Best Internet of Things - Industry Applications Companies in Russia
The 60 best Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies in Russia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Rubetek.
Among the 60 Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies we track in Russia, total disclosed funding sits at just $21M — and one name swallows most of that pool. Rubetek alone accounts for $16M, leaving Neiry at $3M and FIBRUM at $1M to split the next tier. That's a sharp concentration. So if you're mapping where conviction has landed in this space, the answer is clear and a little stark. No unicorns yet, and the remaining companies — Eldis, Aira, redKlever — are operating on sub-$300K raises. Investors like IIDF and DI Group are circling, but the cheque sizes tell you this market is still early and largely unbacked.
What gives me some optimism is the momentum underneath. Median install growth of roughly +13% YoY across internet and connected-device app categories signals genuine end-user pull, not just founder ambition. Coverage in this sector is visibly rising, with AI hardware and audio rendering emerging as the hot technical themes right now. That mix of thin institutional capital and real product traction is exactly the setup that tends to move fast once one or two breakout rounds land. The funding base is small, but the activity isn't.
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 Russia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | App-install YoY | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rubetek IoT based smart home solution provider | $16M | 16 mo ago | Series B | Anton Maltsev CEO | 2014 | — | — |
| 2 | Neiry Developer of neuro interfaces and processing algorithms for neuro data | $3M | 24 mo ago | Seed | Sasha Panov Founder & CEO | 2017 | — | — |
| 3 | FIBRUM Virtual reality hardware & games | $1M | 93 mo ago | Series A | — | 2014 | +6% | — |
| 4 | Eldis Provider of meter data management and building monitoring solutions | $250K | 113 mo ago | Seed | Vlasov Roman Co-Founder & CEO | 2012 | — | — |
| 5 | Aira Smart Contract Driven Robot Payment Mechanism on Ethereum Blockchain | $220K | 109 mo ago | Seed | Sergey Lonshakov Co-Founder & CEO | 2015 | — | — |
| 6 | redKLEVER Personal emergency response system for senior citizens | $50K | 166 mo ago | Funding Raised | Dmitry Yurchenko CEO & Co-Founder | 2010 | +11% | — |
| 7 | NPK Industrial Geodetic Systems GNSS sensor solution for underground pipeline and structural deformation monitoring | $25K | 100 mo ago | Seed | — | 2010 | — | — |
| 8 | Motive Neuromorphic Technologies Developer of intelligent vision systems based on neural networks | — | 49 mo ago | Seed | Alexey Romanov CEO | 2015 | — | — |
Top 11 Internet of Things - Industry Applications companies in Russia
#1
Series B · Moscow, Moscow · founded 2014 · 43 employees$15.6Mraised▾
Rubetek is an IoT based smart home solution provider. It offers a smart video monitoring and security kit that includes a rotary camera; door/window/garage sensor; and a leakage sensor. The camera acts as a uniting device for connected sensors thereby processing the live feed on users' smartphone. The company also provides a companion application, compatible with both Android and iOS, that allows remote monitoring and notifies incase of a mishap. Additionally offers control center- can connect up to 300 smart devices; lighting controller; smoke detectors; gas sensors etc. All the products can be bought online through their website or from authorized stores.
- Feb 2025Series B$15.6M
#2
Seed · Moscow, Moscow · founded 2017$3.4Mraised▾
Developer of neuro interfaces and processing algorithms for neuro data. The company offers Mind Tracker a wearable device that tracks brain activity waves in real-time using dry gilded electrodes and proprietary software that processes the data into metrics such as fatigue, concentration, focus, stress, flow state, and cognitive workload.
- Jun 2024Seed$3.4M
#3
Series A · Moscow, Moscow · founded 2014 · 21 employees$1Mraised▾
Fibrum is a virtual reality company based in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 2014, the company is building a global ecosystem for virtual reality. The company has developed Fibrum headset which works with any smartphone with a screen diagonal of 4 to 6 inches. Fibrum has also developed few casual VR games and experiences. Fibrum Roller Coaster VR app for iPhone and Android has been downloaded about 4 million times. Also the company is working on a whole seperate platform for virtual reality apps.
