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Best Internet of Things - Industry Applications Companies in Romania

The 39 best Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies in Romania in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Tokinomo.

39companies tracked
$3.4Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
5have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · INTERNET OF THINGS - INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS × ROMANIA

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

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

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1Tokinomo
In‑store retail robotics marketing
$2M54 mo agoSeedIonut Vlad
Co-Founder & CEO
2017HubSpot CMS HubGSAPIsotope+16—
2BOX2M
Developer of industrial IoT technology for energy and utilities optimization
$562K64 mo agoFunding RaisedMarian Macoveanu
CTO & co-founder
2016——
3RIDESAFE
Telematics device for motorcycle riders
$124K100 mo agoSeedMarius Alexandru Mitroi
Co-Founder & CEO
2015——
43SOFT
Developer of embedded software solutions and standardized software components for automotive
$100K75 mo agoFunding Raised—2011——
5Connected Medical
Developer of smartwatch for individuals suffering from Alzheimer's
$62K83 mo agoSeed—2016——
6LiveCare
Online platform offering AI based heart health monitoring solutions
$28K93 mo agoDeadpooledElena Ovreiu
Founder & CEO
2017——
7Viki
Hub for device management
—123 mo agoSeedDan Chiuzbaian
Founder
2014——
8AroundWise
Marketing and loyalty solutions for offline retailers
—123 mo agoSeedVictor Anastasiu
Founder & CEO
2015——

Top 9 Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies in Romania

#1
Seed · Bucharest, Bucharest · founded 2017 · 35 employees
$2.5Mraised
▾

In‑store retail robotics marketing. It is a retail technology startup that designs interactive robotic point‑of‑sale devices to enhance in‑store marketing and shopper engagement for brands and retailers. Its motion, sound, and light‑enabled solutions help consumer goods products stand out on shelves and drive sales through experiential campaigns.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 12k LinkedIn followers — 54.7% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2022Seed$1.7M
  • Jan 2020Seed$779.9K
Founders & team
Ionut VladCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Early Game Ventures, Ipp, BoomStartup Accelerator, Venture Growth Partners
Tech stack
CdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook PixelGoogle Analytics
#2
Funding Raised · Bucharest, Bucharest · founded 2016 · 1 employees
$561.7Kraised
▾

Developer of industrial IoT technology for energy and utilities optimization. The company provides hardware and software components designed to operate independently or integrated with third-party systems. Its technology focuses on decreasing energy consumption and maintenance costs for various industries. The company's ecosystem supports diverse platforms and offers solutions applicable to multiple verticals.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 735 LinkedIn followers — 3.3% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. GIS) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • May 2021Grant (prize money)$561.7K
Founders & team
Marian MacoveanuCTO & co-founderAlexandru GligaCo-Founder
Investors
Europa, Spherik Accelerator, Activize, Orange Fab Romania, MVP Academy
#3
Funding Raised · Romania · founded 2011
$100Kraised
▾

Developer of embedded software solutions and standardized software components for automotive. The company offers implementation of basic software modules, ports, and integrations on microcontroller platforms. Basic software and tools customization are also provided. The company utilizes C embedded language, Perl, Python scripts, and various tools.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2020Grant (prize money)$100K
Investors
Europa
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpZurb FoundationLitespeedJquery Migrate
#4
Seed · Bucharest, Bucharest · founded 2016
$61.8Kraised
▾

Developer of smartwatch for individuals suffering from Alzheimer's

Investors
Chivas Venture, Techcelerator, Gapminder
#5
Seed · Bucharest, Bucharest · founded 2015 · 6 employees
$123.7Kraised
▾

Developer of an IoT electronic device designed for the safety and digitalization of various motorcycle features and programs. The company's device offers geolocation, rides history, navigation, information regarding the manner in which the vehicle was ridden, and notifications about possible damages, enabling motor vehicle owners to request assistance about other road traffic information and keep their vehicles safe.

Founders & team
Marius Alexandru MitroiCo-Founder & CEOLoana MateiCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
Techcelerator, Gapminder
#6
Deadpooled · Bucharest, Bucharest · founded 2017
$28.4Kraised
▾

Online platform offering AI based heart health monitoring solutions. The platform uses proprietary Artificial Intelligence algorithms to monitor vital signs and detect arrhythmias or cardiac diseases. The data is sent to the app and it uses AI to continuously analyze and alert the doctors in case of any abnormality.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2018Seed$28.4K
Founders & team
Elena OvreiuFounder & CEO
Investors
Gapminder
#7
Seed · Cluj napoca, Cluj County · founded 2014
—raised
▾

Developer of a ubiquitous home automation system created to provide a smart intelligent home. The company's system is based on special learning algorithms and imitation of human behavior which controls functions such as light, climate, or multimedia without the need for user intervention, communicates with all smart home appliances, and controls them from home or from a distance using a mobile device and analyzes user's actions, learns their preferences and then reproduces them naturally without the user having to interact directly with the house equipment, enabling users to get a virtual butler for their homes.

Founders & team
Dan ChiuzbaianFounderMaftei ReteganCo-Founder
Investors
FasterCapital
#8
Seed · Bucharest, Bucharest · founded 2015 · 2 employees
—raised
▾

AroundWise is a retail technology solutions provider. They offer two products: AW Loyalty and AW Proximity. AW Loyalty is a white label marketing and loyalty system that integrates with the retailer's existing app and quantifies user data points, matching them with the best deal on offer, increasing foot traffic, conversion, and sales quota in-store. With the help of micro-location technologies, the system identifies shoppers when they enter the store and offers them rewards for various in-store activities. The shopper can redeem the rewards at POS. AW Proximity is a beacon-enabled proximity marketing solution that pushes offers for a particular product/brand when a shopper comes within the range of the beacon. AroundWise is available as an SDK that integrates with the retailer's existing mobile application and enables them to launch the campaigns from the management system. Clients include Baneasa Shopping City, Halva, Green Apple, etc.

