Best IoT Services Companies in California, United States
The 169 best IoT Services companies in California, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Pathmind.
Ranked: Best IoT Services companies in California
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pathmind Provider of project based AI consulting and IoT services | $15M | 90 mo ago | Deadpooled | Chris Nicholson Founder & CEO | 2014 | Facebook LoginVarnishBootstrap+18 | — | — |
| 2 | Lantronix Provider of edge computing, out-of-band management, and industrial IoT solutions | $8M | 100 mo ago | Public | Saleel Awsare President & CEO | 1989 | Cart FunctionalityShopifySalesforce+35 | 162 patents Provides PoE expansion, serial-to-Ethernet bridging, and multi-protocol data handling. | — |
| 3 | DCS M2M/IoT based market place | $6M | 17 mo ago | Public | Chris B CEO | 2008 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Fluxa Provider of AI, IoT and cloud consulting services | $5M | 63 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 5 | R2.ai Provider of AI & IoT application development services | $2M | 104 mo ago | Seed | Yiwen Huang Founder & CEO | 2015 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Notivize Provider of an IoT development platform | $500K | 75 mo ago | Seed | Matt Bornski Founder | 2019 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Vivanta Provider of wearable app development services | $300K | 47 mo ago | Seed | — | 2021 | Node.jsTailwind CSSReact+11 | — | — |
| 8 | Zone24x7 Provider of IT service suite solutions | $150K | 192 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2003 | WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+32 | 4 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | 1 launch · 1 award |
| 9 | TelioLabs Provider of IOT & AI development and devops services | $133K | 50 mo ago | Seed | Jeevan Pandey Co-Founder | 2015 | WordPressZohoMySQL+24 | — | — |
| 10 | Telepat Offers IoT application development services | $120K | 130 mo ago | Seed | Gabi Dobocan Co-Founder | 2015 | — | — | — |
Top 12 IoT Services companies in California
#1
Public · San Diego, California · founded 2008 · 44 employees$5.5Mraised▾
M2M/IoT based market place
- Jan 2025Post IPO—
- Oct 2022Post IPO$1.5M
- Mar 2018Conventional Debt$1M
- Apr 2015Conventional Debt$3M
#2
Deadpooled · San Francisco, California · founded 2014 · 11 employees$14.6Mraised▾
Provider of project based AI consulting and IoT services
- Nov 2018Series A$11.5M
- May 2017Conventional Debt$2.5M
- Sep 2016Seed$3M
- 2016Seed$120K
#3
Acquired · Glendale, California · founded 2017 · 16 employees$5Mraised▾
Provider of AI, IoT and cloud consulting services
- Feb 2021Series A$5M
#4
Public · Irvine, California · founded 1989 · 143 employees$8Mraised▾
Provider of edge computing, out-of-band management, and industrial IoT solutions. The company offers hardware and software for various industries, including smart cities, healthcare, and transportation. Its products include AI edge platforms, console servers, network switches, and connectivity modules. Engineering services are available for custom product development.
- Jan 2018Post IPO$1.5M
- Jun 2016Post IPO$2M
- May 2012Post IPO$4.5M
#5
Seed · San Francisco, California · founded 2021 · 7 employees$300Kraised▾
Provider of wearable app development services
- Jun 2022Seed$300K
#6
Seed · San Ramon, California · founded 2015 · 7 employees$2Mraised▾
Provider of AI & IoT application development services
- Sep 2017Seed$2M
#7
Seed · San Francisco, California · founded 2015 · 108 employees$133.2Kraised▾
Provider of IOT & AI development and devops services
- Apr 2022Angel$79.8K
- Dec 2021Angel$33.5K
- Apr 2021Angel$19.9K
#8
Seed · Palo Alto, California · founded 2019 · 5 employees$500Kraised▾
Notivize provides an IoT development platform. Allows users to connect real-time IoT sensor data to notification for improving user engagement and experience. Enables users to create, organize and optimize rules for email & SMS alerts for triggering user notifications for events.
- Feb 2020Seed$500K
#9
Seed · Irvine, California · founded 2018 · 4 employees$32.6Kraised▾
Smart wireless energy harvesting company
- Aug 2022Seed$32.6K
- Mar 2020Seed—
#10
Funding Raised · San Jose, California · founded 2003$150Kraised▾
Provider of IT service suite solutions
- Jun 2010Grant (prize money)$150K
#11
Seed · San Francisco, California · founded 2015 · 10 employees$120Kraised▾
Developer of a startup hiring platform intended to scale engineering teams by accessing remote technical talent. The company's platform uses technology and data to create a tailored matching process between each company and engineer, enabling job seekers to connect to companies that require remote employees.
- Aug 2015Seed$120K
#12
Funding Raised · San Francisco, California · founded 2018 · 3 employees$25Kraised▾
Provider of an online business-to-business supply chain platform for farmers. It enables farmers to get their produce verified for climate sustainability and do trading. It offers marketplace and certification-as-a-service software solution that enables farmers to approve their products for compliance certification.
- Dec 2020Grant (prize money)$25K
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of IoT Services coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Iot in California is moving
A read on the academic research around Iot in California — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 298 papers.
UC Berkeley, UCI, and UCLA lead California's IoT research, focusing on energy-efficient sensor networks and edge computing, with an optimistic tone favoring breakthroughs over concerns.
- University of California, Berkeley57
- University of California, Irvine39
- University of California, Los Angeles39
- University of Southern California32
- University of California, Merced17
- Internet of Things1→35
- Wireless3→21
- Software deployment1→14
- Wireless sensor network17→26
- Embedded system2→10
- Internet of Things1→12
- Wireless4→6
- Context (archaeology)1→3
- Embedded system1→3
- Key (lock)2→8
- Internet of Things5→9
- Big data1→3
Common questions
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