Best IoT Applications Companies in Illinois, United States
The 40 best IoT Applications companies in Illinois, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Farmer's Fridge.
Ranked: Best IoT Applications companies in Illinois
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Stage | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Farmer's Fridge Provider of food vending machines | $83M | 64 mo ago | 212 212 → 428 (+102%) | Luke Saunders Founder & CEO | ShopifyCart FunctionalityContentful+20 | Series D | — | 1 award |
| 2 | Artisight Provider of IoT solutions for the healthcare industry | $42M | 15 mo ago | 63 63 → 139 (+121%) | Garrett Larance Co-Founder | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+28 | Series B | 3 patents IoT-based remote monitoring and communication systems for industrial assets | — |
| 3 | Healthsense Remote monitoring, emergency call, and wellness management solutions | $34M | 126 mo ago | 40 | — | — | Acqui-Hired | 36 patents Personal activity monitoring and remote health data acquisition for adaptive healthcare systems. | — |
| 4 | SwipeSense Connected hand hygiene improvement system | $27M | 103 mo ago | 39 | — | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+27 | Series B | 17 patents Hand hygiene compliance monitoring and retrofit sensor systems for dispenser usage tracking | — |
| 5 | Revenera Provider of software monetization, installation, and compliance solutions for businesses | $18M | 179 mo ago | 187 | — | DrupalSentryAtlassian Statuspage+30 | Series B | — | — |
| 6 | Agrible Provider of predictive agronomic analytics and sustainability solutions for growers | $14M | 107 mo ago | 52 | Bill Northcott Co-Founder & CIO | — | Acquired | — | — |
| 7 | SonarMD Cloud-based care management solutions for chronic conditions 48Funding top 32%Growth top 35%Talent top 38%Tech top 39% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 32% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Techtop 39% Producttop 46% Marketbottom 30% Globalbottom 29% Funding: Raised $14.3M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 8 yrs (0.6/yr) Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $14M | 6 mo ago | 25 | Lawrence Kosinski Founder at SonarMD | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+21 | Series B | — | — |
| 8 | FreshAir Sensor Developer of an air-sensor device to detect tobacco and marijuana smoke 55Talent top 22%Moat top 31%Innovation top 35%Growth top 35% All 10 signals ▾Talenttop 22% Moattop 31% Innovationtop 35% Growthtop 35% Fundingtop 38% Patentstop 38% Producttop 40% Techtop 48% Marketbottom 32% Globalbottom 31% Talent: Analyst team rating 5/5 · 3 named leaders on record Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · IP moat: 15 patents rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $12M | 21 mo ago | 36 | John O'Toole Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+30 | Series B | 15 patents Selective VOC and gas sensing using molecularly imprinted polymer sensor technologies | — |
| 9 | Buildings As Batteries Developer of thermal energy storage system for commercial building applications | $8M | 98 mo ago | — | Gregor Henze Co-Founder | — | Series A | — | — |
| 10 | 640 Labs Digital farming solutions to maximize results with data-driven insights and innovative tech | $6M | 142 mo ago | 153 | — | — | Acquired | — | — |
| 11 | Eta Vision Offers data center energy management solutions | $2M | 98 mo ago | 8 | Michael Lingle CEO & Cofounder | — | Seed | — | — |
| 12 | iTRACS AI-enhanced DCIM solution for smarter, data-driven infrastructure management | $2M | 196 mo ago | 15 | James Sherrin CEO & Director | WordPressMySQLPHP+11 | Acquired | 33 patents Monitoring and diagnosing data port connection patterns in cables and hardware interfaces. | — |
| 13 | Luna Lights Developer of smart devices for night time fall detection | $375K | 111 mo ago | 3 | — | — | Acquired | — | — |
| 14 | QCMedchain Blockchain platform providing pharmaceutical supply chain monitoring solution | $225K | 78 mo ago | — | JJ Ogrey Co-Founder & CTO | — | Deadpooled | — | — |
| 15 | Digital Dipstick Manufacturer and supplier of Fitbit for tractors | $225K | 99 mo ago | — | Allan Dikeman Co-Founder | — | Deadpooled | — | — |
Top 12 IoT Applications companies in Illinois
#1
Series B · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2009 · 25 employees$14.3Mraised▾
Cloud-based care management solutions for chronic conditions. It offers a care coordination program that proactively connects patients with care teams in real time and provides wrap-around services to help patients manage their individual health needs. Their platform collects patient health data through surveys and analyzes it to track the status of improvement. They generate scores from the survey and send alerts to doctors.
- Feb 2026Series B$3M
- Dec 2024Series A$2.2M
- Jul 2024Conventional Debt$1M
- May 2023Series A$4.3M
#2
Series B · Glenview, Illinois · founded 2017 · 63 employees$42Mraised▾
Provider of IoT solutions for the healthcare industry. Its offerings include connected cameras and an IoT-based sensor network that facilitates inpatient monitoring, fall prevention, and bed management. Its features include multi-screen monitoring in real-time, ML-based movement detection, automated alarms, and pre-recorded patient alerts, two-way audio communication, and customization.
- May 2025Grant (prize money)$377.6K
- Jan 2024Series B$42M
- Jul 2022Grant (prize money)$377.6K
- Aug 2019Grant (prize money)$1.9M
#3
Series B · Lebanon, Illinois · founded 2013 · 36 employees$11.8Mraised▾
Developer of an air-sensor device to detect tobacco and marijuana smoke. It provides a two-plug adapter that fits over existing wall outlets and leverages Wi-Fi to send infraction information to a central monitoring system, which results in an email to the admin. Its device comprises polymer sensors that detect specific airborne chemicals like the biological receptors in the human body that is by binding only with the target molecule, making them sensitive and specific and resetting when the target molecules are cleared. It also provides an app that allows users to monitor the detection of smoke.
