Best Internet of Things Infrastructure Companies in Germany
The 173 best Internet of Things Infrastructure companies in Germany in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Truphone.
Germany's Internet of Things Infrastructure sector is what this directory maps — 173 companies, $1.4B in disclosed funding, ranked by equity raised and recent momentum. No unicorns yet, but the capital is concentrated in ways worth paying attention to.
Truphone leads the funding table at $696M, which dwarfs everything else in the cohort. Wireless Logic follows at $162M, and 1NCE sits at $50M. So you've got a top-three that captures the bulk of disclosed capital, with the remaining 170 companies sharing a much thinner slice. I find that gap more telling than the headline total. Median app install growth is running at roughly +13% year-on-year across internet and internet retail categories, which signals that connected-device adoption is pulling infrastructure demand upward in real time. The hot build-out themes right now are green infrastructure, water infrastructure, and cloud infrastructure, with safe water initiatives drawing particular attention from both operators and backers. Active investors in the space include HTGF, Next Big Thing, German Accelerator, Europa, and MBG Sachsen. What does that mix tell you? Early-stage institutional money is still plentiful here, even if the later-stage unicorn exits haven't materialized yet.
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.
Ranked: Best Internet of Things Infrastructure companies in Germany
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Truphone Provider of international mobile services | $696M | 61 mo ago | 445 | — | DatoCMSApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+16 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 2 | Wireless Logic Provider of cellular and satellite connectivity for internet connected devices 67Tech top 24%Funding top 34%Fin. health top 38%Market top 43% All 9 signals ▾Techtop 24% Fundingtop 34% Fin. healthtop 38% Markettop 43% Growthtop 44% Globalbottom 49% Talentbottom 49% Moatbottom 38% Newsbottom 20% Tech: 45 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare Funding: Raised $162M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 8 yrs (0.1/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $162M | 13 mo ago | 127 | Oliver Tucker Co-Founder & Group CEO | HubSpot CMS HubAmazon Web ServicesSplide+17 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 3 | Relayr Provider of middleware and IoT solutions for enterprises | $86M | 99 mo ago | 109 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | EMnify Provider of IoT connectivity platform and related SIM card solutions | $80M | 52 mo ago | 84 84 → 204 (+143%) | — | HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+35 | Top 5M | 17 patents eSIM (eUICC) personalization/customization and distributed GTP‑C core signaling solutions | 1 award |
| 5 | HiveMQ Provider of MQTT based platform for bi-directional flow of data between IoT devices and enterprises systems | $53M | 49 mo ago | 29 | Christoph Schabel Co-Founder | DiscourseApple iCloud MailRuby+28 | Top 500k | 12 patents IoT pub/sub messaging middleware with multi‑protocol broker and client management | 1 launch |
| 6 | 1NCE Provider of managed connectivity services for low bandwidth hardware devices 69Tech top 19%Talent top 28%Funding top 32%Patents top 33% All 12 signals ▾Techtop 19% Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 32% Patentstop 33% Innovationtop 34% Moattop 36% Producttop 41% Growthtop 43% Markettop 44% Globaltop 49% Fin. healthbottom 43% Newsbottom 27% Tech: 56 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 Talent: Analyst team rating 5/5 · 2 named leaders on record rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100 | $50M | 13 mo ago | 85 | Ivo Rook Co-CEO | StoryblokCart FunctionalityApple iCloud Mail+25 | Top 500k | 24 patents Stateless GTP load balancing and hub-based IoT device network connectivity | — |
| 7 | Lemonbeat Provider of solutions for remote monitoring of local grid substations | $41M | 70 mo ago | 38 38 → 39 (+3%) | Oliver Mond Co-Founder & CEO | Node.jsUbuntuTailwind CSS+6 | Top 50M | 2 patents Network protocols and architectures for smart home automation control | — |
