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Best Internet of Things Infrastructure Companies in Bavaria, Germany

The 42 best Internet of Things Infrastructure companies in Bavaria, Germany in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Truphone.

42companies tracked
$902.4Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
12have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · INTERNET OF THINGS INFRASTRUCTURE × BAVARIA

Our analysis of 50 Internet of Things Infrastructure companies

$10.3b in tracked funding; 83% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

50companies analysed
83%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
4unicorns
2015median founding year
331kcombined LinkedIn audience
79%of audience held by top 3
2companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Internet of Things Infrastructure companies in Bavaria

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Truphone
Provider of international mobile services
$696M64 mo agoSeries C—2006DatoCMSApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+16——
2EMnify
Provider of IoT connectivity platform and related SIM card solutions
$80M55 mo agoSeries B—2014HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+3517 patents
eUICC personalization/customization and distributed GTP‑C core network processing
1 award
3HiveMQ
Provider of MQTT based platform for bi-directional flow of data between IoT devices and enterprises systems
$53M51 mo agoSeries AChristoph Schabel
Co-Founder
2012DiscourseApple iCloud MailRuby+2812 patents
IoT publish‑subscribe messaging middleware and multi‑protocol broker infrastructure
1 launch
4EnOcean
Provider of energy harvesting wireless technology for sustainable IoT solutions
$37M200 mo agoSeries BFrank Schmidt
VP Innovation & Co-Founder EnOcean GmbH
2001WordPress Block EditorWordPressPlesk+25232 patents
Wireless energy‑harvesting sensors for building automation and occupancy detection
—
5GreenCom Networks
Cloud & AI-based mesh networking management solutions provider
$18M68 mo agoAcquired—2011——2 launchs · 1 partnership
6Fos4X
Provider of IoT sensors
$13M98 mo agoAcquired—2010—248 patents
Patents concentrated in mechanical & energy engineering
—
7SAT4M2M
Satellite based LPWA network for IoT applications
$6M90 mo agoSeedMartin Haunschild
Founder & Co-CEO
2014———
8qbound
Solution to secure critical systems and IoT devices
$27K62 mo agoDeadpooledArtur Roesch
Co-Founder
2019———

Top 12 Internet of Things Infrastructure companies in Bavaria

#1
Series C · Unterschleissheim, Bavaria · founded 2006 · 445 employees
$696Mraised
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Provider of international mobile services. It offers services under various brands. It enables enterprises to record and store mobile communications.

Funding rounds
  • May 2021Grant (prize money)$830.9K
  • Apr 2020Series C$37.8M
  • Oct 2018Series C$65M
  • Oct 2017Series C$338M
Investors
Europa, Wellington Partners Venture Capital, Independent News and Media, Eden Ventures, Hubert Burda Media, Straub Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailAtlassian StatuspageDatocmsGatsby
#2
Series A · Landshut, Bavaria · founded 2012 · 29 employees
$53.3Mraised
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HiveMQ is a messaging platform for enabling data movement to and from connected IoT devices and enterprise systems. The platform uses the MQTT protocol for a bi-directional push of data between the device and the enterprise systems and is designed for cloud-native deployments. Features include automatic elastic and linear scalability at runtime, fault tolerant and resilient clusters, cluster overload protection, pre-built extensions, integration with third-party security systems, custom authentication and authorization via extensions, client load balancing with shared subscriptions, among others. Clientele includes Acer BYOC, Liberty Global, Matternet, Winterhalter, Awair, to name a few.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 22k LinkedIn followers — 6.7% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • May 2022Series A$42.1M
  • May 2021Seed$11.2M
Founders & team
Christoph SchabelCo-FounderChristian GotzCo-Founder & CEODominik ObermaierCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
Earlybird, Senovo, Molten Ventures, Mubadala, Illusian Publishing, New Forge
Tech stack
AlgoliaAlgolia DocsearchAmazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailAxios
#3
Series B · Wurzburg, Bavaria · founded 2014 · 84 employees
$80Mraised
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Provider of IoT connectivity platform and related SIM card solutions. The company delivers connectivity management, cloud integration, and network security for IoT devices. It offers SIM card options, including those for GPS trackers and advanced eSIMs. The platform provides tools for monitoring, configuration, and data tracking. Support options are available to ensure reliable connectivity.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 20k LinkedIn followers — 6.1% of this cohort's audience · 33 engagements/post (1.7× cohort median)
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2022Series B$57M
  • Oct 2019Series A$8.8M
  • Mar 2016Seed—
Investors
One Peak, API-First Index, Bluestar Ventures, Felder
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApolloApple Icloud Mail
#4
Acquired · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2011 · 41 employees
$17.8Mraised
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GreenCom is a cloud & AI-based mesh networking management solutions provider. It has developed an IoT platform to optimize the share of distributed energy assets and end consumer demand. The GreenCom Network is one of the key applications based on Energy IoT Plattform which allows the aggregation of various electricity producers and consuming assets. Can be used to provide energy autarky services, energy optimization in HVAC systems, decentralized energy management, and district energy distribution. Combining it with external data and self-learning algorithms it can control the various assets to maximize returns.GreenCom’s X-Manager Application allows the visualization and control of a large number of different devices including PV Systems, Storage units, Heat Pumps, Electric Vehicles, CHP Plants, Electrical Heaters and Air Conditions at consumer locations.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 220k LinkedIn followers — 66.5% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 2 product launches · 1 partnerships (incl. Open Compute Project Foundation) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2020Series C$14.4M
  • Sep 2020Grant (prize money)$282K
  • May 2019Series A—
  • Feb 2019Series A—
Investors
innogy Innovation Hub, Centrica, SET Ventures, Munich Venture Partners, Cosmos, Macdoch Ventures
Tech stack
DrupalMariadbPhpVarnishAlpine.JsPantheon
#5
Series B · Oberhaching, Bavaria · founded 2001 · 57 employees
$36.8Mraised
▾

