Best IoT Applications Companies in Bavaria, Germany
The 35 best IoT Applications companies in Bavaria, Germany in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Kinexon.
Ranked: Best IoT Applications companies in Bavaria
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinexon Provider of real-time location systems for industrial automation and operations 50Moat top 31%Funding top 35%Product top 36%Tech top 38% All 11 signals ▾Moattop 31% Fundingtop 35% Producttop 36% Techtop 38% Talenttop 38% Growthtop 45% Marketbottom 44% Globalbottom 44% Innovationbottom 43% Patentsbottom 37% Newsbottom 22% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · IP moat: 9 patents Funding: Raised $130M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 6 yrs (0.3/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100 | $130M | 52 mo ago | Series A | Alexander Huettenbrink Co-Founder & Co-CEO | 2012 | Webflow EcommerceCart FunctionalityWebflow+23 | 9 patents Real-time sports equipment tracking and orientation using embedded sensors and radio-based positioning. | — |
| 2 | Foodji Provider of automated food service solutions with fresh and healthy options | $23M | 20 mo ago | Series A | Felix Munte Co-Founder & CEO & Managing Director | 2016 | HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+33 | — | — |
| 3 | WORKERBASE Software to provide end-to-end business solutions in the manufacturing industry | $10M | 46 mo ago | Series A | Thorsten Krueger Co-Founder WORKERBASE (workerbase.com) | 2017 | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+33 | — | — |
| 4 | CargoGuard Provider of security solutions for global supply chain networks | $4M | 177 mo ago | Series A | Thomas Wilde Founder & CEO | 2007 | — | 24 patents Smart cargo container monitoring and intrusion/cut detection systems for secure transport | — |
| 5 | AWAKE Mobility Provider of an AI-driven IoT platform for predictive maintenance of fleets | $4M | 45 mo ago | Seed | Houssem Braham CTO & Co-Founder | 2020 | WebflowAmazon Web ServicesMicrosoft Advertising+15 | — | — |
| 6 | Q3 ENERGIE Manufacturer of photovoltaic fire switches, DC combiners, AC boxes, and storage | $2M | 96 mo ago | Funding Raised | Thomas Neumann Managing Director | 2010 | WordPressMySQLPHP+14 | 134 patents Adaptive vibration damping and flexible couplings for wind turbine drivetrain systems | — |
| 7 | othermo Provider of automated heating system optimization solutions. | $25K | 92 mo ago | Seed | Dennis Metz Co-Founder & CEO | 2018 | HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+14 | — | — |
| 8 | AMPEERS ENERGY AI & SaaS-driven energy management solution for the real estate industry | — | 30 mo ago | Series C | Karsten Schmidt Co-Founder & CEO | 2019 | — | — | — |
Top 12 IoT Applications companies in Bavaria
#1
Series A · Grunwald, Bavaria · founded 2016 · 97 employees$23Mraised▾
Provider of automated food service solutions with fresh and healthy options. The company delivers convenient access to meals and snacks. It offers a variety of choices, including vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free selections. The company focuses on providing options for various workplace environments.
- Jan 2025Series A$5.3M
- Nov 2024Conventional Debt$26.4M
- Mar 2023Series A$23M
#2
Series A · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2012 · 66 employees$130Mraised▾
Provider of real-time location systems for industrial automation and operations. The company offers solutions for order tracking, asset management, and autonomous mobile robot fleet management. Assembly line control products are available to accelerate production with increased quality. The operating system integrates location data from various technologies.
- Apr 2022Series A$130M
- Nov 2020Venture Debt$17.7M
- Seed—
#3
Series A · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2017 · 9 employees$9.9Mraised▾
Software to provide end-to-end business solutions in the manufacturing industry It provides a smartwatch that allows users to reshape the process and manage help in managing updates and notifications. It also provides an application that enables users to break down small standalone apps and integrate them with smartwatches, smartphones, and tablets. In addition, also provides reporting and analytics solutions.
