Best IoT Applications Companies in Virginia, United States
The 33 best IoT Applications companies in Virginia, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: GridPoint.
Ranked: Best IoT Applications companies in Virginia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GridPoint Provider of data-driven energy management solutions 57Funding top 18%Patents top 31%Innovation top 32%Moat top 35% All 12 signals ▾Fundingtop 18% Patentstop 31% Innovationtop 32% Moattop 35% Producttop 37% Talenttop 38% Techtop 45% Markettop 47% Globalbottom 42% Growthbottom 41% Newsbottom 24% Customersbottom 22% Funding: Raised $539M across 15 rounds · 15 rounds over 21 yrs (0.7/yr) Patents: 169 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 16 filings since 2022 vs 35 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $539M | 19 mo ago | Acquired | Peter Corsell Founder | 2003 | WordPressBugHerdApple iCloud Mail+35 | 166 patents Building energy management: smart HVAC testing, thermostats, load control, submetering, and power monitoring. | — |
| 2 | Savi Provider of AI, cloud, IoT and RFID-enabled supply chain visibility solutions | $101M | 95 mo ago | Acquired | Rosemary Johnston Chief Executive Officer and President | 1989 | WordPressMySQLPHP+30 | — | — |
| 3 | SkyBitz Asset tracking and information management solutions | $48M | 236 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1995 | SitecoreTypeScriptSalesforce+29 | 99 patents Satellite-based asset tracking and motion sensing for logistics and fleet management. | — |
| 4 | CargoSense Provider of supply chain visibility and exception management software solutions 48Talent top 15%Innovation top 35%Patents top 36%Moat top 37% All 9 signals ▾Talenttop 15% Innovationtop 35% Patentstop 36% Moattop 37% Fundingtop 39% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 35% Techbottom 34% Newsbottom 27% Talent: Analyst team rating 5/5 Innovation: 12 patents (top 58% of patent-holders) · 11 filings since 2022 vs 1 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $18M | 7 mo ago | Series A | — | 2012 | — | 12 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 5 | Herddogg Provider of integrated hardware and software solutions for livestock monitoring 22Moat top 25%Funding top 31%Innovation top 39%Product top 40% All 10 signals ▾Moattop 25% Fundingtop 31% Innovationtop 39% Producttop 40% Patentstop 41% Globalbottom 40% Techbottom 30% Marketbottom 28% Newsbottom 21% Customersbottom 1% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · IP moat: 21 patents Funding: Raised $17.5M across 11 rounds · 11 rounds over 10 yrs (1.1/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 22/100 | $18M | 10 mo ago | Series A | — | 2013 | — | 21 patents Animal identification tags integrated with controlled pharmaceutical delivery systems | — |
| 6 | TwinThread Digital platform for monitoring the performance and utilization of industrial asset | $3M | 55 mo ago | Series A | Erik Udstuen Co-Founder & CEO | 2016 | HubSpot CMS HubBootstrapHubSpot+25 | — | — |
| 7 | ODIN RFID Limited information available | $3M | 189 mo ago | Deadpooled | Polina Braunstein CEO | 2002 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Sensor Logic Develops IoT based sensor solution for human health monitoring | $3M | 74 mo ago | Funding Raised | Graham Conran Co-Founder & CEO | 2018 | — | — | — |
| 9 | BEM Controls Provider of cloud-based building energy management system | $2M | 87 mo ago | Funding Raised | Saifur Rahman Founder & Chairman | 2015 | — | — | — |
| 10 | BlueRidge Developer of machine learning solutions for industrial visual inspection systems | $2M | 91 mo ago | Early Stage | — | 1952 | — | — | — |
| 11 | RecRe IoT-based rental management systems | $680K | 12 mo ago | Seed | — | 2021 | WordPressMySQLPHP+28 | — | — |
Top 11 IoT Applications companies in Virginia
#1
Acquired · Reston, Virginia · founded 2003 · 192 employees$539.3Mraised▾
GridPoint is a provider of data-driven energy management solutions (EMS). The company leverages real-time data collection, big data analytics, and cloud computing to maximize energy savings, operational efficiency, capital utilization, and sustainability benefits. The company offers 'GridPoint energy management hardware' - that includes submetering, and advanced monitoring devices that enable the management and measurement of energy endpoints, including controllers, submeters, thermostats, and sensors. Its cloud-based software platform, 'GridPoint Energy Manager' - monitor and manage energy-consuming assets, such as HVAC and lighting systems.
- Mar 2025Series G$45M
- Jun 2023Conventional Debt—
- Mar 2022Series G$75M
- Jul 2014Series F$22.2M
#2
Series A · Reston, Virginia · founded 2012 · 25 employees$18.1Mraised▾
Provider of supply chain visibility and exception management software solutions. The control tower software consolidates data from integrations and sensors for real-time shipment status. Automated exception detection highlights issues, enabling efficient problem resolution. The company also offers QR sensor solutions for data exchange. Custom reports, dashboards, and agents are available. Managed services include sensor management and shipment oversight.