Provider of energy harvesting wireless technology for sustainable IoT solutions. The company offers kinetic switches, self-powered sensors, and related components. These products cater to smart spaces, building automation, and energy efficiency applications. Additionally, it provides transceivers, gateways, actuators, and IoT software development tools.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 9k LinkedIn followers — 2.6% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2009Series B$11.7M
  • Aug 2008Series B$6.6M
  • Mar 2005Series B$13M
  • Feb 2004Series A$5.5M
Founders & team
Frank SchmidtVP Innovation & Co-Founder EnOcean GmbHRaoul WijgergangsCEO
Investors
Wellington Partners Venture Capital, 3i Group, BayTech Venture Capital, Next47, EnjoyVenture, Kathrein Group
Tech stack
Advanced Custom FieldsAlpine.JsBorlabs CookieCore-JsElement UiJquery
#6
Seed · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2014
$6Mraised
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Sat4M2M is a provider of satellite-based Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) for IoT applications. The satellite communication network enables a worldwide IoT monitoring of fixed and moving assets in multiple verticals including transportation, energy, agriculture, and infrastructure. The company has partnered with Fujitsu to develop LPWA modules that would enable communication to low earth orbit (LEO) satellite payloads using its protocol and patents. The modules can be integrated with terrestrial LPWA solutions such as Sigfox, LoRa, Weightless, and NB-IoT; with global navigation satellite systems such as GPS, Glonass, and Galileo; and with sensors using SPI and I2C protocols. The company was a part of EIT Digital Accelerator, 2017. Partners include Sigfox, EURECOM, DLR, Fujitsu, Russian Railways, Airbus, Astrocat, Asto Telematics, Remondis etc.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2019Grant (prize money)$2.1M
  • Jun 2017Seed—
  • Feb 2017Grant (prize money)$2M
  • Jan 2017Grant (prize money)$1.9M
Founders & team
Martin HaunschildFounder & Co-CEOChristoph UslarCo-CEO
Investors
EIC Fund, EIT Digital, Europa, The Incubator @SCHWEIZERHOF
#7
Acquired · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2010 · 73 employees
$12.5Mraised
▾

Fos4X provides fiber optic sensors that are based on real-time algorithms and have dynamic signals on the system which gives insights all times. The company provides fiber optic sensors for industrial applications that take EMC-insensitive measurements in industrial environments.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2018Series B$10M
  • Mar 2015Series B$2.5M
Investors
Equinor, Bayern Kapital, UVC Partners, HTGF, Dr. Schulze Consulting and Holding, Free Electrons
#8
Deadpooled · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2019 · 7 employees
$27.5Kraised
▾

Qbound provides a security solution to secure critical systems and IoT devices. It provides secure access solution based on the software-defined perimeter, blockchain-backed secure infrastructure, and artificial intelligence.