| 8 | EnOcean Provider of energy harvesting wireless technology for sustainable IoT solutions | $37M | 198 mo ago | 57 57 → 67 (+18%) | Frank Schmidt VP Innovation & Co-Founder EnOcean GmbH | WordPress Block EditorWordPressPlesk+25 | Top 5M | 232 patents Self-powered wireless sensor networks for building automation and energy harvesting. | — |
| 9 | Peaq Developer of a layer-1 blockchain for machine and device economies 32Talent top 28%Funding top 32%News top 39%Global bottom 39% All 6 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 32% Newstop 39% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 37% Techbottom 28% Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 4 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $24.9M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 6 yrs (0.8/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 32/100 | $25M | 15 mo ago | — | Pavel Fomenko Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Azeti Networks Provider of M2M technology for a variety of verticals | $21M | 121 mo ago | 23 | — | HubSpot CMS HubAtlassian StatuspageAmazon Web Services+13 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 11 | GreenCom Networks Cloud & AI-based mesh networking management solutions provider | $18M | 66 mo ago | 41 | — | — | — | — | 2 launchs · 1 partnership |
| 12 | ParStream Analytics for IoT | $14M | 152 mo ago | 39,213 | — | — | — | 16 patents High-performance columnar database analytics using bitmap indexing and adaptive compression. | — |
| 13 | Fos4X Provider of IoT sensors | $13M | 96 mo ago | 73 | — | — | — | 248 patents Fiber-optic condition monitoring and ice detection for wind turbine structural health | — |
| 14 | Cybus Solution to simplify connectivity between software and hardware | $9M | 29 mo ago | 18 | — | WordPress Block EditorWordPressZoho+30 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 15 | Yetu Open source smart home platform | $8M | 150 mo ago | 102 | — | SentryPHPGoogle Sign-in+12 | Top 10M | 2 patents Load monitoring and analytics for electrical consumer networks | — |
| 16 | metr Provider of multi-functional gateways for IoT | $7M | 38 mo ago | 23 23 → 33 (+43%) | Franka Birke Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 17 | SAT4M2M Satellite based LPWA network for IoT applications | $6M | 88 mo ago | — | Martin Haunschild Founder & Co-CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Core Sensing Manufacturer of modular sensors and wireless measuring amplifiers | $5M | 44 mo ago | 27 | Simon Krech Co-Founder & Managing Director | WordPressMySQLPHP+28 | Top 50M | 16 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 19 | ProSyst Internet of Things middleware software providers using OSGi and Java | $4M | 125 mo ago | 110 | Thomas Hott ex-CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | IOTA Developer of a decentralized infrastructure for building and securing digital applications | $4M | 53 mo ago | 175 | — | GhostNode.jsMathJax+18 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 21 | Cedalo No-code platform for IoT development | $3M | 52 mo ago | 20 | Gabriele Raue Co-Founder | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+22 | Top 5M | 5 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | 1 launch |
| 22 | SmartNanotubes Technologies Manufacturer of smell detector chips for diverse applications and IoT solutions | $3M | 50 mo ago | 12 | Birte Sonnichsen Co-Founder | Webflow EcommerceWebflowMicrosoft Advertising+9 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 23 | Weeve Network Provider of a platform for managing and analyzing IoT sensor data | $3M | 51 mo ago | 17 | Harald Zapp Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | MatchX Developer of LoRaWAN based hardware solutions | $2M | 100 mo ago | 30 | — | Cart FunctionalityShopifyYouTube+18 | Top 50M | 6 patents IoT low‑data‑rate sensor network management, firmware updates, and blockchain billing solutions | — |
| 25 | Slock.it Blockchain based device security solutions for IoT applications | $2M | 110 mo ago | 52 | — | — | — | 8 patents Decentralized blockchain infrastructure for trustless, stateless service provisioning and node incentives | — |