- Nov 2024Series B$3.7M
- May 2023Series A$1M
- Sep 2019Grant (prize money)$1.5M
- Jan 2019Series A$3.5M
#4
Series D · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2013 · 212 employees$82.6Mraised▾
Provider of food vending machines. It provides a network of automated smart vending machines dispensing meals and snacks. Its menu includes salads, sandwiches, and snacks.
- Apr 2021Conventional Debt$2.6M
- May 2020Series D$40M
- Sep 2018Series C$30M
- Mar 2018Grant (prize money)$10K
#5
Acqui-Hired · Mendota, Illinois · founded 2001 · 40 employees$33.7Mraised▾
Healthsense provides technology solutions to assist care providers in caring for at-risk populations.Healthsense offers WiFi based Personal Emergency Response Systems, remote safety and wellness monitoring. According to the company, its product eNeighbor system, utilizes a series of wireless sensors to monitor individuals in their homes and automatically calls for help if it detects a possible problem. The eNeighbor Dashboard uses a data engine to evaluate daily information, prioritize care needs and send real-time alerts if required.
- Feb 2016Conventional Debt$2.9M
- Dec 2014Series E$330K
- Aug 2014Series E$10M
- Apr 2014Series E$2M
#6
Series B · Evanston, Illinois · founded 2012 · 39 employees$27Mraised▾
SwipeSense offers hospitals smart hand sanitizer dispensers, Kit includes a smart badge, a wall mounted version and a wearable version. The sanitizers are all connected to an app which collects and analyzes the sanitizer usage data. Smart badge records hygiene events and allows the system to track individual compliance levels as well as unit comparisons and historical trends.
- Jan 2018Series B$10.6M
- Jul 2016Series B$4M
- Jun 2015Series B$9.7M
- May 2014Series A$1.7M
#7
Series B · Itasca, Illinois · founded 1987 · 187 employees$17.5Mraised▾
Provider of software monetization, installation, and compliance solutions for businesses. The company offers software licensing, entitlement management, and software delivery services. It provides solutions for software composition analysis, including open source license compliance and vulnerability management. Installation products and related services, such as training and consulting, are available.
- Sep 2011Series B$500K
- Oct 2008Series B$4M
- Nov 2007Series B$8M
- Jun 2006Series A$5M
#8
Acquired · Champaign, Illinois · founded 2012 · 52 employees$14.4Mraised▾
Provider of predictive agronomic analytics and sustainability solutions for growers. It delivers data-driven insights from weather and soil to optimize crop decisions. Growers access real-time analytics for yield predictions and resource management. Its sustainability tools help track carbon footprints and compliance reporting.
- Sep 2017Series B$10.2M
- 2017Series B—
- Jul 2015Series A$4.1M
- Jun 2014Seed$150K
#9
Series A · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2007$7.6Mraised▾
Developer of thermal energy storage system for commercial building applications. The system utilizes building materials as a thermal energy storage medium. It manages thermal load profiles to reduce energy consumption. The system aims to reduce carbon emissions as a byproduct.
- Jul 2018Grant (prize money)$1.1M
- Jul 2011Series A$7.2M
- Oct 2010Seed$450K
#10
Acquired · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2013 · 153 employees$5.7Mraised▾
Digital farming solutions to maximize results with data-driven insights and innovative tech. This company empowers farmers with an all-in-one digital farming solution, providing tools to collect, connect, and share crop data. Farmers can scout fields remotely, build prescriptions to maximize yield, and analyze data in real-time. The platform offers hardware like the FieldView Drive for data connectivity and compatibility with various equipment types. Resources include support guides, a knowledge center, blog, videos, and podcasts. The company focuses on secure data management, time optimization, staying ahead with information, and boosting profits through optimized input management. It connects with numerous partners, creating a connected platform for data sharing. The company offers personalized plans and full support to increase farm productivity. The platform provides data-driven insights and innovative ag tech, helping farmers make informed decisions and farm efficiently. The website offers options to create an account, log in, and choose a region and language.
- Oct 2014Series A$3M
- Jul 2014Seed$2.6M
- Jun 2014Seed—
#11
Seed · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2015 · 8 employees$2Mraised▾
Offers data center energy management solutions It works with data centers and utilities to maximize infrastructure flexibility, reliability, and efficiency and improve operator visibility through a smart zero management sensor network and control system. Their system offers real-time physical visualization, monitoring, and also cloud and API connectivity.
- Jun 2018Seed$2M
- Seed—
#12
Acquired · Oak Brook, Illinois · founded 1987 · 15 employees$1.8Mraised▾
AI-enhanced DCIM solution for smarter, data-driven infrastructure management. It is a software solution that empowers data center managers to optimize physical infrastructure. It offers unified asset visibility across data centers, inside plants, and outside plants, enabling data-driven management. The platform allows users to visualize and optimize infrastructure, access and analyze data on asset management, network connectivity, and power connectivity. Users can plan, design, monitor, troubleshoot, simulate, and test infrastructure performance. It facilitates remote data center management, comprehensive connectivity mapping, and seamless integration with third-party applications through REST APIs. The solution provides powerful reporting, full 3D visualization, detailed asset management, and granular security. It is a go-to solution for managing data centers, smart buildings, and wide area environments, including ISP and OSP networks. It offers control, efficiency, and foresight in managing resources. It provides white papers, brochures, and guides for in-depth knowledge and offers professional services for support from setup to maintenance.
- Apr 2010Unattributed$1.8M
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