Funding rounds
  • 2021Grant (prize money)—
  • May 2020Grant (prize money)$27.5K
Founders & team
Artur RoeschCo-Founder
Investors
ESA BIC Bavaria & Northern Germany, TechFounders, WERK1
#9
Acquired · Puchheim, Bavaria · founded 1988 · 80 employees
—raised
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Provider of RFID readers, mobile credentials, software, and related accessories. The company offers solutions for user authentication and access control across various industries. Its hardware includes a range of readers designed for compatibility and flexible integration. Software offerings include development tools. The company also provides services such as training and technical support.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 17k LinkedIn followers — 5.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 2 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2021Conventional Debt—
Founders & team
Dominik SamsonDirector CEO Office and Business Development
Investors
HarbourVest Partners, Deutsche Private Equity, QVV
Tech stack
Alpine.JsAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#10
Series A · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2014 · 45 employees
—raised
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ThingxNet provides a cloud-based platform with hardware partners to enable IoT applications. It claims that its platform provides features like Industry-Grade Hardware, Device Management with OTA intuitive, point & click user interface, Fast Integration, actionable insights & reports, real-time access to millions of devices, a secure end-to-end solution from hardware, SIM cards, data transmission to backend software and data management. Its solution finds applications in areas like Connected Car, Tank Taler, and others.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2017Series A—
Founders & team
Nikola DeskovicCo-FounderOliver GotzCo-Founder
Investors
CalAmp, Wessel Management, KFG GmbH & Co. KG, Mercedes-Benz, Mastercard, Arthur Friedrichs Start Up GmbH & Co. KG
Tech stack
GridsomeAmazon Web ServicesVue.JsHstsAmazon S3Amazon Cloudfront
#11
Seed · Nuremberg, Bavaria · founded 2013 · 14 employees
—raised
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Favendo provides location-based services with analytical insights. It collects the location data through a sensor based infrastructure, beacon, or an application. Its OS allows the user to interrelate the online data to the self-collected data. The solution can be used to design effective marketing strategies and optimize the business using algorithms. It provides its solution for multiple industries including retail, transportation, health, tourism, and facility management. Its customers include Brose, ECE, DB, Hammerson, etc. and has partnered with multiple companies such as Accenture, Ruckus, Philips, etc.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2016Seed—
Founders & team
Holger MannweilerCEO
Investors
NeueCapital, VCDE Venture Partners, German Accelerator, innomark, Leoncini Gmbh, Lira Venture Capital
#12
Series B · Garching An Der Alz, Bavaria · founded 1999 · 1 employees
—raised
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Setrix AG provides sensor and GSM modules to enable M2M wireless communication. It provides customized hardware products like GPRS/UMTS systems, traffic telematics, etc, customized software solutions for web-based services, as well as consulting on the projects like intelligent traffic solutions, energy management, service gateways, etc. Its technology solutions see applications in areas like facility management, surveillance, wireless communication, e-commerce, and meter reading markets, machine-to-machine, vision-based parking-lot management, and visual logistics applications.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2008Series B—
Investors
Next47

Funding & investor landscape

$902.4Mtotal disclosed funding
8companies funded
25disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Bayern Kapital2 rounds
Europa2 rounds
Free Electrons2 rounds
German Accelerator2 rounds
Next472 rounds
SET Ventures2 rounds
Wellington Partners Venture Capital2 rounds
3i Group1 rounds
API-First Index1 rounds
Acton Capital1 rounds

Notable founders

Christoph Schabel
Co-Founder · HiveMQ
Christian Gotz
Co-Founder & CEO · HiveMQ
Frank Schmidt
VP Innovation & Co-Founder EnOcean GmbH · EnOcean
Raoul Wijgergangs
CEO · EnOcean
Martin Haunschild
Founder & Co-CEO · SAT4M2M
Christoph Uslar
Co-CEO · SAT4M2M
Artur Roesch
Co-Founder · qbound
Dominik Samson
Director CEO Office and Business Development · Elatec RFID
Nikola Deskovic
Co-Founder · ThinxNet
Oliver Gotz
Co-Founder · ThinxNet
Holger Mannweiler
CEO · Favendo
Christian Damjakob
CEO · Smarteag
Prism market signals · Germany · country-scoped Prism corpus, 2,188,856 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Internet of Things Infrastructure coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Germany