- Oct 2022Series A$9.9M
- May 2019Seed—
#4
Seed · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2020 · 24 employees$4Mraised▾
Provider of an AI-driven IoT platform for predictive maintenance of fleets. It provides bus operators with real-time health data of their entire fleet & enables the continuous analysis of vehicle data. It has the capability to detect the cause of vehicle failure & send failure messages to owners. It uses artificial intelligence and data visualization solutions for identifying failures before they happen.
- Dec 2022Grant (prize money)$26.2K
- Sep 2022Seed$4M
- Apr 2021Seed—
- Jan 2021Grant (prize money)—
#5
Funding Raised · Kaufbeuren, Bavaria · founded 2010$2.4Mraised▾
Manufacturer of photovoltaic fire switches, DC combiners, AC boxes, and storage. They provide solutions for photovoltaic systems, including fire protection switches for PV plants and module string shutdowns. Their offerings extend to DC combiners for large-scale PV plants, AC overvoltage boxes, and monitoring boxes for transformer stations. They also provide energy storage systems for residential, commercial, and industrial applications.
- Aug 2018Grant (prize money)$2.2M
- Sep 2016Grant (prize money)$262.6K
#6
Series A · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2007 · 11 employees$4.2Mraised▾
CargoGuard provides a variety of security products and solutions for global supply chain networks and for complex logistic processes. The system enables protection of valuable goods, high-end products or confidential and classified documents against the risks of loss, theft, spying and manipulation during transportation and storage across all gaps of an intermodal supply chain. Some of the products include CargoTainer, CargoKit, and CargoGet that can be integrated with the CargoGaurd portal allowing easy monitoring of goods.
- Dec 2011Series A$4.2M
- Dec 2008Seed—
#7
Seed · Alzenau, Bavaria · founded 2018 · 5 employees$25.1Kraised▾
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- Jan 2019Seed$25.1K
#8
Series C · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2019 · 52 employees—raised▾
AI & SaaS-driven energy management solution for the real estate industry. It offers software solutions to produce decentralized clean energy. The platform provides solutions including energy management, tenant flow management, and more. It enables users to determine the optimal energy concept of their portfolio.
- Mar 2024Series C—
- Aug 2022Seed—
#9
Seed · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2017 · 7 employees—raised▾
Developer of AI software for processing sensor data streams for enterprises. The software facilitates automation of analog processes and upgrades legacy products. It offers algorithms designed to process real-time sensor signals and supports synchronization of various sensors. The solutions built with the software can operate in offline networks.
- Mar 2018Seed—
#10
Seed · Wurzburg, Bavaria · founded 2013 · 16 employees—raised▾
Provider of vibration sensors systems for condition monitoring. Its offerings include an autonomous condition monitoring system based on vibration measurement for complex parameter recording, digitalization, data conditioning, and analysis, and a broadband vibration & acoustic emission sensor for condition monitoring, non-destructive testing of materials, localization of defects with multiple sensors, and structural health monitoring. Its solutions enable clients to establish predictive maintenance, process monitoring, and application control.
- Feb 2018Seed—
#11
Acquired · Munich, Bavaria · founded 1919 · 175 employees—raised▾
Manufacturer of light and sensor solutions for automotive, industrial, and medical. The company provides semiconductor-based light emitters, sensors, CMOS ICs, and software. It offers traditional lighting technologies for automotive and special applications. The company focuses on digitalization, smart living, energy efficiency, and sustainability.
#12
Seed · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2010—raised▾
PiMON AG develops acoustic fiber optic based distributed sensing systems used in the monitoring of oil, gas, water and product pipelines. The system helps in real-time monitoring of pipelines to detect leaks or cracks and protect critical assets from third party interference. It employs the coherent Rayleigh- OTDR (optical time-domain reflectometry) technology which observes interference patterns in the backscattered signal. The company is affiliated to Smarteag AG.
- 2010Seed—
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