Funding rounds
  • May 2016Seed—
Founders & team
Victor AnastasiuFounder & CEO
Investors
Faster Capital
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpContact Form 7NginxModernizr
#9
Seed · Oradea, Bihor County · founded 2013 · 2 employees
—raised
▾

Developer of battery-powered medical exoskeleton intended to provide assistance in walking. The company's medical walking device suits help paralyzed people with walking disabilities to increase their overall rehabilitation process, enabling patients to walk in a hassle-free manner with the ease of use and accessibility they truly need.

Founders & team
Andras KapyCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Startup Spotlight, MVP Academy, Gapminder

Funding & investor landscape

$3.4Mtotal disclosed funding
6companies funded
5disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Orange Fab Romania5 rounds
Gapminder4 rounds
Techcelerator4 rounds
Europa2 rounds
MVP Academy2 rounds
Activize1 rounds
BoomStartup Accelerator1 rounds
Chivas Venture1 rounds
ClimateLaunchpad1 rounds
Early Game Ventures1 rounds

Notable founders

Ionut Vlad
Co-Founder & CEO · Tokinomo
Marian Macoveanu
CTO & co-founder · BOX2M
Alexandru Gliga
Co-Founder · BOX2M
Marius Alexandru Mitroi
Co-Founder & CEO · RIDESAFE
Loana Matei
Co-Founder & CTO · RIDESAFE
Elena Ovreiu
Founder & CEO · LiveCare
Dan Chiuzbaian
Founder · Viki
Maftei Retegan
Co-Founder · Viki
Victor Anastasiu
Founder & CEO · AroundWise
Andras Kapy
Co-Founder & CEO · Axosuits
Prism market signals · Romania · country-scoped Prism corpus, 6,720 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 · Romania

How research on Internet of Things is moving in Romania

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 288 Romania-affiliated papers.

top research entities
  • Universitatea Națională de Știință și Tehnologie Politehnica București56
  • National Research Council42
  • Technical University of Cluj-Napoca38
  • Polytechnic University of Timişoara19
  • Ministry of Education19
leading researchers
Radu Nicolae Pietraru · Seyed Salar Sefati · Alexandru Lavric · Octavian Fratu · Simona Halunga · Valentin Popa · Bahman Arasteh · Partemie-Marian Mutescu
▲ Breakthroughs107 · 37%
▲ 0%→38% share
0 median citations95% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→38% of field), led by Wireless sensor network.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Wireless sensor network1→16
  • Cloud computing1→8
  • Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution1→5
Newly emergingScalability 0→18 · Node (physics) 0→11 · Wireless 0→11
Landmark Blockchain Based Distributed Control System for Edge Computing · 243 cites
◆ Advancements117 · 41%
▲ 0%→41% share
0 median citations94% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (0%→41% of field), led by Wireless.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Wireless1→16
  • Wireless sensor network3→14
  • Context (archaeology)1→10
  • Cloud computing1→8
  • Software deployment1→8
Newly emergingComputer security 0→14 · Embedded system 0→12 · Key (lock) 0→12
Landmark Energy Harvesting Techniques for Internet of Things (IoT) · 349 cites
▼ Concerns31 · 11%
▲ 0%→10% share
1 median citations90% since 2021mostly reviews
Concerns are rising (0%→10% of field), led by Key (lock).
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Key (lock)9
  • Computer security8
  • Smart city5
  • Scalability4
  • Wireless sensor network4
Newly emergingKey (lock) 0→9 · Computer security 0→8 · Smart city 0→5
Landmark Internet of Things as System of Systems: A Review of Methodologies, Frameworks, Platforms, and Tools · 278 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Romania

Where iot is researched across Romania

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.

Bucharest160 · +0.56
Hot · Internet of ThingsAdvancing · Wireless networkOpportunity · WirelessConcern · Data science
Cluj-Napoca42 · +0.44
Hot · Wireless sensor networkAdvancing · ScalabilityOpportunity · Internet of ThingsConcern · Key (lock)
Timișoara22 · +0.56
Hot · Modular designAdvancing · Wearable technologyOpportunity · Internet of Things
Iasi15 · +0.40
Hot · Internet of ThingsOpportunity · Wireless sensor network
Brasov12 · +0.51
Hot · Internet of ThingsOpportunity · Scalability
Constanța6 · +0.45
Hot · Internet of Things
Craiova5 · +0.72
Advancing · Internet of ThingsOpportunity · Embedded system
Galati5 · +0.66
Opportunity · Kalman filter

Common questions

How many Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies are there in Romania?
Radar tracks 39 indexable Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies headquartered in Romania that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies in Romania?
The Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies in Romania on this list have raised a combined $3.4M in disclosed equity funding across 6 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Internet of Things - Industry Applications company in Romania?
Tokinomo is the highest-funded Internet of Things - Industry Applications company in Romania, with $2.5M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies in Romania are funded?
6 of the 39 Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies in Romania on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Internet of Things - Industry Applications unicorns are there in Romania?
None of the Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies in Romania on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Romania Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies?
The most active investors in Romania Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies on this list include Orange Fab Romania, Gapminder, Techcelerator, Europa, MVP Academy.
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