How research on Internet of Things is moving in Germany

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 796 Germany-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
200920182026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 38% → 51% across 2009–2026.
top research entities
  • Technical University of Munich42
  • Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg28
  • X-Fab27
  • RWTH Aachen University25
  • Technische Universität Berlin23
leading researchers
Jörg Henkel · Ahmad‐Reza Sadeghi · Lovrić, Mario · Petrić, Valentino · Strbad, Dejan · Terzić, Teo · Frka, Sanja · Yulin Hu
▲ Breakthroughs335 · 42%
▲ 32%→44% share
▲1.4× share momentum0 median citations90% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (32%→44% of field), led by Wireless sensor network.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Wireless sensor network8→50
  • Wireless3→41
  • Key (lock)2→30
  • Software deployment4→23
  • Embedded system1→18
Newly emergingScalability 0→35 · Artificial neural network 0→17 · Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution 0→13
Landmark On the lifetime of wireless sensor networks · 716 cites
◆ Advancements256 · 32%
▲ 24%→33% share
▲1.4× share momentum0 median citations89% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (24%→33% of field), led by Wireless sensor network.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Wireless sensor network9→37
  • Wireless4→28
  • Key (lock)2→26
  • Computer network3→17
  • Software deployment1→13
Newly emergingComputer security 0→16 · Reliability (semiconductor) 0→12 · Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution 0→12
Landmark Collecting complex activity datasets in highly rich networked sensor environments · 742 cites
▼ Concerns115 · 14%
▼ 32%→12% share
▼0.4× share momentum0 median citations70% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (32%→12% of field), led by Data science.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Data science2→6
  • Wireless3→7
  • Software deployment1→4
  • Wireless sensor network5→7
Newly emergingKey (lock) 0→8 · Focus (optics) 0→5
Landmark The Future of Industrial Communication: Automation Networks in the Era of the Internet of Things and Industry 4.0 · 1,661 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Germany

Where iot is researched across Germany

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.

Munich55 · +0.53
Hot · CalibrationAdvancing · Embedded systemOpportunity · Metropolitan areaConcern · Wireless network
Berlin42 · +0.52
Hot · Wireless networkAdvancing · WirelessOpportunity · Energy (signal processing)Concern · Internet of Things
Jülich/Bonn37 · +0.25
Hot · Smart cityAdvancing · Internet of ThingsOpportunity · Key (lock)Concern · Wireless sensor network
Dresden28 · +0.41
Hot · Cloud computingAdvancing · Enhanced Data Rates for GSM EvolutionOpportunity · Transformative learning
Aachen25 · +0.53
Hot · Reliability (semiconductor)Advancing · Latency (audio)Opportunity · Key (lock)
Karlsruhe18 · +0.32
Hot · Key (lock)Advancing · Internet of ThingsOpportunity · Wireless
Stuttgart13 · +0.48
Hot · Key (lock)Advancing · Internet of ThingsOpportunity · Wireless
PATENT SIGNAL · Germany

Who's filing iot patents in Germany

Germany iot patent filing is accelerating — 25,708 filings from 8,000 assignees (2016–2025), led by Siemens, Robert Bosch, Deutsche Telekom; annual filings 1930→2283.

25,708 filings8,000 assigneespeak 3121/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • Siemens5649
  • Robert Bosch2746
  • Deutsche Telekom2254
  • Volkswagen1947
  • SAP SE1599
  • Bayerische Motoren Werke1258
  • AUDI1201
  • Fraunhofer GES Forschung908

Common questions

How many Internet of Things Infrastructure companies are there in Bavaria, Germany?
Radar tracks 42 indexable Internet of Things Infrastructure companies headquartered in Bavaria, Germany that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Internet of Things Infrastructure companies in Bavaria, Germany?
The Internet of Things Infrastructure companies in Bavaria, Germany on this list have raised a combined $902.4M in disclosed equity funding across 8 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Internet of Things Infrastructure company in Bavaria, Germany?
Truphone is the highest-funded Internet of Things Infrastructure company in Bavaria, Germany, with $696M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Internet of Things Infrastructure companies in Bavaria, Germany are funded?
8 of the 42 Internet of Things Infrastructure companies in Bavaria, Germany on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Internet of Things Infrastructure unicorns are there in Bavaria, Germany?
None of the Internet of Things Infrastructure companies in Bavaria, Germany on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Bavaria, Germany Internet of Things Infrastructure companies?
The most active investors in Bavaria, Germany Internet of Things Infrastructure companies on this list include Bayern Kapital, Europa, Free Electrons, German Accelerator, Next47.
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