate.CssAnime.JsApache Http ServerCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management

Funding & investor landscape

$39.2Mtotal disclosed funding
21companies funded
37disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Portugal Ventures14 rounds
BGI10 rounds
Europa10 rounds
Startup Lisboa9 rounds
EIC Fund7 rounds
EDP Starter6 rounds
PME Investimentos5 rounds
Lanzadera4 rounds
EDP Ventures3 rounds
EIT InnoEnergy3 rounds

Notable founders

Luis Murcho
Co-Founder & CEO · GLARTEK
Marcia Pereira
Co-Founder & CEO · Bandora
Hossein Jalali
Cofounder & CTO · Virtuleap
Amir Bozorgzadeh
CEO and Cofounder · Virtuleap
Rui Gomes
Co-Founder · Azitek
Jose Valente
Co-Founder · Azitek
Domingos Bruges
Co-Founder & CEO · Habit
Sasha DeWitt
Co-Founder · Habit
Diogo Tecelao
Co-Founder & CEO · C-mo
Alexandra Lopes
Co-Founder · C-mo
Pedro Ruao
Founder & CEO · Omniflow
Paulo Ferreira dos Santos
Founder & CEO · Kinematix
Prism market signals · Portugal · country-scoped Prism corpus, 8,241 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Internet of Things - Industry Applications coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Portugal

How research on Internet of Things is moving in Portugal

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 317 Portugal-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201820242026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 48% → 61% across 2018–2026.
top research entities
  • Instituto de Telecomunicações67
  • Universidade do Porto32
  • University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro24
  • University of Aveiro24
  • University of Minho20
leading researchers
Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues · Manuel J. C. S. Reis · Shahid Mumtaz · Rui Dinis · Lúıs Almeida · Daniel G. Costa · Luis Miguel Rego Pires · João Oliveira
▲ Breakthroughs137 · 43%
▲ 0%→48% share
0 median citations93% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→48% of field), led by Wireless sensor network.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Wireless sensor network2→24
  • Smart city1→9
  • Computer network1→8
  • Quality (philosophy)1→5
Newly emergingWireless 0→16 · Computer security 0→14 · Intrusion detection system 0→13
Landmark Radio link quality estimation in wireless sensor networks · 621 cites
◆ Advancements93 · 29%
▲ 0%→31% share
0 median citations89% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (0%→31% of field), led by Wireless.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Wireless1→8
  • Computer network1→8
  • Wireless sensor network5→11
  • Real-time computing1→6
  • Software deployment1→5
Newly emergingComputer security 0→15 · Key (lock) 0→7 · MQTT 0→7
Landmark RSS-Based Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks Using Convex Relaxation: Noncooperative and Cooperative Schemes · 342 cites
▼ Concerns56 · 18%
▲ 0%→14% share
1 median citations70% since 2021mostly reviews
Concerns are rising (0%→14% of field), led by Computer security.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Computer security2→9
  • Key (lock)1→4
  • Smart city3→5
Newly emergingData science 0→6 · World Wide Web 0→6 · Software deployment 0→5
Landmark A Review of Smart Cities Based on the Internet of Things Concept · 575 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Portugal

Where iot is researched across Portugal

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.

Lisbon118 · +0.53
Hot · Internet of ThingsAdvancing · WirelessOpportunity · Anomaly detectionConcern · Internet privacy
Porto46 · +0.57
Hot · InferenceAdvancing · Convolutional neural networkOpportunity · Enhanced Data Rates for GSM EvolutionConcern · Key (lock)
Vila Real25 · +0.57
Hot · Anomaly detectionAdvancing · Enhanced Data Rates for GSM EvolutionOpportunity · Computer securityConcern · Internet of Things
Aveiro24 · +0.62
Hot · Software deploymentAdvancing · Cloud computingOpportunity · Wireless
Coimbra22 · +0.30
Hot · Internet of ThingsOpportunity · Wireless sensor networkConcern · Computer security
Braga22 · +0.51
Hot · Internet of ThingsAdvancing · Wireless sensor networkOpportunity · ArchitectureConcern · Computer security
Covilha19 · +0.26
Hot · TelecommunicationsAdvancing · Wireless sensor networkOpportunity · SustainabilityConcern · Internet of Things

Common questions

How many Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies are there in Portugal?
Radar tracks 70 indexable Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies headquartered in Portugal that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies in Portugal?
The Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies in Portugal on this list have raised a combined $39.2M in disclosed equity funding across 21 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Internet of Things - Industry Applications company in Portugal?
Adapttech is the highest-funded Internet of Things - Industry Applications company in Portugal, with $7.4M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies in Portugal are funded?
21 of the 70 Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies in Portugal on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Internet of Things - Industry Applications unicorns are there in Portugal?
None of the Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies in Portugal on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Portugal Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies?
The most active investors in Portugal Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies on this list include Portugal Ventures, BGI, Europa, Startup Lisboa, EIC Fund.
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