- Sep 2018Series A$1M
#4
Seed · Saint Petersburg, Northwestern Federal District · founded 2012$250Kraised▾
Aldis offers meter data management and building monitoring solutions. It collects meter data for utilities from residential and commercial customers. Consumers can get their details of meter data through the platform.
- Jan 2017Seed$250K
#5
Seed · Samara, Samara Oblast · founded 2015$220Kraised▾
Aira seeks to work on making payments possible for human-to-machine or machine-to-machine interactions. The system will be built on Ethereum's smart contracts and seek to create a network of robotic payments in exchange for sensor data, logistics tracking or inventory stocking in fully autonomous enterprises. The project combines IoT and blockchain to make machine driven economies function seamlessly.
- May 2017Seed$220K
#6
Funding Raised · Moscow, Moscow · founded 2010 · 2 employees$50Kraised▾
Personal emergency response system for senior citizens. Its first product "Knopka Zhizni" is a personal emergency response system for the safety and comfort of seniors and people with disabilities. Key services of Knopka Zhizni are one-button emergency calls (SOS), a fall detector, geolocation service. The project is developed as a platform for integrated solutions in mobile health such as remote health monitoring, health records management, and many others.
- Aug 2012Grant (prize money)$50K
#7
Seed · Omsk, Omsk Oblast · founded 2010$24.8Kraised▾
Industrial Geodetic Systems(IGS) provides GNSS sensor solution for the underground pipeline, & structural deformation monitoring. Offers a wearable device consisting of mutually perpendicular sensor, gyroscope & accelerometer with a GLONASS receiver to diagnose pipeline damages. The diagnosis method involves a contactless method in which magnetic field & magnetic gradients of ferromagnetic materials are analyzed to detect the pipeline deformations.
- Mar 2018Seed$24.8K
#8
Seed · Russia · founded 2015—raised▾
Developer of intelligent vision systems based on neural networks. Its neuromorphic processors help in the detection and recognition of objects in video or images, identification of people and analysis of their actions, fixing violations of official duties by employees, and controlling the visual quality of products including high-speed conveyors. It applies to logistics, manufacturing, retail, and personnel control.
- Jun 2022Seed—
#9
Seed · Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk Krai · founded 2016—raised▾
Modular magnetic motion capture for AR, VR and 3D apps. TAU Tracker develops modular magnetic motion capture solutions for AR, VR and 3D apps. Its offering is TAU Tracker gloves for tracking of two hands in virtual and augmented reality applications, 3D simulators, immersion demonstrations. As of July 2019, the company offers the pair of gloves for $ 262, hand tracking kit for $ 1400 and, all body training kit for $ 4375.
- Oct 2016Seed—
#10
Series A · Moscow, Moscow · founded 2011—raised▾
Developer of smart watches for children and the elderly. Some of the features include a flashlight, a built-in camera, GPS geolocation, heart rate monitoring, blood pressure monitoring, fitness tracking, medication reminder, SOS button, among others. The watches work in integration with a companion application that allows caretakers to track the location even indoors, create safety zones, and receive alerts in case of watch removal, to name a few. The application is compatible with both Android and iOS devices.
- 2014Series A—
#11
Seed · Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan · founded 2011 · 18 employees—raised▾
Avtodoria develops systems for traffic monitoring, vehicle movement and speed tracking, and infraction management. The company provides road-camera based speed controlling system, searching in real time for wanted vehicles, processes data from car speed and location and does statistical analysis to provide information regarding traffic congestion.
- Sep 2011Seed—
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How research on Internet of Things is moving in Russia
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 319 Russia-affiliated papers.
- ITMO University18
- Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies14
- Ministry of Health11
- Bauman Moscow State Technical University9
- Russian Academy of Sciences9
- Smart city1→5
- Wireless sensor network2→20
- Smart city1→12
- Computer network3→12
- Wireless1→8
- Architecture1→5
- Key (lock)1→6
- Smart city2→5
Where iot is researched across Russia
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.
Common questions
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