| 26 | Staex Provider of a decentralized network for secure device connectivity and data monetization 16Innovation top 47%Patents top 50%Talent bottom 49%Tech bottom 43% All 8 signals ▾Innovationtop 47% Patentstop 50% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 43% Moatbottom 42% Fundingbottom 39% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 19% Innovation: 3 patents (top 83% of patent-holders) · 3 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 Patents: 3 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 3 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 16/100 | $2M | 15 mo ago | 10 | Philip Toepffer Co-Founder & CFO | TurbopackNode.jsTailwind CSS+10 | Top 50M | 3 patents Distributed messaging middleware for reliable message routing in networked systems | 1 expansion |
| 27 | is it fresh Provider of IoT-based packaging products | $2M | 72 mo ago | 20 | Jan Schnitker Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | CloudRail Manufacturer of cables, connectors, and industrial networking and cybersecurity products | $1M | 100 mo ago | 12 | David Amann Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | com2m IoT platform for developing asset monitoring and management solutions | $1M | 101 mo ago | 31 | Martin Peters Co-CEO | — | — | — | 1 partnership · 1 award |
| 30 | Bosch.IO Provider of open-source-based software platform for IoT solutions | $644K | 114 mo ago | 313 | Aleksandar Mitrovic CEO | — | — | 268 patents Automotive powertrain control and diagnostics, including gearshift, slip, catalyst, and sensor monitoring. | — |
| 31 | Escrypt Security solution for embedded electronics systems | $608K | 110 mo ago | 184 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 32 | Aicas Application platform for automotive infotainment systems | $496K | 65 mo ago | 54 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | Top 50M | 10 patents Runtime code generation and MMU-based automatic memory management for embedded systems | — |
Top 12 Internet of Things Infrastructure companies in Germany
#1
Acquired · Germany · founded 2000 · 127 employees$161.7Mraised▾
Provider of cellular and satellite connectivity for internet connected devices. Services include management of subscriber identity modules and network core infrastructure to facilitate data transmission for hardware. The platform enables remote monitoring, configuration, and security oversight for deployed assets across various industrial and commercial sectors. Connectivity options support multiple network standards to ensure data exchange between machines and cloud systems.
- May 2025Unattributed—
- Feb 2018Conventional Debt$161.7M
#2
Series D · Cologne, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2017 · 85 employees$50Mraised▾
Provider of managed connectivity services for low bandwidth hardware devices. These services facilitate data transmission for connected products through cellular network access. The platform includes software tools for device management and data integration. Hardware options include subscriber identity modules designed for integration into various industrial and consumer equipment. The infrastructure supports multiple radio standards to enable communication for remote monitoring and tracking applications.
- Apr 2025Series D$60M
- Jun 2022Series C—
- Jan 2022Series C—
- Sep 2021Series C$50M
#3
Series A · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2017$24.9Mraised▾
Developer of a layer-1 blockchain for machine and device economies. The blockchain facilitates decentralized applications for machines, robots, and devices. It provides tools and frameworks for developers to build decentralized applications. The organization supports an ecosystem of applications focused on machine-driven services and automation.
- Mar 2025Series A—
- May 2024ICO$20M
- Mar 2024Series A$15M
- Jun 2022Seed$6M
#4
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2020 · 10 employees$1.8Mraised▾
Provider of a decentralized network for secure device connectivity and data monetization. This network enables secure connection of machines and devices, ensuring trusted and verifiable data transfer without reliance on centralized systems or cloud services. It facilitates direct, tamper-proof communication between operational units, partners, and Web3 ecosystems. The platform allows for the monetization of trusted device data through AI and Web3 tools, and automates device management for improved efficiency and security. The solution offers seamless connectivity without cloud dependencies or added complexity.
- Mar 2025Seed—
- Apr 2022Seed$1.8M
#5
Series C · Unterschleissheim, Bavaria · founded 2006 · 445 employees$696Mraised▾
Provider of international mobile services. It offers services under various brands. It enables enterprises to record and store mobile communications.