- Mar 2026Series A$5.6M
- Jun 2024Series A$8M
- Mar 2019Series A$10.1M
- 2017Seed—
#3
Series A · Ashland, Virginia · founded 2013 · 15 employees$17.5Mraised▾
Provider of integrated hardware and software solutions for livestock monitoring. The hardware solution consists of a Doggtag which is attached to the animal ear and contains microprocessors sensors. The Doggbone is a multi-pairing device that reads data from the Dogg tags. The Doggbones connect, transmit, and stores the data using Bluetooth low energy. It works as a dashboard for farmers to see the collected data in real time. The platform also provides predictive analysis for the collected data.
- Dec 2025Series A$110K
- Dec 2025Conventional Debt—
- Jun 2025Series A$1.3M
- Oct 2024Conventional Debt—
#4
Seed · Harrisonburg, Virginia · founded 2021 · 5 employees$680Kraised▾
IoT-based rental management systems. It offers an autonomous rental platform for universities, providing students with access to various items through self-service rental boxes.
- Oct 2025Seed$680K
#5
Acquired · Alexandria, Virginia · founded 1989 · 1 employees$100.5Mraised▾
Savi Technology is a provider of AI, cloud, IoT and RFID-enabled supply chain visibility solutions. Its features include tracking of cargo, vessels and shipments, operations monitoring using anti-tamper sensors, ETA provision and live data streaming. It caters to shippers, governmental organisations, logistics providers and 3PLs.
- Nov 2018Series C$7.5M
- Nov 2015Series C$15M
- May 2001Series C$20M
- May 2000Series B$11.7M
#6
Acquired · Sterling, Virginia · founded 1995 · 101 employees$48Mraised▾
SkyBitz provides remote asset tracking and information management solutions to trucking and logistics, oil and gas, hydraulic fracturing, and intermodal industries worldwide. The company specializes in providing real-time information on the location and status of valuable assets, such as tractor-trailers, intermodal containers, rail cars, power generators, heavy equipment, and other assets. It offers InSight, a Web-based Software-as-a-Service asset management application that is used to optimize asset utilization, eliminate lost assets, increase detention billing, and track stolen assets.
- Feb 2007Series D$10M
- Jan 2004Series C$20M
- Nov 2002Series B$18M
#7
Series A · Charlottesville, Virginia · founded 2016 · 24 employees$3.1Mraised▾
TwinThread offers an artificial intelligence-based digital platform for monitoring the performance and utilization of industrial assets. The platform is hardware agnostic thereby interfacing with multiple sensors for collecting data and uses machine learning to recognize outliers. It alerts the stakeholder, in real-time, whenever any equipment is functioning in divergence with the expected norm. The platform additionally features troubleshooting tools allowing users to dig down the issues and resolve them same. Also allows automating solution across the fleet of equipment, in case a particular issue has arisen multiple times and the same solution has been applied. The company offers its solution on a per-asset subscription basis. As of May 2018, the product is in the development phase but users can sign up on the website to get early access. The target market includes equipment OEMs, manufacturers, and service providers.
- Mar 2022Series A$6.1M
- Aug 2018Series A$3.1M
#8
Funding Raised · Mclean, Virginia · founded 2018$3Mraised▾
SensorLogic manufactures IoT based sensor solution for human health monitoring. It leverages its proprietary Ultra Wide Band radar technology for detection of human activity without using video or personally identifiable data. It measures the human heart rate from a ceiling or wall. The sensors are non-invasive, tiny in size, and can be hidden behind the walls for the design and security consideration. The sensor solution is used in the hospitality sector, eldercare, and ATM centers.
- Sep 2020Grant (prize money)$649.7K
- Aug 2018Grant (prize money)$99.6K
- Jul 2018Grant (prize money)$2.3M
#9
Funding Raised · Mclean, Virginia · founded 2015 · 3 employees$2.4Mraised▾
BEM Controls is a provider of cloud-based building energy management system. The company offers ''WiseBldg" - a cloud-based software to monitor and control major electrical loads (e.g., HVAC, lighting and plug loads), as well as solar PV systems, energy storage units and other IoT sensors in commercial buildings. The software leverages machine learning algorithms to draw insights from building data. Features include automated load control, building system analytics, automated fault detection, real-time security checking, and more. The company's clientele includes Virginia Tech, Arlington, and among others.
- Jul 2019Grant (prize money)$1.1M
- Jul 2018Grant (prize money)$1.1M
- Jul 2016Grant (prize money)$224.7K
#10
Deadpooled · Ashburn, Virginia · founded 2002 · 51 employees$3.1Mraised▾
Developer of (RFID) radio frequency identification software. The company offers RFID software for the healthcare, government, aerospace and financial services market. It also offers asset tracking software.
- Jan 2011Unattributed$3.1M
#11
Early Stage · Winchester, Virginia · founded 1952 · 6 employees$1.9Mraised▾
Developer of machine learning solutions for industrial visual inspection systems. The company provides a platform for training and deploying models across production lines. It offers real-time monitoring, model management, and central administration of quality metrics. The platform integrates with existing industrial control systems.
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