- May 2021Grant (prize money)$830.9K
- Apr 2020Series C$37.8M
- Oct 2018Series C$65M
- Oct 2017Series C$338M
#6
Series B · Hamburg, Hamburg · founded 2014 · 18 employees$8.8Mraised▾
Cybus has developed a solution for data acquisition and distribution in industrial environments. Cybus enables connection of applications with machines by facilitating data acquisition. The platform enables interoperability by combining different protocols into one framework. Supports hardware gateways to connect machines and sensors from common field buses. The company is a graduate of Tech Founders accelerator.
- Jan 2024Series B—
- Mar 2022Series A$8.8M
- May 2019Series A—
- Jun 2016Seed—
#7
Series B · Wurzburg, Bavaria · founded 2014 · 84 employees$80Mraised▾
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.
- Jan 2022Series B$57M
- Oct 2019Series A$8.8M
- Mar 2016Seed—
#8
Series A · Landshut, Bavaria · founded 2012 · 29 employees$53.3Mraised▾
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.
- May 2022Series A$42.1M
- May 2021Seed$11.2M
#9
Acquired · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2013 · 109 employees$86.2Mraised▾
relayr is a provider of enterprise middleware and Internet of Things solutions for the digital transformation of industries. The product line comprises of an IoT middleware platform, edge device management platform, and an IoT analytics & insights platform. The IoT middleware platform enables device data to be collated and communicated between any service, sensor, software, or hardware. It enables managing devices using multiple protocols or vendor-specific proprietary management protocols. The device management software provides all the tools necessary to maintain the IIoT deployment and keep it running for years with minimum downtime. The analytics platform uses AI to deliver actionable insights and also comes with predictive maintenance functionality. The company also provides end-to-end integration services and develops retrofit hardware solutions that enable the collection of business-critical data. Partners include Google Cloud, ARM, Bosch, C3 IoT, Cisco, Dell, L&T Technology, Intel and more. The company was acquired by Munich Re (via its HSB subsidiary) in 2018.
- Feb 2018Series C$30M
- Dec 2017Series C$19.9M
- Oct 2016Series B$23M
- Nov 2015Series A$11M
#10
Acquired · Dortmund, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2015 · 38 employees$41.4Mraised▾
Provider of solutions for remote monitoring of local grid substations. The company offers an all-in-one retrofit solution compliant with §14a EnWG. Their solutions facilitate the measurement of key parameters and rapid fault localization. They ensure stable data transmission and high security standards. The company supports the integration of short-circuit direction indicators and other sensors.
- Jul 2020Grant (prize money)$221.3K
- Mar 2020Grant (prize money)$824.8K
- Jan 2020Grant (prize money)$7.3K
- Jul 2019Grant (prize money)$10M
#11
Series A · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2017 · 23 employees$6.5Mraised▾
Provider of multi-functional gateways for IoT. The company has developed a multi-functional gateway that can integrate with existing submetering systems and read common submetering network nodes via wired/wireless networking devices. The gateway works in integration with companion software that allows for readouts at any desired point in time, ad-hoc, or automatically.
- Apr 2023Series A$6.5M
- Oct 2020Seed—
#12
Acquired · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2011 · 41 employees$17.8Mraised▾
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.
- Dec 2020Series C$14.4M
- Sep 2020Grant (prize money)$282K
- May 2019Series A—
- Feb 2019Series A—
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
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
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.
- Technical University of Munich42
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg28
- X-Fab27
- RWTH Aachen University25
- Technische Universität Berlin23
- Wireless sensor network8→50
- Wireless3→41
- Key (lock)2→30
- Software deployment4→23
- Embedded system1→18
- Wireless sensor network9→37
- Wireless4→28
- Key (lock)2→26
- Computer network3→17
- Software deployment1→13
- Data science2→6
- Wireless3→7
- Software deployment1→4
- Wireless sensor network5→7
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.
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.
- Siemens5653
- Robert Bosch2749
- Deutsche Telekom2254
- Volkswagen1947
- SAP SE1599
- Bayerische Motoren Werke1258
- AUDI1201
- Fraunhofer GES Forschung908
Common questions
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.